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It's a back to basics episode of the Basement! Pete, Ramon and the gang hit the roundtable to catch you up on the last three weeks worth of comics! Reviews include mainstream titles like House of X, Powers of X, and Absolute Carnage, as well as a few others that may have fallen below your radar, like IDW's The Island of Doctor Moreau, Canto, and Star Pig, and Dark Horse's No One Left to Fight and Berserker Unbound! And that's just to name a few. Plus, Liz joins the episode to announce the winner of the RAW Natural Born Artists ticket giveaway! You don't wanna' miss this!

Craddock joins Pete at the roundtable this week. The whiskey is flowing and the curses - and the rockets! - are flying! We've got ghosts, zombies, and even witches this week! It's a regular bloodthirsty horror fest featuring a family of zombies, a murderous king, a creepy ghost-girl, oh and a super spy's severed nose! Yea, the Basement's got some fun books this week. Hit the play button and let's start the ruckus.

Pete and Greg return to the roundtable for a rousing rumpus of risible reviews! Picking up where the last Basement episode left off, Invasion From Planet Wrestletopia issue 2 and a selection of titles from Bad Halo Comix are first on the list. Then it's time to see what Pete thought of the first non-Dan Slott issue of Amazing Spider-Man in over 10 years! Nick Spencer and Ryan Ottley make their debut. Greg talks Ta-Nehisi Coates on Captain America, and one of his new favorites, the creeptastic Bedtime Games from Dark Horse, that we finally get to review!

Get ready for another episode of Pete's Basement, filled with drankin', cussin', and comic bookin'! Greg drops by the roundtable to give us his final Black Panther tally, plus we've got those awesome Black Panther painted glasses to give away! Image and IDW took high marks this week with Highest House, The Spider King, Gideon Falls, and Robert Kirkman's newest epic, Oblivion Song! Find out which ones the boys liked the best - just hit that play button and crank up the volume!

Tony Wolf joins the roundtable this week for a pre-Batman v Superman discussion, and he brings with him his newest autobiographical comic, 1-800-DEAD-ROBIN, which tells the tale of a young comic fan in the late 80s who set out to kill a teenage boy. We're speaking of course, about Jason Todd, and DC's call-in vote to save the life of the second Boy Wonder, after a brutal beating at the hands of the Joker! Would Batman get there in time?

Everyone's gone nuts over in Marvel thanks to The Red Skull's Hate Wave, and Captain America, the Mighty Avengers, and Iron man are all feeling the ramifications of it! Pete and Ramon talk about where this could all be going, and how long its gonna' take to get there. Also out this week a creepy Men in Black meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers over in Deep State, superpowers in your past lives in Resurrectionists, and a late-night drive-in movie with killer snowmen in Grindhouse: Slay Ride. Oh yea -- and there's still a week to go on our Game of Thrones Iron Throne giveaway!

Comic Con ticket winner announced! Is DC putting back the OLD 52? Booster Gold and Superman: Doomed, and what it could mean for the future of DC. Rich joins the Basement Crew to show off his newest eBay gem, and have Pete give it his appraisal. Collectors Volume 2 from our good buddy Eddie DeAngelini of CollectorsComic.com, as well as a surprise Book of the Week right outta' left field! Plenty of starts and finishes this week, not the least of which is Aliens: Fire and Stone, Roche Limit, IDW's Ghostbusters, and Derek Jeter's career! We'll miss you, Captain! RE2PECT!

Pete and Ramon hit the roundtable to discuss all things SDCC! Arsenal revealed! Batman Day and a new picture of Batfleck! Joaquin Phoenix as Dr.Strange? Maybe! The Avengers: Age of Ultron poster and the boys offer their take on the latest rumors about Marvel Studios' secret projects! Oh yea -- all that and comics too! Batman: Zero Year concludes! Spider-Man caught in a web of Silk! Dr.Doom shows why he is one of the most feared villains in all the Marvel U! And Walt Simonson on -- Thor?!? Do we really need to say it?? Click that download button!!

The Basement Crew is back with a packed roundtable, ready to talk all things Spidey! Amazing Spider-Man 2 hits theaters the exact same week Peter Parker returns to his own title in Amazing Spider-Man #1! What did Ramon think of the movie? What did Pete think of the book? IDW's GI Joe comes to a sudden close! Batman vs. Bane in the Forever Evil Aftermath (even though it hasn't officially ended yet). V-Wars, Southern Bastards, Dream Police, and Spidey contest giveaway! All that and Star Wars Day too!

The boys list their Top 5 Episodes of Batman: The Animated Series. And speaking of cartoons, Batman gets roofied as the fellas review DC's newest animated feature: Son of Batman. Two weeks worth of books round out this week's episode, including Ultimate FF, Hulk, Solar: Man of the Atom, Elektra, Conan, the return of Jack Bauer in 24, Original Sin, and more!

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.