Capes and Japes

#417 – Leslie Willis

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Leslie Willis, best known as Livewire, who hates superman, has electric powers, looks really cool, and sometimes does crime.

What we were up to this week:

Briar watched The People's Joker and a lot of Dimension 20: Unsleeping City
Olivia hasn't read any comics this week but is excited for Moonstar (2026) #1 and has also been rewatching Hannibal

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#416 – Killer Frost Roundup

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about three women who have gone by Killer Frost: Crystal Frost, Louise Lincoln, and Caitlin Snow, who have had... varying degrees of misandrist and criminal intents.

What we were up to this week:

Briar continued working on cosplay
Olivia didn't read any comics this week but saw some news about new Absolute titles and other new series over at DC including a new Teen Titans lineup!

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#415 – Victor Creed

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Victor Creed, best known as Sabretooth, a mutant whose main goals are to do a bunch of murders and to make Wolverine have a very very bad day, every day he can.

What we were up to this week:

Briar continues to work on cosplay
Olivia read some comics, including catching up on Batman (2025), Cyclops (2026) #1, and Superman: Chains of Love (2026)!

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#414 – David North

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about David North (born Christoph Nord) who is mostly known as Maverick or Agent Zero. He's teamed up with Wolverine many times, fought Omega Red many times, and one time he even died and was resurrected by telepathy (somehow).

What we were up to this week:

Briar found out that Robin Hobb is going to be at Wondercon this year, so has been working on a cosplay for a Realm of the Elderings group
Olivia drove cross-country

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#413 – Peter Wisdom

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Pete Wisdom, who is mostly a spy for the British Government except then, because he's a mutant, he gets caught up in X-Men related shenanigans.

What we were up to this week:

Since we're recording a week early we haven't done anything, so we talk about the possibility (probability?) of Sebastian Stan as Harvey Dent in Batman 2!

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#412 – Fantomex

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Fantomex, who is an experimental mutant with three brains, an external nervous system, nanobots in his blood, nebulous illusion powers, and several guns.

What we were up to this week:

Briar wasn't able to work on cosplay but did manage to put some trinkets and prints on their wall and read some more Les Miserables
Olivia read some comics, including Wiccan: Witches' Road (2025) #2 and DC K.O. Green Lantern Galactic Slam (2026) #1

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#411 – Brian Braddock

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Brian Braddock, the original Captain Britain, who keeps getting manipulated by powerful women and getting pulled into Otherworld politics.

What we were up to this week:

Briar is still recovering from Anime Los Angeles and trying to finish a costume in time for Wondercon in March
Olivia had a weird week but managed to read a couple comics and pick up even more comics!

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#410 – William Magnus and the Metal Men

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Dr. Will Magnus and his team of Metal Men, which are literally just robots he made out of a single metal and given thoughts, feelings, and personalities through a device he created.

What we were up to this week:
-Nothing!

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#409 – Sasha Bordeaux

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Sasha Bordeaux, who was hired to be Bruce Wayne's bodyguard, figured out he was Batman, and then ended up joining Checkmate and becoming a cyborg.

What we were up to this week:

Briar was mostly just reading more Robin Hobb and getting ready to go to ALA
Olivia received Spectators for Christmas but hasn't had time to read it yet!

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#408 – Cheetah Roundup

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the women (and very very briefly one man) who have been the villain The Cheetah over the years, and how they came across the mantle and mostly just fight Wonder Woman.

What we were up to this week:

Briar started watching Dimension 20 Unsleeping City while hand-sewing these Christmas presents
Olivia checked out Several books from the library to read over break and has managed to read one so far!

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#407 – Etta Candy

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Etta Candy, who is Wonder Woman's fun and feisty best friend who organized a sorority into becoming a Nazi-spy-busting force, wrecked house alongside Diana, and also dated Cheetah for a bit.

What we were up to this week:

Briar went to see Twenty Sided Tavern!
Olivia saw Hamnet and also went to see Fun Home and A Sherlock Carol!

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#406 – Steve Trevor

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Steve Trevor, who washed up on Themyscira, got escorted home by Diana, then ended up being kidnapped, killed, and resurrected many many times.

What we were up to this week:

Briar worked on Gengar plushes, read more Robin Hobb, and is excited to see Twenty Sided Tavern (which will have happened as of the posting of this episode)
Olivia had mouth surgery and read Wiccan: Witch's Road (2025) #1

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#405 – Valentina Allegra de Fontaine

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, a morally-grey spy who ends up working for SHIELD, dating Nick Fury (Sr.), and

What we were up to this week:

Briar is still reading Robin Hobb novels, still playing Hatsune Miku Colorful Stage, and is making some plushes for the nephews' christmas gifts
Olivia read the DC Christmas Special

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#404 – James Woo

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Jimmy Woo, who is a normal government agent mostly trying to defeat a single man until he joins SHIELD and eventually leads his own superhero team.

What we were up to this week:

Briar was still deep in the Blorbo Zone (TM), and has finished the Tawny Man Trilogy
Olivia was pretty busy but did manage to buy some comics and have a nice conversation with the clerk about Doug

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#403 – Margaret Carter

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Margaret "Peggy" Carter, who went from a retconned-in WWII freedom fighter love interest of Captain America's to a SHIELD agent to a dispatcher to a Very Old woman to a hot young crime fighter.

What we were up to this week:

Not much! Olivia did a lot of chores and Briar was Deep in the Blorbo Zone

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#402 – Sharon Carter

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Sharon Carter, who started out as a mysterious shield agent and romantic interest for Steve Rogers, then ended up getting mind controlled and manipulated throughout her career. Because of course.

What we were up to this week:

Briar went to a wedding
Olivia read House of Slaughter, watched Sinners and Frankenstein (2025), and saw Batboy on Broadway

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#401 – Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader Dugan

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about a Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader Dugan, better known as Dum Dum Dugan, who was a British man (until they retconned him to be from Boston) who fought alongside Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos in World War II and it kinda all goes poorly for him from there.

What we were up to this week:

Briar got some really good artistic Gothic Horror in with Frankenstein (2025) and the Universal Monsters Dracula Black & White Special
Olivia read more Something is Killing the Children (and mentions the Swamp Thing is Killing the Children crossover), and has been reading through a lot of the Age of Revelation comics, including Cloak or Dagger (2025) #1, Omega Kids (2025) #1, and X-Vengers (2025) #1. ALSO READ ABSOLUTE BATMAN ANNUAL 2025 GO BATMAN.

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#400 – Silly Batman Rogues Roundup

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about a couple of silly little guys in Gotham, including Condiment King, Calendar Man, Kite Man, and Polka-dot Man!

What we were up to this week:

Olivia and Briar mostly worked on Halloween Costumes, but Briar finished one of the Robin Hobb books and Olivia got excited about Something is Killing the Children getting an animated series

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#399 – Waylon Jones

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Waylon Jones, best known as Killer Croc, who was born a scaly man and had to make due with life, and sometimes that's by wrestling and sometimes that by doing crime.

What we were up to this week:
-Briar went to a pumpkin patch, kept reading Robin Hobb novels, continued working on their Halloween costume, and read about 6 pages of DC KO (2025) #1
-Olivia read the first 3 volumes of Something is Killing the Children and has been enjoying the new Critical Role campaign

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#398 – Oswald Cobblepot

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Oswald Cobblepot, best known as the Penguin, who rides the fine line between Batman rogue and Gotham crime boss by being mostly an organized crime guy but he's got a funky gimmick.

What we were up to this week:

Briar continued working on Halloween costume and reading Robin Hobb novels, and also agonized over the Hatsune Miku Colorful Stage event Wither this Path of Thorns
Olivia kept an eye on NYCC news such as the Mighty Nein trailer and the Wonderman trailer and also went to see the Oh Hellos

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#397 – Edward Nygma

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Edward Nygma, best known as the Riddler, whose whole thing is--you guessed it!--riddles.

What we were up to this week:

Briar quotes in the episode this scene from Batman: The Movie (1966), but otherwise has been reading more Robin Hobb books and sewing their Halloween costume
Olivia summarizes this tumblr post during the episode, but has also read Batman (2025) #2

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#396 – Circus of Crime

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the Circus of Crime, which seems pretty self explanatory. They're a circus and they do crime!

What we were up to this week:

Briar read Flip by Ngozi Ukazu and It Killed Everyone But Me #1, also check out the cover for Fire & Ice: When Hell Freezes Over #6 bc we talk about it
Olivia read X-Men (2024) #22 because Doug

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#395 – Deathlok Roundup

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about various people turned into cyborgs against their will known as Deathlok, who have had various amounts of success at being not a brainwashed mercenary with no agency.

What we were up to this week:

Briar made pants
Olivia read Deadpool/Batman (2025) #1 and watched the Knights of Guinevere pilot

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#394 – Riri Williams

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Riri Williams, who built an Iron Man suit of armor secretly at MIT before deciding to quit college and be a teen superhero full-time.

What we were up to this week:

DC cancelled the Red Hood series for social media behavior they should've known about before it was even solicited, so mostly we just talk about that
Also Critical Role released their Campaign 4 character art, so we tried to end on a high note

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#393 – Alexander Luthor

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Lex Luthor, Superman's nemesis who is maybe a little bit obsessed with him.

What we were up to this week:

Briar touched a lot of comics but didn't read any of them
Olivia tried to get Batman (2025) #1 but it was sold out (rip), but is looking forward to the inevitable second printing and also Red Hood (2025) #1

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#392 – Lena Luthor

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Lena Luthor, or, well... we talk about TWO Lena Luthors, because that's the name of both Lex Luthor's sister AND his daughter who he named after his sister. They both have... a complicated relationship with him, of course.

What we were up to this week:

Briar bought a vintage sewing machine, read more Robin Hobb, and started a new cosplay
Olivia read Detective Comics #1100, Immortal Legend Batman (2025) #1, and is looking forward to reading Batman (2025) #1!

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#391 – Traci Thirteen

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Traci Thirteen, which is her real name, who uses magic despite her dad hating magic, and mostly uses her magic to help the people of Metropolis and the Superfamily at large.

What we were up to this week:

Briar finished Supermanime (My Adventures with Superman) Season 1 and read a lot of fanfiction (not necessarily set in the supermanime) instead of any comics
Olivia continued to read Imperial (2025), and is trying to keep up with the current Giant-size X-Men event
Olivia shows Briar the Luciano Vecchio variant cover for Wiccan: Witch's Road #1 and it IMMEDIATELY went onto the cosplans list....

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#390 – Natasha Irons

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Natasha Irons, best known as Steel though she's had a couple other codenames as she's gained and lost superpowers, who basically apprentices under her uncle before becoming a hero in her own right when he retires.

What we were up to this week:

Briar picked up some comics but instead read more Les Mis, Farseer Trilogy, Hatsune Miku Colorful Stage visual novel, and watched Sinners. And started playing Sky Cards, a game where you catch planes like pokemon based off of real-time flight data.
Olivia picked up some comics from New England's oldest comic book store, which lives in a basement and has super cool and knowledgeable staff.

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#389 – John Henry Irons

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about John Henry Irons who stepped up as the Man of Steel when Superman died, retired (kinda) when Superman returned, started going by Steel, and has been trying to clean up his past mistakes as best he can.

What we were up to this week:

Briar hasn't really read anything oops
Olivia, however, read Kal-el-fornia Love and the Titans 2025 Annual, but not the Nightwing Annual, sorry Dick

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#388 – Lana Lang

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Lana Lang, Clark's childhood friend and sometimes-love-interest who through the years has gotten cool bug powers and also superwoman powers.

What we were up to this week:

Briar went to a My Chemical Romance concert and then saw Superman within a 24 hour period
Olivia was a good comics podcast host and paid attention to what was announced at San Diego Comic Con

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#387 – Catherine Grant

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Cat Grant, best known as a gossip columnist and reporter for the Daily Planet, which of course means she's going to get roped into comic book shenanigans despite being a pretty regular lady.

What we were up to this week:

Briar went to the ren faire
Olivia saw the new Superman movie and also read Imperial (2025) #2 and Robin & Batman: Jason Todd (2025) #2

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#386 – Whitney Frost

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Whitney Frost, who is a crime nepo baby, has a complicated relationship with Tony Stark, and wears a pretty cool gold mask when she's doing her crimes.

What we were up to this week:

Briar finally read Marvel United: A Pride Special (2025) #1
Olivia has some Doug updates from the current X-Men run

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#385 – Parker Robbins

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Parker Robbins, who was a normal man doing normal crimes for normal reasons until he shot a demon and took his magical cloak and boots, so then he could do increasingly elaborate crimes as the Hood.

What we were up to this week:

Briar is still working on that crochet cardigan and reading the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
Olivia read X-Men: Hellfire Vigil (2025) #1 and X-Men (2024) #19

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#384 – Arnold Roth

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Arnie Roth, who was Steve Roger's childhood friend and protector before they lost touch after the war, but they rekindled their friendship after Arnie needed help saving his good pal Michael.

What we were up to this week:

Briar has been dealing with Ants
Olivia hasn't read anything... yet. Stay tuned for Hellfire Vigil (2025) thoughts, probably.

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#383 – Paladin

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Paladin, who never really gets a secret identity but DOES love to do jobs for money.

What we were up to this week:

Briar was recovering from illness so didn't really do much
Olivia DID catch up on comics, including DC Pride (2025) #1, Marvel United: A Pride Special (2025) #1, Imperial (2025) #1, Avengers Academy: Assemble (2025) #1, and Runaways (2025) #1

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#382 – Amora

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Amora, best known as Enchantress, who really wants to date Thor but in, like, an evil way.

What we were up to this week:

Briar and Olivia didn't read any comics but are excited to read the Pride specials when they get their hands on them
Briar worked on some crochet
Olivia watched the Tony's

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#381 – Ghost

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Ghost, who was never really given a civilian identity and might be lying about his backstory, but just suuuuuper hates really rich tech companies. And he's right to do it.

What we were up to this week:

Briar went to Dimension 20 Live and it was very fun
Olivia read Giant-size X-Men (2025) #1, bonded with a coworker over comics, and was subsequently lent Something Is Killing The Children
We're looking forward to reading DC Pride (2025) #1 and Jonathan Hickman's Imperial (2025) #1 that came out recently, and the Deadpool/Batman crossover coming this fall

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#380 – Tom Tresser

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Tom Tresser, best known as Nemesis, who doesn't have any powers but he is a cool spy.

What we were up to this week:

Briar finished Translation State by Ann Leckie, and has been working on various crafts
Olivia caught up on some comics, including Supergirl (2025) #1 and (kinda) Thunderbolts: Doomstrike (2025) #4 and had a good time at Anime Boston!
also Runaways (2025) #1 comes out June 11! Very excited.

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#379 – Eve Eden

Tue, 27 May 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Eve Eden, best known as Nightshade, on account of her mom is from the Nightshade dimension and she has cool shadow magic.

What we were up to this week:

Briar saw Thunderbolts, but otherwise is still just reading Ann Leckie books and getting ready to go see Dimension 20 live
Olivia went to a reunion and had a great time

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#378 – June Moone

Tue, 20 May 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about June Moone, who initially got magic powers to fight an evil ghost, turned evil because of Supergirl, and eventually ended up separating and re-combining with her Evil Enchantress Persona several times.

What we were up to this week:

Briar is reading more of Ann Leckie's novels (big surprise)
Olivia really enjoyed the Amadeus Cho 20th Anniversary Special

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#377 – Rory Regan

Tue, 13 May 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Rory Regan, who for a while simply had the powers of his dad's coolest friends, until his backstory got wrapped up in ancient lore.

What we were up to this week:

Neither one of us read anything, but we had a good time picking up our Free Comic Book Day comics!

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#376 – Jonah Hex

Tue, 06 May 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Jonah Hex, a guy who despite his name does NOT do magic, instead he is kind of just a cowboy.

What we were up to this week:

While Free Comic Book Day hasn't happened for Olivia and Briar as of recording, we're hoping you had a great time!

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#375 – OMAC Roundup

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the various OMACs, from the One Man Army Corps to the Observational Metahuman Activity Construct to the Omni Mind And Community.

What we were up to this week:

Briar saw the Miku movie
Olivia found some good deals in a Lexington comic shop

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#374 – Vance Astrovik

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Vance Astrovik, known as Marvel Boy and then Justice after he accidentally killed his dad.

What we were up to this week:

Briar apologizes for the person they'll be after watching the Miku movie
Olivia is still reading Sunrise on the Reaping

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#373 – Angelica Jones

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Angelica Jones, best known as Firestar. She's a mutant with microwave powers who's been manipulated by Empath, Emma Frost, and arguably Jean Grey.

What we were up to this week:

Briar watched The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension
Olivia read Absolute Green Lantern (2025) #1 and Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell (2025) #1, and is enjoying the new Hunger Games book Sunrise on the Reaping

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#372 – Dwayne Taylor

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Dwayne Taylor, who has no superpowers but after the death of his parents, he decided to become a vigilante named Night Thrasher and create the New Warriors.

What we were up to this week:

Briar hasn't done much, but is eyeing a crochet project
Olivia enjoyed reading Absolute Martian Manhunter (2025) #1 and Uncanny X-Men (2024) #12 and is looking forward to reading Absolute Green Lantern (2025) #1
also looking interesting is All New Venom (2024) #5, Concert of Champions (2025) #1, and Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell (2025) #1

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#371 – Starbrand Roundup

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the Star Brand, what it is, how it works, and good amount of the people it has affected like a dude dirtbiking, several women who die during childbirth, and a gay caveman.

What we were up to this week:

Briar didn't read any comics but does talk a lot about the announcement of Marvel United: A Pride Special (2025) #1
Olivia read Absolute Fash (2025) #1

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#370 – Wendell Vaughn

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Wendell Vaughn, best known as Quasar, who once was tasked with protecting a god-like figure from something even more powerful, despite being basically a Regular Human Man.

What we were up to this week:

Briar didn't read anything because they were fighting the eepies (big sleepy)
Olivia's working her way through the comics she borrowed from the library, including the 2021 Robin solo series, the 2019 Young Justice series, and Gotham Nocturne Act I.
We're also excited to check out Absolute Flash #1, and are looking forward to DC Pride 2025 which comes out in June!!

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#369 – 369 Christopher Powell

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Chris Powell, best known as Darkhawk, a teen who found an amulet and decided to use it to fight crime to get back at his corrupt dad.

What we were up to this week:

Briar finished the Ancillary Trilogy by Ann Leckie and wants everyone to please please please read it if you like sci-fi and then please please please talk to them about it
Olivia is excited about the One World Under Doom Runaways tie-in that comes out in June!

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#368 – Richard Rider

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Richard Rider, best known as Nova, who was kind of given space powers by a dying man then had to save several planets several times with them.

What we were up to this week:

Briar continued reading the Ancillary Trilogy by Ann Leckie
Olivia caught up on some comics from her local library
New stuff coming soon that caught our eye: Secret Six and Web of Spider-Verse: New Blood

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#367 – Daniel Cassidy

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Daniel Cassidy, best known as Blue Devil, who was a stunt man who got cursed and eventually turned into a real devil.

What we were up to this week:

Briar started reading the Ancillary Trilogy by Ann Leckie
Olivia learned that Chip Zdarsky is going to write Captain America, and that Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez are taking over Batman
We are both very excited about ND Stevenson's 'Scarlet Morning' announcement

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#366 – Sebastian Faust

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Sebastian Faust, a man whose evil dad tried to exchange his soul for magic powers but instead kept those powers and became a superhero with them (still lost his soul though).

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-wip

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#365 – Arion

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Arion, which we are not sure how to pronounce. Who is an ancient wizard? demigod? immortal guy with magic who shows up every now and again to either help or cause trouble.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:

-DC'S Lex and the City (2025) #1
-All-New Venom (2024) #1
-Fantastic Four (2025) teaser trailer
-Thunderbolts (2025) trailer

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#364 – Klarn Arg

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Klarn Arg, who is best known as the Immortal Man. Every time he dies he's reincarnated as a new adult man of any ethnicity (which I'm sure was handled well in the 1960's...)

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-(will be added as soon as time and my internet allow...)

-DC Valentine's special: Lex & the City

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#363 – Mitchell Shelley

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Mitch Shelley, also known as Resurrection Man, on account of every time he dies he comes back to life. But he also gets a cool new superpower each time!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Resurrection Man (1997)
-Supergirl (1996) #24
-DC One Million (1998)
-DCU Heroes Secret Files (1998) #1
-DC Infinite Halloween Special (2007) #1
-Supergirl (2005) #28-29, 31-32
-Brightest Day (2010) #13
-Suicide Squad (2011) #9, 14
-Resurrection Man (2011)
-Task Force Z (2021) #6

-Rogue: The Savage Land (2025) #1
-Ultimate Wolverine (2025) #1
-Cyberpunk Dead Boy illustration

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#362 – Tarantula Roundup 2

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:00:00 -0000

This time we're talking about all the tarantulas in the DC universe, which is really just one main guy who decided to be a superhero so he would be better at writing superhero stories.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Star Spangled Comics (1941) #1-19
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #18-22, 24-26, Annual #2, 27, 31-32, Annual #3, 38, 41-44, 46-47, 50, 53-54, 57-61, 64-67
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #5, 11
-Young All-Stars (1987) #1-7, 9, Annual #1, 27, 30-31
-Nightwing (1996) #14, 16, 21, 31, 40, 42, 48, 54-55, 64, 71-72, 75, 77-79, 84-97, 99-100
-Nightwing: The Target (2001) #1
-Titans (1999) #36
-Batman: War Games (2004)
-Secret Six (2008) #2-7
-Green Arrow (2011) #44-47

-The Question: All Along the Watchtower (2024) #1
-The New Gods (2024) #1
-Batman & Robin: Year One (2024) #3
-Hellverine (2024) #1
-Ultimate Wolverine (2025) #1

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#361 – Tarantula Roundup

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about a bunch of people (mostly Spider-Man villains) who have gone by the name Tarantula!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #134-135, 147-149, 233-236, 341, 343
-Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #1-3, 137-138
-Captain America (1968) #224, 411, 413
-Web of Spider-Man (1985) #35-36
-Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #88, 124
-Punisher (1987) #67-70
-Venom: Sinner Takes All (1995) #1-4
-Spider-Man: Get Kraven (2002) #1
-Agent X (2002) #6
-Heroes for Hire (2006)
-Six Guns (2011)
-Fearless Defenders (2013) #5-6
-Silk (2015) #17
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #16, 18, 20.1
-Prowler (2016) #1-2, 4-5
-The Clone Conspiracy (2016) #2-5
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #23, 25
-Occupy Avengers (2016) #9
-Iron Fist (2017) #74
-Dead Man Logan (2018) #1
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #16-23, 70
-Amazing Mary Jane (2019) #1-5
-Sinister War (2021)
-Daredevil: Black Armor (2023) #2-4
-Venom War: Lethal Protectors (2024)

-Magik (2025) #1
-New Champions (2025) #1

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#360 – Carlos LaMuerto

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Carlos LaMuerto, best known as the Black Tarantula, who was a legendary crime guy before he moved to New York and ended up working for Daredevil.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #419-422, 424, 427-428, 432, 434-436
-Daredevil (1998) #82, 85-86, 112-115, 118-119, 500-504, 510, 512
-Daredevil Annual (2007) #1
-Daredevil: Blood of the Tarantula (2008) #1
-Dark Reign: The List - Daredevil (2009) #1
-Shadowland (2010) #2-3
-Shadowland: Power Man (2010) #2
-Deathlok (2014) #1
-Power Man and Iron Fist (2016) #2
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #17
-Contagion (2019) #3-5
-Damage Control (2022) #3
-Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2024) #1, 3-7

-Metamorpho: The Element Man (2024) #1

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#359 – Sergei Kravinoff

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Sergei Kravinoff, best known as Kraven the Hunter, whose whole thing is hunting the most dangerous game: Spider-Man.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #15, 18, 34, 47-49, 103-104, 110-111, 209, 375, 389
-Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #1
-Tales of Suspense (1959) #58
-Astonishing Tales (1970) #1-2
-Daredevil (1964) #104-105
-Creatures on the Loose (1971) #32-34
-Marvel Chillers (1975) #4
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #2, 65
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #67
-Ka-Zar (1981) #19-21
-West Coast Avengers (1985) #3
-Kraven's Last Hunt (1987)
-Spider-Man (1990) #4, 50
-The Amazing Spider-Man: Soul of the Hunter (1992) #1
-Ka-Zar (1997) #1-2
-X-Men: The Hidden Years (1999) #16-17
-Spider-Man: Blue (2002) #6
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #500, 574, 634-637
-Spider-Man/Human Torch (2005) #2
-X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl (2006)
-Spider-Man Family (2007) #5
-X-Men/Spider-Man (2008) #1-2
-Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! (2008) #3
-Web of Spider-Man (2009) #7
-Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Black Cat (2010) #4
-Spider-Girl (2010) #4
-New Avengers (2010) #10-12
-Venom (2011) #2
-Black Panther: The Man Without Fear (2010) #518-520
-Avengers 1959 (2011)
-Scarlet Spider (2011) #6, 16, 21-24
-Incredible Hulk (2011) #10-11
-Marvel Knights: Spider-Man (2013) #4-5
-The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015a) #1, 6
-Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015b) #6, 9, 22-25, 32-35, 49-50
-Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015) #8
-Howard the Duck (2015) #6
-Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Omega (2016) #1
-Deadpool: Back in Black (2016) #3-4
-Rocket Raccoon (2016) #2-5
-Secret Empire: Brave New World (2017) #3
-Venom (2016) #155-158
-Captain America (2017) #697
-Old Man Logan (2016) #41-42
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #5, 14-17, 19-22
-Symbiote Spider-Man: Alien Reality (2019) #1
-Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man: Chameleon Conspiracy (2021) #1
-Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt (2022) #1, 4
-Moon Knight: City of the Dead (2023) #5
-Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood (2024) #1, 3
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #56, 63

-The New Gods (2024) #1
-The Question: All Along the Watchtower (2024) #1
-Superman (2025) trailer

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#358 – White Tiger Roundup

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about more White Tigers, one is... a white tiger who was transformed into a woman, one is Kevin Cole who tried to be Black Panther until he was told no, and the last is Ava Ayala, who you may have seen on Spidey & His Amazing Friends.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Heroes for Hire (1997) #1-9, 11-16
-Thunderbolts (1997) #8
-Quicksilver (1997) #11-12
-Heroes for Hire/Quicksilver Annual (1998) #1
-Black Panther (1998) #50-56, 59-62
-The Crew (2003)
-Avengers Academy (2010) #20-39
-Avengers Arena (2012) #13
-Mighty Avengers (2013) #1, 3-8, 12-14
-Young Avengers (2013) #12-14
-Infinity: Heist (2013) #3
-Captain America & The Mighty Avengers (2014)
-New Avengers (2015)
-Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016) #3-4
-The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015) #8, 27
-Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015) #10
-Black Panther: World of Wakanda (2016) #6
-Defenders (2017) #9
-Black Panther (2016) #170-171
-Captain America (2018) #7-9, 12-14, 16, 29
-Marvel Comics (2019) #1000
-Contagion (2019) #3-5
-Black Panther (2018) #18, 23-25
-Women of Marvel (2021) #1
-Marvel's Voices: Comunidades (2021) #1
-Marvel's Voices: Comunidades (2022) #1
-Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic (2022) #78-79

-Birds of Prey (2023) vol 1
-Love Everlasting vol 2

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#357 – Angela Del Toro

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Angela Del Toro, who somehow inherited her uncle's tiger amulet and was convinced by Daredevil to become the White Tiger until she got brainwashed, unbrainwashed, and decided to retire.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Text

-Batman - Santa Claus: Silent Knight Returns (2024) #1

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#356 – Hector Ayala

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Hector Ayala, a man who found some tiger amulets and turned into the White Tiger, got framed a bunch, retired, then got framed again.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Text

-Les Miserables x Hot To Go

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#355 – Richard Drakunovski

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Richard Drakunovski, best known as Richard Dragon (Kung-Fu Fighter) who tried to steal an artifact and was taught Kung-Fu about it, and went on to fight crime with his newfound skills.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Text

-The Fade (2024)
-Batgirl (2024) #1
-Absolute Superman (2024) #1
-Absolute Batman (2024) #2

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#354 – Benjamin Turner

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Benjamin Turner, also known as the Bronze Tiger. He's a martial artist who's been brainwashed into being an assassin, joined the suicide squad, and fought alongside Richard Dragon.

Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Text

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#353 – Tatsu Yamashiro

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Tatsu Yamashiro, best known as Katana on account of she has a cursed katana that (for most of her use of it) has the ghost of her dead husband stuck inside.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Text

-Love Everlasting vol. 1

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#352 – Arthur Brown

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Arthur Brown, best known as Stephanie Brown's dad but also he's the villain Cluemaster I guess. His whole thing is doing crimes and leaving clues, except for when he was a gameshow host.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Detective Comics (1937) #351, 607, 647-649, 680, 705-707, 809-810
-Batman (1940) #201, 293-294, 336, 400, 643
-Justice League International (1987) #23
-Justice League Europe (1989) #6, 33, 49-50
-Justice League America (1987) #53, 57, Annual #4
-Justice League Quarterly (1990) #4
-Robin (1993) #1-5, 14-16, 54, 56-58, 65, 85, 92-94, 102, 111
-Batman: Blackgate - Isle of Men (1998)
-Batman: Huntress & Spoiler (1998)
-Secret Origins 80-Page Giant (1998)
-Suicide Squad (2001) #1
-Birds of Prey (1998) #40
-Batgirl (2009) #23-24
-Batman Eternal (2014) #1, 3-4, 8, 10-11, 13, 24, 26, 36, 39, 40, 43, 48-52
-Suicide Squad Most Wanted: El Diablo and Killer Croc (2016) #3
-Batman (2016) #26, 28, 30
-Young Justice (2019) #18
-Batgirls Annual 2022
-Batgirls (2021) #13-15

-Absolute Wonder Woman (2024) #1
-Nightwing (2016) #118 & #119
-Mystique (2024) #1
-From the DC Vault: Death in the Family: Robin Lives! (2024) #4
-Batman & Robin: Year One (2024) #1
-Iron Man (2024) #1

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#351 – Sandra Wu-San

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 18:20:45 -0000

Today we talk about Sandra Wu-San, best known as Lady Shiva, who is just really really good at fighting and killing people so that's what she does. Also she's Cass Cain's mom and might have a death wish.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter (1975) #5-18
-The Question (1986) #1-2, 28-31, 36-37
-Detective Comics Annual (1988) #1
-The Question Annual (1988) #1
-Batman (1940) #426-427, 469, 509, 534, 616
-Robin (1990) #1-5
-Justice League Task Force (1993) #4
-Robin (1993) #8, 50-52, 55, 149, 183
-Outsiders (1993) #14
-Showcase '96 (1996) #9
-Birds of Prey: Manhunt (1996) #3-4
-Green Arrow (1987) #135
-Nightwing (1996) #23
-Batman Chronicles (1995) #22
-Batgirl (2000) #7-9, 21, 23, 25-26, 62, 65-66, 68-73
-Batgirl Secret Files and Origins (2002)
-Birds of Prey (1998) #58, 62-65, 67, 92-95, 108
-Richard Dragon 2004 #1, 4-6, 10-12
-52 (2006) #31
-Birds of Prey (2010) #6
-Nightwing (2011) #0-14
-Red Hood and the Outlaws (2011) #21-24
-Deathstroke (2014) #2-6
-Secret Six (2014) #11-14
-Detective Comics (2016) #950-956, 1084
-Batman and the Outsiders (2019) #6, 8-17
-Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #3, 14-16
-Robin (2021) #11
-Nightwing (2016) #91
-Batgirls 2022 Annual #1
-Batgirls (2021) #13-14
-Spirit World (2023) #3

-New Information about Absolute Martian Manhunter, Wally West
-Hush sequel announcement
-Beast Boy: Lone Wolf trailer
-Rise of Emperor Doom announcement
-Ultimate Wolverine announcement

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#350 – Irene Adler

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:30:35 -0000

Today we talk about Irene Adler, also known as Destiny. She's married to Mystique, has two (important to the X-Men) beautiful mutant children, and can see the future.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-X-Men (1981) #141, 142, 170, 177-178, 185, 199, 223-226, 254-255
-Avengers Annual (1967) #10, 15
-Dazzler (1981) #22-23, 28
-X-Factor (1986) #8-10, 30-31
-Captain America (1968) #334, 346
-New Mutants (1983) #65, 78
-Marvel Fanfare (1982) #40
-Classic X-Men (1986) #44
-X-Factor Annual (1986) #6
-Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) #11
-X-Men: True Friends (1999) #3
-X-Treme X-Men (2001) #1
-Rogue (2004) #10-11
-X-Force (2008) #19
-X-Necrosha (2009) #1
-X-Men: Legacy (2008) #231-233, 265, 274
-Chaos War: X-Men (2010) #1-2
-Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy (2014) #6
-Wolverines (2015) #7, 19
-X-Men (2019) #6
-Marvel's Voices: Pride (2021) #1
-Inferno (2021)
-X Deaths of Wolverine (2022) #2, 4
-X-Men (2021) #9-10, 24, 35
-X-Men Legends (2021) #12
-Immortal X-Men (2022) #1-9, 11-18
-X-Force (2019) #27, 39
-Legion of X (2022) #1
-Knights of X (2022) #2
-X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #45-46, 62, 68, 70, 86, 118
-Marvel's Voices: Pride (2022) #1
-Sabretooth (2022) #5
-X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2022) #1
-A.X.E.: Judgment Day (2022) #1-3, 5
-X-Terminators (2022) #2-5
-New Mutants (2019) #33
-Rogue & Gambit (2023) #1, 3, 5
-Wolverine (2020) #32
-Sins of Sinister: Dominion (2023) #1
-Storm (2023) #1
-X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2023) #1
-Marvel's Voices: X-Men (2023) #1
-X-Men Blue: Origins (2023) #1
-Fall of the House of X (2024) #3
-X-Men: Forever (2024)
-Rise of the Powers of X (2024) #4-5
-X-Men: The Wedding Special (2024) #1

-Super-Pets Special: Bitedentity Crisis (2024) #1
-Absolute Batman (2024) #1

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#349 – Klaus Voorhees

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Klaus Voorhees, also known as the villain Cobra, although he changes his name to King Cobra after overcoming his fear of a very scary man. We do also cover a couple other minor Cobras!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Journey into Mystery (1952) #98, 105-106, 110-111
-Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #3
-Daredevil (1964) #30-32, 61, 142-143, 153-154
-Captain America (1968) #163, 180-182, 261, 291, 293, 309-311, 313, 315, 319-320, 341, 343-344, 365-367, 380-382, 385, Annual #10, 400, 434-436
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #46, 88
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #231-232
-Thor (1966) #394, 440
-X-Men Annual (1970) #13
-Captain America (1998) #15, 50
-Spider-Man: Get Kraven (2002) #1
-Captain America (2002) #30-31
-Secret War (2004) #4
-Toxin (2005) #1
-Thunderbolts (2006) #104, 107
-Daredevil Annual (2012) #1
-All-New Captain America (2014) #1-2, 4
-M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games (2020) #2
-Immortal Thor (2023) #16

-DC All In Special (2024) #1
-DC's I Know What You Did Last Crisis (2024) #1
-Ghost Rider: Robbie Reyes Special (2024) #1
-Storm (2024) #1

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#348 – Calvin Zabo

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Calvin Zabo, better known as the villain Mister Hyde, made a potion to become his favorite book character: Mister Hyde, and made everything everyone else's problem.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Journey Into Mystery (1952) #99-100, 105-106, 110-111, 635
-Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #3
-Daredevil (1964) #30-32, 142-143, 153-154, 235, 353-357
-Captain America (1968) #150-152, 182, 251-252, 291, 340, 365-367, 434-436
-Thor (1966) #293, 394, 418
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #46, 88
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #231-232, 433
-Avengers (1963) #273-276, 285, Annual #21
-Iron Man (1968) #228
-Avengers Spotlight (1989) #26
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #368, 418, 458
-Ghost Rider (1990) #4, 36, 51, 55
-Alpha Flight (1983) #106
-Captain America (1998) #15, 50
-Iron Man (1998) #43
-Spider-Man: Get Kraven (2002) #1
-Daredevil (1998) #35, 65
-Avengers (1998) #57
-Captain America (2002) #29, 31
-New Avengers (2004) #2, 4, 35, 56
-Toxin (2005) #1
-Young Avengers (2005) #7-8
-The Sensational Spider-Man (2006) #36-37
-The Irredeemable Ant-Man (2006) #8
-Thunderbolts: Reason in Madness (2008) #1
-Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #13
-Punisher (2009) #5
-Dark Reign: Lethal Legion (2009) #1-3
-Captain America: Who Will Wield the Shield? (2009) #1
-Hawkeye: Blindspot (2011) #1
-Thunderbolts (2006) #155-167, 169-170, 172-174
-Moon Knight (2011) #1
-Dark Avengers (2012) #176-183
-Superior Spider-Man Team-Up (2013) #6
-All-New Ghost Rider (2014) #2-7, 9-10
-S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014) #7
-Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha (2016) #1
-Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2015) #6
-Captain America: Steve Rogers (2016) #13, 17
-Secret Empire (2017) #0
-Secret Warriors (2017) #2-5
-Incredible Hulk: Last Call (2019) #1
-Magnificent Ms. Marvel (2019) #9-11
-Ruins of Ravencroft: Dracula (2020) #1
-Ravencroft (2020) #1, 3-4
-King in Black: Thunderbolts (2021) #2-3
-Morbius: Bond of Blood (2021) #1
-Deadpool Infinity Comic (2021) #2
-Ben Reilly: Spider-Man (2022) #4-5
-Strange Tales: Thor & Jane Foster Infinity Comic (2022) #1
-Wasp (2023) #4
-Punisher (2023) #1
-Daredevil (2023) #5
-Daredevil: Black Armor (2023) #3-4
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #45-46

-Absolute Batman (2024) #1 Preview Edition
-Briar's best boy from the Hatsune Miku rhythym game, and the second-best boy
-My Adventures With Superman (2024) #1
-ShortBox comics fair!!

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#347 – Daisy Johnson

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Daisy Johnson, also known as Quake and an agent of SHIELD, who has followed Nick Fury since she was a teen, went on a secret unsanctioned assassination mission, and also exploded Wolverine's heart.
Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Secret War (2004) #2-3, 5
-New Avengers (2004) #18, 20, 62
-Secret Invasion (2008)
-Dark Reign: New Nation (2008) #1
-Secret Warriors (2009)
-Dark Avengers (2009) #9
-Siege (2009)
-Siege: Secret Warriors (2010) #1
-Avengers (2010) #16, 19-20, 22-24, 28, 33-34
-Battle Scars (2011) #2, 6
-Avengers Vs. X-Men: Consequences (2012) #3
-Secret Avengers (2013) #3-4, 6-7, 9, 16
-Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier (2014)
-S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014) #7, 9, 12
-Quake: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary (2015) #1
-All-New, All-Different Point One (2015) #1
-Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016)
-IVX (2016) #3-6
-Inhumans Prime (2017) #1
-Secret Warriors (2017)
-The Punisher (2016) #224-225, 227
-Marvel Rising (2019) #2-5
-2020 Force Works (2020)

-Absolute Power: Super Son (2024) #1
-Dazzler (2024) #1
-Metamorpho by Al Ewing announcement

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#346 – Maria Hill

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Maria Hill who has been the director of SHIELD, made some questionable decisions, and put a hit out on herself.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-New Avengers (2004) #4, 6-8, 16-21, 23, 25, 28-29, 37, 42
-Secret War (2004) #5
-Civil War (2006)
-X-Men Annual (2007) #1
-Silent War (2007) #2, 4-6
-The Invincible Iron Man (2004) #15
-The Mighty Avengers (2007) #1, 3, 5-8, 11-12, 20
-Ms. Marvel (2006) #13, 15
-Sub-Mariner (2007)
-Hulk (2008) #1-5, 7
-Secret Invasion (2008)
-Invincible Iron Man (2008) #1-33, 500.1, 527
-Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2007)-32
-True Believers (2008)
-Siege (2009)
-New Avengers Finale (2010)
-Avengers (2010) #1-6, 8, 10-12, 16, 18, 20-21, 28, 34
-Age of Heroes (2010) #3
-Hawkeye: Blindspot (2011) #1-3
-Fear Itself (2010) #1-4
-Avengers Assemble (2012) #3-4, 6, 8
-Winter Soldier (2012) #10-114, 16
-Marvel Now! Point One (2012) #1
-New Avengers (2010) #31-34
-Hawkeye (2012) #4-5, 20
-Indestructable Hulk (2012) #1-4, 6-11, 13, 16, 18, 20
-Avengers (2012) #4, 10, 25-26, 28, 35, 37, 39, 43-44
-Secret Avengers (2013) #1, 3-7, 9-16
-Uncanny X-Men (2013) #1, 5-6, 9-12, 19-22, 34
-Wolverine (2013) #8-13
-Captain America (2012) #11, 13, 17-22
-Avengers a.I. (2013) #6-7, 9-10
-Avengers World (2014) #1-2, 4-5, 7, 9-11, 13-15
-Black Widow (2014) #3-6, 9-10, 12, 14-15, 17-18
-Secret Avengers (2014)
-Amazing Spider-Man: Who Am I? Infinite Digital Comic (2014) #2-3, 12
-Hulk (2014) #1-4, 12, 15-16
-Avengers Undercover (2014) #4, 7-10
-Fantastic Four (2014) #4, 8-9
-Original Sin (2014) #3.1
-Deathlok (2014) #1, 3-4, 6, 9-10
-Avengers & X-Men: Axis (2014) #4
-Elektra (2014) #8-9, 11
-S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014) #1, 6, 9
-All-New X-Men (2012) #40-41
-All-New Hawkeye (2015) #3
-Fury: S.H.I.E.L.D. 50th Anniversary (2015) #1
-Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015) #1-2, 7-9, 12
-Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2015)
-Starbrand & Nightmask (2015) #2-4
-All-New Hawkeye (2015) #4-5
-Avengers: Standoff (2016)
-Black Widow (2016) #1-2, 12
-All-New Wolverine (2015) #6, 8-12, 15
-New Avengers (2015) #11-12
-Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016) #5, 7, 9-10
-Civil War II: Part 1 (2016), Part 2
-Captain America: Steve Rogers (2016) #1-10, 12, 16
-Spider-Man (2016) #5, 8-9, 11-12
-Thunderbolts (2016) #3, 7-8
-A Year of Marvels: August Infinite Comic (2016) #1
-Infamous Iron Man (2016) #1, 4-5
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2015) #15, 18
-Monsters Unleashed (2017) #3, 5
-Jessica Jones (2016) #7-8, 10-12
-Bullseye (2017) #5
-Despical Deadpool (2017) #298-299
-Hunt for Wolverine: Adamantium Agenda (2018) #1-3
-Invisible Woman (2019) #4-5
-2020 Force Works (2020) #1, 3
-Taskmaster (2020) #1, 5
-Civil War: Marvels Snapshots (2020) #1
-Secret Invasion (2022)
-Fantastic Four (2022) #6-7, 18
-I Am Iron Man (2023) #4-5

-Deathstroke (2016) vol. 1: The Professional
-Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter (2024) #1
-Exceptional X-Men (2024) #1
-The Boy Wonder (2024) #5
-Chasm: Curse of Kaine (2024)

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#345 – Agatha Harkness

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Agatha Harkness, who was an old woman an a witch who babysat Franklin Richards, taught Wanda Maximoff how to harness her magic, babysat Wanda's twins, died a couple of times, and is now a hot young(er) witch who is maybe evil.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Fantastic Four (1961) #94, 103, 107, 109-114, 116-117, 120, 123, 127, 129, 140-141, 150, 181-182, 185-199, 191, 193-194, 196, 204, 222-223, 368, 371-372, 374-377, 387, 416
-Avengers (1963) #127-130, 133-134, 137, 187, 234, 313, 503
-Giant-Size Avengers (1974) #2, 4
-Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #13-14
-Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #47, 66
-Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1985) #3-5
-Avengers West Coast (1985) #50-52, 55-57, 61-63
-Infinity War (1992) #3-4, 6
-Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #46-47
-Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins (1992) #4-7
-Scarlet Witch (1994) #1, 3-4
-Nova (1994) #6-7
-Silver Surfer (1987) #135-137
-Avengers (1998) #10-11, 23
-Scarlet Witch (2015) #1-4, 8, 12-15
-Vision (2015) #3, 6-7, 11
-Doctor Strange Annual (2019) #1
-Captain America (2018) #19, 22-23, 27-28
-Fantastic Four: Antithesis (2020) #1, 4
-Strange Academy (2020) #8, 17-18
-Hulkling & Wiccan Infinity Comic (2021) #1-2, 4
-Who Is... the Scarlet Witch (2022) #1
-Captain Marvel (2019) #38-41
-Midnight Suns (2022)
-Contest of Chaos (2023)
-Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic (2022) #96
-Strange Academy: Blood Hunt (2024) #2-3

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#344 – Adeline Kane & Grant Wilson

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Adeline Kane, who shot Deathstroke in the face after he endangered their youngest son, and kept that energy through the rest of her life. We also briefly discuss her oldest son Grant Wilson, who died tragically in a 4-D chess accident.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The New Teen Titans (1980) #1-2, 34, 39, 42-44, 50-52, 56, 82, Annual #3
-The New Teen Titans (1984) #6, 10-11, 22, 25-27, 39, 47, 55, 62, 70-71, 82
-Teen Titans Spotlight (1986) #3-6
-Deathstroke (1991) #1-2, 4-7, 12, 16, 27-28, 30-34, 0, 41, 46-48, Annual #4
-Hawkman (1993) #19
-Titans (1999) #1, 9-12
-Teen Titans (2003) #31, 77-78
-Countdown (2007) #36
-Booster Gold (2007) #22, 24-25
-Deathstroke (2011) #4-7, 9, 0, 13, 19-20
-Teen Titans (2013) #23.3 Deathstroke
-Deathstroke (2016) Rebirth, 1-3, 6-8, 10, 13, 18-21, 23-29, 31-32, 34-35, 37, 41-42, 44-46, 48-50, Annual #1
-DC Holiday Special (2017)
-Deathstroke Inc. (2021) #1, 5, 7, 10-13, 15

-The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos vol 1
-Robin: Year One
-The Fade announcement

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#343 – Vigilante Roundup

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we mostly talk about Greg Sanders and Adrian Chase but we also touch upon the fistful of other characters who have carried the Vigilante name! Unsurprisingly, with such a generic name, it's many, and they sure are working outside of the law (even though some of them are literally inside the law).

