In every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer.....

Oops. Wrong intro. Welcome terror seekers and join your heroes this Halloween as this year they go off with a Boom!

Have you ever glimpsed something not right out of the corner of your eye? Do you ever get the feeling you're not alone? Ever seen your friends eviscerated before your very eyes? If so then please, get help. Otherwise, join your hosts Sleeves and Galactosh as they travel through the world of Something is Killing the Children. Join your heroes as they ponder such questions as; Why are talking stuffed animals so creepy? Why are the emergency services always so slow to catch on? And, can a comic be interesting when nothing and everything seems to happen in whole issues? 

Come run in terror with the lads in the latest, scariest, most gruesome instalment of We've got back issues.

Credits

Creative talent: James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Werther Dell'Edera

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"CIVIL WAR? Nothing. KICK-ASS? A warmup. What if the smartest, toughest costumed bad ass in the world was totally evil? Meet Nemesis. He's systematically been destroying the lives of every police chief in Asia, and he's now set his sights on Washington, DC. Between you and me, the police don't have a chance." or at least that's what it says on the back of the book. Tune in to this listener chosen episode of We've Got Back issues to hear if Sleeves and Galactosh feel Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's Nemesis lives up to the hype.

Credits

Creative talent: Mark Millar and Steve McNiven

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Steve McNiven

Clips: The Rolling Stones

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In this months episode of We've Got Back Issues we invite you to peruse the pages of Michael Allred's surrealist superhero creation Madman! Join us as we travel to Snap City where a mad scientist named Dr Egon Boiffard cobbles a guy together from corpses bring him back to life. Where the self-replicating robot creations Dr Gellespie Flem wander aimlessly through the sewers, where Mott from the Planet Hoople didges the advances of a lovelorn alien cannibal. Where G-men from hell give out hero Frank Einstein the creeps, where self replicating robots run wild in the sewers, Were metaphysical philosophy and traveling circuses on cruise ships meet. Where 1950s science fiction films is and rock and roll pop music are melted down into a heady brew... it's should proved to be rather neato and certianly decidedly ginchy.

Don't believe in yourself,

Don't deceive with belief,

Knowledge comes with death's release

Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Credits

Creative talent: Mike Allred and Laura Allred

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Mike Allred and Laura Allred

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G. L. A. C. T. U. S..... G. L. A. C. T. U. S.....

Did someone order a disco pharaoh? Your heroes on We've Got Back Issues certainly did. Join the lads as they traverse Marvel continuity once again. Returning to the pages of the Fantastic Four for the moment when the threats to Stan's comic universe went... well, into the universe. Join your hosts in answering such questions as: Who is the dumbest member of the FF? Is Reed a product of his time? What character trait has he continued to this day? Will The Thing get grumpy and hit something? If The Watcher is meant to observe and not interfere, what's he up to here then? How'd Galactus get his outfit change power from? Is this where Galactosh got his name then? These questions and many more will be answered as you join us in reading the Coming of Galactus only on We've got back issues.

Credits

Creative talent: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Jack Kirby

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Jump into the way-back machine with Sleeves and Galactosh to the year 1938, when National Allied Publication keen to repeat the success of there soon to be namesake Detective Comics publish the first issue of their newest periodical Action Comics. In amongst the usual hotchpotch of cowboys, magicians, crime reporters, historical figures, comedy shoplifters, more cowboys, colonial casual racism, boxing, and Baseball... we discover a new type of hero for young boys to aspire to… one with strange… otherworldly... some might say ‘SUPER’ powers that got the first issue flying off the news stands and brought to life THE biggest, MOST important and SUPREMELY bankable comic book character of all time! We are talking of course of... Superman.

Credits

Creative talent: Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, H. Fleming, Fred Guardineer, Captain Frank Thomas, Alger, Sven Elven, Will Ely,  Bernard Baily and more.

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Joe Shuster

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Roll up roll up purveyors of the strange, the weird and the outlandish. Come exotic travellers as we traverse the found world of Alan Moore alongside our congenial podcasters of the obtuse, messers Sleeves and Galactosh. Witness tall tales of daring do. Examine mysteries beyond compare. Join the lads as they ask the questions narely well dreamed of before as they ask; where is that meant to be in Edmonton? Can you just steal characters because they're public domain? Is there a line to cross? What exactly is this obsession with Jeff Wayne? All these quandries and more shall be addressed as you join your heroes voyage through the tome that is The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in this months audio periodical for boys and girls of all persuasions from We've got back issues.

