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Worst Collection Ever

by Shawn Marek & Jen Stansfield · English · Arts & Books

WORST COLLECTION EVER is a comic book podcast where Jen and Shawn poke fun at their own collection of random comic books with loads of crass sincerity and scattershot nostalgia. None of the books in the collection offer anything close to quality or financial worth but our love for all of it is as re

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 50 min
Latest: 9 Oct 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026 · 33 min

Wonder Woman Listens to West Coast Rap

Convergence: Wonder Woman #2 (2015)This Wonder Woman versus vampires situation keeps chugging along as Diana squares off against the fangin-and-bangin trio of Joker, Catwoman and Poison Ivy. It’ll probably get worse though because both Steve Trevor and Etta Candy are in a pretty dire situation. No one wins.Highlights include:Etta Candy loves the Joker’s comedyMarc Maron rides a kangarooCatwoman becomes a parade floatPoison Ivy is the BACKROOMS monsterBone splints…with actual bones!Wonder Woman needs to bust out some MK FatalitiesAlso, Shawn and Jen buy a few new books from Hall of Justice…

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E497 · 2 Oct 2026 · 42 min
Wonder Woman vs. The Cult of Ladies
Convergence: Wonder Woman #1 (2015)Spooky season has arrived so let’s see what’s what with this duo of books from DC’s Convergence event where versions of Gotham from different universes have to fight one another at the behest of some entity (and also Brainiac). This one is perfect for the season as Earth-One Wonder Woman squares off against an all-female doomsday cult and the Elseworlds Red Rain vampires!Highlights include:Wonder Woman cuts a promo on some street youthsEtta Candy joins a cultSteve Trevor chats with Bill CowherThe difference between “battle axe” and “old bag”Catwoman is a…
E496 · 25 Sep 2026 · 37 min
Spawn's Flesh Could Save Us ALL!
Spawn #41 (1996) Continuing on with our mid-90s SPAWN coverage, we pick up with the Spawn man about to be dissected by the goatee-having villain Curse up his precariously balanced castle. Curse, you see, wants to be come “Satan Two” and believes he can use Spawn’s necroplasm to get there. Sure, why not.Highlights include:Hell had some solid prospects back in 1996Cy-Gor snuffs out some potential SAStephen Hawking gets a package on that damned islandSpawn’s hand goes full ADDAMS FAMILYCurse opts to do some paperworkA breakdown of the oft-overlooked SPAWN: THE MOVIE soundtrackAlso, Jen and…
E495 · 18 Sep 2026 · 45 min
Spawn Endures a Cheap Wine Hangover
Spawn #40 (1996) Hey check this out — we are covering a Spawn book (quite possibly) for the first time! It has been a big year of first for us over here at WCE. We’re jumping in here with Spawn being abducted and dissected by Curse, a tech savvy religious zealot. We also have Cy-Gor the cybernetic gorilla running rampant somewhere in upstate New York.Highlights include:Spawn’s Bone ThroneChristopher Meloni for the Fat Clown in the SPAWN rebootThe Lurkers from PHANTASM set a booby trapReading books in the nudeFishing classes in grade schoolsInvisible Gorilla Delivery Service (IGDS)Also, Jen…
E494 · 11 Sep 2026 · 41 min
The Justice League...But As Famous Musicians!
