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The Comics Canon

The Comics Canon is the podcast that reads, reviews, and renders judgment on the greatest comic book stories of yesterday and today. Each episode, Curt Holman and Kevin Moreau take a critical and completely subjective look at one of the biggest stories and most seminal moments in the medium's history, as they decide: Does this belong in the pantheon of classic and iconic tales known as ... The Comics Canon?

Episode 165 – The Sandman: Brief Lives

99 hours 48 mins; July 20, 2022

Episode 164 – Paper Girls Vol. 1

73 hours 25 mins; July 06, 2022

Episode 163 – Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography

58 mins; June 22, 2022

Episode 162 – The Fixer: A Story From Sarajevo

63 hours 25 mins; June 08, 2022

Episode 161 – Thor: God of Thunder (2012): The God Butcher

64 hours 28 mins; May 25, 2022

Episode 160 – Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

67 hours 55 mins; May 11, 2022

Episode 159 – One! Hundred! Demons!

70 hours 44 mins; April 27, 2022

Episode 158 – American Splendor

72 hours 15 mins; April 13, 2022

Episode 157 – The Moon Knight Episode

75 hours 11 mins; March 30, 2022

Episode 156 – Batman: The Long Halloween

67 hours 18 mins; March 16, 2022

Episode 155 – Batman: Year One

77 hours 0 mins; March 02, 2022

Episode 154 – The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect

62 hours 10 mins; February 01, 2022

Episode 153 – Wonder Woman (1987) Vol. 1: Gods and Mortals

81 hours 25 mins; January 17, 2022

Episode 152 – Far Sector

60 hours 59 mins; January 04, 2022

Episode 151 – Green Lantern: Agent Orange and the Larfleeze Christmas Special

58 mins; December 21, 2021

Canonical Conversations: All of the Marvels With Douglas Wolk

61 hours 40 mins; December 06, 2021

One-Shot: The Quizzical Canonical!

11 mins; November 30, 2021

Episode 150 – Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

70 hours 51 mins; November 23, 2021

Episode 149 – Spider-Man: One More Day

74 hours 29 mins; November 09, 2021

Episode 148 – Tales From the Crypt

77 hours 33 mins; October 26, 2021

Episode 147 – Swamp Thing: Love and Death

86 hours 37 mins; October 12, 2021

Episode 146 – Infidel

75 hours 54 mins; September 29, 2021

Episode 145 – Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror

74 hours 0 mins; September 14, 2021

Episode 144 – All-Star Superman

79 hours 51 mins; August 31, 2021

Episode 143 – The Eternals (1976)

74 hours 36 mins; August 17, 2021

Episode 142 – What If We Did a What If Episode? (With Alonso Duralde)

78 hours 8 mins; August 03, 2021

Episode 141 – The Golem's Mighty Swing

72 hours 56 mins; July 20, 2021

Episode 140 – The Sandman: Fables & Reflections

72 hours 26 mins; July 06, 2021

Episode 139 – The Sandman: A Game of You

67 hours 25 mins; June 22, 2021

Episode 138 – Fables: Animal Farm

62 hours 29 mins; June 08, 2021

Episode 137 – Usagi Yojimbo: Grasscutter

67 hours 44 mins; May 25, 2021

Episode 136 – Journey Into Mystery: Fear Itself

66 hours 54 mins; May 12, 2021

Episode 135 – Wonder Woman (2011) Vol. 1: Blood

58 mins; April 27, 2021

Episode 134 – Doonesbury: The Long Road Home and The War Within

81 hours 31 mins; April 14, 2021

Episode 133 – Justice League International Vol. 1 (With Alonso Duralde)

67 hours 30 mins; March 30, 2021

Episode 132 – Nimona

62 hours 33 mins; March 18, 2021

Episode 131 – The Invincible Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle

87 hours 23 mins; March 02, 2021

Episode 130 – Tintin in Tibet

63 hours 43 mins; February 16, 2021

Episode 129 – Death of Spider-Man (With Marvel by the Month)

95 hours 35 mins; February 02, 2021

Episode 128 – Smile

67 hours 56 mins; January 19, 2021

Episode 127 – Superman Smashes the Klan

68 hours 20 mins; January 05, 2021

Episode 126 – Ye Gads! It's ... The Bradleys!

