Today we talk about Sasha Bordeaux, who was hired to be Bruce Wayne's bodyguard, figured out he was Batman, and then ended up joining Checkmate and becoming a cyborg.

What we were up to this week:

• Briar was mostly just reading more Robin Hobb and getting ready to go to ALA
• Olivia received Spectators for Christmas but hasn't had time to read it yet!

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Today we talk about the women (and very very briefly one man) who have been the villain The Cheetah over the years, and how they came across the mantle and mostly just fight Wonder Woman.

What we were up to this week:

• Briar started watching Dimension 20 Unsleeping City while hand-sewing these Christmas presents
• Olivia checked out Several books from the library to read over break and has managed to read one so far!

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Today we talk about Etta Candy, who is Wonder Woman's fun and feisty best friend who organized a sorority into becoming a Nazi-spy-busting force, wrecked house alongside Diana, and also dated Cheetah for a bit.

What we were up to this week:

• Briar went to see Twenty Sided Tavern!
• Olivia saw Hamnet and also went to see Fun Home and A Sherlock Carol!

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Today we talk about Steve Trevor, who washed up on Themyscira, got escorted home by Diana, then ended up being kidnapped, killed, and resurrected many many times.

What we were up to this week:

• Briar worked on Gengar plushes, read more Robin Hobb, and is excited to see Twenty Sided Tavern (which will have happened as of the posting of this episode)
• Olivia had mouth surgery and read Wiccan: Witch's Road (2025) #1

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Today we talk about the Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, a morally-grey spy who ends up working for SHIELD, dating Nick Fury (Sr.), and

What we were up to this week:

• Briar is still reading Robin Hobb novels, still playing Hatsune Miku Colorful Stage, and is making some plushes for the nephews' christmas gifts
• Olivia read the DC Christmas Special

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Today we talk about Jimmy Woo, who is a normal government agent mostly trying to defeat a single man until he joins SHIELD and eventually leads his own superhero team.

What we were up to this week:

• Briar was still deep in the Blorbo Zone (TM), and has finished the Tawny Man Trilogy
• Olivia was pretty busy but did manage to buy some comics and have a nice conversation with the clerk about Doug

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Today we talk about Margaret "Peggy" Carter, who went from a retconned-in WWII freedom fighter love interest of Captain America's to a SHIELD agent to a dispatcher to a Very Old woman to a hot young crime fighter.

What we were up to this week:

• Not much! Olivia did a lot of chores and Briar was Deep in the Blorbo Zone

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Today we talk about Sharon Carter, who started out as a mysterious shield agent and romantic interest for Steve Rogers, then ended up getting mind controlled and manipulated throughout her career. Because of course.

What we were up to this week:

• Briar went to a wedding
• Olivia read House of Slaughter, watched Sinners and Frankenstein (2025), and saw Batboy on Broadway

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Today we talk about a Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader Dugan, better known as Dum Dum Dugan, who was a British man (until they retconned him to be from Boston) who fought alongside Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos in World War II and it kinda all goes poorly for him from there.

What we were up to this week:

• Briar got some really good artistic Gothic Horror in with Frankenstein (2025) and the Universal Monsters Dracula Black & White Special
• Olivia read more Something is Killing the Children (and mentions the Swamp Thing is Killing the Children crossover), and has been reading through a lot of the Age of Revelation comics, including Cloak or Dagger (2025) #1, Omega Kids (2025) #1, and X-Vengers (2025) #1. ALSO READ ABSOLUTE BATMAN ANNUAL 2025 GO BATMAN.

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Today we talk about a couple of silly little guys in Gotham, including Condiment King, Calendar Man, Kite Man, and Polka-dot Man!

What we were up to this week:

• Olivia and Briar mostly worked on Halloween Costumes, but Briar finished one of the Robin Hobb books and Olivia got excited about Something is Killing the Children getting an animated series

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