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#250 – Bizarro

Today we talk about Bizarro, who is usually a failed clone of Superman who always says and does the opposite of what he means. He's made his own Bizarro World, been a nuisance to multiple heroes, and joined Red Hood's Outlaws.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Superman in the Fifties (Includes Action Comics (1938) #254-255)
-Showcase Presents: Superman vol. 2 (Includes Action Comics (1938) #263-264 and Superman (1939) #140)
-Superman: Tales of Bizarro World (Adventure Comics (1938) #285-299 features)
-Superman (1939) #305-306
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #97
-Superman (1986) #88
-Superman: Emperor Joker
-Superman: Escape from Bizarro World
-Forever Evil (2013)
-Red Hood and the Outlaws (2016)

-DC's Terrors Through Time (2022) #1
-Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania trailer

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#249 – Starro

Today we talk about Starro, a big starfish-shaped creature from outer space who keeps trying to take over Earth.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Brave and the Bold (1955) #28
-Justice League of America (1960) #189-190
-JLA (1996) #22-23 -Teen Titans (2003) #51-54
-Booster Gold (2007) #14-15
-R.E.B.E.L.S. (2009)
-Justice League: No Justice (2018)
-Justice League (2018) #10
-Justice League (2018) #29

-Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
-Werewolf by Night on Disney+

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#248 – Quentin Beck

Mysterio

Today we talk about Quentin Beck, best known as Mysterio, who is a guy with a lot of skills that make him very good at gaslighting Spider-Man, and Daredevil that one time.

-Red Hood: Outlaws webtoon
-Batman: Wayne Family Adventures webtoon
-Battle of the Super-Sons clip

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#247 – Eclipso

Today we talk about Eclipso, who has gone from a scientist who accidentally became evil for a bit, to a manifestation of the Wrath of Christian God, to a powerful being from Gem World. He possesses people with black diamonds and anger.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-House of Secrets (1956) #61-80
-Eclipso: The Darkness Within (1992) reading order
-Eclipso (1992)
-Spectre (1992) #14-18
-JSA (1999) #46-52, 56-58, 73-75
-Action Comics (1938) #826, Adventures of Superman (1987) #639, Superman (1986) #216
-Day of Vengeance (2005)
-52 (2006) #27
-Blue Beetle (2006) #16
-Countdown to Mystery (2007)
-Brightest Day (2010) #7
-Justice League of America (2006) #54-59
-Team 7 (2012) #1-4
-Sword of Sorcery (2012) #6-9
-Justice League Dark (2011) #23.2
-Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (2016) #4-6
-Justice League Dark (2018) #15-19
-The Flash (2016) #775-779

-Black Panther, Wakanda Forever trailer

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#246 – Abigail Brand

Today we talk about Abigail Brand, the morally-grey half-unknown alien-half-human mutant pyrokinetic commander of S.W.O.R.D. who is truly a woman of many mysteries.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Astonishing X-Men (2004)
-Secret Invasion (2008)
-Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? (2008) #1
-S.W.O.R.D. (2009)
-Spider-Woman (2009) #1
-Uncanny X-Men (2011) #1
-Avengers vs X-Men: Consequences (2012) #4
-X-Men: Legacy (2012) #19-#24
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2015) #8
-Captain Marvel (2016)
-The Mighty Captain Marvel (2017)
-Captain Marvel (2019) #10
-X-Force (2019) #11
-Empyre: Aftermath Avengers (2020) #1
-S.W.O.R.D. (2020)

-New Mutants (2019) #30
-Cable (2020)
-Dead Boy Detectives (2014)
-ShortBox Comics Fair

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#245 – The Bloodstone Family