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Action Comics (1941) #42-198, 403, 405
-Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives Collecting Leading Comics (1941)
-Justice League of America (1960) #78-79, 100-102, 111-112, 144, 193
-Adventure Comics (1938) #417, 422, 426-427, 438, 442-443
-World's Finest (1941) #214, 244-248
-New Teen Titans (1980) #23, 26-27, 29-30, 33-35, Annual #2
-Vigilante (1983)
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #29, 56, 59-60
-Tales of the Teen Titans (1984) #53-54
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #12
-DC Comics Presents (1987) #92
-Deathstroke (1991) #6-12, 21, 29-30, 33, 38-39, 0, 41-42, 46-48, 53-60, Annual #1
-The New Titans (1984) Annual #8
-Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice (1995)
-Impulse (1995) Annual #2
-Resurrection Man (1997) #25-27
-Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (1999) #9
-Seven Soldiers (2005) #0
-Vigilante (2005) #1-6
-Seven Soldiers: Bulleteer (2005)
-Nightwing (1996) #133-137
-Gotham Underground (2007) #4, 6-8
-Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special (2008)
-Batman and the Outsiders (2007) #13
-Vigilante (2009) #1-12
-Teen Titans: Deathtrap (2009)
-The Shade (2011) #4
-Convergence: World's Finest (2015)
-Vigilante: Southland (2016)
-Deathstroke (2016) #6-7, 12, 18
-Infinite Frontier (2021) #0
-Stargirl Spring Break Special (2021) #1

-Fence Challengers: Long Shot (2024) #1 first look
-X-Factor (2024) #1
-From the DC Vault: Death in the Family: Robin Lives! (2024) #2
-Batman: Wayne Family Adventures Ep. 117

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#342 – Nathaniel Adam

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Captain Nathaniel Adam, best known as Captain Atom, who gets exploded but it's okay because he comes back with superpowers and has to work for the American government--

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Captain Atom (1965)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #6-7, 9-10, 12
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #90
-Captain Atom (1986)
-Firestorm (1982) #63, 68-69, 87, 91
-Justice League International (1987) #7-24, (Justice League America) 31-32, 54-55, 80-83, 86-91, 96, 100-102, 112-113
-Millennium (1988)
-Secret Origins (1986) #28, 34
-Action Comics (1938) #627-631, 666, 782, 879-889, 903-904
-Invasion! (1988) #2-3
-Wonder Woman (1986) #26
-Justice League Europe (1989)
-Checkmate (1987) #18
-Doctor Fate (1988) #15
-Armageddon 2001 (1991)
-Justice League Quarterly (1990) #3, 13-14, 17
-War of the Gods (1991)
-Guy Gardner: Warrior (1993) #20-21, 29, 33, 39
-Justice League Task Force (1993) #13-15, 37
-Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (1994) #3-0
-Extreme Justice (1994)
-Steel (1994) #11-13
-Total Justice (1996) #1-2
-The Final Night (1996) #1, 3
-Genesis (1997)
-Suicide Squad (1987) #9, 13, 28-30
-Superman (1986) #26, 142
-L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons) (1999)
-JLA: Incarnations (2001) #6
-JSA (1999) #33-35
-Formerly Known As The Justice League (2003)
-Superman/Batman (2003) #1-6, 20
-Captain Atom: Armageddon (2005)
-Infinite Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Bludhaven (2006)
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #7
-Ion (2006) #10
-Countdown (2007) #45-43, 31, 29-26, 20, 17-13, 8
-Countdown to Adventure (2007) #1-2, 4, 7
-Countdown Presents: Lord Havok & The Extremists (2007)
-Countdown: Arena (2007)
-Justice League: Generation Lost (2010)
-Captain Atom (2011)
-The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (2011) #14-15
-Booster Gold: Futures End (2014)
-Convergence: Blue Beetle (2015)
-Convergence (2015) #8
-Convergence: Justice League International (2015)
-The Fall and Rise of Captain Atom (2017)
-Doomsday Clock (2017) #9
-Justice League (2018) #66-67

-Uncanny X-Men (2024) #1
-The Boy Wonder (2024) #4
-The Power Fantasy (2024) #1

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#341 – Phantom Lady Roundup

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:47:56 -0000

Today we talk about Sandra Knight, Delilah Tyler, Stormy Knight, and Jennifer Knight who have all been a superhero known as the Phantom Lady!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Police Comics (1941) #1-23
-Justice League of America (1960) #107-108
-Freedom Fighters (1976)
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #2-4, 14, 25-27, 31-35, 41, 44, 50, Annual 2
-Wonder Woman (1942) #292-293
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #5-11
-Action Comics (1938) #636-641
-The Flash (1987) #29
-Young All-Stars (1987) #30
-Starman (1988) #36-39
-Damage (1994) #6, 8, 11-12
-Starman (1994) #36, 44, 56, 61-63, 67, 69-73, 77
-JSA (1999) #42, 49-51, 73
-Superman/Batman (2003) #15
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #1
-Infinite Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Bludhaven (2006) #2-6
-Manhunter (2004) #23, 31-38
-Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters (2006)
-Birds of Prey (1998) #110
-Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters (2007)
-El Diablo (2008) #4-5
-Blackest Night (2009) #1, 4
-Batman: Streets of Gotham (2009) #10-13
-Freedom Fighters (2010)
-Birds of Prey (2010) #14-15
-Phantom Lady and Doll Man (2012)
-Human Bomb (2012) #4
-The Multiversity: Mastermen (2015) #1 (We didn't cover Sophia Becker, however--)
-Convergence: Plastic Man and the Freedom Fighters (2015)
-Freedom Fighters (2018) (Again, Sophia--)

-X-Force (2024) #1
-X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse (2024) #4
-Batman: Wayne Family Adventures volume 1
-The Boy Wonder (2024) #4

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#340 – Alan Scott

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, who went from a train engineer who makes a magic ring from a sentient lantern to a guy who still kinda did that but the lantern has a more convoluted existence and also he's gay now.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-This week I'm cheating and just giving you an Excel spreadsheet

-RDJ as Victor von Doom SDCC reveal
-Superboy in My Adventures With Superman s3
-IGN's list of everything announced at SDCC 2024
-NYX (2024) #1

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#339 – Valeria Richards

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Valeria Richards, who was kind of brought into being by her reality-warping brother Franklin as an alternate universe teen and then kind of became a zygote in the main universe through shenanigans!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Fantastic Four (1998) #15, 20-23, 1999 Annual, 24-26, 2000 Annual, 2001 Annual, 46-70, 500-502, 507-518, 523-535, 542-543, 550-588, 600-611
-4 (2004) #1, 3-4, 8, 10, 13, 18, 20-21, 23-27, 29-30
-Marvel Holiday Special (2004) #1
-Fantastic Four: Foes (2005) #1-2, 4
-The Thing (2005) #4, 6-7
-Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four (2007) #1-2
-Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four (2008)
-Fantastic Four: True Story (2008) #1, 4
-Fantastic Four Cosmic-Size (2008) #1
-Dark Reign: Fantastic Four (2009)
-The Mighty Avengers (2007) #25-26
-X-Factor (2005) #200-202
-Girl Comics (2010) #1
-Heralds (2010) #3-5
-Fantastic Four Annual (2010) #32
-Spider-Man/Fantastic Four (2010) #4
-Women of Marvel (2010) #2
-I Am an Avenger (2010) #4
-FF (2011)
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #658-661, 666
-Silver Surfer (2010) #4-5
-X-23 (2010) #14-19
-Fantastic Four (2012)
-FF (2012) #1, 15-16
-Fantastic Four (2014) #3, 5, 12, 642-645
-New Avengers (2013) #23, 26
-Loki: Agent of Asgard (2014) #6-7
-Fantastic Four Annual (2014) #1
-Avengers World (2014) #15-16
-Secret Wars (2015) #1, 6, 9
-Marvel Legacy (2017) #1
-Fantastic Four (2018)
-Marvel 2-in-One (2017) #12
-Fantastic Four: The Prodigal Sun (2019) #1
-Annihilation - Scourge: Fantastic Four (2019) #1
-Annihilation - Scourge: Nova (2019) #1
-X-Men/Fantastic Four (2020)
-Empyre (2020)
-Fantastic Four: Antithesis (2020) #1, 4
-Fantastic Four: Road Trip (2020) #1
-Marauders (2019) #21
-Fantastic Four Infinity Comic (2021) #2-4
-Marvel Meow Infinity Comic (2022) #5, 12
-Fantastic Four (2022) #4, 15-16, 18, 20-21

-Naruto x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover
-DC All In
-DC Absolute
-Batman and Robin: Year One

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#338 – Franklin Richards

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Franklin Richards, the son of Reed Richards and Sue Storm of the Fantastic Four, who is an extremely powerful mutant with reality warping powers.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #6, 13-16, 20, 23, 25, 1998-2000, 32
-Fantastic Four (1961) #83, 88-103, 107-117, 123, 127-143, 152, 163-170, 181-196, 203-204, 216, 220-231, 236-257, 263-282, 296-307, 326-327, 333-337, 347-350, 357-376, 387, 413-416
-Avengers (1963) #127-128, 233, 264, 299-300
-Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #8, 47, 69, 74-75, 78, 80, 86, 96-98
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #88
-X-Men Annual (1970) #5, 14
-Power Pack (1984) #15-28, 33-36, 48-62
-Secret Wars II (1985) #6
-Thor (1966) #363-364
-Fantastic Four vs. X-Men (1987) #4
-Mephisto Vs. (1987) #1
-X-Factor Annual (1986) #2-3
-Silver Surfer (1987) #15, 17-19, Annual 2
-Days of Future Present (1990)
-Excalibur (1988) #29
-Marvel Super Heroes (1990) #6
-Marc Spector: Moon Knight (1989) #41-42, 44
-Onslaught (1996)
-Generation X (1994) #20, 22-23, 25
-X-Men Unlimited (1993) #14
-Fantastic Four (1996) #7
-Thunderbolts (1997) #2, 10
-Incredible Hulk Annual (1997)
-Daydreamers (1997)
-Heroes Reborn: The Return (1997)
-Fantastic Four (1998) #1-13, 20-24, 46-55, 60-64, 68-70, 500-518, 523-535, 542-543, 550-565, 569-588, 600-608
-4 (2004)
-Marvel Holiday Special 2004
-Fantastic Four: Foes (2005)
-The Thing (2005) #4, 7
-Civil War (2006) #2, 4, 7
-Onslaught Reborn (2006)
-Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (2005) #15 (backup story)
-Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four (2007) #1-2
-Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four (2008)
-Fantastic Four: True Story (2008) #4
-The Age of the Sentry (2008) #4-6
-Fantastic Four Cosmic-Size (2008) #1
-Dark Reign: Fantastic Four (2009)
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #590, 658-661, 666
-X-Factor (2005) #200-202
-Girl Comics (2010) #1
-Spider-Man/Fantastic Four (2010) #2, 4
-FF (2011) #1-4, 11-23
-Silver Surfer (2010) #4-5
-X-23 (2010) #14-19
-Fantastic Four (2012)
-FF (2012) #1, 15-16
-Fantastic Four (2014)
-Secret Wars (2015) #1, 6, 9
-Marvel 2-in-One (2017) #1, Annual 2018, 12
-Fantastic Four (2018)
-History of the Marvel Universe (2019)
-Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2019) #13
-Annihilation - Scourge: Fantastic Four (2019) #1
-Annihilation - Scourge: Nova (2019) #1
-Incoming! (2019) #1
-X-Men/Fantastic Four (2020)
-Empyre (2020)
-Fantastic Four: Antithesis (2020) #1, 4
-Fantastic Four: Road Trip (2020) #1
-Marauders (2019) #21
-Fantastic Four Infinity Comic (2021) #2-4
-Marvel Meow Infinity Comic (2022) #5
-X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2022)
-Fantastic Four (2022) #4, 15-16, 18, 20-21
-Power Pack: Into the Storm (2024)

-Should we forgive theatre kids?

-X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse (2024) #3
-From the DC Vault: Death in the Family: Robin Lives! (2024) #1
-X-Men (2024) #1

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#337 – Power Pack

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 16:25:32 -0000

Today we talk about Power Pack, a group made up of four siblings: Alex, Julie, Jack, and Katie, who are given superpowers from an alien to go save their dad who was kidnapped by a different alien.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Power Pack (1984)
-Uncanny X-Men (1981) #195, 205
-Thor (1966) #357, 363
-Secret Wars II (1985) #6
-X-Factor Annual (1986) #2
-X-Factor (1986) #25
-Strange Tales (1987) #12-14
-Power Pack & Cloak and Dagger: Shelter from the Storm (1989) #1
-Fantastic Four (1961) #337, 574, 579-580, 584-588, 600, 604, 607-608
-Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #23
-Excalibur (1988) #29
-Marvel Fanfare (1982) #55
-Wolverine (1988) #37
-Marvel Super Heroes (1990) #6
-Power Pack Holiday Special (1992)
-New Warriors (1990) #48-51, 56-75
-Nova (1994) #7
-Spider-Man: Maximum Clonage Alpha (1995) #1
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #227-228
-Web of Spider-Man (1985) #129
-Green Goblin (1995) #2
-Web of Scarlet Spider (1995) #3
-Venom: The Hunted (1996) #2-3
-Power Pack (2000)
-Runaways (2005) #1-6
-The Loners (2007)
-G.L.A. (2005) #2
-Marvel Holiday Special 2007
-War of Kings: Darkhawk (2009) #1
-Girl Comics (2010) #2
-FF (2011) #1-5, 11-23
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #658-661, 666
-X-23 (2010) #14-15
-Avengers Academy (2010) #20-39
-Avengers: Solo (2011) #5
-FF (2012)
-Avenging Spider-Man (2011) #17
-Deadpool (2012) #7
-Avengers Arena (2012) #13
-Infinity: The Hunt (2013)
-Young Avengers (2013) #12-15
-Fantastic Four (2014) #3, 5-6, 8-9, 13-14, 643-645
-Free Comic Book Day (Secret Wars) (2015)
-Secret Wars (2015) #9
-Civil War II: Choosing Sides (2016) #4
-Deadpool: Back in Black (2016) #2
-Power Pack (2017) #63
-The Unbelievable Gwenpool (2016) #25
-Runaways (2017) #8-10
-Fantastic Four (2018) #2-4, 12, 26
-Future Foundation (2019)
-Power Pack: Grow Up! (2019) #1
-Marvel Comics (2019) #1001
-Champions (2020) #1, 9
-Power Pack (2020)
-It's Jeff Infinity Comic (2021) #1
-Love Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #44-49
-Marvel's Voices: Pride (2023) #1
-Power Pack: Into the Storm (2024)

-The Boy Wonder (2024) #3

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#336 – Dane Whitman

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Dane Whitman, best known as the Black Knight, as well as a couple of his predecessors because his cursed sword runs in the family.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Black Knight (1955)
-Tales to Astonish (1959) #52
-Avengers (1963) #6, 15-16, 47-48, 54-55, 60-62, 70-71, 84-85, 100, 157, 225-226, 252-297, 300, 329-375, 380
-Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #17
-Doctor Strange (1968) #178
-Defenders (1972) #4, 8, 11
-Incredible Hulk Weekly (UK) screenshots/review
-Doctor Strange (1974) #68-69
-Captain Britain (1985) #1, 4, 12-14
-Captain America (1968) #310, 314, 323, 332, 399-401, 425
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #312, 320-323, 403-404, 411
-Avengers Annual (1967) #14-16, 21-22
-Secret Wars II (1985) #5, 8-9
-Alpha Flight (1983) #36, 39-40, 61, 110
-West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #1-2, 4
-X-Men Vs. Avengers (1987)
-Thor (1966) #381, 390, 396-400, 413, 447, 458, 464
-Solo Avengers (1987) #4, 12
-Damage Control (1989) #1
-Saga of the Sub-Mariner (1988) #12
-Marvel Fanfare (1982) #52-54
-Marvel Super Heroes (1990) #4, 10
-Iron Man (1968) #278-279
-Infinity War (1992)
-Fantastic Four (1961) #367-368, 378
-New Warriors (1990) #26-27, 33-34
-Marc Spector: Moon Knight (1989) #41, 43-44
-Citizen Kang (1992)
-Quasar (1989) #41-42, 54
-New Warriors Annual (1991) #3
-Avengers Annual (1967) #22
-Infinity Crusade (1993)
-Avengers/X-Men: Bloodties)
-Namor the Sub-Mariner (1990) #61
-Marvel doesn’t have Ultraforce on their site but Black Knight appears in the following:

Ultraforce (1994) #8-10
Ultraforce/Avengers: Prelude #11
Ultraforce (1995) Infinity, #1-12
Ultraforce/Avengers #1
Phoenix Resurrection: Genesis, Revelations
Ultraforce/Spider-Man #1A
Foxfire (1996) #1-2, 4
Ultraverse Unlimited #2
Ultraverse Future Shock #1

-Heroes for Hire (1997)
-Uncanny Origins (1996) #11
-Avengers (1998) #1-4, 16-18, 31, 38, 40-44, 46, 52-55, 58, 501-502
-Quicksilver (1997) #7, 11-12
-Heroes for Hire/Quicksilver Annual (1998)
-Avengers Forever (1998) #8-9, 11
-Excalibur (2001)
-New Excalibur (2005) #10-15
-Captain Britain and MI: 13 (2008), 2009 Annual
-Gambit (2012) #7, 17
-X-Men Legacy (2012) #13
-Avengers World (2014) #8, 10, 12, 14
-Original Sins (2014) #2
-Black Knight (2015)
-Avengers (2016) #4-6
-War of the Realms (2019) #3
-War of the Realms Strikeforce: The War Avengers (2019) #1
-Punisher Kill Krew (2019) #4-5
-Empyre: Avengers (2020)
-Savage Avengers (2019) #14-16, 26-28
-Symbiote Spider-Man: King in Black (2020) #1-3
-Avengers (2018) #40-43
-King in Black: Black Knight (2021) #1
-Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade (2021)
-Death of Doctor Strange: X-Men/Black Knight (2022) #1
-Savage Avengers (2022)

-Ngozi Ukazu Orion announcement
-X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse (2024) #2

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#335 – Simon Williams

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Simon Williams, who got ionic energy powers to become Wonder Man, almost died, woke up to find his brain was imprinted on an android, died, came back as pure energy, had a crisis, but he's okay now we think.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Avengers (1963) #9, 58, 131-132, 151-182, 187-189, 192-211, 231, 239, 250, 253-255, 302-308, 313-314, 329, 332-333, 345, 347, 675-690
-Giant-Size Avengers (1974) #3
-Avengers Annual (1967) #6, 8-10, 15-16, 18-19, 21
-Defenders (1972) #47-48, 98, 104
-Captain Marvel (1968) #54
-Ms. Marvel (1977) #18
-Iron Man (1968) #114-115, 226, 229, 231, 263, 284, 288, 313
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #78, 136
-Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #51, 78, 92, 96
-Marvel Premiere (1972) #55
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #278-279, 316, 320-323, 380
-Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1982) #3
-Thing (1983) #5-6
-West Coast Avengers (1984)
-Iron Man Annual (1976) #7
-Beauty and the Beast (1985) #1
-West Coast Avengers (1985)
-Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1985) #2, 12
-Wonder Man (1986) #1
-Fantastic Four (1961) #293-294, 304, 315, 322, 333, 367-370, 556, 562
-West Coast Avengers Annual (1986)
-Solo Avengers (1987) #1, 8, 12-13
-Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #22
-Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #38-45, 119
-Avengers Spotlight (1989) #28-30, 32, 38
-Quasar (1989) #11-12, 28-29, 32-33, 38-39
-Marvel Super Heroes (1990) #4, 9
-Excalibur (1988) #37-39
-Damage Control (1991) #3-4
-Wonder Man (1991)
-Thor (1966) #445-446
-Infinity War (1992)
-Cage (1992) #6-8
-Infinity Crusade (1993)
-Silver Surfer (1987) #85
-Scarlet Witch (1994) #1, 4
-Force Works (1994) #1, 4
-Tales of the Marvels: Wonder Years (1995) (tpb)
-Avengers (1998) #2-59, 501-503
-Cable (1993) #66-68
-Thunderbolts (1997) #25, 34, 42-44, 55-57, 65, 107, 125
-Avengers Forever (1998) #8, 11-12
-Galactus the Devourer (1999)
-Avengers Two: Wonder Man and Beast (2000) (reprint)
-Avengers: The Ultron Imperative (2001) #1
-The Order (2002) #3, 5-6
-Marvel Universe: The End (2003) #5
-Avengers Finale (2004) #1
-House of M (2005) #1-2, 8
-The Thing (2005) #1, 6, 8
-Civil War (2006) #3-4, 6-7
-Civil War: Front Line (2006) #4-8
-Ms. Marvel (2006) #6-8, 12-17, 21-25, 27
-New Avengers (2004) #24, 28-30, 34-36, 38, 40-41, 51, Annual 3
-Wonder Man (2006)
-Ms. Marvel Special (2007) #1
-The Mighty Avengers (2007) #1-9, 11, 14, 20
-Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #1-4, Annual 1, 8, 11-12
-Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America (2007) #2, 5
-World War Hulk (2007) #1-2, 5
-Giant Size Avengers (2007) #1
-Incredible Hercules (2008) #113-114
-Avengers Classic (2007) #9
-World War Hulk: Aftersmash! - Damage Control (2008) #2
-Secret Invasion (2008) #1-2, 4, 6-8
-Avengers/Invaders (2008) #2, 4-8, 12
-Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? (2008) #1
-Dark Reign: Lethal Legion (2009)
-War Machine (2008) #8-10
-Avengers (2010) #1-2, 7, 25, 31-32, 34
-Avengers: The Children's Crusade (2010) #3-9
-New Avengers Annual (2011) #1
-Avengers Annual (2012) #1
-Hulk Smash Avengers (2011) #4-5
-Uncanny Avengers (2012) #5, 7, 9-13, Annual 1, 21, 23
-A+X (2012) #12
-Avengers Assemble (2012) #20
-Vision (2015) #&, 11
-Uncanny Avengers (2015) #22-23, 27-28, 30
-Secret Empire (2017) #1-2, 5, 7
-Secret Empire: Brave New World (2017) #2
-Occupy Avengers (2016) #8
-Secret Warriors (2017) #5
-Avengers (2016) #675-690
-War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery (2019)
-Tony Stark: Iron Man (2018) #15-19
-Empyre: Avengers (2020)
-Invincible Iron Man (2022) #6
-Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #55-57
-X-Force (2019) #49-50

-Incredible Hercules Complete Collection Vol. 1
-Absolute Power (June/July titles)

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#334 – Toyman Roundup

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 03:20:49 -0000

Today we talk about Toyman, Winslow Schott and his various robotic duplicates, Jack Nimball, and Hiro Okamura (our favorite because he's a lonely genius teen).

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Action Comics (1938) #64, 85, 432, 454, 561, 657, 685, 865, 873-874, 976, 978
-Superman (1938) #27, 32, 44, 47, 49, 60, 63, 88, 182, 299, 305-306, 666, 682
-World's Finest Comics (1941) #20, 159, 173-174, 227
-Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954) #9
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #39, 67
-Blue Devil (1984) #24
-Superman (1986) #13, 84-85, 98, 146-147, 177
-Adventures of Superman (1987) #475, 508, 644
-Robin (1993) #35-37
-DCU Holiday Bash III (1998) #1
-Superman/Batman (2003) #6-7, 20, 26, 45, 49
-The Flash (1987) #221-222
-Lex Luthor: Man of Steel (2005) #4-5
-Superman Confidential (2006) #12-14
-World's Finest (2009)
-Supergirl (2005) #58
-Adventures of Superman (2013) Chapter 5, 25-27, 34-36
-Batman/Superman (2013) #5-7, 9, 16-17
-Action Comics (2011) #36-39
-Convergence: Detective Comics (2015) #1
-Superman (2011) #42
-Dark Nights; Metal (2017) #1
-Man of Steel (2018) #2
-New Year's Evil (2020) #1
-Superman: Villains (2020) #1
-DC Cybernetic Summer (2020)
-Batman: Gotham Nights (2020) #22
-Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #2
-Checkmate (2021) #3
-Deathstroke Inc. (2021) #1-7
-Robin & Batman (2021) #2
-Batman (2016) #131-134
-WildC.A.T.s (2022) #6
-Superman (2023) Annual #1

-Incredible Hercules: Complete Collection vol. 1
-Rise of the Powers of X (2024) #5
-X-Men: Forever (2024)
-X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse (2024) #1
-My Adventures with Superman (a.k.a. the supermanime)

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#333 – Anthony Ivo

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 03:20:49 -0000

Today we talk about Anthony Ivo, who is obsessed with immortality but probably most notable for his creation of the Amazo robot which can absorb and use super powers.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Brave and the Bold (1955) #30
-The Flash (1959) #158
-Action Comics (1938) #480-483
-Justice League of America (1960) #218, 258-261
-Justice League Quarterly (1990) #5
-JLA (1996) #5, 83
-Hourman (1999) #1-2
-Justice League of America (2006) #2-7, 25
-JLA: Classified (2004) #38-39, 41, 44
-Salvation Run (2007) #3
-Justice Leage: Generation Lost (2010) #11, 15, 17-19, 22-23
-Power Girl (2009) #19-20
-Supergirl (2005) #65-67
-Justice League (2011) #3, 6, 23, 23.4: Secret Society
-Justice League of America (2013) #1-2, 4-5
-Justice League (2018) #13, 27
-WILDC.A.T.S (2022) #2
-Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) #14-15

-Star Trek: Celebrations
-DC Pride 2024
-Barda by Ngozi Ukazu
-X-Men: The Wedding Special (2024) #1
-The Boy Wonder (2024) #2

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#332 – Thomas Oscar Morrow

Tue, 28 May 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Thomas Oscar Morrow, who with a name like T.O. Morrow was always destined to get into some time travel nonsense like building a machine to see the future or inventing... weather robots?

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Flash (1959) #143
-Justice League of America (1960) #64-65, 105-106, 192-193
-World's Finest Comics (1941) #265-268
-Red Tornado (1985)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #8-10
-The Flash (1987) #19, 61
-JLA (1996) #5, 27
-52 (2006) #2, 6, 10, 14, 23-26, 29, 38-39, 46-51
-Metal Men (2007)
-Trinity (2008) #28-29
-Wonder Woman (2006) #26-27, 30-34
-Booster Gold (2007) #22-25
-Red Tornado (2009)
-Justice League (2011) #2
-Forever Evil (2013) #2-3
-Secret Origins (2014) #5
-Cyborg (2015) #1-8
-Legends of Tomorrow (2016) #2-3
-Cyborg (2016) Rebirth, #1-6, 9-10, 18
-Dark Knights Rising: The Wild Hunt (2018) #1
-Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) #16-17
-Titans (2023) #10-11

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#331 – Rex Mason

Tue, 21 May 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Rex Mason, also known as Metamorpho since he can transform his body into different elements ever since his run-in with a radioactive meteorite.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Brave and the Bold (1955) #57-58, 66, 68, 101, 123, 154, 200
-Showcase Presents: Metamorpho
-Justice League of America (1960) #42, 44, 100-102
-Action Comics (1938) #413-418, 675, 879
-World's Finest (1941) #217-220, 224, 226, 228-229, 300, 302
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #40, 83
-Batman and the Outsiders (1983)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
-The Outsiders (1985)
-Adventures of the Outsiders (1986) #33-45
-Invasion! (1989) #3
-Justice League International (1987) #24
-Justice League Europe (1989)
-Animal Man (1988) #16, 20
-Justice League America (1987) #32, 53-60, 90, 0, 93-94, 97-98, 100-113, Annual 4
-Doctor Fate (1988) #15
-Justice League Quarterly (1990) #3-5, 7, 12
-Justice League International (1993)
-Metamorpho (1993)
-Justice League Task Force (1993) #13-15
-Outsiders (1993) #20, 24
-JLA (1996) #1, 5, 52
-JLA: Year one (1997) #2, 11-12
-Silver Age: Showcase (2000) #1
-Doom Patrol (2001) #4-6
-JLA/JSA Secret Files (2002) #1
-Birds of Prey (1998) #51-55, 108
-Outsiders (2003) #6-7, 12, 26-28, 34-44, 47-50
-Doom Patrol (2004) #9-12, 16-18
-52 (2006) #1, 3-4, 13-14, 35, 50
-Checkmate (2006) #13-15, 24
-Outsiders: Five of a Kind (2007)
-Batman and the Outsiders (2007)/Outsiders (2009)
-Metamorpho: Year One (2007)
-The Brave and the Bold (2007) #8, 10-12, 15
-Trinity (2008) #11, 13-16, 18, 39-40, 52
-Wednesday Comics (2009)
-Batman: Streets of Gotham (2009) #2-3, 13-14
-Halloween Special '09
-Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders (2015)
-Legends of Tomorrow (2016)
-The Terrifics (2018)
-Superman Giant (2018) #1-6, 7-16
-Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (2019) #1, 3-6, 8, 11
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #3, 5-7
-Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #1-3, 8-9, 18-19, 22
-Danger Street (2022) #1, 3, 9-12
-Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) #13-17, Annual 1

-Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) vol 3: Elementary
-Clark & Lex

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#330 – Longshot

Tue, 14 May 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Longshot who is a guy created specifically to fight in a gladiator ring with Luck powers but he can NOT stop getting his memory erased.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Longshot (1985)
-X-Men Annual (1970) #10-13, 16
-Fantastic Four vs The X-Men (1987)
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #215-248
-Mephisto Vs. (1987) #3-4
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #340
-X-Factor (1986) #38-39
-Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #16
-X-Men (1991) #5-7, 10-11
-X-Factor Annual (1986) #7
-X-Force Annual (1992) #1
-Wolverine (1988) #102.5
-X-Force (1991) #59-61
-Marvel Fanfare (1996) #4-5
-X-Men Unlimited (1993) #32
-Exiles (2001) #19, 74-99; Annual 1
-X-Men: Die by the Sword (2007) #2, 4-5
-X-Factor (2005) #35-50, 200-259
-Nation X: X-Factor (2010) #1
-Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe (2013)
-All-New X-Factor (2014) #16-17
-X-Men: Blue (2017) #13-15
-Cable (2017) #150-154
-X-Men: Gold (2017) #14-15
-Domino (2018) #9-10
-X-Men Legends (2022) #3-4

-Marvel announces Dazzler solo series
-Books of Magic (2018)
-X-Men Forever (2024) #3
-The Boy Wonder (2024) #1

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#329 – Alison Blaire

Tue, 07 May 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Alison Blaire, best known as Dazzler, a singer who can also turn sound into light thanks to her mutant powers. Very useful for stage presence and also a little bit of X-men shenanigans!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #130-131, 148, 210-251, 259-260, 392-393, 502-534, 541-542, 600
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #203
-Fantastic Four (1961) #217
-Dazzler (1981)
-Avengers (1963) #211, 221
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #109
-X-Men: Beauty & The Beast (1984)
-New Mutants (1983) #29-31, 42
-Secret Wars II (1985) #1, 4, 8-9
-Fantastic Four Vs. X-Men (1987)
-X-Men Vs. Avengers (1987)
-Mephisto Vs. (1987) #3-4
-X-Men Annual (1970) #11-13
-Strange Tales (1987) #9
-Marvel Fanfare (1982) #38
-X-Factor (1986) #38-39
-X-Men (1991) #5-7, 10-11, 47, 112-113
-Wolverine (1988) #102.5
-X-Force (1991) #60-61
-X-Men Unlimited (1993) #32
-Deadpool (1997) #67
-House of M (2005) #2
-New Excalibur (2005)
-X-Men: Die by the Sword (2007)
-X-Men Legacy (2008) #215-216, 220, 227, 250
-X-Men: Manifest Destiny (2008) #5
-Wolverine: First Class (2008) #16
-Hulk Team-Up (2009) #1
-X-Force (2008) #21-23, 25
-Nation X (2009) #1-2
-Nation X: X-Factor (2010) #1
-X-Men: Second Coming (2010)
-X-Men: Hellbound (2010)
-Dazzler (2010)
-X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - Storm & Gambit (2010) #1
-X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - X-Men Vs. Vampires (2010) #1
-X-Men: To Serve and Protect (2010) #4
-X-Men Giant-Size (2011) #1
-Wolverine: The Best There Is (2010) #7, 10-12
-Iron Age (2011) #3
-Iron Age: Omega (2010) #1
-X-Men: Regenesis (2011) #1
-Uncanny X-Men (2011) #1, 12
-X-Treme X-Men (2012)
-X-Men: X-Termination (2013)
-X-Factor (2005) #259
-All-New X-Men (2012) #15, 18, 31
-Deadpool (2012) #29-32
-All-New All-Different Avengers (2015) #0
-A-Force (2016)
-IVX (2016) #0-1
-Cage! (2016) #3-4
-Domino (2018) #1-2
-Dazzler: X-Song (2018)
-Astonishing X-Men (2017) #14-17
-Age of X-Man (2019)
-Marvel Comics (2019) #1001
-X-Force (2019) #9, 12, 43
-X-Factor (2020) #7, 9
-Way of X (2021)
-Deadpool: Black, White & Blood (2021) #2
-X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation (2021) #1
-X-Terminators (2022)
-X-Men: Hellfire Gala Last Rites Infinity Comic (2023) #1
-X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2023)
-Dead X-Men (2024)
-Rise of the Powers of X (2024) #2, 4
-X-Men: Forever (2024) #2

-Part of the FCBD preview of Barda
-Free Comic Book Day list
-The Boy Wonder announcement

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#328 – Cain Marko

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Cain Marko, best known as the Juggernaut, who despite being the step-brother of one of the most well known mutants actually gets his powers from a magic rock.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #12-13, 31-33, 46, 101-103, 107, 122, 124, 183, 194, 217-218, 232, 322, 333-334. 361, 369, 410-436, 442, 444, 460-461, 540-542, 600
-Doctor Strange (1968) #182
-Amazing Adventures (1970) #16
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #172, 393, 402-404, 456-457, 601-602
-Spider-Woman (1978) #37-38
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #229-230, 500, 574, 627-629, 700
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #150
-Excalibur (1988) #3
-Thor (1966) #411-412, 428-429
-X-Force (1991) #2-5, 30-31
-Spider-Man (1990) #16, 84
-Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #44
-Deadpool: The Circle Chase (1993) #1-2
-Venom: The Madness (1993)
-Deadpool (1994)
-X-Men (1991) #42-44, 53-54, 70, 88, 157-164
-Wolverine (1988) #93
-X-Men Unlimited (1993) #12-13, 40, 44
-Thor (1998) #17
-Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #11
-Juggernaut: The Eighth Day (1999) #1
-Avengers (1998) #24-25
-Generation X (1994) #60-61
-Deadpool (1997) #61
-Exiles (2001) #28-30, 46
-Identity Disc (2004)
-X-Men Unlimited (2004) #4
-New Excalibur (2005)
-World War Hulk: X-Men (2007) #2-3
-X-Men Legacy (2008) #211, 219
-Marvel 1985 (2008) #2
-X-Men: Manifest Destiny (2008) #2
-Thunderbolts (2006) #144-163.1
-Avengers Academy (2010) #3-4
-Fear Itself (2010)
-Fear Itself: The Worthy (2011)
-Dark Avengers (2012) #180-183
-Amazing X-Men (2013) #15-19
-X-Men: Blue (2017) #1
-Iceman (2017) #5
-Uncanny Avengers (2015) #28-29
-Thor (2018) #1
-Venom Annual (2018) #1
-X-Men: Black - Juggernaut (2018) #1
-Uncanny X-Men (2018) #16-21
-Punisher Kill Krew (2019) #2-5
-Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn (2020) #1
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #49, 56
-Juggernaut (2020)
-Savage Avengers (2019) #14-16, 26-28
-Wolverine: Black, White & Blood (2020) #3
-X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #13-20, 100, 105
-Legion of X (2022)
-Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood (2022) #2
-X-Men: Before The Fall - Sons Of X (2023) #1
-Rogue & Gambit (2023) #3-5
-X-Men: Hellfire Gala Last Rites Infinity Comic (2023) #1
-X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2023) #1
-X-Force (2019) #43
-X-Men (2021) #27-28
-Fall of the House of X (2024)

-Candela Obscura: Circle of the Crimson Mirror
-Rise of the Powers of X (2024) #4
-Dead Boy Detectives netflix

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#327 – May Parker

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about May Parker, an alternate-universe daughter of Spider-Man who has gone by both Spider-Girl and Spider-Woman but is perhaps best known by her nickname Mayday.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-What If? (1989) #105
-Spider-Girl (1998)
-J2 (1998) #7
-Spider-Girl Annual (1999) #1
-Fantastic Five (1999) #3
-Spider-Girl Presents: The Buzz (2000)
-Last Hero Standing (2005)
-Spider-Man Family (2005)
-Last Planet Standing (2006)
-Amazing Spider-Girl (2006)
-Avengers Next (2006)
-American Dream (2008) #4-5
-Amazing Spider-Man Family (2008) #1-3
-Spectacular Spider-Girl (2009)
-Spectacular Spider-Girl (2010)
-Spider-Girl: The End! (2010)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #8-15
-Spider-Verse (2014) #1
-Spider-Verse Team-Up (2014) #3
-Spider-Island (2015)
-Web Warriors (2015)
-Edge of Spider-Geddon (2018) #1
-Spider-Geddon (2018)
-SUPERIOR OCTOPUS 1 (2018) #1
-Spider-Girls (2018)
-Spider-Verse Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #26-29
-Spider-Man (2022) #1-7
-Edge of Spider-Verse (2023) #4

-Dead Boy Detectives omnibus
-Nightwing (2016) #113 Discowing Variant
-DC Vault: A Death in the Family: Robin Lives #1 article

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Whoops!!

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Anya Coraz--no wait, we already talked about her. Uhhh... we talk about adapting panel comics to infinite scroll formats and... stuff we've read....

Today's mentioned & relevant media:

-Lore Olympus webtoon / graphic novel
-Check, Please! webtoon / website / graphic novel
-Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise webtoon / graphic novel
-Lumberjanes 10th anniversary Kickstarter (Ends 9 May 2024, 11am PST)
-Webtoon contract criticism

-Starman (1994)
-Dead Boy Detectives omnibus
-Nightwing (2016) #113 preview
-Bunt!

