In the second of our special episodes, Scott is still off globetrotting so I'm joined by Dr Karl, the host of the Science Friction podcast. We start with some News and Reviews and then for the main part of the show I talk comics in general with Karl and find out what he is reading and enjoying at the moment, we talk about comics on the fringe of Marvel, some of our favourite writers, a one in a million real life mutant and big comic companies visiting the UK.

Next week we'll be back and with some luck, Scott will be back for our Book Club episode where we will be discussing American Gods by Neil Gaiman. So please send us in your comments and thoughts on the book and we'll try to mention them in the show. We will also be announcing the next book and if you have any suggestions for the book club you can email us or post them on the forum.

In this special episode, Scott is away on his international travels, so I'm joined by returning a co-host Pete Rogers. We start with a bit of News and Reviews and then for the main part of the show I pick Pete's brains about what he is reading at the moment, what he's enjoying, and what he's looking forward to. We get into an interesting discussion about gateway comics, our new amazon stores, comic conventions, event comics, creators and pulp comics.

We'll be back in two weeks with another guest co-host, and after that Scott will be back for Episode 54 and it will be our Book Club episode where we will be discussing American Gods by Neil Gaiman. If you have any suggestions for the book club you can email us or post them on the forum and we will announce the next book club selection at the end of episode 54.

In this episode we have a few news snippets, including a discussion of Virtuality, Ronald D. Moore's unsuccessful pilot for a new FOX sci-fi show. Following this Steve and Scott chat about some comics they've recently got hold of including some picks from Bristol and finally they're joined by Marcus Almand, creator of Razor Kid to talk about his work as a creator and Razor Kid itself.