#170 – Roberto Da Costa

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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