Capes and Japes

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…

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 (1…

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 mu…

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, join…

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 an…

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.

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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:
-Th…

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 u…

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 ver…

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.

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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).

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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 (…

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.

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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 vi…

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.

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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 R…

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.

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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 St…

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…

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 readi…