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House to Astonish

House to Astonish

By: Paul O'Brien and Al Kennedy
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 Paul O'Brien (The X-Axis) and Al Kennedy (One Hundred Days of Comics) present a roundup of comics news and reviews, with nary a 'meh' to be heard. Also featuring the Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe and more. Email House to Astonish at housetoastonish@gmail.comPaul O'Brien and Alistair Kennedy Art Literary History & Criticism
Episodes
  • House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 30

    House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 30
    Apr 7 2026

    Back once again with the renegade Masters of Evil, as Al and Paul look at the first half of 2004 miniseries Avengers/Thunderbolts. There's talk of Spider-Man working down the mines, Jean Grey's ex-boyfriends and a deranged neo-Nazi who names everything after the letter X, and even some discussion of the Avengers and the Thunderbolts, so why not come and join them? Exactly, no reason, that's what we thought.
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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • House to Astonish Episode 217 - The Distant Sound of Scraping

    House to Astonish Episode 217 - The Distant Sound of Scraping
    Mar 2 2026

    Al and Paul have a lot of news for you this time round, as they remember Tatjana Wood, and talk 3 Worlds 3 Moons, Hulk War, Terminal, M.A.S.K., Skate Ali, Odin, Avengers/JLA, Jays of Future Past and Concrete: Stars Over Sand, as well as reviewing The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery and The Punisher. The Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: the choice of a new generation.
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 29

    House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 29
    Feb 2 2026

    It had to happen. And now, it finally has. It's time for Paul and Al to bite the bullet and step into the squared circle to take on the Marvel's Most Merciless, the Masters of Mayhem, the Mush-Mangling Mavens of the Marquis of Queensbury, the... Thunderbolts?
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    54 mins
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