Elseworlds 80-Page Giant #1 (1999)Something slightly different this week as we chat about a specific story from an Elseworlds anthology called “Rockumentary.” This is a silly take on BEHIND THE MUSIC with Lex Luthor as a bigger-than-life record company executive. It’s a fun trip so let’s check it out!Highlights include:Martian Manhunter…with hair!Darkseid wears a nice suitTie me down, tell the truthBruce Wayne saves Ian Curtis’s lifeGuy Gardner would’ve made a great EminemColor Me Badd but with superheroesAlso, Jen and Shawn chat about the new KNIGHTFALL animated feature and Shawn tries to…
E493 · 4 Sep 2026 · 50 min
Shot Thru the Heart (and Ghost Rider's to Blame)
Ghost Rider [vol 3] #35 (1993)One more ride with Ghost Rider before we move on! Here, GR is not only contending with a Death Ninja, but also the super-armored Heart Attack, the death-obsessed Suicide and the always furious Lt. Badilino aka the future Vengeance.Highlights include:An extended conversation about Bon JoviTom Cruise’s apartment from WAR OF THE WORLDSWhat is Vengeance reading?Stupid acronymsTactical fanny packs for superheroesDissecting Ghost Rider’s still-flaming corpseAlso, Jen and Shawn offer up some early thoughts on LANTERNS and look forward to selling more comics this…
E492 · 28 Aug 2026 · 41 min
Ghost Rider Skips Breakfast
Ghost Rider [vol 3] #34 (1993) It has been too long since we’ve talked about Ghost Rider and with the latest Ryan Gosling news, now is a great time to revisit our favorite Spirit of Vengeance. This time out, a Death Ninja seeks finality and must hunt GR down in order to achieve it.Highlights include:Ghost Rider actually HELPS a victim receive medical care!Corpses on the news in the 1990sQuestionable motivations for graveyard vandalismAll of Brooklyn is a cemeteryShawn considers taking up grave-diggingThe Caretaker mainlines cancerAlso, Jen and Shawn discuss the latest in Bruce Wayne’s…
E491 · 21 Aug 2026 · 50 min
Green Lantern Does Some Improvised Plumbing
Green Lantern [vol 2] #183 (1984)John Stewart is a newly-minted Green Lantern and Hal is not happy about it. Regardless, John is quickly put to the test by a conflicted Major Disaster, who is threatening to flood Los Angeles. Also, we learn about a potentially problematic GL ring feature.Highlights include:John hits it off with a newscasterEclipso makes a prank callMajor Disaster can think it but won’t say itCan you drown a Terminator?Tom Kalmaku throws out his Green Lantern journalM. Emmet Walsh becomes a Green Lantern!Also, Jen and Shawn hit up the Rocky Mountain Comic Collectors Showcase…
E490 · 14 Aug 2026 · 48 min
Green Lantern is a Frugal Bar Patron
Green Lantern [vol 2] #182 (1984)LANTERNS, an honest-to-goodness live action TV show with Green Lanterns in it, is coming our way so let’s see what the Emerald Knight was up to back in the mid-80s. Turns out quite a bit as Hal Jordan bails on the gig and the formidable John Stewart is next in line. Also, Major Disaster is walking the streets and Eclipso is rightfully lurking in the shadows!Highlights include:Hal pours one out for Abin SurWonder Woman no-sells a political assassinationLeather wristbands in the 80sMagenta bootsThe Guardians on Oa are kind of uselessHal’s STEEEEEEL…
E489 · 7 Aug 2026 · 45 min
Spider-Man is an Elite Combat Strategist
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #14 (1978)Spider-Man, Flash Thompson and new friend Razorback are on a race against time to get to Yonkers to stop an evil cult from going nationwide. As it turned out, we didn’t allot for covering the conclusion to this arc but I can assure that it all works out for Spider-Man. Nonetheless, this book does have a surprise reveal and Spider-Man punching Razorback in the face repeatedly.Highlights include:Spider-Man carries Flash Thompson like a mannequinComedian Kyle Kinane joins the Legion of LightJonathan Frakes is here too!All reporters look the…
E488 · 31 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
Spider-Man Gets Real Mad at an Arkansas Man
Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #13 (1977)Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has a new movie coming out this week so let’s see what he was up to in the late-70s! Somehow it involves cults, big rig trucks and a large man dressed as a pig.Highlights include:Spider-Man does some window peepingMeet Razorback, Marvel’s 2nd most famous big-rig truckerPraise for Johnny CashWhen an alien lands, you must eat itRazorback and Professor Pyg wreak havoc as the PIG BOYS~!!Old-timey dynamite contraptions were quite uselessAlso, Jen and Shawn visit Time Warp Comics in Boulder, CO for the first…
E487 · 24 Jul 2026 · 40 min
Batman Has a Serious Gas Problem
Detective Comics #32 (1939)Our journey back to early (EARLY!) Batman stories continues - and concludes - as Batman faces off against the Mad Monk inside his wolf-filled castle.Highlights include:Are they vampires or werewolves?Screw it — it’s the Bat-Plane nowBatman and his growing collection of womenThis bag of vampire money will protect you!Batman casually uses a firearmSlam Bradley!Also, Jen and Shawn share some thoughts on BATMAN/GREEN ARROW/THE QUESTION Black Label book as well as the recent Skartaris storyline in WORLD’S FINEST!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:08:46…
