Mister Mxyzptlk vs Impossible Man

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• 0:00:00 - Introduction 
• 0:04:10 - No-Prize Time  
• 0:17:22 - Question of the Week 
• 0:18:14 - Mister Mxyzptlk vs Impossible Man intro 
• 0:21:41 - Impossible Man history and powers 
• 0:30:51 - Mister Mxyzptlk history and powers 
• 0:39:18 - Fight speculation 
• 0:48:13 - Duel results 
• 0:51:11 - Sign off 
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Episode Transcript

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This is a DynaMic Network Podcast. Hi, welcome tothe Dynamic Duel Podcast, a weekly show where we

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review superhero films and debate thesuperiority between Marvel and DC by comparing
their characters in stat-based battlesimulations. I'm Johnny DC. And I'm his twin
brother Marvelous Joe. And in this episode we aredoing a duel between the Superman villain, Mister
Mxyzptlk, and the Fantastic Four villain,Impossible Man. Yeah, they're both impish

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characters who are insanely powerful. Theyactually had a crossover in the Superman Silver
Surfer pop one-shot issue, but we're here to fullysettle the debate who would win between these two
characters no holds barred. Right, because thatended in a stalemate. And we don't play like that.
There's not gonna be any Superman or Silver Surferto save Mister Mxyzptlk's ass this time. Or

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Impossible Man. But before that we're gonna breakdown the comic book and movie news from the past
week, which you know we're not because once againthere is no comic book movie news worth talking
about. Yeah, what's up with this drought thatwe're in right now? You think as we're gearing up to
the Superman and Fantastic Four films and the IronHeart show that there'd be more news going around?
Well I figured that Superman and Fantastic Fourwould be having final trailers soon to kind of say

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hey tickets are now on sale but Fantastic Fourjumped the gun and put their tickets on sale before
even having a final trailer. And I'm like what?That reminds me I gotta buy my tickets. Wait, you
don't have your tickets yet? Fake fan. I'm gettingthem. I'm gonna get them right now actually. So
just keep talking while I do that. So I don't know ifyou guys know this but Marvel sucks big time. Let me

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tell you why. Not only do they put their tickets outwithout releasing a final trailer like who does
that but also what are you doing? You told me to keeptalking. I may continue on with the episode. Oh,
okay. Now go on to an editorial. Got you. Alright.Well as always we list our segment times in our
episode description so feel free to check out ourshow notes if you want to skip ahead to a particular

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topic. Our artificially intelligent dualsimulator AJ9K has a quick message for our
listeners so listen up. Why hello there. Do youwant even more from this podcast? Then become a
part of the dynamic dual community on Patreonwhere you can choose from three tiers. The dynamic
2.0 tier gives you access to our discord chatserver. The Fantastic 4 tier gives you two bonus

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episodes each month and the X-Force tier makes youan executive producer of this show. Lastly, the
Diner Mike podcast network tier lets you createyour own podcast using this Monte Carlo
simulator. Johnny and Joe will help you developyour show, provide graphic support and
consultation and get you simulation results.Pitch the twins your ideas via email at
dynamicdualpodcast at gmail.com. Check it out atpatreon.com slash dynamic dual. Pip pip cheerio.

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Thanks AJ9K and thanks to everyone who supportsthis podcast. Guys be sure to tune in to the other
shows on the Diner Mike podcast network this weekincluding the console combat podcast where hosts
John and Dean simulate battles between popularvideo game characters. In yesterday's episode
they pit Cloud Strife from Vinyl Fantasy versusIke from Fire Emblem. Over on the Max Destruction

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podcast hosts Scotty and Gilly pit your favoriteaction heroes from film and television against
each other. This week the brothers are pitting thetick against Goliath from Gargoyles. And on the
Senjo World podcast hosts Zachary Hepburnspeculates on fights between fan favorite anime
and manga characters. In his next episode Zach isgoing to reveal who would win between Yukonda from

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D. Grayman versus Tokia Mikagami from Flame ofReka. Visit dynamicpodcasts.com or click the
link in our show notes to listen to all of the showsin the Dino Mike podcast network. But with that out
of the way quick to the no prize. A no prize is anaward Marvel used to give out to fans. Our version
the Dynamic Dual no prize is a digital award that wepost on Instagram for the person that we feel gave

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the best answer to our question of the week. Lastweek we asked you guys how did you find Dynamic Dual
and how long have you been listening to the show.And this is coming off with the news that Jonathan
and I will be ending this podcast in January of 2026as it currently exists. Basically it's not going
to be a weekly show anymore because Jonathan and Ihave been doing this for 10 years. We started on our

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30th birthday and we thought our 40th birthdaywould be a good time to retire the show. So we're
going to stop doing weekly episodes but we'restill going to review the latest Marvel and DC
comic book movies that come out to theatersbecause we want to retain our Rotten Tomatoes
credentials as critics. So basically this was ahorrible question though because there was no way

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we could pick an answer. So this week there are nohonorable mentions and there's really no winner.
We appreciate everyone who called in and we'regoing to play all of your answers because you guys
are all winners. Yeah everyone's a winner. You geta no prize and you get a no prize and you get a no
prize. Let's go ahead and hear from the callersstarting with Cyrus Moore who said hey guys. Cyrus

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Moore I found you guys in 2019. I was in a pretty lowplace and I was just going through Spotify trying
to find a DC podcast that would tickle my fancy and Ijust happened to stumble upon you guys and I've
just been listening every day since 2019 andhaven't missed an episode and I love you guys and

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thank you for always making a great show. Iappreciate it. Not going to lie one of the most
heartwarming things about doing this podcast ishearing feedback like this where we helped bring
some kind of joy to someone's life. Yeah and hejumped in at the right time too because 2019 is when
the show probably started getting good. It took usa few years of trying to nail this formula before we

