Comics talk with claws, heart, and history.
Comic Book Bears Podcast follows Bill Zanowitz, Steve Morey, and Caleb Alexander McKenzie through recent comics, conventions, movie touchstones, and fandom weather. It is chatty and opinionated, with life updates and sharp detours sitting right beside Silver Surfer canon, GI Joe lore, Spider-Man memories, and DC horror talk.
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Comic Book Bears Podcast sounds less like a formal review show than a standing table conversation among comics fans who brought cameras, microphones, and decades of opinions. The recurring names in the excerpts are Bill Zanowitz, Steve Morey, and Caleb Alexander McKenzie, and their chemistry drives the format more than any rigid segment list. They begin where life is happening. Bad weather, travel, football, concerts, wedding plans, post-election nerves, and Heroes Con logistics all make their way into the room before the episode settles into comics. Then the focus sharpens. The panel talks through Silver Surfer stories, Power Cosmic stakes, Spider-Man continuity, GI Joe and Transformers connections, DC horror, monster teams, Marvel hit-or-miss stretches, and the pleasure of finding a writer who knows the older material. The references can get deep, but the tone stays conversational. It is the kind of show where a reader's favorite Peter Parker era can lead to Aunt May, Mary Jane, Civil War fallout, Avengers Mansion, and a very specific memory of why that run mattered. The same looseness makes room for side projects, including The Bear Cave of Terror and a JAWS-centered episode. Politics and culture come up, too, not as a separate lecture but as part of the group's ordinary emotional weather. The show is proudly queer, casually funny, and comfortable being blunt. It has live-stream energy, complete with chat acknowledgments, YouTube mentions, and the recurring promise of a wolf and an explosion for audio listeners. Its best moments come when enthusiasm turns into comparison: old canon against new retellings, art against story, personal taste against broader fandom reaction. That makes it especially good for listeners who enjoy comics talk with personality left in. It is messy in a human way. It is also more knowledgeable than its relaxed surface first suggests.
Made for: For comics readers who like informed fan debate with queer camaraderie, live-show looseness, and plenty of side chatter. It especially suits listeners who enjoy Marvel, DC, horror comics, superhero adaptations, conventions, and continuity-heavy discussion.
What sets it apart: Comic Book Bears Podcast stands apart by letting personal life, politics, fandom memory, and comic criticism share the same table. The result feels less like a ratings rundown and more like overhearing sharp regulars at a very opinionated comics shop.
A group of hairy heavy gay guys talking about comic books. (But you don't have to be a hairy heavy gay guy to listen in!)
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Comic Book Bears Podcast connects comics craft and continuity to screen adaptations through knowledgeable, candid group conversation.
Comic Book Bears Podcast turns comic criticism into an informed, companionable roundtable. Bill Zanowitz, Steve Morey, and Caleb Alexander McKenzie move between current releases, character histories, artwork, and screen adaptations, bringing personal taste into the conversation…
Aunt May's mistaken guess about Peter Parker is your cue: your back-issue brain has company.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A loose Sunday hangout makes an energetic case for an overlooked Silver Surfer story.
A Sunday night catch-up turns into a lively recommendation for a Silver Surfer story that deserved more notice. After a busy week, Bill Zanowitz, Steve Morey and Caleb Alexander McKenzie trade personal updates before getting to the comic.
A relaxed comics-panel review weighs GI Joe lore, crossover context, and Tom Riley's art with friendly candor.
Comic Book Bears Podcast starts in casual catch-up mode, with Bill Zanowitz, Steve Maury, and Caleb Alexander McKenzie trading notes on exhaustion, vacation timing, ice, snow, and a Subaru that handled Arkansas conditions.
A warm, wandering Marvel conversation finds its sharpest focus in Peter Parker's complicated history.
Comic Book Bears starts with upbeat New Jersey news, concert chatter, and a Baltimore birthday-party catch-up before turning toward a fuller walk through Spider-Man history. Its best stretch centers on J.
A politically charged panel finds its groove in DC horror, supernatural science, and lively comics talk.
Comic Book Bears Podcast opens with a bruised post-election check-in before settling into a lively comics conversation. Bill Zanowitz, Steve Morey, and Caleb Alexander McKenzie talk through despair, action, and the uneasy question of what useful work can look like when the news…
A lively mutant-cameo discussion that finds the film's sharpest pleasures in its comic-book weirdness.
Deadpool and Wolverine gives Comic Book Bears Podcast a rich target: the MCU's first and so far only R-rated entry, with its rating, cameos, and spread of Wolverine variants all in play.
A long-awaited return turns technical trouble and pop-culture detours into the show's real opening act.
After more than a month away, the episode carries the easy charge of a reunion. Caleb Alexander McKenzie's internet drops out right as recording starts, and the panel turns frozen video and a Carbonite joke into loose, shared chaos before easing into a broader catch-up on…
A friendly discussion of DC's move from New 52 darkness toward brighter heroes and Wally's family-centered Flash.
Bill Zanowitz and Steve Morey trace DC's changing tone, from the gloom around the New 52 through Rebirth and on to brighter heroes like Yara Flor, Jon Kent and Naomi.
Three friends recap Daredevil, Fallout, and new releases scene by scene, in Spanish.
Slasher talk with sharp teeth.
The Comic Book Bears Podcast returns after a five-week hiatus, with hosts Bill, Brian, Steve, and Caleb discussing pandemic fatigue and technical difficulties.
Hosts Bill Zanowitz and Steve Morey discuss five recent DC Comics first issues, including Flashpoint Beyond #0 and Batman/Superman: World's Finest #1.
The Comic Book Bears Podcast reviews the 33rd Marvel Cinematic Universe film, The Marvels.
Bill Zanowitz and Steve Morey record without Caleb, covering birthdays, three upcoming concerts including the Sex Pistols, and the Resident Evil film.
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #330 centers on Superman and Spider-Man, Absolute Wonder Woman annual, and The Death of the Silver Surfer, with the hosts also naming WonderCon, C2E2, Bleeding Cool, Comics Beat, and Newsarama.
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #327 opens with Bill Zanowitz, Steve Maury, and Caleb Alexander McKenzie trading storm stories, including nine inches of snow in Winston-Salem, 14 inches from one storm, and a record one-degree night.
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #321 opens with the hosts talking about the quick election-night results, including the line that it felt good to "hope scroll instead of doom scroll" and that the results came in before 10:30.
The hosts discuss balancing their comic book podcast with watching the inaugural Thursday Night Football game, with one host multitasking by watching the game during the show.
Bill and Steve introduce a new spin-off podcast, The Bear Cave of Terror, with a focus on the movie Jaws.
Bill and Steve kick off Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #311 from Heroes Con in Charlotte, discussing their travel and excitement for the convention.
Bill and Steve introduce the Comic Book Bears Podcast episode 296, discussing comics and the theme 'Dazzled and All In'.
Three hosts of the Comic Book Bears Podcast open their first episode after the 2024 U.S.
The Comic Book Bears Podcast introduces special guest comedian Jeff Klein, discussing his comedy background and upcoming projects.
The Comic Book Bears hosts Bill Zanowitz, Steve Morey, and Caleb Alexander McKenzie review Deadpool and Wolverine, the 34th MCU film and franchise's first R-rated entry, directed by Sean Levy.
Comic Book Bears Podcast interviews Corissa Grant about her Kickstarter comic series 'Worthy Chaos Redemption'.