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 Young Justice series, and Gotham Nocturne Act I.
• We're also excited to check out Absolute Flash #1, and are looking forward to DC Pride 2025 which comes out in June!!

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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 comes out in June!

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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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