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finally got it. And not saying this show is good. Itcould be better. It could be better. It can always
be better. Mostly by this year we'll nail it. Yeah.Year 10 is our year. Year 10 is when the show really
gets good. Finally. Thanks Cyrus more. Our nextanswer comes from Lorenzo Valdez who said this is
Lorenzo Valdez calling in once again. I'veactually only been listening to your podcast for

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the last couple of months. I think I found out aboutyour podcast via an advertisement that you guys
had on one of DC's new official podcasts either DCstudio showcase or DC high volume Batman. Clon of
forever and always. Yeah the podcast that he heardan ad for us on was DC high volume. DC's reps reached

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out to us and wanted to promote that show on ourpodcast and also let us promote our show on theirs
which has happened a couple of times like Marvel'sWolverine podcast the Long Nights also did that.
Yeah we've been pretty lucky over the years to hearfrom reps from Marvel and DC themselves
specifically within the podcast space. But allI'm saying is we actually got listeners from the DC

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one. Thanks Lorenzo. The next caller is Eli whosaid this is Eli and I've been listening since
March of 2020. You guys got me through the pandemicand straight through high school but when the
pandemic started I got kicked out of school andstarted looking and so I needed something to
listen to during my nine hour shifts at thewarehouse. So I blew through all you guys's

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previous episodes pretty quick and startedlistening to the weekly uploads. The pandemic
year 2020 when that all started I wasn't even surethis podcast was going to survive everything that
was going on then just because everything wasreally weird and we managed to get through that
year largely by just reviewing older Marvel and DCfilms which thankfully there was a large backlog

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of content for us to look at because we know thatMarvel and DC weren't putting out anything new at
that time. So yeah a lot of listeners found usduring that time when a lot of people were
listening to podcasts. Yeah and you and I actuallystarted recording separately around that time
because for a long time we were recording in thesame room. Right but then like everybody else you
know we started hopping on zoom calls and stuff tocollaborate. Great answer Eli our next answer

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comes from CJ Kraft who said. Hey guys CJ Kraft hereI've been listening so long I'm not sure when I
started. I know it was around the show's beginningbecause it was before the first retooling. I can't
believe it's already been 10 years every Tuesdaythe entertainment's been top notch. I don't know
what I'm going to do with you guys gone. You'll bemissed but I'll look forward to the episodes we do

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get. Thanks guys. Yeah CJ Kraft is one of ouroriginal listeners I think he's been with us for a
long time and he's reached out time and again andwe've been looking enough to hear from him because
he's a talented writer and we promoted some of hisbooks on this podcast as well. Yeah for anyone who
hasn't listened to the show from the very startwhen CJ is talking about the retooling he's
talking about our first year where we wereactually a bi-weekly show and we called ourselves

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the DC Marvel Battlecast. That's right yeahthat's real old school. Thanks CJ our next answer
comes from Alex Albrough who said. Hey guys foundyou in early 2023 when I was having to drive a lot and
I had a Marvel podcast I liked and was looking for aDC podcast to learn more about those characters.
Found this one where I could learn about both andimaginary battles between the two and got hooked

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pretty instantly. I went through your wholelibrary except for movies and shows I haven't seen
yet in about a year and a half and now I'm all caughtup and look forward to listening every Tuesday.
Congrats on the podcast guys and happy early early40th birthday. I do not want to turn 40 so everybody
just hold off on their birthday wishes for now. I amnot looking forward to that actually I've already

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started telling people that I'm 40 because I mightas well be you know 39 really you're 40. Thanks for
listening Alex and thanks for your answer our nextanswer comes from Matt from Texas. Hey guys Matt
from Texas. The first time I heard about yourpodcast was on the TV a movie trivia podcast with
Brian Sheehan where Joe was a special guest for theCaptain America first Avengers back in 2022. I

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jumped over here that was about a year and a half agoand just started listening and binged through
every single one of your episodes and have lovedevery single one of them. Good job guys. Yeah Brian
has had me on his TV and movie trivia podcast as aguest for about four or five episodes I think and
I've had a blast every time. I haven't gone on hisshow for a few months now maybe almost a year so I got

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a remedy that I'll have to reach out to him againbecause I really love his podcast and he has great
trivia questions and he's a really cool dude. I wason his podcast in the fall of last year as sort of a
tie into the Joker sequel that was coming out. Wedid trivia on the first Joker movie and you could
see how hyped I was for the Joker sequel and I feellike the episode is very dated now because of how

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bad the Joker sequel actually was. I gotta go backand listen to it and just laugh at all of your
misplaced enthusiasm. Thanks for the call Matt.Our next answer comes from Christian Robito who
said, Hey y'all it's Christian Robito. I've beenlistening to this podcast for about two or three
years now. My favorite part of this podcast hasdefinitely been the dual episodes. It's been fun

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listening to fictional fights betweencharacters that we all love. I especially love the
banter between you two. It's been fun to hear butreally this podcast has just been a good way to tune
out from the real world and all the stress andeverything that entails and just have fun
listening to nerdy stuff. Thanks for everything.Y'all hope to hear from you soon. Yeah, I'm not sure
which episodes I prefer creating the duels or thereviews. I know this podcast started with duels

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because you and I have been arguing about thesecharacters fighting since we were little kids but
being film critics has also been a dream of oursalso since we were younger. Right. I think it
depends on what episode we're currently doing.Like if we're currently doing a dual episode, I
think man, I can't wait to get to a review and whenwe're doing a review, I think man, I can't wait to
get to a duel. So it's been a nice balance of havingboth formats available. We're doing a lot of duels

