Today we talk about Alfred Pennyworth, who is the Wayne family butler, who raised Bruce after his parents died. Or is he? Turns out, in true comics fashion, so much of Alfred's backstory has been redone that it's all a bit of a blur.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Batman (1940) #16
-Detective Comics (1937) #328
-Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
-Batman (2011) New 52
-Batman Eternal (2014)
-Batman (2016) Rebirth
-Pennyworth (TV show)

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Today we talk about James W. Gordon, the Police Commissioner for Gotham PD. He's the father of Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) and the friend of Batman, who then became Police-Sponsored Batman for a little bit but he needed a mecha-suit to do it.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Batman: The Golden Age vol 1
-Detective Comics 1937-2011 Special Issue (reprints Detective Comics #27!)
-our episode on Crisis on Infinite Earths
-Batman: Year One (1987)
-Batman: The Black Mirror
-Batman: The Killing Joke
-Batman (2011) #41
-DC Infinite Frontier lineup

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Today we talk about Terry McGinnis, best known as Batman from Batman Beyond, a 1999 cartoon, but since then he's been made canon in the comics! He was trained by an elderly Bruce Wayne after he discovered he used to be Batman, and his father is murdered. These events were unrelated.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Batman Beyond
-Justice League Unlimited, "Epilogue"
-Superman/Batman (2003) #22
-Countdown to Final Crisis (2007) #21
-Batman Beyond (2010)
-Batman Beyond (2011)
-Batman Beyond: Unlimited (2012)
-Batman Beyond 2.0 (2013)
-New 52: Futures End (2014)
-Batman Beyond (2016)
-DC Future State
-Power Pack (2020) #1
-Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices (2020) #1
-Vampire Blood Drive 2 by Mira Ong Chua -Follow Hattersarts gumroad for any updates on That, But Lesbians
-Shattered Spear by Otava Heikkilä
-Disney Investor Day 2020 news

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Today we talk about Maya Lopez, who has mostly been known as Echo but was also the first Ronin. She can replicate any skill after watching it, and also she was raised by Kingpin after he killed her father, who then sent her to kill Daredevil.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Alaqua Cox cast as Echo for Disney+ Hawkeye
-Daredevil (1998) #9
-New Avengers (2004) #11
-Moon Knight (2011)
-Daredevil Annual (2016) #1
-Captain Marvel (2019) #2
-Marvel's Indigenous Voices (2020) #1
-Batman/Catwoman (2020) #1
-Mariko Tamaki writing on Detective Comics
-I Am Not Starfire by Mariko Tamaki and Yoshi Yoshitani

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Today we talk about Daimon Hellstrom, who is sometimes known as Hellstorm or Son of Satan, though he has a very complicated series of figuring out who his dad actually is, and one time when he lied to his wife about it.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Ghost Rider (1973) #1
-Marvel Spotlight (1971) #12
-Giant-Size Defenders (1974) #2
-Son of Satan (Trade Paperback)
-Defenders (1972) #120
-Hellstorm: Prince of Lies (1993)
-Thunderbolts Annual 2000
-Strikeforce (2019)
-Helstrom (Hulu)
-Supernatural: Origins
-Supernatural: Rising Son
-Supernatural: Beginning's End
-Supernatural: The Dogs of Edinburgh
-Gothic Tales of Haunted Futures

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Today we talk about Greer Grant Nelson, best known as Tigra, but she started out as The Cat, a fully human but super-powered-through-science hero! Until they decided to give her a furry makeover and now she's living the catgirl dream.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Claws of the Cat (1972)
-Giant Size Creatures (1974)
-Avengers (1963) #211
-West Coast Avengers (1984)
-West Coast Avengers (1985)
-Tigra (2002)
-Civil War
-Avengers: The Initiative (2007)
-New Avengers (2004) #35
-Avengers Academy (2010)
-Alice by Marty Tina G.
-Titans' Starfire new costume
-Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices #1

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Today we talk about Patricia Walker, who goes by Patsy and also Hellcat. She started in teen rom-com comics in the 1940's, which turned into comics in Marvel canon where she convinced Beast to help her be a superhero named Hellcat in the 1970's.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat! (2015) written by Kate Leth
-Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #3
-Avengers (1963) #141
-Defenders (1972) vol 6 (a starting point)
-Helstrom trailer
-Hellstorm: Prince of Lies (1993)
-Thunderbolts Annual 2000
-Avengers Annual 2000
-Marvel Comics Presents (2007)
-Patsy Walker: Hellcat (2008)
-Marvel Divas (2009)
-She-Hulk (2014)
-Briar's photos
-Truth & Justice article
-DC Future State
-Yara Flor tv series announcement

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Today we talk about the very short 1972 Marvel comic Night Nurse about three nurses--Georgia Jenkins, Christine Palmer, and Linda Carter--and what they're up to in their short-lived comic and how Marvel brings (some of) them back into canon later.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Night Nurse (1972)
-The Claws of the Cat
-Shanna the She-Devil
-Nightcrawler (2004)
-Night Nurse #1 cover
-Daredevil (1998) #58
-Civil War (2006) #5
-Doctor Strange: The Oath (2006)

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Today we talk about Marc Spector or Steven Grant or Jake Lockley, who are all the same guy and better known as Moon Knight. He has Dissociative Identity Disorder in later comics, which is uhhh not always handled well, but he also has mystic powers from an Egyptian god so! A lot happening here.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-I know you're here Dracula
-Werewolf by Night (1972) #32
-Marvel Spotlight (1971) #28
-Defenders (1972) #47
-Moon Knight (1980)
-West Coast Avengers (1985) #21
-Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #353
-Secret Avengers (2010)
-Moon Knight (2011)
-the "wait did he kill thor?" panel
-has anyone here dated moon knight?
-Safety Checklist for November

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Today we talk about the first Captain Boomerang, George "Digger" Harkness, and his son Owen Mercer, who is also the second Captain Boomerang. Digger is arguably the least tolerable of the Rogues, but also maybe the most well-known outside of Flash comics, due to his involvement in the Suicide Squad.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Flash (1959) #117
-Legends (1986
-Suicide Squad (1987)
-Pie Mystery
-Identity Crisis (2004)
-Rogue War
-Outsiders (2003) #34
-Blackest Night reading order
-Dark Knights: Death Metal (2020)
-Dark Knights: Death Metal Speed Metal #1
-Oscar Isaac Moon Knight

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