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TorTR #510 - The Ghost of Bill Finger - Trick or Treat Radio

TorTR #510 - The Ghost of Bill Finger

Released on 05/06/2022

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When a sadistic podcast host begins running down the reality in a comic book film, the Vegan King of Wales is forced to investigate the podcast’s hidden corruption and question why he stayed awake until 5am for this debacle. On Episode 510 of Trick or Treat Radio we have our May Patreon Takeover. Joining us this time around is Linus, straight from the UK and staying up way too late to discuss The Batman with us. We are also haunted by the ghosts of Batman past, we find out exactly what Buckfast is, and there is a rare emotional, tender moment on the show. So grab your cape and cowl, down a pint of mosh pit juice, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Bangers and Mash, Buckfast, across the pond, Linus, Bristol UK, the Ravenshadow watch method, God Save the Queen, Neal Adams, Linus Fitness-Centre, shoegaze, Shore Drive Records, writing an EP is the new making a mixtape, Death by DVD, GGTMC, Talk Without Rhythm, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, PTO for yard work, Edward Ravenhands, Sam Raimi, Spider-Man, imperial conditioning, behind the facade, Warrant, X, Maniac Driver, Kurando Mitsutake, The Northman, Robert Eggers, Hamlet meets Conan, Benedetta, Paul Verhoeven, Starship Troopers, Hollow Man, Kevin Bacon’s transparent ding dong, what good can invisibility powers achieve?,  Designated Driver Man, real life superheroes, The Last Kingdom, plugging the show you’re on, Teeel, the role of pets in our lives, Matt Reeves, Let Me In, Cloverfield, The Batman, Robert Pattinson, the meaning of chuffed, is France part of the UK, Good Time, Tim Hunter, Batpole envy, shark repellent, the king of low hanging fruit, Muse, Christopher Nolan, Batman ‘66, dreadlocked Joker, Patrick Batman, pulp film reality, the bat chin, comic book films based in reality, Ra’s al Ghul’s Ninja School, Dark Night Dark City, Zodiac, Mike Mignola, Heath Ledger, memorable musical themes, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Gotham Knights, Bat Guano, Jason Bored, Barry Keoghan, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Sadness, The Batman, Zoe Kravitz, Batman Hush, Jeph Loeb, nocturnal animals, and smells like bat spirit. 

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TorTR #509 - The World Through Giallo Eyes - Trick or Treat Radio

TorTR #509 - The World Through Giallo Eyes

Released on 04/29/2022

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In 2022, a group of middle-aged podcasters set out to make an exciting episode with some highly anticipated films, but when their reclusive, elderly former co-host catches them in the act, the hosts find themselves fighting for their lives. On Episode 509 of Trick or Treat Radio we welcome back the vulgar guru of horror, MZ and the always knowledgeable and intelligent Arkham Josh to discuss X from director Ti West, and the latest film from Kurando Mitsutake, Maniac Driver! We dig into the extensive shared knowledge of our guest co-hosts to have an in depth discussion about 70s horror and Giallo films. So grab your 16mm camera, slip on your black gloves, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Reunion, purified in the waters of Lake Minnetonka, summer squatters, don’t check the attic, loose wires, Dr. Do-Little, old ladies, peaches and plums, boogie down, Tiger Lily Records, Strawberries Records, Steve Drake Band, Mariah Carey, Dance Singles on Vinyl, record companies as tax scams, ghost apps, “boy class”, May the 4th, X, Ti West, The House of the Devil, Mia Goth, Jenny Ortega, Kid Cudi, Brittany Snow, women’s lib in the 70s, criss-crossing trajectories, dual roles for actors, Pearl, 4:3 aspect ratio, Chekhov’s Crocodile, In A Valley of Violence, Lars Von Trier, Nymphomaniac, montage of penises, pinky violence, Kurando Mitsutake, Maniac Driver, Japanese Giallo, Zoom In: Sex Apartments, Nikkatsu erotic films, Diabolik DVD, The Sadness, a different take on the giallo tropes, black gloved killers, gel colored lights, Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Tenebre, Lucio Fulci, Cat in the Brain, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, Strip Nude For Your Killer, Terror at the Opera, Phenomena, Sleepless, Keith Emerson, Stelvio Cipriani, sleazy af films, Taxi Driver, Goblin, indoor plumbing, the pizza discussion in the green room, Patreon Takeover with Linus - The Vegan King of Wales, The Batman, Bizarro Ravenshadow, Heart+Knife, Sex Porn and Cocaine, digging deeper into depravity, the helmeted hero, and a dark sleazy treat.

