JStew and Agent Darryl were honored to once again interview the always fabulous Candy Cosplay. The day we spoke with her she was debuting her Steampunk Harley Quinn costume. We couldn’t have been prouder of her for becoming a featured guest at Fan Expo. That’s definitely the big time folks!
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In our latest interview from the Geekery ,we spotlight two of the cooks that make the awesome food. JStew chatted with Ryan and Curtis about their favorite dishes to make and what they geek out about
Listen to the conversation here
Recently we had an artist spotlight at the Geekery restaurant. One of the guests we spotlighted was an incredible young talent named David McAllister. JStew spoke with him about his work.
check out his FB page here
At this years Con Bravo,JStew once again spoke with The mighty Alfonso and John from Studiocomix press, Our conversation ranged from Alfonso’s upcoming comics as well as his love for the tv series Heroes and Bruce Willis movies. You can catch Alfonso at our Geekery Con on September 19th.
Listen to the conversation here
Check out the FB page of Studiocomix here
In the final moments of Niagara Falls Comic con, JStew got to speak with talented cosplayer Vickybunnyangel.
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At this years Jace Wars fundraiser, JStew and Ryan got to chat with an amazing artist named Shane Kirshenblatt. We’ve admired his work for awhile now and we were very happy to get a chance to finally talk with him.
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At Niagara falls Comic Con, Agent Darryl had the honor of interviewing the legendary Larry Hama. Mr Hama is best known for his long run as the writer of Gi Joe. He also had an excellent stint on Wolverine
JStew and Agent Darryl got to interview writer Francis Manapul about his work on The Flash and Detective Comics. He will be writing and illustrating Aquaman: Earth One, to be released in 2016.
At Con Bravo JStew spoke with a fantastic cosplayer known as AngelicLuka Cosplay. She was fun to talk to and she will be appearing at our Geekery Con on September 19th.
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At Con Bravo JStew and Ryan spoke with our good friend Lauryn a.k.a Slave Kryptonian Cosplay. We chatted about different cons she has attended and about some of her future plans for costumes. She is the favorite cosplayer of JStew, and her costumes are almost always original.
check out her FB page here
At the Niagara Falls Comic Con JStew once again got to speak with Undead redhead author Jen Frankel. She’s a talented writer and a her book has been optioned as a movie. She’ll be appearing at Fan Expo this month and our very own Geekery Con in September.
Check out her FB page here
JStew and Agent Darryl were truly honored to interview writer Gerry Conway. Mr Conway has created such well known characters as the Punisher, Firestorm and Ms Marvel. He is also known as the man who killed Gwen Stacy. The first comic book JStew ever read was written by Mr Conway. Take a listen as we explore a little of his career.
On this exciting episode find out what the Legion of Geekdom is all about. JStew and Ryan chat with Ryan Fleming from Ryan’s All Things Geek And Todd Puhl from Droids Canada. Gabby from Droids Canada also joined us. We chatted at The Geekery about The Affleck as Batman casting and a wide variety of subjects. We even brought back the geek survey.
Listen to the conversation here
check out Ryan’s FB page here
check out Todd’s page here
At the Jace Wars fundraiser, JStew and Ryan spoke with Tanya from Be The Good, See the Good. Its an an organization looking to find, and place at the forefront, the GOOD side of the Human Spirit. Its a great cause and we had a great time talking to Tanya and finding out about it
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JStew and Agent Darryl were on hand at Big B Comics to interview artist Federico Santagati. We asked him how he broke into the business and discussed his work on Nova issue 22. A special round of applause to the fine folks of Big B Comics for setting up the interview
Check out the FB page of Federico Santagati here
Geoff and JStew talk about such subjects as DC animated movies, Chris Pine being cast in Wonder Woman and we decide who we want to play the Vulture in the new Spider man movie
Listen to our conversation here
At Con Bravo JStew was lucky enough to interview Jody a.k.a MZ Hyde Cosplay. She’s a lovely and talented newcomer to the world of Cosplay, she makes her own costumes and is also an actress. We are honored to know her and she will be making her debut as a featured cosplayer at our Geekery Con event in September.
