a casual comics podcast
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 th…
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, unfor…
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 starbolt…
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 nam…
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 comple…
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.
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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…
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 h…
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,…
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…
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 inclu…
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 Jer…
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 extremel…
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--…
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…
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-…
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…
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.
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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.
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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.
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