AN ABSOLUTE CLUSTER
•This year's Sale is already a success(ish).
•The rising prices of tote bags.
•Action figure shipping costs!
•UPS will hopefully stop f-ing up our weeks!
•Like! Subscribe! Patreon…?
•35 DC Absolute reprints to be released on the SAME DAY!
•The Superman/Spider-Man vs Spider-Man/Superman Final Order nonsense.
•You should subscribe to NARCO #1!
•Shout out to BOOM! Studios' Bryce Carlson!
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Contest of Challengers #767
This episode is dedicated to the Baddest Man in AEW, Brody King.

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro: James VanOsdol (with Chris Jericho)
Outro: James VanOsdol
"Patrick" Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
"Dal" Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Bella Spagnuolo https://bellaspagnuoloart.myportfolio.com/
This episode was digitally edited by Cleanvoice.
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

WORTH INVESTIGATING
•DSTLRY is taking a publishing break.
•Displaying vinyl records like displaying back issues.
•ONI Press is changing distributors!
•Another disappointing round of Magic the Gathering allocations.
•Our beloved Stocky app is being sunset by Shopify.

This episode is dedicated to Jason Ladanye's boot zipper.
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Contest of Challengers #766

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro: James VanOsdol (with Chris Jericho)
Outro: James VanOsdol
"Patrick" Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
"Dal" Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Bella Spagnuolo https://bellaspagnuoloart.myportfolio.com/
This episode was digitally edited by Cleanvoice.
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

7-ELEVEN (TO-7-FROM-11)
•Ordering higher on new books than 2025.
•IRON MAN #1 is a good comic!
•7-11!
•Consignment issues.
•Collecting comic art we're on.
•Thanks, Patrons!
•Standardized comic data.
•Hirayasumi is a delightful manga!

This episode is dedicated to Our Pal Sal, Sal Buscema. Thank you, Sal. Tell John we miss him.
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Contest of Challengers #765

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro: James VanOsdol (with Chris Jericho)
Outro: James VanOsdol
"Patrick" Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
"Dal" Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Bella Spagnuolo https://bellaspagnuoloart.myportfolio.com/
This episode was digitally edited by Cleanvoice.
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

ALEX ROSS-ING
•Challengers 2026 Field Trip #2 to the Dunn Museum in Libertyville to see the Alex Ross Heroes & Villains exhibit!
•We also stopped at Comic Buying Center and, well, bought comics!
•UPS screws up our Thursday and Friday AGAIN.
•We're selling C2E2 tickets this year (for the first time since 2022).
•Patrick caught up on 17 issues of Moon Knight last Sunday! They were so fun!
•We've got a bunch of fun events planned thru May!
•Abandoned Sale t-shirts.

This episode is dedicated to Renée Good.
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Contest of Challengers #764

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro: James VanOsdol (with Chris Jericho)
Outro: James VanOsdol
"Patrick" Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
"Dal" Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Bella Spagnuolo https://bellaspagnuoloart.myportfolio.com/
This episode was digitally edited by Cleanvoice.
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

DEEP INTO IT
•2 more DC Next Level titles announced.
•How many Marvel and DC titles from July 2021 are still being published today?
•Avengers #800's middle pages.
•MSN's "15 Best Comic Shops…"
•PLEASE read your emails. We said please.
•USPS and UPS accountability changes (actually, I think we only talk about UPS; I think we never got to USPS)
•MSI's Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing exhibit.

This episode is dedicated to the Museum of Science + Industry.
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Contest of Challengers #763

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro: James VanOsdol (with Chris Jericho)
Outro: James VanOsdol
"Patrick" Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
"Dal" Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Bella Spagnuolo https://bellaspagnuoloart.myportfolio.com/
This episode was digitally edited by Cleanvoice.
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

THE PERFECT STORE
•New Comic release day and time.
•The return of Christmas Crisis in 2026…?
•The Chicago Bag Tax increases again this year.
•MS Office changes; higher price! Less features! It's the way of the world today!
•Shelving GN's.
•Oh, to have a bigger store…
•Fill-in creators vs skip months.
•Single issues + collections vs original graphic novels.
•If every distributor had every publisher, who would we buy from?

This episode is dedicated to Hiroshi Tanahashi. Thank you, Ace.
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Contest of Challengers #762

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro: James VanOsdol (with Chris Jericho)
Outro: James VanOsdol
"Patrick" Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
"Dal" Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Bella Spagnuolo https://bellaspagnuoloart.myportfolio.com/
This episode was digitally edited by Cleanvoice.
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

99.6% ACCURATE
•Dal immediately wants to talk about AEW's World's End pay-per-view, but Patrick gets him back on-track after 2 minutes…
•The words are just garbage.
•How Dal is collating our end-of-2025 best-sellers data.
•The Shopify Apps we add-on to our service.
•Thanks, Patrons!
•Patrick attempts to close the chapter on our secret window art artist, but Dal throws him a curveball.

This episode is dedicated to watching football with Ryan & Carrie Browne?
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Contest of Challengers #761

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro/Outro: James VanOsdol
"Patrick" Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue (Trent's Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
"Dal" Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue (Trent's Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Bella Spagnuolo https://bellaspagnuoloart.myportfolio.com/
This episode was digitally edited by Cleanvoice.
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

PREMIUM READING EXPERIENCE
•ARUNE SINGH returns to CoC almost exactly 5 years after his last appearance!
•Action figures? Wrestling? COMICS? Yup, we talk about ALL OF THEM!
•Chasing the Shiny Penny!
•Strap in, this one is hefty!
•Bonus holiday song "Unwrapped You" by The Divorce Gun!

This episode is dedicated to Rob Reiner and all the joy he brought to our lives.
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Contest of Challengers #760

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro/Outro: James VanOsdol
"Patrick" Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue (Trent's Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
This episode was digitally edited by Cleanvoice.
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com