“I Wanna Draw Freaks!” (Captain America: Madbomb Saga)

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Mike, Paul, and Nick sat down to discuss Captain America's Madbomb Saga from 1976 written and drawn by Jack Kirby, a strangely prescient comic...

Captain America: Madbomb Saga covers Captain America #193-200.

Check out this article from Marvel about this incredible run: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/marvel-flashback-captain-america-s-madbomb-saga

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
00:55:49 - Wrap

Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

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IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose

Producer: Mike Rapin
Prooflistener: Brian Murray
Editor: Zander Riggs

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“I Wanna Draw Freaks!” (Captain America: Madbomb Saga)

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Mike, Paul, and Nick sat down to discuss Captain America's Madbomb Saga from 1976 written and drawn by Jack Kirby, a strangely prescient comic...

Captain America: Madbomb Saga covers Captain America #193-200.

Check out this article from Marvel about this incredible run: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/marvel-flashback-captain-america-s-madbomb-saga

Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
00:55:49 - Wrap

Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVEL

IRCB Logo by Kyle Rose

Producer: Mike Rapin
Prooflistener: Brian Murray
Editor: Zander Riggs

Support us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcast

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