Uncanny Treks

di Bob and Matt

Seconda serata Critica televisiva

Stagione 7

Uncanny Treks: Supergirl- Reign of the Cyborg Supermen (2017, Comic)

Rebirth, but make it Supergirl. Bob and Matt start Steve Orlando's run with Reign of the Cyborg Supermen — Kara back in National City, juggling high school and the DEO, while her father Zor-El returns as the Cyborg Superman with a twisted plan for Argo City's survivors. Teenage optimism versus daddy issues, drawn for the CW generation. Matt's charmed; Bob's suspicious of the premise. The Orlando era begins.

Uncanny Treks: Supergirl- Woman of Tomorrow (2021, Comic)

Supergirl gets the True Grit treatment. Bob and Matt dive into Tom King and Bilquis Evely's 2021 masterpiece — Kara Zor-El, drunk and adrift under a red sun, dragged across the cosmos on a revenge quest by young Ruthye, all to settle with Krem of the Yellow Hills. It's a space western about trauma, and the best Supergirl story ever told. Bob's still mad about the ending; Matt's already counting down to the movie. Bring tissues.

Uncanny Treks: X-Men 97' Season 2 #1 (2026, Comic)

The cartoon continues — in comics. Bob and Matt crack open X-Men '97: Season Two #1, Steve Foxe and Salva Espin's June 2026 prelude bridging the seasons: with the senior X-Men lost in time, Bishop, Forge, Jubilee, and Sunspot hold the present against a world that hunts mutantkind. It's canon, it's additive, and it sets the table for the show's return. Matt's just happy for more '97; Bob's grading it against season one's prelude. Five issues, zero shortcuts.

Uncanny Treks: Batman H2sh (2026, Comic)

Bob and Matt discuss the final issues of H2sh Part 1 and the future for the Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee dumpster fire. (Spoilers for this episode) Current Comic Rankings: Fantastic Four #1-87 (‘61) Jack Kirby & Stan Lee New X-Men (‘01) Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Phil Jimenez, & al. Fantastic 4 (‘09) Jon Hickman, Steve Epting, & al. Doom (‘24) Sanford Greene & Jon Hickman Fantastic 4 (‘02) Mark Waid, Mike Wieringo, & al. Boy Wonder (‘24) Juni Ba Fantastic 4 (‘89) Walt Simonson, Art Adams, & al. (New) Avengers & Secret Wars (‘13) Jon Hickman, Leinil Yu, Esad Ribić, & al. Archie v. Predator (‘15 & ‘19) Alex de Campi, Fernado Ruiz, & Robert Hack Batman: City of Madness (‘24) Christian Ward Ultimates Omniversal (‘15) Al Ewing, Kenneth Rocafort, Travel Foreman, & al. Aliens vs. Avengers (‘24) Jon Hickman & Esad Ribić DC & Sts of Gotham (‘06) Paul Dini, Dustin Nyguen, & al. Archie Punisher Batman (‘94) Lash, Buscema, Goldberg, O’Neil, Dixon, & al. Batman: Broken City (‘04) Azz & Eduardo Risso Gotham Y1 (‘23) Tom King & Phil Hester Suicide Sqaud: Get Joker! (‘22) Azz & Alex Maleev Mighty Avengers (‘13) Al Ewing, Greg Land, Luke Ross, & al. Legend of the Blue Marvel (‘08) Kevin Grevioux, Mat Broome, & Roberto Castro Black Panther (‘22) John Ridley, Germán Peralta, &c. Gotham City Sirens (‘09) Paul Dini, Guillem March, Peter Calloway, & al. Dr. Mid-Nite (‘99) Matt Wagner & John Snyder ∞ Gauntlet (‘91) Jim Starlin, George Pérez, & Ron Lim X-Men #1-19 (‘63) Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, & Werner Roth Avengers (‘63) Jack Kirby & Stan Lee Black Knight (‘21) Si Spurrier & Sergio Dávila Superman v. FF (‘99) Dan Jurgens & Art Thibert FF: 1234 Grant Morrison & Jae Lee Werewolf by Night (‘23) Derek Landry & Fran Galán Avengers World (‘14) Nick Spencer, Jon Hickman, Stefano Caselli, & al. Batman: Hush (‘03) & H2sh (‘25) Jeph Loeb & Jim Lee Avengers AI (‘13) Sam Humphries & André Lima Araújo X-Men: Grand Design (‘19) Ed Piskor FF: Grand Design (‘19) Tom Scioli DC vs. AEW (‘26) Steve Orlando & Travis Mercer Gotham Knights (‘00) Devin Grayson, Roger Robinson, & al. Gotham Knights (‘02) Scott Beatty, Roger Robinson, & al. Gotham Knights (‘04) AJ Lieberman, Al Barrioneuvo, & al.