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TorTR #508 - Nefarious Supervillains in Outbreak Outfits - Trick or Treat Radio

TorTR #508 - Nefarious Supervillains in Outbreak Outfits

Released on 04/22/2022

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In a zombie-infested New England wasteland, soldier Steven has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors with Boston accents in hopes of finding a cure. On Episode 508 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by Steve Van Samson; Author, Roughian, and one of the Hosts of the Retro Ridoctopus Podcast! Steve will help us discuss all the Aussie Zombie Mayhem of Wyrmwood Apocalypse from Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner! We also discuss school lunches, the theory that Ares is secretly a Dwarf, and the importance of representation in film. So grab your best zombie apocalypse outfit, smear the vegemite on thick, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Steve Van Samson, Rough House Publishing, the Retro Ridoctopus Podcast, Stan Bush, dewbacks, school lunches, uncrustables, Lance Henriksen, James Brown, Homeless John Constantine, stories around the Denny’s table, Swarm of Eyes, Derek Rook, Homeless Comics, the secret recipes behind school lunches, Thorin, Lair of the White Worm, The Bone Eater King, Marrow Dust, Mark of the Witchwyrm, dark fantasy, the swamp of handjobs, sword and sorcery, Conan, Robert E. Howard, Greg Staples, don’t go chasing waterfalls, Hallmark Horror, MonstahXpo, Halfway to Halloween, Rock and Shock, Scare-A-Con, Lisa Wilcox, Tyler Mane, Bob Eggleton, Famous Monsters of Filmland, a walking tub of The Stuff, Bombo-Radio, Ender’s Game, flipping to a movie on the same scene every time, Savage Beach, Back to the Future, Miami Connection, Robocop, The Eternals, Moon Knight, the sampler of sadness, The Batman, Wyrmwood Apocalypse, Tristan and Kiah Roache-Turner, Aussie Horror, narrative shorthand, Ares dropping science, Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, less than stellar CGI, Australian Eric Bana, Earth OU812, The Last Man on Earth, representation in genre film, Dr. Strange, how marketing can misrepresent a film, Dawn of the Dead, Chris Jericho, The Night Eats the World, The Battery, The Girl With All the Gifts, Planet Terror, Zombeavers, bezerker dwarf from Moria, “It’s a beard thing”, passion with a plucky spirit, Undead, Spierig Brothers, Maniac Driver, Kurando Mitsutake, X, Ti West, MonsterZero, Arkham Josh, 30 Coins, Alex de la Iglesia, technical Tuesday, Jesus and the Technolocolor Flack Jacket, and You Can’t Be Wrong in the Multiverse.

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TorTR #507 - Truth is Stranger Than Crucifixion - Trick or Treat Radio

TorTR #507 - Truth is Stranger Than Crucifixion

Released on 04/15/2022

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Padre Goro, an exorcist who is exiled by the church to a remote village in Ohio where he hopes he is forgotten by his enemies, by podcasting with a bunch of unintelligible monsters. On Episode 507 of Trick or Treat Radio we have another Patreon Takeover and this time Jon R is programming the show! Jon has picked an episodic series for us to discuss, which is a first for us! We discuss the first two episodes of 30 Coins from director Alex de la Iglesia. Jon has also requested our buddy El Goro to join the discussion! We also veer off into talking about our history with religion, cows giving birth to human babies, spider babies, and some good ol’ comic book talk! So grab one of Judas’ silver coins, try not to botch an exorcism, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: 7/10 split, El Goro, Talk Without Rhythm Podcast, Eat the Rich, Airheads, Hero, Cherry Blossoms, Casablanca, Ravensahdow’s new technology, moving to Australia, Spider Baby, Spider-Man, Frog Man, Dagon, 30 Coins, Alex de la Iglesia, Spanish Bobby D, Eduard Fernandez, Megan Montaner, Macarena Gomez, Roman Catholic weddings, reading comics too much, religion being scary, When in Rome…, Day of the Beast, Catholicism in Spain, religious freedom, a cow giving birth to a baby, David Lynch, John Constantine, Golem, do not trust clergy, Jesse Custer, Joseph the Technicolor Dreamcoat, botched exorcisms, a rationalists approach, Call of Cthulu, Lovecraft, Xtro, Dead Alive, Father McGruder, Ralphs Diner, Bisque, Bane, Authority, Simon Bisley, Glenn Fabry,  Geriatric Terminator, The Badass Priest, You’re Your Own Barrista, Wicked Con, Steve Dillon, Garth Ennis, Hellblazer, Terry Gilliam, Jaberwocky, Red Dwarf, the bloke from Star Wars, Lobo, Real ID, Night’s End, Jennifer Reeder, Studio 666, Ravenshadow the barrista, delivering pizza to ECW, $15 burger, Our Flag Means Death, Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, Warner Bros Discovery, WWF/WWE lawsuit, comic book sales are down, how to save the comic book industry, Quasar, Moon Knight, crypto, the Shadow of the Bat, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Punisher, King Arthur Myths, Avengers Prime, Justice League, do comic book characters ever truly die?, save Jason Todd, Mike Mignola, Wonder Man, Tim Sale, The Long Halloween, Dark Victory, Arkham Asylum, Dave McKean, Grant Morrison, and make mine HBO Max.

