It's the first episode of 2015! In a week where there's no comics news since everyone in comics is on vacation, and there were almost no new comics for exactly the same reason! Which means most comics podcasts and news sites are doing their Best Of / Worst Of lists this week... while we did ours last week. Clearly we don't plan well.

So this week, we decided to look back to a couple of events from 2014 that we haven't previously talked about in a lot of detail:

The Doctor Who Christmas Special, Last Christmas, and:
Luc Besson's superhero-ish movie from last summer, Lucy, starring Scarlett Johansson!

And while it was a light week for comics, there were a couple of big, highly-anticipated issues. So we discuss:

All-New Miracleman Annual #1, written by Grant Morrison and Peter Milligan, with art by Joe Quesada and Mike Allred, and:
S.H.I.E.L.D. #1, based on the TV show Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., written by Mark Waid and drawn by Carlos Pacheco!

And now the legalese:

We record this show live to tape. While this might mean a looser comics podcast than you are used it, it also means that anything can happen. Like the definition of a Face Dream Herpe.
This show contains spoilers. While we try to shout out warnings ahead of time, just assume that you will be told the villain of 1988's Miracleman #15. 27 years is enough of a cushion.
We use adult, profane language, so therefore this show is not safe for work. This week's title is "Wookie Shoe Porn," for God's sake. We shouldn't need to warn you to get some headphones.

Enjoy the show, suckers!