The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This is Vime's Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness. This has nothing to do with the episode this week, its just interesting to think about.

Best Books

Absolute Batman Annual #1

Shredder #2

The Mortal Thor #3

Book Blurbs

All New Spider-Gwen Ghost Spider #3 (try saying that 5 times fast. Its not that hard actually), Undeadpool #1, Rocketfellers #10, Black Cat #3, Space Ghost #4, Batman and Robin Year One #12, Supernatural #1, Creep Show Vol 4 #2

Uncle's One More Thing

Final Fantasy (like all of it)

Friends (The TV Show, not the concept, which is also a good thing)

Honey I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

You thought we were gone but we have returned and we are bearing fruit. Buckle up for a cavalcade, an endless onslaught of comic book coverage.

Best Books

The Lucky Devils #5

DC KO #1

Action Comics #1091

Fantastic Four #4

Book Blurbs:

Aquaman #10, Dungeons and Dragons: The Fallbacks #1, Supergirl #6, Unbreakable X-Men #1, Amazing X-Men #1, Captain America #4, The New History of the DC Universe #4, Absolute Flash #8, Skinbreaker #2, Fantastic Four #1-#3, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Seeds of Salvation #2, Absolute Batman #13, Superman Unlimited #6, Absolute Wonder Woman #13, Ghost Pepper #4, Hornsby and Halo #11, Immortal Legends Batman #3, Ultimate Spiderman #22, and Children of the Round Table #2

Uncle's One More Thing

Ball X Pit

Digimon Story Time Stranger

New Theme Song!

Future Bass Technology | Shades

by Alex-Productions

You probably didn't come to this podcast expecting to hear about Travis Kelce and what he may or may not be packing in his pants, but neither did Chance when he listened to the new Taylor Swift album. You have been warned.

Best Books

Batman #2

Spider-Man Noir #1

Book Blurbs

Absolute Evil #1, Acrbound #6, Absolute Superman #12, Starship Godzilla #1, The Rocketfellers #9, Rook Exodus #7

This episode is not sponsored by Hoopla but it could be.

B Segment

The Life of a Showgirl

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

Uncle's One More Thing

Digimon (Beatbreak and Time Stranger)

Shards of Earth by Adrian Tschaikovsky

When the Clock Broke by John Ganz