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#326 – Martha Franklin

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Martha "Mattie" Franklin, who is otherwise known as Spider-Woman. She got her superpowers by participating in a risky ritual in a very "this only works out because I'm in a comic book" sort of way!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #262-263
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #441
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #1-3, 5-6, 14, 611. 630, 634
-Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #1, 5
-Spider-Woman (1999)
-Contest of Champions II (1999)
-Alias (2001) #16-21
-The Loners (2007)
-Spider-Man: Grim Hunt - The Kraven Saga (2010) #1
-Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Black Cat (2010) #1
-The Clone Conspiracy (2016) #2, 4
-Silk (2015) #14-17

-Wolverine (2020) #46
-Dead Boy Detectives trailer

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#325 – Julia Carpenter

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Julia Carpenter, who was unethically experimented on to get spider powers, ended up on the Avengers, was given psychic powers, and really just was on the run from the government a LOT.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Secret Wars (1984) #6-12
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #206, 307
-X-Factor (1986) #8-9
-Avengers Annual (1967) #15
-Iron Man (1968) #214, 284, 288, 311-312, 317, 319, 324
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #125-126
-West Coast Avengers (1985) #70-102
-Wonder Man (1991) #2, 12, 16-18
-Avengers (1963) #345, 368
-Captain America (1968) #400-401, 437
-Infinity War (1992) #1, 3
-Secret Defenders (1993) #1-3, 20-21
-Infinity Crusade (1993)
-Warlock and the Infinity Watch (1992) #18-20
-Spider-Woman (1993)
-Scarlet Witch (1994)
-Force Works (1994)
-War Machine (1994) #4, 9-10, 22
-Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #159, 166-172
-Avengers (1998) #1-4, 14
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #5, 634-637, 664-673, 678-679, 689-691, 695-697
-She-Hulk (2004) #10
-Ms. Marvel (2006) #6-8, 13-14
-Civil War: The Initiative (2007) #1
-Omega Flight (2007)
-Marvel Comics Presents (2007) #3-4, 6-9, 12
-The Mighty Avengers (2007) #21, 23
-Spider-Island (2011)
-Scarlet Spider (2011) #6, 15
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #4, 15
-Daredevil (2014) #16-18
-Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars (2015) #3-4
-Prowler (2016)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #44, 48-57
-Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn (2020) #1
-Edge of Spider-Verse (2022)
-Spider-Man (2022) #1-4, 6-7
-Spider-Verse Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #31, 49-53
-Edge of Spider-Verse (2023) #4
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #31
-Spider-Woman (2023) #1, 3-4
-Women of Marvel (2024) #1
-Web of Spider-Man (2024) #1

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#324 – Cassandra Webb

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Cassandra Webb, best known as Madame Web. As her name implies she's a spider-themed psychic, and she's typically a very old woman on life support who helps Peter Parker with her future-seeing powers.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #210, 216, 229-230, 239, 441, 600, 606, 611, 617, 630, 634-637
-Spider-Man (1990) #96
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #3, 6, 14
-Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #5
-Spider-Woman (1999)
-Alias (2001) #17
-Sensational Spider-Man (2006) #25-27, 29, 38-39
-Spider-Man: Grim Hunt - The Kraven Saga (2010) #1
-Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Black Cat (2010) #1
-Marvel Knights: Spider-Man (2013) #1
-Prowler (2016) #1-2, 4

-Dark Knights of Steel (2021) #1
-X-Men: Forever (2024) #1
-Wonder Woman (2023) #7

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#323 – Courtney Whitmore

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Courtney Whitmore, best known as Stargirl, but she initially got her start as the Star Spangled Kid to upset her new stepdad who used to be Stripesy, but then she ended up on the JSA.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (1999)
-Starman (1994) #61, 73, 75, 80
-JSA Secret Files (1999) #1-2
-JSA (1999)
-Martian Manhunter (1998) #18-19
-Young Justice: Sins of Youth (2000)
-Impulse (1995) #61, 67, 78
-Young Justice (1998) #20, 40, 49-52, 55
-Hourman (1999) #18
-Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #110, 112, 118, 121
-Wonder Woman (1986) #174-175, 188, 210
-Hawkman (2002) #1, 23-25
-Green Langern: Rebirth (2004)
-Teen Titans (2003) #21, 32, 63, 66, Annual #1
-JSA: Classified (2005) #1, 5-8, 14-16, 20, 28-31, 39
-Supergirl (2005) #1, 60
-52 (2006) #1, 8, 36, 39, 49-51
-Superman (2006) #653, 664
-Wonder Woman (2006) #3-4, 11, 41, Annual 1
-Justice Society of America (2007)
-World War III (2007)
-Justice League of America (2006) #8, 10, 47-48, 51
-Black Adam: The Dark Age (2007)
-Amazons Attack (2007) #5-6
-Final Crisis (2008) #2-3, 5-7, Requiem 1
-Trinity (2008) #13-15, 18, 29, 34, 42-51
-JSA Kingdom Come Special: The Kingdom (2008) #1
-The Flash: Rebirth (2009)
-Blackest Night (2009)
-JSA All-Stars (2009)
-Blackest Night: JSA (2009)
-Power Girl (2009) #13, 19
-The Outsiders (2009) #36
-Green Arrow (2010) #12-13
-Justice League of America (2013)
-Justice League of America's Vibe (2013) #1-2
-Justice League Dark (2011) #22-23
-Justice League United (2014)
-Action Comics (2011) #48, 50
-Doomsday Clock (2017) #9, 12
-Infinite Frontier (2021) #0
-Stargirl Spring Break Special (2021)
-Stargirl: The Lost Children (2022)
-Justice Society of America (2022)
-Jay Garrick: The Flash (2023) #2-3
-Titans: Beast World (2023) #1-2, Tour: Star City 1

-Static: Up All Night
-DC Pride 2024 Announcement
-Future of the X-Men announcement

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#322 – Sylvester Pemberton & Patrick Dugan

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Sylvester Pemberton who started out as the kid superhero Star-Spangled Kid before becoming Skyman and his father's employee Patrick Dugan who was his sidekick Stripesy before becoming his step-daughter's sidekick S.T.R.I.P.E.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Star-Spangled Comics (1941)
-Leading Comics (1941)
-World's Finest Comics (1941) #6-18
-Justice League of America (1960) #100-102, 111-112, 147, 159-160, 166, 183, 193
-Adventure Comics (1938) #438, 441, 443, 462, 466
-All-Star Comics (1940) #58-74
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #1, 13, 29, 31-32, 54, 56, 59-60
-Infinity, Inc. (1984)
-America vs. The Justice Society (1985)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
-Last Days of the Justice Society (1986)
-Secret Origins (1986) #9
-New Teen Titans (1984) #29-31
-Young All-Stars (1987) #1, 3, 6-7, 27, Annual 1
-The Outsiders Special (1987) #1
-The Outsiders (1985) #21
-Millennium (1988)
-JSA Returns: Star Spangled Comics (1999) #1
-Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (1999)
-JSA (1999) #7, 11, 13-15, 33 37, 49-51, 59, 67-68, 72, 81
-Young Justice: Sins of Youth (2000)
-Impulse (1995) #61, 67
-Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #110, 112, 114, 118-119, 121, 123, 130-131, 134
-JSA: Strange Adventures (2004)
-Justice Society of America (2006) #1, 3-4, 26
-Justice League of America (2013) #10-13
-Convergence: Infinity Inc. (2015)
-Convergence: World's Finest (2015)
-Doomsday Clock (2017) #12
-Infinite Frontier (2021) #0
-Stargirl Spring Break Special (2021) #1
-The New Golden Age (2022) #1
-Stargirl: The Lost Children (2022)

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#321 – Starman Roundup Pt. 2

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about some other Starmen who are not part of the Knight family: Mikaal Tomas - a gay alien with a powerful gem, Gavyn - an alien prince with a powerful staff, Will Payton - a human man struck by space energy, and Thom Kallor a Starboy turned Starman who is trying not to turn into a different evil Starman.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Adventure Comics (1935) #282, 310,-379, 410-411, 467-478, 493, 500-503, 520
-Action Comics (1938) #385-387, 622, 644-645, 659, 675, 858, 864, 873, 1017-1021, Annual 3, 11
-Superboy (1949) #199-211, 218, 222-226, 233, 237-239, 243-247, 250-251
-1st Issue Special (1975) #12
-The Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) #260-322, 343-346
-Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes (1981)
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #36
-Legion of Super-Heroes (1984)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
-Secret Origins (1986) #25
-Starman (1988)
-Invasion! (1988)
-Legion of Super-Heroes (1989) #3, 37, 52, 60-61, 105
-Adventures of Superman (1987) #472, 488-489, Annual 4
-War of the Gods (1991)
-Eclipso: The Darkness Within (1992) reading order
-Starman (1994)
-Justice Leagues (2001): Justice League of Aliens
-Rann-Thanagar War (2005)
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #1, 4, 6
-Superman/Batman (2003) #32-33, Annual 5
-Justice Society of America (2006) #1-26, 41-43
-Countdown (2007) #48, 45, 20
-Justice League of America (2006) #8-10, 42-60
-DC/Wildstorm: Dreamwar (2008)
-Final Crisis (2008)
-Rann-Thanagar Holy War (2008)
-JSA Kingdom Come (2008)
-Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009)
-Adventure Comics (2009) #1, 8-11
-Last Stand of New Krypton (2010)
-Kingdom Come (2010)
-Brightest Day (2010) #15
-Starman/Congorilla (2011)
-Legion of Super-Heroes (2010) #11-16
-Supergirl (2005) #65
-Legion of Super-Heroes (2011)
-The Shade (2011) #1
-Justice League United (2014) #8-10, Annual 1
-Dark Nights: Metal (2017) #1
-Justice League (2018) #7-35, Annual 1
-Superman (2018) #14-15
-Legion of Super-Heroes (2019)
-Doomsday Clock (2017) #12
-Justice League vs. The Legion of Super-Heroes (2022)
-Danger Street (2022)
-Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) #21

-DC Announces Absolute Power
-Starman (1994) Compendium One
-Nightwing (2016) #111

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#320 – Starman Roundup Pt. 1

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the Knight family and how Ted and his sons Jack and David all ended up being Starman for at least a little while.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Golden Age Starman Archives
-Adventure Comics (1935) #61-102, 462, 466
-All-Star Comics (1940) #8-23, 69-70, 74
-Justice League of America (1960) #29-30, 46, 64-65, 73-74, 82-83, 94, 98, 100-102, 107, 112, 114, 116, 193, 207-209, 219-220, 231-232
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #1-5, 7, 10, 15, 19-21, 25, 27-35, 41-44, 47, 50, 57, 59-60, 64
-Infinity Inc. (1984) #1-2, 9, 12, 20-21, 25, 27, 30, 34-35, 48-49, Annual 1-2
-America vs. The Justice Society (1985)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
-Last Days of the Justice Society (1986) #1
-Young All-Stars (1987) #1, 3, 9, 14, 20, 27, Annual 1
-Starman (1988) #26-27
-Justice Society of America (1991)
-Justice Society of America (1992) #1, 10
-Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! (1994)
-Starman (1994)
-Damage (1994) #15
-Sandman Mystery Theatre (1993) #38-40
-The Final Night (1996)
-Genesis (1997)
-The Power of Shazam! (1995) #35-36
-JLA: Year One (1997) #4, 7, 11-12
-JSA Returns (1999)
-Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E (1999) #0, 2, 4, 8-9
-JSA (1999) #1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-15, 18, 56, 67, 69-72, 75
-JSA Secret Files (1999) #1
-Young Justice: Sins of Youth (2000)
-Martian Manhunter (1998) #18-19
-Hourman (1999) #18
-JSA: Strange Adventures (2004)
-52 (2006) #7-8, 27, 38
-Countdown (2007) #47-46, 43, 20
-Justice League (2018) #30-37

-Runaways (2017)
-Rise of the Powers of X (2024) #2
-Nightwing (2016) #111

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#319 – Doctor Mid-Nite Roundup

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the three medical doctors who have been blinded in their own distinct accidents but decided to fight crime through night vision: Dr. Charles McNider, Dr. Beth Chapel, and Dr. Pieter Cross.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-JSA All-Stars Archive
-All-American Comics (1939) #25-102
-All-Star Comics (1941)
-The Flash (1959) #137, 159, 170, 788
-Justice League of America (1960) #29
-Adventure Comics (1938) #418, 461-462, 466
-Secret Society of Super-Villains (1976) #15
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #29-30
-All-Star Squadron (1981)
-Infinity, Inc. (1984)
-America vs. The Justice Society (1985)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
-New Teen Titans (1984) #29-31
-Young All-Stars (1987) #1-3, 9, 15, 20, 27
-Secret Origins (1986) #20
-Justice Society of America (1992)
-Justice League Europe (1989) #47-50
-Eclipso (1992) #11-14
-Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (1994)
-Starman (1994) #11, 34, 37, 62, 69, 75, 77
-JLA: Year One (1997), 11-12
-Doctor Mid-Nite (1999)
-JSA Returns (1999)
-JSA (1999)
-Young Justice: Sins of Youth (2000)
-JLA: Incarnations (2001) #1
-JSA: Our Worlds At War (2001) #1
-JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice (2002)
-Hawkman (2002) #23-25, 45-46
-Identity Crisis (2004)
-JSA: Strange Adventures (2004)
-Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004) #1-3
-Birds of Prey (1998) #84-87
-JSA: Classified (2005)
-Aquaman (2002) #38
-Teen Titans (2003) #32, 63, 75-76, 88-89
-Manhunter (2004) #21-23, 36
-52 (2006) #1, 5, 7-8, 33, 38-39, 49-51
-Justice Society of America (2007)
-World War III (2007)
-Countdown (2007) #51, 48-47, 45, 43, 32
-Justice League of America (2006) #8-9, 43-48, 54
-Checkmate (2006) #16, 24
-Black Adam: The Dark Age (2007) #1, 4
-Green Arrow and Black Canary (2007) #1, 5, 14
-Trinity (2008) #13-16, 18, 39, 42, 46, 52
-Blue Beetle (2006) #31
-Detective Comics (1937) #849-850
-The Flash (1987) #245-247
-JSA Kingdom Come (2008)
-Terra (2008) #1-2
-Power Girl (2009) #2, 7, 9, 13
-Blackest Night (2009)
-DCU: Legacies (2010) #2-4, 10
-Brightest Day (2010) #16, 21
-Green Arrow (2010) #8-12
-Action Comics (1938) #903
-Doomsday Clock (2017) #12
-DC's Terrors Through Time (2022) #1
-The New Golden Age (2022)
-Justice Society of America (2022)
-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #17

-Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid
-New Mutants (2009)
-X-Men '97 reboot trailer
-Madame Web trailer

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#318 – Hourman Roundup

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about three Hourmans--hourmen?--Rex Tyler, his son Rick, and the android from the future based off of Rex.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Adventure Comics (1935) #48-83, 461-462, 466
-All-Star Comics (1940) #1-7, 58-74
-Justice League of America (1960) #21-22, 55-56, 64-65, 83, 91, 96, 100-102, 107-108, 113, 123-124, 195-197, 219-220
-The Spectre (1967) #7
-The Brave and the Bold (1955) #115
-DC Special (1968) #29
-Infinity, Inc. (1984) #1-2, 19-51
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #31-67
-America vs. The Justice Society (1985)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
-Last Days of the Justice Society of America (1986)
-Young All-Stars (1987) #3, 7, 27, 30-31
-Millennium (1987) reading order
-Secret Origins (1986) #31
-Justice Society of America (1992)
-Eclipso (1992) #16-18
-Justice League Task Force (1993) #10-12, 31
-Zero Hour (1994)
-Sandman Mystery Theatre (1993) #29-32, 69-70
-Starman (1994) #11, 34, 37, 49, 61-62, 73-79
-JLA (1996) #12, 15, 23, 26-31, 38-41
-JLA: Year One (1997) #4, 7, 11-12
-DC One Million (1998)
-Impulse: Bart Saves the Universe (1999) #1
-Hourman (1999)
-JSA Returns (1999)
-JSA (1999)
-Sins of Youth (2000)
-JLA/JSA Secret Files (2002)
-JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice (2002)
-JSA All-Stars (2009)
-Hawkman (2002) #23-25
-JSA: Strange Adventures (2004)
-Aquaman (2002) #38
-Infinite Crisis (2005)
-52 (2006) #1, 3, 5, 7-8, 38-39, 49-51
-Justice Society of America (2007)
-Justice League of America (2006) #8, 10, 47-49, 53
-Countdown (2007) #48, 46, 43, 38
-Black Adam: The Dark Age (2007)
-Final Crisis (2008)
-DC Universe: Last Will and Testament (2008)
-Trinity (2008) #20-21, 25, 28-29, 34, 36, 39-52
-JSA Kingdom Come (2008)
-Blackest Night (2009)
-The Flash: Rebirth (2009)
-Power Girl (2009) #2, 13, 19
-Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009) #3-4
-JSA All-Stars (2009)
-Doomsday Clock (2017) #8, 10, 12
-Justice League (2018) #30-39
-The Flash (2016) #771, 786, 790, 793-794, 796, 798-799
-Justice Society of America (2022)
-The New Golden Age (2022)
-Stargirl: The Lost Children (2022)

-Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid
-New Mutants (2009)
-Dark Knights of Steel (2021)

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#317 – Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, who is Hulk's #1 hater until he becomes a Hulk himself and learns some empathy towards his kinda-sometimes-son-in-law.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #1-6, 103-331, 346, 366, 393-474, 600, 606-608
-Fantastic Four (1961) #12, 120, 123
-Tales to Astonish (1959) #59-100
-Untold Tales of Spider-Man (1995) #5
-Rampaging Hulk (1998)
-Hulk (1999) #11-12, 15-16, 18-20, 24-25, 31, 37, 63, 81, 109
-Hulk: Gray (2003)
-World War Hulk (2007)
-Hulk (2008)
-Fall of the Hulks (2009)
-Avengers (2010) #7-14, 18-25, 28, 30-34
-Spider-Girl (2010) #1-3, 6, 8
-Fear Itself (2010)
-Annihilators: Earthfall (2011)
-Avenging Spider-Man (2011) #1-3, 5
-Avengers: X-Sanction (2011)
-Venom (2011) #11-14, 25, 42
-Avengers vs. X-Men (2012)
-Hulk Smash Avengers (2011) #5
-Thunderbolts (2012)
-Hulk (2014) #10, 13-15
-The Fallen (2016) #1
-Captain America (2018) #1-2, 5, 20, 22, 24-27, 29

-DC Power (2024) #1
-Dead X-Men (2024) #1
-Batman and Robin 2024 Annual
-Batman/Superman: World's Finest 2024 Annual

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#316 – Elizabeth Ross

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Elizabeth "Betty" Ross, who is mostly known as the Hulk's long time love interest, but did you know now she's a huge bird woman who ate his heart?

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #1-6, 103-291, 312-474, 605-635
-Incredible Hulk #138 review (total! blood! transfusion!)
-Tales to Astonish (1959) #59-100
-Marvel Two-in-One Annual (1976) #5
-Web of Spider-Man (1985) #69
-Savage Hulk (1996) #1
-Hulk (1999) #12, 15, 19, 24-26, 37, 44, 47-54, 60-69, 75-76, 81, 110
-Hulk: Gray (2003)
-Hulk (2008) #15-17, 19, 22-24, 27, 30, 47-48, 50
-Fall of the Hulks (2009)
-World War Hulks (2010)
-Marvel Holiday Magazine Digital Comic (2010) #3
-Fear Itself (2010) #2-3, 7
-Incredible Hulk (2011) #2, 7, 7.1, 13
-Red She-Hulk (2012)
-Indestructible Hulk (2012) #15
-Hulk (2014) #7-9, 16
-The Fallen (2016) #1
-Immortal Hulk (2018) #6, 13-24, 29-35, 45-48
-Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk (2019) #1
-Defenders (2021)
-Incredible Hulk (2023) #1, 5

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#315 – Dr. Leonard Samson

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Doc Samson, who is a psychiatrist but also got semi-Hulk powers, and seemingly takes a turn from psychiatry to curing the Hulk and also other Hulk-adjacent heroes not necessarily with their consent?

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #141-147, 192-238, 246-257, 277-279, 314-337, 265-380, 393, 402-407-418, 425-426, 433, 440-442, 462-471, 600, 607-610, 619-620
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #102
-X-Factor (1986) #87
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #381-382
-Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #137-142, 170-171, 174-175
-Savage Hulk (1996) #1
-Hulk (1999) #11, 16-44, 60-76, 106, 109-110
-Hulk: Gray (2003)
-She-Hulk (2004) #11-12
-She-Hulk (2005) #1, 4-5, 7-9, 15, 19
-Doc Samson (2006)
-Civil War (2006)
-X-Factor (2005) #13-14
-World War Hulk (2007)
-Thunderbolts (2006) #117-121, 128-129
-Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2007) #23-27
-Hulk (2008) #1, 3, 6, 14-23, 30, 50-52
-Fantastic Four (1998) #556-557, 562
-Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #20-23
-Fall of the Hulks (2009)
-World War Hulks (2010) #1
-Civil War II (2016) #0
-Winter Soldier (2018) #3
-Immortal Hulk (2018) #14-47
-Gamma Flight (2021)
-Hulk (2021) #9, 12-14
-Daredevil (2022) #4-6, 9
-Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022) #10

-Um, Actually
-Superman #10 Jamal Campbell Cover

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#314 – Richard Jones

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Rick Jones, who started out as a sort-of sidekick for the Hulk, then sort-of a sidekick to the Avengers, and Captain America, and Captain Marvel, and--well, he's been everywhere, just read his memoir!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #1-6, 103-106, 111, 245-285, 308, 312, 319-346, 353, 360, 373-419, 427, 439-445, 451-470, 600, 604, 607-635
-Fantastic Four (1961) #12, 25-26, 36
-Avengers (1963) #1-17, 72, 89-108, 300
-Tales to Astonish (1959) #62, 64, 68-72, 75, 77-92, 97, 100
-Tales of Suspense (1959) #60
-Journey Into Mystery (1952) #116
-Captain America (1968) #110-118, 398
-Captain Marvel (1968) #17-62
-Sub-Mariner (1968) #30
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #16-17
-Marvel Spotlight (1979) #1-3
-The Death of Captain Marvel (1982)
-The Return of the Defenders (1992)
-Hulk: Future Imperfect (1992)
-Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #70-71
-Avengers Forever (1998)
-Captain Marvel (2000)
-Infinity Abyss (2002)
-Captain Marvel (2002)
-Hulk: Gray (2003)
-Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2004)
-Runaways (2005) #2, 4-6
-World War Hulk (2007)
-Hulk (2008) #1-6, 13, 24-31, 53-57
-Fall of the Hulks (2010)
-World War Hulks (2010)
-Hunger (2013) #1
-Hulk (2014) #5-8, 13
-Avengers: Standoff (2016)
-Captain America: Steve Rogers (2016) #1-4, 6, 11-12, 14, 16
-Totally Awesome Hulk (2015) #8
-Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015) #12, 14, 16
-The Fallen (2016) #1
-Secret Empire (2017) #1-2
-Immortal Hulk (2018) #17-24, 29-47
-Gamma Flight (2021)
-Genis-Vell: Captain Marvel (2022)
-Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #49-51

-Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #1
-Rise of the Powers of X (2024) #1
-Wolverine (2020) #41

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#313 – Emily Briggs

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:37:27 -0000

Today we talk about Emily Briggs, best known as Looker, whose powers were activated by Haley's comet and they made her psychic and also hot??

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Batman and the Outsiders (1983) #25-45
-The Outsiders (1985)
-Infinity, Inc. Special (1987) #1
-Millennium (1987) reading order
-Detective Comics (1937) #605-607
-Outsiders (1993)
-Deathstroke (1991) #49-50
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #6-7
-Batman and the Outsiders (2007) #9-10, 40
-Detective Comics Annual (1988) #11
-Outsiders (2009) #29, 34-35, 37-39
-Bruce Wayne: The Road Home (2010): Outsiders #1
-Batman Incorporated (2010) #6
-Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes (2011) #1
-Batman Incorporated (2012) #1, 5-6
-National Comics: Looker (2012) #1
-Justice League: No Justice (2018) #1

-Dead Boy Detectives (2022)
-Fall ofthe House of X (2024) #1
-Critical Role: Tales of Exandria - Artagan (2024) #1

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#312 – Brion Markov

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Brion Markov, best known as Geo-Force, a prince of Markovia, a founding member of The Outsiders, and also Terra's half-brother.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Brave and the Bold (1955) #200
-Batman and the Outsiders (1983)
-The New Teen Titans (1980) #37
-World's Finest Comics (1941) #300
-Tales of the Teen Titans (1984) Annual #3
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #83
-The Outsiders (1985)
-DC Challenge (1985) #8-10
-Infinity, Inc. Special (1987) #1
-Millennium (1987) reading order
-Justice League Quarterly (1990) #5
-Showcase (1993) #4-5
-Outsiders (1993)
-Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (1994)
-Deathstroke (1991) #49-50
-Superman: Behold! The millennium Giants! (1998)
-Adventures of Superman (1987) #564
-Titans Secret Files (2000) #2
-Justice League of America (2006) #4-8, 11-12, 15, 53
-Justice Society of America (2006) #5-6, 43
-Batman and the Outsiders (2007)
-Trinity (2008) #11, 13-16, 18, 23, 29, 34, 39, 48, 52
-DC Universe: Last Will and Testament (2008)
-Terra (2008) #2-4
-Blackest Night: Titans (2009) #1
-DCU Halloween Special (2009)
-Bruce Wayne: The Road Home: Outsiders (2010) #1
-Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders (2015)
-Suicide Squad Most Wanted: Deadshot and Katana (2016)
-Shadow War (2022)

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#311 – Tara Markov

Tue, 26 Dec 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Tara Markov, who has rock-based powers and is of course known as Terra. She is most known for The Judas Contract and also her role in Teen Titans 2003 cartoon. We also talk about Atlee who is... also Terra. Kinda.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The New Teen Titans (1980) #26-40
-Batman and the Outsiders (1983) #5
-Tales of the Teen Titans (1984) #41-44, Annual #3, 47, 55
-The New Titans Annual (1985) #1
-The New Titans (1984) #79-80, 85-96, 101-103, 0, 115-30
-Titans: Total Chaos (1992)
-Team Titans (1992)
-Damage (1994) #8, 12-13, 16
-Green Lantern (1990) #57, 59, 65, 128
-Outsiders (1993) #17
-The Darkstars (1992) #31-34
-Deathstroke (1991) #48-49
-Millennium Giants (1998)
-JLA/Titans (1998)
-Titans Secret Files (1999) #1-2
-Harley Quinn (2000) #21
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #4-5, 7
-Blackest Night: Titans (2009)
-The Outsiders (2009) #23-25
-The Culling (2011) reading order
-The Ravagers (2012)
-Deathstroke (2011) #19-20
-Deathstroke (2016) #21-29, 44
-Tales From the Dark Multiverse (2019): Teen Titans the Judas Contract

Atlee: -Supergirl (2005) #12
-Terror Titans (2008)
-Terra (2008)
-Power GIrl (2009) #3-4, 6, 9-13
-Starfire (2015) #3-5, 8-12
-Harley Quinn (2016) #14-17, 25

-DC's 'Twas the 'Mite Before Christmas (2023) #1

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#310 – Duela Dent

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Duela Dent, who is also known as Harlequin and The Joker's Daughter, and the Riddler's daughter, and Scarecrone the Scarecrow's daughter, and Catgirl: Catwoman's daughter, and the Penguin's daughter....

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Batman Family (1975) #6, 8-9, 16, 19
-Teen Titans (1966) #46-53
-Detective Comics (1937) #482-483
-Tales of the Teen Titans (1980) #50
-Team Titans (1992) #13
-Teen Titans (2003) #22-23, 32, 38, 42-47
-Countdown (2007) #51, 49-47, 40, 26
-Ame-Comi Girls (2012)
-Catwoman (2011) #23-26
-Batman: The Dark Knight feat Joker's Daughter (2013) #23.4
-Batman: Joker's Daughter (2014) #1
-Batman Eternal (2015) #6, 14-17, 26, 29-31, 36-40, 46-50
-New Suicide Squad (2014) #1-3
-Detective Comics (2011) #43-44
-DC Comics: Bombshells (2015)
-Red Hood/Arsenal (2015) #5, 7-13
-Nightwing (2016) #57-58
-Red Hood: Outlaw (2016) #48, 50

-Matchmaker
-Batman #428: Robin Lives! #1
-Spider-Gwen: Smash (2023) #1

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#309 – Grant Emerson

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Grant Emerson, also known as Damage, who is a guy with exploding powers, a connection to the JSA, and a history of saving the world that one time.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Damage (1994)
-Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (1994) #0
-The New Teen Titans (1984) #0, 115-130
-Green Lantern (1990) #57, 59
-Deathstroke (1991) #48-51
-Justice League Task Force (1993) #25-26, 30
-The Siege of the Zi Charam (1995)
-JLA/Titans (1998)
-The Titans (1999)
-Young Justice (1998) #49-52, 55
-JSA (1999) #49-51
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #1
-Justice Society of America (2007)
-JSA Kingdom Come Specials (2008)
-Trinity (2008) #13-18
-Blackest Night (2009)
-JSA All-Stars (2009) #1-7
-Doomsday Clock (2017) #12
-Damage (2018) (Ethan Avery)
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #5-6
-Infinite Frontier (2021) #2-6

-Dimension 20: A Court of Fey and Flowers
-Rahne of Terra (1991)

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#308 – Jubilation Lee

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Jubilation Lee, best known as Jubilee, who hid out in the X-Men headquarters until she was able to save Wolverine and get unofficially adopted as his teen sidekick.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #244-280, 288, 295-318, 325, 331, 343, 350-354, 375379, 388, 403-406, 423-437, 600
-X-Men Annual (1970) #13-14
-X-Tinction Agenda (1990)
-Wolverine (1988) #40-75, 94, 115-118, 125-126, 141, 145-147
-X-Men (1991) #4-41, 64, 96, 99
-X-Men Annual (1991)
-Excalibur (1988) #57-58
-X-Cutioner's Song (1992)
-Wolverine Killing (1993) #1
-Generation X (1994)
-Generation X Underground Special (1998)
-X-Men Unlimited (1993) #30, 34
-X-Men Unlimited (2004) #2
-X-Men (2004) #157, 165, 171
-Jubilee (2004)
-Decimation: House of M - The Day After (2005) #1
-Generation M (2005) #2
-Wolverine Origins (2006) #6-10
-New Warriors (2007)
-Nation X (2009) #2
-Curse of the Mutants (2010) reading order
-X-Men (2010) #1-6, 11, 20-27
-Wolverine & Jubilee (2010)
-Wolverine (2010 #6-8, 16
-X-23 (2010) #10-12, 19-20
-X-Men (2013)
-Savage Wolverine (2013) #19
-Wolverine Annual (2014) #1
-Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! (2015) #8-17
-Old Man Logan (2016) #14-15, 23
-X-Men Prime (2017) #1
-Generation X (2017)
-Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey (2017)
-Hunt for Wolverine (2018) #1
-Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery in Madripoor (2018)
-Uncanny X-Men (2018) #1-6, 9-10
-Dead Man Logan (2018)-6
-Age of X-Man: X-Tremists (2019)
-Excalibur (2019)
-Marvel's Voices: Identity (2021) #1
-X-Men Legends (2021) #7-9
-X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #28, 41, 54, 74, 80-85, 100, 102, 105
-Knights of X (2022)
-X-Terminators (2022)
-Unforgiven (2022) trade paperback
-X-Men: Hellfire Gala Last Rites Infinity Comic (2023) #1
-X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2023) #1
-Marvel's Voices: X-Men (2023) #1

-Parasocial
-X-Men Blue: Origins (2023) #1

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#307 – Remy LeBeau

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Remy LeBeau, who has a power that everyone has (converting potential energy into kinetic energy) except he's very good at it and he uses it for stealing and X-Men business.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-X-Men Annual (1970) #14
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #266-280, 294-390, 425, 444-446, 468, 494, 524, 542, 600 -X-Tinction Agenda (1990)
-X-Men (1991)
-Wolverine (1988) #55-57, 60, 87
-X-Cutioner's Song (1992)
-Gambit (1993)
-Rogue (1995)
-Wolverine & Gambit: Victims (1995)
-Onslaught (1996)
-X-Men Annual (1997)
-Gambit (1997)
-X-Men Unlimited (1993) #18, 22-23, 30
-Gambit (1999)
-Gambit Annual 1999
-Gambit Annual 2000
-X-Treme X-Men (2001)
-X-Treme X-Men: X-Pose (2003) #2
-X-Men (2004)
-X-Men Unlimited (2004) #3
-Rogue (2004) #1, 4-6, 11-12
-Gambit (2004)
-X-Men/Fantastic Four (2004)
-X-Men: Messiah Complex (2007)
-X-Men Legacy (2008) #211-234, 244-267, 275
-X-Men Origins: Gambit (2009) #1
-X-Men: Second Coming (2010)
-X-Men (2010) #2-15
-X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - Storm & Gambit (2010)
-Daken/X-23: Collision (2011)
-Gambit: From the Marvel Vault (2011) #1
-X-Men: Schism (2011)
-Astonishing X-Men (2004) #48-68
-Avengers Vs. X-Men (2012)
-Gambit (2012)
-X-Men: X-Termination (2013)
-All-New X-Factor (2014)
-Storm (2014) #9
-Deadpool V Gambit (2016)
-Civil War II: X-Men (2016)
-All-New Wolverine (2015) #16-18
-X-Men: Gold (2017) #4-6, 26-30
-Astonishing X-Men (2017) #1-12
-Rogue & Gambit (2018)
-X-Men: Red (2018) #3-11
-Mr. and Mrs. X (2018)
-Excalibur (2019)
-Knights of X (2022)
-Gambit (2022)
-X-Treme X-Men (2022)
-Captain Marvel (2019) #43-50
-Rogue & Gambit (2023)
-Love Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #61
-Dark X-Men (2023)
-Marvel's Voices: X-Men (2023) #1

-Wonder Woman (2023) #3 backup story

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#306 – Anna Marie

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Anna Marie, who only got a name recently, and otherwise has simply gone by Rogue ever since she was adopted by Mystique and Destiny.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Avengers Annual (1967) #10
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #158, 170-247, 259, 269-280, 294-297, 304-308, 319-325, 336-389, 425, 444-446, 468, 517-529, 542, 600
-Dazzler (1981) #22-24, 28-29, 38
-Secret Wars (1984)
-Secret Wars II (1985)
-X-Men Vs. Avengers (1987)
-X-Men (1991)
-X-Cutioner's Song (1993)
-Gambit (1993)
-X-Men Unlimited (1993) #4, 30-31
-Rogue (1995)
-Age of Apocalypse (1995)
-Magneto Rex (1999)
-Gambit (1999) #14-16
-X-Treme X-Men (2001)
-X-Treme X-Men: Savage Land (2001)
-X-Treme X-Men: X-Pose (2003) #2
-X-Men (2004)
-Rogue (2004)
-Mystique (2003) #23
-House of M (2005)
-X-Men: Messiah Complex (2007)
-X-Men Legacy (2008) #210, 215-216, 220-275, 300
-X-Men: Second Coming (2010)
-Generation Hope (2010)
-X-Men: Schism (2011)
-Uncanny Avengers (2012)
-X-Men (2013) #1-6
-Marvel Knights: X-Men (2013)
-Avengers & X-Men: AXIS (2014)
-Uncanny Avengers (2015)
-Inhumans Vs. X-Men (2016)
-Astonishing X-Men (2017) #1-12
-Rogue & Gambit (2018)
-Avengers: No Surrender
-X-Men: Gold (2017) #23-30
-Mr. and Mrs. X (2018)
-Excalibur (2019)
-X-Men (2021)
-AXE: Judgement Day (2022)
-X-Treme X-Men (2022)
-Rogue & Gambit (2023)
-Uncanny Avengers (2023)

-Danny Phantom: A Glitch in Time
-Helen of Wyndhorn announcement

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#305 – Nathan Summers

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Nathan Summers, who is the time-traveled son of Scott Summers who, while being a mutant with mutant powers, is mostly known for Gun. Because he's an edgy 90's guy.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #201, 223, 234, 239, 241-243
-X-Factor (1986) #1, 13, 35-56, 59-62, 66-68
-New Mutants (1983) #86
-X-Force (1991)
-Cable: Blood & Metal (1992)
-X-Cutioner's Song (1992)
-Cable (1993)
-Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix (1994)
-X-Men: Books of Askani (1995) #1
-Askani'son (1996)
-Deadpool (1997) #22
-Astonishing X-Men (1999)
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #375-388
-Soldier X (2002)
-Weapon X (2002) #6-13
-Cable & Deadpool (2004)
-X-Force (2004)
-X-Men (2004) #190-207
-X-Men: Messiah Complex (2007)
-Cable (2008)
-King-Size Cable Spectacular (2008)
-X-Men: Messiah War (2009)
-X-Men: Second Coming (2010)
-Avengers: X-Sanction (2011)
-Cable and X-Force (2012)
-X-Force (2014)
-Deadpool & Cable: Split Second Infinite Comic (2015)
-Uncanny Avengers (2015) #2-19, 23
-Cable (2017)
-Despicable Deadpool (2017) #287-291
-Extermination (2018)
-X-Force (2018)
-Major X (2019)
-X-Men (2019) #1-2, 7, 10, 16
-Fallen Angels (2019)
-Cable (2020)
-X of Swords (2020)
-S.W.O.R.D. (2020)
-The Last Annihilation (2021)
-X-Men Red (2022) #1-10
-A.X.E.: Judgment Day (2022)
-Deadpool: Badder Blood (2023)
-Children of the Vault (2023)

-Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) vol 2
-Uncanny Spider-Man (2023) #3

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#304 – Alexander Summers

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Alex Summers, who joins the X-Men after being kidnapped, learning his brother is Cyclops, and finding out that he also has mutant powers.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-X-Men (1963) #54
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #150
-Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown (1988)
-Inferno (1988)
-X-Tinction Agenda (1990)
-X-Factor (1986) #71
-X-Cutioner's Son (1992)
-Mutant X (1998)
-X-Men: The Hidden Years (1999)
-Uncanny X-Men (1981) #411
-Exiles (2001) #28-30
-X-Men (2004) #157
-X-Men: Deadly Genesis (2005)
-Uncanny X-Men (1981) #475
-X-Men: Emperor Vulcan (2007)
-War of Kings (2009) reading order
-X-Factor (2005) #230
-Uncanny Avengers (2012)
-Avengers & X-Men: AXIS (2014)
-Death of X (2016) #4
-IVX (2016) #5-6
-X-Men: Blue (2017) #7-9, 23-28
-Astonishing X-Men (2017) #13
-Uncanny X-Men (2018) #12
-House of X (2019) #5
-Hellions (2020)
-X-Men Legends (2021) #1-2, 5-6
-A.X.E.: Judgement Day (2022)
-Dark Web (2022)
-Dark X-Men (2023)

-Candela Obscura: Needle & Thread
-Pokemon (2000)
-Magneto (2023) #4
-X-Men Forever announcement

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#303 – Nathaniel Essex

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Nathaniel Essex, am evil geneticist obsessed with Scott Summers best known as Mister Sinister, who is only really here to cause problems.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Mutant Massacre (1987)
-Uncanny X-Men (1981) #221, 379-380, 544
-X-Men: Inferno (1988)
-X-Factor (1986) #74-75, 104-105, Flashback -1
-Classic X-Men (1986) #41-42
-X-Men (1991) #22-23, 51-52, 200-205
-Cable (1993) #6, 26-28, Annual (1999) #1
-Excalibur (1988) #72-74
-X-Man (1995) #12-19, 25
-Further Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix (1996)
-Uncanny Origins (1996) #1
-X-Men Unlimited (1993) #30
-Gambit (1999) #9, 13-16, 23-24
-Wolverine (1988) #173-175
-Weapon X (2002)
-Excalibur (2004) #7
-X-Men: Colossus Bloodline (2005)
-X-Men: Messiah Complex (2007)
-X-Men Legacy (2008) #211-215
-X-Men/Spider-Man (2008)
-X-23 (2010) #4-6
-Uncanny X-Men (2011)
-Origin II (2013)
-Spider-Man & the X-Men (2014)
-Wolverines (2015)
-Extraordinary X-Men (2015) #2, 4-5
-Monsters Unleashed (2017) #1-6
-Secret Warriors (2017) #5, 8-9, 11
-House of X/Powers of X (2019)
-Hellions (2020)
-Immortal X-Men (2022) #1-9
-A.X.E.: Judgement Day (2022)
-Sins of Sinister (2023)

-Superman: Harvests of Youth
-DC's Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun
-Shortbox Comics Faire (ends Oct. 31)

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#302 – Victor Fries

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Victor Fries, best known as Mr. Freeze, though he started in comics as Mr. Zero (on account of only being able to survive at temperatures below zero?).

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Batman (1940) #121, 308, 375
-Batman Arkham: Mr. Freeze
-Batman (1966 tv show) "Instant Freeze"
-Batman: The Animated Series "Heart of Ice"
-Detective Comics (1937) #670
-Batman: Heart of Hush
-Batgirl (2000) #69-70
-Batman (2012) Annual #1
-Batman: The Dark Knight (2013): Mr. Freeze
-All-Star Batman (2016) #6
-Detective Comics (2016) #1008-1016

-Invincible Iron Man (2022) #11

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#301 – Mr. Mxyzptlk

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Mr. Mxyzptlk, who is just a funky little guy from the fifth dimension who likes to come to Earth to annoy Superman and cause problems.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Superman (1939) #30
-Action Comics (1938) #80
-Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
-Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #56
-Superman (1986) #11, 31, 49-50
-Young Justice (1998) #3
-Superman/Batman (2003) #20-25, 50-52
-Countdown (2007) #23
-Action Comics (2011) #15-18
-Action Comics (2016) #957-978
-Superman (2016) #17-19
-Justice League (2018) #19-25, 29

-Artie and the Wolf Moon
-Magneto (2023) #3
-NYCC Marvel News
-NYCC DC News

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#300 – 300

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today, for our 300th episode, we talk about 300 by Frank Miller, entirely for The Bit.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Writer Who Made Me Love Comics Taught Me To Hate Them by Susana Polo
-Frank Miller and the rise of cryptofascist Hollywood by Rick Moody
-Exploring Believability; Analysis: 300 by J. Shea
-The Historical Accuracies of 300 by Scott Manning
-lofi taz radio ᛥ - beats to relax/study cantrips to

-G.O.D.S. (2023) #1
-DC's Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun (2023) #1

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#299 – Bromwell Stikk

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Bromwell Stikk, who is a guy who found a stick and made it everyone else's problem, but mostly the Teen Titans' problem.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Brave and the Bold (1955) #54
-Teen Titans (1966) #14, 35
-The Brave and the Bold (1955) #144
-Secret Origins Annual (1987) #3
-The Titans (1999) #15-16
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #6
-Justice League of America (2006) #16
-Titans Hunt (2015)
-Titans (2016) #15-19

-Runaways (2017)
-Shortbox Comics Faire!
-Superman: The Harvests of Youth
-Batman: Justice Buster vol. 1

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#298 – Malcolm Duncan

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Mal Duncan, who has been Guardian, Hornblower, Herald, and most recently Vox. He joined the Teen Titans due to his good morals and over the years has gotten superpowers.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Teen Titans (1966) #26-53
-The Brave and the Bold (1955) #102
-Secret Origins Annual (1987) #3
-The New Titans (1984) #56, 59, 75, 78-79, 83-85
-Hawk & Dove Annual (1990) #1
-JLA/Titans (1998)
-Titans Secret Files (1999) #1-2
-The Titans (1999) #39
-Teen Titans (2003) #17-19, 22-23, 29, 35-37, 99-100
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #2-3
-Outsiders (2003) #31-32
-Firestorm (2004) #20
-52 (2006) #4-5, 50
-Secret Six (2006) #3-4
-52/WW III Part One: A Call to Arms-Part Two: The Valiant
-Tales of the Sinestro Corps (2007): Superman-Prime
-Titans Hunt (2015)
-Titans (2016) #3-18
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020): The Last Stories of the DC Universe
-The Other History of the DC Universe (2020) #2
-DC Power (2023) #1
-World's Finest: Teen Titans (2023) #2

-Batman: Justice Buster vol. 1
-Wonder Woman (2023) #1
-Devil's Reign (2021)

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#297 – Karen Beecher

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Karen Beecher, best known as Bumblebee, who became a superhero by being the exact right brand of unhinged, brilliant, and ride-or-die.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Teen Titans (1966) #45-53
-Secret Origins Annual (1987) #3
-The New Titans (1984) #56-59, 75, 78-79, 83-85
-Hawk & Dove Annual (1990) #1
-JLA/Titans (1998)
-Titans Secret Files (1999) #1-2
-The Titans (1999) #39, 44
-Birds of Prey (1998) #72-73, 100
-Teen Titans (2003) #22-23, 29, 34-37, 99-100
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #2-4, 6-7
-Firestorm (2004) #20
-52 (2006) #4-5, 50
-Secret Six (2006) #3-4
-52/WW III Part One: A Call to Arms-Part Two: The Valiant
-Tales of the Sinestro Corps (2007): Superman-Prime
-Doom Patrol (2009) #1-3, 13-14, 17-22
-Secret Six (2008) #30
-Titans Hunt (2015)
-Titans (2016) #3, 7-19
-Doomsday Clock (2017) #9
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020): The Last Stories of the DC Universe
-The Other History of the DC Universe (2020) #2
-DC Power (2023) #1
-DC's Legion of Bloom (2023) #1
-World's Finest: Teen Titans (2023)

-Dan Mora variant for Nightwing (2016) #109
-Batman by Chip Zdarsky vol 2: The Bat-Man of Gotham
-Batman and Robin (2023) #1
-Wonder Woman (2023) #1 preview

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#296 – James Harper

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Jim Harper, who is a guy without any superpowers who goes by The Guardian to fight petty crime with a shield. He also adopted four newsboys and got cloned multiple times.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954) #135-148
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #16, 25-27, 31-32, 43-44, 50, 54, 59, 60
-Secret Origins (1986) #19, 49
-The Adventures of Superman (1987) #480, 485, 488-489, 497-498, 500-501, 506, 510-513, 516, 522, 539, 542-544, 550, 553, 556
-Superman (1986) #26-28, 36-37, 41-43, 50, 54-58, 62, 66, 78, 90, 96, 133
-Action Comics (1938) #648-649, 659, 670, 675, 678, 684-686, 698-699, 872-874, 880-885
-Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #6, 9-10, 19-21, 31-34, 64, 77
-Showcase '96 #4
-Superboy (1993) #39-40, 49-92, 100
-Seven Soldiers: The Manhattan Guardian (2005)
-Superman (2006) #682-697
-Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special (2008) #1
-Superman: War of the Supermen (2010)
-Justice League of America (2006) #41-43
-The Newsboy Legion/Boy Commandos Special (2017) #1
-Action Comics (2016) #1002, 1006, 1011, 1035-1036
-Checkmate (2021) #3-6

-Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant (2023) #1
-Blue Beetle (2023) #1
-Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville (2023) #1
-Magneto (2023) #2
-Birds of Prey (2023) #1

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#295 – Siobhan McDougal

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Siobhan McDougal, the Silver Banshee, who's a Superman villain who uses magic and screaming to commit crimes. Also for some reason they change her name to Siobhan Smythe in the New 52, and she has a cute friendship with Supergirl.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Action Comics (1938) #595, 662, 804-805, 820, 839
-Superman (1986) #17, 23, 28, 96
-Supergirl (1996) #10-12
-Superman: Silver Banshee( 1998) #1-2
-Supergirl (2005) #34, 38, 48-49, 60
-Superman (2006) #652, 666, 682
-Superman/Batman (2003) #53-56
-Supergirl (2011) #6-14, 21-23, 28-31
-Dark Crisis (2022)
-Superman (2023) #5

-Supergirl behind the scenes photo
-My Adventures with Superman (The Supermanime)