Ulysses Bloodstone, Elsa Bloodstone, Cullen Bloodstone, Lyra Bloodstone

Today we talk about the Bloodstone family, started by Ulysses Bloodstone who was an immortal monster hunter until he died and was succeeded by his daughter Elsa, who found her lost brother Cullen in another dimension, and then they discovered their sister Lyra!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Marvel Presents (1975) #1-#2
-Bloodstone (2001)
-Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone & the Monster Hunters (2005)
-Nextwave (2006)
-Astonishing Tales: Boom Boom & Elsa Bloodstone (2009) #1
-Legion of Monsters (2011)
-Avengers Arena (2012)
-Avengers Undercover (2014)
-Marvel Zombies (2015)
-Monsters Unleashed! (2017)
-Doctor Strange: Damnation (2018)
-Excalibur (2019) #8
-Death of Doctor Strange: Bloodstone (2022) #1

-Batman vs. Robin (2022) #1
-Tales of the Human Target (2022) #1
-Dark Knights of Steel: Tales from the Three Kingdoms (2022) #1
-Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

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#244 – Theodore Sallis

Man-Thing

Today we talk about Ted Sallis, most commonly known as Man-Thing, who accidentally super soldier serum-ed himself into becoming a magic swamp creature.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Song for Ted Sallis by The Mountain Goats
-Savage Tales (1971) #1
-Adventure into Fear (1970) #10
-Man-Thing (1974)
-Giant-Size Man-Thing (1974)
-Man-Thing (1979)
-Infernal Man Thing (2012)
-Man-Thing (2017)
-R.L. Stine Man-Thing (2017) panels
-Curse of the Man-Thing (2021)
-Briar's diagram on Discord

-Batman (2016) #127
-Cable (2020)
-Everything Marvel announced at D23 (2022)

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#243 – Rac Shade

Shade the Changing Man

Today we talk about Rac Shade, a guy who originally came to Earth to clear his name in his own dimension but was turned into a poet tasked with astral projecting to Earth to discover a cure to a problem on his own plant.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Steve Ditko Omnibus starring Shade the Changing Man
-Suicide Squad (1987) #16
-Shade the Changing Man (1990)
-Hellblazer (1988) #268
-Flashpoint (2011)/Flashpoint: Secret Seven (2011)
-Justice League Dark (2011)
-Shade the Changing Girl (2016)
-Shade the Changing Woman (2018)

-Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) #4

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#242 – Perry White

Today we talk about Perry White, who is (and has been for a while) the Editor of the Metropolis newspaper The Daily Planet, and also Clark Kent's boss.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Adventures of Superman (1940) Episode 2 radio show
-Superman (1939) #7
-World's Finest Comics (1941) #80
-Superman (1939) #233
-The Man of Steel (1986)
-World of Metropolis (1988) #1
-Adventures of Superman (1987) #470
-Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #38
-Superman (1986) #131
-Bruce just thinks running a newspaper would be fun!
-Perry is too good a journalist...
-Superman: Birthright (2003) #4
-Final Crisis (2008) #2
-Superman: Secret Origin (2009) #3
-Superman (2011) #1
-Doomsday Clock (2017) #5
-Clark reveals his identity to Perry
-Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen's Boss Perry White (2022) #1

-Red Hood: Outlaws
-Waller vs. Wildstorm announcement

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#241 – Firestorm Roundup

Ronnie Raymond, Martin Stein, Mikhail Arkadin, Lorraine Reilly, Jason Rusch, Mick Wong, Gehenna

Today we talk about all the people and combinations of people that have made up the nuclear powered (but fire-themed) superhero Firestorm, but mostly Ronnie Raymond, Martin Stein, and Jason Rusch.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (1978)
-The Fury of Firestorm (1982)
-JLA (1996) #69
-Identity Crisis (2004)
-Firestorm (2004)
-Infinite Crisis (2005)
-52 (2006)
-Justice League of America (2006) #32
-Blackest Night (2010)
-Brightest Day (2011)
-The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men (2011)
-Legends of Tomorrow Anthology (2016)
-Doomsday Clock (2017)

-X of Swords
-She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

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