Check out MZ Hyde’s FB page here
Recently after enjoying another meal at The Geekery, JStew and Ryan spoke with Terri and Jessica. They told us about their favorite menu items and what its like working there.
It’s time for another comic book store adventure. This time out Geoff and JStew talk about some weird Archie crossovers and our thoughts on the Batman Vs Superman trailer among other things
Our good friend Alfonso from Studio Comix is back for his 12th interview. JStew got to interview Him and our buddy John Bulmer at the NF Comic Con. Alfonso gave us a huge announcement you don’t want to miss
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A few weeks ago JStew, Ryan and Agent Darryl attended the grand opening of a brand new comic book store in Welland Ontario – Welcomics. We spoke with the owner Alex who was very nice. We spoke a lot about graphic novels.If you haven’t checked Welcomics out do it today
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At the Niagara Falls Comic Con JStew and KStew were honored to speak with the fantastic husband wife team of David and Meredith Finch. They are currently behind the amazing Wonder Woman series at DC Comics. We asked them what it was like working on the comic together and what made them decide to update Wonder Woman’s costume.
When we Got the Geek started , one of the first guys we interviewed was Jason Loo who was at a con as a member of the Toronto X-men. These days he’s writing a fantastic comic book called the Pitiful Human Lizard. We were lucky enough to score another interview with Jason at the Niagara Falls Comic Con. Not to long after this interview the Pitiful Human Lizard was picked up by Chapter House comics. We couldn’t be happier for Jason. Pick up an issue of his series,we guarantee you will love it!
Check out his Facebook page here
The folks from Doin’ It Geek and We Got The Geek are joining forces once again – like An Avengers/Justice League crossover if you will – to bring you another great event happening September 19th. We’re calling it Geekery-Con. Check out the announcement here and see what it’s all about
Listen to the announcement here
Geoff and JStew discus some early announcements at SDCC and is Marisa Tomei too old to play Aunt May. There’s also lots of comic talk.
Ryan, JStew and Agent Darryl visited Welcomics on their grand opening. While we we there we discovered that one of the owners Cris is a talented artist who has done covers for Zenescope comics. We were lucky enough to have a chat with her that day and here it is
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This is our 400th segment! We knew this was coming up and we wanted to present something special. On July 4th We Got the Geek held a cosplay contest at the new awesome restaurant The Geekery. We had a great turnout and we were honored to be joined by so many great cosplayers. JStew, Ryan and Agent Darryl were on hand to interview returning guest Candy Cosplay and her best friend Lumen from Luminous Designs and Cosplay. They were both fantastic guests and posed for many pictures. We extend the Vulcan salute and tip the Indiana Jones fedora to them and thank them for all the help and promotion they have given us
check out Candy Cosplay’s Facebook Page here
and Lumen’s page can be found here
At the Niagara Falls Comic Con JStew and Agent Darryl spoke with artist Phil Hester, Phil is previously known for his incredible run on Green Arrow and The Irredeemable Ant Man. Currently he draws the Flash season Zero for Dc Comics.
At The Niagara Falls Comic Con, JStew spoke with our good friend Toronto’s Pink Power Ranger.
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At the 3rd annual Jace Wars fundraiser, JStew and Ryan spoke with Ashlea the creator of Broken Art Mosaic.
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At the Niagara Falls Comic con, JStew had a chance to learn about The Niagara Roller girls from Ni-kill and Necro. He also had a chance to find out what things they geek out about
For more information check out the Roller Girls FB page here
JStew, Ryan and Agent Darryl headed down to the grand opening of Welcomics, a brand new comic book store in Welland Ontario. While we were there we managed to have a chat with some of our favorite people, Dr Stevil, Toronto’s Pink Power Ranger and Kiara Cons. We also met some new friends, Deadpool and Welland Spider-Man. We chatted about the new store and cosplay in general.
Listen to our cosplayers chat here
JStew and Ryan attended the third annual Jace Wars fundraiser on June 20th. They got to talk to some old friends and met some new ones as well. On this segment we were joined by the founder of the event Aaron Russell and well as our friends John Bulmer and Kiara Cons.
