Rude Teen-Implied Names

This week: Paul, Kara, and Paloma! Where else could you go to hear all about anthropomorphic dairy products, forgotten 90s Elseworlds Batman books, fairy-like hippopotamuses going on adventures, and Swamp Thing being present for the Crucifixion? Literally nowhere else but I Read Comic Books!

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:00:58 - Batman Thrillkiller #1 (1997)
• 00:13:26 - Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip
• 00:21:30 - Swamp Thing #88
• 00:31:23 - “Everything I Unpacked” (not a title)
• 00:38:47 - Zatanna #1 (2026)
• 00:43:18 - Discord Picks
• 00:43:41 - Nerd Inferno: The Essential Evan Dorkin
• 00:50:26 - Wrap

Producer: Mike RapinPost Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel MartinezProoflistener: Nick WhiteEditor: Zander Riggs

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