66 Roy Harper

Today we talk about Roy Harper, who started out as Green Arrow's sidekick Speedy, then went off on his own after some rough stuff, where he had a daughter with Cheshire, became Arsenal, then finally joined the Justice League as Red Arrow.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Quick Draw McGraw
-Quick Draw comics
-Green Lantern #85 (drug addiction origin)
-Teen Titans cartoon Speedy vs Cheshire
-Lian Harper
-Who's leading the JLA these days? Owacle
-Outsiders (2003) Vol. 1
-Red Hood and the Outlaws (2011)
-Heroes in Crisis
-Detective Comics #1000
-Last Knight on Earth

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65 Dinah Lance

Today we talk about Dinah Lance: the Black Canary. We also talk a little bit about Dinah Drake, Dinah's mother and the original Black Canary, who pissed off The Wizard so bad he cursed the younger Dinah with scream-based superpowers.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Dinah Drake original costume
-BEHOLD! The Wizard
-Justice League International (1987)
-Green Lantern/Green Arrow
-Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters
-Birds of Prey (1999) Vol. 1
-Black Canary (2015)
-Spider-Man: Life Story #1
-Comics Will Break Your Heart
-Detective Comics #1000

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64 Oliver Queen

Today we talk about self-proclaimed SJW Oliver Queen a.k.a. Green Arrow, who started as essentially a recolored batman-type hero, but went through a dramatic change in 1969 that included a goatee and left-wing politics.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Batman vol 7: The Wedding
-Batman vol 8: Cold Days
-Green Lantern/Green Arrow
-social justice warrior
-Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters
-Zero Hour
-The Dark Knight Returns
-Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special #1
-Sherwood Florist
-Ollie's Chili recipe
-Here's a supercut of just. Ollie's chili. 1 2 3 4 5
-Runaways Vol 2: Best Friends Forever
-Lumberjanes Vol 10: Parent's Day!
-Magnificent Ms. Marvel (2019) #1

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63 Kamala Khan

Today we talk about Kamala Khan, who was a huge fan of Captain Marvel before gaining superpowers and deciding to become Ms. Marvel. She's also a Pakistani-American Muslim Teen from Jersey City which is such a refreshing change of pace for comics.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-she WRITES FANFIC
-Kamala's unnamed cameo in Captain Marvel #14
-Ms. Marvel (2014)
-Jamie McKelvie's Ms. Marvel design
-yup that's me
-Civil War II
-Champions (2016)
-Champions (2019) #1
-Magnificent Ms. Marvel (2019) #1
-Babs Tarr variant
-Mister Miracle trade paperback

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62 Carol Danvers

Today we talk about Carol Danvers: Ms. Marvel, Binary, Warbird, and finally Captain Marvel. She was in the Air Force, gained Kree powers after an explosion, and now she's an extremely powerful superhero who we love.

Also in this one our phones kept disconnecting and Olivia sounded like a robot, SOMEONE out there didn't want us talking about Carol, it seems.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Marvel's original Captain Marvel vs DC's Captain Marvel
-Ms. Magazine
-Original Ms. Marvel costume
-Binary
-Warbird
-House of M
-Ms. Marvel costume
-Civil War
-Captain Marvel (2012)
-Captain Marvel costume
-more about the Carol Corps
-Civil War II
-The Life of Captain Marvel
-Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (not Moon Knight, that's a different person)
-War of the Realms

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61 Kurt Wagner

Today we talk about another one of our favorite X-Men, Kurt Wagner a.k.a. Nightcrawler. He grew up in the circus, was recruited to the X-Men, and he even gets his own signature sound--bamf.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Legion of Super-Heroes
-Uncanny X-Men #153 bamfs!
-he CAN sword fight
-The No-Sin Situation by Chip Zdarsky
-The Amazing Nightcrawler (2019) #1
-news on DCeased
-circus kid dick grayson critiquing joker's clown

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60 Kitty Pryde

Today we talk about Kitty Pryde, one of the few X-Men more recognizable by her name than any of her code-names. She joined the X-Men under dubious circumstances as a teen, made friends with a space dragon, grew up, and got stuck in a giant bullet!

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-The Physics of Superheroes
-Uncanny X-Men #129
-Kitty Pryde and Wolverine (1984)
-Excalibur (1988) Vol. 1
-Astonishing X-Men (2004)
-magneto/space bullet meme
-Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde (2015)
-Wonder Twins (2019) #1
-Netflix The Umbrella Academy
-The Umbrella Academy

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59 Emma Frost

Today we talk about Emma Frost, who was in a terrible family, discovered her mutant powers, left her terrible family to become evil and powerful on her own, and eventually joined the X-Men.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Hellfire clubs a real thing!
-New Mutants movie update
-Astonishing X-Men vol. 1
-Iceman (2018) #2
-Emma's Death tumblr post please read this it's incredibly funny
-Emma Frost costumes through the years
-Emma Frost (2003)
-Daredevil (2019) #1
-Sex Criminals
-Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man (2017)
-Faith Erin Hicks's website
-Comics Will Break Your Heart
-The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

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58 Ororo Monroe

Today we talk about Ororo Monroe, best known as Storm, who was a pickpocket as a child until she felt a calling and was worshipped as a god, joined the X-Men, led the X-Men, and did a bunch of cool stuff with and without her powers.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-Giant Size X-Men (1975)
-Spirits Episode 18: South African Rain Queens
-Black Panther (2005) #18 The Wedding Issue
-Marvel Now What? #1
-X-Treme X-Men (2012) #2

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57 Logan

Today we talk about Logan, who was born James Howlett, but most people know him as Wolverine--arguably the most popular X-Man and the most popular Canadian superhero.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:
-I'M WOLVERIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE
-do you wanna hear some Wolverine noises
-Magneto ripping the metal from Logan's bones
-slicin' salami
-I really like beer
-Naomi #1

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