House to Astonish

House to Astonish Episode 220 - Crow, Do My Taxes

A tidy little hour of comicsy nattering for you this time, as Al and Paul discuss Marvel/Star Wars: Hope Assembles, Fugitive X-Force, Origin III, The Snail and the extens

House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 32

New volume, new team, new episode, as Paul and Al look at 2005's New Thunderbolts issues 1-3, and Mach IV assembles a wonky squad of screw-ups to take on one of Marvel's

House to Astonish Episode 219 - Absolut Batman

Tick tock, it's podcast o'clock, as Paul and Al talk about the Midnight line's rescheduling, Alien v X-Men, the Absolute Batman animated series, the upcoming new volumes

House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 31

The launch of New Thunderbolts is just around the corner, but first Paul and Al are polishing off the Avengers/Thunderbolts miniseries with issues 4-6, as one fight runs

House to Astonish Episode 218 - Rocko's Modern Basilisk

Paul and Al are back with more comics waffle for you to gobble up, as they send good wishes to Adam Hughes, chew over Marvel's layoffs and its wider malaise, and discuss

House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 30

Back once again with the renegade Masters of Evil, as Al and Paul look at the first half of 2004 miniseries Avengers/Thunderbolts. There's talk of Spider-Man working down

House to Astonish Episode 217 - The Distant Sound of Scraping

Al and Paul have a lot of news for you this time round, as they remember Tatjana Wood, and talk 3 Worlds 3 Moons, Hulk War, Terminal, M.A.S.K., Skate Ali, Odin, Avengers/

House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 29

It had to happen. And now, it finally has. It's time for Paul and Al to bite the bullet and step into the squared circle to take on the Marvel's Most Merciless, the Maste

House to Astonish Episode 216 - Metamorpho the Elephant Man

It's only 348 sleeps 'til Christmas, so Paul and Al are taking the opportunity to look back at the best 2025 had to offer, as they run down their pick of their three favo

House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 28

Al and Paul hit a major milestone this episode, as they reach the end of the first run of the original Thunderbolts team, and cover issues 72-75. There's fighting, argume

House to Astonish Episode 215 - Got Up And Finished Fourth

With NYCC in the rear-view mirror, it's time for Al and Paul to look back at some of the news coming out of the show, like the revamped Vertigo slate, Swamp Thing Is Kill

House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 27

Paul and Al continue to bop back and forth to Counter-Earth, as they look at Thunderbolts (1997) #69-71. There's plotline resolutions, a parade of fill-in artists and the

House to Astonish Episode 214 - I'm From Space And I've Got A Big Tongue

A small but perfectly formed episode for you this time round, as Paul and Al bring you news about Die: Loaded, the new Infernal Hulk and Doctor Strange, DC's upcoming Bat

House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 26

We're on the home stretch of TBolts Volume 1, as Al and Paul look at Thunderbolts #65-68. There's a whole new squad of 'bolts, a brand new costume for Moonstone and a fre

House to Astonish Episode 213 - Puncher War Journal

Two weeks in between episodes? What is this, 2014? Whatever it is, it's Al and Paul talking about Peter David, Marvel and DC's upcoming Deadpool and Batman crossovers, Da

House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 25

An odd little selection of issues this time round, as Paul and Al look at Thunderbolts issues 63 and 64, and Thunderbolts: From The Marvel Vault. Want to know what Zemo's

House to Astonis Episode 212 - You Have Been Watching

It's not the biggest of weeks for comics news, but Paul and Al have their fun regardless, as they talk you through the new UK comics industry trade body, the end of Immor

House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 24

Paul and Al are taking a look at Thunderbolts issues 60-62 this time round, as Marvel's Most Wanted put the T in both TBolts and Teleported To counTer-earTh. What will th

House to Astonish Episode 211 - The Ghost of Tony Hart

And so this is January, and what have you done? Another year over, a new one begun about three weeks ago. It's not the most topical of year in review shows, but Al and Pa

House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 23

They had to get there eventually. Al and Paul bite the bullet and tackle Citizen V and the V Battalion: The Everlasting #1-4, the second (in any sense you care to choose)