Uncanny Treks: X-Men Grand Design- X-Tinction (2019, Comic)

It ends in fire. Bob and Matt close out Ed Piskor's Grand Design trilogy with X-Tinction, the 2019 finale taking on the Dark Phoenix Saga and the climax of the era Piskor set out to canonize. Three volumes, one thesis: X-Men history is a beautiful mess, and the mess is the point. Matt grades the whole trilogy; Bob picks his favorite Piskor flourish. Verdict: the best X-Men history lesson comics has ever produced.

Uncanny Treks: X-Men Grand Design- 2nd Genesis (2018, Comic)

The new kids arrive. Bob and Matt continue Piskor's Grand Design with Second Genesis, the 2018 volume covering Giant-Size X-Men #1 and the All-New, All-Different era — Storm, Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and the slow fade of the original five. Piskor's thesis: the '70s X-Men were a soft reboot nobody asked for and everybody needed. Bob's here for Wolverine's feral years; Matt's tracking every retcon. One volume left: the Phoenix.

Uncanny Treks: Fantastic Four 1234 (2001, Comic)

Grant Morrison does the Fantastic Four — and it's deeply weird. Bob and Matt dig into 1234, the 2001 four-issue miniseries with Jae Lee's gorgeously shadowy art, dragging Marvel's first family through psychological horror under Doctor Doom's long shadow. It's the FF as prestige drama before prestige drama existed: all dread and family dysfunction. Matt loves the ambition; Bob misses the whimsy. The most divisive FF book they've ever covered.

Uncanny Treks: X-Men Grand Design #1-2 (2017, Comic)

Ed Piskor eats the '60s for breakfast. Bob and Matt start the Grand Design trilogy with Piskor's 2017 first volume, compressing the original Lee-Kirby-Thomas X-Men — every Sentinel, every Magneto scheme, all the melodrama — into two dense, gloriously grotty issues. It's X-Men history as underground comix, footnotes and all. Matt admires the scholarship; Bob just likes watching the Silver Age get weirder. Next: the All-New era.

Uncanny Treks: Fantastic Four Grand Design (2019, Comic)

One book, sixty years of the Fantastic Four. Bob and Matt take on Tom Scioli's Fantastic Four: Grand Design, the 2019 epic retelling the whole saga — the rocket flight, Galactus, the Inhumans, all of it — in Scioli's lovingly Kirby-channeling pop-art style. It's continuity as collage, dense with deep cuts only the faithful will catch. Bob mainlines the Kirby worship; Matt fact-checks the retcons. The ultimate FF crash course in a single sitting.

Uncanny Treks: X-Men Epic Collection Vol. 3 Pt. 2 (1969, Comic)

Then Neal Adams happened. Bob and Matt hit the legendary back half of the Epic Collection — X-Men #55-66, where Roy Thomas and Adams turn a dying book into the most dynamic comic on the stands. The Sentinels return with Larry Trask pulling the strings, Sauron stalks the Savage Land, the Living Pharaoh introduces Havok and Polaris, Sunfire debuts, and Magneto comes back with a new face. Matt's all-in on the Adams art; Bob's still processing the Magneto reveal. Peak Silver Age X-Men, full stop.

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