93 hours 1 min; December 22, 2020

Episode 125 – Captain America: Winter Soldier

70 hours 41 mins; December 07, 2020

Episode 124: The Howard the Duck Episode

83 hours 21 mins; November 25, 2020

Episode 123: The Hawkeye Episode

87 hours 26 mins; November 10, 2020

Episode 122 – Maus: A Survivor's Tale II: And Here My Troubles Began

91 hours 19 mins; October 26, 2020

Episode 121 – Maus: A Survivor's Tale I: My Father Bleeds History

79 hours 37 mins; October 13, 2020

Episode 120 – The Nexus Episode

83 hours 9 mins; September 30, 2020

Episode 119 – Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga

65 hours 52 mins; September 15, 2020

Episode 118 – New Gods

81 hours 42 mins; September 01, 2020

Episode 117 – Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War Vol. 1

80 hours 22 mins; August 18, 2020

Episode 116 – The Avengers: The Kree-Skrull War

86 hours 46 mins; August 04, 2020

Episode 115 – Marvels

74 hours 10 mins; July 21, 2020

Episode 114 – The Sandman: Dream Country

79 hours 7 mins; July 07, 2020

Episode 113 – The Sandman: The Doll's House

85 hours 40 mins; June 23, 2020

Episode 112 – Martin Luther King and The Montgomery Story

56 mins; June 06, 2020

Episode 111 – The Immortal Hulk Vol. 1: Or Is He Both?

67 hours 3 mins; May 27, 2020

Episode 110 – The Concrete Episode

76 hours 31 mins; May 12, 2020

Episode 109 – Kurt Busiek's Astro City: Life in the Big City

90 hours 56 mins; April 29, 2020

Episode 108 – Superior Foes of Spider-Man Vol. 1: Getting the Band Back Together

75 hours 1 min; April 15, 2020

Episode 107 – Superman and Batman: World's Funnest

49 mins; April 01, 2020

Episode 106 – Starman: Night and Day

99 hours 49 mins; March 18, 2020

Episode 105 – March Book 1

58 mins; March 04, 2020

Episode 104 – House of X and Powers of X Part 2

68 hours 5 mins; February 19, 2020

Episode 103 – House of X and Powers of X Part 1

73 hours 51 mins; February 12, 2020

House of X Programming Note – and a Bonus Top 10 List!

3 mins; February 04, 2020

Episode 102 – Locke & Key Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft

81 hours 22 mins; January 22, 2020

Episode 101 – Bone Vol. 1: Out From Boneville

69 hours 29 mins; January 08, 2020

Episode 100 – Action Comics #1, Superman #1, and the Comics Canon All-Stars!

72 hours 28 mins; December 23, 2019

Episode 99 – Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 2: Issues 7-12

97 hours 6 mins; December 10, 2019

Episode 98 – Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 1: Issues 1-6

59 mins; November 26, 2019

Episode 97 – Secret Wars (2015)

80 hours 5 mins; November 12, 2019

Episode 96 – Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (1984-85)

76 hours 45 mins; October 29, 2019

Episode 95 – Emily Carroll's Through the Woods

86 hours 22 mins; October 14, 2019

Episode 94 – Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth

83 hours 28 mins; October 02, 2019

Episode 93 – Bastard

52 mins; September 17, 2019

Episode 92 – Fatale Volume 1: Death Chases Me

61 hours 39 mins; September 04, 2019

Episode 91 – Torso: A True Crime Graphic Novel

69 hours 42 mins; August 21, 2019

Episode 90 – Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter

71 hours 8 mins; August 06, 2019

Episode 89 – Sin City: The Hard Goodbye

60 hours 21 mins; July 24, 2019

Episode 88 – New Mutants: The Demon Bear Saga

68 hours 26 mins; July 10, 2019

Episode 87 – Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past (With Tedd Walley)

69 hours 25 mins; June 24, 2019

Episode 86 – Watchmen Part 4: Issues 10-12

82 hours 25 mins; June 11, 2019

Episode 85 – Watchmen Part 3: Issues 7-9

74 hours 28 mins; May 28, 2019

Episode 84 – Watchmen Part 2: Issues 4-6

66 hours 53 mins; May 15, 2019

Episode 83 – Watchmen Part 1: Issues 1-3

81 hours 31 mins; May 01, 2019

Episode 82 – Batman Origins

52 mins; April 17, 2019

Episode 81 – Hellboy: Seed of Destruction

49 mins; April 03, 2019

Episode 80 – The Shazam! Episode

73 hours 36 mins; March 20, 2019

Episode 79 – Captain Marvel: In Pursuit of Flight

65 hours 19 mins; March 06, 2019

Episode 78 – Captain Marvel: The Thanos War

80 hours 29 mins; February 20, 2019

Episode 77 – The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite

69 hours 59 mins; February 06, 2019

Episode 76 – Mister Miracle (2017)

65 hours 27 mins; January 23, 2019

Episode 75 – Nancy and xkcd

77 hours 11 mins; January 09, 2019

Episode 74 – The Death of Stalin

64 hours 4 mins; December 26, 2018

Canonical Conversations: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse With VOX ATL

43 mins; December 19, 2018

Episode 73 – I Guess We'll Do an Aquaman Episode ...

72 hours 45 mins; December 05, 2018

Episode 72 – Persepolis Vol. 1: The Story of a Childhood

62 hours 0 mins; November 21, 2018

Episode 71 – The Arrival

59 mins; November 06, 2018

Episode 70 – The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes

82 hours 56 mins; October 24, 2018

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