Bros Foes and Heroes
Each week Zach breaks down a comic book character to an unsuspecting Mike. From the intriguing to the absurd, This show takes a deep dive into what makes comics great. Learn a thing or two or just stay for the ridiculousness.
Episodes
July 23, 2025 • 53 mins
We're wrapping up our return trip through one of the most beautifully told Supergirl stories ever — Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely.
In Part 2 (covering issues 5–8), Zach and Mike continue Kara’s cosmic revenge quest, where things get darker, more dangerous, and surprisingly emotional. From poisoned skies to space pirates to final confrontations, we talk about why this book hits so hard, how it redefin...
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July 21, 2025 • 73 mins
This week, we’re revisiting one of our all-time favorite modern DC stories: Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely.
In Part 1 (covering issues 1–4), Zach and Mike break down the stunning, space-western journey of Kara Zor-El as she tries to enjoy her birthday in peace… only to get pulled into an interstellar quest for revenge with a sharp-tongued girl and a whole lot of emotional weight.
We dive into the gorge...
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July 18, 2025 • 46 mins
It’s the grand finale! In this week’s episode of Bros, Foes & Heroes, we close out our deep dive into All-Star Superman with issues 10 through 12 — and it's all building toward one of the greatest endings in comic book history.
Superman races against time as his body continues to break down, and Lex Luthor finally gets everything he ever wanted... or so he thinks. We unpack some of the series' most powerful and emotional moments...
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July 14, 2025 • 70 mins
This week on Bros, Foes & Heroes, we jump into Part 3 of our All-Star Superman deep dive, covering issues 7–9 — and things get wonderfully weird.
We talk Bizarro world (and the lonely genius ZiBarro), Superman's DIY rocket escape, bizarre Justice League knock-offs, and what happens when two other Kryptonians show up and decide Earth needs a new management team (spoiler: it doesn’t go well).
Along the way, we get sidetracked on ev...
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July 9, 2025 • 53 mins
We’re back with Part 2 of our deep dive into All-Star Superman, where Morrison and Quitely crank up the heart, tension, and more silver age greatness.
Today we cover Issues Four Thru Six, featuring:
Jimmy Olsen’s wild day as a super-powered Doomsday stand-in
Clark Kent’s interview with Lex Luthor on death row — complete with a prison riot
Superman get's a real goodbye to Pa Kent.
These issues help remind us why this ser...
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July 7, 2025 • 60 mins
It’s finally here — we’re starting our deep dive into one of the greatest Superman stories ever: All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.
In this first part, we cover Issues #1–3, where Superman receives a death sentence after flying too close to the sun, reveals his secret to Lois (with a birthday twist), and faces a time-traveling Samson and Atlas who show up to hit on his girlfriend. Yes… really.
We dig into:
Mo...
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July 2, 2025 • 29 mins
Before he was the genius billionaire bald villain we all love to hate, Lex Luthor was just a red-headed teen with a science lab... and a serious Superboy obsession.
This week on World’s Finest Wednesday, we go back to Adventure Comics Issue 271 — the 1960 Silver Age classic where Lex Luthor and Superboy start as best friends (yes, really), build science labs together, and then watch it all fall apart in the most petty, tragic wa...
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June 30, 2025 • 75 mins
What happens when you tell a story from the villain’s point of view…
Today, Zach and Mike dive into Lex Luthor: Man of Steel, the 2005 mini-series by Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo that flips the script on Superman’s greatest enemy.
We explore Lex as a genius, a philanthropist, and a man terrified by the idea of an all-powerful alien who calls himself a hero. Is Lex a true villain—or just the last human trying to keep us free fr...
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June 25, 2025 • 29 mins
Aquaman puts together a crime-fighting squad of fish, birds, and one very busy seal in this absolutely unhinged Silver Age story from Adventure Comics Issue 264.
This week on World’s Finest Wednesday, Zach and Mike cover:
🦭 A seal named Slinky who disables boats with precision strikes
🐙 An octopus that frisked 8 people at once to solve a robbery
🌊 Aquaman plugging a hole in the ocean floor like it’s a bathtub
It’s everyth...
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June 23, 2025 • 56 mins
It’s Zach’s birthday, and we’re celebrating by making Mike read the one thing he hates most: Aquaman.
But not just any Aquaman—Stan Lee’s 2001 reimagining from DC’s Just Imagine series, where Aquaman is now...part Dolphin DNA? It’s wet, it’s wild, and somehow Stan Lee still couldn’t make Mike care.
