Comic Book Time Machine

Comic Book Time Machine


Latest Episodes

Top Ten DC Comics Characters (Group) – CBTM167
June 05, 2021

Daniel and Matt list their Top 10 favorite characters from DC Comics!

THE SWAMP THING 1-3 & CURSE OF THE MAN-THING Full Series - SWAMP THINGS Ep. 20/CBTM 167
May 29, 2021

What a time to love comic book swamp monsters! First up: Ben takes a quick look at the second issue of Swamp Thing Future State Then: The Swamp Thing is a ten issue maxi-series by Ram V and Mike Perki

Endless Winter and Future State Swamp Thing #1 – SWAMP THINGS Ep. 19/CBTM 166
January 08, 2021

The end of 2020 and beginning of 2021 featured two comic book events with Swamp Thing, and this week had a couple swamp related surprises in the comics world. As usual, Ben judges these swamp based co

Wal-Mart's WW84 Blind Bag - CBTM165
December 27, 2020

Ben takes a look at a blind bag comic set that Wal-Mart had earlier this summer, set to be released to coincide with the Wonder Woman sequel. Now that the movie is actually being released, Ben pulled

Christmas at THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY #257 - CBTM164
December 25, 2020

It’s the 70s! And it’s a serial killer! And it’s Santa Claus!?! It’s a Christmas miracle that I found this comic on Christmas Eve when I was waiting for my kids to fall asleep and it’s an audacious fr

“Shadow of a Dark Lord” (Star Wars #21, March 1979) – MCC119 and CBTM162
November 03, 2020

Using Star Wars as a guideline,  we’re exploring comic books based on licensed properties that Marvel Comics published from 1977 to 1986. Star Wars continues! Luke faces Vader . . . in a hallucination! Han Solo faces Chewy . . . in a zero-G arena!

LEGEND OF THE SWAMP THING Special and EMPYRE: AVENGERS Mini-Series – SWAMP THINGS Ep. 17/CBTM161
October 13, 2020

Two swamp-related comics have been released recently, so Ben heads off to the swamps to record about them. As usual, Ben judges these swamp based comics using the following paradigm:CONTENT – is the story good?COVER – is the cover poster-worthy?

DC Four-Packs at Wal-Mart (Ben) – CBTM160
October 04, 2020

Wal-Mart and DC Comics are done with the 100-Page Giants, and have now moved to a blind bag style of comics. Each blind bag isn’t really BLIND because they are packaging the same four comics in each of the five different packages,

The New 52 Overview (Group) – CBTM159
June 04, 2020

Back in 2013, Daniel and Matt recorded a long conversation discussing every single series released as part of the first wave of The New 52!

ALLEGIANCE COMICS Review: Bass Reeves, Red Rooster, Norah’s Saga, and The Futurists (Ben) – CBTM158
May 31, 2020

An overview and review of the new Allegiance Comics publisher’s output, with their four “pilot episode” comics: Bass Reeves, an historical fiction biography western; Red Rooster, a superhero period piece; Norah’s Saga,