Our friends from Doin’ It Geek have finally achieved their dream and opened up a geek themed restaurant called The Geekery. JStew interviewed Su, Mike and Chris about the menu and things you can expect to see there
check out their page here
check out the Cosplay event page here
At the Niagara Falls Comic con we spoke with Anthony and Tyler from One Eyed Cat comics about their new comic book
Geoff and JStew once again talked about comics. This time they were joined by Ryan. Other topics include meeting Catharine Bach and Punisher casting news
Agent Darryl spoke with Comic Book writer Jimmy Palmiotti, They discussed Harley Quinn and The Suicide Squad
We had brought our We Got The Geek dice rolling game to Cambridge and our old buddy Dr Stevil answered a few questions.
Once again JStew was given the opportunity to chat with one of his favorite cosplayers – the one and only Candy Cosplay. This time around he even gave her some questions from our geek survey.
Check out her very awesome Facebook page here
At the Cambridge Comic Arts Festival, JStew spoke with the great John Bulmer. They talked about everything from fishing to Star Wars and everything else in between
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Well folks its the last day of our 3 day journey at Niagara Falls Comic Con. It’s a bit shorter than the others as we were busy running around getting some fantastic interviews. On this last segment we are joined by Su and Dean Bilski of the upcoming restaurant The Geekery and we feature our good friend Vinny Thompson the creator of the excellent Vinny and Bud comic book.
Listen to our final day at NF Comic con
On day two of the con JStew is joined by KStew, Alfonso, John Bulmer, Hunter and Dr Stevil
JStew was joined by Agent Darryl at the Niagara Falls Comic con. Listen to their adventures on day one of the con. Check out guest appearances from Kristen from Kiki’s custom creations and Geoff and Joel from Sketchbook comics.
At the Cambridge Comic Arts festival JStew spoke with the creator of Vinny and Bud, Vince Thompson.
Check out his Facebook page here
A little over two years ago we interviewed Alfonso for the first time. We got to know each other and promoted each other and became friends. On May 9th he invited us to take part in a fantastic show called The Cambridge Comic Arts festival. We had a fantastic time and we were honored to be there. We also got to once again interview the man himself so here it is for your listening enjoyment
At the Cambridge Comic arts festival, JStew spoke with Matt and Meggan the fine folks of Coffee Powered Comics.
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On free comic book day at Mostly Comics, JStew spoke with Cheri about her passion for cosplaying.
JStew was back at Sketchbook Comics to talk to Geoff. This week the pair geeked out over the Suicide Squad, Daredevil and Supergirl and Archie
There’s a new Jace Wars event coming up on June 20th and JStew met up with Aaron Russell on free Comic Book Day to talk about it. There’s also some talk about a little movie called The Force Awakens.
check out the event Facebook Page here
JStew was lucky to have chatted with a cosplayer he had been a fan of for awhile – Jen Marvel. At the GTA comic con they discussed her various costumes and vfx work she has done for many tv shows and movies
check out her Facebook page here
At the Cambridge Comic Arts Festival Symbiote Spidey was playing our roll the dice game and it morphed into an interview with JStew. They were soon joined by our old friend DR Stevil and the lovely Black Cat
check out Symbiote Spidey’s page here
Black Cat’s page here
and DR Stevil’s page here
At the GTA Comic Con, JStew, Ryan and Agent Darryl got to speak with Walking Dead actor Chris Harrelson. Not only has he been on the show as various walkers but he’s one of the nicest people we have ever spoken with.
On May 9th The We Got The Geek gang were invited to take part in the Cambridge Comic Arts festival. We had a great time. Thanks to Alfonso and Sandra for having us. Here’s our wrap up and review we did driving home from the event
JStew and Diana covered free comic book day at Mostly Comics on May 2nd. We saw a lot of great people and some old friends. During the day we spoke with Bev and Kim to get their thoughts on the event
JStew was lucky enough to speak with the lovely and talented Cosplay Butterfly at the GTA Comic Con.
