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🧨 Episode 226 Exploded with News, Chaos & Comic Book Beef!
Comic Book Cannon
June 02, 2025
TL;DR
No Marvel Hall H? DC goes quiet? Brian Cranston for Xavier? The Cannon crew went off the rails with our returning guest and comic-con bloodhound, Lunch Money Comics. Also, Naomi might've broken the space-time continuum with her Pick of the Week. Again.
🦇 Featured Episode Issue: Batman #226
Silver Age swag with Bronze Age brains.
In this detective-driven issue, Batman faces off against the master of disguise known only as... The Swami.
🕵️♂️ No gadgets. No Robin. Just Bruce and his brain.
✍️ Written by Denny O’Neil.
🎨 Art by Irv Novick and Dick Giordano.
🧠 Peak detective noir Batman—chosen solely because the cover rules.
🎙️ Guest Spotlight: Lunch Money Comics Returns!
Mike (aka the most tolerable Boston sports fan we know) brought the heat and the receipts.
💰 Shared a killer flea market haul (first Kilowog!)
🧳 Gave us his full Giants-Size X-Men #1 origin story
🎤 Called out line-cutting CGC flippers at cons
🔥 And nearly got kicked off the show for his hot takes on cheesesteaks
📰 News & Rumors with Josh ("the Adam Schefter of the Cannon")
❌ No Marvel Hall H at SDCC — they “have nothing to show.”
🦸♂️ DC might only show Peacemaker S2?! A massive missed opportunity.
🕹️ EA cancels the Black Panther game. Is Wolverine next?
🦇 Deadpool vs. Batman kicks off the Marvel/DC crossover (we weren’t impressed).
🟣 First look at Galactus in Fantastic Four – reportedly Lovecraftian-level terrifying in early screenings.
🤖 Vision Quest is casting up: T'Nia Miller joins as Jocasta.
🟢 Laura Linney joins Lanterns. Who is she playing? Hal’s mom? Star Sapphire?
🧪 Spider-Man: Brand New Day may feature Ruffalo’s Hulk—mentor or monster?
💥 Bryan Cranston rumored as Xavier? Please no.
❓ X-Force may return with Deadpool, Wolverine, Cable... and Storm?!
🦸♂️ James Gunn is secretly writing a World’s Finest film... Batman/Superman incoming?
🕸️ Pick of the Week: Naomi Swings Into the Ultimate Spider-Verse!
Our resident chaos queen picked Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #1.
🎭 Four Spideys. One multiverse. Spot better watch his back.
🚨 Did she elbow a kid off the monkey bars again? Possibly.
🎥 Watch Naomi's Webbed-Up Pick
💬 Cannon Questions: Best Hero/Villain Matchup?
Community picks that SLAPPED:
Daredevil vs. The Riddler
Reed Richards vs. Brainiac
Punisher vs. Deathstroke
Doom vs. Lex Luthor
📚 Did You Know? Stan Lee vs. The Comics Code Authority
In 1971, Stan published Amazing Spider-Man #96–98—a story about drug abuse. The Comics Code Authority refused to approve it.
Stan published it anyway.
🔥 It became a hit and forced the CCA to change its rules.
💬 What creative risks should creators take today? Let us know in the comments.
📽️ Watch the DYK
🏆 Fresh From the Comic Shop: Too Many Bangers!
X-Men grails. Flea market gems. A Thunderbolts #1 CGC 9.8—one of only 19 in the world (Nory Jordan owns 6 of them 😮).
Judge Dan ruled this week’s results are pending due to May’s unfinished voting.
🗳️ Voting returns soon.
🖼️ Watch FFTCS
🎤 Next Up: New Segment Alert!
Judge Dan may be getting his own segment (details coming soon).
Naomi returns with another fire pick.
Probably more news you can shake a stick at.
And the Cannon rolls on...
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