The Iron Age of Comics
@ironageofcomics.bsky.social
A critical reevaluation of comic books from about 1985-2000. New episodes the first and third Wednesdays of the month, comics posts all the time.
linktr.ee/ironageofcomics
(Not affiliated with any other “Iron Age” comics-related entities.)
linktr.ee/ironageofcomics
(Not affiliated with any other “Iron Age” comics-related entities.)
Pinned
NEW EPISODE! It’s Wonder Woman vs. Greek mythology’s greatest hits in “Challenge of the Gods” by George Perez and Len Wein!
LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/149915... (or wherever you get your podcasts)
LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/149915... (or wherever you get your podcasts)
Finally digging through ancient childhood possessions at my dad’s house. This used to be on my bedroom door!
I’ll post highlights 🧵
I’ll post highlights 🧵
February 7, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Finally digging through ancient childhood possessions at my dad’s house. This used to be on my bedroom door!
I’ll post highlights 🧵
I’ll post highlights 🧵
The Iron Age of Comics: can it be used as part of a fitness regimen? The answer may surprise you!
Over the course of many morning jogs, I finally caught up on the whole backlog of @ironageofcomics.bsky.social -- great show! Comics: now more than ever 🦸🦹
February 6, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The Iron Age of Comics: can it be used as part of a fitness regimen? The answer may surprise you!
Reposted by The Iron Age of Comics
Gorgeous pages by #JohnByrne from WHAT IF (v1) #36, "What if the #FantasticFour Had Not Gained Their Powers?" Reed actually listens to his friends and they avoid the cosmic rays! We'll be discussing these pages & more on Sunday's ONCE UPON A GEEK PODCAST! #OUAG35
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Gorgeous pages by #JohnByrne from WHAT IF (v1) #36, "What if the #FantasticFour Had Not Gained Their Powers?" Reed actually listens to his friends and they avoid the cosmic rays! We'll be discussing these pages & more on Sunday's ONCE UPON A GEEK PODCAST! #OUAG35
Reposted by The Iron Age of Comics
This week's episode of Transformers AutoBook Club is a special one because I was lucky enough to have an insane guest, a voice actor for Transformers at Universal Studios, who was a total gem!
youtu.be/de_FWvST9Ac?...
youtu.be/de_FWvST9Ac?...
Transformers AutoBook Club episode 16 | #8 "Repeat Performance!"
YouTube video by Transformers AutoBook Club
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
This week's episode of Transformers AutoBook Club is a special one because I was lucky enough to have an insane guest, a voice actor for Transformers at Universal Studios, who was a total gem!
youtu.be/de_FWvST9Ac?...
youtu.be/de_FWvST9Ac?...
Loot that drops after defeating me:
— Hawaiian shirt
— $1 coins x3
— Grocery list (poor handwriting)
— PB&J sandwich w/ summer sausage
— 1980s Marvel Comics x 4
— Collection of M.R. James ghost stories
— Wallet crammed full of credit/debit/gift/insurance cards, several of which are expired
— Hawaiian shirt
— $1 coins x3
— Grocery list (poor handwriting)
— PB&J sandwich w/ summer sausage
— 1980s Marvel Comics x 4
— Collection of M.R. James ghost stories
— Wallet crammed full of credit/debit/gift/insurance cards, several of which are expired
Loot that drops after defeating me:
Giant Bose noise canceling headphones (roll d6 to see if they are fully charged) & a podcasting mic
Drawing Pencils in grades HB-B4 (there is hair stuck on them)
20 vintage neckerchiefs & cravats
Advil
Babybel individually wrapped cheeses
Comics (two per bag)
Giant Bose noise canceling headphones (roll d6 to see if they are fully charged) & a podcasting mic
Drawing Pencils in grades HB-B4 (there is hair stuck on them)
20 vintage neckerchiefs & cravats
Advil
Babybel individually wrapped cheeses
Comics (two per bag)
Loot that drops after defeating me: nine various lucky tokens and talismans, a container of body butter, tarot decks (roll a 1d6 for total received), a CD book of burned mixes, a glass pipe and grinder (roll a CON save for weed, if pass then 1d8 for fraction of ounce), and a raktajino mug of coffee
February 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Loot that drops after defeating me:
— Hawaiian shirt
— $1 coins x3
— Grocery list (poor handwriting)
— PB&J sandwich w/ summer sausage
— 1980s Marvel Comics x 4
— Collection of M.R. James ghost stories
— Wallet crammed full of credit/debit/gift/insurance cards, several of which are expired
— Hawaiian shirt
— $1 coins x3
— Grocery list (poor handwriting)
— PB&J sandwich w/ summer sausage
— 1980s Marvel Comics x 4
— Collection of M.R. James ghost stories
— Wallet crammed full of credit/debit/gift/insurance cards, several of which are expired
Reposted by The Iron Age of Comics
NEW EPISODE! It’s Wonder Woman vs. Greek mythology’s greatest hits in “Challenge of the Gods” by George Perez and Len Wein!
LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/149915... (or wherever you get your podcasts)
LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/149915... (or wherever you get your podcasts)
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
NEW EPISODE! It’s Wonder Woman vs. Greek mythology’s greatest hits in “Challenge of the Gods” by George Perez and Len Wein!
LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/149915... (or wherever you get your podcasts)
LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/149915... (or wherever you get your podcasts)
Reposted by The Iron Age of Comics
It's time for my Favorite Comic Books of 2025! Listen to find out which 16 titles out of the 856 #comicbooks I read last year made the cut!
Favorite Comic Books of 2025
I discuss and recommend my favorite comic books that I read last year. Links: Promo: Edit Your Pod How to Love Comics' Comics Reading Tracker Bryan Deemer's Comic Book Reading Log LBR Merch! Feedback! Email = longboxreview@gmail.com Text/voicemail = 208-953-1841 Social = Bluesky / Mastodon / Facebook Web = longboxreview.com Thanks for listening! episode 272
longboxreview.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:04 PM
It's time for my Favorite Comic Books of 2025! Listen to find out which 16 titles out of the 856 #comicbooks I read last year made the cut!
NEW EPISODE! It’s Wonder Woman vs. Greek mythology’s greatest hits in “Challenge of the Gods” by George Perez and Len Wein!
LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/149915... (or wherever you get your podcasts)
LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/149915... (or wherever you get your podcasts)
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
NEW EPISODE! It’s Wonder Woman vs. Greek mythology’s greatest hits in “Challenge of the Gods” by George Perez and Len Wein!
LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/149915... (or wherever you get your podcasts)
LISTEN: www.patreon.com/posts/149915... (or wherever you get your podcasts)
Reposted by The Iron Age of Comics
All movies become dad movies when I watch them. Roger Rabbit? That’s a dad movie now. Mallrats? Dad movie. F for Fake: dad movie. Tetsuo the Iron Man, you better believe…
What’s everyone’s favorite dad movie
Trying to do a daily dumb little prompt to not think about The Horrors
February 4, 2026 at 4:12 AM
All movies become dad movies when I watch them. Roger Rabbit? That’s a dad movie now. Mallrats? Dad movie. F for Fake: dad movie. Tetsuo the Iron Man, you better believe…
I won’t be able to afford NOT to get this!
A 648 page brick landed on my doorstep today. Get yours April 28th.
@darkhorse.com
@darkhorse.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
I won’t be able to afford NOT to get this!
Reposted by The Iron Age of Comics
On this day in 1976, Jenette Kahn, a comics outsider was installed as publisher of DC Comics, which was failing and in danger of shutting down completely. At the time I thought WTF, what sort of corporate skullduggery is this? As did most of comicdom. Man, were we all wrong. She's a legend.
February 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
On this day in 1976, Jenette Kahn, a comics outsider was installed as publisher of DC Comics, which was failing and in danger of shutting down completely. At the time I thought WTF, what sort of corporate skullduggery is this? As did most of comicdom. Man, were we all wrong. She's a legend.
Some of the famous faces coming to you Wednesday on a new episode!
February 2, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Some of the famous faces coming to you Wednesday on a new episode!
Always love seeing original art of a cover like this and appreciating the physical paste-up work that went into them. Look at how they had to carefully cut out those jagged letters toward the bottom! And then someone from production (or maybe Sal himself) had to draw a tree AROUND the logo!
Original cover art for Spectacular Spider-Man 148. Spider-Man and Gwen Stacey coming up from the grave.
