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This week Paul answers all your questions about Megalopolis, chats with Jason about some TV, books, and comics, and announces next week's movie!


 

Paul & Jason's Recs

SAS: Rogue Heroes

Landman

Billions

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld

Laid

Traitors US

Extracted

Wild Robot

The Diplomat

Shorsey

Wolf Hall

Jenny Sparks by Tom King

Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta

Legacy of Vader by Charles Soule

Kubrick: An Odyssey by Nathan Abrams and Robert P. Kolker

Stanley Kubrick's Boxes

Doom by Jonathan Hickman

Astonishing Spiderman by Scott Aukerman

Namor by Jason Aaron

Karma Doll by Jonathan Ames

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