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TorTR #506 - Straight Coffee No Pepto - Trick or Treat Radio

TorTR #506 - Straight Coffee No Pepto

Released on 04/08/2022

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An anxious shut-in moves into a haunted studio, and invites an old friend to perform an online exorcism which quickly takes a ridiculous turn. On Episode 506 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by Mina Rose to discuss the Shudder exclusive film Night's End from director Jennifer Reeder! We also attempt to explain what ASMR is, we talk about the exploitation of victims, and as usual we manage to go to some pretty weird places. So grab your bottle of Pepto, reboot your router for your online exorcism, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Mina Rose, ASMR, is that a pack of Winston’s or something else?, Star Wars, Jizz Music, Casablanca, Coin Flip Sinema, Moon Knight, Moonknighting Podcast, The Batman, Legends of Tomorrow, Booster Gold, Donald Faison, Studio 666, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lobo, Simon Bisley, Glenn Fabry, Preacher, Hellblazer, Danzig, Metal  Frazetta, Neil Hamburger, Nickelback, Michael Shannon, Man of Steel, Boardwalk Empire, Kate Arrington, Host, Zoom Seances, Night’s End, Shudder, Geno Walker, Jennifer Reeder, coffee and Pepto Bismol, Adam Driver, Benedict Cummabunch, “it’s never just a sixer”, being exploited, strapped to an inversion table, The Watcher or The Doer, Ares: God of Backpedaling, Ben Affleck’s flack, Patreon Takeover, Witching and Bitching, Rocky, Alex de la Iglesias, the crucifiction, The Last Kingdom, Seven Kings Must Die, Better Call Saul, Alexander Dreymon, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, getting an aggressive NKHJ, Thor: Love and Thunder, Guardians of the Galaxy, Cody Rhodes, WWE, AEW, Heavy Metal, Dredd, Talk Without Chief Wiggum, and Hamburger Helpless.

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TorTR #505 - Pat Smear: American Scream Queen - Trick or Treat Radio

TorTR #505 - Pat Smear: American Scream Queen

Released on 04/01/2022

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Legendary podcasters move into a Canadian mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 505th Episode with a familiar voice along for the ride. On Episode 505 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by Rocky, co-host of Force Insensitive and the driving force behind the band Knowman to discuss the Foo Fighters film, Studio 666 directed by BJ McDonnell! We go off in so many directions that they can’t properly be encapsulated in this summary. Just tune in and get lost in the sea of madness. So grab your Kloo Horn, oil up your chainsaw when you hear the Lumberjack song, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: RIP Taylor Hawkins, Rip Taylor, Chris Rock vs. Will Smith, getting slapped vs. having your ear bitten off, the slap heard round the world, rockstar comedians, Dimebag Darrel, Hobo Gandalf, Moon Knight, Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Spring, Don’t Press the Don’t Button, Resolution, Brian Michael Bendis, Synchronic, The Endless, Warren Ellis, Oscar Isaac, Batman, Dr. Fate, the cupcake van, F. Murray Abraham, Khonshu, Ewan McGregor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Tatooine is the intergalactic Alabama, “I like Luke”, Just for Men, Jizz music, Spokesman of the Caveman of America, worst Jedi of all time, Candy Land, Hard Days Night, Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, Foo Fighters, Studio 666, Pat Smear, BJ McDonnell, The Germs, The Go Go’s, 45 Grave, The Ramones, Rock n Roll High School, Slayer, Exodus, Survival of the Film Freaks, Jack Bennet, BJ McDonnell, Joel David Moore, that beard wasn’t built in a day, Kerry King, John Carpenter, Taco Bell, late night snacking, a Rubik’s Cube of sphincters, Gojira, Jackyl, Terrifier, Molly Thratcher, Christopher Walken, Unfrozen Caveman Ranger, Lionel Richie, Rush, 2112, Will Forte, Runaway, Gene Simmons, Jared Leto, Requiem for a Dream, Morbius, Tom Petty, Sunny Day Real Estate, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Probot, Max Cavalera, Dream Widow, Chevy Metal, Queen, Freddie Mercury, Alanis Morissette, V/H/S/94, Night’s End, Knowman, Black Light Clergy, and Qui-Gon Take Me Away.

