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Serious Issues: A Comic Book Podcast with Andrew Levins

Episode 13: Batman Week and Marvel's Loud Disagreement (aka Civil War 2)

We read more than 30 comics this week! What is wrong with us? Hear us slog through reviews of all the new DC titles (including Batman and Superman!), the latest chapter of Civil War 2, a new Han Solo book, Tales From the Darkside and more! Plus - we answer a fan email about the best comics for a five year old!

Reviewed in this episode:

Batman #1
Superman #1
Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade
Green Arrow #1
Teen Titans Rebirth #1
Green Lanterns #1
The Joyners #1
Weird Detective #1
Tales From the Darkside #1
Civil War II: X-Men #1
Vote Loki #1
Han Solo #1
Civil War II #2 
Black Widow #3
The Adventures of Archer and Armstrong #4
Klaus #6
Hellcat #7
Space Battle Lunchtime #2
The Uncanny Inhumans #10
A Year of Marvels: The Incredible #1
Invincible #129
Low #14
Descender #12
Lazarus #22
The Astonishing Ant-Man #9
Mockingbird #3
Jughead #7
Scooby Apocalypse #2

Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney.

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