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#294 – Lilith Clay

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Lilith Clay, who also goes by Omen, who as the name implies can see the future and read minds. She's used this ability to have Donna Troy break up with her boyfriend, send the Teen Titans to prevent disasters, and set up a therapy practice with Power Girl.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Teen Titans (1966) #25-52
-New Teen Titans (1984) #2-10
-Tales of the Teen Titans (1984) #49-54
-Secret Origins Annual (1987) #3
-The New Titans (1984) #56
-War of the Gods (1991)
-Teen Titans (1996)
-JLA/Titans (1998)
-Titans Secret Files & Origins (1999) #1-2
-Titans/Legion of Superheroes: Universe Ablaze (2000)
-The Titans (1999) #13-14, 25, 33, 39-50
-Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day (2003) #1
-Teen Titans (2003) #26, 29-31
-Blackest Night: Titans (2009)
-The Culling: Rise of the Ravagers (2012) reading order
-Titans Hunt (2015)
-Titans (2016)
-Teen Titans (2016) #8
-Action Comics (2016) #1051-1053
-Power Girl Special (2023) #1
-Knight Terrors: Action Comics (2023) #1-2
-World's Finest: Teen Titans (2023) #2

-Realm of X (2023) #1
-Immortal Thor (2023) #1

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#293 – Benjamin Reilly

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Ben Reilly, who is a clone of Peter Parker, which comes with a lot of responsibilities such as: being Spider-Man, dying multiple times, sacrificing yourself for the greater good, and becoming a Demon King.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #149
-Clone Saga (1994) reading order
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #608-610
-Free Comic Book Day 2016 (Captain America) (2016) #1
-Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy (2016) reading order
-Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider (2017)
-Doctor Strange: Damnation (2018)
-Spider-Geddon (2018)
-Iron Man (2020) #5-8, 11-13
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #74-93
-Death of Doctor Strange: Spider-Man (2021) #1
-Devil's Reign (2021)
-Devil's Reign: Spider-Man (2022) #1
-Ben Reilly: Spider-Man (2022)
-Dark Web (2022)
-Amazing Spider-Man Annual (2023) #1

-Marvel's Voices: X-Men (2023) #1
-Blue Beetle: Graduation Day (2022)

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#292 – Miguel O'Hara

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Miguel O'Hara, Spider-Man 2099, who got his spider-powers from a malicious lab "accident" in a "dystopian future" where corporations are in charge of the country.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Spider-Man 2099 (1992)
-2099 Unlimited (1993)
-Thor Corps (1993) #2-3
-Fall of the Hammer (2099 arc) reading order
-One Nation Under Doom (2099 arc) reading order
-Spider-Man 2099 Special (1995) #1
-Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man (1995) #1
-Captain Marvel (2000) #27-30
-Timestorm 2009/2099 (2009) #1
-Superior Spider-Man (2013) #17-19, 23, 27-32
-Spider-Man 2099 (2014)
-Spider-Verse (2014)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #1
-Spider-Man 2099 (2015)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #25, 32-36
-Spider-Man 2099 (2019)

-Knight Terrors: Robin (2023) #1
-World's Finest: Teen Titans (2023) #2

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#291 – Hobart Brown

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Hobart Brown. Two versions of him, actually! One that was the Prowler and a friend of Spider-Man, another that was an alternate universe Spider-Man affectionately named Spider-Punk!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #78-79, 87, 93
-Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (1974) #21-22, 24
-Defenders (1972) #62-64
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #47-48
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #304-305, 365
-Web of Spider-Man (1985) #50
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (1979) #9-10, 12-13
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #169-170
-Outlaw Justice storyline spans Amazing Spider-Man Annual #25, Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #11, and Web of Spider-Man Annual #7 B-stories
-Spider-Man Unlimited (1993) #14
-Sensational Spider-Man (1996) #16-18, 25-28
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #1-2, 4-5, 10, 15, 17
-Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy (2016)
-Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2019) #7-10
-King in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes (2021) #2
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #88.1, 92.1-93

-The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #10-15
-Spider-Verse (2014) #2
-Spider-Verse Team-Up (2014) #3
-Web Warriors (2015) #7-11
-Spider-Geddon (2018)
-Spider-Verse (2019) #1
-Spider-Punk (2022)
-Spider-Man (2022) #1-3, 6-7
-Spider-Verse Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #38
-Marvel's Voices: Spider-Verse (2023) #1

-Magneto (2023) #1
-The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos (2023) #1

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#290 – Shanna O'Hara

Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Shanna O'Hara, who doesn't like guns, does like leopards, and lives in the Savage Land where she got married, got plant powers, and got possessed multiple times.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Shanna the She-Devil (1972)
-Ka-Zar (1974) #1-2
-Daredevil (1964) #109-113, 117
-Ka-Zar (1981)
-X-Men Annual (1970) #12
-Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #68-77
-Namor the Sub-Mariner (1990) #16-21
-Sensational Spider-Man (1996) #13-15
-Ka-Zar (1997)
-Hercules (2005) #3, 5
-Shanna, the She-Devil (2005)
-Marvel Comics Presents (2007) #5-7
-Klaws of the Panther (2010) #1-2
-Skaar: King of the Savage Land (2011)
-Ka-Zar (2011)
-Savage Wolverine (2013) #1-5
-Empyre: Avengers (2020)
-Avengers (2018) #40-44
-Ka-Zar Lord of the Savage Land (2021)

-X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2023) #1

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#289 – Kevin Reginald Plunder

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Kevin Reginald Plunder, who changed his name to Ka-Zar when he was adopted by a Sabre Tooth Tiger in the Savage Lands, which he has now sworn to protect. Sometimes he fights heroes, sometimes he fights villains, and sometimes he goes back in time and ends up in space.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-X-Men (1963) #10
-Daredevil (1964) #12-14, 24
-Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #19
-Astonishing Tales (1970) #1-20
-Ka-Zar (1974)
-Ka-Zar (1981)
-Ka-Zar (1997)
-Marvel Comics Presents (2007) #5-7
-New Avengers (2004) #41-43
-Ka-Zar (2011)
-Avengers (2018) #12, 19-20, 50, 66
-Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda (2019)
-Empyre (2020)
-Ka-Zar Lord of the Savage Land (2021)

-Knight Terrors: Nightwing (2023) #1
-Tales of the Titans (2023) #1
-My Adventures with Superman

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#288 – Amazons Roundup

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about several Amazons that have been around enough to be important but haven't been around enough to fill a whole episode! The moral of this story is that we love warrior women.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-All-Star Comics (1941) #8
-Wonder Woman (1942) #1-8, 13, 21-33, 196, 237
-Sensation Comics (1942) #24, 29, 37, 42, 71, 76, 78
-Wonder Woman (1942) #317, 323, 329
-Wonder Woman (1986)
-Wonder Woman (1986) Annual #1, 3
-Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War (2001) #1
-Wonder Woman (2006) #15, 17, 28-44, 605-614
-Amazons Attack! (2007)
-Wonder Woman (2016) #2
-Future State: Wonder Woman (2021) #1-2, Superman/Wonder Woman #1-2, Justice League #1-2
-Wonder Girl (2021)
-Nubia & the Amazons (2021)
-DC Pride (2022)
-Nubia: Queen of the Amazons (2022)
-Trial of the Amazons (2022)
-Artemis: Wanted (2022) #1
-Dark Crisis (2022)
-DC Pride (2023)
-Lazarus Planet (2023)

-Immortal X-Men (2022) #13
-World's Finest: Teen Titans (2023) #1
-Knight Terrors: Robin (2023) #1
-Knight Terrors: The Flash (2023) #1
-Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant announcement

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#287 – Artemis of Bana-Mighdall

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Artemis of Bana-Mighdall, an Amazon warrior who has fought Wonder Woman, been Wonder Woman, died then escaped hell, and helped unite the Amazon tribes.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Wonder Woman (1986) #90-226
-Artemis: Requiem (1996)
-Genesis (1997)
-Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War (2001) #1
-Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity (2003)
-Superman/Batman (2003) #9-13
-Amazons Attack! (2007) reading order
-Wonder Woman (2006) #37-39, 606-614
-Secret Six (2008) #10-14
-Red Hood and the Outlaws (2016)
-Trinity (2016) #12-15
-Wonder Woman (2016) #52-55, 780-785
-Red Hood: Outlaw (2016) #29-50
-Generations Shattered (2021)
-Wonder Girl (2021) #2-4
-Sensational Wonder Woman (2021) #3-4
-Trial of the Amazons (2022) reading order
-Artemis: Wanted (2022)

-My Adventures with Superman episode 1
-Nimona movie

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#286 – Hippolyta, Queen of Themyscira

Tue, 04 Jul 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Hippolyta, who is Wonder Woman's mother as well as the Queen of the Amazons in Themyscira, though in a rare reversal of a comics theme she took on her daughter's mantle several times.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-All-Star Comics (1941) #8
-Wonder Woman (1942)
-Sensation Comics (1942) #26
-The New Teen Titans (1980) #11-13
-The Legend of Wonder Woman (1986)
-Wonder woman (1987)
-War of the Gods (1991)
-Genesis (1997)
-JLA (1996) #16
-JSA (1999)
-Our Worlds at War (2001)
-Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth (2001)
-JSA: Strange Adventures (2004)
-Wonder Woman (2006)
-Amazons Attack (2007)
-Blackest Night: Wonder Woman (2010)
-Wonder Woman (2011) #0-4, 27-39, 47-49
-Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman (2014) #5-6, 10, 12, 15
-Wonder Woman(2016)
-Justice League (2018) #45-74
-Trial of the Amazons (2022)
-Artemis: Wanted (2022)
-Olympus: Rebirth (2022)
-Lazarus Planet (2023)

-Nimona movie
-Knight Terrors announcement

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#285 – Nubia of Themyscira

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Nubia, an Amazon who depending on the timeline, has been Wonder Woman of the Floating Island, Diana's twin, and the Queen of the Amazons!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Wonder Woman (1942) #204-206
-Supergirl (1972) #9
-Wonder Woman (1986) #154-155
-Wonder Woman (2016) #75-76, 81-82
-Infinite Frontier (2021) #0
-Wonder Woman: Black and Gold (2021) #2, 6
-Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary Spectacular (2021) #1
-Nubia & The Amazons (2021)
-Black Manta (2021) #2-3
-Wonder Woman (2016) #750, 756-758, 780, 784-787, 797-800
-Trial of the Amazons (2022)
-Trial of the Amazons: Wonder Girl (2022)
-Nubia: Coronation Special (2022) #1
-Nubia: Queen of the Amazons (2022)
-DC Pride (2022)
-Olympus: Rebirth (2022) #1
-Nubia & The Justice League Special (2022) #1
-Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths (2022) #6-7
-DC Power: A Celebration (2023) #1
-Lazarus Planet (2023)
-DC Pride (2023) #1
-Nubia: Real One

-Marvel Voices: Pride (2023) #1
-Spider-verse Working Conditions
-Secret Invasion AI Intro

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#284 – Inhumans Royal Family Roundup

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the remaining and less-often seen members of the Inhumans Royal Family: Gorgon (powerful fighter with hooves), Karnak (extremely perceptive monk), and Triton (fish man). We also mention Lockjaw because he deserves to be counted as part of the family.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Fantastic Four (1961) #44-64
-Sub-Mariner (1968) #2-3, 18-22
-Amazing Adventures (1970)
-Inhumans (1975)
-Daredevil (1964) #272-283
-Namor the Sub-Mariner (1990) #45-47, 55-62
-Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising (1995)
-Fantastic Four (1961) #410-416
-Quicksilver (1997) #4-6
-Inhumans (1998)
-Inhumans (2000)
-Fantastic Four (1998) #51-54
-Inhumans (2003)
-Son of M (2005) #3-6
-Silent War (2007)
-Secret Invasion: Inhumans (2008)
-Secret Invasion: War of Kings (2009)
-War of Kings (2009) reading order
-Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers (2009)
-Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers: Unleashed (2010)
-Realm of Kings (2010) reading order
-The Thanos Imperative (2010)
-FF (2011) #6-9
-Infinity (2013)
-Inhumanity (2013)
-Inhuman (2014)
-Karnak (2015)
-Uncanny Inhumans (2015)
-All-New Inhumans (2015)
-IVX (2016)
-Royals (2017)
-Secret Warriors (2017)
-Inhumans: Once and Future Kings (2017)
-Lockjaw (2018)
-Death of Inhumans (2018)

-Marvel Voices: Pride (2023)
-Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse
-Tony Stark and Emma Frost wedding announcement

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#283 – Crystalia Amaquelin

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Crystalia Amaquelin, best known as simply Crystal, who is an Inhuman with elemental powers, who has been on the Fantastic Four and the Avengers, and also has some questionable taste in men.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Fantastic Four (1961) #45-105
-Avengers (1963) #110, 127, 188
-Inhumans (1975)
-Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1982) #4
-Thing (1983) #3
-Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1985) #6-12
-Fantastic Four (1961) #304-317
-Avengers (1963) #334-401
-Onslaught (1996) reading order
-Heroes Reborn (1996) reading order
-Quicksilver (1997)
-Inhumans (1998)
-Fantastic Four (1998) #51-54
-Son of M (2005)
-Silent War (2007)
-Secret Invasion: Inhumans (2008)
-War of Kings (2009)
-Realm of Kings: Inhumans (2009)
-FF (2012)
-Infinity (2013)
-Inhumanity (2013)
-All-New Inhumans (2015)
-Death of X (2016)
-IVX (2016)
-Royals (2017)
-Inhumans: Once and Future Kings (2017)
-Death of Inhumans (2018)

-DC Pride (2023) #1
-Danger and Other Unknown Risks
-Marvel Voices: Pride (2023) #1
-new Birds of Prey lineup

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#282 – Medusalith Amaquelin

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Medusalith Amaquelin, best known as Medusa, who is an Inhuman with prehensile hair who was a villain for a bit, a hero for a bit, but mostly the Queen of the Inhumans.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Fantastic Four (1961) #36-62
-Amazing Adventures (1970
-Fantastic Four (1961) #129-159
-Inhumans (1975)
-Atlantis Rising (1995)
-Fantastic Four (1961) #411-416
-Inhumans (1998)
-Inhumans (2000)
-Fantastic Four (1998) #51-54
-Inhumans (2003)
-Beyond! (2006)
-Silent War (2007)
-Secret Invasion: Inhumans (2008)
-War of Kings (2009) reading order
-Realm of Kings: Inhumans (2009)
-The Thanos Imperative (2010)
-Avengers (2010) #9-12
-FF (2011) #5-9
-Fantastic Four (1998) #600-603
-FF (2012)
-Infinity (2013)
-Inhumanity (2013)
-Inhuman (2014)
-Avengers & X-Men: Axis (2014)
-Uncanny Inhumans (2015)
-All-New Inhumans (2015)
-A-Force (2016)
-Death of X (2016)
-IVX (2016)
-Inhumans Prime (2017) #1
-Royals (2017)
-Inhumans: Once and Future Kings (2017)
-Inhumans: Judgement Day (2018)
-Death of Inhumans (2018)

-DC Pride (2023) #1
-Power Girl Special (2023) #1
-My Adventures with Superman trailer
-Kelly Thompson Birds of Prey announcement
-Nimona teaser trailer

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#281 – Blackagar Boltagon

Tue, 30 May 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the Inhumans and their king Blackagar Boltagon, who mostly goes by Black Bolt. Boy howdy are the Inhumans a... society....

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Fantastic Four (1961) #45-62
-Thor (1966) #148 (backup story)
-Sub-Mariner (1968) #2
-Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #15
-Fantastic Four (1961) #82-83
-Amazing Adventures (1970) 1-10
-Avengers (1963) #95
-Fantastic Four (1961) #129-132
-Inhumans (1975)
-Atlantis Rising (1995)
-Fantastic Four (1961) #411-416
-Inhumans (1998)
-Inhumans (2000)
-Fantastic Four (1998) #51-54
-Inhumans (2003)
-New Avengers (2004) #7-10
-New Avengers: Illuminati (2006)
-Silent War (2007)
-Secret Invasion: Inhumans (2008)
-War of Kings (2009) reading order
-FF (2011) #5-9
-Fantastic Four (1998) #600-603
-New Avengers (2013)
-Infinity (2013)
-Inhumanity (2013)
-Inhuman (2014)
-Avengers (2012) #40-44
-Uncanny Inhumans (2015)
-Inhumans vs X-Men (2016)
-Black Bolt (2017)
-Inhumans: Once and Future Kings (2017)
-Death of Inhumans (2018)
-Darkhold (2021)

-Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) vol 1

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#280 – Jakeem Williams

Tue, 23 May 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Jakeem Williams, also known as JJ Thunder or Jakeem Thunder, who inherited the Thunderbolt genie in the form of a pen, and made friends with it.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Flash (1987) #134
-JLA (1996) #26-31
-JSA (1999) #19-87
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #6-7
-JSA: Classified (2005) #6, 8, 28
-52 (2006) #49-51
-Justice Society of America (2007)
-Blackest Night: JSA (2009) #3
-Doomsday Clock (2017) #12
-Teen Titans (2016) #39-41
-Teen Titans Academy (2021) #1-2, 4
-Justice Society of America (2022) #3

-Death of Kamala Khan
-Speed kills: How Titans continues Wally West’s string of tragedies

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#279 – John Thunder

Tue, 16 May 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Johnny Thunder, who was kidnapped as a child and as a result has control over the genie Thunderbolt. He ends up wishing himself onto the Justice Society, adopting some kids, sacrificing himself, and merging with the genie to create a single guy.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-All-Star Comics (1941)
-Justice League of America (1960) #29 (Occasional)
-Adventure Comics (1938) #416
-All-Star Squadron (1981)
-Infinity Inc. (1984) #1, 21-22, 25, 30, 34-35, 39, 48, 50
-America Vs. the Justice Society (1985)
-Justice Society of America (1992) #1-10
-JSA (1999) #29-82 (intermittent)
-DC Universe: Rebirth (2016) #1
-The Flash (2016) #21
-Doomsday Clock (2017)
-Justice Society of America (2022)

-Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story
-Bunt!
-DC introduces Wonder Woman's daughter

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#278 – Anissa & Jennifer Pierce

Tue, 09 May 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Anissa and Jennifer Pierce, also known as Thunder and Lightning, the two retconned-in daughters of Black Lightning who, despite their matching names, don't really team up very often.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Outsiders (2003)
-Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files (2003) #1
-Justice Society of America (2006) #12
-Checkmate (2006) #13-15
-Outsiders: Five of a Kind - Thunder/Martian Manhunter (2007)
-Batman and the Outsiders (2007)
-Final Crisis: Submit (2008) #1
-Black Lightning: Year One (2009)
-Blackest Night: JSA (2009)
-Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands (2017)
-The Other History of the DC Universe (2021)
-DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration (2021)
-DC Power: A Celebration (2023)

-Batman: Failsafe
-Green Arrow (2023) #1
-Spitball comics

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#277 – Jefferson Pierce

Tue, 02 May 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Jefferson Pierce, also known as Black Lightning, who teaches children by day, and fights crime with electricity powers by night, and sometimes he's on the Outsiders, and these all seem like full-time jobs to us.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Black Lightning (1977)
-Detective Comics (1937) #490-491, 494-495
-World's Finest Comics (1941) #256-261
-Justice League of America (1960) #173
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #16
-Batman and the Outsiders (1983)
-The Outsiders (1985)
-Adventures of the Outsiders (1986) #33-45
-Black Lightning (1995)
-Superman (1986) #166
-Green Arrow (2001) #52-59
-Justice League of America (2006)
-Amazons Attack (2007)
-Final Crisis (2008) reading order
-Trinity (2008)
-The Outsiders (2009) #15-39
-Black Lightning: Year One (2009)
-DC Universe Presents (2011) #13-16
-Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders (2015) #1-2
-Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands (2017)
-Detective Comics (2016) #983-987
-Batman and the Outsiders (2019)
-The Other History of the DC Universe (2020) #1
-Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #1-3, 8-9, 18-19
-Black Lightning tv show

-DC'S Harley Quinn Romances (2023) #1
-Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville announcement

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#276 – Arnus & Raquel Ervin

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about an alien man named Arnus who was turned into a baby and raised on Earth as Augustus Freeman, and a human woman named Raquel Ervin who saw his powers and convinced him to become the superhero called Icon, with her as his sidekick Rocket.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Icon (1993)
-Steel (1994) #7
-Superboy (1993) #7
-Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #36
-(Worlds Collide (1994) reading order)
-Justice League of America (2006) #27-28, 30, 33-34
-Milestone Forever (2010) #1-2
-Static Shock Special (2011) #1
-Milestone Returns (2021)
-Icon & Rocket: Season One (2021)
-Blood Syndicate (2022) #1, 3, 5-6
-Icon Vs. Hardware (2023)
-Milestone 30th Anniversary Special (2023) #1
-Young Justice (cartoon)

-Superboy: The Man of Tomorrow (2023) #1
-The Flash (2016) #797
-Nightwing (2016) #103
-2023 Hellfire Gala variant covers
-Magneto (2023) announcement

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#275 – Beatriz da Costa

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Beatriz da Costa, best known as Fire, who has been a model, a spy, a Global Guardian, a Justice League Member, and a member of Checkmate, all while pretty much sticking to a whole green aesthetic.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Super Friends (1976) #25
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #46
-Justice League International (1987) reading order
-Invasion! (1989) reading order
-Death of Superman (1992) reading order
-Showcase '93 #8
-Showcase '96 #7
-Formerly Known as the Justice League (2003)
-I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League (2004)
-Checkmate (2006) vol 1
-Blackest Night (2009) reading order
-Justice League: Generation Lost (2010)
-Justice League International (2011)
-Convergence: Justice League International (2015)
-The Human Target (2021)
-DC's Harley Quinn Romances (2023) #1

-Astonishing Iceman announcement
-Dark X-Men announcement
-Uncanny Spider-Man announcement

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#274 – Tora Olafsdotter

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Tora Olafsdotter, who goes simply by Ice and is probably best known for being on the Justice League International.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Justice League International (1987) reading order
-Invasion! (1989) reading order
-Armageddon 2001 (1991) reading order
-Eclipso: The Darkness Within (1992) reading order
-Death of Superman (1992) reading order
-Showcase '93 #8
-Guy Gardner: Warrior (1992) #17-20
-Showcase '96 #7
-JLA Classified (2004) #6-7
-Birds of Prey (1999) #104-108
-Checkmate (2006) #16
-Green Lantern Corps (2006) #19-20, 28-29, 45-46
-Booster Gold (2007) #8-10
-Blackest Night (2009) reading order
-Justice League: Generation Lost (2010)
-Justice League International (2011)
-Red Lanterns (2011) #27-28, 35
-Convergence: Justice League International (2015)
-The Human Target (2021)
-Dark Crisis of Infinite Earths (2022) #5-6
-DC's Harley Quinn Romances (2023) #1

-Public Domain (2022) vol. 1

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#273 – Gamora

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Gamora, who was adopted by Thanos to be an assassin, decided she didn't like his overarching plan, and eventually joined the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Strange Tales (1951) #180-181
-Warlock (1972) #9-11
-Avengers Annual (1967) #7
-Marvel Two-in-One Annual (1976) #2
-Silver Surfer (1987) #46-48
-Infinity Gauntlet (1991) #1
-Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #36
-Warlock and the Infinity Watch (1992
-Infinity War (1992) reading order
-Silver Surfer/Warlock: Resurrection (1993)
-Infinity Crusade (1993)
-Warlock Chronicles (1993) #6-8
-Warlock (1998)
-Infinity Abyss (2002)
-Annihilation (2006) reading order
-Nova (2007) #4-12
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2008
-The Thanos Imperative (2010)
-Avengers Assemble (2012) #4-8
-Nova (2013) #1-3
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2013)
-All-New X-Men (2012) #22-24
-Original Sin (2014)
-All-New X-Men (2012) #38-39
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)
-Contest of Champions (2015)
-Gamora (2016)
-All-New Guardians of the Galaxy (2017)
-Infinity Countdown (2018) reading order
-Infinity Wars (2018) reading order
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2019)
-Thanos (2019)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2020)

-Secret Invasion trailer
-Blue Beetle trailer
-Waller Vs. Wildstorm (2022) #1

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#272 – Drax the Destroyer

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Drax the Destroyer, who technically was a guy named Arthur Douglas until he died and his soul was put into a new body with no memories and only the need to destroy Thanos.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Iron Man (1968) #55
-Captain Marvel (1968) #27-34, 41-44, 58-62
-Marvel Spotlight (1979) #1-2
-Thor (1966) #314
-Avengers (1963) #219-220
-Silver Surfer (1987) #35-52 (intermittent)
-Infinity Gauntlet (1991)
-Warlock and the Infinity Watch (1992)
-Infinity War (1992)
-Silver Surfer/Warlock: Resurrection (1993)
-Infinity Crusade (1993)
-Secret Defenders (1993) #22-25
-Warlock (1998)
-Captain Marvel (2000) #3-7, 12-16
-Drax the Destroyer (2005)
-Annihilation (2006)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)
-The Thanos Imperative (2010)
-Avengers Assemble (2012) #4-8
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2013)
-All-New X-Men (2012) #22-24
-Guardians Team-Up (2015)
-Guardians of Knowhere (2015)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)
-Drax (2015)
-Guardians of Infinity (2015)
-All-New Guardians of the Galaxy (2017)
-Infinity Wars (2018)

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#271 – Mantis

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Mantis, who is (was?) a human martial artist who has some psychic powers, joined the avengers, married a tree, had a prophesized baby, joined the guardians of the galaxy, and has generally been very badass in space.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Avengers (1963) #112
-Captain Marvel (1968) #31-33
-Giant-Size Avengers (1974)
-Silver Surfer (1987) #3-9
-West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #3
-West Coast Avengers (1985) #37-39
-Fantastic Four (1961) #323-325
-Avengers: Celestial Quest (2001)
-Annihilation: Conquest (2007)
-Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord (2007)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)
-The Thanos Imperative (2010)
-Empyre (2020)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2020) #15-18
-Marvel's Voices: Identity (2022) #1

-Dawn of DC announcements
-Hellfire Gala 2023 preview
-Hellfire Gala hosted at SDCC2023
-Marvel Voices Pride 2023 announcement

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#270 – Peter Quill

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Peter Quill, best known as Star-Lord, who runs around space usually with cool weapons, a sentient ship, and the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Marvel Preview (1975) #4, 11, 14-15, 18
-Marvel Comics Super Special (1977) #10
-Marvel Spotlight (1979) #6-7
-Marvel Premiere (1972) #61
-Starlord (1996)
-Thanos (2003) #8-12
-Annihilation (2006)
-Annihilation: Conquest (2007)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)
-The Thanos Imperative (2010)
-Avengers Assemble (2012) #4-8
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2013)
-All-New X-Men (2012) #22-24
-Legendary Star-Lord (2014)
-Guardians Team-Up (2015)
-Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex (2015)
-Secret Wars (2015)
-Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde (2015)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)
-Star-Lord (2015)
-Star-Lord (2016)
-All-New Guardians of the Galaxy (2017)
-Guardians of the Galaxy: Mother Entropy (2017)
-Infinity Wars (2018)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2019)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2020)

-The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour
-New Avengers (2015)
-Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent (2023) #1
-New Mutants Lethal Legion (2023) #1
-Action Comics (2016) #1051
-Barda by Ngozi Ukazu announcement
-DC Pride 2023 announcement

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#269 – Groot

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Groot, who is a tree alien who typically can only pronounce a sound transcribed as I Am Groot, he's part of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and he's died and come back several times thanks to Rocket Raccoon's gardening skills.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Tales to Astonish (1959) #13
-Incredible Hulk Annual (1976) #5
-Nick Fury's Howling Commandos (2005)
-Annihilation: Conquest (2007)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)
-The Thanos Imperative (2010)
-Annihilators (2010) & Annihilators: Earthfall (2011)
-Avengers Assemble (2012) #4-8
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2013)
-All-New X-Men (2012) #23
-Rocket Raccoon (2014)
-Groot (2015)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)
-Guardians of Infinity (2015)
-Secret Wars (2015) #8
-Rocket Raccoon & Groot (2016)
-All-New Guardians of the Galaxy (2017)
-I Am Groot (2017)
-Infinity Wars (2018)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2019)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2020)

-New Avengers (2015)

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#268 – Rocket Raccoon

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Rocket Raccoon, who was a regular raccoon until some experiments gave him sentience and a job, and then he forgot about his job, gained many guns, a criminal reputation, a friend who is a tree, and a space-faring team.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Marvel Preview (1975) #7
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #271
-Rocket Raccoon (1985)
-Quasar (1989) #15
-Sensational She-Hulk (1989) #44-46
-Annihilation: Conquest (2007)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)
-The Thanos Imperative (2010)
-Annihilators (2010) & Annihilators: Earthfall (2011)
-Avengers Assemble (2012) #4-8
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2013)
-Rocket Raccoon (2014)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)
-Rocket Raccoon & Groot (2016)
-Rocket Raccoon (2016)
-All-New Guardians of the Galaxy (2017)
-Infinity Wars (2018)
-Avengers No Road Home (2019)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2019)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2020)

-New Mutants by Zeb Wells
-New Avengers (2015)

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#267 – Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen, best known as Cloak and Dagger, two teen runaways who were linked together by friendship, trauma, and the superpowers brought on by terrible experiments.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #64
-Cloak and Dagger (1983)
-Cloak and Dagger (1985)
-Power Pack (1984) #7
-New Mutants (1983) #23
-Strange Tales (1987)
-The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger (1988)
-Marvel Knights (2000)
-Runaways (2003) #11
-Runaways (2005) #9
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #514
-Cloak and Dagger (2010) #1
-Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger (2011)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2017) #6
-Cloak and Dagger: Marvel Digital Original - Shades of Gray (2018)
-Cloak and Dagger: Marvel Digital Original - Negative Exposure (2018)

-Lazarus Planet spinoff titles: Spirit World, The Vigil, City Boy & Circuit Breaker

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#266 – Jennifer-Lynn Hayden

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Jennifer-Lynn Hayden, who has many nicknames but is most often called her superhero name Jade. Using her inherited Green Lantern powers, she's been part of Infinity, Inc., the JSA, the Outsiders, and the Justice League.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #25-27
-Infinity, Inc. (1984)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
-Millennium (1988)
-Eclipso (1992) #16-18
-Green Lantern (1990) #86-177 (intermittent)
-JSA (1999) #7-9, 50-54
-Outsiders (2003)
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #2-4
-Green Lantern Corps (2006) #39-42
-Blackest Night (2009) #1-2, 8
-Brightest Day (2010)
-Justice League of America (2006) #44-60
-Justice Society of America (2006) #41-42
-Convergence: Infinity Inc (2015)
-Doomsday Clock (2018) #12
-Infinite Frontier (2021)
-Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths (2022)

-New Mutants (2009) by Zeb Wells
-Guardians of the Galaxy 3 trailer
-The Flash trailer

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#265 – Todd Rice

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Todd Rice, best known as Obsidian, who after discovering he had a twin who ALSO had super powers, became a member of Infinity, Inc.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #25-27
-Infinity, Inc. (1984)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
-Millennium (1988)
-JSA (1999) #7-9
-JSA (1999) #46-54
-Manhunter (2004) #18-20
-Justice League of America (2006) #43-48; 56-59
-Justice Society of America (2007)
-Brightest Day (2010) #7
-Convergence: Infinity Inc (2015)
-DC Pride (2021)
-Infinite Frontier (2021)
-Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths (2022)

-James Gunn's DCEU slate announcement

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#264 – Artemis Crock

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Artemis Crock, who initially was a villain who simply went by Artemis, before she decided to take up her mom's moniker of Tigress.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Infinity, Inc. (1984) #34-36; 51-53
-Young Justice (1998) #23-25
-JSA (1999) #10; #16-17
-Hawkman (2002) #1-4
-JSA: Classified (2005) #5-7
-JSA All-Stars (2010)
-Young Justice cartoon
-Teen Titans Annual (2012) #1
-Robin (2021)

-Thunderbolts (2022)

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#263 – Albert Rothstein

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Albert Rothstein, a very tall boy who can get even taller, who used to go by Nuklon (on account of the radiation) but later called himself Atom Smasher (on account of... smashing? atoms?)

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #25
-Infinity, Inc. (1984)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) reading order
-Millennium (1987) reading order
-Kingdom Come (1996)
-JSA (1999)
-52 (2006)
-Black Adam: The Dark Age (2007) #5
-The Justice Society of America (2007)
-JSA All-Stars (2009)
-Blackest Night: JSA (2009)
-Doomsday Clock (2017) #12)

-Nightwing (2016) #100
-Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths (2022) #7
-Legion of X (2022) #9

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#262 – Wildcat Roundup

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about several characters who have gone by Wildcat: Ted Grant, Tom Bronson, and Yolanda Montez.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Sensation Comics (1942)
-All-Star Comics (1941) #71
-Infinity Inc. (1984) #12
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) reading order
-Millennium (1987) reading order
-Catwoman (1988)
-Eclipso (1992)
-Batman/Wildcat (1997)
-JSA Returns (1999)
-JSA (1999)
-JSA: Classified (2005)
-Birds of Prey (1998) #81
-Justice Society of America (2006)
-52 (2006) #23
-JSA: All-Stars (2009)
-Blackest Night: JSA (2009)
-Catwoman/Tweety and Sylvester Special (2017) #1
-Doomsday Clock (2017)
-DC's Crimes of Passion (2020) #1
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #2
-Infinite Frontier (2021)
-Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths (2022)

-Karma gets a new name

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#261 – Betsy Braddock*

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Betsy Braddock, who has been both Psylocke and Captain Britain. We also talk about Kwannon because, well, how could we not.

Note: Around the 30 minute mark Briar's microphone started having some... issues. Sorry.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Captain Britain (1976) #8
-Captain Britain (1985)
-New Mutants Annual (1984) #2
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #213
-X-Men (1991)
-Excalibur (1988) #55 -56
-X-Men Annual (1991) #2
-X-Treme X-Men (2001) #2
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #455
-New Excalibur (2005)
-Exiles (2001) #90
-New Exiles (2008)
-X-Men: Sword of the Braddocks (2009)
-Psylocke (2009)
-X-Men: Second Coming (2010)
-Uncanny X-Force (2010)
-Uncanny X-Force (2013)
-X-Men (2013)
-X-Force (2014)
-Uncanny X-Men (2016)
-Astonishing X-Men (2017)
-Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery in Madripoor (2018)
-Uncanny X-Men (2018)
-Excalibur (2019)
-Fallen Angels (2019)
-X of Swords (2020)
-Knights of X (2022)

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#260 – Warren Worthington III

Tue, 03 Jan 2023 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Warren Worthington III, also known as Angel (and several variations thereof). He's one of the original X-Men and also a very rich white man with wings.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-X-Men (1963)
-Champions (1975)
-X-Factor (1986)
-X-Men (1991) #29
-Archangel (1996)
-X-Men: The Hidden Years (1999)
-Hulk (1999) #106-107
-Angel: Revelations (2008)
-X-Force (2008) #3-7
-X-Men: Second Coming (2010)
-Uncanny X-Force (2010)
-All-New X-Men (2012)
-All-New X-Men (2015)
-Uncanny X-Men (2016)
-Astonishing X-Men (2017) #1-7
-House of X (2019)
-X-Corp (2021)

-Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (2019)

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#259 – David Haller

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about David Haller, also known as Legion, who is a very powerful psychic with what would currently be diagnosed as Dissociative Identity Disorder, but since he's a comics character created in the 1980's it's... not handled great.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-New Mutants (1983) #25-28, 44
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #278-280
-X-Factor (1986) #69-70
-X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (1995)
-New Mutants (2009)
-X-Men Legacy (2008) #244-253
-X-Men Legacy (2012)
-Legion (2018)
-Age of X-Man (2018)
-Way of X (2021)
-Legion of X (2022)
-Legion on Hulu

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#258 – Charles Xavier

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Charles Xavier, also known as Professor X, the most-often leader of the X-Men and a man with... questionable ethics.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-X-Men (1963)
-Giant-Size X-Men (1975) #1
-Bizarre Adventures (1981) #27
-The New Mutants Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
-New Mutants (1983)
-X-Men: Spotlight on Starjammers (1990)
-X-Men (1991)
-X-Treme X-Men (2001)
-New X-Men (2001) #114
-Astonishing X-Men (2004)
-Excalibur (2004) #14
-X-Men: Deadly Genesis (2005)
-House of M (2005)
-X-Men Legacy (2008) #208
-Origins of Marvel Comics: X-Men (2010) #1
-Avengers Vs. X-Men (2012) #11
-Uncanny Avengers (2012)
-Astonishing X-Men (2017)
-House of X/Powers of X (2019)
-X-Force (2019) #1

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#257 – Herbert Edgar Wyndham

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Herbert Edgar Wyndham, best known as the High Evolutionary, a guy whose whole thing is just ethics violations and making animals and people """more evolved""" while wearing a silver exoskeleton.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Thor (1966) #134-135
-Tales to Astonish (1959) #94-96
-Marvel Premiere (1972) #1-2
-Warlock (1972)
-Fantastic Four (1961) #172-175
-Avengers (1963) #186
-Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #61-63
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #266
-Evolutionary War (1988) reading order
-Thor (1966) #406-408; 419-425
-Siege of Wundagore (1998) reading order
-Silver Surfer (2010)
-Uncanny Avengers (2015) #1-5
-Avengers (2016) #672-674
-Champions (2016) #12-15
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #16

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#256 – Michael Moran

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Michael Moran, who has a bit of a convoluted publishing history, but is recently back in the saddle as Miracleman.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Marvelman (1954) Mick Anglo
-Marvelman's Family Finest (2010 collection)
-Young Marvelman Classic (2011 collection)
-Miracleman (2014 reprint) Alan Moore
-All-New Miracleman Annual (2014) #1
-Miracleman (2015 reprint) Neil Gaiman
-Timeless (2021) #1
-Miracleman (2022) #0
-Miracleman (2022)

-Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3 trailer
-Dead Boy Detectives tv show announcement
-Blue Beetle poster

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#255 – Boston Brand

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Boston Brand, best known as Deadman, who was an acrobat but then he died and became a ghost who helps to fight crime by possessing people.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Deadman Collection (1960's-1980's)
-Deadman (1985)
-Deadman (1986)
-Deadman: Love After Death (1989)
-Deadman: Exorcism (1992)
-Deadman (2001)
-Deadman: Dead Again (2001)
-Deadman (2006)
-Blackest Night (2009) & Brightest Day (2010) reading orders
-Justice League Dark (2011)
-Secret Origins (2014) #6
-Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love (2016)
-Trinity (2016) #12-15
-Deadman (2017)
-Justice League Dark (2018)

-Red Hood: Outlaws ep. 18 Opposite Day

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#254 – Madame Xanadu

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Madame Xanadu, who has also been known as Nimue Inwudu. She's a psychic and a magic user who frequently helps people solve supernatural problems.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Doorway to Nightmare (1978)
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #65
-The Spectre (1987)
-Suicide Squad (1987) #8
-Hellblazer (1988): The Devil You Know (contains Annual #1)
-The War of the Gods (1991)
-The Spectre (1992)
-Day of Vengeance (2005)
-Countdown (2007) #50
-Madame Xanadu (2008)
-Demon Knights (2011)
-Justice League Dark (2011)
-I, Vampire (2011) #6-8
-Trinity War (2013) reading order
-The Demon: Hell is Earth (2017)
-Justice League Dark (2018)
-Hawkman (2018) #9-12
-Justice League (2018) #40-43, 72-74

-Sabretooth (2022)

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#253 – Vic Sage

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Vic Sage, best known as The Question, a guy who covers his face with fake skin who has followed wildly differing philosophies over his iterations, but over all of them he does a lot of violence.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Watchmen (1986)
-Blue Beetle (1986) #5-7
-The Question (1986)
-L.A.W. Living Assault Weapons (1999)
-Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood (2000)
-The Question (2005)
-52 (2006)
-Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns (2010)
-Justice League: Trinity War (2013)
-New Suicide Squad (2014)
-Convergence: The Question (2015)
-The Question: Deaths of Vic Sage (2019)
-Lois Lane (2019) #3-4
-Event Leviathan (2019)
-Checkmate (2021)

-Constantine: Distorted Illusions
-The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special (2022) #1
-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #17 textless cover
-Fantastic Four (2022) #1
-Adversary by Blue Delliquanti Print, Digital
-How to Break a Curse by Mapurl Kumoricon (currently unavailable)

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#252 – The Spectre

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about The Spectre, who, despite starting as the ghost of Jim Corrigan, has been several different human men possessed by the spirit of (the christian god's) holy vengeance, as well as a pretty literal deus ex machina.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Golden Age Spectre Archives vol. 1
-Showcase Presents: The Spectre
-All-Star Comics Archives Collections
-The Spectre (1967)
-Wrath of the Spectre (1974)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) reading order
-The Spectre (1987)
-The Spectre (1992)
-Zero Hour (1994) reading order
-Day of Judgment (1999) reading order
-Legends of the DC Universe (1997) #33-36
-Day of Vengeance (2005)
-Gotham Central (2002) #38
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #4
-Infinite Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre (2006)
-Tales of the Unexpected (2006)
-Final Crisis: Revelations (2008)
-Blackest Night (2009) reading order
-Brightest Day (2010) reading order
-Justice League of America (2006) #54-59
-The Phantom Stranger (2012) #0, #5
-Gotham by Midnight (2014)
-Detective Comics (2016) #1007

-Star Trek: Lower Decks (2022)
-Fantastic Four (2022) #1
-Secret Invasion (2022) #1

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#251 – The Phantom Stranger

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about The Phantom Stranger, who has many possible identities and backstories, but he's been cursed, somehow, to walk the Earth and cryptically help solve problems without getting fully involved.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Phantom Stranger Omnibus
-The Phantom Stranger (1969)
-Justice League of America (1960) #103
-The Brave and the Bold (1955) #89
-Secret Origins (1986) #10
-The Phantom Stranger (1987)
-The Books of Magic (1990)
-Vertigo Visions: The Phantom Stranger (1993) #1
-Day of Vengeance (2005)
-Blackest Night (2010): Phantom Stranger
-The Phantom Stranger (2012)
-Wonder Woman (2016) #758
-Swamp Thing (2019 TV Show)

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#250 – Bizarro

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Bizarro, who is usually a failed clone of Superman who always says and does the opposite of what he means. He's made his own Bizarro World, been a nuisance to multiple heroes, and joined Red Hood's Outlaws.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Superman in the Fifties (Includes Action Comics (1938) #254-255)
-Showcase Presents: Superman vol. 2 (Includes Action Comics (1938) #263-264 and Superman (1939) #140)
-Superman: Tales of Bizarro World (Adventure Comics (1938) #285-299 features)
-Superman (1939) #305-306
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #97
-Superman (1986) #88
-Superman: Emperor Joker
-Superman: Escape from Bizarro World
-Forever Evil (2013)
-Red Hood and the Outlaws (2016)

-DC's Terrors Through Time (2022) #1
-Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania trailer

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#249 – Starro

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Starro, a big starfish-shaped creature from outer space who keeps trying to take over Earth.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Brave and the Bold (1955) #28
-Justice League of America (1960) #189-190
-JLA (1996) #22-23 -Teen Titans (2003) #51-54
-Booster Gold (2007) #14-15
-R.E.B.E.L.S. (2009)
-Justice League: No Justice (2018)
-Justice League (2018) #10
-Justice League (2018) #29

-Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
-Werewolf by Night on Disney+

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#248 – Quentin Beck

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Quentin Beck, best known as Mysterio, who is a guy with a lot of skills that make him very good at gaslighting Spider-Man, and Daredevil that one time.

