Capes and Japes

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 co…

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.

Wha…

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…

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 mi…

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:

• Bri…

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 re…

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 w…

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 …

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 …

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
• Ol…

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 excit…

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 …

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…

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…

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 …

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 …

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 Oliv…

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 M…

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 watc…

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: …