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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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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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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Today we talk about the Red Tornado, who is an android who has 1) had the memories of Ma Hunkel the golden age Red Tornado, 2) been possessed by the spirit of a sentient tornado from Rann, 3) been transformed, briefly, into a human man.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Justice League of America (1960) #64
-Red Tornado (1985)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths reading order
-Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (1982) #90-93
-Young Justice (1998)
-52 (2006)
-Justice League of America (2006)
-Red Tornado (2009)
-Dark Nights: Metal (2017)
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020)
-Young Justice cartoon
-specific Supergirl image (but honestly it doesn't look As Bad in motion)

-The Hunt on webtoon
-Avialae on webtoon
-Batman (2016) #126
-Detective Comics #1062
-Love Everlasting #1
-Dark Crisis: Young Justice (2022) #2

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Today we talk about Alec Holland, who was Swamp Thing for a long time, and a few other Swamp Things including his daughter, who is kind of his wife and John Constantine's daughter? Things get weird when you're made of plants.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Swamp Thing (1982 film)
-The Return of Swamp Thing (1989 film)
-Swamp Thing (2019 series trailer)
-House of Secrets (1956) #92
-Swamp Thing (1972)
-Challengers of the Unknown (1958) #82-87
-Swamp Thing (1982)
-Swamp Thing (2000)
-Swamp Thing (2004)
-Brightest Day (2010) #23-24
-Swamp Thing (2011)
-Convergence: Swamp Thing (2015)
-Swamp Thing (2016)
-Swamp Thing: New Roots (2020)
-Swamp Thing: Green Hell (2021) #1
-The Swamp Thing (2021)

-Batman (1989 film)
-New Mutants (2019)
-Inferno (2021)
-Betsy Braddock/Rachel Summers kiss
-The Sandman (2022 tv series)

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Today we talk about Bernhard "Buddy" Baker, best known as Animal Man, who is a wife guy, an animal lover, and sometimes an avatar of the energy field that connects every animal on earth.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Strange Adventures (1950) #180
-Action Comics (1938) #552
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #77
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1988) reading order
-Animal Man (1988)
-Buddy turning into a leech in Injustice #18 panel 1 panel 2
(briar originally said limpet and meant lamprey but turns out it's a leech!)
-Justice League International (1987) #24
-Justice League Europe (1989)
-JLA (1996) #27
-Infinite Crisis (2005) reading order
-52 (2006)
-Countdown to Adventure (2007)
-Justice League (2006) #24
-Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009)
-The Last Days of Animal Man (2009)
-Starman/Congorilla (2011) #1
-Justice League of America (2006) #54-59
-Animal Man (2011)
-Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King (2020) #1
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #5

-Robin (2021) #15 pride variant
-The Secret X-Men (2022) #1 (Variant)

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Today we continue to talk about Hawk and Dove, with more focus on the Hawks. This episode is mostly about Hank Hall because he... made some Choices, but we also discuss Holly Granger and mention the 1997 Hawk and Dove duo Sasha Martens and Wiley Wolverton.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Showcase #75, Hawk and Dove (1968) 1-6, Teen Titans #21
-Teen Titans (1966) #25
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #12
-Teen Titans Spotlight (1986) #7
-Hawk and Dove (1988)
-Hawk and Dove (1989)
-Secret Origins #43
-Armageddon 2001 (1991) reading order
-Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! (1994)
-Impulse: Bart Saves the Universe (1999)
-JSA (1999) #45
-Teen Titans (2003) #22
-Blackest Night (2009) #2
-Blackest Night: Titans (2009)
-Brightest Day (2010) #4
-Birds of Prey (2010)
-Hawk and Dove (2011)
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #5

-Zatanna & the Ripper
-Batman: Wayne Family Adventures
-Lore Olympus
-Strange Adventures (2020)
-The Omega Men (2015)
-Multiversity: Teen Justice (2022) #1
-DC Pride: Tim Drake Special #1
-New Mutants (2019)

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Today we talk about the superheroes Hawk and Dove, with the main focus on the Dove half of the duo, Don Hall who was succeeded by Dawn Granger. It doesn't get confusing at all in an audio medium.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Showcase #75, Hawk and Dove (1968) 1-6, Teen Titans #21
-Teen Titans (1966) #25
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #12
-Hawk and Dove (1988)
-Hawk and Dove (1989)
-Secret Origins #43
-JSA (1999) #45
-Teen Titans (2003) #22
-Blackest Night (2009) #2
-Blackest Night: Titans (2009)
-Brightest Day (2010) #4
-Birds of Prey (2010)
-Hawk and Dove (2011)
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #5

-Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League - Superman (2022)
-Justice League Unlimited: For the Man who Has Everything short clip
-Dark Crisis (2022) #2
-Dark Crisis: Young Justice (2022)

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Today we talk about Amara Aquilla, known in X-Men circles as Magma, who has a... very weird introduction to the New Mutants, and a questionable dating history.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-New Mutants (1983)
-New Warriors (1990) #31
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #423
-New Mutants (2003)
-X-Treme X-Men (2001) #34
-X-Men: The 198 (2006)
-Young X-Men (2008)
-New Mutants (2009)
-X-Necrosha (2009) #1
-X-Men: Gold (2017)
-House of X (2019) #6

-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021)
-Marvel's Voices: Pride (2022)
-Marvel's Voices: Comunidades (2021)
-Batman (2016) #125
-Public Domain #1
-The Variants (2022)

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Today we're doing something a little different due to scheduling issues, please enjoy this patreon-bonus-episode-made-public in lieu of a new episode, we'll return to our regular schedule next week!

From Patreon:
We do a throwback movie review in honor of the Thor: Love and Thunder teaser trailer! We only get distracted a little.

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