ALEX ROSS-ING
•Challengers 2026 Field Trip #2 to the Dunn Museum in Libertyville to see the Alex Ross Heroes & Villains exhibit!
•We also stopped at Comic Buying Center and, well, bought comics!
•UPS screws up our Thursday and Friday AGAIN.
•We're selling C2E2 tickets this year (for the first time since 2022).
•Patrick caught up on 17 issues of Moon Knight last Sunday! They were so fun!
•We've got a bunch of fun events planned thru May!
•Abandoned Sale t-shirts.

This episode is dedicated to Renée Good.
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Contest of Challengers #764

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro: James VanOsdol (with Chris Jericho)
Outro: James VanOsdol
"Patrick" Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
"Dal" Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Bella Spagnuolo https://bellaspagnuoloart.myportfolio.com/
This episode was digitally edited by Cleanvoice.
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

DEEP INTO IT
•2 more DC Next Level titles announced.
•How many Marvel and DC titles from July 2021 are still being published today?
•Avengers #800's middle pages.
•MSN's "15 Best Comic Shops…"
•PLEASE read your emails. We said please.
•USPS and UPS accountability changes (actually, I think we only talk about UPS; I think we never got to USPS)
•MSI's Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing exhibit.

This episode is dedicated to the Museum of Science + Industry.
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Contest of Challengers #763

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro: James VanOsdol (with Chris Jericho)
Outro: James VanOsdol
"Patrick" Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
"Dal" Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Bella Spagnuolo https://bellaspagnuoloart.myportfolio.com/
This episode was digitally edited by Cleanvoice.
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

THE PERFECT STORE
•New Comic release day and time.
•The return of Christmas Crisis in 2026…?
•The Chicago Bag Tax increases again this year.
•MS Office changes; higher price! Less features! It's the way of the world today!
•Shelving GN's.
•Oh, to have a bigger store…
•Fill-in creators vs skip months.
•Single issues + collections vs original graphic novels.
•If every distributor had every publisher, who would we buy from?

This episode is dedicated to Hiroshi Tanahashi. Thank you, Ace.
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Contest of Challengers #762

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro: James VanOsdol (with Chris Jericho)
Outro: James VanOsdol
"Patrick" Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
"Dal" Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue Marasciulo (Trent's Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Bella Spagnuolo https://bellaspagnuoloart.myportfolio.com/
This episode was digitally edited by Cleanvoice.
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com