War Rocket Ajax
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The world's most explosive comic book and pop culture podcast. Hosted by @mattdwilson.net and @theisb.bsky.social. Home of Every Story Ever. Frequent guests include Matt Fraction and Harrison the Cat.
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War Rocket Ajax
@warrocketajax.com
· Nov 16
Hello new followers! We hope you:
1) Listen to our show
2) Follow our hosts, @theisb.bsky.social and @mattdwilson.net
3) Avoid Curt Connors, the Lizard. We all know what he did
1) Listen to our show
2) Follow our hosts, @theisb.bsky.social and @mattdwilson.net
3) Avoid Curt Connors, the Lizard. We all know what he did
It's HickMania III on this week's show as we read Fantastic Four #575-578, introducing four new and mysterious cities!
Episode 746 - HickMania III: Four Cities by @Klytus Media
If only we had known this story arc would be taking place in multiple cities, we'd have figured out a way to make this HickMania 2. But it's our third installment, and Hickman is taking the Fantastic ...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's HickMania III on this week's show as we read Fantastic Four #575-578, introducing four new and mysterious cities!
We're very happy to welcome @ericafails.bsky.social back to the show this week to talk Harley and Ivy: Life and Crimes!
Episode 745 - Romance Feelings f/ Erica Henderson by @Klytus Media
Our friend 'till the end Erica Henderson joins us on the show this week to talk about Harley and Ivy: Life and Crimes, including how she now gets to determine what's canon for The Joker! Plus, some ha...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We're very happy to welcome @ericafails.bsky.social back to the show this week to talk Harley and Ivy: Life and Crimes!
Tonight on the show, we're talking to @ericafails.bsky.social about Harley & Ivy and whatever else comes up! Send us questions now!
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Tonight on the show, we're talking to @ericafails.bsky.social about Harley & Ivy and whatever else comes up! Send us questions now!
Bleh! The October Every Story Ever special is here!
Every Story Ever: October 2025 by @Klytus Media
Time for more rankings, and it's specifically time for Every Spooky Ever! Listen as we rank some monstrous comic stories, some moreso than others!
We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follo...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Bleh! The October Every Story Ever special is here!
This week on the show we're so pleased to welcome @conormccreery.bsky.social and @jibolaf.bsky.social on to talk about Fela: Music is the Weapon and a whole lot more!
Episode 743 - What You Do To Artists f/ Conor McCreery and Jibola Fagbamiye by @Klytus Media
The creative team behind the new biographical graphic novel Fela: Music is the Weapon is joining us on the show this week to talk to us about making biographical comics that do what only comics can, s...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This week on the show we're so pleased to welcome @conormccreery.bsky.social and @jibolaf.bsky.social on to talk about Fela: Music is the Weapon and a whole lot more!
The upload of this week's episode is slightly delayed for technical reasons (maybe having to do with today's big outage, not sure). But it'll be up as soon as the file is processed!
October 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The upload of this week's episode is slightly delayed for technical reasons (maybe having to do with today's big outage, not sure). But it'll be up as soon as the file is processed!
Comics Catch-Up! We read James Stokoe's Godzilla Half Century War from 2012 and dug into its 50-year vendetta against the King of Monsters!
Comics Catch-Up 074: Godzilla Half Century War by @Klytus Media
It's undoubtedly a visual marvel, but how well does the story of James Stokoe's 5-issue 50-year Godzilla epic from 2012 hold up?
We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link [https...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Comics Catch-Up! We read James Stokoe's Godzilla Half Century War from 2012 and dug into its 50-year vendetta against the King of Monsters!
This week on the show (yes, Tuesday!) we're talking with @conormccreery.bsky.social and @jibolaf.bsky.social about their biographical graphic novel Fela!, The Last Witch and whatever else comes up! Send us questions now!
October 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This week on the show (yes, Tuesday!) we're talking with @conormccreery.bsky.social and @jibolaf.bsky.social about their biographical graphic novel Fela!, The Last Witch and whatever else comes up! Send us questions now!
More sword rating on this week's episode, including one of religious and artistic significance!
Episode 742 - I to X of Swords: Shortsword by @Klytus Media
Sword rating time once again, and we're taking some that glow, some that break, and some from, yes, fine art.
We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link [https://zencastr.com/?vi...
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October 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
More sword rating on this week's episode, including one of religious and artistic significance!
On this week's show, we took some listener questions, but first, we had to finally learn what the deal is with Joseph Michael Linsner's Dawn.
Episode 741 - The Dawn Quiz by @Klytus Media
Yes, we finally find out what Joseph Michael Linsner's Dawn is about in this episode. And we also take some of your listener questions!
We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link...
