Comics, movies, and long-box banter.
Longbox Crusade gathers a rotating crew around comics, movies, vintage serials, and fan-side projects. Episodes move fast through credits, cover descriptions, quick ratings, plot talk, live-chat callouts, and whatever memory from the long boxes wanders in next.
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Longbox Crusade is a sprawling fan-panel hub for comics, movies, vintage serials, fan films, and the adjacent corners of pop culture that collect around them. It is not a single-format review show. It is more like a shelf of recurring series, each with its own ritual, cast mix, and running bit. The core pleasure is familiar and specific: issue numbers, cover dates, creators, credits, character names, old continuity, rating scales, and memories from the places where fans first found this stuff. The panel likes procedure. A comic episode can begin with the title, month, artist credits, cover description, and a short synopsis before anyone starts arguing about whether the story lands. Then the room opens up. Someone brings in Batman Beyond, someone mentions chat feedback, someone turns a score into a joke, and someone else drags the conversation back to the page. The movie side has its own hook, with Best Under 5 taking films rated 4.9 or lower on IMDb and deciding if the number deserves mercy. Saturday Matinee Theatre adds old cliffhanger energy. Indiana Jones and the Comics Crusade tracks Marvel’s Further Adventures issue by issue. Other strands cover G.I. Joe, New Warriors, Amazing Spider-Man, and Marvel-era Transformers. The live-streamed episodes keep a rawer texture, including chat callouts and in-the-moment reactions. That looseness matters. Longbox Crusade’s charm is not polish; it is the sense of knowledgeable fans keeping a conversation moving because the next tangent might be as fun as the main topic. It can be goofy, granular, and surprisingly orderly all at once. The show is strongest when the panel treats a cover, a villain scheme, a low-rated movie, or a flea-market toy find with the same cheerful seriousness. For listeners who enjoy fandom as a shared habit rather than a lecture, it feels like pulling up a chair near the long boxes.
Made for: For comic readers, movie fans, and collectors who enjoy issue-by-issue discussion with jokes, ratings, and live-chat energy. It especially fits listeners who like pop-culture memory mixed with practical fan criticism.
What sets it apart: Longbox Crusade stands out by treating the review format as a recurring clubhouse ritual: cover first, credits noted, score delivered, tangent allowed. Its network structure lets Batman, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Indiana Jones, New Warriors, serials, and low-rated movies share the same loose fan-table energy.
What do you want from a podcast network? Comic book talk? Check. Movie talk? Check. Fun and games? Absolutely! Add vintage serials, fan films, and a whole lot of fun and you have yourself The Longbox Crusade! Welcome to the show!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Structured matchups and issue-by-issue discussion turn genre enthusiasm into specific arguments about action, artwork, story logic and character choices.
Longbox Crusade turns comics, action movies and vintage screen serials into spirited group arguments with rules sturdy enough to keep the conversation moving.
Jared asks which Green Arrow page you'd take home; suddenly your imaginary convention budget matters.
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Marvel Comics v. Transformers #69 gets a lively, lore-heavy pass that lands on Galvatron, Unicron, and Grimlock.
Transformers Chronicles gives Marvel Comics v. Transformers #69 a loose but focused panel chat, with Delvin, Pat Sampson, and John circling Galvatron, Unicron, and Grimlock as the issue keeps pushing ahead.
Two May 1982 comics, one 4, and a lively room of familiar voices.
The episode covers May 1982 as a two-comic pairing, moving from Amazing Spider-Man #231 to G.I. Joe, a real American hero, number two, and it settles into the show’s usual recap, review, and rating routine.
A Marvel Indiana Jones issue gets measured against familiar adventure beats, from bear fight to supernatural finish.
Longbox Crusade's Indiana Jones installment uses Marvel's The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #22 as a brisk check on how well the franchise's adventure engine works in comics.
A lively Green Arrow #56 discussion where Connor Hawke, Dr Light, and the art get the strongest spotlight.
This single-episode review uses Green Arrow #56, cover dated January 2006, as a springboard into comic-book memory and page-by-page appreciation.
A loose martial-arts face-off where Contract Killer's fights shine, even when the FBI office steals a few laughs.
Longbox Crusade's Action Film Face-Off turns a 1998-versus-1989 martial-arts pairing into a relaxed tournament, with two films weighed across loose categories before one comes out on top.
A train cliffhanger sparks a funny, revealing argument about how old serials sell danger.
Episode 101 turns a 1939 Zorro serial chapter into a post-screening argument with some real bite. The panel can enjoy the train action while still wincing at the limp gag of someone rolling off to the left, and the conversation keeps returning to how the cliffhanger may have…
The best battles are over which anthology segment deserves the top spot.
Long Box Crusade's Horror Film Face-Off uses its Halloween holiday episode as a lively head-to-head between Trilogy of Terror and V/H/S/94. Jared Albrecht and his brother Jason the Weasel Skull move through the matchup by rankings, spectacle, and segment-by-segment bragging…
Mike Muncer and a different guest dissect two horror films per episode, by subgenre.
Hosts Jared and Jason Albrecht, joined by guest Matt Paso, compete in a Halloween horror film face-off.
Jared Albrecht hosts episode 101 of Saturday Matinee Theater with guests Pat Sampson and Delvin, reviewing Chapter 9, 'Tunnel of Terror,' from the 1937 Zorro serial 'Zorro Rides Again.' They discuss the plot, including Zorro's escape from a funicular and his efforts to stop El Lobo from dynamiting a train tunnel.
Two brothers and military combat vets compare and score the action films Ninja III: The Domination (1984) and In Hell (2003) based on story, spectacle, action scenes, hero, and villain.
This episode compares two action films from different eras, 1974's 'The Stranger and the Gunfighter' and 2000's 'Way of the Gun', using a scoring system across five categories to determine a champion.
Longbox Crusade's Amazing Spider-Man Chronicles episode 93 covers Amazing Spider-Man #237, "High and Mighty," which was on sale November 2, 1982, and Fury of Firestorm #9.
Two hosts discuss their recent activities, including office updates and humorous wildlife training involving giraffe lightning facts, within a G.I.
This episode is a podcast covering issue #53 of the 1990s comic series New Warriors, featuring hosts Delvin and Jared discussing the content with live audience interaction.
This episode features hosts Jared and Chris discussing the 1997 film Batman & Robin as part of their show that reviews movies with IMDb ratings of 4.9 or lower.
The hosts of Saturday Matinee Theatre introduce episode 101, discussing Zorro Rides Again (1937) Chapter 9 while casually chatting about personal plans and a missing brother.
This episode of Longbox Crusade features hosts discussing and reviewing Detective Comics #615 from June 1990, including Batman eras and related topics like Batman Beyond.
Delvin opens Transformers Chronicles on Marvel Comics v.
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Michelini and Owsley turn a Nazi hitman named Deegan into a multi-faceted character.
Long Box Crusade episode 53 covers Green Arrow #56, cover dated January 2006, with Delvin Williams, Jared Albrecht, and Jason Albrecht unpacking the issue's dark Dr.
Longbox Crusade's Action Film Face-Off pits 1998's Contract Killer against 1989's Lady Reporter, with Jared Aldrich, Jason, and guest Siskoid comparing two martial-arts picks.
This episode compares the 1974 spaghetti western 'The Stranger and the Gunfighter' with the 2000 action film 'Way of the Gun' using a scoring system across five categories to determine a champion.
Two hosts compare and score the action films Knightriders (1981) and Bridge of Dragons (1999) across five categories to determine a champion.
Two brothers and military veterans compare and score the action films 'Red Sun' (1971) and 'Assassination' (1987) across five categories to determine a champion.