The Iron Age of Comics

Episode #072: Iron Mail: Listener Q&A

The Iron Age boys reflect on another year of reading classic comics and three years since launching the podcast by answering YOUR questions! (Assuming you sent them in, that is to say.)

Discussed in this episode:

Current reads

Underappreciated Iron Age creators

Fashion trends of the Iron Age

Comics we don’t want to revisit

Missed opportunities

Non-Iron Age comics with Iron Age flavor

Cursing and podcast editing

Dick Tracy and the British 20th century

Marvel trading cards

Creator pronunciations

Most representative American comics

The Iron Age outside the U.S.

Which comic book universe we want to live in

Growth and change vs. “the permanent Act II”

When are you going to cover __________?

Transition to video?

The origin of the podcast

Are we critics?

What we learned in 2025

Anchor

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Stitcher

iHeartRadio

Amazon/Audible