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this year just trying to do every single characterunder the sun and I'm actually really enjoying it.
It's a lot of work but it's always fun to do. ThanksChristian. Our next color was Rysiel. Who said?
Hey guys, this is Rysiel. I've been listening toyou guys for apparently like nine years now
because I remember starting like right aroundwhen you guys started. I found you guys on
accident. I'm just sick of listening to musicsometimes while I'm sitting at work. So I just

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started searching for something nerdy,something DC related and you guys are the only one I
listened to that doesn't sound like the comic booknerd like, oh actually. So yeah, that's about it.
See you. Well, Jonathan still sounds like that. Ithink that's fair. But actually, have you noticed
that a lot of these colors are saying that they weresearching for a DC podcast when they found this and

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not a Marvel podcast? Well, yeah, I mean, Marvelhas a lot of fans. So there's a lot more Marvel
podcasts and DC fans are kind of like solitaryfigures who don't really go out at night or put
together podcasts. So they're harder to come by.I'm sorry DC has some amazing podcasts. You don't
know what the fuck you're talking about. Way toprofile DC fans. I will profile DC fans all day

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long. Okay, want to hear my profile of a Marvel fan?Nope. Too bad because you're going to hear it.
Marvel fans are stupid. They're just really dumb.Why did you use the thesaurus for that one? They are
ignoramuses. Thanks for calling in Rizio. Ourpenultimate answer comes from Brian Rochester.
Who said? Hi, it's Brian. I found Dynamic Dual byRandom Searching for different podcasts about

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Marvel and DC. And I think the first episode Ilistened to was the iVampire versus... I don't
forgot about the vampires, but it's been a greatshow. Yeah, that was Andrew Bennett iVampire
versus Dracula. It was Marvel's version ofDracula. We put that out in October of 2023 as kind

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of like a spooky October Vampire Dual episode. Istill contend that Andrew Bennett is the absolute
worst name for a vampire and a DC character ingeneral. It's just a fucking name. Andrew
Bennett. So dumb. Well, as compared to somethinglike Niko Minoru? Yeah, at least that's like
unique and cool sounding. Niko Minoru willstraight up stab your ass. Andrew Bennett will

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sell you flood insurance. What is Blade's realname again? Eric Brooks. That's wild because that
is the exact name of my accountant. Touche.Touche. Well, I mean at least he has the name Blade,
which is still better than iVampire. Thanks forthe call, Brian. Our final answer comes from our
friends at Max Destruction, twins Scotty andGilly. Who said? Scotty Macho here. Gilly Macho

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here. Max Destruction. I want to say my favoriteepisode you guys didn't air because I want to bet
against Gil when you did the stats for me againstMartian Manhunter versus Vision and DC Guys Won.
Sorry, I got my bet back when we did Century versusZod and I won. Yeah, so we're listening to you guys
for five to six years now and it's sad to see you guysgo from the battles, but at least we still have the

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movie reviews. And at least we still have MaxDestruction with your guys's dope episodes.
Yeah, I'm really looking forward to this week'sThe Tick versus Goliath Dual episode because
Jonathan and I watched both of those cartoonsgrowing up as kids. You guys do great. I think you
kind of stole our whole stick when it comes to twinstalking about versus battles, but we'll let it

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slide because you guys are awesome. Also realquick, I'm confused because we actually did do a
Martian Manhunter versus Vision episode. Yeah, Ithink you said that maybe we didn't air it, but
yeah, that was an episode back in like 2018, I wantto say. I do want to give a special shout out to
Spider Frank who left us a message on Spotifycomments who wrote, I've been listening since

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2016 when I was 12 years old and now that I'm 21, itfeels like I'm losing a great friend. I'll dearly
miss the dual episodes, my favorite part of theshow and over the years, I forgot to say thank you.
I'm not crying, you're crying, right? Fuckinggutted from that answer. Thank you so much, Spider
Frank, for writing to us. That answer hurts onmultiple levels because I feel bad that the show is

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ending in January, but also I feel bad because youwere 12 years old when you started listening and
now you're old enough to drink, so we have beendoing this for a while. Those are all the answers
and now that we've gone through all of them, I hopeit didn't seem like a big circle jerk on behalf of
Jonathan and myself, but we truly wanted tospotlight the people who took the time to give us a

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call and leave such touching answers. It means alot to us and we can't wait to continue making
episodes for you guys throughout the rest of thisyear because like we said last time, we got some
good ones in the works, including this Mr. MixiSpitalik vs. Impossible Man dual episode, but
speaking of duels, that brings us to our questionof the week. What Marvel or DC character that we

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haven't done a duel with yet, are you still hopingwe get to by January? We've done so many
characters, but we're looking specifically forcharacters that we have not done duels with. Yeah,
just a reminder that the calendar is already set byour executive producers, but we're interested in
seeing how much that calendar aligns withlistener expectations. Recording an answer at

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dynamicduel.com by clicking on the redmicrophone button in the bottom right hand corner
of the screen, which will prompt you to leave us avoicemail. Your message can be up to 30 seconds
long and don't forget to leave your name in case weinclude you on the podcast. We'll pick our
favorite answer and award that person a DynamicDual No Prize that we'll post to Instagram. Be sure
to answer before June 14th. But now it's time forthe main event of this episode, where we pit the

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nigh-impetent imp characters of Mr. MxyzSpitalik vs. Impossible Man. Okay, Mr. Mxyz

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Spitalik vs. Impossible Man. I think I'm sayingMxyz's name right. I've heard a number of
different ways, but that's the pronunciation Iremember from the Superman 90s cartoon, in which
Mxyz made a few appearances voiced by GilbertGodfrey. Yeah, Impossible Man has made a few
appearances in Marvel cartoons as well. I'mwondering if we should just refer to the