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At the GTA Comic Con, JStew was lucky enough to speak with actor Zach Galligan about the film Gremlins and some of his upcoming projects
This week Geoff and JStew talk about The Daredevil series, Convergence and Free Comic Book Day
JStew got a chance to talk cosplay, Doctor Who and Star Wars with Pretty Wreck Cosplay at The GTA Comic Con
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Once again we spoke with our good friend Alfonso from Studiocomix. It was interview #10. We got to talking about Con exclusives and The Dark Blood
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JStew and Ryan spoke to Ed about his amazing costumes and some of his favorite cosplay moments
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JStew got a chance to talk to Mike Rooth about his awesome art and artists that have inspired him
JStew, Ryan and Agent Darryl spoke with one of our favorite cosplayers Kiara Cons. This time out we find out where the Player Two name came from and what comics she likes.
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At Toronto Comicon JStew spoke with Candy Cosplay about her costumes and convention experiences
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Johnny Meatball got to interview author Richard Evans at Toronto Comicon about his various projects
At Toronto Comicon, Johnny Meatball had a chance to speak with Brily of The Ontario Ghosbusters
Check out The Facebook page of the Ontario Ghostbusters here
JStew and Meatball spoke to our good friend Lara of Jaded Dragon Studios at Toronto Comicon. The conversation ranged from Ghostbusters to Lara’s future Art-O-Con plans.
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Johnny Meatball interviewed Krikor from the Klingon Justice League at Toronto Comicon.
check out his page here
At Toronto Comic Con, JStew and Johnny Meatball got to speak with writer Becky Cloonan. We spoke to her about her recent series for Dc Comics- Gotham Academy
At Toronto Comicon, JStew had an opportunity to speak with David Marquez the artist of Miles Morales The Ultimate Spider man. We found out his thoughts on the upcoming final issue and what it was like working with Brian Michael Bendis.
At Toronto Comicon Johnny Meatball spoke with illustrator Isabelle Angel about her work and what inspires her
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JStew, Kstew and Agent Darryl got to interview Writer/artist Chip Zdarsky. Chip is the new writer for Marvel’s Howard the Duck and co-creator and artist of Sex Criminals at Image Comics. We talked about a variety of things including how he got the job at Marvel.
Once again we were joined by our good friend, the hardest working man in comics and our biggest cheerleader Alfonso. We got to talk to Alfonso at Toronto Comicon about Vinny and Bud issue 3 as well as some upcoming special appearances.
At Toronto Comicon JStew got to meet and interview the lovely and talented Lee Scion. She is a fantastic cosplayer who took the time to tell us about her craft.
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On March 22 JStew was honored to interview Christopher Judge in Toronto. Mr Judge of course portrayed Teal’c on Stargate Sg-1 which ran for ten seasons. Take a listen and find out his favorite episode of the series and whether or not his co star Richard Dean Anderson remembered his Macgyver cameo. Special thanks go out to the Toronto Comicon team for making this happen and to Mr Judge for taking the time to talk to us.
Indeed you can listen to the interview here
This week Geoff and JStew talk about the upcoming free comic book day, Miles Morales and Archie vs Predator
April 2015 marks 35 years of Mostly comics opening in the Niagara Region. Back in 1980 it was opened as Len’s Odds and Ends and there was barely a comic in sight. All month long the store has been celebrating with Great sales. The festivities kicked off with a special day at the store featuring the mayor of St Catharines, Captain Canuck creator Richard Comely and cake. Thanks to Bev, Kim and Cheryl for having us there to cover the event. The following is some comments made that day from JStew, Ryan, John Bulmer, Diana and Bev. Here’s to 35 more years!
Geoff and JStew talk about the new Supergirl tv costume as well as some That 70’s show discussion.
JStew and Bulmer went to Toronto ComiCon on March 22nd. They met some interesting people and had some great interviews. Here’s an intro to their day and what’s coming up.
Hear our thoughts on the day here
JStew was extremely honored to interview the creator of Captain Canuck, Mr Richard Comely as well as our old friend Dr Stevil. The interview was held at Mostly Comics on the day of their 35th anniversary.
At Frost Con JStew got to talk to the great cosplay team Northern Panic. They do a lot of great charity work and have created a lot of fantastic costumes. It definitely was an honor to speak with them
Check out their awesome page here
Geoff and JStew pay their respects to Leonard Nimoy and talk about Supergirl and the Avengers. We’ll also find out the answer to-what did Geoff read this week?
