The Iron Age of Comics

Justin Zyduck and Jim Cannon

A critical re-evaluation of comic books from about 1985 to 2000… including, of course, the boom and bust of the '90s! Go beyond the chromium covers and grim 'n' gritty cliches for a deeper look at one of the most divisive periods in comics history. Hosts Justin Zyduck and Jim Cannon share context, commentary, and a few laughs on the first and third Wednesdays of each month.

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The Iron Age of Comics

Episodes (95)

Wed Apr 1st Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
Mar 18th Bone: The Great Cow Race & Eyes of the Storm
Mar 4th Thunderbolts: Marvel's Most Wanted

The Iron Age of Comics

Apr 1, 2026
2 hours
262 MB

It’s April Fool’s Day* and the Joker has led an inmate revolt of Arkham Asylum! In 1989, Tim Burton’s Batman was the year’s hottest movie, and fans took to comic book shops and bookstores starving for more Dark Knight content. What they found was…a dense, 128-page experimental narrative featuring terrifying expressionist paint and artwork with a story crammed with allusions to the Tarot, Passion plays, St. George the Dragonslayer, and Carl Jung. Was this an April’s Fools prank DC was pulling on new readers? Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth has been praised as a...

The Iron Age of Comics

Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth

Justin Zyduck and Jim Cannon

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