This is a rerelease of Ryan and Justin's two-part look at legendarily bizarre 1980s Marvel mega-crossover Secret Wars II, now combined and condensed into a single episode for your convenience. Find out what happens when Jim Shooter trades crowd-pleasing, sprawling battles between their most popular characters for wacky fish-out-of-water hijinks, thinly veiled attacks on former employees, and gentle satire of '80s consumer culture! In this episode: <ul> <li>The Thing's erotic adventures</li> <li>Spidey's power and responsibility motto apparently has its limits</li> <li>Organized crime seems pretty awesome</li> <li>The Beyonder's assessment of the Dazzler makes your hosts question his all-knowingness.</li> <li>Justin accidentally pitches a DC crossover event</li> <li>Molecule Man's DIY psychotherapy</li> <li>Daredevil gets left out of yet another Marvel storyline</li> <li>Captain America defends your right to die in a tidal wave</li> </ul> Covered in this episode: Secret Wars II #1-7 (1985-1986)

Batman: Three Jokers

Join host Justin Zyduck for a tour of the disreputable back alleys of the comic book medium. By analyzing what makes bad comics so bad, we hope to better understand what makes good comics so good. Drops the first and third Wednesday of each month.