Just Imagine...Stan Lee's Aquaman (DC Comics, 2002)
Writer: Stan Lee
Penciler: Scott McDaniel
Inker: Klaus Janson
Colorist: G...
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June 18, 2025 • 48 mins
It’s World’s Finest Wednesday, and we’re diving into the Silver Age origin of Metamorpho the Element Man.
In The Brave and the Bold #57, you get:
A millionaire who sends his daughter’s boyfriend to Egypt just to get him cursed
An ancient radioactive temple
A guy who turns into living gas, stone, and whatever else the plot needs
Zach and Mike break down the glorious nonsense of Rex Mason’s origin and try to mak...
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June 16, 2025 • 53 mins
With James Gunn’s Superman movie on the way, Zach and Mike give a crash course on three of the lesser-known but totally badass characters confirmed to appear: The Engineer, Hawkgirl, and Mr. Terrific.
From nanotech-powered liquid armor to reincarnated hawk warriors to the third smartest man in the DC Universe, we’re breaking down comic book origins, powers, wild publication history, and what might carry over to the big screen.
Pl...
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June 9, 2025 • 74 mins
Welcome to a very special anniversary edition of Bros, Foes & Heroes! This week, Zach takes Mike back to where it all started—with the hilariously bizarre tale of Black Condor: a man raised by birds who somehow ends up flying, fighting crime, and serving as a U.S. Senator.
We dive into his wild Golden Age origin, fight scenes with kite men, a tragic Father Pierre, questionable fashion choices, and a whole lot of “what were they ...
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June 2, 2025 • 74 mins
This week on Bros, Foes, and Heroes, we take a sharp turn into one of the darkest Spider-Man stories ever told: The Death of Jean DeWolff.
In honor of the late, great Peter David — the writer behind this brutal and emotional arc — we dig into the moment where everything breaks: Spider-Man, Daredevil, the system… and the reader’s expectations.
This isn’t just a whodunit. It’s a street-level thriller with religious trauma, gui...
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May 26, 2025 • 43 mins
This week on Bros, Foes, and Heroes, Zach and Mike celebrate Memorial Day the only way they know how — by diving into the most over-the-top patriotic superheroes in comic book history.
From the guy literally raised by eagles…
To the one who might actually be the flag…
To the living embodiment of America itself…
We break down the origins, costumes, powers, and gloriously weird moments that made these characters unforgettable...
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May 21, 2025 • 33 mins
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May 19, 2025 • 55 mins
This week on Bros, Foes, and Heroes, Zach and Mike take a look at one of the wildest “What ifs” in comic book history: Just Imagine: Stan Lee’s Batman.
What happens when the co-creator of the Marvel Universe rewrites DC’s Dark Knight from scratch? You get Wayne Williams — a wrestler, revenge-driven vigilante in a bat-suit who might also be a celebrity cereal mascot.
We dig into the redesign, the origin story, and the wild choice...
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May 14, 2025 • 30 mins
On this week's World’s Finest Wednesday issue of Bros, Foes, and Heroes, we explore one of DC’s weirdest and most creative debuts — the first appearance of Dial H for Hero! When teenager Robby Reed stumbles upon a mysterious alien device shaped like a rotary dial (yes, really), he gains the ability to transform into an entirely new superhero every time he dials H-E-R-O.
What could go wrong with powers you don’t choose, wild vill...
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May 12, 2025 • 68 mins
This week on Bros, Foes, and Heroes, Zach and Mike dig into one of Mike’s all-time favorite comics: Silver Surfer: Parable — the cosmic collaboration between Stan Lee and Moebius.Can the Silver Surfer save humanity from Galactus? Or is the real threat... humanity itself?Sit back as we break down one of Marvel’s most philosophical—and visually stunning—two-issue stories and find out if it still holds up in Mike’s heart after all the...
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May 7, 2025 • 25 mins
On this week’s World’s Finest Wednesday issue of Bros, Foes, and Heroes, we enter a world of smoke, mirrors, and... high-stakes handcuffs? When a notorious gang leader is locked into a pair of explosive cuffs that detonate with the slightest vibration, he does what any criminal would do—kidnap a world-famous magician to escape them.
Enter Batman and Robin, who swap crime-fighting for curtain calls as they go undercover as stage ...
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