On this episode of The Corner Box, hosts John & David gather round the fire to reminisce about the past year in comics, and get into the reinvigoration of older properties, how different publishers approach existing properties, DC and Marvel’s Absolute and Ultimate Lines, DC’s $10 books, and PRH’s disruption of the industry by purchasing Boom! Studios. Also, most definitely not in the spirit of the Season, David is mean to several people.

Timestamp Segments

• [02:07] David’s thoughts on Prince.
• [04:08] The success of GI Joe and Transformers.
• [05:38] Properties moving to new publishers.
• [09:01] The new GI Joe launches.
• [14:09] ThunderCats.
• [14:47] The changing perception of comics properties.
• [16:08] Relaunching properties out of their time.
• [19:59] Marvel’s Ultimate Line.
• [21:16] David’s take on Donny Cates.
• [23:47] DC’s Absolute Line.
• [27:12] What’s up with Zatanna?
• [28:40] DC’s $10 Compact Comics.
• [36:36] Boom! goes to PRH.

Notable Quotes

• “He was the B-average student in a room of D-average students.”
• “I’m looking forward to seeing how they completely screw it up and dismantle it all.”
• “Marvel movies didn’t start making a billion dollars until Disney started distributing them.”

Relevant Links

David's Fun Stuff!
Did Someone Say Fun Time? Let's GO!

John is at PugW!
Pug Worldwide

For transcripts and show notes!
www.thecornerbox.club

Books Mentioned

• Absolute Comics.
• Absolute Superman
• Absolute Batman
• Absolute Wonder Woman
• Catwoman
• DC Compact Comics.
• Dog Man
• GI Joe: A Real American Hero
• Green Lantern
• Invincible
• RoboForce
• Sectaurs.
• Shonen Jump.
• The Moon is Following Us
• ThunderCats
• TMNT.
• Transformers
• Ultimate Comics.
• Ultimate Spider-Man
• Venom
• Watc

John & David wrap up their deeper dive into Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.! The guys make a noble attempt at trying to explain The Captain’s drunken origin, Machine Man’s dark origins, Elsa’s childhood training origins, Forbush Man’s pot, the magic of the Warren Ellis/Stuart Immonen collaboration, the Crayon Butchery Variant, Nextwave’s crazy covers, fun Easter eggs in each issue, and the greatest line in all comics. Also, David makes yet another shocking (to him) discovery.

Timestamp Segments

• [01:48] The origin of The Captain.
• [02:25] Kicking cops?
• [03:57] John’s favorite Dirk Anger scene.
• [06:09] The Crayon Butchery Variant.
• [08:53] Machine Man’s origins.
• [10:02] Crazy characters.
• [11:24] Nextwave goes down?
• [12:40] The greatest line in comics.
• [15:02] Elsa’s childhood origins.
• [16:30] Forbush Man’s pot.
• [19:17] Where’s Tabitha?
• [21:25] Nextwave’s covers.
• [22:49] Stuart Immonen’s 6 double-page spreads.
• [24:54] The big finale.
• [26:26] A few extras.
• [27:43] Nextwave’s legacy.
• [28:46] David’s shocking discovery.
• [29:21] Marvel continuity.
• [30:26] Stuart Immonen’s changing styles.

Notable Quotes

• “Nextwave doesn’t work, at all, if Stuart Immonen isn’t drawing it.”
• “I don’t think issue 2’s were planned, at all, when issue 1’s were written.”
• “Mark Millar licks goats.”
• “You must buy 6 copies of this comic now.”

Relevant Links

David's Fun Stuff!
Did Someone Say Fun Time? Let's GO!

John is at PugW!
Pug Worldwide

For transcripts and show notes!
www.thecornerbox.club

Errata & Shout Outs
sktchd.com
Dave Harper's article

Books Mentioned

• Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E., by Warren Ellis & Stuart Immonen.
• 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Jack Kirby.
• The Authority, by Warren Ellis, Paul Neary, Laura Depuy, & Bryan Hitch.
• Civil War, by Mark Millar & Steve McNiven.
• Elektra: Assassin, by Frank Miller & Bill Sienkiewicz.
• Groo The Wanderer, by Sergio Aragonés & Mark Evanier.
• Hawkeye
• Hellboy
• Marvel Comics Presents #8 (Machine Man)
• The Monarchy
• New Suicide Squad
• Not Brand Echh
• Superman: Secret Identity

On this episode of The Corner Box, hosts John & David do a deep dive on Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E., and get into where this series came from, the original creators’ thoughts on the meaning behind the series, how the project got greenlit in the first place, the sales numbers that should’ve been, and Nextwave’s Marvel controversies, and David has an emotional moment with a monster.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of The Corner Box vs Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.

Timestamp Segments

• [01:20] David’s favorite comic book series.
• [03:37] Shout out to sktchd.com.
• [04:49] Nextwave origins.
• [05:43] Warren Ellis’s original Nextwave pitch.
• [10:31] The timeless quality of Nextwave.
• [11:31] What is the book about?
• [12:58] Nextwave’s influences.
• [14:52] Putting together the creative team.
• [18:46] The Nextwave squad.
• [21:10] Nextwave launches.
• [22:45] What happened to the sales?
• [25:40] The cold open of Issue #1.
• [29:47] Re-introducing Fin Fang Foom.
• [31:54] Nextwave controversies.

Notable Quotes

• “Nextwave: healing America by beating people up.”
• “One of the few mainstream comic books people are still going to be talking about 15 years from now.”
• “The reason he’s angry is because he has no genitals.”
• “Is this in Marvel continuity?”

Relevant Links

David's Fun Stuff!
Did Someone Say Fun Time? Let's GO!

John is at PugW!
Pug Worldwide

For transcripts and show notes!
www.thecornerbox.club

Errata & Shout Outs
sktchd.com
Dave Harper's article

Books Mentioned

• Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E., by Warren Ellis & Stuart Immonen.
• (Next Wave).

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• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, by Earl Mac Rauch.
• The Authority, by Warren Ellis, Paul Neary, Laura Depuy, & Bryan Hitch.
• Batman: Year One, by Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli.
• Civil War, by Mark Millar & Steve McNiven.
• Iron Man: Extremis, by Warren Ellis & Adi Granov.
• New Avengers, by Brian Michael Bendis.
• New Mutants, by Chris Claremont & Bob McLeod.
• Planetary, by Warren Ellis & John Cassaday.
• Runaways, by Brian K. Vaughan & Adrian Alphona.
• Star Trek: New Visions, by John Byrne.