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A weekly dose of Geeky Questions answered and a touch of trying to stump our own in-house expert.
About the show
The Aeronauts, Zac and Tyler, drop in to answer Geeky Questions and try to pry loose some of Zac's deep down genre knowledge before taking back off on their adventures through Nerdery.
Episodes
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It Me
July 10th, 2026 | 22 mins 51 secs
dc comics, jack knight, sandman, spider-man, starman, the walrus, ultimate spider-man
What comic do we most relate to? Who is the Walrus?
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Big Orange Dorks
July 3rd, 2026 | 30 mins 33 secs
dc comics, emma frost, greg land, gunhawk, hack/slash, highschool of the dead, saga, small favors, the iron devil, wally wood
What comic unexpectedly turned the Aeronauts on? Does Zac know who Gunhawk is?
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Four Color Seduction
June 19th, 2026 | 31 mins 25 secs
bed bug, chester 5000, dc comics, films to be buried with, money shot, sex criminals, sweet paprika, x-terminators
What comic book do the Aeronauts find the sexiest? Who is Bed Bug?
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Once More, With Feeling
June 17th, 2026 | 29 mins 40 secs
batman, doctor domino, guardians of the galaxy, hush, merv pumpkinhead, sandman, valentino
What comic book means the most to the Aeronauts? Does Zac know who Doctor Domino is?
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Pull List Removals
May 29th, 2026 | 23 mins 42 secs
brotherhood of the monkey fist, dc comics, invincible, league of extraordinary gentlemen, love hina, the walking dead
What is a comic that the Aeronauts used to enjoy, but doesn't hold up on re-read? Who is the Brotherhood of the Monkey Fist?
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Embrace the Hate
May 21st, 2026 | 25 mins 2 secs
clone saga, dc comics, doctor double x, ultimate universe, widening gyre
What critically hated comic to the Aeronauts like? Who is Doctor Double X?
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Cry Little Reader
May 14th, 2026 | 25 mins 32 secs
absolute wonder woman, nimona, orbital, saga, superman, transmetropolitan, zebra-man
What comic book made you cry the most? Who is Zebra-Man?
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Fear Itself
May 7th, 2026 | 23 mins 36 secs
comic book, did you hear what eddie gein done, films to be buried with, hellsing, junji ito, locke and key, luthor strode, swamp thing, volthoom
What comic book scared the Aeronauts the most? Who is Volthoom?
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Comics to be Cremated With
April 23rd, 2026 | Season 16 | 27 mins 8 secs
1st comic book, comic books, films to be buried with, king kraken, spider-man, superman
The Aeronauts have died, again. Back in Heaven they are having to answer a bunch of questions about themselves through the lens of comic books. So what was the first comic the Aeronauts remember reading? Who is King Kraken?
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Baxter (Building) Stock(ing)Men
March 26th, 2026 | 1 hr 23 mins
anthrax, big 4, fantastic four, marvel, megadeth, metallica, slayer, thrash metal
The Aeronauts have finally made it to the Baxter Building and being the end of this journey means it's time for Zac to make up for all his misses and mistake in our Season Finale!
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Future Beef
March 13th, 2026 | 19 mins 59 secs
annihilus, fantastic four, marvel, skrulls
Did Mr Fantastic feed people to other people? Who is Annihilus?
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Fully Loaded
March 5th, 2026 | 14 mins 9 secs
apocalypse beast, fantastic four, herbie, marvel
What is the origin of H.E.R.B.I.E.? Who is the Apocalypse Beast?
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Doom in a Bottle
February 27th, 2026 | 22 mins 50 secs
doctor doom, fantastic four, iron man, marvel, robert downey jr, the delinquent
What is the relationship between Dr. Doom and Iron Man? Who is The Delinquent?
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The Fantastic More?
February 13th, 2026 | 24 mins 34 secs
fantastic force, fantastic four, future foundation, marvel, modulus
Have there been any Fantastic Four Spin-off teams? Who is Modulus?
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1,2,3,4...?
February 6th, 2026 | 27 mins 41 secs
fantastic five, fantastic four, marvel, salem seven, what if
Is there a Fantastic Fifth? Who are the Salem Seven?
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...and His Amazing Friends
January 29th, 2026 | 23 mins 14 secs
fantastic four, human torch, marvel, molecule man, spider-man
When did the Human Torch and Spider-man become friends? Who is Molecule Man?