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🦸‍♂️ Free Comic Book Day is May 2, 2026! 🦸‍♂️

This week, the Time Pals sit down with Free Comic Book Day founder Joe Field to talk about the origins of one of comics’ biggest annual events, how Flying Colors Comics became a beloved, community-first shop, his role as co-owner of WonderCon—and, of course, the stories behind some of his favorite comics and artists.

Find out:
• What was the rarest item to ever enter the shop?
• The comic that hooked him and started it all (and it involves a broken arm!)
• How Stockton, CA became the birthplace of the Fantastic Four
• Stan Lee delivering the most Stan Lee quote ever
• Underrated comics you should be reading

…and so much more!

This episode is packed with heart, history, and pure comics love. Don’t miss it!

Check out Flying Colors Comics in Concord, CA: https://www.flyingcolorscomics.com/
And be sure to take part in Free Comic Book Day on May 2 at participating stores.

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A Spartan Takes on a Pirate!

This week’s mini episode features co-host ShadoSpartan’s take on the rise and fall of one of his former favorite online personalities, PirateSoftware. So why devote an entire mini episode to the “Roach”?

Roaches can survive anything. They adapt, they outlast, they get their dad at Blizzard to land them a job, lay off their moderators, side with billion-dollar corporations at every turn, never hold themselves accountable when they’re obviously wrong, and ban ShadoSpartan from chat just for saying hello.

Mini episode theme by ShadoSpartan, whose album is available at:
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ShadoSpartan's YouTube Game Retrospectives can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/@ShadoSpartan44

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This week, co-host Jon Powell throws out a deceptively simple question: “Who is your ultimate ‘Hey, it’s that guy!’ actor?” What follows isn’t chaos (okay, not just chaos)—it’s a full-on celebration of the unforgettable faces you definitely recognize, even if you don’t know their names.

The Time Pals and the Character Actor Appreciation Hour dig into just how many times Noel Gugliemi has played a “Hector,” which Spaceballs actor believed he had psychic powers, how talented the voice actor behind “Chris Redfield punches boulders” really is, why DJ Qualls is supremely underrated, and so much more.

Episode is out everywhere you get your podcasts!

Join co-host Jon Powell the Vacaville Comic Convention on April 11 and 12 as he hosts the celebrity panel! Check @VACACON for more. . .

ShadoSpartan's retrospective reviews can be found on his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ShadoSpartan44 and peep his new music at https://open.spotify.com/album/6DF0AKd1QRIdTAm6mYOnhc?si=UsXDkcmvR8-sg9FDqkLVKA

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