Pick of the Week #58 Powers #21

Published: Dec. 3, 2006, 5:44 p.m.

This week\u2019s iFanboy\xa0Pick of the Week\xa0is sponsored by\xa0ComicHole.com!\n\nRunning Time: 00:55:02\n\nPick of the Week:\n00:01:30 \u2013 It\u2019s been a a year, so Josh figured it was okay to select\xa0Powers #21\xa0as the Pick of the Week. Good thing it was awesome.\n\nComics:\n00:09:05 \u2013 Conor thought this week\u2019s\xa052\xa0was the best issue ever. Why? Batman.\n00:11:09 \u2013 Ron and Josh were impressed with the first issue of\xa0The Immortal Iron Fist.\n00:13:53 \u2013 Surprisingly, Ron was the only one who bought\xa0Batman/The Spirit #1\xa0and LOVED it. Instead, Conor bought\xa0Guy Gardner: Collateral Damage #1, but somehow Josh didn\u2019t. Conor and Josh lose! Ron is the winner!\n00:16:11 \u2013 Josh liked Mike Carey\u2019s\xa0Crossing Midnight #1.\n00:19:16 \u2013 Ron was surprised to report that\xa0X-Men #193\xa0and\xa0The Flash #6\xa0weren\u2019t that awful.\n\nTrade Talk:\n00:20:37 \u2013 We all read the graphic novel\xa0American Born Chinese\xa0by Gene Luen Yang and loved it.\n00:23:20 \u2013 Conor and Ron render Josh speechless with a HUGE surprise relating to\xa0Fables!\n\nContests:\n00:28:36 \u2013 Marvel Scene It? Contest Winners!\n\u2022 Erik Brown\n\u2022 Luke Batt\nGo to\xa0the iFanboy Wallpaper Contest page\xa0to download their wallpaper as well as the other entries.\n\n00:30:27 \u2013 We had so much fun with the last contest, we decided to do another! We\u2019ve got more copies of\xa0Marvel SceneIt?\xa0courtesy of ScreenLife to give away. So this week\u2019s contest is a casting contest!\nCast an Avengers movie with the following lineup:\n\u2022 Captain America\n\u2022 Ant-Man\n\u2022 The Wasp\n\u2022 The Vision\n\u2022 Scarlet Witch\n\u2022 Hawkeye\n\u2022 Thor\nBONUS: Jarvis\n\nSend an e-mail to\xa0contact@ifanboy.com\xa0with the subject: CASTING CONTEST by\xa0Friday, December 8th 2006 @ 5 PM ET\n\nEmail:\n00:34:10 \u2013 Zach is worried that stories will move away from the synergistic storylines and comics are less about characters and more about events.\n00:36:45 \u2013 MostExtremeBrian from Texas asks if we ever read\xa0Midnight Nation\xa0by JMS? Because he digs it.\n00:38:37 \u2013 Ben is curious if we\u2019d like to see any characters revitalized? He\u2019d love to see The Shadow.\n00:40:41 \u2013 Vichus S. agrees DC fans should be called DC Drones.\n\nVoicemail:\n00:41:09 \u2013 Darren from California wants more Josh doing Augie impressions.\n00:42:18 \u2013 Tolly from Arkansas wants to know what we think about the recent changes to the Marvel Family over at DC.\n00:45:50 \u2013 Gavin from Seattle, Washington is teaching a class about comic books and wants advice on what to teach.\n\n\u2022\xa0If you have any questions, email us at\xa0contact@ifanboy.com\xa0OR you can call us at 1-888-FANBOYS (326-2697) and leave us a voicemail! Be sure to provide your name and where you\u2019re from!\n\u2022 Go to the\xa0Frappr\xa0map and be counted!\n\u2022 Or you could go to our stupid\xa0MySpace page\xa0and maybe we could be your friend?\n\nWant to discuss the podcast? Tell everyone what you think on the\xa0Pick of the Week page for\xa0Powers #21!\n\nMusic:\n\u201cTake On Me\u201d\nCap n\u2019 Jazz\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices