Today we talk about Betsy Braddock, who has been both Psylocke and Captain Britain. We also talk about Kwannon because, well, how could we not.

Note: Around the 30 minute mark Briar's microphone started having some... issues. Sorry.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Captain Britain (1976) #8
-Captain Britain (1985)
-New Mutants Annual (1984) #2
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #213
-X-Men (1991)
-Excalibur (1988) #55 -56
-X-Men Annual (1991) #2
-X-Treme X-Men (2001) #2
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #455
-New Excalibur (2005)
-Exiles (2001) #90
-New Exiles (2008)
-X-Men: Sword of the Braddocks (2009)
-Psylocke (2009)
-X-Men: Second Coming (2010)
-Uncanny X-Force (2010)
-Uncanny X-Force (2013)
-X-Men (2013)
-X-Force (2014)
-Uncanny X-Men (2016)
-Astonishing X-Men (2017)
-Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery in Madripoor (2018)
-Uncanny X-Men (2018)
-Excalibur (2019)
-Fallen Angels (2019)
-X of Swords (2020)
-Knights of X (2022)

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Today we talk about Warren Worthington III, also known as Angel (and several variations thereof). He's one of the original X-Men and also a very rich white man with wings.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-X-Men (1963)
-Champions (1975)
-X-Factor (1986)
-X-Men (1991) #29
-Archangel (1996)
-X-Men: The Hidden Years (1999)
-Hulk (1999) #106-107
-Angel: Revelations (2008)
-X-Force (2008) #3-7
-X-Men: Second Coming (2010)
-Uncanny X-Force (2010)
-All-New X-Men (2012)
-All-New X-Men (2015)
-Uncanny X-Men (2016)
-Astonishing X-Men (2017) #1-7
-House of X (2019)
-X-Corp (2021)

-Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (2019)

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Today we talk about David Haller, also known as Legion, who is a very powerful psychic with what would currently be diagnosed as Dissociative Identity Disorder, but since he's a comics character created in the 1980's it's... not handled great.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-New Mutants (1983) #25-28, 44
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #278-280
-X-Factor (1986) #69-70
-X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (1995)
-New Mutants (2009)
-X-Men Legacy (2008) #244-253
-X-Men Legacy (2012)
-Legion (2018)
-Age of X-Man (2018)
-Way of X (2021)
-Legion of X (2022)
-Legion on Hulu

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Today we talk about Charles Xavier, also known as Professor X, the most-often leader of the X-Men and a man with... questionable ethics.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-X-Men (1963)
-Giant-Size X-Men (1975) #1
-Bizarre Adventures (1981) #27
-The New Mutants Marvel Graphic Novel (1982)
-New Mutants (1983)
-X-Men: Spotlight on Starjammers (1990)
-X-Men (1991)
-X-Treme X-Men (2001)
-New X-Men (2001) #114
-Astonishing X-Men (2004)
-Excalibur (2004) #14
-X-Men: Deadly Genesis (2005)
-House of M (2005)
-X-Men Legacy (2008) #208
-Origins of Marvel Comics: X-Men (2010) #1
-Avengers Vs. X-Men (2012) #11
-Uncanny Avengers (2012)
-Astonishing X-Men (2017)
-House of X/Powers of X (2019)
-X-Force (2019) #1

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Today we talk about Herbert Edgar Wyndham, best known as the High Evolutionary, a guy whose whole thing is just ethics violations and making animals and people """more evolved""" while wearing a silver exoskeleton.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Thor (1966) #134-135
-Tales to Astonish (1959) #94-96
-Marvel Premiere (1972) #1-2
-Warlock (1972)
-Fantastic Four (1961) #172-175
-Avengers (1963) #186
-Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #61-63
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #266
-Evolutionary War (1988) reading order
-Thor (1966) #406-408; 419-425
-Siege of Wundagore (1998) reading order
-Silver Surfer (2010)
-Uncanny Avengers (2015) #1-5
-Avengers (2016) #672-674
-Champions (2016) #12-15
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #16

