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This week, the boys have recuperated from a jubilant night out celebrating the site’s fourth anniversary (and this podcast’s third) and the rest of their weekends, and are ready to get back to what’s important: insulting Mark Millar and talking about comics and TV. First, they talk about the latest episode of Gravity Falls, which deepens an unexplored relationship, and one of the latest episodes of Parks and Recreation, which used a show within a show to do what it does best: explore the bonds between characters we care about.

Finally, they discuss the new comics from the last week, including the end of the “Spider-Verse” event in Amazing Spider-Man, Southern Bastards #7, Darth Vader #1, Guardians of the Galaxy #24 (part 2 of the “Black Vortex” crossover) and Help Us! Great Warrior #1.

They also discuss John Cena’s bizarre body shape and how an appearance on a sitcom actually let him be more heroic and nuanced than the WWE has in years.

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