Today we talk about Kate Spencer, one of many vigilantes to call themselves Manhunter. She's been a lawyer, a vigilante, a member of the Birds of Prey, and a lawyer for superheroes, all while raising her son.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Manhunter (2004)
-Birds of Prey (1999) #100
-Batman: Streets of Gotham (2009)
-Justice Society of America (2007) #47
-Green Arrow (2016) #33

-The Human Target (2021) #2
-Hawkeye on Disney+

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Today we talk about Quentin Quire, whose X-Men codename is Kid Omega, but everyone just calls him Quentin. He's an extremely powerful telepath, telekinetic, and disaster.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-New X-Men (2001) #134
-X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong (2005)
-Nation X (2009) #2
-X-Men: Schism (2011) #1
-Wolverine and the X-Men (2011)
-Wolverine and the X-Men (2014)
-Generation X (2017)
-Mighty Thor (2015) #18
-West Coast Avengers (2018)
-X-Force (2019)
-2015 Taliesin Jaffe

-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #5
-Robins (2021) #1

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Today we talk about Joshua Foley, also known as Elixir, who went from hating mutants to discovering he was one, and from a natural healer to a guy who can kill and resurrect a man repeatedly in the name of revenge.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-New Mutants (2003)
-New X-Men (2004)
-X-Force (2008)
-Uncanny X-Men (2016) #2
-Uncanny X-Men Annual (2016) #1
-House of X/Powers of X (2019)

-Robins (2021) #1
-Robin & Batman (2021) #1
-The Human Target (2021) #1

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Today we talk about the Stepford Cuckoos, a group of psychically linked sisters, also known as The Five-In-One or The Three-In-One depending on if Sophie and Esme are alive or not!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Stepford Wives
-The Midwich Cuckoos
-New X-Men (2001) #118
-New X-Men (2004)
-X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong (2005)
-X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong (2006)
-Nation X (2009) #4
-Chaos War: X-Men (2010)
-X-23 (2018)
-Hellfire Gala outfit from Marauders #21
-second Hellfire Gala outfit from Maurauders #22

-Something is Killing the Children and House of Slaughter
-A Thing Called Truth
-The Human Target (2021)
-Dark Knights of Steel (2021)

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Today we talk about the X-Men, which is a bit of a daunting task because you could have an entire podcast dedicated to talking about the X-Men because there's so much that happens, but! Here is an overview, if you will.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-X-Men/Uncanny X-Men (1963)
-Giant-Size X-Men (1975) #1
-Dark Phoenix Saga (1980) event
-Days of Future Past (1981) event
-God Loves, Man Kills (extended cut)
-New Mutants (1982)
-X-Factor (1986)
-Excalibur (1988)
-Alpha Flight (1983)
-X-Force (1991)
-Age of Apocalypse (1995) event
-X-Cutioner's Song (1992) event
-X-Tinction Agenda (1991) event
-Generation X (1994)
-X-Men (1991)
-New X-Men (2001)
-Astonishing X-Men (2004)
-House of M (2005)
-Messiah CompleX (2007) event
-Messiah War (2009) event
-Second Coming (2010) event
-Schism (2011) event
-Avengers VS X-Men (2012) event
-All-New X-Men (2012)
-Death of Wolverine (2014)
-House of X/Powers of X (2019)
-X-Men (2019)
-X-Men (2021)
-Marauders (2019)
-Excalibur (2019)
-Hellfire Gala (2021) event
-Trial of Magneto (2021)

-Challenge of the Super Sons (2020) (print copies combine 2 digitals each issue)
-Blue and Gold (2021) #3
-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #4

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Today we talk about Floyd Lawton—best known as Deadshot—a Batman villain and Suicide Squad member who is extremely good at two things: 1) shooting guns, and 2) lying to his therapist.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Batman (1940) #59
-Detective Comics (1937) #474
-Detective Comics (1937) #518
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1986) reading order
-Legends (1986)
-Suicide Squad (1987)
-Identity Crisis (2004) #5
-Deadshot (1988)
-Deadshot (2005)
-Villains United (2005)
-Salvation Run (2008)
-Underworld Unleashed (1995) reading order
-Secret Six (2008)
-Suicide Squad (2011)
-Justice League of America (2013) #7.1
-Suicide Squad (2019) #9

-Interim by Allissa Chan
-Cancelled Aquaman spinoff was really a Black Manta solo film
-Brendan Fraser cast as Firefly in Batgirl movie

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Today we talk about Brainiac, a villain who was once just a guy who shrunk and stole cities, and through comics evolution became a sapient supercomputer who also sometimes shrinks and steals cities.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Holy Musical B@man "You ever hear of Mr. Mxyzptlk?"
-Showcase Presents: Superman
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1986) reading order
-Adventures of Superman (1987) #438
-Superman: Panic in the Sky (1992)
-Superman: The Doomsday Wars (1998)
-Superman: The City of Tomorrow (2000)
-Superman: Brainiac (2008)
-Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton (2010)
-Superman: War of the Supermen (2010)
-R.E.B.E.L.S. (2009): Son of Brainiac
-Convergence (2015) reading order
-Justice League: No Justice (2018)

-Fangs by Sarah Andersen
-Hello Neighbor... zine
-Rodney R. Rodney webcomic (on webtoon)
-Briar's moderately popular tiktok
-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021)
-Challenge of the Super Sons (2020)
-Fingerstripes are BACK
-Superman & Robin Special announcement
-The Batman trailer

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Today we talk about Max Lord, a businessman who pulled together the Justice League International, got mind-control powers, died, came back, and was apparently evil all along?

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Justice League International (1987)
-Invasion! reading order
-Formerly Known as the Justice League (2003)
-JLA Classified (2004): I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League
-Countdown to Infinite Crisis (2005) #1
-Superman: Sacrifice (2005)
-Booster Gold (2007)
-Blackest Night (2009)
-Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1 & #3
-Brightest Day (2010) #0
-Justice League: Generation Lost (2010)
-Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (2016)
-Wonder Woman (2016) #764

-Saga to return January 2022
-Long Exposure vol1 Kickstarter

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Today we talk about Black Manta, whose quest to kill Aquaman is his main character trait, and in trying to determine why that is, he has gotten some truly weird backstories, until they came upon a very normal one.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Aquaman (1962) #35
-Aquaman (1991) #6
-Aquaman (2002) #8
-Black Manta (2021) #1
-Superboy (1993) #20
-Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis (2006) #52
-Brightest Day (2010) #1
-Aquaman (2011) #9

-Batman webtoon
-Don't Go Without Me
-Love Condemns Her
-Control Option Shift
-DC Fandome
-Tom King's Human Target announcement

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Today we talk about Nathaniel Richards, probably best known as Kang the Conqueror, Iron Lad, or Immortus, though through time travel (his whole Thing) and alternate universe versions, he's been a lot of different guys.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Avengers (1963) #8
-Fantastic Four (1961) #19
-Avengers Annual (1967) #2
-Avengers (1963) #10
-Giant-Size Avengers (1974) #3
-Young Avengers (2005)
-Avengers: The Children's Crusade (2010)
-FF (2012) #8
-Avengers (2012) #34
-Exiles (2018)
-Avengers (1963) #23
-The Avengers (1963) #69
-Avengers (1963) #267
-Citizen Kang (1992)
-Avengers (1963) #129
-Avengers (1998) #38
-Avengers (1963) #292
-Edge of Spider-Geddon (2018) #1
-Avengers (2016) #1-6
-Loki on Disney+

-The Department of Truth
-ShortBox comics fair twitter

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