In this episode of Comic Book Men, hip-hop legend Darryl McDaniels of Run DMC brings his new comic in to the Stash, and the guys look at a classic Marvel Silver Age #1 issue.

The episode isn’t quite as good as the previous week, but overall, it’s a solid entry in a somewhat down year for the show. The episode straight up kicks off with Darryl McDaniels coming into the store to promote his comic. It’s a very similar show he’s put on when on other television series. That’s his personality it seems. What’s fun though is, he winds up challenging Ming to a rap battle, which is actually entertaining and somewhat fun to see. Ming steps up, and the guy who tends to get a lot of shit on the show actually gets some respect due to that.

The two “selling” segments have individuals selling some Marvel comics. One is Sub-Mariner #1 which turns out is still a rather affordable comic. I was a bit surprised by that. The other segment is to sell What If? comics which I have fond memory of.

The show wraps up with the guys surprising Kevin Smith at the end with something. And it’s a very real moment, you can’t fake his reaction.

The episode is an entertaining one. There’s not much depth, but it’s a cute half-hour of television.

Overall rating: 7.8