E486 · 17 Jul 2026 · 57 min
Batman Endures Multiple Gorilla Surprises
Detective Comics #31 (1939)We go way back in time this week as we talk about DETECTIVE COMICS mere months after the debut of the Batman! It is classic Golden Age goodness as (the) Batman squares off against Mad Monk and his menagerie of mammals and reptiles.Highlights include:The debut of the Batarang!Wilfred Brimley, medical professionalBatman is hoarding the cure to rabiesMultiple gorilla encountersBruce Wayne loves his pipeWhat really happened to Bat-HorseAlso, Jen and Shawn talk about some new pick-ups from RetroMania this past weekend as well as their experience as comic book vendors at…
E485 · 10 Jul 2026 · 50 min
Storm Got to Be Happy for About 5 Minutes
Uncanny X-Men #290 (1992)The immense drama that is the UNCANNY X-MEN continues as Storm takes her time contemplating Forge’s marriage proposal, Iceman’s date continues to go sideways and Colossus has a day on the town with his newly-resurfaced brother Mikhail.Highlights include:Storm and Bishop go full Natasha BedingfieldJean Grey literally throws in the towelKrang’s bodyMystique gets crazy eyesArchangel just went out for croissantsForge needs to cool the heck outAlso, if you’re in the Loveland, CO area this Saturday July 11th, come check out Jen & Shawn at the RetroMania event at the Ranch…
E484 · 3 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 18 min
The X-Men Are Life-RUINERS!
Uncanny X-Men #289 (1992) It is X-MEN TIME as X-MEN ’97 returns for a second season and we return to some proper X-books! This time out, Bishop and his massive arms have just joined X-Men Gold, causing unintended friction between Forge and Storm. Also, Iceman introduces his girlfriend to his lame-ass parents and Archangel has a fit when Mystique dresses up in one of his old costumes.Highlights include:Awkward team photosMagneto is a zaddyMystique is here for the dramaCybernetic samuraiMeet the HR mutant….Workday!Triple H answers your questions about the X-Men’s financesAlso, Jen and Shawn…
E483 · 26 Jun 2026 · 56 min
Supergirl Declares Diplomatic Immunity
Supergirl [vol 2] #18 (1984)Join us this week as Supergirl continues to wreak havoc in Chicago as she shows off her new headband whilst foiling a jewel heist and recklessly heaving planes to their certain doom. Also, there is an alien terrorizing the seas AND the skies asking for human monies. Maybe. He forgets pretty quickly.Highlights include:The Penguin’s Southern cousin, Boss Cobb!Beware of the Were-KrakenThe ugliest sweater in historyMetal underwear might be comfortable for an alienArgo F YourselfJFK Jr. and his loveliesAlso, Jen and Shawn talk about KRAVEN THE HUNTER and ponder the…
E482 · 19 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 8 min
Supergirl's Thighs Ruin a Buick
Supergirl [vol 2] #17 (1984)Supergirl has a new movie coming out so let’s talk about her!It is the early 80s and she’s living in Chicago doing scholarly things and the like. Everything is going swimmingly until some 1950s mobsters rough up her Tom Baker-ass looking professor and now Supergirl has to fly to French Polynesia to save him.Highlights include:Chicago hot dogs vs. Metropolis hot dogs — who wins?Supergirl listens to all heartbeats at onceEarly morning retail therapyThat robot has a great assSquat Santa Manic Panic!Also, Jen and Shawn visit check out a few of their less-frequented…
E481 · 12 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
Power Man & Iron Fist Face the Hammer of Judgment
Power Man & Iron Fist #107 (1984)Let’s wrap up this trip into freelance superhero services as we follow Power Man and Iron Fist as they serve as bodyguards to an eccentric rock star. There’s also a BARBARIAN meets SMALL WONDER deal going on with the rock star’s father so it is guaranteed to get wild.Highlights include:Luke Cage earns 25 centsAre the Heroes for Hire insured??Resentful grandmothersWhere’d that giant cake come from?Iron Fist literally kicks a criminal’s assFeyd Harkonnen celebrates his 21st birthdayAlso, Jen and Shawn visit Vision Comics & Oddities here in town and share some…
E480 · 5 Jun 2026 · 52 min
Iron Fist Attends a Supervillain's High School Reunion
Power Man & Iron Fist #106 (1984)We are keeping the Power Man and Iron Fist party alive as we check in with Iron Fist getting hired to escort a posh woman to her high school reunion. Not really the spicy kind of “escort” but more of a “weird guy from high school is freaking me out" kind of vibe. Especially when said creep is Whirlwind, an Avengers foe that wears a weird helmet and has an obsession with dressing like Robert Stack.Highlights include:the world’s fastest showerLuke Cage offers on-site tooth extractionsIron Fist eats celery next to a giant Jello moldGeorge “Buck” Flower…
E479 · 29 May 2026 · 57 min
Luke Cage & Iron Fist Save All the Sports!