-Red Hood: Outlaws webtoon
-Batman: Wayne Family Adventures webtoon
-Battle of the Super-Sons clip

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#247 – Eclipso

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Eclipso, who has gone from a scientist who accidentally became evil for a bit, to a manifestation of the Wrath of Christian God, to a powerful being from Gem World. He possesses people with black diamonds and anger.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-House of Secrets (1956) #61-80
-Eclipso: The Darkness Within (1992) reading order
-Eclipso (1992)
-Spectre (1992) #14-18
-JSA (1999) #46-52, 56-58, 73-75
-Action Comics (1938) #826, Adventures of Superman (1987) #639, Superman (1986) #216
-Day of Vengeance (2005)
-52 (2006) #27
-Blue Beetle (2006) #16
-Countdown to Mystery (2007)
-Brightest Day (2010) #7
-Justice League of America (2006) #54-59
-Team 7 (2012) #1-4
-Sword of Sorcery (2012) #6-9
-Justice League Dark (2011) #23.2
-Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (2016) #4-6
-Justice League Dark (2018) #15-19
-The Flash (2016) #775-779

-Black Panther, Wakanda Forever trailer

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#246 – Abigail Brand

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Abigail Brand, the morally-grey half-unknown alien-half-human mutant pyrokinetic commander of S.W.O.R.D. who is truly a woman of many mysteries.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Astonishing X-Men (2004)
-Secret Invasion (2008)
-Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? (2008) #1
-S.W.O.R.D. (2009)
-Spider-Woman (2009) #1
-Uncanny X-Men (2011) #1
-Avengers vs X-Men: Consequences (2012) #4
-X-Men: Legacy (2012) #19-#24
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2015) #8
-Captain Marvel (2016)
-The Mighty Captain Marvel (2017)
-Captain Marvel (2019) #10
-X-Force (2019) #11
-Empyre: Aftermath Avengers (2020) #1
-S.W.O.R.D. (2020)

-New Mutants (2019) #30
-Cable (2020)
-Dead Boy Detectives (2014)
-ShortBox Comics Fair

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#245 – The Bloodstone Family

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the Bloodstone family, started by Ulysses Bloodstone who was an immortal monster hunter until he died and was succeeded by his daughter Elsa, who found her lost brother Cullen in another dimension, and then they discovered their sister Lyra!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Marvel Presents (1975) #1-#2
-Bloodstone (2001)
-Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone & the Monster Hunters (2005)
-Nextwave (2006)
-Astonishing Tales: Boom Boom & Elsa Bloodstone (2009) #1
-Legion of Monsters (2011)
-Avengers Arena (2012)
-Avengers Undercover (2014)
-Marvel Zombies (2015)
-Monsters Unleashed! (2017)
-Doctor Strange: Damnation (2018)
-Excalibur (2019) #8
-Death of Doctor Strange: Bloodstone (2022) #1

-Batman vs. Robin (2022) #1
-Tales of the Human Target (2022) #1
-Dark Knights of Steel: Tales from the Three Kingdoms (2022) #1
-Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

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#244 – Theodore Sallis

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Ted Sallis, most commonly known as Man-Thing, who accidentally super soldier serum-ed himself into becoming a magic swamp creature.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Song for Ted Sallis by The Mountain Goats
-Savage Tales (1971) #1
-Adventure into Fear (1970) #10
-Man-Thing (1974)
-Giant-Size Man-Thing (1974)
-Man-Thing (1979)
-Infernal Man Thing (2012)
-Man-Thing (2017)
-R.L. Stine Man-Thing (2017) panels
-Curse of the Man-Thing (2021)
-Briar's diagram on Discord

-Batman (2016) #127
-Cable (2020)
-Everything Marvel announced at D23 (2022)

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#243 – Rac Shade

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Rac Shade, a guy who originally came to Earth to clear his name in his own dimension but was turned into a poet tasked with astral projecting to Earth to discover a cure to a problem on his own plant.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Steve Ditko Omnibus starring Shade the Changing Man
-Suicide Squad (1987) #16
-Shade the Changing Man (1990)
-Hellblazer (1988) #268
-Flashpoint (2011)/Flashpoint: Secret Seven (2011)
-Justice League Dark (2011)
-Shade the Changing Girl (2016)
-Shade the Changing Woman (2018)

-Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) #4

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#242 – Perry White

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Perry White, who is (and has been for a while) the Editor of the Metropolis newspaper The Daily Planet, and also Clark Kent's boss.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Adventures of Superman (1940) Episode 2 radio show
-Superman (1939) #7
-World's Finest Comics (1941) #80
-Superman (1939) #233
-The Man of Steel (1986)
-World of Metropolis (1988) #1
-Adventures of Superman (1987) #470
-Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #38
-Superman (1986) #131
-Bruce just thinks running a newspaper would be fun!
-Perry is too good a journalist...
-Superman: Birthright (2003) #4
-Final Crisis (2008) #2
-Superman: Secret Origin (2009) #3
-Superman (2011) #1
-Doomsday Clock (2017) #5
-Clark reveals his identity to Perry
-Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen's Boss Perry White (2022) #1

-Red Hood: Outlaws
-Waller vs. Wildstorm announcement

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#241 – Firestorm Roundup

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about all the people and combinations of people that have made up the nuclear powered (but fire-themed) superhero Firestorm, but mostly Ronnie Raymond, Martin Stein, and Jason Rusch.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (1978)
-The Fury of Firestorm (1982)
-JLA (1996) #69
-Identity Crisis (2004)
-Firestorm (2004)
-Infinite Crisis (2005)
-52 (2006)
-Justice League of America (2006) #32
-Blackest Night (2010)
-Brightest Day (2011)
-The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men (2011)
-Legends of Tomorrow Anthology (2016)
-Doomsday Clock (2017)

-X of Swords
-She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

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#240 – Red Tornado

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the Red Tornado, who is an android who has 1) had the memories of Ma Hunkel the golden age Red Tornado, 2) been possessed by the spirit of a sentient tornado from Rann, 3) been transformed, briefly, into a human man.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Justice League of America (1960) #64
-Red Tornado (1985)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths reading order
-Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (1982) #90-93
-Young Justice (1998)
-52 (2006)
-Justice League of America (2006)
-Red Tornado (2009)
-Dark Nights: Metal (2017)
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020)
-Young Justice cartoon
-specific Supergirl image (but honestly it doesn't look As Bad in motion)

-The Hunt on webtoon
-Avialae on webtoon
-Batman (2016) #126
-Detective Comics #1062
-Love Everlasting #1
-Dark Crisis: Young Justice (2022) #2

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#239 – Alec Holland

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Alec Holland, who was Swamp Thing for a long time, and a few other Swamp Things including his daughter, who is kind of his wife and John Constantine's daughter? Things get weird when you're made of plants.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Swamp Thing (1982 film)
-The Return of Swamp Thing (1989 film)
-Swamp Thing (2019 series trailer)
-House of Secrets (1956) #92
-Swamp Thing (1972)
-Challengers of the Unknown (1958) #82-87
-Swamp Thing (1982)
-Swamp Thing (2000)
-Swamp Thing (2004)
-Brightest Day (2010) #23-24
-Swamp Thing (2011)
-Convergence: Swamp Thing (2015)
-Swamp Thing (2016)
-Swamp Thing: New Roots (2020)
-Swamp Thing: Green Hell (2021) #1
-The Swamp Thing (2021)

-Batman (1989 film)
-New Mutants (2019)
-Inferno (2021)
-Betsy Braddock/Rachel Summers kiss
-The Sandman (2022 tv series)

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#238 – Bernhard "Buddy" Baker

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Bernhard "Buddy" Baker, best known as Animal Man, who is a wife guy, an animal lover, and sometimes an avatar of the energy field that connects every animal on earth.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Strange Adventures (1950) #180
-Action Comics (1938) #552
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #77
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1988) reading order
-Animal Man (1988)
-Buddy turning into a leech in Injustice #18 panel 1 panel 2
(briar originally said limpet and meant lamprey but turns out it's a leech!)
-Justice League International (1987) #24
-Justice League Europe (1989)
-JLA (1996) #27
-Infinite Crisis (2005) reading order
-52 (2006)
-Countdown to Adventure (2007)
-Justice League (2006) #24
-Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009)
-The Last Days of Animal Man (2009)
-Starman/Congorilla (2011) #1
-Justice League of America (2006) #54-59
-Animal Man (2011)
-Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King (2020) #1
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #5

-Robin (2021) #15 pride variant
-The Secret X-Men (2022) #1 (Variant)

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#237 – Hawk and Dove Roundup pt. 2: Hawks

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we continue to talk about Hawk and Dove, with more focus on the Hawks. This episode is mostly about Hank Hall because he... made some Choices, but we also discuss Holly Granger and mention the 1997 Hawk and Dove duo Sasha Martens and Wiley Wolverton.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Showcase #75, Hawk and Dove (1968) 1-6, Teen Titans #21
-Teen Titans (1966) #25
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #12
-Teen Titans Spotlight (1986) #7
-Hawk and Dove (1988)
-Hawk and Dove (1989)
-Secret Origins #43
-Armageddon 2001 (1991) reading order
-Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! (1994)
-Impulse: Bart Saves the Universe (1999)
-JSA (1999) #45
-Teen Titans (2003) #22
-Blackest Night (2009) #2
-Blackest Night: Titans (2009)
-Brightest Day (2010) #4
-Birds of Prey (2010)
-Hawk and Dove (2011)
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #5

-Zatanna & the Ripper
-Batman: Wayne Family Adventures
-Lore Olympus
-Strange Adventures (2020)
-The Omega Men (2015)
-Multiversity: Teen Justice (2022) #1
-DC Pride: Tim Drake Special #1
-New Mutants (2019)

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#236 – Hawk and Dove Roundup pt. 1: Doves

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the superheroes Hawk and Dove, with the main focus on the Dove half of the duo, Don Hall who was succeeded by Dawn Granger. It doesn't get confusing at all in an audio medium.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Showcase #75, Hawk and Dove (1968) 1-6, Teen Titans #21
-Teen Titans (1966) #25
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #12
-Hawk and Dove (1988)
-Hawk and Dove (1989)
-Secret Origins #43
-JSA (1999) #45
-Teen Titans (2003) #22
-Blackest Night (2009) #2
-Blackest Night: Titans (2009)
-Brightest Day (2010) #4
-Birds of Prey (2010)
-Hawk and Dove (2011)
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #5

-Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League - Superman (2022)
-Justice League Unlimited: For the Man who Has Everything short clip
-Dark Crisis (2022) #2
-Dark Crisis: Young Justice (2022)

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#235 – Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Amara Aquilla, known in X-Men circles as Magma, who has a... very weird introduction to the New Mutants, and a questionable dating history.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-New Mutants (1983)
-New Warriors (1990) #31
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #423
-New Mutants (2003)
-X-Treme X-Men (2001) #34
-X-Men: The 198 (2006)
-Young X-Men (2008)
-New Mutants (2009)
-X-Necrosha (2009) #1
-X-Men: Gold (2017)
-House of X (2019) #6

-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021)
-Marvel's Voices: Pride (2022)
-Marvel's Voices: Comunidades (2021)
-Batman (2016) #125
-Public Domain #1
-The Variants (2022)

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Thor: Ragnarok Review

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we're doing something a little different due to scheduling issues, please enjoy this patreon-bonus-episode-made-public in lieu of a new episode, we'll return to our regular schedule next week!

From Patreon:
We do a throwback movie review in honor of the Thor: Love and Thunder teaser trailer! We only get distracted a little.

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#234 – Samuel Guthrie

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Samuel Guthrie, the New Mutant known as Cannonball, who is nigh indestructible when he's blastin', and has been on many X-teams and the Avengers, died a couple of times, came back, and became a Wife Guy.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Marvel Graphic Novel (1982) #4
-New Mutants (1983)
-X-Force (1991)
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #323
-X-Men (1991) #48
-New X-Men (2001) #128
-X-Treme X-Men (2001) #24
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #444
-X-Men (2004) #188
-Young X-Men (2008)
-Secret Invasion: X-Men (2008)
-Astonishing Tales (2009)
-New Mutants (2009)
-X-Men: Second Coming
-X-Men: Hellbound (2010)
-X-Men Legacy (2008) #260.1
-Wolverine and the X-Men (2011) #9
-Avengers (2012)
-Avengers World (2014)
-U.S.Avengers (2017)
-Avengers (2016) #675
-Uncanny X-Men (2018)
-Extermination (2018)
-X-Force (2018)
-New Mutants (2019)

-Marvel Voices: Pride (2022)
-House of X/Powers of X
-Strange Adventures (2020)
-Marvel's Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show!

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#233 – Warlock

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Warlock, a techno-organic alien who is technically a mutant because he doesn't want to kill his dad and he loves his friends.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-New Mutants (1983) #18
-New Mutants Special Edition (1985) #1/X-Men Annual (1970) #9
-X-Factor (1986) #62
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #313
-Excalibur (1988) #77
-Nova (2007) #11
-Annihilation: Conquest (2007) #6
-New Mutants (2009) #6
-New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018)
-Uncanny X-Men (2018) #18
-House of X (2019)/Powers of X (2019)
-New Mutants (2019)
-Excalibur (2019) #14
-Inferno (2021) #3 -4
-Legion of X (2022) #1

-DC Pride (2022)
-Multiversity: Teen Justice (2022) #1
-DC Pride: Tim Drake Special #1
-Poison Ivy (2022) #1
-Immortal X-Men (2022)
-Dark Crisis (2022) #1
-Midnight Suns announcement
-Love Unlimited preview

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#232 – Douglas Ramsey

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Doug Ramsey, also known as Cypher, a character who went from doubting the usefulness of his powerset to being the literal voice of the sentient island that the vast majority of mutants live on.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-New Mutants (1983) #13
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #313
-New Mutants (2009) #6
-X-Force (2008) #27
-All-New X-Factor (2014)
-Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost (2018)
-House of X (2019)/Powers of X (2019)
-New Mutants (2019)
-Excalibur (2019) #14
-Sabretooth (2022) #1
-Inferno (2021) #3 -4

-DC Pride (2022)

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#231 – Xi'an Coy Manh

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Xi'an Coy Manh, sometimes written as Shan, and known in X-Men circles as Karma. She's telepathically controlled people (including Spider-Man), been telepathically controlled, joined, quit, and joined the New Mutants, and pretty recently she got to kiss a cute girl.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #100
-The New Mutants Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
-New Mutants (1983)
-New Mutants Special Edition (1985) #1
-Wolverine (1988) #4
-Wolverine (1988) #28)
-New Mutants: Truth or Death (1997)
-Mekanix (2001)
-New Mutants (2003)
-New Mutants (2009)
-Astonishing X-Men (2004) #48
-New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018)
-New Mutants (2019)
-War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men (2019)
-Marvel's Voices: Pride (2021)
-New Mutants (2019) #27 pride variant

-Pride Month Humble Bundle
-Marvel's Voices: Pride (2022)

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#230 – Rahne Sinclair

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Rahne Sinclair, also known as Wolfsbane because her mutant powers make her have all the powers of a werewolf with none of the full moon conditions. She's full of Catholic Guilt and Queer Subtext but she's only one of those canonically (so far)!!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The New Mutants Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
-New Mutants (1983)
-X-Factor (1986) #72
-Excalibur (1998) #90
-New Mutants (2003)
-X-Factor (2005)
-X-Force (2008)
-X-Men: Blue (2017) #7
-Uncanny X-Men (2018) #12
-New Mutants (2019)

-CW Gotham Knights trailer
-Blue Beetle set photo

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#229 – Danielle Moonstar

Tue, 24 May 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Dani Moonstar, who is also known as Mirage in X-Men circles, who was in the New Mutants for a long time until she bonded with a flying horse and became a Valkyrie for a while.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The New Mutants Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
-New Mutants (1983)
-X-Force (1991)
-New Mutants: Truth or Death (1997)
-New Mutants (2003)
-New X-Men (2004)
-New Mutants (2009)
-Fearless Defenders (2013)
-New Mutants (2019)
-War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men (2019)
-King in Black: Return of the Valkyries (2021)
-Marvel's Voices: Heritage (2022) #1
-New Mutants movie

-She-Hulk trailer
-Eisner Award Nominations 2022
-Batman: The Knight (2021) #5 / the specific panels 1, 2

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#228 – Jade Nguyen

Tue, 17 May 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Jade Nguyen, best known as Cheshire. She's a morally grey assassin who poisons people by scratching them and honestly we love her for it.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The New Teen Titans (1980) Annual #2
-Showcase '95 #8 (Arsenal story starts on page 20)
-The New Teen Titans (1984)
-Action Comics (1938) #618
-Deathstroke (1991) #19
-Birds of Prey: The Ravens (1998) #1
-Arsenal (1998)
-The Titans (1999)
-Birds of Prey (1999) #62
-Secret Six (2006)
-Secret Six (2008)
-Titans: Villains For Hire Special #1
-Titans (2008) #24
-Red Hood and the Outlaws (2011) #20
-Titans (2016) #20
-Catwoman (2018) #33
-DC Festival of Heroes (2021)
-Teen Titans (2003 cartoon) S5 E11: Calling All Titans
-Young Justice (cartoon) S1 E6: Infiltrator
-needlessly sexualized Jade

-Marvel Voices: Pride (2022) #1

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#227 – Bonnie King & Suzanne "Cissie" King-Jones

Tue, 10 May 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Bonnie King and her daughter Cissie King-Jones, who have both been forced to take up archery by their mothers and held the moniker Arrowette, though Green Arrow made Bonnie give up superheroics.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-hairpin arrow
-Impulse (1995) #28
-Young Justice (1998)
-Young Justice Secret Files (1998) #1
-Teen Titans (2003) #7
-Wonder Girl (2007)
-Young Justice (2019) #14

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#226 – Mia Dearden

Tue, 03 May 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the second Speedy, Mia Dearden, who became Green Arrow's sidekick by being saved and then looking at Oliver Queen like "you're Green Arrow, let me be your sidekick" which is a very good way to become a teen sidekick.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Green Arrow (2011)
-Teen Titans (2003) #21
-Green Arrow and Black Canary (2007)
-Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009)
-Green Arrow (2011) #36
-Green Arrow (2011) #18 (Emiko)
-Green Arrow (2016) #15 (Emiko)

-Justice League (2018) #75
-Dark Knights of Steel (2021) #6
-Knights of X (2022) #1
-X-Corp (2021) #1
-Sabretooth (2022)

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#225 – Connor Hawke

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Connor Hawke, the second Green Arrow and Oliver Queen's son, who grew up with his mother and then at a monastery before being thrust into the superhero shenanigans of his dad.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Green Arrow (1994) #0
-Zero Hour reading order
-Robin (1993) #25
-JLA (1996)
-Green Langern (1990) #96
-Green Lantern (1990) #110
-Green Arrow (2001)
-Batgirl (2000) #30
-Birds of Prey (1998) #44
-Connor Hawke: Dragons Blood (2007)
-Green Arrow/Black Canary (2007)
-DC Festival of Heroes (2021)
-Robin (2021)

-Shot and Chaser
-Real Hero Shit
-Blue Beetle: Graduation Day announced
-Robins (2021) #6
-Nightwing (2016) #91
-Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) #2
-Ska No Children

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#224 – Patrick "Eel" O'Brian

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Patrick O'Brian, who typically goes by Eel, best known as Plastic Man, and how he got his cool stretchy powers through the power of comedy (and also a vat of chemicals).

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Plastic Man archives
-Plastic Man (1988)
-JLA (1997)
-The Kingdom (1999)
-Plastic Man (2004)
-Blackest Night (2009)
-Justice League (2011) #25
-Dark Days: The Forge (2017) #1
-The Terrifics (2018)
-Plastic Man (2018)

-Thor: Love and Thunder teaser
-Squirrel Girl podcast
-Connor Hawke asexual
-Tom King Superman one-shot tie-in article
-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #10
-The Batman (2022) now on HBO Max

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#223 – Eric Cross Brooks

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Eric Cross Brooks who is absolutely best known by Blade, the Vampire Slayer, the Daywalker, and for a little bit... Ronin?

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Tomb of Dracula (1972) #10
-Doctor Strange (1974) #59
-Nightstalkers (1992)
-Blade the Vampire Hunter (1994) #1
-Blade (1998)
-Blade: Sins of the Father (1998) #1
-Blade 1998 movie trailer
-Blade: Vampire Hunter (1999)
-Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #7
-Blade (2006)
-X-Men (2010)
-Mighty Avengers (2013) #4
-Avengers (2018)

-Nimona news!
-Nimona (graphic novel)
-X-Men Red (2022) #1
-Marauders (2022) #1

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#222 – Michael Morbius

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Michael Morbius, the Living Vampire, who (like many others) experimented on himself and (unlike many others) accidentally turned himself into a vampire.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #101
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #3
-Vampire Tales (1973)
-Adventure into Fear (1970) #20
-Rise of the Midnight Suns (1992)
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #38
-Savage She-Hulk (1980) #9
-Punisher (2009) #11
-Morbius (2019)

-Are DC Black Label books in Continuity?
-Round Robin

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#221 – Namor McKenzie

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Namor McKenzie, who we recently found out has a canon last name, since he's best known simply as Namor or the Sub-Mariner. He's Atlantean royalty, sometimes a hero, sometimes a villain, but always a dick.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Marvel Comics (1939) #1
-Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) #3
-Sub-Mariner Comics (1941)
-Invaders (1977)
-Invaders (2019)
-Avengers/Invaders (2008) #10
-Rise of the Black Panther (2018)
-Fantastic Four (1961) #4
-Sub-Mariner (1968)
-X-Men (1963) #6
-Marvel Feature (1971) #1
-Defenders (1972) #1
-Avengers (1963) #262
-Namor the Sub-Mariner (1990)
-Heroes for Hire (1997) #1
-Namor (2003)
-New Avengers: Illuminati (2006) #1
-New Avengers (2013) #23
-Namor: The First Mutant (2010)
-Utopia (2009) reading order
-Avengers vs X-Men (2012)
-Atlantis Attacks (2020)
-King in Black: Namor (2020)
-King in Black reading order

-Chip Zdarsky substack: Image Founders and Bubble Butts
-Human Target (2021) #6
-Guy Gardner wielding the Red Lantern and Star Sapphire rings in Emerald Warriors #10
-Friendship Ended With Tom King
-Batman: Dark Victory

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#220 – Adam Warlock

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Adam Warlock, who has a LOT going on, including being created in a lab, healing cocoons, the soul stone, and splitting himself into three people.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Fantastic Four (1961) #66
-Thor (1966) #165
-Incredible Hulk Annual (1976) #6
-Marvel Premiere (1972) #1
-(Power of) Warlock (1972)
-Strange Tales (1951) #178
-Avengers Annual (1967) #7
-Marvel Two-in-One Annual (1976) #2
-Infinity Gauntlet (1991)
-Warlock and the Infinity Watch (1992)
-Infinity Countdown: Adam Warlock (2018)
-Annihilation: Conquest (2007)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)
-Thanos: The Infinity Revelation (2014), Infinity Relativity (2015), Infinity Finale (2016), Infinity Entity (2016)
-All-New Guardians of the Galaxy (2017) #150
-Infinity Wars (2018) reading order

-Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) #1
-Nightwing (2016) #90
-Batman: Dark Victory (1999)
-Lifeblood: Hades Fan Anthology
-DC Pride 2022 Lineup
-Knights of X (2022)
-Ms. Marvel trailer
-Gail Simone's Jessica Jones announcement

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#219 – Heather Douglas

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Heather Douglas--Moondragon--who honed her telepathic abilities, made Namor fight Iron Man, fought Thanos, trained Hellcat, conquered a planet, killed her dad, and ran away with Rick Jones's wife, all while wearing very drastic outfits.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Iron Man (1968) #54
-Daredevil (1964) #105
-Defenders (1972) #138
-Captain Marvel (1968) #31
-Avengers (1963) #137
-Avengers (1963) #151
-Avengers (1963) #177
-Avengers (1963) #219
-Defenders (1972) #125
-Defenders (1972) #152
-Solo Avengers (1987) #16
-Quasar (1989) #11
-Captain Marvel (1995) #2
-Annihilation (2006) reading order
-Annihilation: Conquest (2007) reading order
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2008) #9

-Turning Red
-Hilda and the Mountain King
-The Batman
-Dark Knights of Steel (2021)
-Moondragon's troubling costume

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#218 – Stephen Strange

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Dr. Stephen Strange, who is a surgeon whose hubris messed up his hands and in his quest to be able to be a surgeon again he learned magic and became the new Sorcerer Supreme.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Strange Tales (1951) #110
-Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange
-Doctor Strange (1968)
-variant cover for Doctor Strange (2018) #18 (the ouija board one)
-Marvel Feature (1971) #1
-Marvel Premiere (1972) #3
-Doctor Strange (1974)
-Death of Doctor Strange (2021)

-Peacemaker HBOmax
-The Suicide Squad (2021)
-Batman: Urban Legends
-Batman: Killing Time (2022) #1

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#217 – Jack Ryder

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Jack Ryder, who moonlights as The Creeper, who despite looking and sounding like a derivative of the Joker, is a good guy!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Creeper by Steve Ditko
-Street Smarts - John Mulaney
-The Brave and the Bold (1955) #80
-Detective Comics (1937) #447 (the one with the lions)
-Detective Comics (1937) #418
-Secret Origins (1986) #18
-Eclipso: The Darkness Within (1992) reading order
-Eclipso (1992)
-The Creeper (1997)
-Batman and the Outsiders Special (2009) #1
-The Creeper (2006)
-Justice League International (1987) #5
-Reign in Hell (2008)
-Katana (2013) #3
-Justice League Dark (2013) #23.1
-Deathstroke (2016) #11
-Red Hood and the Outlaws (2016) #18
-Doomsday Clock (2017)

-Peacemaker - HBO
-Robins (2021)
-Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jiménez new Batman team

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#216 – Peacemaker Roundup

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Peacemaker, a guy (well, several guys) who loves peace so much he's willing to fight and/or kill for it. We mostly discuss Christopher Smith, but there are a couple other guys who show up.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-HBO Peacemaker
-Peacemaker (1987)
-Peacemaker is never without weapons
-Checkmate (1987) #15 (& Janus Directive reading order)
-Vigilante (1983) #36
-Eclipso (1992)
-Justice League America (1987) #90
-L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons) (1999)
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #7
-Blue Beetle (2006)
-Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape #2
-Suicide Squad (2021)
-The Suicide Squad (2021 movie)
-Doomsday Clock (2017) #9
-Inferior 5 (2019)
-Peacemaker: Disturbing the Peace (2022)
-Peacemaker opening credits

-Vampire Blood Drive by Mira Ong Chua
-Nightwing (2016) #89; preview 1/2, 2/2
-Batman: The Knight (2022)
-Tom King's Danger Street announcement

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#215 – Ralph and Sue Dibny

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Ralph and Sue Dibny, an extremely married couple who solve mysteries together, and also Ralph Dibny is the Elongated Man, and nothing bad happens to them as long as you stop reading comics before 2004.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Flash (1959) #112
-Could One-Punch Man beat Superman? Whatever is funnier
-The Flash (1959) #119
-Showcase Presents: Elongated Man (early Flash appearances, Detective Comics features)
-Justice League Quarterly (1990) #6
-Justice League of America (1960) #51
-Justice League of America (1960) #105
-Justice League International (1987) #24
-Justice League Europe (1989)
-Formerly Known as the Justice League (2003)
-Identity Crisis (2004)
-52 (2006)
-Batman and the Outsiders (2007) #5
-Blue Beetle (2006) #16
-Secret Six (2014)
-Detective Comics (2016) #1000
-Event Leviathan (2019)
-DCU Halloween Special (2008) #1

-Moon Knight trailer
-Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness trailer
-Article on Dark Crisis; Cover preview
-drawing on Tom Cruise
-but you should join our discord server anyway

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#214 – Klarion the Witch Boy

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Klarion the Witch Boy, a terrible magic teen who, along with his cat familiar Teekl, is a nuisance to Etrigan the Demon, Young Justice, and pretty much everyone he comes across. He's pretty lonely, actually.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Demon (1972)
-Young Justice: Sins of Youth (2000)
-Young Justice (1998) #20
-Seven Soldiers (2005)
-Countdown (2007) #33
-Justice League of America (2006) #46
-Robin (1993) #157
-Batgirl (2009) #18
-Klarion (2014)
-Teen Titans: Future's End (2014) #1
-Young Justice (cartoon)

-Love Everlasting #1
-preview of Jurassic League

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#213 – Etrigan the Demon

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Etrigan the Demon, who is, unsurprisingly, a demon. He's just a chaotic guy who got intrinsically linked with a human man named Jason Blood who can now summon him with a fun spooky poem.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Demon (1972)
-The Demon (1990)
-"you cannot kill me in a way that matters"
-Klarion the Witch Boy appearance
-Blood of the Demon (2005)
-Blackest Night: Batman (2009) #1, #2, #3
-Demon Knights (2011)
-Stormwatch (2011) #13
-Batman: Damned (2018)

-Superman & Robin Special (2022) #1
-Love Everlasting
-Real Hero Shit by Kendra Wells

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#212 – Betty Brant & Ned Leeds

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Betty Brant, a woman who has been a love interest, a secretary, and a reporter, and her husband Ned Leeds who has been a reporter and Hobgoblin, and the absolute buckwild stuff that comics has done with them.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #4
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #18
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #238
-Spider-Man Versus Wolverine (1987) #1
-Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives (1997)
-The Clone Conspiracy (2016) reading order
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #15
-Web of Spider-Man (1985) #40
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #67

-Superman and Robin Special (2022) #1
-HBOmax Peacemaker
-Ben Reilly Spider-Man (2022) preview

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#211 – Silvija Sablinova

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Silvija Sablinova, best known as Silver Sable, who is a mercenary who leads Wild Pack, sometimes helps Spider-Man, and once faked her death to hunt her enemies from the shadows.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #265
-Silver Sable & the Wild Pack (1992)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #279
-Web of Spider-Man (1985) #50
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #320
-Shadowland: Blood on the Streets (2010) #1
-Heroes for Hire (1997) #10
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #684
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #687
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #25
-Sable & Fortune (2006)
-Sable's described dress and some other looks

-Batgirl costume

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#210 – Mary Jane Watson

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Mary Jane Watson, who has arguably been one of the most important characters in Spider-Man for several decades as Peter Parker's sometimes-girlfriend, sometimes-wife, sometimes-deal-with-the-deviled-ex-wife.

-Marvel X-Men vote (closes Jan 13, 2022)
-Dylan O'Brien as Nightwing rumors

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#209 – Flint Marko

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Flint Marko, or William Baker, but mostly Sandman, seeing as he's a man made of sand. Some times he fights Spider-Man, and sometimes he helps Spider-Man, and sometimes he just turns into a pile of sand on the beach.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #4
-Sandman 1981 cartoon - The Sandman is Coming
-Fantastic Four (1961) #36
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #113
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #1
-Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #86
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #280
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #169
-Silver Sable & the Wild Pack (1992) #1
-Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #22
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #615
-Spongebob - Dying for Pie
-Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (2017) #308

-Superman & Robin Special (2022) #1
-Dark Knights of Steel (2021) #3
-Valkyrie's new suit in Thor 4

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#208 – Morpheus

Tue, 28 Dec 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about a man who has been called many things over the eons--Morpheus, Dream, The Sandman. He's an incredibly powerful entity but also kind of just a guy who looks kinda goth.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Golden Age Sandman
-The Sandman by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon (1940's-1970's)
-The Sandman (1989)
-Sandman reading order

-Tis the Season to be Freezin' (2021)
-The Batman Trailer

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#207 – Lucas "Snapper" Carr

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Lucas Carr, introduced and best known as Snapper, a cool teen who became an honorary member of the Justice League, betrayed them, got kidnapped into space, got superpowers, joined a superhero team, lost his powers, joined an evil organization....

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Brave and the Bold (1955) #28
-Justice League of America (1960) #77
-Justice League of America (1960) #114
-Justice League of America (1960) #149
-JLA: Year One (1998)
-Invasion! (1989) reading order
-Hourman (1999) #20
-Young Justice (1998) #38
-52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen (2007) #3
-Final Crisis: Resist (2008)
-Dial H for Hero (2019)

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#206 – Manhunter Roundup

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we mostly talk about Dan Richards and Mark Shaw in this roundup of the rest of the Manhunters (NOT the robots, though some of them were recruited by the robots) who are not Kate Spencer, Paul Kirk, or a version of Paul Kirk.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #31
-Millennium (1988) reading order
-Manhunter (2004) #7
-1st Issue Special (1975) #5
-Manhunter (1988)
-Justice League of America (1960) #149
-Suicide Squad (1987) #8
-Eclipso (1992) #11
-Manhunter (2004) #28
-Event Leviathan (2019) #6
-Zero Hour (1994) #4
-Manhunter (1994) #0 (the rest of the series doesn't look to be officially digitized)
-Manhunter (2004) #10

-Blue and Gold (2021) #4
-Nightwing 2021 Annual
-Wayne Family Adventures webtoon

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#205 – Paul Kirk

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Paul Kirk, and also Paul Kirk, and Paul Kirk, and Paul Kirk.... there's a lot of this guy, and only partly because of all his clones, but he's been known through his many incarnations as Manhunter.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #31
-Manhunter Detective Comics backups (1973)
-Millennium (1988) reading order

-The Human Target (2021) #2
-Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer
-Hawkeye on Disney+

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#204 – Kate Spencer

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Kate Spencer, one of many vigilantes to call themselves Manhunter. She's been a lawyer, a vigilante, a member of the Birds of Prey, and a lawyer for superheroes, all while raising her son.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Manhunter (2004)
-Birds of Prey (1999) #100
-Batman: Streets of Gotham (2009)
-Justice Society of America (2007) #47
-Green Arrow (2016) #33

-The Human Target (2021) #2
-Hawkeye on Disney+

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#203 – Quintavius Quirinius "Quentin" Quire

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Quentin Quire, whose X-Men codename is Kid Omega, but everyone just calls him Quentin. He's an extremely powerful telepath, telekinetic, and disaster.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-New X-Men (2001) #134
-X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong (2005)
-Nation X (2009) #2
-X-Men: Schism (2011) #1
-Wolverine and the X-Men (2011)
-Wolverine and the X-Men (2014)
-Generation X (2017)
-Mighty Thor (2015) #18
-West Coast Avengers (2018)
-X-Force (2019)
-2015 Taliesin Jaffe

-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #5
-Robins (2021) #1

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#202 – Joshua Foley

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Joshua Foley, also known as Elixir, who went from hating mutants to discovering he was one, and from a natural healer to a guy who can kill and resurrect a man repeatedly in the name of revenge.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-New Mutants (2003)
-New X-Men (2004)
-X-Force (2008)
-Uncanny X-Men (2016) #2
-Uncanny X-Men Annual (2016) #1
-House of X/Powers of X (2019)

-Robins (2021) #1
-Robin & Batman (2021) #1
-The Human Target (2021) #1

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#201 – Stepford Cuckoos

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the Stepford Cuckoos, a group of psychically linked sisters, also known as The Five-In-One or The Three-In-One depending on if Sophie and Esme are alive or not!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Stepford Wives
-The Midwich Cuckoos
-New X-Men (2001) #118
-New X-Men (2004)
-X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong (2005)
-X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong (2006)
-Nation X (2009) #4
-Chaos War: X-Men (2010)
-X-23 (2018)
-Hellfire Gala outfit from Marauders #21
-second Hellfire Gala outfit from Maurauders #22

-Something is Killing the Children and House of Slaughter
-A Thing Called Truth
-The Human Target (2021)
-Dark Knights of Steel (2021)

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#200 – X-Men

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the X-Men, which is a bit of a daunting task because you could have an entire podcast dedicated to talking about the X-Men because there's so much that happens, but! Here is an overview, if you will.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-X-Men/Uncanny X-Men (1963)
-Giant-Size X-Men (1975) #1
-Dark Phoenix Saga (1980) event
-Days of Future Past (1981) event
-God Loves, Man Kills (extended cut)
-New Mutants (1982)
-X-Factor (1986)
-Excalibur (1988)
-Alpha Flight (1983)
-X-Force (1991)
-Age of Apocalypse (1995) event
-X-Cutioner's Song (1992) event
-X-Tinction Agenda (1991) event
-Generation X (1994)
-X-Men (1991)
-New X-Men (2001)
-Astonishing X-Men (2004)
-House of M (2005)
-Messiah CompleX (2007) event
-Messiah War (2009) event
-Second Coming (2010) event
-Schism (2011) event
-Avengers VS X-Men (2012) event
-All-New X-Men (2012)
-Death of Wolverine (2014)
-House of X/Powers of X (2019)
-X-Men (2019)
-X-Men (2021)
-Marauders (2019)
-Excalibur (2019)
-Hellfire Gala (2021) event
-Trial of Magneto (2021)

-Challenge of the Super Sons (2020) (print copies combine 2 digitals each issue)
-Blue and Gold (2021) #3
-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #4

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#199 – Floyd Lawton

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Floyd Lawton—best known as Deadshot—a Batman villain and Suicide Squad member who is extremely good at two things: 1) shooting guns, and 2) lying to his therapist.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Batman (1940) #59
-Detective Comics (1937) #474
-Detective Comics (1937) #518
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1986) reading order
-Legends (1986)
-Suicide Squad (1987)
-Identity Crisis (2004) #5
-Deadshot (1988)
-Deadshot (2005)
-Villains United (2005)
-Salvation Run (2008)
-Underworld Unleashed (1995) reading order
-Secret Six (2008)
-Suicide Squad (2011)
-Justice League of America (2013) #7.1
-Suicide Squad (2019) #9

-Interim by Allissa Chan
-Cancelled Aquaman spinoff was really a Black Manta solo film
-Brendan Fraser cast as Firefly in Batgirl movie

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#198 – Brainiac

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Brainiac, a villain who was once just a guy who shrunk and stole cities, and through comics evolution became a sapient supercomputer who also sometimes shrinks and steals cities.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Holy Musical B@man "You ever hear of Mr. Mxyzptlk?"
-Showcase Presents: Superman
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1986) reading order
-Adventures of Superman (1987) #438
-Superman: Panic in the Sky (1992)
-Superman: The Doomsday Wars (1998)
-Superman: The City of Tomorrow (2000)
-Superman: Brainiac (2008)
-Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton (2010)
-Superman: War of the Supermen (2010)
-R.E.B.E.L.S. (2009): Son of Brainiac
-Convergence (2015) reading order
-Justice League: No Justice (2018)

-Fangs by Sarah Andersen
-Hello Neighbor... zine
-Rodney R. Rodney webcomic (on webtoon)
-Briar's moderately popular tiktok
-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021)
-Challenge of the Super Sons (2020)
-Fingerstripes are BACK
-Superman & Robin Special announcement
-The Batman trailer

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#197 – Maxwell Lord IV

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Max Lord, a businessman who pulled together the Justice League International, got mind-control powers, died, came back, and was apparently evil all along?

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Justice League International (1987)
-Invasion! reading order
-Formerly Known as the Justice League (2003)
-JLA Classified (2004): I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League
-Countdown to Infinite Crisis (2005) #1
-Superman: Sacrifice (2005)
-Booster Gold (2007)
-Blackest Night (2009)
-Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1 & #3
-Brightest Day (2010) #0
-Justice League: Generation Lost (2010)
-Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (2016)
-Wonder Woman (2016) #764

-Saga to return January 2022
-Long Exposure vol1 Kickstarter

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#196 – Black Manta

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Black Manta, whose quest to kill Aquaman is his main character trait, and in trying to determine why that is, he has gotten some truly weird backstories, until they came upon a very normal one.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Aquaman (1962) #35
-Aquaman (1991) #6
-Aquaman (2002) #8
-Black Manta (2021) #1
-Superboy (1993) #20
-Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis (2006) #52
-Brightest Day (2010) #1
-Aquaman (2011) #9

-Batman webtoon
-Don't Go Without Me
-Love Condemns Her
-Control Option Shift
-DC Fandome
-Tom King's Human Target announcement

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#195 – Nathaniel Richards

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Nathaniel Richards, probably best known as Kang the Conqueror, Iron Lad, or Immortus, though through time travel (his whole Thing) and alternate universe versions, he's been a lot of different guys.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Avengers (1963) #8
-Fantastic Four (1961) #19
-Avengers Annual (1967) #2
-Avengers (1963) #10
-Giant-Size Avengers (1974) #3
-Young Avengers (2005)
-Avengers: The Children's Crusade (2010)
-FF (2012) #8
-Avengers (2012) #34
-Exiles (2018)
-Avengers (1963) #23
-The Avengers (1963) #69
-Avengers (1963) #267
-Citizen Kang (1992)
-Avengers (1963) #129
-Avengers (1998) #38
-Avengers (1963) #292
-Edge of Spider-Geddon (2018) #1
-Avengers (2016) #1-6
-Loki on Disney+

-The Department of Truth
-ShortBox comics fair twitter

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#194 – The Eternals

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about The Eternals, who are a group of people who were experimented on by Celestials and now they have powers. Some of them are on Uranus, some on Titan, and some on Earth. The ones on Earth do some superhero team stuff sometimes!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Eternals (1976)
-Thor Annual (1966) #7
-The Eternals (1985)
-The New Eternals: Apocalypse Now (2000)
-The Eternal (2003)
-Eternals (2006) by Neil Gaiman
-Eternals (2008)
-Avengers (2018) #1
-Eternals (2021)

-Blue & Gold (2021) #2
-X-Factor (2005)
-Hawkeye trailer

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#193 – Heralds of Galactus Roundup

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the various Heralds of Galactus, because he's had so many more than just the Silver Surfer! Some of them get fired, some of them die, some of them quit, and some of them turn into androids.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Fantastic Four (1961) #120
-Thor (1966) #305
-Thor (1966) #225
-Silver Surfer (1987) #81
-Thanos (2003) #11
-Fantastic Four (1961) #211
-Fantastic Four (1961) #258
-New Warriors (1990) #1
-Fantastic Four (1961) #164
-Fantastic Four (1961) #244
-Heralds (2010) #1
-Silver Surfer (1987) #69
-Silver Surfer (1987) #109
-Stormbreaker: The Saga of Beta Ray Bill (2005) #1
-Annihilation: Silver Surfer (2006) & Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus (2007)
-The Mighty Thor (2011) #1

-Batman: Wayne Family Adventures Webtoon
-Goodbye, Battle Princess Peony & related tweet
-Hawkeye trailer

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#192 – Norrin Radd

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Norrid Radd, best known as the Silver Surfer, a sad space man from a flawed utopian planet who became the herald of Galactus to save his planet, betrayed him with the Fantastic Four, and still kicks it around the universe.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Fantastic Four (1961) #48
-Silver Surfer (1968)
-Sub-Mariner (1968) #34
-Silver Surfer (1987)
-Skaar: Son of Hulk (2008) #8
-King in Black (2020) #3

-Invincible (Amazon Prime Original)

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#191 – Mephisto

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Mephisto, who is basically the devil except the devil also exists in Marvel canon. He tempts people with their greatest desire and then either makes a deal with a Dire Price or gives you unforeseen negative consequences!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Faust
-Silver Surfer (1968) #3
-Ghost Rider (1973) #68
-Fantastic Four (1961) #277
-West Coast Avengers (1985) #51 & 52
-Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1985)
-Mephisto vs. (1987)
-Astonishing Tales (1970) #8
-Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment (1989)
-Daredevil (1964) #266
-Spider-man: One More Day (2007)
-Spiderman: One Moment in Time (2010)
-Spider-Man No Way Home trailer
-Peter remembering One More Day events? in 2021? More likely than you'd think
-Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #60
-X-Factor (2005) #256

-Invincible
-Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #6 SECOND PRINTING

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#190 – Shang-Chi

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Shang-Chi, a character who was originally conceived as the son of racist caricature villain Fu Manchu (which has since been ret-conned). He is very good at martial arts and fighting his evil half-siblings!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-An interesting post about Shang-Chi, Fu Manchu, and what marvel could do about it
-Special Marvel Edition (1971) #15
-Master of Kung-Fu (1974)
-Shadowland (2010) omnibus
-Avengers (2012)
-War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas (2019)
-Agents of Atlas (2019)
-Shang-Chi (2020)
-Shang-Chi (2021)
-Master of Kung Fu (2015)

-Invincible
-The Adventure Zone: Crystal Kingdom
-Super Sons Polarshield Project, Foxglove Mission, & Escape to Landis

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#189 – Atom Roundup

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about several people who have gone by Atom. One of them is short but doesn't get small, one of them was on the Suicide Squad, one of them can split into a bunch of little guys, and one of them was secretly a triple agent.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-All-Star Comics archives
-The Last Days of the Justice Society of America (1986)
-Justice Society of America (1992)
-Zero Hour (1994)
-Sword of the Atom (1983)
-Suicide Squad (1987) #44
-Justice League of America: The Atom Rebirth (2016) #1
-DC One Million 80-Page Giant #1,000,000 (1999) #1
-Aquaman (2011) #16
-Justice League (2011) #17
-Forever Evil (2013)
-Crime Syndicate (2021)

-Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #6
-TikTok of Tim coming out to his brothers
-X-Factor (2005) #45

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#188 – Ryan Choi

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Ryan Choi, another prominent Atom who got tricked by a future version of an ex-girlfriend into becoming the Atom, realized he was good at it, and continued to fight crime and get very small once the plot was revealed.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Identity Crisis (2004), tie-ins &reading order
-DCU: Brave New World (2006) #1
-The All-New Atom (2006)
-Countdown to Final Crisis (2007)
-Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009)
-Titans (2008) Villains for Hire
-Convergence: The Atom (2015) #1, #2
-Justice League of America: The Atom Rebirth (2016) #1
-Justice League of America (2017)

-Blue & Gold (2021) #1
-James Tynion IV substack
-Molly Knox Ostertag substack
-Saladin Ahmed's subscription site
-Scott Snyder comixology deal
-Scott Snyder substack comics class

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#187 – Ray Palmer

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Ray Palmer, the second Atom but the first one who could get very small. He is a scientist, a superhero, and a man who can apparently call you on the phone then travel through the phone lines!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-The Atom archive editions
-All Star Comics archive editions
-Sword of the Atom (1983)
-Power of the Atom (1988)
-Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (1994) #1
-Teen Titans (1996)
-Identity Crisis (2004), tie-ins &reading order
-Countdown to Final Crisis (2007)
-Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009)
-Blackest Night (2009), tie-ins and reading order
-Brightest Day (2010) The Atom Special #1
-Adventure Comics (2009) #516

-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #1
-Dimension 20: Fantasy High
-Blue & Gold (2021) #1

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#186 – Shiera Hall

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Shiera Hall, Shayera Hol, and Kendra Saunders, three women who have either been Hawkgirl or Hawkwoman, and all share the same soul... kinda....

