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Comic News Insider

Your podcast for everything comic book, animation, sci-fi and pop culture!  

New episodes every Wednesday. Visit our official website.

Hosted by Jimmy Aquino.

Jun 30, 2021

In our 62nd episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald (The Beat Chief) welcome back Avery Kaplan (The Beat Features Editor) to finish up Spider-Man month. We chatted about the Spidey films post-Raimi. The forgettable Garfield ones, the joyous Holland ones and the incredible Into the Spider-Verse. ...


Jun 29, 2021

Reviews: Batman: Reptilian #1, Heroes Return #1, Marvel Voices: Pride One-Shot, Batman: The Long Halloween Pt 1 animated film

Jimmy recruits some of his favorite audio reviewers again. Thanks to Melissa, Ashley, Jon, Marta, Ricky and Producer Joe. Always such insightful and great reviews and the powers that be at CNI...


Jun 25, 2021

In another unplugged episode, Jimmy welcomes back good friend Rachael Smith to the podcast. They discuss her new comic collection QUARANTINE COMIX: A MEMOIR OF LIFE IN LOCKDOWN from Icon Books. At the beginning of lockdown in the UK, Rachael began doing diary comics to stave off both boredom and depression. It's...


Jun 24, 2021

In our 61st episode of COMIC BEAT INSIDER (CBI), Jimmy and Heidi MacDonald (The Beat Chief) welcome Avery Kaplan (The Beat Features Editor) to join us in discussing the 2007 Sam Raimi directed film Spider-Man 3. We'll be covering all 3 of Raimi's Spider-Man films this month and then the ones that came after them. Did...


Jun 23, 2021

Jimmy and Producer Joe have an informative and fun chat with New York Comic Con (NYCC) showrunner Kristina Rogers. Because of the pandemic, what will be some of the major changes? Will everyone have to be vaccinated? How will ticketing work? Will cosplayers be allowed to wear helmets or superhero masks? How will they...