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characters as Mxyz and Impey as Impossible Man issometimes known in the comic books from here on out
for this episode, because it is really hard to sayin Mr. Mxyz Spitalik. Oh yeah, no, I'm totally fine
with that. He's often referred to as Mxyz in thecomics. Or is that too cutesy for these two badass
characters? I guess they're not really badass.They're both jokesters, right? They both like to
play pranks. They both like to have fun. Although Ialways say that Mr. Mxyz Spitalik is a little bit

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more devious in his pranks than Impossible Man is.Yeah, Mxyz is definitely a villain in DC. He's
sometimes partnered with the good guys, but it'spretty rare. Now Mxyz has also had several
live-action appearances in Smallville and theSupergirl television series. I'm guessing we've
never seen Impossible Man in live-action. No, wehave not yet. He's kind of ridiculous looking. He

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kind of looks like a pickle. He looks like PickleRick. I'm Pickle Rick! Now, to explain the
methodology behind our duels, let's go to oursentient duel simulator, Alfred Jarvis 9000.
AJ9K, tell our listeners how you go aboutdetermining a winner in our duel matchups. Yes, of
course, sir. The way I determine a winner betweenthe contestants is by running 1000 Monte Carlo

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simulations using the characters statistics. AMonte Carlo simulation is a probabilistic model
used to determine outcomes through randomsampling. In this case, I randomize the
statistics along a normal distribution as a way tosimulate the many variables that can occur during
battle. The stat parameters are based on theofficial Marvel power grid from which the DC

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characters statistics are extrapolated.Additional stat categories are included such as
range, damage potential, versatility andperception in order to create a more detailed and
accurate simulation. The results of the 1000simulations provide a percentage of wins for each
character. The contestant with the higherpercentage is declared the victor as they have a

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higher probability to win any given battle. In anequitable pairing, neither character should win
100% of the matches. The comic book stories haveshown that there's even a way for Batman to defeat
Superman, so the confidence rate of my methodfalls in line with the precedents that have been
established in the source material. Mymathematical simulations are without
subjectivity or bias. Feats are not the soleconsideration, nor are fan votes tabulated for

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determination of the winner. Thanks, AJ9K.Before we run the simulations though, we'd like to
break down each character's histories andabilities before improvising a scenario on how we
imagine one of the 1000 simulations would play outbeat for beat. And I believe it's my turn to go first
with the Marvel character backstory, so let metell you guys all about Impossible Man. Born on the

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perilous world of pop-up in the 10th galaxy, thealien later dubbed Impossible Man belonged to a
communal species whose members shared a singlegroup mind and could instantly rearrange every
molecule of their bodies into any form theirimaginations conceived. Restless after
millennia of surviving lethal predators, anadventurous pop-upian transformed himself into

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a starship and rocketed to Earth soon after theFantastic Four's debut. Landing in New York City,
he robbed a bank simply to buy lunch, thendelighted in outmaneuvering police, soldiers,
and the Fantastic Four. The thing called himimpossible, and the giddy visitor adopted the
nickname on the spot. Mr. Fantastic eventuallyrealized the prankster craved attention. When

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every New Yorker agreed to ignore him, he declaredthe planet intolerably dull and blasted off in
search of fresh amusement. You can learn moreabout the Fantastic Four and their duel against
the Justice Society. He returned years later andlured the planet-debouring Galactus away from
Earth by offering pop-up itself as sustenance.The collective consciousness of its people

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accepted the sacrifice reasoning that theirculture would endure within Impossible Man their
most adventurous emissary. Galactus consumedthe hyper-adaptive world but suffered
near-fatal indigestion, leaving Impossible Manthe lone living vessel of pop-up's mind. Inviting
himself aboard the Fantastic Four's craft, heaccompanied them home, determined to make Earth

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his playground. Almost immediately, he stormedinto the fictional offices of Marvel Comics
demanding a series dedicated to his exploits. Ahasty promise from editor Stan Lee averted
disaster, and the trickster moved on toimpersonate the newly inaugurated US president,
foiling an assassination scheme involving mindcontrol technology and the cyborg deathlock.

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Taking up temporary residence in the Baxterbuilding, he was ambushed by Klaw and the Molecule
Man. Recovering mid-battle, he proved immune tosonic vibration and molecular manipulation once
he anticipated them and helped free the FantasticFour after Molecule Man possessed Reed Richards.
Concluding that the team took life far tooseriously, he drifted to Hollywood and gleefully

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disrupted multiple film shoots until boredomagain set in. Back in New York, he visited The Thing
and sculptor Alicia Masters. Their obviousaffection inspired him to split his own essence
and create a companion, Impossible Woman.Following Reed and Sue's example, the couple soon
produced thousands of Impossible Kids. Domesticsquabbles over who should lead the family erupted

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into an intergalactic scavenger hunt. On Earth,Impossible Man confiscated the X-Men's Mansion,
Nick Fury's eye patch, Zabu the Sabertooth Tiger,Doctor Strange's Skylight, Iron Man's prototype
armor, and other trophies before the X-Men,backed by Shiar and Pres LaLondra, forced the
Impossible Family to return every item andapologize before a tribunal of alien races.