Listen to the conversation here
We got to meet up with our old friend, the great Alfonso at Frost Con in Toronto. He tells about some of the upcoming projects from Studiocomix in the next few months
Check out the website of Studiocomix here
JStews friend of 31 years Colin makes his We Got The Geek debut. On the way back from Toronto, Colin does a geek survey.
This week JStew and Geoff discus the reveal of Jason Momoa as Aquaman and Spider Man in the Marvel cinematic universe
JStew got a chance to interview the amazing cos-player, Shelle-chii when he was at Frost Con in Toronto this past January
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At the Burlington toy show JStew, Ryan and Adriel got to talk to the evil genius/entertainer Dr Stevil.
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At Frost Con 2015 JStew finally got the chance to interview his favorite cosplayer Lauryn. They talk about everything from how she got her start in cosplay to how she helped save a tv series.
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JStew and Ryan are joined by the latest member of the We Got the Geek team Ian. There’s plenty of Star Wars and video game talk as Ian gets his first Geek Survey
JStew and Geoff talk about the big Dc and Marvel announcements that happened this week. Which announcement was Geoff’s favorite?
JStew got to speak with Toronto’s Pink Power Ranger Tamera Tychansky at The Burlington Toy Show
check out her Face book page here
We welcome back artist extraordinaire Adriel Van Vliet back to the show. Adriel joined JStew at the Burlington Toy Show for his very own geek survey
You can hear Adriel’s first interview talking about his art here
JStew talks to Marc and Angel about their work with the great GCE
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Here it is part two of our countdown of our favorite films of 2014. JStew is joined by Hunter, Kristen, John Bulmer and Diana. Here are our picks from 5 to 1
This week Geoff and JStew talk about the Supergirl casting, Chris Pratt as Indiana Jones and maybe a little James Franco bashing
From the files of Joseph Thompson:
Agent Carter joins the “Bridge and Tunnel” crowd to save the day!
I couldn’t believe it.
The whole building was gone. Burnt to a cinder.
When I found Mr. Kent, the building’s superintendent, pacing back and forth on the sidewalk across the street, he let me know that everyone had gotten out alright, even Mrs. Carmichael’s six cats. But the building and anything that hadn’t been carried out, including every worldly possession I had (except what was at the office), had gone up in flames while I’d been “shopping” at the liquor store on the way back from my office. Well, at least I had THAT on me . . . and the two newsreels that dame had dropped off earlier in the evening.
Suddenly, I had a powerful hunch and asked Kent if he’d seen anyone out of place before the fire.
“Sure! They wuz two fellas fixing to knock your door down they wuz hittin’ it so hard!” he yelled past his own hearing aid at me. If Kent had heard it, they must have been pounding loud. But why?
“Must’ve figured I’d be here with the newsreels. Wanted to take ‘em off my hands . . .” I mumbled, starting to be a bit more cautious about who might be listening now. They hadn’t figured I’d have a projector set up both here and at the office. Which meant they could be on their way there now.
“Nothing but an empty projector and an empty bottle inside an otherwise empty desk drawer, “ I reminded myself. “That and the foldout cot it looks like I’ll be sleeping on for the foreseeable future.” And with that, I headed back to my temporary refuge from the horrors of the city in darkest night (and brightest day, for that matter) until that joker called Life would finally take pity on me and cut me a break.
By the time I’d gotten back it was nearly midnight and I was exhausted, but the clock was still ticking and I needed to know what happened to next to Agent Carter. So once I’d made sure the office was secure and free of intruders with arson in their hearts and murder on their mind, I looped the second reel into the projector and cracked the bottle of Scudders bourbon open. It was gonna be a long night.
