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' announcement

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Today we talk about Sebastian Faust, a man whose evil dad tried to exchange his soul for magic powers but instead kept those powers and became a superhero with them (still lost his soul though).

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
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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:
-(will be added as soon as time and my internet allow...)

-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 (2010) #13
-Suicide Squad (2011) #9, 14
-Resurrection Man (2011)
-Task Force Z (2021) #6

-Rogue: The Savage Land (2025) #1
-Ultimate Wolverine (2025) #1
-Cyberpunk Dead Boy illustration

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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
-Young All-Stars (1987) #1-7, 9, Annual #1, 27, 30-31
-Nightwing (1996) #14, 16, 21, 31, 40, 42, 48, 54-55, 64, 71-72, 75, 77-79, 84-97, 99-100
-Nightwing: The Target (2001) #1
-Titans (1999) #36
-Batman: War Games (2004)
-Secret Six (2008) #2-7
-Green Arrow (2011) #44-47

-The Question: All Along the Watchtower (2024) #1
-The New Gods (2024) #1
-Batman & Robin: Year One (2024) #3
-Hellverine (2024) #1
-Ultimate Wolverine (2025) #1

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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) #67-70
-Venom: Sinner Takes All (1995) #1-4
-Spider-Man: Get Kraven (2002) #1
-Agent X (2002) #6
-Heroes for Hire (2006)
-Six Guns (2011)
-Fearless Defenders (2013) #5-6
-Silk (2015) #17
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #16, 18, 20.1
-Prowler (2016) #1-2, 4-5
-The Clone Conspiracy (2016) #2-5
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #23, 25
-Occupy Avengers (2016) #9
-Iron Fist (2017) #74
-Dead Man Logan (2018) #1
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #16-23, 70
-Amazing Mary Jane (2019) #1-5
-Sinister War (2021)
-Daredevil: Black Armor (2023) #2-4
-Venom War: Lethal Protectors (2024)

-Magik (2025) #1
-New Champions (2025) #1

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Today we talk about Carlos LaMuerto, best known as the Black Tarantula, who was a legendary crime guy before he moved to New York and ended up working for Daredevil.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #419-422, 424, 427-428, 432, 434-436
-Daredevil (1998) #82, 85-86, 112-115, 118-119, 500-504, 510, 512
-Daredevil Annual (2007) #1
-Daredevil: Blood of the Tarantula (2008) #1
-Dark Reign: The List - Daredevil (2009) #1
-Shadowland (2010) #2-3
-Shadowland: Power Man (2010) #2
-Deathlok (2014) #1
-Power Man and Iron Fist (2016) #2
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #17
-Contagion (2019) #3-5
-Damage Control (2022) #3
-Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2024) #1, 3-7

-Metamorpho: The Element Man (2024) #1

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Today we talk about Sergei Kravinoff, best known as Kraven the Hunter, whose whole thing is hunting the most dangerous game: Spider-Man.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #15, 18, 34, 47-49, 103-104, 110-111, 209, 375, 389
-Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #1
-Tales of Suspense (1959) #58
-Astonishing Tales (1970) #1-2
-Daredevil (1964) #104-105
-Creatures on the Loose (1971) #32-34
-Marvel Chillers (1975) #4
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #2, 65
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #67
-Ka-Zar (1981) #19-21
-West Coast Avengers (1985) #3
-Kraven's Last Hunt (1987)
-Spider-Man (1990) #4, 50
-The Amazing Spider-Man: Soul of the Hunter (1992) #1
-Ka-Zar (1997) #1-2
-X-Men: The Hidden Years (1999) #16-17
-Spider-Man: Blue (2002) #6
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #500, 574, 634-637
-Spider-Man/Human Torch (2005) #2
-X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl (2006)
-Spider-Man Family (2007) #5
-X-Men/Spider-Man (2008) #1-2
-Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! (2008) #3
-Web of Spider-Man (2009) #7
-Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Black Cat (2010) #4
-Spider-Girl (2010) #4
-New Avengers (2010) #10-12
-Venom (2011) #2
-Black Panther: The Man Without Fear (2010) #518-520
-Avengers 1959 (2011)
-Scarlet Spider (2011) #6, 16, 21-24
-Incredible Hulk (2011) #10-11
-Marvel Knights: Spider-Man (2013) #4-5
-The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015a) #1, 6
-Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015b) #6, 9, 22-25, 32-35, 49-50
-Captain America: Sam Wilson (2015) #8
-Howard the Duck (2015) #6
-Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Omega (2016) #1
-Deadpool: Back in Black (2016) #3-4
-Rocket Raccoon (2016) #2-5
-Secret Empire: Brave New World (2017) #3
-Venom (2016) #155-158
-Captain America (2017) #697
-Old Man Logan (2016) #41-42
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #5, 14-17, 19-22
-Symbiote Spider-Man: Alien Reality (2019) #1
-Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man: Chameleon Conspiracy (2021) #1
-Spider-Man: The Lost Hunt (2022) #1, 4
-Moon Knight: City of the Dead (2023) #5
-Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood (2024) #1, 3
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #56, 63

-The New Gods (2024) #1
-The Question: All Along the Watchtower (2024) #1
-Superman (2025) trailer

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