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Justice League (2001 cartoon)
-All-Star Comics (1941) #5
-Silver Age Hawkman archive collection
-Justice League of America (1960) #146
-Hawkworld (1989)
-Hawkworld (1989b)
-JSA: Secret Files (1999) #1
-Hawkman (2002)
-Hawkgirl (2006) (2002 Hawkman series retitled Hawkgirl on issue #50)
-Justice League of America (2006)
-Blackest Night (2009)
-Dark Nights: Metal (2017)
-Justice League (2018)
-Justice League Infinity (2021)

-New Mutants (1983) #75
-Fallen Angels (1987)
-The Adventure Zone: Crystal Kingdom
-X-Factor (2005)
-Excalibur (2019) #21
-X-Factor (2020) #9
-The Good Asian #1
-Blue and Gold (2021) #1

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#185 – Carter Hall

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Carter Hall and Katar Hol, both of them are Hawkman, and sometimes they're the same person. The Hawkman backstory is full of things such as: reincarnation, aliens, a hawk god, and questionable story choices by the DC creative team.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Excerpt from Flash Comics (1940) #1
-All-Star Comics (1941)
-Silver Age Hawkman archive collection
-Hawkman (1964)
-Justice League of America (1960) #31
-Crisis on Infinite Earths reading order & our episode on it
-Hawkworld (1989)
-Hawkworld (1989b)
-Superman/Batman (2003) Public Enemies
-Zero Hour (1994) (& reading order for tie-ins)
-Hawkman (2002)
-Flashpoint (2011) reading order -The Savage Hawkman (2011) (New 52)
-Dark Nights: Metal (2017)
-Hawkman (2018)

-New Mutants (1983)
-The Adventure Zone: Crystal Kingdom
-X-Factor (2005)
-New Mutants (2003)

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#184 – James Madrox

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Jamie Madrox, a guy who can create and absorb duplicates of himself, has a pathological need for attention, and is a certified Nasty Boy (the henchman group, to be clear.)

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Giant-Size Fantastic Four (1974) #4
-X-Factor (2005)
-Fallen Angels (1987)
-X-Factor (1986) #71
-Madrox (2004)
-Multiple Man (2018)
-X-Corp (2021)
-New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018)

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#183 – Jean-Paul Beaubier

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Jean-Paul Beaubier, a Canadian mutant with pointy ears who can go really fast, fly, and make bright lights. He's also gay and has a very buckwild coming out issue from 1992.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #120
-Alpha Flight (1983)
-Alpha Flight (1983) #106
-Northstar (1994) (blog post with excerpts)
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #414
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #508
-Astonishing X-Men (2004) #51
-X-Factor (2020)
-Excalibur (2019)
-The Refrigerator Monologues

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#182 – Julio Esteban Richter

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Julio Esteban Richter, also known as Rictor, who is a mutant with earthquake powers who's been on X-Factor, X-Force, New Mutants, and Excalibur. Today, also, Briar makes a LOT of Richter scale jokes, fully forgetting until after recording the actual spelling, RIP.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-X-Factor (1986) #17
-X-Terminators (1988)
-New Mutants (1983) #74
-X-Force (1991) #11
-X-Factor (2005)
-Don't want to make Shatterstar jealous
-X-Factor (2005) #45 (the kiss)
-Avengers: The Children's Crusade (2010) #6
-New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018)
-Shatterstar (2018)
-Excalibur (2019)
-X-Factor (2020)
-The Mystery of the Meanest Teacher: A Johnny Constantine graphic novel
-FTL, Y'all
-Astonishing X-Men Vol. 10: Northstar
-Midnighter (2015)
-Midnighter and Apollo (2016)
-Winter Soldier (2018)
-Iceman (2017)
-Empyre (2020)
-Luca

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#181 – Shatterstar

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Shatterstar, also infrequently known as Gaveedra-Seven and Benjamin Russell (that one time that he mind-melded with a man in a coma), an alien mutant who is a gladiator, a fashion disaster, and his own dad.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-New Mutants (1983) #99
-X-Factor (2005)
-X-Factor (2005) #45
-Rictor saying he and Shatterstar broke up
-Shatterstar (2018)
-X-Factor (2020)
-Julio... my love...?
-Nightwing #81 variant cover

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#180 – David Alleyne

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about David Alleyne, a mutant called Prodigy who can telepathically gain knowledge and skills from other people. He joined the New Mutants, lost his powers, became disillusioned with the X-Men, joined the Young Avengers, and went to interdimensional college.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-New Mutants (2003) #4
-New X-Men (2004)
-X-Men: Legacy Annual (2009) #1
-X-Men: Regenesis (2011) #1
-Young Avengers (2013) #6
-Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling (2020) #1
-X-Factor (2020) #10 Hellfire Gala (& the specific preview page Tommy is in)
-America (2017)
-Ant-Man (2015) #1
-X-Factor (2020)
-"Am I the only person on the team who's straight?"
-Super Sons: The Polarshield Project
-Superman/Batman (2003) vol. 1
-DC Pride (2021) #1
-Nightwing (2016) #81
-The Harley Quinn cartoon quote about Batman's sex life

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#179 – Daken Akihiro

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Daken, Wolverine's evil bisexual son. He was adopted, named Akihiro, meanly called Daken, became evil, tried to kill Wolverine, became Wolverine, and now he's just kind of around?

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Wolverine Origins (2006) #10
-Dark Avengers (2009)
-The photo Briar sent to Olivia mid-episode
-Dark Reign: The List - Punisher (2009) #1
-Dark Wolverine (2009)
-Dark Wolverine 88, Frankencastle (2010) #19, Dark Wolverine 89
-Daken: Dark Wolverine (2010)
-Uncanny X-Force (2010) #27
-Uncanny Avengers (2012) #9
-All-New Wolverine (2015) #21
-Hunt for Wolverine: Claws of a Killer (2018)
-Return of Wolverine (2018)
-House of X (2019) #5
-X-Force (2019) #9
-X-Factor (2020)
-Marvel's Voices: Pride (2021) #1
-the OTHER picture Briar sent Olivia
-Strange Academy (2020)
-DC Pride (2021) #1
-Hellfire Gala recommended reading/release dates
-Deadpool crashes the Hellfire Gala
-Pixels of You

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#178 – Lucas Trent & Andrew Pulaski

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we kick off Pride month with Midnighter and Apollo, the night/day-opposites-attract superhero couple who adopted the literal spirit of the 21st century as their daughter, got divorced, got back together, and kinda did it all over again after being rebooted!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-StormWatch (1993) vol 2
-The Authority omnibus
-Midnighter: I know all your moves; Dick: you know NIGHTWING but do you know ROBIN?????
-Midnighter (2006)
-The Authority (2008)
-Grayson (2014)
-I'd know that ass anywhere
-StormWatch (2011)
-Midnighter (2015)
-Midnighter and Apollo (2016)
-DC Pride (2021) #1
-Robin (2021) #2
-Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition #0
-Stargirl Spring Break Special (2021) #1
-Batman (2016) #108
-Marauders (2019) #20
-Nightwing 81 Pride cover

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#177 – Bane

Tue, 25 May 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Bane, a man who grew up in a prison, studied hard, was experimented on, and then decided when he got out of prison that he was going to go to Gotham and destroy Batman.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Batman: Knightfall (1993)
-Batman: Legacy vol 2
-Batman: No Man's Land (1999)
-Batman: Gotham Knights (2000) #33
-JSA: Classified (2005) #17
-Secret Six (2006)
-Batman (2016)
-Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (not a comic)
-Nightwing (2016) #80
-Invincible

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#176 – Talia al Ghul

Tue, 18 May 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Talia al Ghul, an assassin who really epitomizes gatekeep, gaslight, girlboss. She's run the League of Assassins, raised a deadly child, ran LexCorp into the ground (on purpose), and killed and/or tried to kill just so so many people.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Detective Comics (1937) #411
-Batman (1940) #232
-Batman: Son of the Demon (1987)
-Batman: Batman and Son (2006)
-Superman/Batman (2003)
-Batman: Death and the Maidens (2003)
-Batman: Under the Hood
-Red Hood: The Lost Days (2010)
-Batman and Robin (2009) #10
-Batman Incorporated (2010)
-Robin: Son of Batman (2015)
-Batman (2016) #33
-Chronin by Alison Wilgus
-Fence
-Lumberjanes
-Stargazing by Jen Wang
-DCeased: Hope at World's End (2020)
-Invincible

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#175 – Ra's al Ghul

Tue, 11 May 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Ra's al Ghul, a man who has decided to use his immortality for crime, a very brief stint of trying to save the environment, fighting Batman, and also trying to get Batman to marry his daughter.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Batman (1940) #232
-Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992)
-Batman: Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul (2007)
-Batman: Death and the Maidens (2003)
-Red Robin: Collision
-Worthikids - Palpatine's Journey
-Bloom
-Bloom part II announcement
-Invincible
-DC Festival of Heroes (2021) #1

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#174 – Illyana Nikolaievna Rasputina

Tue, 04 May 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Illyana Rasputina, Colossus's often-kidnapped younger sister who also is a member of the New Mutants by the name of Magik, can teleport, do magic, and also aged up a decade after forging a cool sword and becoming the ruler of Limbo.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Giant-Size X-Men (1975) #1
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #145
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #160
-Magik (1983)
-New Mutants (1983) #14
-New Mutants movie
-Inferno
-Excalibur (1988) #11
-Excalibur (1988) #83
-X-Men (1991) #17
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #303
-New X-Men (2004) #37
-X-Infernus (2008)
-New Mutants (2009)
-Uncanny X-Men (2011)
-Avengers Vs X-Men (2012) #6
-Uncanny X-Men (2013)
-New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018)
-New Mutants (2019)
-Pencilscratchins Illyana design
-Robin (2021) #1
-Flatline
-Daredevil (2019)

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#173 – Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin, an X-men best known as Colossus, who is a big strong guy who can turn into metal which makes him bigger and stronger. We also like him best when he's just a big nice guy trying his best.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Giant Size X-Men (1975) #1
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #115
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #284
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #303
-Excalibur (1988) #92
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #390
-Astonishing X-Men (2004) #4
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #542
-Avengers Vs. X-Men (2012) #5
-X-Men Gold (2017)
-Blue & Gold announcement
-Justice League Unlimited comic series announcement
-DC Festival of Heroes

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#172 – Henry "Hank" McCoy

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Hank McCoy, a founding member of the X-Men known as Beast. He's gone from a pretty normal guy who was really smart and agile to a blue furry man who sometimes goes back in time to bring his teenage self and teammates to the future.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-X-Men (1963)
-Amazing Adventures (1970) #11
-Avengers (1963) #137
-Defenders (1972) #104
-X-Factor (1986)
-X-Men (1991)
-Astonishing X-Men (2004)
-Wolverine & the X-Men (2011)
-All-New X-Men (2012)
-House of X/Powers of X (2019)
-X-Force (2019)
-Challenge of the Super Sons (2020) #1
-Young Justice Animatic

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#171 – Robert "Bobby" Drake

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Bobby Drake, best known as Iceman. He's one of the founding members of the X-Men and in his time since then he's become an accountant, been kidnapped by an island, been kidnapped by Loki, been possessed by Emma Frost, time traveled, and discovered he was gay.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Bobby Drake tumblr edit
-X-Men (1963)
-Champions (1975)
-The Defenders (1972) #122
-X-Factor (1986)
-A more extensive breakdown (with two pages) of the Bobby Brings Rogue To Dinner issue
-All-New X-Men (2012)
-Uncanny X-Men (2013) #600
-All-New X-Men (2015)
-Iceman (2017)
-Iceman (2018)
-Invincible
-Infinity Train

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#170 – Roberto Da Costa

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Roberto Da Costa, a mutant known as Sunspot. He starts out as a teen whose girlfriend died saving his life, and then he became an X-Men member, and eventually he used his inheritance money to buy AIM and make an Avengers team!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-The New Mutants Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
-Some Robertos throughout the years
-New Mutants (1983)
-X-Force (1991)
-Young X-Men (2008)
-New Mutants (2009)
-New Avengers (2015)
-U.S.Avengers (2017)
-War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men (2019)
-Nightwing (2016) #78
-Titans Academy (2021) #1

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#169 – Robert Reynolds

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Robert Reynolds, best known as the Sentry, except how everybody forgot who that was and when he remembered he had to go talk to all his superhero friends so they would remember him and his power of 1,000-1,000,000 exploding suns.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Sentry (2000)
-New Avengers (2004)
-Sentry (2005)
-The Age of the Sentry (2008)
-World War Hulk (2007)
-Dark Avengers (2009)
-King in Black (2020) #1
-Invincible (TV Show)
-Invincible (Comic)
-Kid Cosmic

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#168 – Vandal Savage

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Vandal Savage, who was a normal caveman until a meteorite made him immortal, and over the many many years he's been alive he decided that he mostly just wants to be evil and do schemes.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Green Lantern (1941) #10
-Action Comics (1938) #552
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
-Resurrection Man (1997)
-Villains United (2005)
-Secret Six (2006)
-Final Crisis: Revelations (2008)
-Demon Knights #4
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #7
-Disney+ Echo spinoff announcement
-Emerald Fennell - Zatanna movie announcement
-Zack Snyder's Justice League
-Falcon and the Winter Soldier

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#167 – Atlantis Roundup

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the Aqualads and Aquagirls and Dolphin, or as we like to call them: The Aquids. They have a really bad habit of being abandoned as babies, apparently.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Adventure Comics (1935) #269
-Teen Titans (1966) #1
-Teen Titans: Year One (2008)
-Tempest (1996)
-Blackest Night (2009)
-Aquaman (2011) #41 New 52
-Titans (2016) Rebirth
-Brightest Day (2010) #4
-DC Universe: Rebirth (2016)
-Teen Titans (2016) #6
-You Brought Me The Ocean
-Aquaman (1962) #33
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
-Aquaman (2003): Sub Diego
-Teen Titans (2003) #34
-Aquaman (1994) #0
-Titans (2008) #15
-Aquaman (2016) #25 Rebirth
-The Other History of the DC Universe (2020)
-DC Pride Anthology 2021 Announcement

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#166 – Mera

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Mera, who is the Queen of Atlantis usually, and Aquaman's wife, usually, except when comics retcons their marriage, or when she abolishes the monarchy.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Aquaman (1962) #11
-Aquaman (1962) #18
-Aquaman (1962) #57 - #62
-Aquaman (1989)
-Aquaman (1994) #11
-Blackest Night (2009)
-Blackest Night: Wonder Woman (2009) #2, #3
-Brightest Day (2010)
-Aquaman (2011) new 52
-Aquaman (2016) Rebirth
-Mera: Tidebreaker
-Infinite Frontier (2021) #0

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#165 – Arthur Curry

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Arthur Curry, also known as Orin depending on the era, who is Aquaman and usually the King of Atlantis! He has a lot of water-based powers from either living underwater as a child (Golden Age) or his Atlantean heritage (every other iteration of the character).

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis
-More Fun Comics (1936) #73
-Adventure Comics (1935) #260
-Aquaman (1962)
-Justice League of America (1960)
-SUPERFRIENDS
-Justice League Cartoon
-Aquaman (1986)
-Aquaman: Time and Tide (1993)
-Aquaman (1994)
-Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis (2006)
-Aquaman (2011) New 52
-Aquaman (2016) Rebirth
-Young Justice Cartoon
-Aquaman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold
-Infinite Frontier (2021) #0

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#164 – Pym Particle Roundup

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about several heroes and villains who use Pym Particles to get very big or very small! Including some Ant-men, Goliaths, and Giant-men!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Irredeemable Ant-Man (2006)
-Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #8
-Thunderbolts (2006) #128
-Secret Avengers (2010)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #17
-Avengers (1963) #32
-Power Man (1974) #24
-Black Goliath (1976)
-West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #3
-Civil War (2006)
-World War Hulk: Aftersmash (2007)
-Civil War II: Choosing Sides (2016) #2
-Free Comic Book Day 2016 Civil War II
-The Unstoppable Wasp (2017)
-The Unstoppable Wasp (2018)
-Ant-Man & the Wasp (2018)
-Marvel Premiere (1972) #47
-Astonishing Ant-Man (2015) #12
-Avengers (1963) #264
-Avengers Annual (1967) #17
-Chaos War: Dead Avengers (2010) #1
-Iron Man Annual (1976) #7
-Avengers (1963) #273
-Ant-Man Annual (2015) #1
-Agents of Atlas (2019)

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#163 – Cassandra "Cassie" Lang

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Cassie Lang, who used to steal her dad's Pym Particles and then joined the Young Avengers as Stature, died, was resurrected by Doctor Doom, and then joined Ant-Man to fight crime as Stinger.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Marvel Premiere (1972) #47
-Heroes for Hire (1997) #7
-Young Avengers (2005)
-Civil War (2006)
-Young Avengers Presents (2008) #5
-Avengers: The Children's Crusade (2010)
-WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE I AM
-Avengers World (2014) #16
-Ant-Man (2015)
-Astonishing Ant-Man (2015)
-Ant-Man (2020)
-WandaVision
-Snyder Cut Justice League trailer
-Goodbye, Battle Princess Peony

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#162 – Scott Lang

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Scott Lang, a man who stole the Ant-Man armor from Avengers Mansion for what was supposed to be a one-time superhero gig and then Hank Pym said "actually you know what? be Ant-Man". Since then he's died, come back, and gone into space.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Billy on the Street
-Marvel Premiere (1972) #47
-Iron Man (1968) #133
-Avengers (1963) #196
-Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #87
-Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #24
-Fantastic Four (1961) #405
-Fantastic Four (1998) #43
-Avengers (1998) #62
-Avengers (1998) #76
-Avengers (1998) #500
-Avengers: Children's Crusade
-FF (2012)
-Avengers World (2014) #16
-Ant-Man (2015)
-All-New Guardians of the Galaxy (2017) #12
-Ant-Man (2020)
-Future State: Nightwing (2021)
-Future State: Batman/Superman (2021)
-Future State: Superman of Metropolis (2021)

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#161 – Janet van Dyne

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Janet van Dyne, best known as the Wasp. She was a founding member of the Avengers, can get really small, fly (but only when she's small), and sometimes she even gets really big, but not that often.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Tales to Astonish (1959) #44
-Avengers (1963) #1
-Avengers (1963) #59
-Avengers (1963) #83
-Avengers (1963) #217
-West Coast Avengers (1985) #32
-Secret Invasion (2008) #8
-Avengers (2010) #32
-Avengers: Rage of Ultron (2015)
-Avengers (2018) #12

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#160 – Henry "Hank" Pym

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Henry "Hank" Pym, who discovered a particle he named after himself that can make him small, and then he made a helmet that can talk to ants, and then he decided to get big, and then he decided to make a robot, and then he had a rough time.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Tales to Astonish (1959) #27
-Avengers (1963) #1
-This isn't the Smartest Characters list but it is a smartest heroes list
-i'm just a little guy
-Avengers (1963) #55
-Avengers (1963) #59
-Avengers (1963) #212
-West Coast Avengers (1985) #1
-Avengers: Rage of Ultron (2015)

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#159 – The Vision

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about The Vision, who was created by Ultron based off of the body of one hero and the brain of another and then the Avengers taught him about autonomy and emotions. He's married Wanda Maximoff, had children, died, been reborn (repeat as necessary), and built his own family.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-WandaVision on Disney+
-Avengers (1963) #57
-Golden Age Vision (Aarkus)
-Adam Link by Eando Binder
-Avengers (1963) #75
-Giant-Size Avengers (1974) #4
-Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1982)
-Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1985)
-West Coast Avengers: Vision Quest
-Vision (1994)
-Avengers: Disassembled
-Young Avengers (2005)
-Avengers A.I. (2013)
-All-New All-Different Avengers (2015)
-Vision (2015)
-What is a man?
-DC Future State (2021)

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#158 – Bat Family Roundup Pt. 2

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Carrie Kelley, most known as the Robin from Dark Knight Returns, Duke Thomas, a sort-of Robin and The Signal, Harper Row a.k.a. Bluebird, and the two Batwings, David Zavimbe and Luke Fox!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Dark Knight Returns (1986)
-Dark Knight Strikes Again (2001)
-Dark Knight III: Master Race (2015)
-Batman (2011): Zero Year
-Batman (2011): Endgame
-We Are Robin (2015)
-Robin War (2015)
-Batman (2011): Bloom -Batman and the Signal (2017)
-Batman and the Outsiders (2018)
-Batman (2011)
-Batman Eternal (2014)
-Batman & Robin Eternal (2015)
-Batman Incorporated (2011)
-Batwing (2011)
-Future State: The Next Batman (2021)
-Future State: Wonder Woman (2021)
-Future State: Harley Quinn (2021)
-Future State: The Flash (2021)
-Future State: Superman of Metropolis (2021)
-Vision (2015)

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#157 – Bat Family Roundup Pt. 1

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about several characters who are adjacent to Batman! Leslie Thompkins and Victoria October are doctors (highly necessary), Lucius Fox is Bruce Wayne's business manager (highly necessary), and Jean-Paul Valley is an assassin turned ally turned terrible Batman turned ally (not really necessary).

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Detective Comics (1937) #457
-Batman: War Crimes
-Robin (1993) #174
-Detective Comics (2016) #948
-Detective Comics (2016) vol 6 (#969-974)
-Batman (1940) #307
-Batman: Haunted Knight
-Red Robin (2009)
-Batgirl: Future's End (2014)
-Batman: Sword of Azrael (1992)
-Batman: Knightfall (1993)
-Azrael: Agent of the Bat (1995)
-Batman & Robin: Eternal (2015)
-Detective Comics (2016)
-Dead End Jobs for Ghosts
-She Would Feel the Same
-Pass Me By: Gone Fishin'
-Stage Dreams
-Glitter Vipers
-Hell. Hath. No. Fury.

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#156 – Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Alfred Pennyworth, who is the Wayne family butler, who raised Bruce after his parents died. Or is he? Turns out, in true comics fashion, so much of Alfred's backstory has been redone that it's all a bit of a blur.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Batman (1940) #16
-Detective Comics (1937) #328
-Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
-Batman (2011) New 52
-Batman Eternal (2014)
-Batman (2016) Rebirth
-Pennyworth (TV show)

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#155 – Jim Gordon

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about James W. Gordon, the Police Commissioner for Gotham PD. He's the father of Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) and the friend of Batman, who then became Police-Sponsored Batman for a little bit but he needed a mecha-suit to do it.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Batman: The Golden Age vol 1
-Detective Comics 1937-2011 Special Issue (reprints Detective Comics #27!)
-our episode on Crisis on Infinite Earths
-Batman: Year One (1987)
-Batman: The Black Mirror
-Batman: The Killing Joke
-Batman (2011) #41
-DC Infinite Frontier lineup

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#154 – Terry McGinnis

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Terry McGinnis, best known as Batman from Batman Beyond, a 1999 cartoon, but since then he's been made canon in the comics! He was trained by an elderly Bruce Wayne after he discovered he used to be Batman, and his father is murdered. These events were unrelated.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Batman Beyond
-Justice League Unlimited, "Epilogue"
-Superman/Batman (2003) #22
-Countdown to Final Crisis (2007) #21
-Batman Beyond (2010)
-Batman Beyond (2011)
-Batman Beyond: Unlimited (2012)
-Batman Beyond 2.0 (2013)
-New 52: Futures End (2014)
-Batman Beyond (2016)
-DC Future State
-Power Pack (2020) #1
-Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices (2020) #1
-Vampire Blood Drive 2 by Mira Ong Chua -Follow Hattersarts gumroad for any updates on That, But Lesbians
-Shattered Spear by Otava Heikkilä
-Disney Investor Day 2020 news

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#153 – Maya Lopez

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Maya Lopez, who has mostly been known as Echo but was also the first Ronin. She can replicate any skill after watching it, and also she was raised by Kingpin after he killed her father, who then sent her to kill Daredevil.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Alaqua Cox cast as Echo for Disney+ Hawkeye
-Daredevil (1998) #9
-New Avengers (2004) #11
-Moon Knight (2011)
-Daredevil Annual (2016) #1
-Captain Marvel (2019) #2
-Marvel's Indigenous Voices (2020) #1
-Batman/Catwoman (2020) #1
-Mariko Tamaki writing on Detective Comics
-I Am Not Starfire by Mariko Tamaki and Yoshi Yoshitani

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#152 – Daimon Hellstrom

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Daimon Hellstrom, who is sometimes known as Hellstorm or Son of Satan, though he has a very complicated series of figuring out who his dad actually is, and one time when he lied to his wife about it.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Ghost Rider (1973) #1
-Marvel Spotlight (1971) #12
-Giant-Size Defenders (1974) #2
-Son of Satan (Trade Paperback)
-Defenders (1972) #120
-Hellstorm: Prince of Lies (1993)
-Thunderbolts Annual 2000
-Strikeforce (2019)
-Helstrom (Hulu)
-Supernatural: Origins
-Supernatural: Rising Son
-Supernatural: Beginning's End
-Supernatural: The Dogs of Edinburgh
-Gothic Tales of Haunted Futures

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#151 – Greer Grant Nelson

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Greer Grant Nelson, best known as Tigra, but she started out as The Cat, a fully human but super-powered-through-science hero! Until they decided to give her a furry makeover and now she's living the catgirl dream.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Claws of the Cat (1972)
-Giant Size Creatures (1974)
-Avengers (1963) #211
-West Coast Avengers (1984)
-West Coast Avengers (1985)
-Tigra (2002)
-Civil War
-Avengers: The Initiative (2007)
-New Avengers (2004) #35
-Avengers Academy (2010)
-Alice by Marty Tina G.
-Titans' Starfire new costume
-Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices #1

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#150 – Patricia Walker

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Patricia Walker, who goes by Patsy and also Hellcat. She started in teen rom-com comics in the 1940's, which turned into comics in Marvel canon where she convinced Beast to help her be a superhero named Hellcat in the 1970's.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat! (2015) written by Kate Leth
-Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #3
-Avengers (1963) #141
-Defenders (1972) vol 6 (a starting point)
-Helstrom trailer
-Hellstorm: Prince of Lies (1993)
-Thunderbolts Annual 2000
-Avengers Annual 2000
-Marvel Comics Presents (2007)
-Patsy Walker: Hellcat (2008)
-Marvel Divas (2009)
-She-Hulk (2014)
-Briar's photos
-Truth & Justice article
-DC Future State
-Yara Flor tv series announcement

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#149 – Night Nurse Roundup

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the very short 1972 Marvel comic Night Nurse about three nurses--Georgia Jenkins, Christine Palmer, and Linda Carter--and what they're up to in their short-lived comic and how Marvel brings (some of) them back into canon later.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Night Nurse (1972)
-The Claws of the Cat
-Shanna the She-Devil
-Nightcrawler (2004)
-Night Nurse #1 cover
-Daredevil (1998) #58
-Civil War (2006) #5
-Doctor Strange: The Oath (2006)

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#148 – Marc Spector

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Marc Spector or Steven Grant or Jake Lockley, who are all the same guy and better known as Moon Knight. He has Dissociative Identity Disorder in later comics, which is uhhh not always handled well, but he also has mystic powers from an Egyptian god so! A lot happening here.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-I know you're here Dracula
-Werewolf by Night (1972) #32
-Marvel Spotlight (1971) #28
-Defenders (1972) #47
-Moon Knight (1980)
-West Coast Avengers (1985) #21
-Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #353
-Secret Avengers (2010)
-Moon Knight (2011)
-the "wait did he kill thor?" panel
-has anyone here dated moon knight?
-Safety Checklist for November

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#147 – Captain Boomerang Roundup

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the first Captain Boomerang, George "Digger" Harkness, and his son Owen Mercer, who is also the second Captain Boomerang. Digger is arguably the least tolerable of the Rogues, but also maybe the most well-known outside of Flash comics, due to his involvement in the Suicide Squad.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Flash (1959) #117
-Legends (1986
-Suicide Squad (1987)
-Pie Mystery
-Identity Crisis (2004)
-Rogue War
-Outsiders (2003) #34
-Blackest Night reading order
-Dark Knights: Death Metal (2020)
-Dark Knights: Death Metal Speed Metal #1
-Oscar Isaac Moon Knight

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#146 – Mirror Master Roundup

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the Mirror Masters, including the original Mirror Master Sam Scudder, Digger Harkness who pretended to be Mirror Master very briefly, Evan McCulloch who was the second official Mirror Master, and Evan's daughter who briefly went by Mirror Mistress but also Prismatik.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-The Flash (1959) #105
-DC Halloween Special 2009
-Crisis on Infinite Earths reading order
-Suicide Squad (1987)
-Flash (2011) (New 52)
-Animal Man (1988)
-Underworld Unleashed reading order
-Last Days of Animal Man (2009) (Prismatik content)
-Salvation Run
-Flash: The Fastest Man Alive (2006) Full Throttle
-Rorschach (2020) #1
-Dark Knights: Death Metal (2020)
-Every Green Lantern confirmed for HBO show
-Kamala Khan casting; Iman Vellani
-Doctor Strange 2 casting; Xochitl Gomez

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#145 – Mick Rory

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Mick Rory, best known as Heat Wave, who is obsessed with fire, one of Flash's villains, and part of The Rogues. He has a hand-held flamethrower, and once he used it to melt Flash's boots.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:

-The Flash (1987)
-The Flash by Geoff Johns
-Underworld Unleashed reading order
-Flash (2011) (New 52)
-Identity Crisis
-Rogue War
-Flash: The Fastest Man Alive (2006) Full Throttle
-Final Crisis
-Salvation Run
-Flash (2016) (Rebirth)

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#144 – Leonard Snart

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Leonard Snart, most commonly known as Captain Cold. He's mainly a Flash villain, and part of The Rogues, but he occasionally teams up with the Flash when they have a common goal. We also go on a tangent about his sister, Lisa, who is known as the Golden Glider.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-The second story of Justice League Quarterly (1990) #2 on DCUniverse or on Comixology
-The Flash by Geoff Johns
-Captain Cold kills The Top
-The Flash (1987)
-Underworld Unleashed reading order
-Identity Crisis
-Flash: The Fastest Man Alive (2006) Full Throttle
-Blackest Night reading order
-Flash (2011) (New 52)
-Flash (2016) (Rebirth)

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#143 – New Gods Roundup

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about some of the New Gods, characters created by Jack Kirby who are from either Apokolips or New Genesis, and there sure is a lot of weird stuff that goes on with them.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-The New Gods by Jack Kirby
-Forever People by Jack Kirby
-Mister Miracle (1971) by Jack Kirby
-Justice League International (1987)
-New Gods (1989) -New Gods (1995)
-Green Lantern/New Gods: Godhead
-Death of the New Gods (2007)

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#142 – Big Barda

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Big Barda, one of the Female Furies on Apokolips until she ran away to Earth to hang out with her husband Scott Free, try to live a suburban life, and sometimes be a superhero.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Mister Miracle (2017)
-The New Gods by Jack Kirby
-Forever People by Jack Kirby
-Mister Miracle (1971) by Jack Kirby
-Some of the Furies
-Justice League International (1987) Omnibus vol 1
-The Reason Why Barda Goes Into Space With G'Nort and Rocket Red
-JLA (1997)
-Birds of Prey (1999) #100
-Barda playing Pokemon
-Death of the New Gods
-Superman/Batman (2003) vol 1
-Scott loves his big strong wife
-Oscar Isaac and Gwendoline Christie
-Legend of Korra
-Slaughterhouse-Five graphic novel
-Don't Go Without Me (digital)
-MICE 2020 (Oct 3-30)

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#141 – Scott Free

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Scott Free, also known as Mister Miracle, who is one of the New Gods. He was politically traded as a child and tortured on Apokolips but he escaped to Earth to become an escape artist, hang out with his wife, and also be a superhero.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-The New Gods by Jack Kirby
-Forever People by Jack Kirby
-Mister Miracle (1971) by Jack Kirby
-Justice League International (1987) Omnibus vol 1
-Death of the New Gods
-Mister Miracle (2017)
-Young Offenders kickstarter (Ends Oct 14, 2020)
-Kitty Pryde Finally Kissed A Girl This Week
-Hilda on Netflix
-Blaseball

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#140 – Anya Corazon

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Anya Corazon, who has gone by both Araña and Spider-Girl. She got magic spider powers from a Spider Society mage but even the mage doesn't know why Anya can create an exoskeleton (which is ridiculous that it doesn't cover her torso, that's where her organs are!).

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
-Amazing Fantasy (2004)
-Araña: the Heart of the Spider
-Spider-Man & Araña: The Hunter Revealed (2006)
-Ms. Marvel (2006)
-Amazing Spider-Man #635
-Young Allies (2010)
-Spider-Girl (2010)
-Spider-Island: The Amazing Spider-Girl (2011)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2014)
-Spider-Verse (2015)
-Web Warriors (2015)
-Eclipso: The Darkness Within (reading order)
-Our Coven
-NANI (kickstarter ends Oct 1, 2020)

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#139 – Felicia Hardy

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Felicia Hardy, best known as Black Cat, who is a burglar who has at any given time the powers of a burglar, bad luck powers, and/or cat powers. She's also at any given time the friend, girlfriend, and/or enemy of Spider-Man.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #194
-Spider-Man/Black Cat: Evil That Men Do
-Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #75
-Heroes for Hire (2006)
-Claws (2006)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2014)
-Amazing Spider-Man: Venom Inc

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#138 – Cindy Moon

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Cindy Moon, best known as Silk. Turns out she was bitten by the same radioactive (and magic??) spider that Peter Parker was, except nobody knew about her because she was locked in an underground bunker for 7 years to hide from a guy trying to eat her!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Being replaced with a malfunctioning robot and then getting blown up and they have a whole funeral for the robot before revealing that it was in fact a robot. -Amazing Spider-Man (2014)
-Silk (2017)
-War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas (2019)
-Agents of Atlas (2019)
-Silk 2020???
-Justice League International (1987)

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#137 – Crisis on Infinite Earths

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a 1985 DC Comics crossover event that reshaped the whole DC universe. Or, well, turned its multiverse into a universe. It's... a lot.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Crisis on Infinite Earths reading order
-Crisis on Infinite Earths on DC Universe
-The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015)
-The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015b)
-Justice League International (1987)

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#136 – Colleen Wing

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:00:40 -0000

Today we talk about Colleen Wing (who has no superhero name), a martial artist, swordswoman, and private detective who is frequently involved with Misty Knight and the Heroes for Hire. She also leads a small group of the organization The Hand for a while.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Okay, so we did go off on a whole thing about how much Colleen is super white passing, but YES there are a few iterations where she isn't!! There should be more of those. (For example her first appearance (below) was drawn by Larry Hama!) -Marvel Premiere (1972) #19
-Iron Fist (1975) #1
-Power-Man and Iron Fist (1978)
-Daughters of the Dragon (2006)
-Heroes for Hire (2010)
-Shadowland (2010)
-Shadowland: Daughters of the Shadow (2010)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (dcuniverse)
-Infinity, Inc.
-The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal
-Strange Adventures (2020)

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#135 – Misty Knight

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Mercedes "Misty" Knight, who doesn't really have a super-powered name but she DOES have detective experience, a proficiency in hand-to-hand combat, and a cool metal arm that she uses to fight crime.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Netflix's Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Defenders
-Marvel Premiere (1972) #20
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #1
-A bit about Misty Knight & Blacksploitation
-Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu (1974) #32
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #64
-Y'all should get gay-married
-Shadowland (2010)
-Heroes for Hire (2010)
-Fearless Defenders (2013)
-Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost
-Tales of the Green Lantern Corps (1981)
-Legends (1986)
-Green Lantern Corps (1986)
-Justice League International (1987) vol 1
-The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal

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#134 – Green Lantern Roundup

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about some more notable Green Lanterns such as Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz, as well as a run-down of the other colors of power rings in the Green Lantern mythos!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Green Lantern (2011) #13 (Simon Baz)
-Justice League (2011) #31 (Jessica Cruz)
-Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
-Blackest Night (2009) -Guy Gardner Star Sapphire (well, and Red Lantern)
-Dark Knights: Death Metal #1
-Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling #1
-Humble Book Bundle: Be the Change

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#133 – Guy Gardner

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Guy Gardner, a Green Lantern who is the Shitkicker of the DCU, Warrior, and a Red Lantern. He loses his ring in a bet, learns he has some alien shapeshifter DNA, and gets punched by Batman really hard in the face.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-TikTok witches hexing the moon
-Green Lantern (1960) #59
-Booster Gold (2007) #2
-Spongebob flying ice cream truck
-Justice League International (1987)
-Guy Gardner: Warrior (1992)
-Green Lantern Corps (2006): Blackest Night
-Green Lantern: War of the Green Lanterns
-Red Lanterns (2011) #21 (new 52)
-Humble Book Bundle: Be The Change

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#132 – Kyle Rayner

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Kyle Rayner, a Green Lantern who despite being a pretty cool dude has a LOT of bad things happen to the women around him, and also he's kind of like the Avatar of the Lanterns in that he masters all seven colors of rings.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Green Lantern: Emerald Twlight/New Dawn
-Women In Refrigerators
-Green Lantern: Circle of Fire
-Infinite Crisis
-this means nothing vis-a-vis our naruto debate
-Green Lantern (2011) (New 52)
-Humble Book Bundle: Be The Change

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#131 – John Stewart

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about the fourth Green Lantern, John Stewart. He was an architect before becoming a Green Lantern (until he was retconned into a Marine veteran) and all of his ring projections are fully-functioning with every single part, even though he doesn't have to do that.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Justice League Cartoon
-Green Lantern (1960) #87
-Green Lantern (1960) #182
-Cosmic Odyssey (1988)
-it was all yellow
-Green Lantern: Mosaic
-Justice League - Scott Snyder
-Is'Nana the Were-Spider from Webway Comics

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#130 – Hal Jordan

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Hal Jordan, a test pilot who had the highest willpower the closest to where a Green Lantern died, and so he then became (arguably the most well-known) Green Lantern. Some weird stuff happened in the 1990's, and he was Spectre for a while, but he's mostly just a Space Cop.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Showcase Presents: Green Lantern vol. 1
-Showcase Presents: Green Lantern vol. 5
-The Final Night (1996)
-Day of Judgement (1999)
-Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004)
-Justice League: War (trailer)
-Dark Knights: Death Metal (2020) #1
-Being Anti-Racist
-BlackoutDay2020 (July 7)
-General Strike 2020 (July 4-7)

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#129 – Pietro Maximoff

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Pietro Maximoff, who can think and go very fast and this makes him incredibly impatient! He loves his twin sister Wanda and hates his dad Magneto. Once he did some messed up things and blamed it on a Skrull even though it was him.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-X-Men (1963) #4
-Avengers (1963) #16
-Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #12
-Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1982) #4
-West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #1
-House of M
-Black Lives Matter Punisher Skull Shirts

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#128 – Wanda Maximoff

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Wanda Maximoff, better known as the Scarlet Witch, who is an extremely powerful mutant who has... some problems with agency, namely that comics don't let her have it very often. She also is able to rewrite reality!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-X-Men (1963) #4
-Avengers (1963) #16
-For Once In His Life He Says Nothing
-Avengers Disassembled
-Original Sins (2014) #5 (No, MORE mutants)
-The two panels where it's revealed that Clint Barton had sex with a doombot
-Your Black Friend and Other Strangers
-Valiant Comics twitter thread of free comics
-Donate to the National Lawyers Guild!

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#127 – Erik Lehnsherr

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about a man who goes by many names, mostly Erik Lehnsherr and Magneto, who is a mutant with electromagnetic powers, a Holocaust survivor, and an antagonist to the X-Men. Is he a villain? Well, it's complicated.

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Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Quentin Quire's Magneto was right shirt
-X-Men (1963) #1
-Secret Wars (1984)
-House of M (2005)
-Secret Wars (2015) -there's plenty of lists of Black comics artists and writers and books, but here's one
-and here's another!
-Gail Simone even made a twitter thread!

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#126 – Jean Grey

Tue, 26 May 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Jean Grey, who has most notably gone by Marvel Girl, Phoenix, and Dark Phoenix, although there's some fun stuff with "How much of this was Jean Grey and how much of it was the Phoenix Force?" because one of the symptoms of Women In Comics Disease is a lack of agency!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-X-Men (1963) #1
-X-Men (1963) #101
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #129
-X-Factor (1986) #1
-All-New X-Men (2012)
-House of X (2019)
-Jeeves and Wooster

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#125 – Scott Summers

Tue, 19 May 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Scott Summers, best known as Cyclops, who is one of the original members of the X-Men and he has portals in his eyes to a universe full of concussive force that can only be stopped by some special ruby quartz glasses!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-X-Men (1963) #1
-X-Factor (1986) #1
-I meant "no, MORE mutants" from Original Sins #5
-Article about the possible resolution of the Scott/Jean/Logan love triangle
-All-New X-Men (2012)
-Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015B) #37

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#124 – Al Simmons

Tue, 12 May 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Al Simmons, better known as Spawn, who is an assassin who went to hell, became a hellspawn, went back to Earth, and then became a superhero using his hell powers. There's... a lot that happens.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man
-Spawn (1992)
-Ok, look, Todd named his demon after the 8th circle of hell, so i guess this is just like naming your kid after a city/country/etc
-Mammon, is in FACT, an actual demon
-This isn't really a piece of media but hello it's Elian and i just gotta say i did say Paul when i was trying to name the apostles of Jesus and there is no apostle named Paul, i was thinking of Peter, sorry about that
-King Shark
-Spawn (1997) trailer
-Todd McFarlane's Spawn
-Korn - Freak on a Leash
-Kiss Number 8
-Olivia's newest Pod of Greed appearance

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#123 – Goldstar Roundup

Tue, 05 May 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about three characters who have held the Goldstar mantle: Trixie Collins (Booster Gold's personal assistant), Michelle Carter (Booster Gold's twin sister), and Ernest Widdle (basically a superman parody who argues with Lobo, no relation to Booster).

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Booster Gold (1986)
-Booster Gold (2007)
-Lobo (1993)
-Adventures of the Super Sons (2018)

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#122 – Lobo

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Lobo, who is an alien who looks like he could be a member of Kiss, and mostly just goes around causing chaos because he wants to. Basically he is to Wolverine what Deadpool is to Deathstroke!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Omega Men (1983) #3
-Justice League International (1987)
-Lobo (1990)
-Lobo (1993)
-Lobo (2014)
-Nailed It!