Starting with some documentary footage for the Captain America Adventure Hour, I suddenly wondered about the relevance of the radio-show’s “heroine,” Betty Carver after seeing SSR Agent Peggy Carter in action. It was ironic how Betty’s inane product-pushing pap seemed to strike a perfect counterpoint to the grim reality of Carter’s adventures. Peg and Angie didn’t seem too impressed, though. But then Peg’s just like me, living on the edge after losing it all. Funny how that worked out, huh? She’s got Angie the Angel lookin’ out for her, though, AND Stark’s snooty butler, too. Jerwin? Jerky. Jar-VIS. That was it. He offers to put her up for the night in one of the boss’s Manhattan apartments and Peg even finds some duds to help her investigate the Daisy Clover dairy farm undercover.
The Silent killer’s got his little red book out in the seedy hotel room he keeps having typewriter conversations with. Pretty ingenious little setup, really. But you gotta figure it couldn’t be too much more complicated than morse code and those telegraph machines. In fact, from a user’s angle it looks pretty friendly to me. Some real Buck Rogers meets Dick Tracy stuff that could really catch on. The wave of the future!
His Royal typewriter-ness wants Leet Brannis, the other mute who’d stolen the nitramene, and then makes the Shifty Silent killer nervous by proclaiming: “Leviathan grows impatient.” I’m no Sunday School scholar, but I’m pretty sure Leviathan was the big fish that swallowed Jonah in the Bible. But there’s all kindsa animal stories in the old books. Aesop’s Fables were some of the first funny animal yarns ever written. Norse and Native American myths had all sorts of animals runnin’ around, too. Hell, in Greek mythology, Achilles was the lord of the Myrmidons, a race of “Ant-Men.” Can you believe that? And to be honest, these Leviathan fellas runnin’ around chasing after little glowing eggs that implode kinda reminded me of ants, too. Little ants scurrying back and forth with their voice boxes yanked out. Mute ants, that’s all they were. But still very effective, for all that. This here creep pays a visit to some schlub and uses flashcards to ask his questions while twisting a knife into his hand. The schlub fingers (well, not with his actual fingers, they’re still pinned to the table, but you get my drift) a guy named Gino DeLucia out in Bensonhurst, but only earns one lead bullet for the tip . . . and he won’t be spending it anytime soon.
Next morning, “Ruth Barton” shows up at Daisy Clover and tosses the while joint until she’s satisfied she hasn’t found what she’s looking for. But it looks like the reason for that is ‘cause there’s a truck missing from the lot. She gets the name of the driver, Sheldon McFee, and then she’s in the wind. I had to rewind the reel and watch it again before I realized “Ruth” was actually Peggy. That gal can stand out in a crowd and then disappear into it completely. That’s magic, I tell ya.
At the SSR’s impound lot, Dooley, Thompson and Krzeminski circle the crushed cube that was Roxxon’s refinery like dogs around a chop. Dooley gives Krzeminski the honor of prying the mass apart to look for evidence while him and pretty-boy Thompson pay Roxxon a visit.
Peggy, meanwhile, actually uses the phone company cover at SSR HQ to nail down an address for Sheldon McFee and then gives Sousa, who’s nose deep in his racing form, a nickel’s worth of free advice about who to bet on, “Whitby’s Prospect” in the 3rd instead of “Uncle Bob” and asks Sousa to cover for her as she steps out, but when he gets the photos from Spider’s last night at the club, she suddenly ditches her plans and offers to help muck through the pix. Krzeminski blunders in and saves the day in his own way and the photos go in Sousa’s locked drawer. Peg rings up Jarvis and tells him to ditch the now Vita-Ray rich sedan they’d used at the Roxxon refinery the night before and then tips Jarvy off to set up a fresh sled. They’d be headed to the savage nation of New Jersey before the night was out.
Up on 42nd street at the Roxxon corporate HQ, President Hugh Jones toasts a drink to Dooley and Thompson. Pretty boy even takes a cursory sip to get things rolling . . . with social habits like those, maybe he was family, after all. Then they cut down to brass tacks. Jones and Howard Stark were pals until Stark got between Jones and his wife. Now they’re bitter rivals and Jones? Well, he thinks the whole vault crack and stolen goods is purely Howard’s doing. And the why of it all? Because he’s either petulant over something, just plain bored or worse: both. I’ve heard that power corrupts, I mean, the whole blasted world had just got finished dealing with a bunch of yahoos who’d grabbed too much of it, but this . . . this was something else entirely. Then Jones pretty much hands the SSR the key to finding the nitramene when he tells them it gives off Vita-radiation.
Carter meanwhile, is focusing the full force of her feminine wiles on cracking a desk drawer three feet from where she works everyday. The drama here feels a little forced for something so mundane, though. I’m pretty sure there isn’t even a clear shot of her in the bunch, but Peg’ll have to stick a pin in it because she gets called into the Roxxon job to drop off the Vita-Ray detector and frisk the female workforce at the factory. She gets the memorable pleasure of making President Jones’ acquaintance and then later, during the V-ray exam, she spots the joker from the refinery that she’d flashbombed. Name of Miles Van Ert, according to his jumpsuit, but when it comes to Vita-Rays, he’s inert. Nothing happening. But since Peg knows he was there she gets an idea that the Vita-radiation might detectable on ant guilty staffs belongings in their lockers. Suddenly Van Ert remembers that he left the lights on somewhere else and makes tracks as the SSR’s finest follow in hot pursuit. Carter casually takes the stairs and heads ’em off at the pass to give Van Ert the business end of a hastily borrowed briefcase to the shins as Thompson bowls ‘im over and Dooley huffs and puffs tryin’ to catch up.
Once he does though, it’s straight to the SSR’s interrogation cell where Dooley offers Van Ert either a carrot or a stick. Not hard to figure where this is headin’. He gives Van Ert a big fish story (gotta figure there’s lotsa big fish in the land of Leviathans), but I guess he’s allergic to carrots or something because he ends up taking the stick right in the mouth . . . to bite down on Thompson tunes up and gives him, uh . . . “singing lessons.” Dooley gives Carter the rest of the night off and she heads to the L&L to meet Jarvy for that ride to NJ. The new one, “Deep in the Night” by Lori Lynner is playing on the radio as Peg waits pacing and Angie house hunts for her in the hotsheets. She offers up the room next to her’s in the all girl’s boarding house she’s set up at, but after what happened to poor sweet Colleen, I ain’t surprised when Peg shys away. She dashes out front as Jarvy pulls up and you can tell Angie’s wheels are spinning, too . . .
Carter and Jarvis discuss the pros and cons of the Captain America Adventure Hour and she makes good and sure the car dosed with V-rays is out of the picture. Thompson’s not the sort to give up easy when he gets a lead . . . or giving a perp like Van Ert the stick, it seems. And all they get out of him is the name Leet Brannis, but the person the name belongs to is still a cypher to them, no info at all. Dooley, Sousa and Krzeminski bounce jabs and then a lead on the milk truck driver comes through and they’re off to New Jersey right behind Carter and not even knowing it, as per usual already. Dooley’s onto something, though. Stark, or anyone for that matter, could have go-betweens going between his go-betweens. But it makes for a pretty crowded dance floor, you ask me.
Silent Sam, or the “Mute Ant” as I’m taking a shine to thinking of him, punches Gino Delucia’s clock for the last time and gives the typewriter the latest. Then he heads out to snatch Sheldon McFee’s milk truck loaded up with nitramene.
Peggy and Jarvis show up at McFee’s first though and she checks the truck – still packed to the gills – and then gives McFee the old Humpty Dumpty with a whack to the skull and then it looks like not even the king’s horses or king’s men could bring him around again as Peg ties him tight to a chair. Before she can much more, though, Leet Brannis shows up and tries to boost the milk truck. Nothing doing, though, Carter’s got him dead to rights and besides, Jarvis’d jerked the juice right outta that jalopy. He plugs the distributor cap back in while Peggy uses Brannis’ little whispering whatsis he’s got in his pocket to get some answers about Howard’s bad babies and whoever Leviathan is. He’s not singing without protection, but Peggy’s not gonna care until she hears something to make him worth protecting.
Jarvis checks the house and finds a shotgun, but no Sheldon McFee. Looks like Humpty Dumpty put himself together again and decided to take his chair out for a walk.
They head back to New York with Mr. Whisper manning the wheel to keep his hands busy, but the Silent killer drops in on them from an overpass on the way and starts shooting up the truck.
Jarv fires back with his spiffy new shotgun as Carter whips her pistol out.