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Determined to restore his bruised ego,Impossible Man revisited the X-Mansion but found
only the teenage new mutants. Their technoorganic teammate Warlock accepted his challenge
to a global shape-changing duel that tore acrossManhattan's docks, Rio's beaches, London's
rooftops, Moscow's spires, and Tokyo's streets.Warlock finally triumphed by altering his own

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coloration, something a pop-upian could notduplicate, prompting Impossible Man to storm
back into space. While evading a war fleet from theplanet Ergonar, he irritated the solemn silver
surfer, insisting that Harold find a sense ofhumor, and secretly followed him during a
confrontation with the death-worshipping TitanThanos. Convinced that cosmic levity might just

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yet save the day, the prankster eventuallydeparted in search of easier sport. Family Duty
resurfaced when Impossible Woman demanded asummer vacation on Earth for their 4682
offspring. They scattered around the globe tosightsee, Impossible Man pestered Spider-Man
during a stakeout, impersonated occult tomesinside Doctor Strange's Sanctum and briefly

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became the Punisher's Rifle before pying thevigilante in the face. A chaotic day at an
amusement park ended with Childe number 4682missing, sending Impossible Man to consult the
Watcher on the Moon, scour the Microverse, andstir up Asgard, where Queen Frigga halted the
commotion with a royal spanking. The youngsterwas finally located fronting a rock band, and the

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Relied Family launched a galaxy-wide concerttour. Left to his own devices, Once More
Impossible Man infiltrated a supervillain pokergame at the infamous DynaMic's villain hangout,
The Bar With No Name, and disguised himself as anextra ace of spades, igniting a brawl among the
hardened criminals. Feeling slighted when theHulk's friend Rick Jones failed to invite him to a

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wedding, he mailed invitations to disgruntledvillains and rival alien empires, transforming
the ceremony into chaos. Later impossible manbadgered Cable and his ex-force team during their
island vacation into mentoring three of hisapathetic, impossible teens. However, the kids
stayed glued to their hollow screens instead oftraining until a colossal crustacean burst from

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the lagoon and swatted their father clear througha cliff. The shock of seeing impossible man
injured finally spurred them to fight alongsidethe ex-force and after helping subdue the beast,
they teleported off, calling themselvesImpossible X, clad in pouches and straps tactical
gear pad or doctor cables. You can learn more aboutex-force in their duel against the outsiders.

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Returning to Earth under the guise of the SilverSurfer, Impossible man warned of the parasitic
Homojian, aliens who merged with nativepopulations. During the battle, he was
vaporized, reforming in sight Spider-Man'slungs as microscopic vapor that Spidey vomited
into a towering Papupian conglomerate thatseparated the parasites from their hosts. The

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Fantastic Four negotiated a compromise with theHomojian that transplanted into the new
exhaustible Papupian biomass and the fused raceleft peacefully. Later Impossible man was in a
Himalayan village suffering from hiccups thatwere triggering uncontrollable
transformations. A visit from the Thing was ableto frighten the hiccups away after which
Impossible man attended Grimm's long-delayedBar Mitzvah. Seeking profit, he partnered with

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the showman assassin Arcade to marketself-morphing toys made from his own tissue, but
switched sides when those toys attacked the humantorch. You can learn more about Arcade in his duel
against the Riddler. During a reality-rendinguprising led by the Japanese death god Amatsumi
Kaboshi, Impossible man tried to distract thedeity with slapstick forms but was unraveled into

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nothingness, yet his intangible consciousnesssoon recovered. Observing a later clash between
Hulk, Red Hulk, and the telepathic Titan Xemnu,Impossible man used a Valizian compounder to fuse
the two hulks into a single behemoth so they coulddefeat Xemnu before separating them. Paternal
concern returned when Impossible man imploredMr. Fantastic's science organization known as

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the Future Foundation to educate his introvertedgenius son, whom he lamented was far too possible.
In exchange, Impossible man supplied theFoundation with intelligence on the time lost
Fantastic Four. He later celebrated with thereunited Richards family on the moon. Most
recently, while on a journey ofself-improvement, Impossible man attempted to

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master the creed discipline of Zen fascist yogawithin the Dark Dimension. His meditation
destabilized multiple realities until DoctorStrange and Beast persuaded him to desist,
whereupon he departed once more for partsunknown. And that's Impossible man.
Powers-wise, Impossible man is of the Papupianrace, giving him the innate ability to rearrange

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and convert the molecules of his body intoanything, mimicking most of their properties.
This includes the ability to separate himself forthe purposes of self-duplication or manifesting
separate entities. He can increase or decreasehis mass between beings the size of Galactus or
down to the microscopic. He can also use hismolecular shifting power to fly, teleport, and

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even produce energy or force. One drawback ofImpossible man's power is that he traditionally
can't alter his color outside of his green-purplescheme across the tonal spectrum. When he uses his
power to shift his form or teleport, it produces aloud pop sound. And that is the Impossible man.
Wait, so you're telling me that Impossible man isnot a reality warper? No, but through his powers he

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can mimic a lot of other abilities, even thingsthat you wouldn't think that shape-changing
could accomplish, like telekinesis. One time hepretended to be magneto and was able to simulate
his powers of magnetism. Essentially, I believeby reducing offshoots of his own matter into
molecules that could affect other matter. Thedude sounds more like Martian Manhunter than

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Mixie. Not gonna lie. Impossible man is not onlyfar more durable than Martian Manhunter because
he's not a fucking wuss when it comes to fire, butalso his molecular shape-shifting ability is far
more versatile. I'll just say this now. I don'tthink it's going to be versatile enough because
Mixie Spindelik I think is way more powerful. Letme get into his backstory. Mr. Mixie Spindelik

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hails from the fifth dimension, a plane of realityso advanced that its inhabitants and technology
appear as magic to those in the third dimension.Though a being of immense power, Mixie adopted the
appearance of a mischievous imp, a diminutivefigure often dressed in eccentric attire,
including a bowler hat and outlandish colors.Drawn to Earth out of sheer curiosity and a desire