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Today we talk about Michael Moran, who has a bit of a convoluted publishing history, but is recently back in the saddle as Miracleman.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Marvelman (1954) Mick Anglo
-Marvelman's Family Finest (2010 collection)
-Young Marvelman Classic (2011 collection)
-Miracleman (2014 reprint) Alan Moore
-All-New Miracleman Annual (2014) #1
-Miracleman (2015 reprint) Neil Gaiman
-Timeless (2021) #1
-Miracleman (2022) #0
-Miracleman (2022)

-Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3 trailer
-Dead Boy Detectives tv show announcement
-Blue Beetle poster

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Today we talk about Boston Brand, best known as Deadman, who was an acrobat but then he died and became a ghost who helps to fight crime by possessing people.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Deadman Collection (1960's-1980's)
-Deadman (1985)
-Deadman (1986)
-Deadman: Love After Death (1989)
-Deadman: Exorcism (1992)
-Deadman (2001)
-Deadman: Dead Again (2001)
-Deadman (2006)
-Blackest Night (2009) & Brightest Day (2010) reading orders
-Justice League Dark (2011)
-Secret Origins (2014) #6
-Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love (2016)
-Trinity (2016) #12-15
-Deadman (2017)
-Justice League Dark (2018)

-Red Hood: Outlaws ep. 18 Opposite Day

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Today we talk about Madame Xanadu, who has also been known as Nimue Inwudu. She's a psychic and a magic user who frequently helps people solve supernatural problems.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Doorway to Nightmare (1978)
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #65
-The Spectre (1987)
-Suicide Squad (1987) #8
-Hellblazer (1988): The Devil You Know (contains Annual #1)
-The War of the Gods (1991)
-The Spectre (1992)
-Day of Vengeance (2005)
-Countdown (2007) #50
-Madame Xanadu (2008)
-Demon Knights (2011)
-Justice League Dark (2011)
-I, Vampire (2011) #6-8
-Trinity War (2013) reading order
-The Demon: Hell is Earth (2017)
-Justice League Dark (2018)
-Hawkman (2018) #9-12
-Justice League (2018) #40-43, 72-74

-Sabretooth (2022)

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Today we talk about Vic Sage, best known as The Question, a guy who covers his face with fake skin who has followed wildly differing philosophies over his iterations, but over all of them he does a lot of violence.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Watchmen (1986)
-Blue Beetle (1986) #5-7
-The Question (1986)
-L.A.W. Living Assault Weapons (1999)
-Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood (2000)
-The Question (2005)
-52 (2006)
-Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns (2010)
-Justice League: Trinity War (2013)
-New Suicide Squad (2014)
-Convergence: The Question (2015)
-The Question: Deaths of Vic Sage (2019)
-Lois Lane (2019) #3-4
-Event Leviathan (2019)
-Checkmate (2021)

-Constantine: Distorted Illusions
-The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special (2022) #1
-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #17 textless cover
-Fantastic Four (2022) #1
-Adversary by Blue Delliquanti Print, Digital
-How to Break a Curse by Mapurl Kumoricon (currently unavailable)

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Today we talk about The Spectre, who, despite starting as the ghost of Jim Corrigan, has been several different human men possessed by the spirit of (the christian god's) holy vengeance, as well as a pretty literal deus ex machina.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Golden Age Spectre Archives vol. 1
-Showcase Presents: The Spectre
-All-Star Comics Archives Collections
-The Spectre (1967)
-Wrath of the Spectre (1974)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) reading order
-The Spectre (1987)
-The Spectre (1992)
-Zero Hour (1994) reading order
-Day of Judgment (1999) reading order
-Legends of the DC Universe (1997) #33-36
-Day of Vengeance (2005)
-Gotham Central (2002) #38
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #4
-Infinite Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre (2006)
-Tales of the Unexpected (2006)
-Final Crisis: Revelations (2008)
-Blackest Night (2009) reading order
-Brightest Day (2010) reading order
-Justice League of America (2006) #54-59
-The Phantom Stranger (2012) #0, #5
-Gotham by Midnight (2014)
-Detective Comics (2016) #1007

-Star Trek: Lower Decks (2022)
-Fantastic Four (2022) #1
-Secret Invasion (2022) #1

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