Credits

Creative talent: Allan Moore and Kevin O'Neill

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Kevin O'Neill 

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Another month, another We've Got Back Issues and another issues one. This time we travel back to spring of 1984, and take a look at the an oddly shaped, comic book pt together by two guys working out of a kitchen. An odd little Indie comi about four green dudes into martial arts with and a rat for a father figure. It should never have worked but here we are over 40 years later and it's STILL one of the most popular and beloved franchises in the world. So join Sleeves and Galactosh, as they discuss the world's most fearsome fighting team! The heroes in the half-shell! One one, the only Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Abd the issue that lunched it all... COWABUNGA! 

Credits

Creative talent: Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Kevin Eastman 

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Welcome back listeners to this month's instalment of We've got back issues. 

This time, your heroes, Sleeves and Galactosh, are travelling back in time to the beginning of the Marvel Empire. And it's a very different time indeed.  

War is on the horizon in Europe, but over in America, they're more interested in the deeds of comic characters. Maybe not so different after all....

Join the lads as they overcome different standards of both politics and storytelling as they try to answer various questions such as; why are everyone called rats? Why do things just happen? Can you tell the same story more than once in the same comic? Is this racist? Is this sexist? Was every character a psychopath in the 30's? Can everything be solved by melting it?

All these questions and more will be answered as you listen the boys discussing Marvel Comics #1 in the latest, greatest installment of We've got back issues.

Credits

Creative talent: Various

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Carl Burgos

Music and stings: The Vidiprinter

Logo art: willnotcompute

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In the very first listener recommended episodes Sleeves and Galactosh come over all French and delve into an absolute classic of the Bande dessinée genre... join us as we visit 50 BC and the one small village of of indomitable Gauls still holding out against the Roman invasion in... Asterix: Obelix and Co. A book that take satirical sideways glance at the capitalism, economics and adverting that's as relevant now as it was in the 1970s.

Credits

Asterix created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo 

Creative talent: René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo 

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Albert Uderzo 

Music and stings: The Vidiprinter

Logo art: willnotcompute

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Welcome back and happy New Year comic fans. Join your heroes, Sleeves and Galactosh, as they start 2025 by delving into the murky world of Gotham and it's most jovial antagonist, the Joker, as they read Batman Three Jokers. Tacking such questions as... Why are there three jokers? Can you really do a book based on one line in a crossover event? Can a comic be very long and very short at the same time? How many times can a book trample on a classic? Can the boys get through this episode without mentioning The Killing Joke? (of course they can't). Find out the answer to these questions and more the latest fun packed episode of We've Got Back Issues!

Credits

Batman created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger

The Joker created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson

Creative talent: Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson

Music and stings: The Vidiprinter

Logo art: willnotcompute

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Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas and welcome too the first annual We've Got Back Issues Holiday Special! Where all faiths and denominations are catered for provided you enjoy a bit of festive cheer! To celebrate the season of goodwill to all men the two men of this podcast, Sleeves and Galactosh, examine... a couple of men! The Marvel variety! Firstly we check in with Hawkeye or should we say Hawkguy? looking at the TWO Holiday issues during Matt Faction's much celebrated run on the character. You 'll love it bro... or is it dog? Secondly we look at The Incredible Hulk #378 where we find the Hulk, in grey format, cracking wise and engaging in a festive punch-up with the unlikeliest of department store Santas... the Rhino! Talking of Father Christmas, the big fella himself drops down our chimney and empties his sack all over your heroes... his mail sack that is! It's time for some of your listener letters!

Credits

Hawkeye created by Stan Lee and Don Heck 

The Hulk created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

Creative talent: Matt Fraction and David Aja, Peter David and Bill Jaaska

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: David Aja, Bill Jaaska and willnotcompute

Music and stings: The Vidiprinter

Logo art: willnotcompute

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Welcome back, friends. In this months instalment your heroes travel back in time some 40 years to read a book that seems so strangely familiar it could have been written last week. Join Sleeves and Galactosh as they discover a world of religious intolerance, unease of the different and persecution of the rights of minority groups. Where powerful people grab hold of the growing fears of the public for their own political gain. 