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for amusement, Mixie took a particular interestin Superman, whose sense of justice and order
stood in stark contrast to Mixie's chaos andwhimsy. You can learn more about Superman in our
Superman vs. Dr. Doom episode. On Earth 2, MixieSpindelik plagued Superman with unpredictable
tricks and reality-altering antics, defying thelaws of physics and common sense using fifth

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dimensional technology. Incapable of defeatingMixie through conventional means, Superman
discovered that saying Mixie Spindelik's namebackward would banish him to the fifth dimension
for a mandatory period of 90 days. This became arecurring tactic in their confrontations with
Mixie always returning once the banishmentwindow expired. On Earth 1, a new incarnation of

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Mixie Spindelik emerged, targeting Supermanboth in Metropolis and retroactively during his
youth as Superboy in Smallville. In oneencounter, Superman turned the tables by
entering the fifth dimension himself, whereMixie was running for mayor. Despite Mixie's
attempt to trap Superman there by tricking himinto saying Namropus or Superman backwards,

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Superman escaped by saying Lelac, his Kryptonianname spelled backward. The imp's last notable
appearance before the Crisis on Infinite Earthsoccurred was when he revealed himself as the
mastermind behind Superman's recent adversity.Claiming boredom after millennia of impishness,
Mixie chose to embrace true malevolence, usinghis power to empower other villains and ensnare

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the fortress of solitude. Upon being discovered,he took on a grotesque true form that caused pain in
others to behold. When Superman accidentallybanished him to the Phantom Zone while Mixie
Spindelik said his name backward, thedimensional collision tore the imp apart.
Distraught over causing Mixie's death, Supermandepowered himself using gold kryptonite and

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retired. Following the multiversal reset, Mixieremained a reality-defying trickster, though
was revealed to be a sane psychologicalresearcher from the fifth dimension who came to
Earth to study human behavior. Initiallyrational and curious, repeated exposure to the
three Stooges films warped his mind andtransformed him into the maniac being known as

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Mixie Spindelik. At one point, Mixie visited theJoker for advice on how to better torment
Superman. The Joker tricked the imp into giving up99.9% of his power, allowing the Joker to gain
control over reality itself and reshape the worldinto a grotesque nightmare. Rendered nearly
powerless, Mixie wandered Metropolis in a dazeuntil he recovered enough sanity to aid Superman

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and Steel in escaping Earth and confronting theJoker. With assistance from the Spectre, Mixie
helped reverse the damage and restore the world.You can learn more about the Joker and his duel
against the Green Goblin. Later, Mixie wascaptured and imprisoned by the deranged Superboy
Prime, who sought to use the imp's power torecreate Earth Prime. The ritual failed due to the

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sacrifice of a heroic sorceress named AnathasArathas. Though Mixie tried to save her, he
respected her decision to atone through death. Itwas during this time that he cryptically revealed
that over the ages, he had assumed many namesfamiliar to Earth mythology, including Loki and
Anansi. In post-Flashpoint continuity, Mixie'spresence was initially subtle. His wife, Nixleic

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Spitlands, known as Mrs. Nixley, mentioned himduring her own appearances, noting that he had
fallen into a coma following a catastrophicbattle with their former court Chester, Lord
Vendictavix. In this new continuity, it wasrevealed that Mixie was actually a traveling
entertainer who performed illusions for the Kingof Xerph, charming both the monarch and Princess

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Nixley. Jealous of the attention Mixie received,Vendictavix attempted to assassinate him. The
attempt went awry and the King was killed instead.Enraged, Vendictavix chased Mixie and Nixley
into the third dimension. On Earth, the coupledisguised themselves as humans and lived in
Metropolis. Mixie, performing as Mr. XXX, evenfathered a child before succumbing to an

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Earth-based illness that placed him in a coma.When Superman defeated Vendictavix's final
attack, Mixie awakened, suggesting that he hadfaith in Superman's victory all along, though
whether this was sincere or a deeper part of anelaborate ruse remained unclear. Later, Mixie
was revealed to be a captive of a mysterious figureknown as Mr. Oz, who was later revealed to be

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Superman's birth father, Jor-El. Mixie believedSuperman would rescue him, though over time grew
embittered when no help came. Freaking himself,he confronted Superman, Lois, and their son,
Jonathan, unaware that they were frompre-Flashpoint continuity. Once he realized the
truth, he fused them with their post-Flashpointcounterparts and retreated to the fifth

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dimension, expressing fear that a greater being,likely Dr. Manhattan, was hunting him. Later,
Mixie was contacted telepathically by MartianManhunter and Starman to assist the Justice
League during a sixth-dimensional, multiversalcrisis. Tricked into believing his 90-day
banishment had ended, Mixie arrived on Earthunleashing havoc. However, he agreed to help,

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once informed that the source walls collapsedthrough and the entire multiverse including the
fifth dimension itself. Using his power, heopened a portal to the sixth dimension for
Superman, explaining he had imbued Superman withfifth-dimensional energy from their earliest
encounters. After Superman and others departed,Mixie began erasing parts of the city until

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another fifth-dimensional imp, the Batmansuperfan known as Batmite, and the Legion of Doom,
intervened and subdued him. And that's Mixie'sbackstory. Power-wise, Mr. Mixie Spitalik
possesses nigh-imnipotent abilities derivedfrom the laws of the fifth dimension, granting him
total control over reality in the third and fourthdimensions. His powers allowed him to bend,

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alter, or ignore the laws of time, space, matter,and energy at will. He could conjure objects from
nothing, teleport across dimensions, transmutebeings or environments, and warp reality. Immune
to temporal manipulation, he cannot be undone bytime travel or erased by retroactive changes.
Though physically small, he is indestructible,and his only consistent vulnerability is his

