Mark Waid

It's a double-sized episode of Pete's Basement jam-packed with guest stars! Michael Valentine, creator and director of the documentary Comix: Beyond The Comic Book Pages joins us all the way from California in the first ever live interview! Comix features interviews with Stan Lee, Neal Adams, Frank Miller, and many more! Captain Zorikh joins the roundtable to tell us all why this year's Big Apple Comic Con CAN NOT be missed! Comic and entertainment guests abound, so make sure you get your tickets early! THEN!

Riding a sausage and peppers high from the Giglio Feast, the boys hit the roundtable to discuss all the news that is news this week. Pete and Ramon find themselves a new Steve for this episode, and they bring him up to speed on the events of Secret Wars, including this week's Civil War and Spider-Island. Dark Horse and Boom brought some unlikely winners to the table, but the biggest surprise hit for the boys was Mark Waid's Archie! And let's not forget the controversial movie castings this week! The boys levy their opinions on Marisa Tomei as Aunt May and Elodie Yung as Elektra!

Pete and Ramon are back again, trying to make the best of a less than stellar week in the realm of comics. Convergence 3 hit stands, and Ramon is cringing at the thought of all the time travel that's to come. And not just in this title! Infinite Loop, as its name implies, is also filled to the brim with wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey weirdness! Then there's Kaptara, that sees a space mission get thrown askew when it gets sucked into a wormhole. Not quite time travel, but still enough to unsettle Ramon's stomach. And you know what that means! EXTRA burps! But you're in luck!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PENNY!! Pete and Ramon mooch off of Penny's birthday cupcakes and whoopie pies as they discuss a week of beginnings and endings. Clockwork Angels and The Witcher take center stage - two unlikely hits that hopefully you didn't miss at your LCS! Daredevil swings through the mean streets of San Francisco as Animal Man and The Spider draw the curtains on their series' final issues.

Cheeseburger Pete joins the roundtable this week as the boys discuss their favorite Batman covers and answer some viewer emails. The fellas weigh in on Marvel's new big event, Infinity, The Shadow and the creation of Batman, and Pete gets giddy over X.