That's right... we're talking X-men! Why do Collossus and Nightcrawler's accents go temporarily missing? Why does Galactosh think he can do a Werner Herzog impression? Just how many fake out deaths and cliffhangers can a writer get away with? The joys of perfect foreshadowing and endless influences on the movies await, as we discuss... X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills.

Credits

X-men created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

Creative talent: Christopher Claremont and Brent Eric Anderson

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Brent Eric Anderson

Music and stings: The Vidiprinter

Logo art: willnotcompute

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Greetings, listener. This time, the We've Got Back issues boys have come over all... peculiar. Stepping into the pits of hell itself to bring you this months instalment. Ever wondered what would happen should a teenage witch go rogue? Well, your hosts did and dived into the afterlife, an Afterlife with Archie. Join Sleeves and Galactosh as they peer into the end of the world as Archie knows it to find answers to the infernal questions of.. why does jughead wear a crown? Who are all these characters? How did no one notice a zombie plague starting? To what lengths would a rich guy go to stop a predator. And should Archie be on some kind of register? Join your heroes as they break into the old spooky graveyard to investigate Afterlife with Archie. Oh and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Credits

Archie created by John L. Goldwater, Bob Montana and Vic Bloom

Creative talent: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Francesco Francavilla

Music and stings: The Vidiprinter

Logo art: willnotcompute

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Sleeves and Galactosh return and this time it's war.... Star War. It was a dark time for George Lucas. Star Wars has been on the wane in the public consciousness for years, a near decade after the last film, finally there is new Star Wars! Catch up with your podcasting heroes as they trawl through the last great hope for the galaxy and Star Wars as they read Dark Horse's Star Wars: Dark Empire.

Have you ever wondered what Han and Leia got up to after Endor? Are Lando and Wedge a team-up made in heaven? Have you ever wanted a star wars story that revolves around Luke in which he barely does anything? Do Ewoks ever leave Endor? All these questions were just too much for your boys alone, so they had to call in reinforcements. Enter Michael Quinntesson to save the day. Find out what they think on your latest installment of We've got back issues.

Credits

Star Wars created by George Lucas

Creative talent: Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy

Hosts: Galactosh, Sleeves and Michael Quintesson

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Dave Dorman

Music and stings: The Vidiprinter

Logo art: willnotcompute

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This month Sleeves and Galactosh travel back to the mid-ninties and examine what was almost the end of comics! Two relatively new upstarts fresh on the comic publishers block, Valiant Comics and Image Comics, collide in the crossover you never knew you didn't want! Now known in infamy as Deathmate. Messy incoherent plot? check. Hordes of derivative characters you've never heard of? Yup. Overhyped beyond what they could possibly deliver? Uh-huh. Poorly planned and crippled by delays? You betcha! An aftermath that sent shock waves through the industry and likely caused the closure of comic book stores? Sadly yes. An unmitigated disaster? Well.. that is what one of the creators called it.

Join your courageous hosts as they try their best to enjoy this endeavour. Will they work out who the characters are and what's going on? What is it with all the adverts? Does Rob Liefield like snorkeling too much? Will they work out the punny title before the end of the podcast? Listen and learn the answers to all these questions and more as they revisit the car crash of a crossover that was Deathmate.

Credits

Deathmate is a crossover between Image Comics and Valiant Comics

Creative talent: Various

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Jim Lee and Bob Layton

Music and stings: The Vidiprinter

Logo art: willnotcompute

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Welcome back true believers for the story Stan Lee and John Romita would never have brought you, but the one you have a sneaking suspicion Steve Ditko might have if left unchecked.

Have you ever wondered what Peter Parker got up to once he'd collected his bus pass? Have you been longing for an update on the disco loving hypno-hustler? Have you seen Highlander 2? Have you ever been curious about the contents of spidey's tighty-whiteys? Either way all this and more will be answered by your podcasting heroes, Sleeves and Galactosh in this month's scintillating, stupendous, scandalous installment of We've got back issues where they read Spider-man Reign... so you don't have too.