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#121 – Amanda Waller

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Amanda Waller, who has led the Suicide Squad, Checkmate, and the Secret Six. She is an extremely competent morally grey woman who is not here to be liked, she's here to get stuff done.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Legends (1986)
-Suicide Squad (1987)
-Checkmate (1987)
-Superman/Batman (2003) #44
-Suicide Squad (2011)
-Suicide Squad (2016)
-Check, Please! Graphic Novels
-Marvel Powers of a Girl

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#120 – Princess Amethyst

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Amethyst, the Princess of Gemworld, who is a human (or homo magi) girl who discovers she's can go to Gemworld where she has magic powers and is also an adult woman (except now she's the same age both places).

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld (1983)
-Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld (1983) (TRADE)
-Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld (1985)
-Sword of Sorcery (2012)
-Justice League Dark (2018)
-Young Justice (2019)
-Amethyst (2020)
-DC Nation Shorts: Amethyst Princess of Gemworld
-Check Please! (graphic novels)
-Check Please! (webcomic)

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#119 – Adam Strange

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:00:14 -0000

Today we talk about Adam Strange, an archaeologist who was kidnapped from Earth accidentally by aliens who then give him technology to help save their planet, which he does, and ends up beaming back and forth from Earth to space in some convoluted ways.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Showcase (1956) #17
-Mystery In Space (1951) #53
-Adam Strange: The Man of Two Worlds (1990)
-Adam Strange: Planet Heist (2004)
-Justice League United (2014)
-Strange Adventures (2020)
-SYFY's Krypton
-Check Please vol 2: Sticks and Scones

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#118 – Hercules

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:05:53 -0000

Today we talk about Hercules, the Prince of Power, who is Marvel's version of the Greek demi-god. He's on the Avengers, the Champions, and a team called the God Squad, and he's also really good friends with Thor when he's not being tricked into being on TV by other Greek gods.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Avengers (1963) #10
-Journey Into Mystery Annual (1965) #1
-Thor (1966) #126
-Champions (1975)
-World War Hulk
-Incredible Hercules (2008)
-Herc (2010)
-Civil War II
-Avengers: No Road Home (2019)
-Blood From a Stone
-Ghost Town
-X-Treme X-Men (2012) #10

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#117 – Robert Bruce Banner

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Robert Bruce Banner, who mostly goes by Bruce unless Stan Lee forgets his own character's name, but he also goes by a lot of Hulk aliases because WOW this guy just can't stop absorbing radiation.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #1
-Tales to Astonish (1959) #59
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #347
-Civil War II (2016)
-Immortal Hulk (2018)
-Absolute Carnage: Immortal Hulk (2019) #1
-Are you tired of being nice?
-Teen Titans: Raven
-The Fire Never Goes Out

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#116 – Amadeus Cho

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Amadeus Cho: a genius-level teen who hangs out with superheroes before replacing Hercules as the Prince of Power to save him, replacing Bruce Banner as Hulk to save him, and then settling into his own newfound identity of Brawn.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Amazing Fantasy (2004) #15
-World War Hulk
-Incredible Hercules (2008)
-Fear Itself
-Totally Awesome Hulk (2015)
-Civil War II (2016)
-Champions (2016)
-Agents of Atlas (2019)
-Strange Adventures (2020) #1
-Strange Academy (2020) #1
-The Flash (2016) #750
-Batman (2016) #90
-Superman: Villains (2020) #1
-The Oracle Code
-The Fire Never Goes Out, by Noelle Stevenson

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#115 – Howard the Duck

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:00:43 -0000

Today we talk about Howard the Duck, who is a cynical duck-shaped alien who ended up on Earth, where he endures many misadventures, falls in love with a human woman, and is forced to wear pants.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Howard the Duck cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy
-Adventures into Fear (1970) #19
-Spider-Man Team Up (1995) #5
-Howard the Duck (1986 Movie Trailer)
-Falcon & Winter Soldier (2020) #1
-Strange Adventures (2020) #1

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#114 – Lunella Lafayette and Devil Dinosaur

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Lunella Lafayette, canonically the smartest person in the Marvel Universe who is best known as Moon Girl, and her best friend Devil Dinosaur, who is literally a dinosaur named Devil. We also talk a bit about Moon-Boy, who is a small furry boy who first befriended and named Devil.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Devil Dinosaur (1978) #1
-Fallen Angels (1987)
-Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2015)
-Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur tv series announcement
-Falcon & Winter Soldier (2020) #1
-Amethyst (2020) #1
-Giant Size X-Men: Jean Grey & Emma Frost (2020) #1

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#113 – Uatu the Watcher

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:00:00 -0000

Today we talk about Uatu the Watcher. Who is this big alien man? Why does he watch? Why does he keep breaking his non-interference oath to keep helping the Fantastic Four? Let's find out.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Fantastic Four (1961) #13
-Uatu: jsyk i can't INTERFERE if you just HAPPENED to take something POWERFUL from my HOME in order to SAVE YOUR WEDDING
-Uatu: don't worry, i'm NOT gonna watch your honeymoon
-Original Sin (2014)
-The Magnus Archives
-Superman Smashes the Klan
-Wolverine (2020) #1
-Runaways (2017) #30
-Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (2019) #8
-Nightwing (2016) #69
-Teen Titans (2016) #39
-Batman (2016) #89
-DCeased: The Unkillables #1
-Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins II #5

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#112 – Roberto "Robbie" Reyes

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:06:00 -0000

Today we talk about Roberto "Robbie" Reyes, the 5th Ghost Rider, and the only Ghost Rider to drive a Dodge Charger and be visually modeled after Zayn Malik of One Direction.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-All-New Ghost Rider (2014)
-Avengers (2018)
-Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
-Robbie Reyes: Ghost Rider (2016) -Ghost Rider (2019)
-Hawkeye: Freefall (2020)
-Gwen Stacy (2020) #1
-Superman: Heroes (2020) #1
-Bojack Horseman
-The Penumbra Podcast
-Ric Grayson Wants His Memories Back, and Fans Want Their Dick, in Nightwing #69 [Preview]

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#111 – Helena Bertinelli

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:00:58 -0000

Today we talk about Helena Bertinelli, best known as the Huntress, but was also Batgirl for a bit. We also talk about Helena Wayne, who was the first heroine to go by Huntress, because they're basically indistinguishable except for their personalities and backstories.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-DC Superstars (1976) #17
-Infinity, Inc. (1984)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths
-The Huntress (1989)
-Batman: No Man's Land
-Birds of Prey (1999) #57
-The Question: Pipeline (an example of a Helena/Renee teamup)
-Huntress (2011) (New 52)
-World's Finest (2012)
-Grayson (2014)
-Batgirl and the Birds of Prey (2016)
-Batman: Hush
-Ant-Man (2020) #1
-X-Men/Fantastic Four (2020) #1
-DC's Crimes of Passion (2020) #1
-Switchblade Sisters: Mad Max Fury Road with Birds of Prey director Cathy Yan

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#110 – Birds of Prey

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 13:00:23 -0000

Today we talk about the Birds of Prey, a superhero team founded by Oracle and Black Canary, typically with Huntress and Lady Blackhawk, though the team has included many characters including Hawk and Dove, Catwoman, Big Barda, and many more!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1
-Birds of Prey: Manhunt
-Birds of Prey (1999)
-Birds of Prey: Of Like Minds (Gail Simone's first arc)
-Birds of Prey (2010)
-Birds of Prey (2011) #1
-Batgirl and the Birds of Prey (2016)
-Hawkeye: Freefall (2020) #2
-Detective Comics Annual (2018) #3
-Far Sector (2019)
-Shadow of the Batgirl

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#109 – John Constantine

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:00:00 -0000

109 John Constantine

Today we talk about John Constantine, an occult detective and con man who has seen too much but still does his best. He's also the kind of man to have a threesome with ghosts.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Swamp Thing (1982) #37
-Crisis on Infinite Earths
-tumblr post about witches having joint custody of a child
-Polygon's Constantine Threeway article
-Grayson Annual #3
-Justice League Dark (2011)
-Justice League Dark (2018)
-(mildly nsfw) tumblr ficlet about Bruce Wayne having sex with The Literal Devil
-Nightwing (2016) #68
-Batman (2016) #87
-Strange Adventures previewsworld page (#1 out March 4, 2020)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2020) #1
-Pod of Greed

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#108 – Zatanna Zatara

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 13:00:00 -0000

108 Zatanna Zatara

Today we talk about Zatanna Zatara, whose superhero name is just her first name, and she can cast spells by saying words backwards! She's an extremely powerful magician--both on stage and in the Justice League.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Action Comics (1938) #1
-Hawkman (1964) #4
-Identity Crisis (2004)
-Zatanna (2010)
-Justice League Dark (2018)
-Hawkeye: Freefall (2020) #1
-The Hard Tomorrow
-Emperor Hulkling news
-WandaVision hulkling news
-Birds of Prey trailer #2

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#107 – Doctor Fate

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 13:00:00 -0000

107 Doctor Fate

Today we talk about Doctor Fate, who is mostly a Lord of Order named Nabu who empowers/inhabits the body of whoever puts on the Helmet of Fate. Typically this is Kent Nelson, but it has been many, many people.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-More Fun Comics (1936-1947)
-Kent Nelson origin
-Eldritch Blaest
-All-Star Comics #3 (forming of the Justice Society of America)
-Doctor Fate (1987)
-Justice League Dark (2018)
-Doctor StrangeFate
-Batman (2016) #86
-Star (2020) #1
-Legion of Super-Heroes (2019)
-Outlawed news!

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#106 – Michael Holt

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:06:40 -0000

106 Michael Holt

Today we talk about Mr. Terrific: a little bit of Terry Sloane but mostly Michael Holt, both men with no super powers but they're EXTREMELY smart and just REALLY GOOD AT EVERYTHING. Although, Michael Holt really should've been Dr. Terrific because he EARNED those 14 PhDs.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-CW Arrow's Mr. Terrific (Curtis Holt)
-Terry Sloane's terrific costume
-Spectre (1992-) #54
-New 52 Mister Terrific
-Hawkeye: Freefall (2020) #1
-Diana, Princess of the Amazons
-Wonder Woman: Warbringer
-New Mutants trailer

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#105 – Yelena Belova

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:00:00 -0000

105 Yelena Belova

Today we talk about Yelena Belova, the second Black Widow after Natasha Romanoff joined the Avengers. She gets her face swapped, quits spy work, gets sent to the Savage Lands, and ends up being both a cyborg and a clone (at different times)!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Black Widow (1999)
-Black Widow (2001)
-I Want To Turn People Into Dinosaurs
-Tales of Suspense: Hawkeye and Winter Soldier
-Looks like as of November 2019 Yelena is ALIVE and in Web of the Black Widow
-Dr. Strange (2019) #1
-Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
-The Hard Tomorrow

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#104 – Tony Masters

Tue, 24 Dec 2019 13:00:00 -0000

104 Tony Masters

Today we talk about Tony Masters, better known as The Taskmaster, a villain who can memorize any fighting style at the expense of his other memories, and he used this to open a school to teach people how to fight the Avengers.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-MCU Taskmaster in Black Widow trailer
-Avengers (1963) #196
-Taskmaster (2002)
-MCU Hawkeye Costumes
-Batman (2016) #85
-Runaways (2017) #28
-Batman: Last Knight on Earth #3
-Folklords #2
-The Low, Low Woods #1
-Superman Smashes the Klan #2
-Fanonball!

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#103 – Nick Fury

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:00:12 -0000

103 Nick Fury

Today we talk about Nick Fury, who started out as a soldier, then became a spy after drinking some Infinity Formula, and then the director of SHIELD, but when he ran out of his infinity juice he retired to space and was replaced by his son: Nick Fury Jr.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (1963) #1
-Strange Tales (1951) #135
-Ultimate Marvel Team-Up (2001) #5
-A CBR article on the reason why Samuel L Jackson is Nick Fury in the films, though I wish i could find the original interview!!
-Battle Scars (2011) #1
-B B Free #2
-Annihilation - Scourge: Beta Ray Bill (2019) #1

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#102 – Natasha Romanoff

Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:00:13 -0000

102 Natasha Romanoff

Today we talk about Natasha Romanoff, or Natalia Alianova Romanova, or Natalie Rushman, or... well, she goes by a lot of names, but most people know her as the Black Widow, a Russian super spy turned Avenger!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Black Widow trailer
-Wonder Woman 1984 trailer
-Tales of Suspense (1959) #52
-Tales of Suspense (1959) #57
-Civil War
-Tales of Suspense: Hawkeye and the Winter Soldier
-Black Widow (2019): No Restraints Play
-Young Justice (2019) #11
-Die #10
-Batman (2016) #84
-Strange Academy announcement
-Long Exposure

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#101 – Virgil Hawkins

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:00:05 -0000

101 Virgil Hawkins

Today we talk about Virgil Hawkins, best known as Static, who went into the middle of a fight between two gangs (on some very bad advice) and ended up getting electromagnetic superpowers!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Static (1993) #1 (I can't find a place to buy it digitally, so this link is a Retro Review that does have some scans)
-Static Shock (TV Show) (on DC Universe)
-Final Crisis (2008)
-Terror Titans (2008) #4
-Batman: Creature of the Night (2017) #4
-Marauders (2019) #1

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#100 – Bruce Wayne

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:00:56 -0000

100 Bruce Wayne

Today we revisit Bruce Wayne for our 100th episode!! He's a very rich, very traumatized man who dresses up as a bat, and has done so since 1939 (although he has... changed a lot since then).

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Okay, we didn't mention this, but here's a trailer for a documentary about Bill Finger and Batman
-Detective Comics (1937) #27
-Detective Comics (1937) #38
-The Dark Knight Returns
-Batman: Hush
-Batman: The Long Halloween
-Batman: Dark Victory
-Batman (2016)
-Superman/Batman (2003)
-Arkham Asylum: Serious House on Serious Earth
-READ THE WHOLE WITCH BOY TRILOGY, IT'S GOOD!!
-Batman (2016) #83
-Folklords #1

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#99 – Jane Foster

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:39:08 -0000

99 Jane Foster

Today we talk about Jane Foster, who started out as a love interest for Thor, but then became a doctor for the Avengers, then Thor, and now Valkyrie.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Health to the Company (Brass Farthing)
-Journey into Mystery (1952) #84
-Thor (2014)
-War of the Realms (2019)
-War of the Realms Omega #1
-The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag
-The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015) #50
-Far Sector (2019) #1

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#98 – Beta Ray Bill

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:01:39 -0000

Beta Ray Bill

Today we talk about Beta Ray Bill, who is a genetically modified alien who fought Thor and was found worthy of Mjolnir, gaining all his powers and his outfit.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Welcome to the Go Support Ngozi Power Hour
-The Mighty Thor (1966) #337
-Die #9
-Young Justice (2019) #10
-Batman (2016) #82
-B B Free #1
-Spider-Man & Venom: Double Trouble #1
-Legion of Super Heroes (2019) #1
-New Mutants (2019) #1
-The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag

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#97 – Thor Odinson

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 12:31:52 -0000

97 Thor Odinson

Today we talk about Thor Odinson, who is sometimes a Doctor named Donald Blake but mostly he's Thor, a super powerful alien from Asgard that the Norse god is based off of. He has a very powerful magic hammer and he has a... strained family dynamic.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Journey Into Mystery (1952) #83
-Avengers (1963) #1
-Thor (1966)
-Civil War (the official Marvel suggested reading order)
-Avengers (1963)
-Seriously, it's stuff like this that makes it So Good
-Check, Please!
-Batman (2016) Annual #4
-Nightwing (2018) Annual #2
-No Ivy League

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#96 – Venom

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:05:42 -0000

96 Venom

Today we talk about Venom, who is an alien symbiote who has had multiple hosts, most notably Peter Parker and Eddie Brock. Together with Eddie he antagonizes Spider-Man and eats criminals.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Spider-Man: Birth of Venom (collects relevant issues of secret wars, spider-man & fantastic four)
-Secret Wars (1984)
-why is venom Like This
-Venom (2018 film)
-Venom (2018 comic)
-Amazing Mary Jane (2019) #1
-Money Shot #1
-Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle #1
-Black Canary: Ignite
-Clint Barton was kidnapped and Venom was there

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#95 – Pamela Isley

Tue, 22 Oct 2019 11:39:09 -0000

95 Pamela Isley

Today we talk about Pamela Isley, better known as Poison Ivy, who was a botanist who got plant powers and uses them for crime sometimes and ecological betterment other times (though her methods are usually through crime).

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-that Lore episode about Egyptian artifacts
-Secret Origins (1986) #36 (the Ivy part is in the second half of the comic)
-Batman: No Man's Land
-Batman the Animated Series (on DCUniverse)
-Someone will die. Of fun! gif
-Gotham City Sirens (2009)
-Harley Quinn (2013)
-Batman (2016) #41 (Ivy arc is 41-43)
-Heroes in Crisis
-Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy (2019) #1
-Harley Quinn animated series trailer
-It's a metaphor, see
-The Bright Sessions
-The Infinite Noise
-Superkiddos by Sonia Liao
-No Ivy League
-Sakana
-X-Men (2019) #1
-Superman Smashes the Klan #1
-Pod of Greed episode 65

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#94 – Victor von Doom

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:27:22 -0000

94 Victor von Doom

Today we talk about Victor von Doom, better known as Doctor Doom, who is a scientist who also uses magic, ruler of Latveria, and enemy of Reed Richards specifically (and the Fantastic Four and Avengers by proxy). He wears a mask and wants to take over the world but that's not technically a crime?

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Doctor Doom first appearance
-Cynthia, she's a really cool dancer
-the bike meme
-Secret Wars (2015)
-DOCTOR DOOM DOES AS HE PLEASES
-Doctor Doom (2019)
-the unbeatable Squirrel Girl #49
-Loki (2019) #4
-Spider-Verse (2019) #1
-Superman (2018) #16

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#93 – Mystique

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:26:43 -0000

Mystique

Today we talk about Mystique, who mostly goes by Raven Darkholme, but we don't know her given name. She's a rad shapeshifter who mostly does crimes, but she did help raise Rogue with her long-time girlfriend Irene Adler.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Mystique first appearance
-Ms. Marvel (1977) #16
-Raven and Destiny
-Foxx trying to seduce Gambit
-Then being confronted by Rogue
-Runaways (2017) #25
-Something Is Killing The Children #1
-The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal preview
-Megan's instagram in case you want to see those Taako cosplays

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#92 – Darkseid

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:53:01 -0000

92 Darkseid

Today we talk about Darkseid, the Lord of Apokolips and one of the New Gods. We're kicking off Villaintober with one of The Big Men, and this guy is looking for the Anti-Life Equation to take over the universe!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Jack Kirby's Forever People (1971)
-The New Gods by Jack Kirby (1971)
-Darkseid first appearance
-Mister Miracle (2017)
-Sword
-Ghost-Spider (2019) #2
-Batman/Superman (2019) #2
-The White Trees
-Harleen (2019) #1
-Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity information on miniseries
-Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass
-Joker Movie Dub

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#91 – M'gann M'orzz

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:50:22 -0000

91 M'gann M'orzz

Today we talk about M'gann M'orzz, also known as Miss Martian or Megan Morse, who was sent away from the Martian civil war, then came to Earth because she heard of the Martian Manhunter and even though she had zero experience fighting crime, she joined the Teen Titans.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Goblin! Valley! Utah!
-Teen Titans (2003) #37
-M'gann vs Evil M'gann
-not M'gann but boy howdy is this kid star-spangled
-Young Justice (cartoon)
-Sexual Dimorphism (meme)
-Check, Please!
-E trying desperately to shut up about check, please
-Flash Forward #1
-Heroes in Crisis trade

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#90 – J'onn J'onzz

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:26:44 -0000

90 J'onn J'onzz

Today we talk about J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter, who started out in comics as a detective, but then became a superhero, especially working with the Justice League. He's also incredibly powerful and he loves Oreos.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-J'onn's first appearance
-Justice League International (1987)
-Martian Manhunter (2018)
-Justice League Cartoon introduces J'onn
-If Wonder Woman doesn't get pants, nobody gets pants (I couldn't find the original source, if anyone can please let me know)
-Batman (2016) #78
-Gwenpool Strikes Back (2019) #2
-Gotham City Monsters (2019) #1

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#89 – Black Adam

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:43:47 -0000

89 Black Adam

Today we talk about Black Adam, originally Teth-Adam, who is a hero turned villain turned hero turned villain?--it's complicated, but he misused his Shazam! powers to do some murders and Shazam (the wizard) got very upset with him for it.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-This is the image Eliane was remembering Black Adam from
-Black Adam First Appearance
-Infinite Crisis
-52
-Isis and Osiris
-Chocolate Egg Cream
-Dark Nights: Metal
-The Wicked + The Divine #45
-Die #7
-Once & Future #1

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#88 – Freddy Freeman

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 18:13:01 -0000

88 Freddy Freeman

Today we talk about Freddy Freeman a.k.a. Captain Marvel Jr. or Shazam Jr., a boy who was severely injured during one of Captain Marvel's fights by Captain Nazi, and Billy Batson decided to give him some magic powers to save his life.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Freddy and his Grampa attacked by Capt. Nazi
-Captain Marvel Jr. (1941) #1 -Elvis/Capt. Marvel Jr.
-and they were brothers
-The Power of Shazam! (1995)
-The Trials of Shazam (2006)
-Justice League: Cry For Justice
-Marvel Comics #1000
-Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chosen Ones #1
-Batman/Superman (2019) #1
-By Chance or Providence by Becky Cloonan

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#87 – Mary Bromfield

Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:49:01 -0000

87 Mary Bromfield

Today we talk about Mary Bromfield who depending on the origin, is either the separated twin sister or the foster sister of Billy Batson, who gains the same powers whenever she yells SHAZAM! becoming Mary Marvel and later Lady Shazam.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Mary Marvel first appearance
-Lieutenant Marvels wiki
-Mary Marvel (1945)
-Evil Mary Marvel (darkseid)
-Breaking the Ice
-Batman (2016) #77
-Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (2019) #2
-Ghost-Spider (2019) #1
-Marvel Action: Captain Marvel (2019) #1
-Last Stop on the Red Line #1
-Marvel's D23 announcements

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#86 – Billy Batson

Tue, 20 Aug 2019 12:19:25 -0000

86 Billy Batson

Today we talk about Billy Batson, a 12-year-old boy who runs into a wizard who gives him powers whenever he yells SHAZAM! which also turns him into an adult man. Originally published as Captain Marvel, he eventually switched to Shazam! to avoid confusion.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Whiz Comics (1940) #2
-Marvelman (wiki)
-android Captain Marvel (wiki)
-Shazam! Vol. 1 (New 52)
-Shazam! (2018)
-Shazam! (film)
-Justice League Unlimited Clip
-Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015) #47
-Gwenpool Strikes Back (2019) #1

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#85 – Jimmy Olsen

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 11:52:36 -0000

85 Jimmy Olsen

Today we talk about Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen, who is a young journalist and photographer for the Daily Planet who has the terrible luck of getting in all sorts of weird situations. For example, turning into a large turtle man or switching bodies with a gorilla.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Action Comics (1938) #6
-Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954)
-Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (2019) #1
-Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (Jack Kirby Omnibus)
-Superman Family (1974)
-Man of Steel (1986)
-Clark and Jimmy as Nightwing and Flamebird
-(based on Batman and Robin)
-Countdown to Final Crisis (2007)
-Die #6
-Over the Garden Wall: Soulful Symphonies #1
-Ricochet wearing Nightwing-inspired Wrestling gear

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#84 – Selina Kyle

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:18:48 -0000

84 Selina Kyle

Today we talk about Selina Kyle a.k.a. Catwoman, who started out as a street urchin, or a flight attendant, or a dominatrix, or any number of things that may or may not be true; but one thing's certain: she likes to steal shiny things and run across rooftops with Batman.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Batman (1940) #1
-Batman: Year One
-Batman: Hush
-Batman: Hush (film) available for on demand now, but on DC Universe August 13th (2019)
-then i will sit here consumed with lust
-Batman (2016) #37
-Runaways (2017) #23
-Paper Girls
-Batman: Last Knight on Earth #2
-Marvel Team-Up (2019) #4
-Marvel Comics Presents (2019) #7

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#83 – Lois Lane

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:07:52 -0000

83 Lois Lane

Today we talk about Lois Lane, who is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who tends to throw herself into danger in order to get her story, and also marries Superman or something I guess.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Action Comics (1938) #1
-Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane (1958)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths
-Lois Lane (1986)
-Superman: The Wedding Album
-Superman (2016) #31
-Lois Lane (2019) #1
-House of X (2019) #1
-Powers of X (2019) #1
-Fearless (2019) #1
-The Wicked and the Divine
-Paper Girls

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#82 – Barbara "Bobbi" Morse

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:54:56 -0000

82 Barbara "Bobbi" Morse

Today we talk about Bobbi Morse, who started as Shield Agent 19, decided to go into business as a superhero named Huntress, but soon switched to Mockingbird and helped found the West Coast Avengers.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-I'm DR BARBARA MORSE
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #95
-Hawkeye (1983)
-LISTEN JERK
-Clint: HEY GUESS WHAT Vision: PLEASE GO TO CALIFORNIA
-West Coast Avengers (1985) #18
-Secret Avengers (Marvel's suggested reading order)
-Hawkeye & Mockingbird (2010)
-Mockingbird (2016)
-Jeremy Renner at the Kate Bishop reveal
-The Adventure Zone: Murder at the Rockport Limited
-Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (2019) #1
-Loki (2019) #1
-(E did end up posting that picture on instagram as a compilation of SDCC weekend photos)

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#81 – Jessica Drew

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 11:42:37 -0000

81 Jessica Drew

Today we talk about Jessica Drew, also known as Spider-Woman, who (depending on when the comic was made) is a spider turned into a woman, or a woman who was injected with spider blood, or a woman who was experimented on as a fetus with spider DNA.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-The Bad Spider-Woman Cover
-Spider-Man and Spider-Woman: Wholly Unrelated
-Marvel Spotlight (1971) #32
-Spider-Woman (1978)
-Spiders-Man
-Wolverine (1988)
-Alias (2001)
-New Avengers (2004)
-Spider-Verse (2014)
-Jessica's new costume
-Jessica and Peter meet
-Clint Barton and Jessica Drew: Kissing Proof
-Shout Out Anthology
-Electrum Anthology
-The Good Fight
-Angel (2019) #1
-Ghosted in LA #1
-More info about Money Shot

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#80 – Jennifer Walters

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 11:20:40 -0000

80 Jennifer Walters

Today we talk about Jennifer Walters, also known as She-Hulk, who is a really competent lawyer AND superhero, the latter part happening after she needed an immediate blood transfusion and the closest match was Bruce Banner, unfortunately.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-you know, i was looking for a good clip of the Hulk tv show but instead i found this, you're welcome
-Savage She-Hulk (1980) #1
-Runaways see she-hulk in a restaurant
-Sensational She-Hulk (1989)
-this gif but with "Top Me"
-Valor Anthology
-Lois Lane (2019)
-Aero (2019)
-Sea of Stars
-No One Left to Fight #1
-Homunculus by Joe Sparrow
-Critical Role Vox Machina Origins II

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#79 – Frank Castle

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:02:38 -0000

79 Frank Castle

Today we talk about Frank Castle, the Punisher, or as we like to call him: Murderhands McMike. He lost his entire family to mafia violence but instead of going to therapy he decided to dedicate his life to killing off organized crime with an irresponsible amount of guns.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Netflix's Punisher
-Punisher vs Captain America
-bambi 2
-Amazing Spider-Man #129
-Molly punching Frank
-Frankencastle
-Netflix's Daredevil
-I Only Listen To The Mountain Goats - Younger
-Fence Vol 1, Vol 2
-America (2017)
-Two of the Spooky Girls issues are available on Comixology! Vicky Slime and Tarantula Twins!
-Invasion from Planet Wrestletopia
-Spirits: The Undertaker
-Join The Party
-Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
-Super Sons: The Polarshield Project -War of the Realms (2019), Article on reading order of main series and tie-ins

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#78 – Teddy Altman

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 11:34:46 -0000

78 Teddy Altman

Today we talk about Teddy Altman, who grew up thinking he was a mutant, but surprise! He's actually half-Skrull half-Kree and now he's stuck in the middle of their war when he just wants to stay on Earth with his boyfriend.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Young Avengers (2005)
-Why not just turn your butt into a chair?
-Children Will Listen
-Young Avengers Presents #2
-Children's Crusade
-Young Avengers (2013)
-New Avengers (2015) -Spider-Man Annual (2019) #1
-Mindy Kaling and Ms. Marvel

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#77 – Billy Kaplan

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 11:28:01 -0000

77 Billy Kaplan

Today we talk about Billy Kaplan, who initially pretended he only had lightning powers but turns out he has reality-altering powers. He's gone by Asgardian (but he's from Earth), Wiccan (but he's Jewish), and Demiurge (but he hasn't created a universe yet).

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Young Avengers (2005)
-Children's Crusade
-Young Avengers (2013)
-New Avengers (2015)
-DCeased #2

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#76 – America Chavez

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 11:46:04 -0000

76 America Chavez

Today we talk about America Chavez, who has the superhero moniker Miss America or Ms. America but mostly is just known by her name. She's a latina lesbian who can kick and punch dimensional portals into existence.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Vengeance (2011)
-Pre-Young Avengers Look
-Young Avengers (2013)
-A-Force (2015)
-Lady Katherine of Bishop
-Ultimates (2015)
-America (2017)
-West Coast Avengers
-The laws of physics can kiss my ass
-New DC Ink Graphic Novels announced
-Dial H for Hero (2019)
-Lucky Penny
-Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me

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#75 – Kate Bishop

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 11:40:43 -0000

75 Kate Bishop

Today we talk about Kate Bishop, also known as Hawkeye, who is arguably the more well-adjusted Hawkeye, as well as a member of the Young Avengers and the West Coast avengers.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Captain America #179 ; Golden Archer (Clint)
-Avengers #85 ; Hawkeye (Wyatt)
-Avengers #141 ; Golden Archer (Wyatt)
-Young Avengers (2005)
-Kate all decked out
-Starting to sound like the wrong hawkeye
-Young Avengers Presents #6
-Room for two Hawkeyes
-The Children's Crusade
-Twins with Tommy?
-Future Young Avengers all Together
-Hawkeye (2012) (Matt Fraction/David Aja)
-All-New Hawkeye (2015) -All-New Hawkeye (2015B) -Old Man Logan
-Old Man Hawkeye
-Young Avengers (2013)
-West Coast Avengers (2018)
-Hawkeye (2016) (Kate solo series)
-Heroes in Crisis #9
-Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1
-Leviathan Rising #1
-Detective Comics #1000

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#74 – Garfield Logan

Tue, 28 May 2019 11:51:26 -0000

74 Garfield Logan

Today we talk about Garfield Logan, also known as Changeling or Beast Boy, who is a boy who can turn into any animal he's seen even a picture of. He is, notably, green except for that one time they made him red for no reason.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Doom Patrol #99 DC Universe's Doom Patrol
-Seriously, the second Brain steals robotman's body he's like MALLAH LET'S KISS, SINCE I HAVE A BODY NOW
-Rebirth Titans Brain/Mallah plotline
-Here come the teen titans west!
-Space Trek 2022
-Age of X Nightcrawler
-New Teen Titans vol. 1
-The Judas Contract
-Teen Titans (2016)
-Greg Cipes beast boy
-She-Ra and the Princess of Power
-The Broship of the Ring
-Nimona by Noelle Stevenson Once a webcomic, now a published graphic novel!!
-Zdarsky/Anka miniseries: The White Trees
-Runaways (2017) #21

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#73 – Raven

Tue, 21 May 2019 11:50:01 -0000

73 Raven

Today we talk about Raven, who is a powerful and important member of the Teen Titans who just so happens to have a powerful demon dad who regularly turns her evil and/or possesses her, unfortunately.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-The New Teen Titans vol. 1
-Evil Dad
-one of many Evil Ravens
-DESTROYED THE WEDDING OFFICIANT
-Teen Titans (2016) #1
-Teen Titans 2003 cartoon
-Teen Titans: Raven
-Gabriel Picolo's instagram
-Raven and Starfire switching powers

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#72 – Koriand'r

Tue, 14 May 2019 11:52:12 -0000

72 Koriand'r

Today we talk about Koriand'r, also known as Starfire, who is an alien princess who, despite her tragic backstory, is a very open and loving character and can also fly and shoot starbolts and stuff.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-You know how much we love 2003 Teen Titans check out this old promo
-New Teen Titans
-if ONLY she could SPEAK TO US
-Wedding! and Raven interrupts after the vows but before they're pronounced married, by incinerating the officiator.
-why DO we have to wear bathing suits
-Fashion
-Starfire (2015)
-Mar'i out here asking the difficult questions
-Justice League Odyssey #1
-Red Hood and the Outlaws (2011)
-War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery #2
-War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas #1
-Marvel Team-Up #2
-Batman and the Outsiders #1

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#71 – Victor Stone

Tue, 07 May 2019 11:55:51 -0000

71 Victor Stone

Today we talk about Victor Stone, who experienced a horrible incident that destroyed a lot of his organic body so his scientist dad gave him some robot parts, so now his superhero name is Cyborg, which is just what he is.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Vic's original design
-You Can't Save The World Alone
-His metal form flows through him like BLOOD
-Young Justice Outsiders' Vic look
-Justice League vs the Fatal Five trailer
-Humanity Not Included
-Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale
-Teen Titans: Raven
-Gabriel Picolo's instagram
-DCeased #1
-All-New Wolverine

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#70 – Ben Grimm

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:38:31 -0000

70 Ben Grimm

Today we talk about Ben Grimm, the most recognizable of the Fantastic Four--The Thing--and Reed Richards's friend who jokingly said he would fly a rocket and then ended up getting completely transformed by ~cosmic radiation~.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-I Only Listen To The Mountain Goats
-Yancy Street Gang messing with Ben
-JOHNNY NEEDS AIR FOR HIS FLAME
-Secret Wars (this is the Battleworld stuff) but Ben continues to be on Battleworld starting at The Thing (1984) #11
-Winter Soldier (2018) #1
-Batman Vol 8: Cold Days
-The Tony/Pepper for the That, But Lesbians Zine
-Heroes in Crisis #8
-Check Please!
-Ngozi's Boostle Work
-SyFy article where Ngozi mentions a DC collab that didn't work out

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#69 – Johnny Storm

Sat, 20 Apr 2019 11:20:12 -0000

69 Johnny Storm

Today we talk about Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, and the only member of the Fantastic Four who would truly appreciate being in on a 420/69 joke.

(This episode does replace our usual Tuesday episode, so if you want to save this one for Tuesday we understand and we love you, just know that it was released on 4/20 at 4:20AM PST, we don't want our podcast license revoked).

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Timely Comics' Human Torch
-NOBODY knows I'M the human torch except like four people but shhh
-Lyja and Johnny
-Namorita and Johnny
-Peter Parker and Johnny
-Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1
-Adventures of the Super Sons

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#68 – Sue Storm

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 11:48:32 -0000

68 Sue Storm

Today we talk about Sue Storm (who is more well known by her maiden name than by Sue Richards), who went by the Invisible Girl for WAY too long before she was promoted to Invisible Woman, and is a member of the Fantastic Four.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Harley stops fighting because Dinah's pregnant
-Reed being an a**hole to Sue to snap her out of being Malice I came to this article for the jpgs, stayed for that opening line.
-Winter Soldier (2018-2019)
-The cover that caught E's attention
-War of the Realms: Journey Into Mystery #1
-Squirrel Girl War of the Realms tie-in
-Batman (2016) #37 (the double date issue)
-Batman (2016) #68 (the bachelorette party issue)
-Hellboy can't have sex
-Hellboy CAN have sex

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#67 – Reed Richards

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 11:43:52 -0000

67 Reed Richards

Today we talk about Reed Richards, who went into space with his friends and future wife and they all got superpowers from some cosmic radiation, so now he is very very stretchy and he calls himself Mister Fantastic and named his new team the Fantastic Four.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Folding Ideas
-NAMOR
-Planet Hulk
-War of Realms: Journey Into Mystery #1
-War of Realms: New Agents of Atlas preview
-WAVE!!
-Marvel Team-Up (2019) #1
-Chella Man cast as Jericho
-Marvel Comics Presents (2019) #3, the Inglehart one
-Gail Simone's Shazam! thread on twitter

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#66 – Roy Harper

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:26:00 -0000

66 Roy Harper

Today we talk about Roy Harper, who started out as Green Arrow's sidekick Speedy, then went off on his own after some rough stuff, where he had a daughter with Cheshire, became Arsenal, then finally joined the Justice League as Red Arrow.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Quick Draw McGraw
-Quick Draw comics
-Green Lantern #85 (drug addiction origin)
-Teen Titans cartoon Speedy vs Cheshire
-Lian Harper
-Who's leading the JLA these days? Owacle
-Outsiders (2003) Vol. 1
-Red Hood and the Outlaws (2011)
-Heroes in Crisis
-Detective Comics #1000
-Last Knight on Earth

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#65 – Dinah Lance

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 11:29:10 -0000

65 Dinah Lance

Today we talk about Dinah Lance: the Black Canary. We also talk a little bit about Dinah Drake, Dinah's mother and the original Black Canary, who pissed off The Wizard so bad he cursed the younger Dinah with scream-based superpowers.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Dinah Drake original costume
-BEHOLD! The Wizard
-Justice League International (1987)
-Green Lantern/Green Arrow
-Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters
-Birds of Prey (1999) Vol. 1
-Black Canary (2015)
-Spider-Man: Life Story #1
-Comics Will Break Your Heart
-Detective Comics #1000

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#64 – Oliver Queen

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 11:19:25 -0000

64 Oliver Queen

Today we talk about self-proclaimed SJW Oliver Queen a.k.a. Green Arrow, who started as essentially a recolored batman-type hero, but went through a dramatic change in 1969 that included a goatee and left-wing politics.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Batman vol 7: The Wedding
-Batman vol 8: Cold Days
-Green Lantern/Green Arrow
-social justice warrior
-Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters
-Zero Hour
-The Dark Knight Returns
-Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special #1
-Sherwood Florist
-Ollie's Chili recipe
-Here's a supercut of just. Ollie's chili. 1 2 3 4 5
-Runaways Vol 2: Best Friends Forever
-Lumberjanes Vol 10: Parent's Day!
-Magnificent Ms. Marvel (2019) #1

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#63 – Kamala Khan

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:15:11 -0000

63 Kamala Khan

Today we talk about Kamala Khan, who was a huge fan of Captain Marvel before gaining superpowers and deciding to become Ms. Marvel. She's also a Pakistani-American Muslim Teen from Jersey City which is such a refreshing change of pace for comics.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-she WRITES FANFIC
-Kamala's unnamed cameo in Captain Marvel #14
-Ms. Marvel (2014)
-Jamie McKelvie's Ms. Marvel design
-yup that's me
-Civil War II
-Champions (2016)
-Champions (2019) #1
-Magnificent Ms. Marvel (2019) #1
-Babs Tarr variant
-Mister Miracle trade paperback

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#62 – Carol Danvers

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 12:25:22 -0000

62 Carol Danvers

Today we talk about Carol Danvers: Ms. Marvel, Binary, Warbird, and finally Captain Marvel. She was in the Air Force, gained Kree powers after an explosion, and now she's an extremely powerful superhero who we love.

Also in this one our phones kept disconnecting and Olivia sounded like a robot, SOMEONE out there didn't want us talking about Carol, it seems.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Marvel's original Captain Marvel vs DC's Captain Marvel
-Ms. Magazine
-Original Ms. Marvel costume
-Binary
-Warbird
-House of M
-Ms. Marvel costume
-Civil War
-Captain Marvel (2012)
-Captain Marvel costume
-more about the Carol Corps
-Civil War II
-The Life of Captain Marvel
-Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (not Moon Knight, that's a different person)
-War of the Realms

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#61 – Kurt Wagner

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:36:12 -0000

61 Kurt Wagner

Today we talk about another one of our favorite X-Men, Kurt Wagner a.k.a. Nightcrawler. He grew up in the circus, was recruited to the X-Men, and he even gets his own signature sound--bamf.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Legion of Super-Heroes
-Uncanny X-Men #153 bamfs!
-he CAN sword fight
-The No-Sin Situation by Chip Zdarsky
-The Amazing Nightcrawler (2019) #1
-news on DCeased
-circus kid dick grayson critiquing joker's clown

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#60 – Kitty Pryde

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 12:46:50 -0000

60 Kitty Pryde

Today we talk about Kitty Pryde, one of the few X-Men more recognizable by her name than any of her code-names. She joined the X-Men under dubious circumstances as a teen, made friends with a space dragon, grew up, and got stuck in a giant bullet!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-The Physics of Superheroes
-Uncanny X-Men #129
-Kitty Pryde and Wolverine (1984)
-Excalibur (1988) Vol. 1
-Astonishing X-Men (2004)
-magneto/space bullet meme
-Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde (2015)
-Wonder Twins (2019) #1
-Netflix The Umbrella Academy
-The Umbrella Academy

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#59 – Emma Frost

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:53:00 -0000

59 Emma Frost

Today we talk about Emma Frost, who was in a terrible family, discovered her mutant powers, left her terrible family to become evil and powerful on her own, and eventually joined the X-Men.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Hellfire clubs a real thing!
-New Mutants movie update
-Astonishing X-Men vol. 1
-Iceman (2018) #2
-Emma's Death tumblr post please read this it's incredibly funny
-Emma Frost costumes through the years
-Emma Frost (2003)
-Daredevil (2019) #1
-Sex Criminals
-Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man (2017)
-Faith Erin Hicks's website
-Comics Will Break Your Heart
-The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

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#58 – Ororo Monroe

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 12:50:02 -0000

58 Ororo Monroe

Today we talk about Ororo Monroe, best known as Storm, who was a pickpocket as a child until she felt a calling and was worshipped as a god, joined the X-Men, led the X-Men, and did a bunch of cool stuff with and without her powers.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Giant Size X-Men (1975)
-Spirits Episode 18: South African Rain Queens
-Black Panther (2005) #18 The Wedding Issue
-Marvel Now What? #1
-X-Treme X-Men (2012) #2

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#57 – Logan

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:53:09 -0000

57 Logan

Today we talk about Logan, who was born James Howlett, but most people know him as Wolverine--arguably the most popular X-Man and the most popular Canadian superhero.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-I'M WOLVERIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE
-do you wanna hear some Wolverine noises
-Magneto ripping the metal from Logan's bones
-slicin' salami
-I really like beer
-Naomi #1

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#56 – Jon Kent

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:01:44 -0000

56 Jon Kent

Today we talk about the most recent superboy, Jon Kent, who is the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, and because it's comics of course this couldn't be a normal occurrence.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex (as a warning this was definitely written in 1969
-Convergence
-Superman (2016)
-Super Sons
-The Man of Steel (2018)
-Action Comics #1001 Bendis's run starts here!
-Superman (2018)
-Adventures of the Super Sons
-Black Widow (2019)
-Young Avengers movie news

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#55 – Kon-El

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:47:04 -0000

55 Kon-El

Today we talk about Conner Kent, or Kon-El, who is Superboy, The Metropolis Kid, and a Superman clone who didn't have an actual name for FAR TOO LONG.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Superboy (Clark Kent)
-The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus
-Young Justice Book One
-Teen Titans (2003)
-I lie to batman
-Crisis on Infinite Earths
-Final Crisis
-Superboy (2011)
-Young Justice (2019) #1
-Captain Marvel (2019) #1
-Die #2

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#54 – Kara Zor-El

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 12:03:26 -0000

54 Kara Zor-El

Today we talk about Kara Zor-El, who is Supergirl and also Superman's cousin from Krypton, but DC decided that was maybe weird so they unmade her, but people loved her so much they brought her back. Heads up, this one has some bumps in the audio while we figure out Olivia's new recording setup!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Action Comics #252
-Comet and Streaky
-The Superman Family
-Not to be confused with Superman Family Adventures, although it is very cute
-Crisis on Infinite Earths
-the Supergirl death cover
-Christmas With the Super-Heroes #2
-Superman/Batman vol 2: Supergirl
-Supergirl Being Super
-War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery
-Champions (2019) #1
-Michael Cho variant
-Young Justice (2019) #1

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#53 – Clark Kent

Tue, 01 Jan 2019 12:07:27 -0000

53 Clark Kent

Today to kick off 2019 we talk about Clark Kent a.k.a. Kal-El a.k.a. Superman, who is arguably THE most well-known superhero in modern times.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-The Reign of the Superman
-Krypton
-Holy Musical B@man
-The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus
Young Justice (2019) #1
-Roadqueen: Eternal Roadtrip to Love
-Super Sons
-Lumberjanes
-The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
-She-Ra and the Princess of Power
-The War of Jokes and Riddles

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#52 – Holiday Special 2018

Tue, 25 Dec 2018 12:09:19 -0000

52 Holiday Special 2018

Today we talk about our favorite holiday specials! To nobody's surprise, they're mostly DC titles.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-DC Universe Holiday Special 2017 #1
-World's Greatest Super-Heroes Holiday Special (2018) #1
-Merry X-Men Holiday Special (2018) #1
-Batman: Noel
-Superman's reveal in Noel
-Li'l Gotham vol 1
-Li'l Gotham #2 (the christmas issue)
-DC Rebirth Holiday Special (2016) #1

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#51 – Virginia "Pepper" Potts

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:29:38 -0000

51 Virginia "Pepper" Potts

Today we talk about Virginia "Pepper" Potts, who started out as Tony Stark's secretary and love interest, and became the CEO of Stark Industries and her own superhero called Rescue!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Tales of Suspense #45
-Iron Man portrait/Pepper and Happy being mean to each other
-Rescue armor with JARVIS
-Die #1
-Miles Morales: Spider-Man #1
-the fantastic four villains variant

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#50 – James Rhodes

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 12:18:28 -0000

50 James Rhodes

Today we talk about James Rhodes, a.k.a. Rhodey, who started out as Tony Stark's friend, and ended up having to be Iron Man while Tony faked his death a couple times, and eventually became his own hero called War Machine then Iron Patriot!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Iron Man #118
-Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle
-armor from SPACE
-The Crew (2003)
-Tony Stark: Iron Man (2018)
-You breathe fire? okay.
-Die #1
-Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix)
-Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Comics)
-Jughead: The Hunger Vol. 1

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#49 – Tony Stark

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 12:38:00 -0000

49 Tony Stark

Today we talk about Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man, a man who made a suit of armor in a cave, and then continued to make a bunch of suits of armor, and also many many mistakes.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Maus, the graphic novel
-Tales of Suspense #39
-The Aviator
-Iron Man 3
-The Dark Knight Returns
-The Invincible Iron Man (2008)
-Fullmetal Alchemist
-Iron Man (2012)
-They are the backbone of the avengers
-I miss the Steve/Tony friendship it was so good??
-Venom (film)
-Tony Stark: Iron Man (2018)
-Fin Fang Foom armor
-Dr. Sbaisto joke
-Ironheart (2018) #1
-Shuri (2018) #1
-Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider (2018)
-E, on the right, arm wrestling at a baby shower
-MEET E AT PODCON TO ARM WRESTLE

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#48 – Captains America Roundup

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:16:51 -0000

48 Captains America Roundup

Today we talk about some people inspired by Captain America, who had varying degrees of success as either Captain America or a Captain America-adjacent themed hero!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Captain America Corps
-John Walker wiki page
-SUPER HUMAN WRESTLING
-These are American Dream toys now, tell your friends
-Truth: Red, White & Black
-Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
-Enter The Spider-Verse (2018) #1
-Shuri (2018)
-Side Character Quest

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#47 – Sam Wilson

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:37:19 -0000

47 Sam Wilson

Today we talk about Sam Wilson who was just a normal dude with a bird friend named Redwing until Steve Rogers convinced him to be a superhero named The Falcon, and then later convinced him to be Captain America.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Captain America #117
-MY MURDER CHAIR WILL DO IT BETTER
-Lobo, from Dell Comics
-Sam's first Falcon outfit
-Falcon (1984)
-Sam's Captain America outfit
-Joaquin Torres as the Falcon
-Falcon (2017)
-Avengers Assemble - Sam's mom comes to visit
-Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #38
-Runaways #15
-Wonder Woman #58
-Mister Miracle (2017)
-Shout Out Anthology
-Should Jason Todd Live or Die?

