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Comic Book Historians

As featured on LEGO.com, Marvel.com, Slugfest, NPR, Wall Street Journal and the Today Show, host & series producer Alex Grand, author of Understanding Superhero Comic Books (with various co-hosts ... Read more

Ranked #1

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1966 part 3: The Marvel Age with guest historian, Barry Pearl, The Forbush Man

1966 part 3: The Marvel Age with guest historian, Barry Pearl, The Forbush Man

Alex Grand, Bill  Field, Jim Thompson, and special guest, Marvel historian and 4 time published author / co-author, Barr... Read more

16 Sep 2017

44mins

Ranked #2

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1972: Marvel Horror Comics Halloween Special!!!

1972: Marvel Horror Comics Halloween Special!!!

Alex Grand, Bill  Field, and Jim Thompson discuss the 1972 Marvel Horror comics movement pushed mainly by Roy Thomas for... Read more

31 Oct 2017

58mins

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The Steranko Experience Part 2 with Jim Steranko & Alex Grand

The Steranko Experience Part 2 with Jim Steranko & Alex Grand

Alex Grand interviews Steranko in a sequel to the Steranko Experience, discussing his life from when he finished out his... Read more

4 Jan 2019

1hr 3mins

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1953: Horror!!! Freedom of Screech or Speech? Tales of the Crypt and Wertham

1953: Horror!!! Freedom of Screech or Speech? Tales of the Crypt and Wertham

Alex Gravedigger Grand, Bill Field of Screams, and Jim Empty Tomb Thompson discuss 1953 and the horror genre. Was EC Com... Read more

17 Feb 2018

1hr 17mins

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Ranked #5

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The Steranko Experience Part 1 with Jim Steranko & Alex Grand

The Steranko Experience Part 1 with Jim Steranko & Alex Grand

Alex Grand interviews Jim Steranko, discussing his life from when he was born in 1938, through his childhood comic book ... Read more

21 Dec 2018

1hr 6mins

Ranked #6

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Tim Sale: The Gentleman's Artist part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Tim Sale: The Gentleman's Artist part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Alex Grand and co-host  Jim Thompson interview Tim Sale, discussing his life and career in a second of a 2 parter which ... Read more

30 Apr 2019

1hr 22mins

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All In Color for a Dime (Novel) with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

All In Color for a Dime (Novel) with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Alex Grand, Jim Thompson and guest co-host Larry King discuss books that remark on Comic History and give those  books a... Read more

15 Feb 2019

1hr 7mins

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Paul Levitz: Publisher & President Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Paul Levitz: Publisher & President Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Paul Levitz, former President and Publisher of DC Comics, In this second o... Read more

16 Dec 2019

1hr 10mins

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1953: EC Science Fiction! with Superman and Astro Boy!

1953: EC Science Fiction! with Superman and Astro Boy!

Alex Galactic Grand, Bill Assteroid Field, and Jim Jupiter Thompson discuss 1953 and the science fiction genre. Was EC C... Read more

2 Mar 2018

50mins

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Paul Levitz: Comics Fan, Writer & Editor Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Paul Levitz: Comics Fan, Writer & Editor Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Paul Levitz (currently writing his Visitor run for Valiant).  Paul is form... Read more

2 Dec 2019

1hr 11mins

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1956: Atlas Comics, From Knights to the Year Atlas Shrugged

1956: Atlas Comics, From Knights to the Year Atlas Shrugged

Alex Galahad Grand, Sir Billiam Field, and Jim the Bright Knight Thompson discuss Atlas Comics from 1955 Knights through... Read more

15 Mar 2018

44mins

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Robert Beerbohm's Comic Store Wars with Alex Grand and Jim Thompson

Robert Beerbohm's Comic Store Wars with Alex Grand and Jim Thompson

Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Robert Beerbohm, who continues off his and Alex's Dark Comics Mystery pane... Read more

18 Jan 2019

3hr 9mins

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Josef Rubinstein, Comic Book Inker of All Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Josef Rubinstein, Comic Book Inker of All Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Alex Grand and co-host  Jim Thompson interview Josef Rubinstein, famous comic book inker that has inked over more charac... Read more

1 Sep 2019

33mins

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1968: The Decline of Both Batmania, Old D.C, and the Rise of Carmine Infantino

1968: The Decline of Both Batmania, Old D.C, and the Rise of Carmine Infantino

Alex Grand, Bill  Field, and Jim Thompson wrap up 1966 as Batmania declines and the Superhero glut is shown not to be th... Read more

7 Oct 2017

45mins

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Rick Marschall Career Interview, Strip Historian Part 1: 1900s Newspaper Strips to 1978 Marvel Comics

Rick Marschall Career Interview, Strip Historian Part 1: 1900s Newspaper Strips to 1978 Marvel Comics

Alex Googly Eyes Grand, Jim Snuffy Smith Thompson, and Little Orphan Bill Field interview Rick Marschall as we go throug... Read more

7 Apr 2018

1hr 29mins

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Howard Chaykin, Dark Prince of Comics part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Howard Chaykin, Dark Prince of Comics part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Alex Grand and co-host  Jim Thompson interview the Prince of Comics, Howard Chaykin part 2 discussing his work on Americ... Read more

15 Jun 2019

59mins

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1975 Atlas Seaboard Comics, Revenge of the Goodmans!! with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

1975 Atlas Seaboard Comics, Revenge of the Goodmans!! with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Alex Grand and Jim Thompson discuss the upstart comics line, Atlas Seaboard that ran from 1974-1975, the motivations beh... Read more

1 Mar 2019

45mins

Ranked #18

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Rick Marschall Career Interview, Strip Historian Part 2: 1978 Marvel Comics to Hogans Alley

Rick Marschall Career Interview, Strip Historian Part 2: 1978 Marvel Comics to Hogans Alley

Artsy Alex Grand, Jazzy Jim Thompson, and Bill Fantastic Field continue the Rick Marschall Interview starting when he fi... Read more

21 Apr 2018

1hr 41mins

Ranked #19

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Attorneys vs Historians 1: Who Authors The Authorship Narrative? With Alex Grand and Jim Thompson

Attorneys vs Historians 1: Who Authors The Authorship Narrative? With Alex Grand and Jim Thompson

A very special podcast, Alex Grand and Jim Thompson along with Danny Barer presented this panel at the SDCC2018 Comic Ar... Read more

2 Aug 2018

43mins

Ranked #20

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Jonny Harvey on The Legacy of Harvey Comics with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Jonny Harvey on The Legacy of Harvey Comics with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson discuss the history of Harvey Comics with the grandson of Leon Harvey, Jonny Harvey,... Read more

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