Credits

Spider-man created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko

Creative talent: Kaare Andrews

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Kaare Andrews

Music and stings: The Vidiprinter

Logo art: willnotcompute

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Wanna hear about the return to greatness for the all new Justice League circa 1987? Wanna know just how b-list the Justice League can get? Wanna see the beginnings of The Booster Gold and Blue Beetle bromance? Wanna learn what happens when you put Batman and Guy Gardener on the same team? Wanna make something of it?

Join Galactosh and Sleeves as they delve between the pages of the unconventional reinvention of the Justice league that broke the mould and forged a new one for DC's premier super team, that of the Justice League International. From their ramshackle beginnings, to Batman's headmasterly leadership style, to Maxwell Lord's growing involvement, through that now iconic punch to Guy Gardner's nose and their recognition as an international super hero team and everything in between. We read the first seven issues of Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis and Kevin Maguire unforgettable take on the Justice League.

Credits

Justice League created by Gardner Fox

Creative talent: Keith Giffen, J. M. DeMatteis and Kevin Maguire

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Kevin Maguire

Music and stings: The Vidiprinter

Logo art: willnotcompute

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This time on We've Got Back Issues, your heroes are in trouble. They're crime is life. They're sentence?... Is death. 

That's right, in this issue your hosts Sleeves and Galactosh have read the origin story of Judge Dredd's most famous villain, Judge Death, in Young Death "Boyhood of a Superfiend" straight from the pages of Judge Dredd Megazine. (And you thought we'd stick to just the American funny books). Listen now to find out what your hosts thought of Death's early days, dentistry, the reveal of the protagonists horrifying real name and just how much this blatantly rips off is a loving homage to interview with the vampire.

Drokk! Just give it a listen for gruds sake!

Credits

Judge Dredd created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra

Judge Death created by John Wagner and Brian Bolland

Creative talent: John Wagner, Peter Doherty and Gordon Robson

Hosts: Galactosh and Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Peter Doherty

Music and stings: The Vidiprinter

Logo art: willnotcompute

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Hear part 2 on AARGH! MY OPTICS https://linktr.ee/aarghmyoptics

Welcome to a very special CROSSOVER episode of We've Got Back Issues! Galactosh and Sleeves are joined by Virtual Dave and Orion Ghia(also know as Sleeves, I know its confusing but deal with it!) from Transformers podcast AARGH! MY OPTICS! plus special guest host Michael Quintesson to chat about the first 6 issues and story arch of Skybound's brand new ongoing Transformers comic book! You'll find our discussion of issues 1 to 3 here on We've Got Back Issues and issues 4 to 6 over on AARGH! MY OPTICS! Fun right!?

Anyway please do join us to hear our hot takes on the latest reboot of the Transformers franchise as we talk robots, wrestling and PTSD!

Credits

Transformers created by Hasbro Inc. and arguably Bob Budiansky

Creative talent: Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer and Rus Wooton

Hosts: Galactosh, Orion Ghia AKA Sleeves, Virtual Dave and Michael Quintesson

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: Daniel Warren Johnson (Image/Skybound)

Music and stings: The Vidiprinter

Logo art: willnotcompute

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What's that in the sky?...Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO! It's the 3rd instalment of your trusty comic book podcast We’ve Got Back Issues! In this episode your heroes ponder the highs, the lows, the hype and the marketing strategy that was the Death of Superman. Come with us to a time before the advent of the comics explosion, where event stories were just that and not an annual procession, to a time when Superman was still relevant? As we look at an event comic that arguably directly lead, or at least contributed to, the great comics crash of the 90s. 

Listen as we discuss DCs Hulk rip-off and the Man of Steel knocking seven bells out of one another across the pages of 7 issues of 5 DC books until they both collapse in a bloody heap. Can a comic consist entirely of splash pages? Can the man of tomorrow survive? The title kind of gives it away! But that won't stop Sleeves and Galactosh digesting and dissecting it for your listening pleasure in what people are already calling the greatest comic book club discussion podcast?

Credits

Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster

Creative talent on this story includes Roger Stern, Jackson Guice, Denis Rodier, Jerry Ordway, Tom Grummett, Doug Hazelwood, Dan Jurgens, Rick Burchett, Louise Simonson, Jon Bogdanove, Dennis Janke and Brett Breeding.

Hosts: Galactosh and Orion Ghia AKA Sleeves

Editing and production: Galactosh and Sleeves

Episode art: DC comics

Music and stings: The Vidiprinter

Logo art: willnotcompute

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