Power Man & Iron Fist #105 (1984)What’s a comic book podcast without one of the most ubiquitous 80s comics you’ll find in a dollar bin? Talking about some POWER MAN & IRON FIST here, the book that was read by everybody and nobody. In this issue, Luke and Danny are feeling the freelance superhero squeeze from Crimebuster, an escaped con posing as a “hero” who got his hands on some pistols that shoot massive white loads and sometimes, nets.Highlights include:Luke Cage fights to save SPORTS~!Iron Fist strikes a poseHeroes for Hire guard a fashion runwayAdam Driver faceBring back the ashtray…
E478 · 22 May 2026 · 1 hr
Our FIRST-EVER Star Wars Comic Book!!!
Star Wars #9 (1978) It took twelve years but we we FINALLY tackle a STAR WARS comic on this podcast and this one is a blast as we check out an early issue in the initial Marvel run. We got Han Solo and Chewbacca on an Outer Rim planet teaming up with a green bunny and a porcupine man to defend folks from lecherous bandits. Also, Luke Skywalker and the droids are adrift in the cosmos looking for Rebel real estate while Princess Leia has anxiety.Highlights include:George Lucas wants to add more tongueHan Solo gives serious faceElderly Jedi in medieval suits of armorKylo Ren was almost a…
E477 · 15 May 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
Jonah Hex Fights the Future
Hex #1 (1985)Let’s take a break from our current apocalypse to see what happens when you pluck disfigured gunfighter Jonah Hex from the Old West and place him in a dystopian Seattle. HEX was one of the bold swings from DC Comics in the mid 80s and truth be told, it’s not that bad!Highlights include:Can a comic book truly be “gut searing”?Magenta meat is on the menuWhy did we stop talking about acid rain?Our favorite scene in WESTWORLD (1973)Fashion your back hair as a capeA really cool looking prosthetic legAlso, Jen and Shawn spend Free Comic Book Day in Washington, DC!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK…
E476 · 8 May 2026 · 17 min
HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT...The Lobo Brothers?!?
