What Makes a Great Villain? | The Comics Pals Episode 76

This week, Sean is out at Wrestlemania this weekend! But someone let Phil out of his cage and he took over the show! Prepare yourselves for something pretty different. We talk about DC’s new sales records, the new Vault Comics preorder service and we try to figure out what makes a good bad guy! PLUS: Who are The Eternals? Reader Mail- 00:01:43 Random Question of the Week- 00:14:10 Would You Rather? Pals Pulls: 00:27:48 Pete- Oblivion Song #2 Phil - Action Comics 80th Anniversary HC Cale - Captain Swing and the Electric Pirates of Cindery Island tpb, Immortal Men #1 News: DC NATION #0 Lands One Million Orders, ACTION COMICS #1000 500k- 00:33:34 https://www.newsarama.com/39385-dc-nation-0-lands-one-million-orders.html Power Rangers: Shattered Grid Sells Out Again- 00:41:34 https://www.previewsworld.com/…/210561-Power-Rangers-Shatte… Vault Comics Launches ‘BookIt’ Online Preorder Service with 20 Retailers- 00:51:49 https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/04/04/vault-comics-bookit-preorder-service/ IDW Group Editor SARAH GAYDOS Jumps to ONI PRESS- 01:00:41 https://www.newsarama.com/39318-sarah-gaydos-jumps-from-idw-to-oni.html 'Y: The Last Man' Moving Forward at FX With Pilot Order- 01:04:48 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/y-last-man-moving-forward-at-fx-pilot-order-1100179 Exclusive: Marvel’s New ‘Phase 4’ MCU Franchise – The Eternals!- 01:12:06 http://mcucosmic.com/2018/04/exclusive-marvels-new-phase-4-mcu-franchise-the-eternals/ Main Topic: 01:18:59 Let's talk baddies. What makes a good bad guy, a memorable bad guy, what makes a bad bad guy, and why do movies struggle with that so much??? The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Cale: twitter.com/Totointow Marco: twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop