Another week, another absolute banger. We are back on Only Comics, and we're dropping some serious noise on the comic world today, so leave your corporate-approved buzzwords at the door. No tabling topics or pinning ideas here—we are diving straight into the multiversal madness. First up, the Russo brothers are out doing media rounds talking a massive game about Avengers Doomsday, promising a profound level of narrative complexity for Victor Von Doom. They're explicitly warning us that the audience is not anticipating the tone of this film. Is it a massive multiversal gamble like Civil War on steroids, or is the MCU finally giving us the creative reinvention we desperately need? We place our bets on whether it's crossing over a billion or hitting a critical wall.
Then, we transition directly into our headline segment: Who the fuck is Beast? If you only know Hank McCoy from the passive, poetry-quoting live-action films, you don't know the real monster. We blow the lid off his dark Krakoa era history, from committing literal plant-based genocide on an entire nation to lobotomizing Wolverine and turning his closest ally into a mind-controlled feral assassin. Plus, we pull no punches on our movie of the week, Ant-Man and the Wasp. Spoiler alert: on a rewatch, this movie absolutely sucks. We break down why the entire quantum realm premise is lazy writing designed purely to set up a time heist. Finally, Adrian drops a phenomenal hidden gem, before we tackle your unfiltered Spotify and YouTube comments to roast some legendary TikTok hot takes on the Snyder Cut.
The Next Movie on our Road to Doomsday is Avengers Infinity War
The Road to Secret Wars Continues this Thursday on Mike Check!!
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:38 - Breaking the Corporate Speech Filter
00:02:11 - Avengers Doomsday & The Russo Brothers Media Tour
00:04:18 - Multiversal Civil War & RDJ's Massive Return Risk
00:09:08 - AI Workforce Evolution & Pumping Out Content Faster
00:11:04 - How a Bot Gamed the Music Streaming Industry
00:12:48 - Doctor Strange & Multiverse of Madness Corruptions
00:16:03 - Tom Hardy vs Charlize Theron Mad Max Set Feuds
00:17:34 - Tom Hardy Fired? Creative Control and Ego Debates
00:24:18 - Supergirl Box Office Projections & The Flash Flop Comparisons
00:27:34 - Summer Box Office Battles & Toy Story 5 Competition
00:32:08 - X-Men 97 Season 2 Leaked Trailer Breakdown
00:37:35 - Nicolas Cage Returns for Spider-Noir Series
00:42:39 - Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
00:49:12 - Who The Fuck Is Beast? Hank McCoy Comic Lore
01:01:41 - Krakoa Era War Crimes & The Terra Verde Atrocities
01:04:09 - Beast's Secret Mutant Space Gulag Black Site
01:05:14 - Lobotomizing Wolverine & Mass Producing Feral Clones
01:10:41 - Movie of the Week: Ant-Man and the Wasp
01:24:13 - We Respond
01:38:55 - Roasting TikTok Hot Takes: Snyder Cut vs Avengers
01:42:39 - The Ship of Theseus & Car Modification Paradoxes
01:46:52 - Hidden Gem
02:04:20 - Outro & Other Stuff Preview