Nice! Time for another installment of HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT…?” a semi-recurring segment where we look at random characters that we encounter in the books we read. Lots of strange, unusual folks out here that you need to know about.Since we are putzing around with the Punisher, the most logical solution would be to talk about the LOBO BROTHERS, two brothers who are both high-class drug dealers AND mutant werewolves. Frank was once almost mind-controlled to assassinate them for the Kingpin but it didn’t go well. Regardless, the brothers have some intriguing aspects about them, particularly the…
E474 · 1 May 2026 · 39 min
FINAL ISSUE BLUES #2: Blaze (1994-1995)
Hell yeah, it is the return of FINAL ISSUE BLUES here under the Worst Collection Ever umbrella of media offerings. FINAL ISSUE BLUES is a segment were we talk about the last issue of a comic book series.This time out, we will discuss the end of Marvel’s BLAZE [vol 1] (1994-1995) ending with issue #12 in July 1995.Blaze — as in Johnny Blaze — is best known as (technically) the second Ghost Rider. He’s wrapping up his (to date) only solo series effort kicking it with the Punisher to fight off a north New Jersey vampire motorcycle club in a graveyard. Also, Wendigo shows up, an invisible man…
E472 · 24 Apr 2026 · 49 min
The Punisher and $1300 Worth of Comic Books
The Punisher [vol 2] #19 (1989)One of Frank’s drug busts goes sideways and he ends up in the Australian outback seeking vengeance for a slain woman that he JUST saved from choking. It’s complicated but Frank does get to eventually ride a camel and wear a fun hat so it’s not so bad.Highlights include:Frank Castle uses the Village Voice to sell drugsthe art of the “avalanche divorce”Eastman and Laird visit King’s CrossGary Oldman runs an Australian tourist officebrass-knuckled backhandsMarvel tries to fantasy cast the PUNISHER movie and sort of gets it righta lot of Australian slang that we…
E471 · 17 Apr 2026 · 53 min
Superman Gets a Stomach Ache While Vacuuming
DC Comics Presents #25 (1980)Our vacation in Stupid Town has reached its end as Superman teams up with the Phantom Stranger to rescue Pete Ross’s son from a future timeline. Somehow, this is all Superman’s fault (not wrong) and it has driven Pete Ross insane but most importantly, it has given Superman a stomach ache so it must be addressed at once!And as a bonus, we get 10 pages of Hourman fighting off bio-hippies and flying garbage cans!Highlights include:Superman’s O-face (not great)Phantom Stranger throws a punchStop giving Pete Ross all those posters to rip up!The Hall of FailuresCome…
E470 · 10 Apr 2026 · 54 min
Superman and Deadman Battle the Mafia
DC Comics Presents #24 (1980Deadman wants to quit being Deadman but the higher powers decide he has business to tend to in Metropolis first such as stopping cardiac-induced earthquakes. Superman finds himself involved and has to burrow into the earth’s core to fix this mess. Also, the mafia!Highlights include:BEEF~!Harley Race: earth scientstSuperman enters the KumiteDeadman ruins MidsommarThe end of PEARL but with SupermanA special appearance by Abe VigodaAlso, Shawn and Jen buy A LOT of comics at the All C’s Collectibles Spring Showcase and even a nice little portfolio book.*** PROPER…
E469 · 3 Apr 2026 · 51 min
Superman and Doctor Fate Go Swashbuckling
DC Comics Presents #23 (1980)Superman contends with a suddenly appearing privateer vessel and it is most likely S.T.A.R. Labs’s fault. Thankfully Doctor Fate shows up to handle the mystic end of things, not because Superman can’t but because his wife Inza is cursed by this ship and turning into Swamp Thing. Highlights include:Superman and the Flash crop-dust BatmanDoctor Fate’s salad fetishInza’s bad day at the witch spaVisit "T.A.R." Labs for your cigarette needsJimmy Olsen is saved by a giant foreheadYou should never go full NabuAlso, Shawn and Jen talk about the new SUPERMAN/SPIDER-MAN…
E468 · 27 Mar 2026 · 41 min
Daredevil Really Should Not Be Driving
Daredevil #276 (1990)Daredevil and the Inhumans are tasked with saving their cyborg ladyfriend from an emotionally conflicted Ultron so it is time to pull out ALL the stops!Highlights include:Karnak channels the wisdom of the Three StoogesDaredevil might have been decapitated for a minuteThe end of Jet Li’s THE ONE but with Ultron headsNumber Nine and her five o’clock shadowWhy is no one confronting Skip Ash, the genetic terrorist?FATRON~! defends hot dog carts in perilAlso, Jen comments on the SIRENS: LOVE HURTS mini-series and Shawn finally reads the 1990 Marvel Annuals he’s been…
E467 · 20 Mar 2026 · 50 min
Daredevil and the Inhumans Vs. Ultron and Barbie
Daredevil #275 (1989)The Acts of Vengeance are upon us as Daredevil and the Inhumans encounter a lovelorn Ultron in the upstate New York wilderness!Highlights include:Introducing FATRON~! aka Ultron 8Daredevil sits in a room full of skullsDoctor Doom won’t stop looking at me!Skip Ash…more like Skip TrashAnn Nocenti back when she was normalthe Terrigen Mists will come for us all eventuallyAlso, Shawn makes DC Comics characters in WWE 2K26 and we share some thoughts on the forthcoming season of DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:06:23 ***Promo: MAGAZINES &…

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