Episodes

Saturday Jul 18, 2020
AvengersAssemble: 1977: A Comics Odyssey (Intro Episode)
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
Van introduces a new miniseries in the Avengers Assemble Podcast, here on the White Rocket Entertainment Network. Van and guests will cover the greatest comics of 1977, the first year Van discovered Marvel Comics. And there are a lot of great ones!
This episode, Van goes solo to introduce the series and to discuss the issues from January-March, the months BEFORE he started reading Marvel. (For our purposes, we count the beginning as Avengers 158, dated April 1977.)
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Sunday Apr 12, 2020
The Kree-Skrull War, w/David Wright, on the AvengersAssemble Podcast
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
David Wright joins Van to dig into the epic "Kree-Skrull War" from Avengers 89-97 in the early 1970s, by Roy Thomas, Neal Adams and Sal Buscema, with tons of guest stars including Captain Mar-Vell, the Inhumans, the Fantastic Four, and more. It's a classic bit of Marvel history, but does it hold up as a good Avengers story? We discuss!

Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
White Rocket 164: The Space: 1999 Panel at DragonCon 2019
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Presenting the DragonCon 2019 panel about Space: 1999 --on the 20th anniversary of the Moon's breakaway from Earth orbit!
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Monday Sep 17, 2018
Monday Sep 17, 2018
Van is joined on the Military SF Media track at DragonCon 2018 by Andrew Gaska and Karen Henson (as well as a room full of fans) to discuss the 40th and 15th anniversaries of both versions of Battlestar Galactica. The original series debuted on September 17, 1978.
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Wednesday Feb 28, 2018
White Rocket 140: The Parker Novels Reviewed, pt 1
Wednesday Feb 28, 2018
Wednesday Feb 28, 2018
Van looks at all 16 of the original PARKER crime fiction novels by Richard Stark (Donald Westlake), written between 1962-1974.
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Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Avengers Assemble 006: The Korvac Saga
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
Wednesday Jun 28, 2017
David Wright returns to join Van in discussing the epic Korvac Saga from Avengers 167-177, including the ambiguous ending and the later attempts to address that.
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Friday Dec 16, 2016
White Rocket 106: The Gadgets of Bond
Friday Dec 16, 2016
Friday Dec 16, 2016
Van and John are joined by White Rocket's Art Director, Jarrod Alberich, to discuss the best (and worst) gadgets from all 24 James Bond films from EON Productions.
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Monday Aug 15, 2016
White Rocket 104: Led Zeppelin, Part 1
Monday Aug 15, 2016
Monday Aug 15, 2016
Van is joined by Aaron Smith, Michael Gordon and Kell Carpenter for a great conversation about the monster rock group of the 1970s, Led Zeppelin, and to listen to excerpts from and talk about the first two albums.
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Wednesday Jul 20, 2016
White Rocket 101: ZELAZNY'S AMBER TO TV Emergency Episode
Wednesday Jul 20, 2016
Wednesday Jul 20, 2016
UNPLANNED EMERGENCY QUICK EPISODE: ROGER ZELAZNY'S AMBER MAY BE COMING TO TELEVISION SOON!

Tuesday Dec 15, 2015
White Rocket 084: The Star Wars Phenomenon
Tuesday Dec 15, 2015
Tuesday Dec 15, 2015
Van is joined by occasional co-host John Ringer to discuss the overall Star Wars Phenomenon, beginning in the movie theater in 1977.