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TorTR #504 - Look For It Again Sam - Trick or Treat Radio

TorTR #504 - Look For It Again Sam

Released on 03/25/2022

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Finding herself the victim of a violent laughing fit, Rachel launches a retaliation campaign and runs towards her attackers’ hijinks! On Episode 504 of Trick or Treat Radio we are once again joined by Rachel of the Zombie Grrlz who lends her intelligent banter and witty humor to the proceedings as we discuss the film Take Back the Night from first time feature film director Gia Elliot! We also dig into the importance of being heard, we talk about the great Casablanca caper, and we do it with plenty of it-puts-the-lotion-in-the-basket energy! So grab your whiskey with a keg chaser, connect with your riot grrl roots, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Zombie Grrlz, Bloody Good Horror, Master, You’re Not My Mother, folk horror, East Coast Elitists, The Crown Act, Hair Wolf, Mariama Diallo, Shudder, Dead Stream, Sissy, The Adams Family, Hellbender, X, Ti West, The House of the Devil, M is for Miscarriage, The Cotton Club, Nicolas Cage, Action Comics #1, Thundercats, Godzilla, Face/Off 2, Idris Elba, Pam and Tommy, Jason Mantzoukas, Johnny Depth: The Guy That Swims, Vegan Thighs Only Fans, The Cocaine Club, The Great Casablanca Caper, Sucker Punch, Bed Bath and Beyond, murder basements, coin flip cinema, Dr. Joey Tron, A is for Ares, PFing, Casablanca, adjusting your clamps, Bloodsucking Bastards, Pedro Pascal, possession is 9/10ths of the law, Canadian girlfriends, #MeToo, survivors being worthy of being a victim, Gia Elliot, Emma Fitzpatrick, Take Back the Night, it’s ok to indulge, Jussie Smollett, plausible deniability, The Devil’s Advocast, micro budget filmmaking, riot grrl roots, whiskey with a keg chaser, Studio 666, Rocky, drinking Charcoal and Motor Oil, La Parka, Signal to Noise, Papa Blinkhorn, The Bobby Walnut’s Karaoke Experience, it puts the lotion in the basket energy, cat aversion, Ares is a hairy pretty girl, and the butt goes up.

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TorTR #503 - Point Break to Endor - Trick or Treat Radio

TorTR #503 - Point Break to Endor

Released on 03/18/2022

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After receiving a mysterious letter, a man travels to a desolate New England town with only a pack of smokes and soon becomes trapped in an existential nightmare. On Episode 503 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined once again by Arkham Josh to discuss Offseason, the latest film from director Mickey Keating! We also say goodbye to the bad guy, talk about Coin Flip Cinema, and discuss Lovecraftian horror. So grab your long box full of Rom the Space Knight, wrench out the Ram sticks, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: RIP Scott Hall, Wrench Out the Ram Sticks, Michael Keaton, what is a motherboard, RAM sticks, fiddlesticks, Razor Ramon’s best moments, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, 1-2-3 Kid, Jerry Springer, DDP Yoga, The Outsiders, best acting performances in film by musicians, Crossroads, Karate Kid, El Santo vs. The Karate Kid, Coin Flip Cinema, reading out of the Necronomicon, The House of the Devil, Jocelin Donahue, Richard Brake, The Battery, Jeremy Gardner, Larry Fessenden, dream logic euro horror, Mickey Keating, Offseason, Joe Swanberg, Deliverance, filmmaking chameleon, Dungeons and Dragons, Point Break to Endor, Lovecraftian Horror, existential dread, City of the Living Dead, Silent Hill, C.M. Punk, ejaculating walls, The Girl on the Third Floor, XXXorcist, Messiah of Evil, Howard the Duck, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, American Graffiti, erotic vampire films, Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz, Take Back the Night, Gia Elliot, The Third Day, DMZ, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Smith, Jude Law, HBO Max, The New Gods, The Eternals, The Inhumans, Anson Mount, Brian Wood, Y the Last Man, having serious relationships with comics, X, Ti West, The Innkeepers, In a Valley of Violence, Them, Saving a Prayer, karaoke time with Bobby Walnuts, The Cable Car, Antichrist, Lars von Trier, Until the Light Takes Us, Gates of Hell, Fresh, Tam and Pammy, Motley Crue, Tommy Lee, Nick Offerman’s full frontal, Deadwood, Rudy Ray Moore, Thank You for Letting Me Be Myself, Mark Jason Murray, equal opportunity offender, Fresh Taste of Bel Air, Sid the Kid, and flipping through Rom coms.