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self-imposed rules of banishment, frequentlybeing just saying his name backward, which
returns him to the fifth dimension for a time. He isa hyper-intelligent prankster and considered to
be one of the most dangerous entities in the DCmultiverse. If he's so powerful, how come he was
almost taken out by a common cold? It sounds like hewas put into a coma by some standard earthbound

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sickness, something that would never happen to animpossible man. For as powerful as you claim him to
be, he seems largely limited in what he has done,compared to what he can do. Did you ever hear about
John Burns' fun little Easter egg where he impliedthat Mr. Mixie Spitalik is impossible man when he
travels to the Marvel timeline? Like he changeshis form to look like impossible man and they're

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actually the same character, across multipledimensions. Yeah, I was definitely aware of that,
and that's why I guess I assumed impossible man wasa reality warper, though I guess that's not
accurate. I assume that Burns' theory that he putout there was debunked when the characters
actually met up in the Superman Silver Surfercrossover comic. Although you could say that
since pop-upians can duplicate themselvesindefinitely, that they actually are still the

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same character. Just different parts of that sameentity. And also since Mixie Spitalik is not bound
by time, so he could have been battling a past orfuture version of himself. Now that we got the

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characters' histories and abilities out of theway, let's speculate on how one of the 1000
simulated matches will go. The winner isdetermined by simulations, not the speculation,
but it's fun to imagine how the fight could playout. AJ and I.K., what are the rules of our
speculation? Well, I should say there are norules, other than the characters have no prior
knowledge of the other going into the fight. Allthey are aware of starting out is that the other

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character is a threat that needs to be eliminated.For the speculation, the contestants will begin
approximately 50 meters apart in a nondescriptenvironment that will have no bearing on the match
itself, as no environmental statistics areconsidered in my simulations. The contestants
must earn victory on their own merit. Alrightthen, let's get into it. Mixie and Impey, me on the

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battlefield, who goes first? I think ImpossibleMan would go first, because he'd just be so excited
for someone to play with. And with a pop sound, allof a sudden he turns into a 100 foot tall birthday
cake, where each tier of the cake is the size of astory. A birthday cake? Okay, so Mixie's probably

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like, is it my birthday? What the heck? And so he'llteleport to the top of the cake just to blow out the
candles, and the gust from his breath is going to beso powerful that it's going to scatter the cake all
across the environment, just spreading Impeythin everywhere. But all of a sudden, from within

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the cake pops out Impossible Man, and he's like,surprise, congratulations, you get to be my
plaything for the day. And then he transforms intoa firework rocket that shoots right into Mixie's
Biddalock and explodes into these like dazzlinggreen and purple fireworks. And the display is so

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loud and powerful, each one being like a TNTexplosion that Mixie is just blown to smithereens
from the fireworks. Well, I don't think he would beblown to smithereens, but let's say he's charred
and blackened from the explosion, right? So he'sgoing to be angry, you know, he'll probably grab
his hat and slam it to the ground and be like, thatdoes it. And that's when he's going to conjure a

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giant vacuum that's going to suck up all of thesparkly bits of Impey raining down from the sky.
And when the vacuum bag is full, he's going to unzipit and dump all the sludgy green and purple goop
into a giant trash bag that he's going to tie off andbe like, time to take out the trash. And he's going
to drop kick the trash bag, sending it right intospace. Okay, so Impossible Man is in a trash bag. He

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disappears from sight in the atmosphere. But thenall of a sudden, this giant green smiling face
appears in the sky and it gets bigger and larger asit comes hurtling back down to earth because
Impossible Man teleported out of the trash bag andthen transformed into an asteroid that's in the
shape of his head. And as he comes careening backonto the battlefield, he's like, here's Impey and

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he crashes into and obliterates Mixi Spitalikinto nothing. Well, no, Mixi sees Impey careening
toward him. And that's when he rolls up the sleevesof a baseball uniform that he's now wearing. And,
you know, he taps his baseball bat to the ground acouple of times and swings right at the perfect
time, just smashing Impey into a whole bunch ofrocky bits. And he's like, grand slam. He's going

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to start rounding the bases in this giant baseballstadium that he just conjured up. A stadium? Yeah.
Okay. Well, after a bunch of popping sounds, all ofa sudden the stadium fills up with a bunch of
duplicates of Impossible Man who start booingMixi Spitalik. And the crowd then starts throwing
tomatoes, like green tomatoes, and purple bananapeels, and knives and grenades. So when he even

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throws a shoe and Mixi Spitalik just gets pelted.Well, Mixi is like, what the heck? And to protect
himself, he's going to teleport into theJumbotron, which, you know, has his face on it now.
And he transforms the stadium itself into likethis giant Mecca body with a screen for a face and
metal beams for limbs and cement fists and feet.And he's just going to start stomping on and

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terrorizing those. What is it? Pop-upians? Yeah,pop-upians. Yeah. Okay. So the crowd of
pop-upians, they're going to flee this Meccastadium version of Mixi Spitalik. But then these
Impossible Men start climbing on each other'sshoulders. And they amass themselves into like a
giant composite Sasquatch, like a greenSasquatch. And the beast is going to swing his arms

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into Mecca Mixi, just reducing him to rubble.Okay. Well, Mixi, he's going to climb out of this
rubble. And he's probably all dirty and cursing.And all of a sudden a light bulb is going to appear
above his head. And he's going to pull a chainattached to it. And that's when everything goes
black. But suddenly a spotlight flashes on in thedarkness. And we're going to see Impossible Men in

