We've Got Back Issues

Transformers... THE Transformers the original Marvel run that started it all (sure there was a cartoon too but that was rubbish... kids stuff) is a bit of an obsession for Sleeves. He's collected all the Marvel UK comics, he's started a substack on the subject. So we thought we'd ingluge the little scamp and discuss a few issues of the comic, just a small number... four... keep it light. What followed was over 3 hours of robot related rambling too long to be contained in just one episode. So we split it in two... this is the first part and the second part will follow here on We've Got Back Issues shortly OR if you can't wait is available NOW over on our sister podcast AARGH! MY OPTICS! Reforming the same band of contributors that brought you an overstuffed look at Skybound's Transformers relaunch last year, Sleeves, Galactosh and special guests Virtual Dave and Michael Quintesson pore over the pages of The Transformers issues 5 to 8 reprinted in issues 22 to 28 of Marvel UK's fortnightly larger format comic. We join the story as Shockwave takes command of the Decepticons and begins his plans to conquer the earth one Blackrock facility at a time, learn why Optimus Prime's head is no longer on his body, why Buster Witwicky is having a lot of headaches, how the Dinobot came to be on earth, what the rite of oneness is and why Ratchet must learn to become a warrior! CreditsTransformers created by Hasbro Inc. and arguably Bob BudianskyCreative talent: Bob Budiansky, Alan Kupperberg and William JohnsonHosts: Galactosh, Sleeves, Virtual Dave and Michael QuintessonEditing and production: Galactosh and SleevesEpisode art: Mark BrightMusic and stings: The VidiprinterLogo art: willnotcompute

In every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer.....Oops. Wrong intro. Welcome terror seekers and join your heroes this Halloween as this year they go off with a Boom!Have you ever glimpsed something not right out of the corner of your eye? Do you ever get the feeling you're not alone? Ever seen your friends eviscerated before your very eyes? If so then please, get help. Otherwise, join your hosts Sleeves and Galactosh as they travel through the world of Something is Killing the Children. Join your heroes as they ponder such questions as; Why are talking stuffed animals so creepy? Why are the emergency services always so slow to catch on? And, can a comic be interesting when nothing and everything seems to happen in whole issues? Come run in terror with the lads in the latest, scariest, most gruesome instalment of We've got back issues.CreditsCreative talent: James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'EderaHosts: Galactosh and SleevesEditing and production: Galactosh and SleevesEpisode art: Werther Dell'Edera

"CIVIL WAR? Nothing. KICK-ASS? A warmup. What if the smartest, toughest costumed bad ass in the world was totally evil? Meet Nemesis. He's systematically been destroying the lives of every police chief in Asia, and he's now set his sights on Washington, DC. Between you and me, the police don't have a chance." or at least that's what it says on the back of the book. Tune in to this listener chosen episode of We've Got Back issues to hear if Sleeves and Galactosh feel Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's Nemesis lives up to the hype.CreditsCreative talent: Mark Millar and Steve McNivenHosts: Galactosh and SleevesEditing and production: Galactosh and SleevesEpisode art: Steve McNivenClips: The Rolling Stones

In this months episode of We've Got Back Issues we invite you to peruse the pages of Michael Allred's surrealist superhero creation Madman! Join us as we travel to Snap City where a mad scientist named Dr Egon Boiffard cobbles a guy together from corpses bring him back to life. Where the self-replicating robot creations Dr Gellespie Flem wander aimlessly through the sewers, where Mott from the Planet Hoople didges the advances of a lovelorn alien cannibal. Where G-men from hell give out hero Frank Einstein the creeps, where self replicating robots run wild in the sewers, Were metaphysical philosophy and traveling circuses on cruise ships meet. Where 1950s science fiction films is and rock and roll pop music are melted down into a heady brew... it's should proved to be rather neato and certianly decidedly ginchy.Don't believe in yourself,Don't deceive with belief,Knowledge comes with death's releaseAh-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ahCreditsCreative talent: Mike Allred and Laura AllredHosts: Galactosh and SleevesEditing and production: Galactosh and SleevesEpisode art: Mike Allred and Laura AllredClips: David Bowie

G. L. A. C. T. U. S..... G. L. A. C. T. U. S.....Did someone order a disco pharaoh? Your heroes on We've Got Back Issues certainly did. Join the lads as they traverse Marvel continuity once again. Returning to the pages of the Fantastic Four for the moment when the threats to Stan's comic universe went... well, into the universe. Join your hosts in answering such questions as: Who is the dumbest member of the FF? Is Reed a product of his time? What character trait has he continued to this day? Will The Thing get grumpy and hit something? If The Watcher is meant to observe and not interfere, what's he up to here then? How'd Galactus get his outfit change power from? Is this where Galactosh got his name then? These questions and many more will be answered as you join us in reading the Coming of Galactus only on We've got back issues.CreditsCreative talent: Stan Lee and Jack KirbyHosts: Galactosh and SleevesEditing and production: Galactosh and SleevesEpisode art: Jack Kirby

Jump into the way-back machine with Sleeves and Galactosh to the year 1938, when National Allied Publication keen to repeat the success of there soon to be namesake Detective Comics publish the first issue of their newest periodical Action Comics. In amongst the usual hotchpotch of cowboys, magicians, crime reporters, historical figures, comedy shoplifters, more cowboys, colonial casual racism, boxing, and Baseball... we discover a new type of hero for young boys to aspire to… one with strange… otherworldly... some might say ‘SUPER’ powers that got the first issue flying off the news stands and brought to life THE biggest, MOST important and SUPREMELY bankable comic book character of all time! We are talking of course of... Superman.CreditsCreative talent: Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, H. Fleming, Fred Guardineer, Captain Frank Thomas, Alger, Sven Elven, Will Ely,  Bernard Baily and more. Hosts: Galactosh and SleevesEditing and production: Galactosh and SleevesEpisode art: Joe Shuster