Dooley and Thompson, meanwhile, happen upon Sheldon and his chair taking a stroll and pick him up. As Peg and Jarvy knock around on the truck a few miles ahead of them, they start back to Manhattan with McFee themselves.
When one of the nitramene grenades starts to go off, the mute killer ends up riding the whole truck into the Hudson River and blows shy high as Peggy, Jarvis and Brannis, hit the dirt. Peg and Jarvy look a bit rumpled, but whole, but Brannis is saying the hard good-bye and it’s even harder when you can’t talk. As he clocks out, Peggy asks where the rest of Howard’s bad babies had been stowed and since he can’t vocabulate so good, he scratches out a heart with a wavy live through it and croaks.
Peggy swipes the mute’s last missive out of the mud and they bug out before Dooley and Thompson, right behind them, show up. When they do and after Krzeminski and Sousa have been called in, there’s nothing to see but a dead mute, a crater in the river valley and, though they don’t know it yet, Carter’s footprints. I guess Jarvis stuck to the grassy median. Suddenly Sousa spots a key in the brush and when he fishes it out and gets a good gander, it turns out to be the key to room 424 of the Hotel Cosmopole (a real doghouse, I hear).
Peggy gets het gams stitched up by Jarvis once they’re back at Stark’s Manhattan pad and he reminds her that even the strongest folks need someone to lean at times. Peg persists that Cap never needed anyone and J parries and thrusts with the killing stroke to the argument by pointing out that Howard had observed that he had leaned on Peggy for support. She doesn’t yell out in agreement, but she doesn’t look too displeased at the thought, either.
Next morning, after a plush night in Stark’s Manhattan apartment, Peg takes Angie up on the offer to move into the boarding house she’d flopped at. She’s interviewed by a crabby old spinster and dodges the worst of the hurdles thrown at her with fair to middlin’ results. She got the room anyway.
When she makes the scene at the office later in the morning, the good old boys are all huddled around a photo trying to I.D. someone. The blonde? Nope, just a possible sighting of the Yankees’ own Joltin’ Joe. I hear he dunks his donuts, myself. They oughtta post a man at every coffee shop in town. Joe’ll show, eventually. Turns out, there’s no good shots of the blonde at Spider’s last hurrah, though. But Krzeminski happens on Stark’s license plate in the Roxxon wreckage . . .
The reel flapped off the spool and I shut down the projector to cool off for the night. So that’s what the ruckus in Hoboken had been last week.
“Well,” I said to myself. “That’s all I need to worry about for this week.”
“Of that, I would not be so sure . . .” said a voice behind me in the deepest shadows of the night darkened office.
“Gah!” I yelped. “Who the hell are you!? Where’d you crawl out from under?”
“My . . . erm, ASSOCIATE had provided you with two filmstrips. I am here to recover them and deliver your next assignment. The analysis of this third reel, do you feel up to the task?” he asked, handing me my next job and picking up the last two off the side table where I’d put them.
“Funny thing about that that, I’ve run into a bit a . . . housing shortage, you might say, and I’ll be cooling my heels right here for the foreseeable future. But then, I don’t suppose you’d know anything about that, would you?”
“Ah, Mr. Thompson, the future is so much more than the like of you could possibly foresee . . .”
“Don’t call me that!” I snapped, “”I’m just a guy named Joe” After watching those reels, I wanted as little to do with the pretty boy who shared my name as possible.
“Indeed, ‘Joe,’ you are after all just a COMIC detective, are you not? Be sure to keep that new reel safe and I’ll expect your thoughts on it to be delivered before I see you again . . . or our next meeting will be far less pleasant.
“Sure, sure, I guess that knockout dame you sent the first time quit on you, huh? And how’d you get in here, anyway?”
“She hasn’t quit anything and she doesn’t work for me, quite the opposite, really. As for how I’d gained entry, let’s just say there aren’t many doors that are locked to a person of my training and skills. No need to get up, I’ll see myself out.” And with that, he backed into the room’s deepest shadows again and was gone. Completely gone.
The next reel could wait. I looked hard at he half-full bottle of Scudders on the table and got busy emptying it.
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