Pick of the Week #135 – Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1

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🗓️ 1 June 2008

⏱️ 61 minutes

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So many great books came out this week that it’s the return of the All Book Show! Running Time: 01:00:10 Pick of the Week: 00:01:20 – It was a tough week, but Josh went with Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1! Comics: 00:12:54 – Everyone is generally positive about Final Crisis #1. 00:20:39 – Opinions are mixed on Batman #677. 00:23:23 – More of the same with The New Avengers #41… 00:27:04 – Things get super serious with Dave Sim’s Judenhass. 00:32:29 – Greg Rucka brings new life to Daredevil #107. 00:34:38 – Revelations are made with Ultimate Spider-Man #122. 00:37:47 – In All-Star Superman #11 Lex Luthor is scary. 00:39:13 – Proof #8 wraps up the best story arc of the series, thus far. 00:40:25 – The Geoff Johns Retcon Train Rolls on with Action Comics #865. 00:41:41 – Huntress: Year One #2 is solid character work from a new comics writer. 00:43:17 – Marvel: 1985 #1 was like Marvel Zombie porn that everyone can enjoy. 00:47:09 – Firebreather #1 was a fun Invincible-esque romp. 00:49:26 – The war has begun in Fables #73. 00:50:27 – The iFanboy love for Dan Dare #6 gushes over. Music: “Method Man” Wu-Tang Clan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:08.1	You're listening to the I-Fam Boy Pick of the Week podcast, episode number 135, sponsored by Jim Hanley's Universe, discount comic book service, and Netflix.com.
1:27.5	Hey, welcome to the iFanboy.com pickleweek podcast episode number 135. My name is Ron.
1:28.3	I'm here with.
1:29.8	Connor.
1:31.0	And Josh.
1:33.4	Hello.
1:34.6	Hello.
1:36.0	And we're from...
1:36.7	And thank you for calling Comic Phone.
1:39.4	And we're from iFanboy.com where we like comics usually when there's not a million to read, like this week.
1:45.6	Oh, we like them.
1:47.0	But this week we read them and every week one of us picks out the best one and writes a pick of the week review that goes up on iFanboy.com on Wednesday night.
1:54.2	And then we come here and talk about it on the podcast as well as the other books that came out during the week.
1:58.8	So we're going to talk about Josh's pick. But before we do it, I just want to warn you,
2:02.0	we're going to talk about what happens in the comics.
2:04.0	So we might spoil some things.
2:05.5	So if you haven't read your comics yet,
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