We wrap up our conversation with crime writer Ed Brubaker, with more talk about his Icon title CRIMINAL, with Sean Phillips on art.

Plus we delve more into the psyche of Captain America, ponder the question "Is Daredevil the smartest guy in the room, or the craziest?", and Ed previews his upcoming collaboration with Matt Fraction, on THE IMMORTAL IRON FIST , filled with world espionage and kung fu action.

For years Ed Brubaker has shown his love for crime comics, by writing some of the genre's best modern stories.

In collected works like SCENE OF THE CRIME with Michael Lark, SLEEPER his first series with Sean Phillips, and collaborating with pals Lark and writer Greg Rucka on the police procedural, GOTHAM CENTRAL.

In Part one of our conversation, Brubaker explains his plans for the new Icon series CRIMINAL, plus we take a look back at SLEEPER, and talk about his current run on CAPTAIN AMERICA.

This was the Word Balloon promo It was made in 2006 after the show was a year old. I'll count the pre libsyn epsiodes as they we're/will be  re-released chronologically. Word Balloon Began May 10th 2005 but was under a different fee. Thta's 14 months before this feed began.