Art by #OurPalSal Buscema
Art by #OurPalSal Buscema
February 2, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Always love seeing original art of a cover like this and appreciating the physical paste-up work that went into them. Look at how they had to carefully cut out those jagged letters toward the bottom! And then someone from production (or maybe Sal himself) had to draw a tree AROUND the logo!
Reposted by The Iron Age of Comics
@bobbynashwrites.bsky.social joins me for a deep dive into John Byrne’s iconic run on the Fantastic Four!
fantasticcomicfan.podbean.com/e/233-byrnes...
#fantasticfour #johnbyrne #marvelcomics #comicbookpodcast #fanatasticcomicfan
fantasticcomicfan.podbean.com/e/233-byrnes...
#fantasticfour #johnbyrne #marvelcomics #comicbookpodcast #fanatasticcomicfan
February 2, 2026 at 12:40 PM
@bobbynashwrites.bsky.social joins me for a deep dive into John Byrne’s iconic run on the Fantastic Four!
fantasticcomicfan.podbean.com/e/233-byrnes...
#fantasticfour #johnbyrne #marvelcomics #comicbookpodcast #fanatasticcomicfan
fantasticcomicfan.podbean.com/e/233-byrnes...
#fantasticfour #johnbyrne #marvelcomics #comicbookpodcast #fanatasticcomicfan
I knew about the Dr Strange comic with Amy Grant on it but didn’t know about Whoopi in Power Pack before!
February 1, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I knew about the Dr Strange comic with Amy Grant on it but didn’t know about Whoopi in Power Pack before!
Me in 1987: having befriended either Steven Grant, Steve Rude, or Mike Baron, I would have bugged them to let me do a backup strip in one of their First Comics series; it’s probably called “Steeplechase & Company,” is some sub-Douglas Adams comedy sci-fi, and every letter-writer hates it.
If this were 1987, I'd be writing a comic for Eclipse Comics called "Captain Marmalade and a Time Beaver." It would be a monthly that comes out roughly every 7 months. Each issue would begin with an apology from Cat Yronwode about how long it was delayed.
February 1, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Me in 1987: having befriended either Steven Grant, Steve Rude, or Mike Baron, I would have bugged them to let me do a backup strip in one of their First Comics series; it’s probably called “Steeplechase & Company,” is some sub-Douglas Adams comedy sci-fi, and every letter-writer hates it.
Reposted by The Iron Age of Comics
Hadn’t realized how much I missed seeing this logo
February 1, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Hadn’t realized how much I missed seeing this logo
Reposted by The Iron Age of Comics
Sort of freaking out about this very clear read on epistemological problems within the fiction of superhero comics
So an odd thing here is that if you say "an unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume" your point is to communicate "it is not really Batman" but the problem is that the real Batman, within the fiction of the comic book "Batman", is also, literally, an unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume
An unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume angrily confronted Santa Clara city officials during a joint meeting of the City Council, city authorities, and the Santa Clara Stadium Authority on Monday, using his public comment to condemn the city’s stance on cooperation with ICE.
February 1, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Sort of freaking out about this very clear read on epistemological problems within the fiction of superhero comics
A cheery opening to Daredevil #250
January 31, 2026 at 10:17 PM
A cheery opening to Daredevil #250
Happy birthday to Grant Morrison. Nice boots!
Here’s us talkin about the last third of their Animal Man run:
open.spotify.com/episode/77eR...
Here’s us talkin about the last third of their Animal Man run:
open.spotify.com/episode/77eR...
January 31, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Happy birthday to Grant Morrison. Nice boots!
Here’s us talkin about the last third of their Animal Man run:
open.spotify.com/episode/77eR...
Here’s us talkin about the last third of their Animal Man run:
open.spotify.com/episode/77eR...
Reposted by The Iron Age of Comics
Reposted by The Iron Age of Comics
Catherine O'Hara was one of my comedy idols. A fearless, versatile genius. She made it look so effortless. Her commitment to character was unmatched. Watch Waiting for Guffman this weekend in her honor. May she rest in peace.
January 30, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Catherine O'Hara was one of my comedy idols. A fearless, versatile genius. She made it look so effortless. Her commitment to character was unmatched. Watch Waiting for Guffman this weekend in her honor. May she rest in peace.
Reposted by The Iron Age of Comics
Hey! We got some press!
January 30, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Hey! We got some press!
This man is my exact double
January 30, 2026 at 3:45 AM
This man is my exact double