Paul and Al have got a lot to say about DC's big announcements, as well as about Dark Horse's digital retailer incentives and the return of Valiant, and they've got reviews of Criminal: Last Of The Innocent, Secret Seven and 50 Girls 50 too. Give me an O! Give me an F! Give me another F! Give me a... yeah, we don't have time for this. The Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe is in this episode too.

Al and Paul have a bumper episode for you this time round, with discussion of Tr!ckster and the return of Kramer's Ergot as well as a round-up of the solicitations, and reviews of Flashpoint, Alpha Flight and Nonplayer. What evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe knows.

Paul and Al are back on schedule, with news and discussion of Free Comic Book Day, the release of the Thor movie and Marvel's future filmic plans, Rise of Arsenal's surprising PRISM award win, Mike Cotton leaving Wizard, Tokyopop's rights issues and the Ultimate line relaunch. We've also got reviews of Moon Knight, Gladstone's School for World Conquerors and Spontaneous. This podcast contains scenes of mild Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.

Al and Paul are back from their short break, and bring you discussion of the Tokyopop close, the Dark Horse layoffs, Marvel and Boom!'s licensing interactions and Greg Capullo's move to Batman, as well as reviews of Journey Into Mystery, Butcher Baker and Super Dinosaur. The Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe is drunk and annoying and is wearing a lampshade on its head. What an idiot.

Paul and Al have got all the news that's fit to banter about in this episode, with discussion of the new creative teams on Daredevil and Punisher, Bendis and Bagley's Brilliant, Starbucks' partnership with Marvel and Chew being picked up by Showtime, as well as a run through the solicitations and reviews of Xombi, FF and Green Lantern. If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise, because the Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe will drop out of a tree onto your head.

Al and Paul are a couple of days late, but they've got all the usual news and reviews - Julie Taymor's exit from the Spider-Man musical, Robert Kirkman and Rob Liefeld's new book, Jeff Smith's Rasl heading to the movies and Roger Langridge's Muppets in limbo, as well as reviews of Sigil, Venom and Sarah Palin vs The World. You don't pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger and you don't mess around with The Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.

Paul and Al are back after their break with chat about Marvel's plans for Pixar and their Big Shots initiative, Boom! Kids' rebranding, Telltale's new comics-based games, the Powers TV show, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's work on the Spider-Man musical and the cancellation of the First Wave line, and a few words on the sad loss of Dwayne McDuffie. There are also reviews of The Mission, Superman/Batman and Iron Man 2.0, and it looks like someone left the door open all night and the Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe has got in again.

Al and Paul are about to take a short hiatus, so here's an extra episode of House to Astonish to tide you through the next month. There's chat on the closure of Wizard and ToyFare and the launch of Wizard World, David E. Kelley's Wonder Woman, the death of the Comics Code Authority, a run through April's solicitations and some clearly-walled-off spoilery chat about the big Fantastic Four death. No reviews this time round, but there's an instalment of the Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe to make it up to you. Now they just need to think of some way to make it up to you for giving you that.

Paul and Al welcome the new year with discussion of the recent editorial shake-up at Marvel, the Flex Mentallo collection and the new cinematic costumes for Spider-Man and Captain America, and review Who Is Jake Ellis?, Deadpool Team-Up and Weird Worlds. There's also and instalment of the Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, and you can discuss among yourselves whose fault that is.

It's the end of the year, and Paul and Al are looking back at their favourite comics of the past twelve months, and giving you the rundown on their top cover artists, single issues, writers, artists and comics. They've also got a bit of arachno-centric news coverage on Mark Bagley's return to Marvel, Ultimate Spider-Man's day-and-date digital release and the goings-on with the Spidey musical, and a quick run through the March solicitations. Should the Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe be forgot, and never brought to mind? Probably best.