PUBLIC DISCOURSE
•Hypothetical employee situations.
•When our opinion doesn’t matter.
•Red Hood #1.
•Another celebrity drop-by!

This episode is dedicated to not using your words to hurt others.
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Contest of Challengers #749

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: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

IT’S BEEN KNOWN FOR YEARS
•DC KENNY OMEGA #1.
•Challengers Blue. What If it survived?
•The Jonas Brothers.
•Thanks, Patrons!
•Japanese Manga vs American Comics, via The Beat.
•IDW Classics.

•Fran’s Kitchen cookbook is in-stock! Support the Alzheimer’s Association!
You can buy the cookbook on the Challengers website here: https://challengerscomics.com/products/frans-kitchen-cookbook
And you can donate directly at https://act.alz.org/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app20117b?px=10851299&fr_id=18580&pg=personal&NONCE_TOKEN=0C147D8B6AF658D9B4FA0012D177141A

This episode is dedicated to dilated pupils.
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Contest of Challengers #748

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: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

35 - 0
•Lucy Knisley’s latest signing!
•35 years.
•Social media app changes.
•Rethinking FOC’s.

•Fran’s Kitchen cookbook is in-stock! Support the Alzheimer’s Association!
You can buy the cookbook on the Challengers website here: https://challengerscomics.com/products/frans-kitchen-cookbook
And you can donate directly at https://act.alz.org/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app20117b?px=10851299&fr_id=18580&pg=personal&NONCE_TOKEN=0C147D8B6AF658D9B4FA0012D177141A

This episode is dedicated to what would have been GWB III’s 88th.
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Contest of Challengers #747

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: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

This episode was erroneously not posted last week! SORRY!! That means there will be TWO episodes posted within 24 hours! (Thanks for the heads up, Andrew!)

BLIND AS A BAG
•Last week’s Yelp review is gone.
•Bags of Blindness! INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE PRESENTS BATTLE BEAST #1, BATMAN #1 Blind as a Bat, DC K.O. #1 Lights Out, ULTIMATE ENDGAME #1 True Believers.
•Bar codes on covers.
•Compact Comics on fire!
•Black Ninja comics!
•Celebrity interaction in the comic shop.

•Fran’s Kitchen cookbook is in-stock! Support the Alzheimer’s Association!
You can buy the cookbook on the Challengers website here: https://challengerscomics.com/products/frans-kitchen-cookbook
And you can donate directly at https://act.alz.org/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app20117b?px=10851299&fr_id=18580&pg=personal&NONCE_TOKEN=0C147D8B6AF658D9B4FA0012D177141A

This episode is dedicated to polypropylene.
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Contest of Challengers #746

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, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

WE’VE COMPLETELY FAILED
•Changes to the Patreon website (and declined pledges).
•App interaction.
•A completely insane Yelp review.
•Card game allocations.
•The American Joshi + the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
•Batman Deadpool looks so fun!!
•Fran’s Kitchen cookbook is in-stock! Support the Alzheimer’s Association!
You can buy the cookbook on the Challengers website or you can donate directly at rememberingfrances.com

This episode is dedicated to Frances.
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Contest of Challengers #745

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, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF EXISTENCE
•Welcome back to us!
•Don’t skip reading Supergirl! It’s so fun!
•Customer outreach (via emails).
•Where Monsters Lie vol 3 Dead End, and how you can get it!
•Shopify’s email interface is… lacking…
•Some big events are coming to Challengers this Fall!
•Our non-existent Diamond orders.
•Thanks, Patrons!
•Opening new accounts at new-to-us distributors.
•More like NO-kemon cards, amirite??

This episode is dedicated to all the cyborbs.
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Contest of Challengers #744

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, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

“MITCHELL!”
•Patrick is joined by Mitchell Davies of All Star Comics in Melbourne, Australia!
•How can 2 stores 15,570 kilometers apart have the exact same experiences selling comics?
•2 Will Eisner “Spirit of Comics” Retailer Award recipients!
•Which store has the better All-Ages section?
•How GHOSTBUSTERS brought the stores together.
•All Star predominantly sells American comics, so how do they get them?
•Working with the same distributors from very different distances.

This episode is dedicated to 9,675.05 miles.
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Contest of Challengers #743

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
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

YOU HAVE MORE VALUE THAN THIS
•The 200th Anniversary of the first comic book?
•Marvel’s 616 Day.
•The Golden Biscuit of Adventure Comics #210.
•Problems for IDW.
•Zenescope leaves Diamond.
•What we’ve never received from Diamond.
•Comics talked about in this episode:
SUPERMAN TREASURY EDITION 2025
NEW HISTORY OF THE DCU #1
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS UNFIT FOR ORBIT #1
EXQUSITE CORPSES #3

This episode is dedicated to The Glasgow Looking Glass.
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Contest of Challengers #742

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, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com