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TorTR #502 - Meat the Tinderizer - Trick or Treat Radio

TorTR #502 - Meat the Tinderizer

Released on 03/11/2022

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The horrors of modern podcasting seen through one young woman's defiant battle to survive her new friend's unusual film discussion methods. On Episode 502 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by Liz C Jordan, comic book and genre film aficionado. She lends a much needed air of intelligence to the proceedings as we discuss the Hulu exclusive film Fresh directed by Mimi Cave! We also talk about some recent comic news, human interaction vs online meetings, and the importance of perspective. So grab your sharpest knife, put on some synth pop, dance around the kitchen, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Second producer, another mystery guest, Public Outreach Associate, world atlas, cell-o-phone, what does a producer do?, vice producer, Winter Soldier, Sebastian Stan, Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer, Ewan McGregor, The Batman, Alexander Guinness, AEW, The Secret Stash, the Jersey Shore, The Comic Crush, Paul Dunn, The Full Geek Podcast, Moon Knight, Brian Michael Bendis, Warren Ellis, West Coast Avengers, Daredevil, Punisher, Logan, Robert Pattinson, The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger, Double Fisting Butts, Kurt Cobain, Matt Reeves, Captain Marvel, Fresh, Mimi Cave, Lauryn Kahn, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jojo T. Gibbs, total Chad, Promising Young Woman, Emerald Fennell, picking up dates in the grocery store, human interaction vs internet meeting, late title sequences in films, Hannibal meets Patrick Bateman, passion and a plucky spirit, The Freshman, Blue Beetle, Xolo Mariduena, Smallville, Harvey Guillen, What We Do in the Shadows, Danny Ketch, Mark Texeira, American Psycho, a dark Lifetime movie, the tenderizer, Hellbender, Zombie Grrls interview the Adams Family, John Jarrat, Comic-Con, Ozploitation, Wicked-Con, Wardruna, Kermit NARCing Ravenshadow, The Deeper You Dig, Film Noir, “Fucking Batman”, Saw Chic, and Dark Days for the Winter Soldier.

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TorTR #501 - Grimoires and Greek Myths - Trick or Treat Radio

TorTR #501 - Grimoires and Greek Myths

Released on 03/04/2022

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Mina leads an isolated life on a lonely mountaintop. All she’s learned is from her protective mom and the wilderness that swallows them. Starved for companionship, Mina sneaks down the mountain where she befriends the brazen hosts of a horror podcast. Mina tolerates them, until a nerdy conversation unleashes a new kind of hunger. On Episode 501 we’re trying to avoid them 501 blues, after celebrating 500 last week. We have an ace in the hole to prevent that from happening though. We are joined by Mina Rose to help us navigate the murky waters of comic fandom, and to help us discuss the film Hellbender from the Adams Family! So grab your collector’s Batman popcorn container, recite an incantation from your grimoire, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!

Stuff we talk about: Oh me face, Mina Rose, Twilight, Robert Pattinson, The Batman, 3 hour movies, judging about movies, Harry Potter, The Lighthouse, Good Time, Batman: The Imposter, Muse, assigned seating in theaters, Batman Popcorn Cowl, Captain Jiffy Pop, Fantasia Film Festival, Batman: The Animated Series, Fisher Price: My First Dark Knight, “I enjoy a bat pole as much as the next person”, Iain Glen, Superman TV shows, black lung moan, Ben Affleck, Booster and Beetle, Boba Fett, The Boys, Dinner in America, Wes Anderson, “that white guy that makes films”, punk rock love stories, “triumphant, epic and special”, The Adams Family, Hellbender, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Boba Fett suitcase, grimoires, Greek Myth, Demeter, Persephone, Hecate, Pan, Hellbender the Band, Scott Snyder’s Wytches, Tequila, The Crow, The Wraith, Mike W. Barr, Son of the Demon, building up the callous, Freddy’s Nightmares, Ares’ beard, Free Comic Book Day, read more comics dammit!, Record Store Day, and Black Lung Moan.

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