Today we talk about Roberto "Robbie" Reyes, the 5th Ghost Rider, and the only Ghost Rider to drive a Dodge Charger and be visually modeled after Zayn Malik of One Direction.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-All-New Ghost Rider (2014)
-Avengers (2018)
-Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
-Robbie Reyes: Ghost Rider (2016) -Ghost Rider (2019)
-Hawkeye: Freefall (2020)
-Gwen Stacy (2020) #1
-Superman: Heroes (2020) #1
-Bojack Horseman
-The Penumbra Podcast
-Ric Grayson Wants His Memories Back, and Fans Want Their Dick, in Nightwing #69 [Preview]

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Today we talk about Helena Bertinelli, best known as the Huntress, but was also Batgirl for a bit. We also talk about Helena Wayne, who was the first heroine to go by Huntress, because they're basically indistinguishable except for their personalities and backstories.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-DC Superstars (1976) #17
-Infinity, Inc. (1984)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths
-The Huntress (1989)
-Batman: No Man's Land
-Birds of Prey (1999) #57
-The Question: Pipeline (an example of a Helena/Renee teamup)
-Huntress (2011) (New 52)
-World's Finest (2012)
-Grayson (2014)
-Batgirl and the Birds of Prey (2016)
-Batman: Hush
-Ant-Man (2020) #1
-X-Men/Fantastic Four (2020) #1
-DC's Crimes of Passion (2020) #1
-Switchblade Sisters: Mad Max Fury Road with Birds of Prey director Cathy Yan

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Today we talk about the Birds of Prey, a superhero team founded by Oracle and Black Canary, typically with Huntress and Lady Blackhawk, though the team has included many characters including Hawk and Dove, Catwoman, Big Barda, and many more!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey #1
-Birds of Prey: Manhunt
-Birds of Prey (1999)
-Birds of Prey: Of Like Minds (Gail Simone's first arc)
-Birds of Prey (2010)
-Birds of Prey (2011) #1
-Batgirl and the Birds of Prey (2016)
-Hawkeye: Freefall (2020) #2
-Detective Comics Annual (2018) #3
-Far Sector (2019)
-Shadow of the Batgirl

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109 John Constantine

Today we talk about John Constantine, an occult detective and con man who has seen too much but still does his best. He's also the kind of man to have a threesome with ghosts.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Swamp Thing (1982) #37
-Crisis on Infinite Earths
-tumblr post about witches having joint custody of a child
-Polygon's Constantine Threeway article
-Grayson Annual #3
-Justice League Dark (2011)
-Justice League Dark (2018)
-(mildly nsfw) tumblr ficlet about Bruce Wayne having sex with The Literal Devil
-Nightwing (2016) #68
-Batman (2016) #87
-Strange Adventures previewsworld page (#1 out March 4, 2020)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2020) #1
-Pod of Greed

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108 Zatanna Zatara

Today we talk about Zatanna Zatara, whose superhero name is just her first name, and she can cast spells by saying words backwards! She's an extremely powerful magician--both on stage and in the Justice League.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Action Comics (1938) #1
-Hawkman (1964) #4
-Identity Crisis (2004)
-Zatanna (2010)
-Justice League Dark (2018)
-Hawkeye: Freefall (2020) #1
-The Hard Tomorrow
-Emperor Hulkling news
-WandaVision hulkling news
-Birds of Prey trailer #2

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107 Doctor Fate

Today we talk about Doctor Fate, who is mostly a Lord of Order named Nabu who empowers/inhabits the body of whoever puts on the Helmet of Fate. Typically this is Kent Nelson, but it has been many, many people.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-More Fun Comics (1936-1947)
-Kent Nelson origin
-Eldritch Blaest
-All-Star Comics #3 (forming of the Justice Society of America)
-Doctor Fate (1987)
-Justice League Dark (2018)
-Doctor StrangeFate
-Batman (2016) #86
-Star (2020) #1
-Legion of Super-Heroes (2019)
-Outlawed news!

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106 Michael Holt

Today we talk about Mr. Terrific: a little bit of Terry Sloane but mostly Michael Holt, both men with no super powers but they're EXTREMELY smart and just REALLY GOOD AT EVERYTHING. Although, Michael Holt really should've been Dr. Terrific because he EARNED those 14 PhDs.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-CW Arrow's Mr. Terrific (Curtis Holt)
-Terry Sloane's terrific costume
-Spectre (1992-) #54
-New 52 Mister Terrific
-Hawkeye: Freefall (2020) #1
-Diana, Princess of the Amazons
-Wonder Woman: Warbringer
-New Mutants trailer

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105 Yelena Belova

Today we talk about Yelena Belova, the second Black Widow after Natasha Romanoff joined the Avengers. She gets her face swapped, quits spy work, gets sent to the Savage Lands, and ends up being both a cyborg and a clone (at different times)!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Black Widow (1999)
-Black Widow (2001)
-I Want To Turn People Into Dinosaurs
-Tales of Suspense: Hawkeye and Winter Soldier
-Looks like as of November 2019 Yelena is ALIVE and in Web of the Black Widow
-Dr. Strange (2019) #1
-Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
-The Hard Tomorrow

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104 Tony Masters

Today we talk about Tony Masters, better known as The Taskmaster, a villain who can memorize any fighting style at the expense of his other memories, and he used this to open a school to teach people how to fight the Avengers.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-MCU Taskmaster in Black Widow trailer
-Avengers (1963) #196
-Taskmaster (2002)
-MCU Hawkeye Costumes
-Batman (2016) #85
-Runaways (2017) #28
-Batman: Last Knight on Earth #3
-Folklords #2
-The Low, Low Woods #1
-Superman Smashes the Klan #2
-Fanonball!

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103 Nick Fury

Today we talk about Nick Fury, who started out as a soldier, then became a spy after drinking some Infinity Formula, and then the director of SHIELD, but when he ran out of his infinity juice he retired to space and was replaced by his son: Nick Fury Jr.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (1963) #1
-Strange Tales (1951) #135
-Ultimate Marvel Team-Up (2001) #5
-A CBR article on the reason why Samuel L Jackson is Nick Fury in the films, though I wish i could find the original interview!!
-Battle Scars (2011) #1
-B B Free #2
-Annihilation - Scourge: Beta Ray Bill (2019) #1

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