Today we talk about more non-human primates in the DC universe! Why are there so many of these guys??

What we were up to this week:

• Briar has been drawing a lot for Artfight and is juggling sooooo many library books while also preorders of Orion and Adventure Zone Story and Song are coming out!! Also please read John Rich and the Big Picture before it is taken offline on July 25th bc it's a delightful little romcom!
• Olivia is excited about the Absolute Batman animated series announcement and read the Marvel Swimsuit Special

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Today we talk about the Ultra-Humanite, who mostly did crimes until he was killed by Superman and transferred his brain into a beautiful woman, and then mostly just kept trying to kidnap people (and gorillas) to transfer his brain into them and also doing more crimes.

What we were up to this week:

• Briar got to wear their clowncore outfit to pride and also picked up the Adventure Time pride special
• Olivia picked up More Weight from the library and went to see Les Miserables!

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Today we talk about Monsieur Mallah and the Brain, an intelligent French gorilla and a scientist's brain in a jar who are partners in life AND crime.

What we were up to this week:

• Briar made a pair of pants for pride and read Scary Stories for Young Foxes
• Olivia read Absolute Green Arrow #2 and some of Justice League Dream Girls, and is looking forward to X-Men Outback

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Today we talk about Gorilla Grodd, an extremely intelligent psychic gorilla who thinks he should be in charge of the entire world, much to the chagrin of his fellows in Gorilla City.

What we were up to this week:

• Briar hasn't read any comics because they would like to work on sewing but their ding dang holds keep coming it at the library so they have to focus on reading books!
• Olivia is looking forward to the first episode of season 3 of My Adventures with Superman and is delighted by the reveals for Absolute Cassandra Cain and Absolute Barbara Gordon

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Today we talk about Congorilla, who is a seemingly immortal gorilla who you can switch bodies with if you have a special ring, which is mostly used by a guy called "Congo Bill".

What we were up to this week:

• Briar went to Phoenix Fan Fusion and mostly did critical role stuff and hung out with friends
• Olivia watched the Tony Awards, read the first issue of Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, and the X-Men 97 season 2 comic tie-in

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Today we talk about Rip Hunter, who is a secretive time travelling guy who makes sure no time shenanigans mess things up and that nobody finds out that Booster Gold is his dad (not because it's embarrassing, so that they can't make him not exist by killing his dad before he was born).

What we were up to this week:

• Briar caught up on the Locked Tomb and started reading Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green while getting ready to go to Phoenix Fan Fusion
• Olivia read Wiccan & Hulkling: Raid of Ultron (2026) #1 and caught up on Daredevil Born Again
• DC Blackout campaign

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Today we talk about several people who have come in contact with the mysterious rotary phone that allows you to dial H E R O and become a randomly generated superhero!

What we were up to this week:

• Briar hasn't done much except look forward to reading Nona the Ninth and confuse small children.
• Olivia read Absolute Green Arrow (2026) #1 and went to a The Mountain Goats concert.

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Today we talk about Dr. Karla Sofen, who is a terrible therapist and also mostly does crime under the guise of Moonstone, because she gets her power from a stone from the moon that she stole from one of her clients (the original Moonstone).

What we were up to this week:

• Briar read Gideon the Ninth and (most of) Harrow the Ninth
• Olivia got a hold of the Absolute Batman #20 Tim Drake variant cover, Barbara Gordon Breakout #1, and is excited to read Absolute Green Arrow #1.

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Today we talk about Melissa Gold, who started out as Screaming Mimi in a group of superpowered wrestlers who also did crime then switched to Songbird when she joined the Thunderbolts and kind of accidentally became a superhero for real.

What we were up to this week:

• Briar resisted the urge to finish reading Murderbot Diaries during recording (don't worry they finished it after)
• Olivia was excited to see more information about Marvel Midnight and that Darren Criss is voicing Conner Kent in My Adventures With Superman

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Today we talk about Jacques Duquesne, who is a guy who is very good with a sword, so he calls himself Swordsman, and he mostly uses this sword to do crimes but also he really really really wants to be on the Avengers please please please.

What we were up to this week:

• Briar has been reading the Murderbot Diaries and went for a Luke Skywalker Hike (a hike where you dress up like luke skywalker, because it is May the 4th and you want to go for a hike)
• Olivia went to a Florence & the Machine concert and saw Several shows in NYC

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