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his regular form standing there just lookingaround like, what, where am I? And that's when
another spotlight is going to shine on Mixi, who'sholding this badass electric guitar shaped like
an axe. And he's wearing sunglasses. And he's justgoing to shred this gnarly guitar solo. So epic.
What? So powerful that it just shakes Impy to hisvery core. And he's so humbled by it that he just

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gives up the match. What is happening? So it's abattle of the bands type thing. Sure. Yep. Okay.
Well, all right. Impossible Men would be game forthat. But like, he's not going to give up. He may be
impressed by Mixi's performance, but he's up forthe challenge. So Impossible Men transforms a
keyboard right in front of him. And it's like thiscrazy, multi-tiered looking keyboard with keys

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that don't even just go from A to G, but play a rangeof notes from A to Z. Okay. And Impossible Men just
starts jamming out a keyboard solo that's so muchmore epic and so otherworldly sounding, like
hitting all these chaotic notes. And thensuddenly when his solo is over, Mixi just vanishes

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from sight back to the fifth dimension. Why?Because within Impossible Men's solo, he
randomly spelled Mixi's name backwards using allthose extra music notes. What? Yeah. So part of his
solo was like K, L, C, whatever, however you spellhis name. Backwards. Well, that was convenient.

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Okay, but I'm going to say Mixi, since he's from thefifth dimension, he was able to recognize what was
going on because apparently their music notesalso go up to Z. And before Impi could finish his
solo, that's when Mixi uses his axe guitar to chopup the keyboard into pieces and then he just

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decapitates Impi with it. You think that wouldkill him? I don't know. I guess not. But let's say
Mixi is so angry by what almost happened that he'sgoing to banish the Impossible Man to the fifth
dimension instead, so he's trapped for eternity.Match over. I'm going to say that Impossible Man

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played his solo so quickly that Mr. Mixi Spitalikdidn't even have time to react because he probably
played this with like multiple hands and multiplearms, you know? Well, no, I mean, Mixi Spitalik
could stop time. Okay. Well, I think that's a goodplace to stop. Let's go ahead and input these
character stats and run the simulations and findout whether Impossible Man pulled off this

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reverse name keyboard solo or if Mixi caught on tohim and then banished Impossible Man to the fifth
dimension. We'll find out which of thesescenarios happens when we run the simulations.
8G9K, hit it. Inputting data, runningcalculations, processing results, simulations
complete. That was a fun match. These are reallyfun characters. They may be one of the most fun

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matches I think we've ever done on this podcast. Imean, the sky was kind of the limit, right? So it was
kind of fun to use my imagination to try to counterwhat you were doing. Even just starting off with
their birthday cake is just so unique for our dualspeculations. I don't see that ever happening
again. This was definitely a fun one. Well,stats-wise, both characters obviously are

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insanely powerful. They were both maxed out in somany stats like speed and invasiveness,
durability and strength. But they both suck atfighting. You don't really see either of these
guys throwing down in hand-to-hand combat in anysort of trained or meaningful way. They just have
too much other abilities at their disposal to evendo that. Right. Yeah, both characters are

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insanely versatile, although we did give the edgeto Mixi when it came to versatility. Right,
because he can warp reality as opposed to justtransform. He also got the edge in terms of
perception because he can kind of perceive thingsoutside of the standard three-dimensional space
time. We said he was smarter than impossible manwho's kind of childlike. And we said that Mixi

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Spidalik has the edge in damage, considering he'snearly in nipotent. Not only that, we also gave him
the edge in range, considering Mixi is not reallybound by space. Right. So with all that said,
Jonathan, who do you think is taking this one? It'sno contest. Mixi is totally going to win this. What
a dumbass! Well, what? Okay, if I'm a dumbass, thenso are 73% of our Instagram poll takers who agreed

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that Mixi is going to win. You all heard me. I wouldbe surprised if it was not you who was in fact the
dumbass. Well, let's find out. AJ9K, the resultsplease. Hey, you are, sir. All right, the winner
between Mr. Mixi Spidalik and Impossible Man isMr. Mixi Spidalik. Oh, look at that dumbass! Am I

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the dumbass though? Because although Mr. MixiSpidalik won 80.3% of his matches over Impossible
Man's 19.7% victory rate, in the end, according toJohn Byrne, these guys might be the same
character. So Mr. Mixi Spidalik's win rate is alsoImpossible Man's win rate, and I consider this one
a tie. Okay, but even if they're the samecharacter, you're admitting that the DC version

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of the character had the higher win rate. I admitnothing. I admit it's a tie. How is it a tie when the
percentage is differed? That's just how it works,man, with like 5th dimensional math. If you can't
wrap your head around it, I don't know what to tellyou. We both win. Yay for Marvel. Way to go, guys. We
did it. You can't beat Crazy, I guess. But that doesit for this duel. AJ9K, help close us out. Send Joe

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World and Console Combat. All right, and our nextepisode is going to be a team duel. This time we're
going to find out who would win in a fight betweenDC's freedom fighters versus Marvel's X Factor.
It's one of the biggest mutant teams that wehaven't gotten to yet. A lot of great characters in
X Factor, and I'm really looking forward to thatmatch. But that does it for this episode. We want to

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give a big thanks to our executive producers, JohnStaroski, Zachary Hepburn, Dustin Belcom,
Mickey Matankean, Nathaniel Wagner, Levi Yatyn,Austin Wizelowski, AJ Dunkerley, Nick Ibonto,
Scott Camacho, Gil Camacho, Adam Speese, DeanMaleski, Devin Davis, Joseph Kirsting, Josh
Leiner, Mike Williams, Oscar Galvez, and PaulGraves for helping make this podcast possible.

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We'll talk to you guys next week. Up, up, and away.True believers. I'm pretty sure it's pronounced
Mr. Mixio spit on it, hawk-toa.