This latest ball-drowning episode finds His Excellency Magnus taking a long, fond and nostalgic look back at Batman- Going Sane, a four part story from Legends of the Dark Knight #65-#68 geniusly written by JM DeMatteis, masterfully illustrated by Joe Staton and imaginatively lettered by Willie Schubert. The pitch is […]

In this latest ball-webbing episode, Magnus is still kicking back and enjoying the downtime before a crapload of miniseries and megaseries start up by taking a fond, if slightly sarcastic, look back at Amazing Spider-Man #31-#33 by Surfing Stan Lee and Pyschosomatic Steve Ditko, a little classic called If This […]

In this latest ball-yanking episode, Magnus continues his downtime before things get crazygonuts by Legends of the Dark Knight #11-#15 by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy. Or, as it’s more commonly known, Batman- Prey. If this seems like unusual subject matter for this show, keep in mind that Batman’s 75th […]

In this latest ball-twisting episode, Magnus enjoys the downtime by rereading some of the few truly enjoyable Spider-Man comics from the mid-90’s. The Untold Tales of Spider-Man was an unexpected oasis in the Clone Saga wilderness. So what effect did Untold Tales have on His Excellency’s budding Spider-Fandom? The answer […]

In this latest ball-poisoning episode, Magnus once again takes a look back at Smallville, this time discussing the episodes Nocturne, Redux, Lineage and Ryan from season 2. The characters alternately get blasts from the past, discover surprising secrets about family and, at points, say goodbye to friends way too soon. […]

In this latest ball-hoaxing episode, Magnus is rejoined by his loyal podcasting vassal Chris Honeywell to talk about something other than Big Books. Because it’s Christmas and His Excellency and Chris both have other stuff going on. To make the most of the Big Book Report label though, you could […]

In this latest ball-assassinating episode, Magnus is rejoined by his loyal podcasting vassal Michael Bailey to talk, talk and talk some more about the director’s cut of Oliver Stone’s 1991 opus JFK. 3.5 hours of commentary, conspiracy skepticism and smoke breaks. The click-bait vulnerable might’ve preferred “Magnus did *WHAT* halfway […]

In this latest ball-shocking episode, Magnus takes a fond walk down memory lane and salutes the very first Marvel comics he ever owned… plus issue #3 of that series. The click-bait crowd might’ve preferred “You won’t BELIEVE what His Excellency’s first Marvel comics were!” but nothing’s perfect, right? Magnus also […]

In this latest ball-punishing episode, Magnus gabs about the MAX Punisher storyline “In the Beginning”. That’s one way to put it. Another way would be that Magnus has a total geekout over the awesome splendidness of the Garth Ennis take on the Punisher. The click-bait crowd might’ve preferred “You won’t […]