Comic-shop memory, issue by issue.
The Pull Bag treats comics like an ongoing shop-counter conversation, moving from TMNT and Superman to G.I. Joe, Void Rivals, and creator projects. Its appeal comes from detailed continuity talk, visible fan history, and a loose rhythm that leaves room for corrections, tangents, and genuine surprise.
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The Pull Bag is a comics review and discussion show from the GeekCast Radio Network, centered on the kind of detailed fan conversation that happens after the issue has been read and the memory starts connecting dots. It is casual, but not shallow. Recent episodes move through IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Skybound’s G.I. Joe, Void Rivals, Superman, and creator interviews with the patience of readers who care about continuity, publishing history, collected editions, and the emotional payoff of a single page. TMNT is especially central. The show tracks Reborn volumes, the Armageddon Game setup, Rat King plots, Baxter’s mayoral move, Mouser gags, and the long history of covering Turtles comics on the feed. Those discussions are not tidy summaries. They are closer to live annotation, with issue numbers, old arcs, running jokes, half-remembered details, and quick corrections all staying in the mix. That style gives the show a lived-in feel. The hosts and guests often talk as fans who have been carrying these stories around for years, not as detached critics trying to sound above the material. Superman coverage widens the frame, using character history and older story concepts to talk about why Clark Kent still works. The Skybound episodes bring in Energon Universe speculation, plot tracking, and reactions to shifting alliances or strange new artifacts. Interviews add another lane, especially when the conversation turns to creative process, Kickstarter campaigns, artist residencies, and the practical timing behind making a comic. The show’s rough edges are audible. Ads, network intros, syndicated segments, quick asides, and repeated signoffs can sit right beside useful comic insight. For the right listener, that is not a flaw; it is part of the archive-like texture. The Pull Bag is strongest when it feels like a stack of comics spread across a table, with someone pointing to the panel that made them laugh, the reveal that changed the story, and the callback they almost forgot until the conversation found it.
Made for: Best for comic readers who enjoy detailed, informal discussion of TMNT, superhero history, licensed comics, and shared-universe continuity. It especially suits fans who like hearing issue reactions with personal history attached.
What sets it apart: The Pull Bag stands out through specificity: anniversaries, old coverage, recurring TMNT conversations, syndicated review segments, and creator interviews all sit inside the same archive. It feels more like an active fan record than a cleanly packaged review show.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
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