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October 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
On this week's show, we took some listener questions, but first, we had to finally learn what the deal is with Joseph Michael Linsner's Dawn.
We're taking some questions from you on this week's show, so send us some!
October 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We're taking some questions from you on this week's show, so send us some!
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Ever since someone wrote in to tell us to keep the conversation to a minimum and do more ranking, I make sure to talk to Matt for 20 minutes about CRY FOR DAWN, a comic neither of us has read.
The Every Story Ever special for September is here!
Every Story Ever: September 2025 by @Klytus Media
It's time to rank more comic book stories, including a truly bananas backup about Lil' Silver Sable.
We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link [https://zencastr.com/?via=warrock...
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October 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ever since someone wrote in to tell us to keep the conversation to a minimum and do more ranking, I make sure to talk to Matt for 20 minutes about CRY FOR DAWN, a comic neither of us has read.
The Every Story Ever special for September is here!
Every Story Ever: September 2025 by @Klytus Media
It's time to rank more comic book stories, including a truly bananas backup about Lil' Silver Sable.
We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link [https://zencastr.com/?via=warrock...
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October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The Every Story Ever special for September is here!
On this week's show, we're rating more swords! Some big ones in this batch, too.
Episode 740 - I to X of Swords: Flamberge by @Klytus Media
We rated some more swords on this week's episode! One we weren't familiar with from the source material, but the vibes were immaculate. The rest? Well, good and bad.
We make our show on Zencastr, and...
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September 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
On this week's show, we're rating more swords! Some big ones in this batch, too.
Comics Catch-Up! How well did the 2014 She-Hulk run make its argument to our jury of two?
Comics Catch-Up 073: She-Hulk (2014) by @Klytus Media
You demanded it, we read it! The 12-issue Charles Soule/Javier Pulido run on She-Hulk from 2014 tries to come at the character from a law focus. How well does it pull that off?
We make our show on Ze...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Comics Catch-Up! How well did the 2014 She-Hulk run make its argument to our jury of two?
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September 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On this week's show, HickMania continues with the proper start of Hickman's Fantastic Four run!
Episode 739 - HickMania 2: The Council of Reeds by @Klytus Media
We get going on the Jonathan Hickman Fantastic Four run proper in this episode, and while there are clearly some seeds being planted for big future stories...it also really reads like a comic from 200...
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September 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
On this week's show, HickMania continues with the proper start of Hickman's Fantastic Four run!
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I just got to the part of this week's @warrocketajax.com that made me emotional. Dang. Love those boys.
September 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I just got to the part of this week's @warrocketajax.com that made me emotional. Dang. Love those boys.
Snack Situation! Matt and Marlene went to Seattle and Portland, and the trip included a pilgrimage to the Twin Peaks diner, along with lots more food adventures!
Snack Situation 074: Twin Peaks Diner and More Pacific Northwest by @Klytus Media
Matt and Marlene went to Portland and Seattle in early September, and in addition to trying the food at the diner from Twin Peaks, they have a lot more food from the trip to discuss!
We make our show...
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September 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Snack Situation! Matt and Marlene went to Seattle and Portland, and the trip included a pilgrimage to the Twin Peaks diner, along with lots more food adventures!
We took your listener questions on this week's episode!
Episode 738 - The Superior Gummy by @Klytus Media
We're taking your listener questions on this week's episode, including Qs about candy, what swords we would be, how much Spider-Man can eat, bad Riddler designs, and more!
We make our show on Zencast...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We took your listener questions on this week's episode!
We're taking some of your listener questions on the show this week! So send us some!
September 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
We're taking some of your listener questions on the show this week! So send us some!
The Every Story Ever special for August has arrived!
Every Story Ever: August 2025 by @Klytus Media
Time to rank stories once again, with stories from Matt Wagner and several creators who disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle!
We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link [https://z...
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August 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Every Story Ever special for August has arrived!
Welcome...to HickMania!
Episode 736 - HickMania I: Dark Reign Fantastic Four by @Klytus Media
HickMania begins this week with what very much feels like a prologue to not just Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four run, but maybe...his whole Marvel saga? And yet it still feels like it's a little too...
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August 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Welcome...to HickMania!
Comics Catch-Up! After many requests, we read a Grendel. The 2023 update of the first Grendel story, in fact. How does it hold up?
Comics Catch-Up 072: Grendel: Devil By the Deed Master's Edition by @Klytus Media
We're reading the 2023 update to Matt Wagner's first comic work from 1983. How does it hold up?
We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link [https://zencastr.com/?via=warrocketaja...
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August 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Comics Catch-Up! After many requests, we read a Grendel. The 2023 update of the first Grendel story, in fact. How does it hold up?