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#46 – James Buchanan Barnes

Tue, 13 Nov 2018 12:36:18 -0000

46 James Buchanan Barnes

Today we talk about James Buchanan Barnes, better known as Bucky, Captain America's sidekick who was dead for 40 years then came back as a brainwashed assassin known as the Winter Soldier, and then he was Captain America for a while!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Bucky discovers Steve's secret
-Captain America and...(2012) #620
-how to take a punch
-the whole Captain America and... series from 2012
-All-Winners Squad
-Invaders
-Young Allies
-Brubaker's Captain America omnibus
-Who the hell is Bucky?
-Bucky bringing Natasha back through MEMORY
-Bucky tries to give everyone guns.
-Captain America: Reborn
-Bucky has a Big Gun
-Bucky and Kobik
-Tales of Suspense #100
-Tales of Suspense: Hawkeye and the Winter Soldier
-the panel E was talking about from Tales of Suspense
-Ultimates Bucky
-Heroes in Crisis #2
-The Wicked + The Divine: The Funnies #1
-Side Character Quest on iTunes and Twitter
-Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix

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#45 – Steve Rogers

Tue, 06 Nov 2018 12:58:55 -0000

45 Steve Rogers

Today we talk about Steve Rogers, best known as Captain America, who went from zero to hero in no time flat, punched a bunch of nazi with his sidekick Bucky, was frozen in ice for two decades, and then straight back to superheroing with the Avengers in the 1960s because he has a really hard time not being Captain America.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Bucky discovers Steve's secret
-Captain America #1 Cover
-The Shield
-if i don't eat my shield i'll DIE
-Baron Zemo
-the Death of Bucky
-Avengers (1963) omnibus
-thoughts about BUCKY
-Rick Jones puts on the Bucky costume
-The Nomad
-Captain America: War & Remembrance (Stern/Byrne
-BERNIE ROSENTHAL
-The Captain vs Captain America
-Bucky's Back!
-Captain America: Winter Soldier vol 1 (trade)
-Captain America (2004) #1 (single issues)
-Civil War
-Steve picking up Mjolnir
-Tony fixes Steve's shield
-Steve and Bucky hunched over yelling at each other
-Dorito
-Captain America: The Winter Soldier soundtrack
-Batman Secret Files #1
-Avengers Halloween Special (2018) #1
-VOTE
-Victoria Watkins did our new logo and we love it!!
-They're also on the Magic Folk podcast!

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#44 – Monster Mash

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:47:32 -0000

44 Monster Mash

Today we talk about a bunch of spooooooky creatures for Halloween! We talk about Werewolves, Vampires, Ghosts, and Frankenstein's Monsters and how DC and Marvel have interpreted them!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-The Comics Code Authority
-Man-Wolf comic cover
-Jupiter Ascending
-Werewolf By Night comic cover
-Wolfsbane transformation sequence
-The New Mutants trailer
-New Mutants Vol. 1
-the panel E sent to Olivia of Werewolf
-Captain America: Man & Wolf
-Batman & Dracula
-Tomb of Dracula cover
-Dracula after his redesign
-please watch Blood Feud, it's even free and legal on youtube!!
-Blade
-Morbius, The Living Vampire cover
-Baron Blood looks bad but Baroness Blood LOOKS RAD
-Captain America #616
-an image of Deadman
-A short Deadman comic written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Teddy Kristiansen
-an image of The Spectre
-Gotham By Midnight Vol 1
-an image of Gentleman Ghost
-an image of Robbie Reyes
-A page from the Rebirth Superman story with Frankenstein
-Young Frankenstein being murdered by Black Adam
-First appearance of Young Frankenstein in Titans Around The World
-LEAN IN TO THOSE STITCHES
-Frankenstein and Spider-Man
-Frankencastle cover
-Doc Frankenstein
-Wytches: Bad Egg Halloween Special
-Shoma Uno Short Program ;)

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#43 – Galactus

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:46:19 -0000

43 Galactus

Today we talk about one of The Big Men: Galactus. He's a huge purple dude who's just gotta eat whole planets!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-First appearance
-The watchers wikipedia
-Original Sin
-this isn't a link to anything but uh, be careful when you say things about science you're not sure of because then you'll end up in a wikipedia spiral looking into cosmology and cosmogony to see if you were wrong about the big bang... (i don't think i was?) -E
-i was thinking specifically about this Space Is Gay pin that i have but doesn't look like they're currently on sale.
-blows kiss for galactus
-Titans: The Lazarus Contract
-Teen Titans vol 2
-Titans vol 2, vol 3
-Super Sons vol 3
-Switchblade Sisters
-The Wicked + The Divine 1373
-Blackbird #1
-Shatterstar #1

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#42 – Norman Osborn

Tue, 16 Oct 2018 12:04:58 -0000

42 Norman Osborn

Today we talk about Norman Osborn, who has been the Green Goblin, Red Goblin, Goblin King (not David Bowie), and Iron Patriot. We also talk about his son Harry because there's a LOT of drama with the Osborns.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Wow! Just WAIT until you see the green goblin!
-Willem Dafoe's Norman Osborn talks to the Green Goblin
-the CoolGames Inc Willem Dafoe bit
-The Clone Saga
-AMERICAN SON
-Runaways: True Believers
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #800
-Venom!!

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#41 – Harleen Quinzel

Tue, 09 Oct 2018 11:27:58 -0000

41 Harleen Quinzel

Today we talk about Harleen Quinzel, a.k.a. Harley Quinn, who we have some uh... complicated... feelings about. We love her but boy howdy are there some Things with her character that could be done so much better.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Batman the Animated Series
-Mad Love
-Harley Quinn New 52
-Harley revealed to be part of the Secret Six
-New 52 Suicide Squad
-Gotham City Sirens
-DC tweet confirming Harley and Ivy are girlfriends
-Harley and Ivy's first main-universe kiss
-(the previous panel's whole issue)
-WATCH OUT, LOGAN
-the red tool
-just one of many articles if you want to check up on why/how 50 Shades of Grey depicts an abusive relationship
-Lego Batman (yes, again, always)
-who ARE the new gods
-Superman Vol 6
-Rebirth Titans
-Brian Michael Bendis DC Imprint: Wonder Comics
-THE KIDS ARE BACK
-here's david harbour with his shirt off
-new Into the Spider-Verse trailer
-The Spectacular Spider-Man

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#40 – The Joker

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:35:35 -0000

40 The Joker

Today we talk about the Joker, Batman's most iconic villain, who just does so many murders, and all of the bad stuff you could think of. We also spend a LONG time at the end talking about Heroes in Crisis #1

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Some Jerry Robinson Joker design
-Seduction of the Innocent
-60's Batman Joker threatens Batman over the phone
-The Dark Knight Returns
-The Joker (1975)
-The Killing Joke
-Endgame
-The Joker's Last Laugh
-A Serious House on Serious Earth
-Lego Batman
-Azzarello's Joker Miniseries
-Batman: White Knight
-Batman (2016)
-Heroes in Crisis #1

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#39 – Cassie Sandsmark

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 11:34:50 -0000

39 Cassie Sandsmark

Today we talk about Cassie Sandsmark, the 2nd (or 3rd if you count Teen Diana) Wonder Girl. She's a spunky teen who wants to fight crime but also joins a cult later to resurrect her dead boyfriend, because Comics.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-it's a good mug y'all
-Young Justice
-Teen Titans, Geoff Johns Omnibus
-Infinite Crisis
-New 52 Teen Titans
-Super Sons of Tomorrow
-Justice League: No Justice
-Young Justice (cartoon)
-Batman Vol. 6
-Preludes to the Wedding
-Batman: Damned
-Heroes in Crisis

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#38 – Donna Troy

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:15:06 -0000

38 Donna Troy

Today we talk about Donna Troy: Wonder Girl, Troia, Darkstar, Wonder Woman for a bit, and a woman who can remember all her lives in the multiverse because she's been cursed by an alternate universe version of herself? It's wild.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Seduction of the Innocent
-Teen Titans: The Silver Age
-New Teen Titans: Who Is Donna Troy?
-Crisis on Infinite Earths
-Titans Hunt
-Check, Please!: #Hockey
-Check, Please! webcomic page 1
-DC Titans Trailer
-Kieron Gillen/Stephanie Hans DIE
-Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #36
-Border Town #1

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#37 – Diana, Princess of Themyscira

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:18:52 -0000

37 Diana, Princess of Themyscira

Today we talk about Diana, who sometimes has a secret identity as Diana Prince, but other times is just Wonder Woman all the time. There's a lot of bondage talk in this one, folks.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
-British spy show The Avengers
-the cover of Ms Magazine
-Wonder Woman movie
-Wonder Woman Theme from Batman V Superman
-also here's the Wonder Woman soundtrack on youtube
-G. Willow Wilson's Wonder Woman news
-Seduction of the Innocent
-Wonder Woman Rebirth
-Grant Morrison's Wonder Woman: Earth One
-Wonder Woman (2006), Gail Simone wrote #14-#44
-You can actually see (presumably) all the things Gail Simone has written for DC on the bottom of her Writer's Page
-Wonder Woman New 52
-Gravity Falls: Lost Legends
-Batman #54

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#36 – Flash Roundup

Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:00:00 -0000

36 Flash Roundup

Today we talk about a bunch of Flashes and Flash-adjacent characters that we didn't have enough material on for their own episodes!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Don and Dawn Allen/Tornado Twins
-Jenni Ognats/XS
-Iris West II/Impulse/Kid Flash
-Jai West
-Jay Garrick/The Flash
-Flash: Rebirth
-Max Mercury
-Johnny Quick
-Jesse Quick
-Wallace West
-Teen Titans: Rebirth
-Avery Ho
-August Heart/Godspeed
-Eobard Thawne/Professor Zoom/Reverse-Flash
-Hunter Zolomon/Zoom/Reverse-Flash
-Edward Clariss/The Rival
-Thaddeus Thawne/Inertia/Kid Zoom
-Walter West/Dark Flash
-Black Flash
-(the fastest grim reaper)
-Blackest Night
-Nightwing Annual #1
-DC/Looney Tunes crossovers
-Rick and Morty vs Dungeons & Dragons
-Saga

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#35 – Bart Allen

Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:10:26 -0000

35 Bart Allen

Today we talk about Bart Allen, Barry's grandson from the future, who becomes Impulse, then Kid Flash, then The Flash for a little bit.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Legion of Super-Heroes
-Who Named Impulse? bc it's comics, a lot of different people, it turns out,
-Impulse Solo Series
-Young Justice
-Teen Titans (2003)
-Infinite Crisis
-stupidest boy dead
-Final Crisis
-Flashpoint
-Flash War
-Bart Allen is BACK
-Young Justice Cartoon
-Lumberjanes Vol. 9
-Teen Titans (2016) Vol. 1
-West Coast Avengers (2018) #1
-Nancy Drew #1

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#34 – Wally West

Tue, 21 Aug 2018 10:12:10 -0000

34 Wally West

Today we talk about our favorite Speedster, Wally West, who started out as Kid Flash then took over as The Flash while Barry was dead for 23 years, and boy howdy does this one get weird.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Young Justice Cartoon
-Silver Age Teen Titans
-Crisis on Infinite Earths
-Justice League Cartoon
-Look we didn't mention this specific clip but please, Wally is so good in Justice League/Justice League Unlimited, please watch this cartoon
-Flash War
-The Flash (1990) by Mark Waid
-Flashpoint
-Titans Hunt
-The Flash Rebirth
-Teen Titans (2003): Lightspeed a.k.a. the wally west episode
-Lex Luthor in Flash's Body
-I failed to mention Flash in Lex's body and for that I'm sorry
-Squirrel Girl and the Great Lakes Avengers
-Captain America and Hawkeye
-Nightwing Vol 6: To Serve and Protect
-Nightwing Vol 7: Shrike
-Young Justice Book Three
-Batgirl #25
-Batman Jury Duty Arc #51, #52, #53
-Eve Ewing to write Ironheart
-Mariko Tamaki's X-23
-Nnedi Okorafor to write Shuri series

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#33 – Barry Allen

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:43:42 -0000

33 Barry Allen

Today we talk about Barry Allen, who is not the first Flash, but is most likely the most well-known, even though he was dead for 23 years.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-it doesn't have Barry in it but Justice League Cartoon!
-Crisis on Infinite Earths
-apparently DC has a Crisis on Infinite Earths collection??
-Final Crisis
-Battle for the Cowl
-Flashpoint
-Flash War
-Justice League War, Barry meets Batman
-Teen Titans Earth One
-Action Comics #1000
-That Tom King tweet
-Squirrel Girl vol 8
-Heroes in Crisis pin
-Batman double date issue

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#32 – Teen Titans

Tue, 07 Aug 2018 10:14:16 -0000

32 Teen Titans

Today we talk about the Teen Titans, a group of mostly teen sidekicks (except they grow up and sometimes get back together as the Titans). Over the decades there have been several different rosters, but the Titans legacy is always there.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode (the internet ate my first list so this is incomplete and out of order, sorry y'all):
-New Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
-Teen Titans Year One
-Teen Titans (2003): A Kid's Game
-Reign of the Supermen Sneak Peek
-Teen Titans Rebirth Vol. 1
-Super Sons of Tomorrow
-Batman Ninja trailer
-Teen Titans Earth One Vol. 1
-Gravity Falls: Lost Legends
-The Long Con

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#31 – Hellboy

Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:30:02 -0000

31 Hellboy

Today we talk about Hellboy (some folks call him Red, since that's better than calling a dude "Hellboy" day-in-day-out), a half-demon who works for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-This article has scans of Hellboy's first appearance in SDCC Comics #2
-THE FISH MAN MOVIE did we ever say it was called The Shape of Water? Did you not know that? it is, we're sorry, it's very good.
-excuse me 90's i cannot see my comics
-Abe Sapien Volume 1: The Drowning
-B.P.R.D. Volume 1
-Hellboy: The Wild Hunt
-Hellboy: Wake the Devil
-Hellboy Omnibus Versions
-Hellboy II is very good have the drunk singing scene
-hellboy animated? more likely than you'd think
-The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins
-Titans trailer
-Aquaman trailer
-Shazam! trailer
-Marvel Rising trailer the shorts are airing August 13!!!
-Young Justice S3 trailer

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#30 – Peter Parker

Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:16:32 -0000

30 Peter Parker

Today we talk about Peter Parker, the original friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, and boy howdy does some buckwild stuff happen to this dude in his 50+ years of comics history.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-AMAZING ADULT FANTASY
-Jack Kirby's Spiderman
-The Very Famous First Cover
-ONE DAY MORE
-Spider-Man: One More Day
-Bzzzz lines
-Into the Spider-Verse Bzz Lines
-Tobey Maguire webslinging
-Yo Danny Fenton he was just fourteen....
-J Jonah Jameson is a meme of a man
-Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man
-gettin real sad about how young Peter was when he started
-Bucky straight up died
-Peter talks to the Runaways
-Baman Piderman
-Aww Spider-Man's Happy!!
-The Adventure Zone Graphic Novel
-The TAZ Boston Live Show 2016 poster
-X23 (2018)
-Mr. and Mrs. X (2018)

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#29 – Gwen Stacy

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:23:46 -0000

29 Gwen Stacy

Today we talk about Gwen Stacy, who for a long time was "Spider-Man's girlfriend who died" but she's too cool for that so she came back as an alternate universe spider-person lovingly referred to as Spider-Gwen, and it's great!!!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Our Loki episode, which is cursed
-a 2013 article about Gwen Stacy set photos
-Into the Spider Verse trailer
-Face it tiger, you just hit the jackpot!
-more about the actual issue of spider-man published without the comics code authority
-the Green Arrow drugs issue cover
-the death of Gwen Stacy
-Spider-Man: The Clone Saga
-Spider-Verse event
-Gerard Way's Neon Genesis Evangelion inspired Spider-Man comic
-Kid Arachnid
-here's some marvel earths!
-PETER PORKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-HAM
-Simpsons movie Spider-Pig
-Spider-Gwen (2015)
-Marvel Rising (2018) #1
-Marvel Rising trailer
-The Unbelievable Gwenpool (2016)
-West Coast Avengers (2018) #1
-The Adventure Zone: Here there be Gerblins
-Carey Pietsch!
-MICE
-please join our discord server

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#28 – Miles Morales

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 03:46:10 -0000

28 Miles Morales

Today we talk about Miles Morales, who became Spider-Man after the original Spider-Man died, Oscorp tried to recreate the spider that bit Peter Parker, and Miles ended up with powers and responsibilities at the tender age of 13.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Rest in Peace, Steve Ditko
-Into the Spider Verse trailer
-a list of Ultimate Marvel titles
-DC's New 52
-Donald Glover's spiderman standup
-Community
-Secret Wars
-our episode on Jaime Reyes
-our episode on Ted Kord
-Revealed! The face of Peter Parker!
-Champions
-Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man (2011)
-Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man (2014)
-Spider-Man (2016)
-The Man of Steel (2018)
-Batrimony
-Preludes to the Wedding

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#27 – Loki

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 11:09:18 -0000

27 Loki

Today we talk about Loki, the Asgardian God of Mischief, who you may have heard of in the Marvel Cinematic Universe or on 2012 Tumblr, but did you know that sometimes he's a kid without memories, a hot teen, and even sorcerer supreme?

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
hey google how many Thor movies are there
American Gods
the myth of loki tied to rocks as punishment
comics did in fact replicate this predicament somewhat!!
Journey into Mystery Loki cover
Arcane Trickster
Eliane's not talking about eating worms to be weird, nobody likes me (guess i'll go eat worms) is an actual children's song, if you were not aware
Thor: Ragnarok is currently on Netflix, as of recording
Absorbing Man
Loki masquerading as the Scarlet Witch
Siege
Street Urchin Loki
Journey into Mystery (2011)
Young Avengers (2013)
Loki: Agent of Asgard
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
New YA Loki Novel Is Gonna Be Queer As Hell
He's got too many irons in the fire!
He said it was HIS BAD! it's fine!
Loki miniseries (2004)
Vote Loki (2016)
Loki as the Sorcerer Supreme in Squirrel Girl
Bonus Loki as the Sorcerer Supreme (i just like this cover tbh)
Doctor Strange (2015)
Ryan North gives us the excellent Loki we crave, @Marvel please let him write a Loki series
Thor (2018)
Thor (2018) #2 Variant Cover
Amazing Spiderman: Wakanda Forever
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Content warnings: violence/gore
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor Content Warnings: sexual assault, genocide, violence/gore, mentions of incest
BATRIMONY
ok so it wasn't DC Comics who tweeted it but it's a GOOD TWEET, and NOBODY THINKS SELINA'S GONNA ROB THE CAVE
COME HANG OUT IN THE DISCORD
X-Men Gold wedding drama
Tony Stark: Iron Man (2018)
X-23 (2018)
All-New Wolverine (2015)
handy dandy linktree link, right here!
open for a surprise

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#26 – Cassandra Cain

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:31:17 -0000

26 Cassandra Cain

Today we talk about Cassandra Cain who was raised since birth to be A Perfect Assassin, but instead decided to help Gotham, trained under Barbara Gordon as Batgirl, became Black Bat for a while, and now goes by Orphan. She can kick Batman's ass any day of the week.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
Batman: No Man's Land
Lady Shiva
Richard Dragon....
Batman and Robin Eternal
Cass's Batgirl outfit: very intimidating but with weird stitching
Clayface and Cass reciting Shakespeare
Tom King's Batfam Combat Ranking
So Bruce Wayne's on the jury not on trial but STILL, THANKS TOM KING
more about the new Outsiders team
robins arguing over cass
Hands. Head. Heart.
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
This One Summer
Pashmina
The Prince and the Dressmaker
Batman Rebirth Vol 5: Rules of Engagement
Nightwing (1996) Vol 4: Love and Bullets
Nightwing (1996) Vol 5: The Hunt for Oracle
Hawkeye vs Deadpool
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up The Marvel Universe
Runaways (2017)
Man of Steel #4
Superman (2016)
DC Ink and DC Zoom titles!!

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#25 – Barbara Gordon

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:38:23 -0000

25 Barbara Gordon

Today we talk about Barbara Gordon who was Batgirl and then Oracle after the Joker shot her (then Batgirl again once DC rebooted). She's a genius and we love her and you should too!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
Our episode on Kate Kane
Seduction of the Innocent
Batman (TV Show)
Batgirl introduced in comics
Yvonne Craig as Batgirl
Jim Gordon comics written by Olivia
Crisis on Infinite Earths
James Gordon Jr.
LIBRARY SCIENCE IS CORRECT
Barbara runs for congress
Batman: The Killing Joke
The Killing Joke movie DO NOT WATCH
Suicide Squad
ESCRIMA STICKS
Birds of Prey
Gail Simone being hired for Birds of Prey
a pretty short op/ed article on the desexualization of disabled folks
Dick Grayson covering his face (but not much else)
Post-shower-discovery conversation
Barbara recognizes Dick Grayson's butt
Midnighter recognizes Dick Grayson's butt
Nightwing Oracle Convergence
The Titans (1999) #1
Owacle (this is the best image i could find of this panel but it's got a lot of other stuff mushed around it sorry y'all)
New 52 Batgirl
Barbara's lovely trans roommate whom i love
Babs Tarr's very beautiful Dick Grayson
Batgirl Rebirth
Batgirl and the Birds of Prey Rebirth
Birds of Prey: Of Like Minds
Batgirl: Year One
Robin: Year One
The Batgirl of Burnside
Harley Quinn-focused Birds of Prey movie?
Barbara in the Lego Batman movie
Batman Eternal
Immortal Hulk #1
You Are Deadpool #1
Capes and Japes Podcast discord server
(youtube was founded in 2005, we were both a year off)

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#24 – Rose Wilson

Tue, 12 Jun 2018 12:21:00 -0000

24 Rose Wilson

Today we talk about Rose Wilson a.k.a. Ravager. After Deathstroke found out she was his daughter he did all sorts of bunk shit like drugging her so she got superhuman abilities, even though she could already see the future?

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
Slade is a BAD DAD who DRUGS HIS DAUGHTER
Kryptonite Eyes: look cool, bad for your health
Kid Devil
Zachary Zatara
the Rowdyruff boys
Knife Dad's Gay Daughter
Titans Go... Away
Batman Rebirth
Grayson
Hell Yeah!
Nightwing: False Starts
Batman Eternal
of course, Super Sons
Justice League: No Justice

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#23 – Joey Wilson

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:45:41 -0000

23 Joey Wilson

Today we talk about Joey Wilson, a.k.a. Jericho. Mostly the sweetest, but sometimes-evil-for-comics-reasons, he can take control of people if they make eye contact with him but is rendered useless with a bag over his head!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
The Judas Contract
Killed by one of his dad's many swords
Jericho on top of a mountain
Calling All Titans!
Jericho uses ASL, tell your friends
Joey Wheeler
Ooh it's a two-for, bisexuality AND demonstrating his little green text bubbles
Squirrel Girl vol 6 & vol 7
New Avengers (2015)
Hawkeye and Mockingbird: Ghosts
All-New Hawkeye 2015 & All-New Hawkeye 2015B
Action Comics #1000
Superman Special: Escape from Dinosaur Island
Batman: Prelude to the Wedding

Bonus!

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#22 – Slade Wilson

Tue, 29 May 2018 10:30:22 -0000

(Number) (Character)

Today we talk about Slade Wilson a.k.a Deathstroke the Terminator: an extremely feared and deadly assassin who somehow keeps getting bested by the Teen Titans. Great at murder, bad at parenting, it's Slade!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
Please watch Teen Titans, the 2003 cartoon
New Teen Titans
Please stop praying for my grandpa
Rock Lee from Naruto taking off his weights
Inigo Montoya I am not left handed
The Judas Contract
Dick Grayson in No Justice looking like a literal angel
Dark Nights: Metal
Deathstroke (Rebirth)
podcasts mentioned during this podcast: Spirits
Dear Hank and John

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#21 – Wade Wilson

Tue, 22 May 2018 11:18:23 -0000

21 Wade Wilson

Today we talk about Wade Wilson A.K.A. Deadpool, the Merc with the Mouth, he's most well known for gratuitous violence, making jokes, breaking the fourth wall, and being played by Ryan Reynolds in the hit movie franchise Deadpool and Deadpool 2.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
Fabian Nicieza helped create Deadpool
New Mutants #98
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies trailer
Mark Waid's Deadpool Miniseries
Deadpool (1997)
Deadpool (2012)
Gail Simone's Deadpool specifically
Women in Refridgerators (original)/Some extras on TV Tropes
Do I still think in those little yellow boxes?
some Cable and Deadpool stuff
Deadpool Corps
Deadpool and Death
Deadpool meets Thor
Hawkeye Vs Deadpool
Kate Bishop meets Deadpool
You Are Deadpool
Polygon article about Deadpool (2018)
Eliane's cosplay lineup Furiosa Superboy Keith Kogane s3 vs what they're working on now Keith Kogane s1
Batman #47
Justice League: No Justice #2
The Wicked + The Divine #36
West Coast Avengers (2018)
Fantasy Shorts Camp Hood
bonus: Nightwing looking like a literal angel in No Justice

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Bonus: Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War

Sat, 19 May 2018 02:41:48 -0000

Bonus: Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War

In this bonus episode we essentially just yell about Infinity War: what we liked, what we didn't like, a bunch of big ol' spoilers, where Hawkeye might've been, possible Infinity War 2 names, and more!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
Jenny Nicholson's Infinity War Hot Take
RJ Pierce's tumblr/twitter
MCU Logo Intros
The Mary Sue: Thanos is a Bad Villain

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#20 – Kate Kane

Tue, 15 May 2018 10:42:16 -0000

20 Kate Kane

Today we talk about Kate Kane: Batwoman and one of DC's most prominent lesbians. Not to be confused with Kathy Kane who was also Batwoman and may be related to Kate... it's complicated. (We mention her too though).

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
Seduction of the Innocent
Kathy and Bette Kane
Bat Boy: The Musical
Flamebird
Batman, Incorporated
Grayson
An Abundance of Katherines
Hurley/Sloane
DC Comics Against Marriage
Batwoman: Elegy
Batwoman Rebirth
Marvel Rising #0
DC Nation #0
FCBD Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes (or whatever the title is)
Blue Beetle Rebirth
Nightwing Vol 2: Rough Justice
Squirrel Girl #32
Justice League: No Justice #1

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#19 – Renée Montoya

Tue, 08 May 2018 11:23:43 -0000

19 Renée Montoya

Today we talk about Renée Montoya: a cop from Gotham City who is outed as a lesbian and framed for murder by Two-Face, ex-girlfriend and then girlfriend and then wife of Kate Kane (Batwoman), and The Question for a while.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
Batman the Animated Series
Batman the Animated Series Opening
The Dark Knight (film)
Lego Batman
Batman: No Man's Land
Jim Corrigan
Watchmen
I guess if you want to know more about Objectivism
Gotham Central
Lumberjanes
Tales of Suspense 104
Batman and the Signal 3
Batman: Hush
Superman Vol. 5
New Avengers
Kitty/Piotr Wedding
Batman/Catwoman Wedding
MARVEL ANIME
Avengers (2018) #1
Ghost Rider inspired by Zayn Malik
Marvel Rising #0 FREE
Squirrel Girl #32

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#18 – Matt Murdock

Tue, 01 May 2018 10:39:07 -0000

18 Matt Murdock

Today we talk about Matt Murdock a.k.a. The Devil of Hell's Kitchen, a.k.a. The Man Without Fear a.k.a. Daredevil. He's also a pretty good lawyer and the mayor of New York now I guess?

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
Bort Sampson
Batroc the Leaper
Chance Lance
Daredevil costumes over the years
Daredevil and Black Widow, who knew?
NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY
Sightless Swashbuckler?
Daredevil (2011)
Captain America vs. Daredevil/Objection.
Netflix Daredevil
Saint Sebastian
Daredevil S2 Posters
Cracked.com Article on Bad Daredevil Villains
Free Comic Book Day
Some info on the Catwoman series by Joelle Jones

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#17 – Danny Rand

Tue, 24 Apr 2018 10:34:19 -0000

17 Danny Rand

Today we discuss Danny Rand, a.k.a. the Iron Fist, a white guy who is just so good at martial arts that he kills a dragon and gets mystical powers (and a scar that just looks like a bad tattoo) because of it. We also pitch an Iron Fist Legacy storyline that Marvel should DEFINITELY pick up.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
hi while looking for other things i found this image please enjoy
Michal Brezina's Figure Skating Short Program
Amazing-Man
The Immortal Iron Fist
Ultimate Spider-Man
Teen Friendz
Avengers Assemble
a few more problems with Netflix's Iron Fist series
One-Punch Man
This Week's Super Sons
This Week's Batman
This Week's Nightwing
Action Comics #1000
This Week's Superman

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#16 – Luke Cage

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:48:43 -0000

16 Luke Cage

Today we talk about Luke Cage, a.k.a. Power Man, a black superhero created during the blaxploitation era (check out that origin story, oof) who becomes a Hero For Hire, makes friends, and eventually ends up leading the Avengers.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: Wikipedia on Blaxploitation
About Luke Cage's Origin
Bill Wurtz History of the World cw for sexual assault as a shorthand for colonization
Luke Cage Hero for Hire 1
(it is Seagate Prison)
Some Nicolas Cage Facts
Black Power, Man... POWER MAN??
It's me, Bushmaster
Just. The Outfit.
Now I Gotta Be Responsible For This Water Bottle
Heroes for Hire (2006)
LITERAL STARS IN HIS EYES
Give me a Dollar
Defenders (2017)
Power Man and Iron Fist (2016)
Last Week's Squirrel Girl
Domino (2018)
Convergence: Nightwing/Oracle

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#15 – Jessica Jones

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:04:39 -0000

15 Jessica Jones

Today we talk about Jessica Jones: on/off superhero Jewel, Knightress, and Powerwoman, but due to her supremely brutal backstory, is mostly in the business of being a super powered private detective and journalist.

Some BIG OL' content warnings on this one folks for emotional abuse/manipulation and sexual assault (we don't go super in-depth on them but they are mentioned and discussed).

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: More about Brian Michael Bendis
BMB 2005 Interview about Spider-Woman
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which E has never seen
Marvel's Captain Marvel vs DC's Captain Marvel
The Purple Man
it is Ben Urich
Secret War (not to be confused with Marvel's Secret Wars, which is a separate event, and I know we dunk on DC all the time because of all their Crisis events but come on Marvel
House of M
The Pulse (comics!)
Heroes for Hire
New Avengers
The Mighty Avengers
BENDIS IS COMING!
Jessica Jones (2016)
Jessica Jones (Netflix Series)
Hey the Killing Joke did Barbara Gordon so dirty, here's just a tiiiiny snippet of critique, thanks Wikipedia
Alias (Omnibus)
The Pulse (Complete Collection)
Y: The Last Man is getting a TV show, email Olivia at capesandjapes@gmail.com for her Thoughts

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#14 – Jaime Reyes

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 10:59:01 -0000

14 Jaime Reyes

Today we talk about Jaime Reyes: the third Blue Beetle, who never asked for a weird blue scarab to fuse to his spine and telepathically try to convince him to murder Green Lanterns every time they cross paths.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: Scott Snyder on Justice League
just a fun list of DC cities
Infinite Crisis
guy who's possessed wants a bagel
a DENTIST
Young Justice S2
This is where I'd link a thing about Teen Titans S6 but uh, can't find anything except one of the guys from Teen Titans Go! said at a panel at WonderCon that he can "almost guarantee" that teen titans is coming back which uhhhhh.... yeah. Not taking that as fact.
Dark Nights: Metal
we didn't mention it on the ep but I remembered that Scott Snyder made a DC: Metal spotify playlist
Boyzarro!
Super Sons good
Squirrel Girl
Lumberjanes
Fence
Dodge City

And of course, don't forget Olivia's favorite things in media:

Teens.
Bodysharing.
Robot Friend.
Telepathy.
Extremely Nervous Anxious Peacemakers.
FRIENDSHIP.

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#13 – Ted Kord

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:42:50 -0000

13 Ted Kord

Today we discuss Ted Kord: the second Blue Beetle, who was once handed a sacred scarab by the original Blue Beetle and couldn't figure out how to make it work, but he went ahead and did the superhero thing anyway.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: The Bug
A robot that screams
Nite Owl, look familiar?
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Justice League International
Stealing J'onn's Cookies
Birds of Prey
Same Hat!
Justice Riders
Convergence
The Road to El Dorado
Detective Comics

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#12 – Booster Gold

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:35:30 -0000

12 Booster Gold

Today we discuss Michael Carter, who traveled into the past to make big money as a hero, saved the president, and accidentally mixed up his football nickname (Booster) with his chosen hero name (Goldstar) and became forever referred to as Booster Gold.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: Justice League Unlimited episode
Check, Please!
Ngozi
Crisis on Infinite Earths
The Dark Knight Returns
Watchmen
52
Booster's Coffin
Justice League International
Booster Training Jaime Reyes ...with a tire.
Justice League 3000
Incredibles; No Capes
Batman the Animated Series
Batman and Harley Quinn
Here's the described Booster Gold calling the Batmobile scene
Recent-ish Booster Gold series
Smallville
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Solid State

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#11 – Doreen Green

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:56:41 -0000

11 Doreen Green

Today we talk about Doreen Green, a.k.a. Squirrel Girl! The delightfully earnest and unbeatable superhero with all the powers of a squirrel! She's here to kick butts and eat nuts.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: Squirrel Girl's First Appearance
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
More Info on Squirrel Girl in New Avengers
Dinosaur Comics
Dodge City
recent Green Arrow stuff
Superman Rebirth
Super Sons

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#10 – Young Avengers

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 12:03:28 -0000

10 Young Avengers

Today we discuss the Young Avengers! A superhero team made up of a bunch of kids that aren't actually related to or endorsed by the Avengers, even though they go by things like "Iron Lad" and "Hulkling".

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: Original Young Avengers collection
Children's Crusade
Young Avengers (2013)
"You're Not That Straight"
Fake Tumblr
Fake Instagram
More Fake Instagram
Death of the Family
Zero Year--Secret City
Zero Year--Dark City
Graveyard Shift
Endgame
Superheavy
Bloom
Batman and the Signal
Batman & Robin
Superman Rebirth
Up Up And Away/Diana and Bruce dunking on Clark
D:amian vs Gremian, Choose your Fighter

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#9 – Clint Barton

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:44:51 -0000

09 Clint Barton

Today we discuss Clint Barton: Hawkeye, Goliath for a bit, and Ronin for a bit between deaths. If you take anything from this episode let it be that Clinton Francis Barton is a mess of a man.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
Look we sure did detail those first two comics there, so here they are--
Hawkeye's First Appearance
He joins the Avengers
Young Avengers: Children's Crusade
Matt Fraction's Hawkeye
In case our testimony isn't enough
You should really read Matt Fraction's Hawkeye
Tales of Suspense with Hawkeye and the Winter Soldier
An article confirming Clint isn't in the Infinity War trailer
Doom Patrol
The Super Sons cover we're talking about
Rogue & Gambit
Batman: Court of Owls
Teen Titans Year One
Tom King's Vision

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#8 – T'Challa

Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:24:40 -0000

08 T'Challa

Today we talk about T'Challa, the Black Panther and King of Wakanda. First we cover 50 years of comics history and then we discuss the recently released Marvel film (we'll warn you when spoilers start happening if you haven't seen it yet). But, spoiler alert: We really enjoyed the movie.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
If you want to know more about South African Rain Queens
This is the DC/Marvel Crossover we mean
A selection of Janelle Monae's music In fact, watch Janelle Monae's Dirty Computer trailer
Why Black Panther is a Defining Moment for Black America
Black Panther and the invention of Africa
Black Panther Hair and Makeup
Afrofuturism and Black Panther
Costume Inspiration Twitter thread
Gofundme: Ghana Kids
Gofundme: Brooklyn Kids
Gofundme: Bronx Kids
This article has some recs including ones by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Roxane Gay

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#7 – Runaways

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 10:20:08 -0000

07 Runaways

Today we talk about one of our favorite teen superhero groups: Runaways! The basic pitch is it's about teens and found families. The longer pitch is that it's about six teens (at first) who find out that their parents are evil and run away, all while trying to figure out how to deal with their new discoveries and take down their parents.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: Avengers Arena
Avengers A.I.
Tom King's Vision
Runaways Complete Collection Vol 1
Runaways on Hulu
Rainbow Rowell's Runaways Series
Batman: The War of Jokes and Riddles

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#6 – Damian Wayne

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 11:07:35 -0000

06 Damian Wayne

In this episode we talk about Damian Wayne: Bruce Wayne's biological son who was genetically engineered by his mother to be A Perfect Assassin, but became Robin instead, mostly alongside Dick Grayson's Batman.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: Grayson
Flash Annual Panel
Super Sons
"now i gotta be responsible for this water bottle"
Gremlin Damian/Gremian
Grant Morrison Batman & Robin
Son of Batman (Movie)
Batman: Bad Blood (Movie)
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
Deathstroke (Rebirth)
Dark Nights Metal
Honeybadger
Our Linktree, for ease of finding

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#5 – Stephanie Brown

Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:20:12 -0000

05 Stephanie Brown

Today we talk about Stephanie Brown: Spoiler, Robin (briefly, before she dies terribly), Batgirl, and then Spoiler again once DC Comics decided that in their reboot she'd always been Spoiler and you should forget about all the other stuff because it didn't happen in this canon. We also briefly talk about how much Dan Didio hates teen superheroes.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: Johnny Warlock. He exists!
Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? by Neil Gaiman
I am Robin No, You're Not
Dan Didio, i guess
Waffles for Stephanie Batman and Robin Eternal
The History of the Bat Family According to Stephanie
Batgirl by Brian Q Miller
Tom King's Vision Miniseries - Fancy Hardcover!
Tom King's Mister Miracle
Tillie Walden's Spinning

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#4 – Tim Drake

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 16:20:02 -0000

04 Tim Drake

Today we talk about Tim Drake: the third Robin (the one who figured out what Batman and Robin's secret civilian identities were when he was, like, ten years old), and Red Robin!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: Young Justice Comics Kid Devil Battle for the Cowl "Lucretia Adventurezone" Tim/Kon Content Honestly you don't have to read the whole thing but there are some Choice panels in there, including "they were his colors" and "you're my robin"/"you'll always be my clone boy" "Dual Destinies Apollo" "You're my robin"/"You'll always be my clone boy" This one's just the single panel, in case you didn't click the one two links ago. two bros chillin in a hot tub vine "I wish I were Batman" birthday comic Teen Titans vol3 Red Robin (comic series) Young Justice (cartoon) Teen Titans by Geoff Johns (Omnibus) Gotham Knights Knightfall Super Sons Li'l Gotham

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#3 – Jason Todd

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:31:51 -0000

03 Jason Todd

In this episode we discuss Jason Todd: the second Robin (the one who–according to legend–was murdered by a California lawyer, or–according to comics–was murdered by the Joker with a crowbar) and the Red Hood!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: Batman and Robin Crisis on Infinite Earths Batman: Hush Infinite Crisis Batman: Under the Hood (comics arc) Batman: Under the Red Hood (Animated Film) Batman R.I.P. Batman: Battle for the Cowl Red Hood and the Outlaws Batman and Robin Eternal God Help The Oucasts (Hunchback of Notre Dame) Runaways Deathstroke

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#2 – Dick Grayson

Wed, 10 Jan 2018 02:49:21 -0000

02 Dick Grayson

In this episode we talk about Dick Grayson: the original Robin, Nightwing, Batman for a while, and himself as a spy for a bit, before he goes back to Nightwing!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: All Star Batman/Robin Holy Musical B@man Lego Batman Movie Discowing The Hawkeye Initiative "So, Javert, you found me" Grayson Annual (Sexy Vampires) Convergence Teen Titans cartoon Young Justice Cartoon Grayson (Omnibus) Forever Evil Batman and Robin Black Mirror Signal Death of the Family Endgame We are Robin

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#1 – Batman

Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:30:00 -0000

01 Batman

Welcome to the very first episode of Capes and Japes, a casual comics podcast! to start off we talk about our introduction to superhero media, our friendship, and discuss Batman!

Media specifically mentioned in today’s episode: -Superman/Batman
-Static Shock(Cartoon)
-Justice League Cartoon
-Teen Titans Cartoon
-The Dark Knight Returns
-Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture
-Hank and John Green autotuned Batman Fight
-Arkham Asylum
-Comics Will Break Your Heart - Faith Erin Hicks

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