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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 9h

Yo, Joe! Be sure to queue up our latest bonus episode discussing a #GIJoe Casting Call with Ray and Chan from Knowing Is Half The Podcast or stream it direct here wizards.transistor.fm/episodes/bon...

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 16h

Here's the second half of the #GIJoe Casting Call from Wizard 117. Jet Li as Storm Shadow? Gary Oldman as Cobra Commander? Famke Janssen as The Baroness? What do you think?

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 17h

Check out the first round of Casting Call ideas for a #gijoe movie from Wizard issue 117, where the staff predicted Ray Park as Snake Eyes 8 years before he appeared as the character in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra! What do you think about the other picks?

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 19h

BONUS! We're joined by Ray and Chan from Knowing Is Half The Podcast to discuss the #GIJoe movie Casting Call from Wizard 117. Tangents abound as we talk Dolph Lundgren's filmography, encounters with Destro voice actor Arthur Burghardt and more. Listen now wizards.transistor.fm/episodes/bon...

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 1d

What a difference when it comes to a CGC graded copies of The Amazing #SpiderMan 300 featuring the first full appearance of #venom in Peter Parker’s adventures.

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 1d

Check out the value difference of #HarleyQuinn and POWERS books that were CGC graded vs loose copies in 2001, as presented in Wizard 116.

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 1d

Start off your Tuesday with a little 2001 fun from @jimmypalmiotti.bsky.social as interviewed in Wizard issue 116.

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 1d

Did you pick up the Oni Press Color Special in 2001 to read the crossover between POWERS by @brianmbendis.bsky.social and Madman by @allredmd.bsky.social with cameos by other indie characters as suspects, drawn by Michael Avon Oeming?

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 2d

Were you on board for Chris Claremont and Salvador Larocca launching a new #xmen title at #MarvelComics called "X-treme X-Men" in 2001?

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 2d

Here's the report from Wizard 116 teasing a cameo by Joe Quesada in the @thatkevinsmith.bsky.social film, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 2d

Wizard 116 featured a CBIQ dedicated to #dccomics Hawkman, to celebrate his return to comics in the pages of JSA. Plus, can you identify the Mort of the Month?

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 3d

Were you enough of a #TheSimpsons fan to order these ToyFare exclusive The Pin Pals figures?

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 3d

Did you collect these Witchblade trading cards inspired by the @topcowofficial.bsky.social comic book series in 2001?

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 3d

Which of the star creators of CrossGen would YOU have most wanted to meet at Wizard World Chicago 2001?

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 4d

Check out the fun Letter Art from Wizard 116, plus a Midtown Comics ad from 2001 where #Batgirl is taking center stage.

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 4d

An ad for the second issue of Just A Pilgrim by Garth Ennis and Carlos Ezquerra from Wizard 116.

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 4d

According to Wizard 116, there was a lot to experience on the #Vampirella website back in the summer of 2001.

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 5d

More STUFF from Wizard 116, including a peek at some offerings from Toy Fair 2001 including The Tick TV series figures, Space Ghost Coast To Coast toys and Alfred E. Newman as Batman! Plus statues of #SUPERMAN , SHAZAM/Captain Marvel and The Darkness.

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 5d

Check out the cool comic book inspired merch highlighted in Wizard 116 including awesome #marvelcomics statues from Boiwen Designs, a bunch of #dccomics action figures including #TheFlash, a #greenlantern replica ring and #Hellboy figurines.

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 6d

Here they are, the Hot 10 Comics rankings from Wizard 116.

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 6d

Wizard 116 featured a Basic Training drawing tutorial about How To Draw Supporting Characters in comic books by Rags Morales.

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 6d

Here's the goofy profile of the Wizard Cafeteria in Congers, NY as highlighted in issue 116.

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 7d

Check out the Casting Call from Wizard 116 for a #TheFlash movie selected by Geoff Johns who was writing the title for #dccomics at the time.

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 7d

Be sure to queue up our latest WIZARDS 1/2 episode on your favorite podcast app or stream it direct here wizards.transistor.fm/episodes/wiz...

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics @wizardscomics.bsky.social · 7d

As discussed during our latest 1/2 episode, here's the Last Woman Standing battle between Black Widow and Black Canary as illustrated by the late, great, Butch Guice.

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