Capes and Japes

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
• als...

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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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 Yo...

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...

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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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...

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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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:
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-DC Valentine's special: Lex & the City

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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...

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
-Y...

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) #67-7...