Today we talk about Peter Quill, best known as Star-Lord, who runs around space usually with cool weapons, a sentient ship, and the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Marvel Preview (1975) #4, 11, 14-15, 18
-Marvel Comics Super Special (1977) #10
-Marvel Spotlight (1979) #6-7
-Marvel Premiere (1972) #61
-Starlord (1996)
-Thanos (2003) #8-12
-Annihilation (2006)
-Annihilation: Conquest (2007)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)
-The Thanos Imperative (2010)
-Avengers Assemble (2012) #4-8
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2013)
-All-New X-Men (2012) #22-24
-Legendary Star-Lord (2014)
-Guardians Team-Up (2015)
-Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex (2015)
-Secret Wars (2015)
-Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde (2015)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)
-Star-Lord (2015)
-Star-Lord (2016)
-All-New Guardians of the Galaxy (2017)
-Guardians of the Galaxy: Mother Entropy (2017)
-Infinity Wars (2018)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2019)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2020)

-The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour
-New Avengers (2015)
-Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent (2023) #1
-New Mutants Lethal Legion (2023) #1
-Action Comics (2016) #1051
-Barda by Ngozi Ukazu announcement
-DC Pride 2023 announcement

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Today we talk about Groot, who is a tree alien who typically can only pronounce a sound transcribed as I Am Groot, he's part of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and he's died and come back several times thanks to Rocket Raccoon's gardening skills.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Tales to Astonish (1959) #13
-Incredible Hulk Annual (1976) #5
-Nick Fury's Howling Commandos (2005)
-Annihilation: Conquest (2007)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)
-The Thanos Imperative (2010)
-Annihilators (2010) & Annihilators: Earthfall (2011)
-Avengers Assemble (2012) #4-8
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2013)
-All-New X-Men (2012) #23
-Rocket Raccoon (2014)
-Groot (2015)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)
-Guardians of Infinity (2015)
-Secret Wars (2015) #8
-Rocket Raccoon & Groot (2016)
-All-New Guardians of the Galaxy (2017)
-I Am Groot (2017)
-Infinity Wars (2018)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2019)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2020)

-New Avengers (2015)

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Today we talk about Rocket Raccoon, who was a regular raccoon until some experiments gave him sentience and a job, and then he forgot about his job, gained many guns, a criminal reputation, a friend who is a tree, and a space-faring team.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Marvel Preview (1975) #7
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #271
-Rocket Raccoon (1985)
-Quasar (1989) #15
-Sensational She-Hulk (1989) #44-46
-Annihilation: Conquest (2007)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2008)
-The Thanos Imperative (2010)
-Annihilators (2010) & Annihilators: Earthfall (2011)
-Avengers Assemble (2012) #4-8
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2013)
-Rocket Raccoon (2014)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2015)
-Rocket Raccoon & Groot (2016)
-Rocket Raccoon (2016)
-All-New Guardians of the Galaxy (2017)
-Infinity Wars (2018)
-Avengers No Road Home (2019)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2019)
-Guardians of the Galaxy (2020)

-New Mutants by Zeb Wells
-New Avengers (2015)

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Today we talk about Tyrone Johnson and Tandy Bowen, best known as Cloak and Dagger, two teen runaways who were linked together by friendship, trauma, and the superpowers brought on by terrible experiments.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #64
-Cloak and Dagger (1983)
-Cloak and Dagger (1985)
-Power Pack (1984) #7
-New Mutants (1983) #23
-Strange Tales (1987)
-The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger (1988)
-Marvel Knights (2000)
-Runaways (2003) #11
-Runaways (2005) #9
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #514
-Cloak and Dagger (2010) #1
-Spider-Island: Cloak & Dagger (2011)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2017) #6
-Cloak and Dagger: Marvel Digital Original - Shades of Gray (2018)
-Cloak and Dagger: Marvel Digital Original - Negative Exposure (2018)

-Lazarus Planet spinoff titles: Spirit World, The Vigil, City Boy & Circuit Breaker

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Today we talk about Jennifer-Lynn Hayden, who has many nicknames but is most often called her superhero name Jade. Using her inherited Green Lantern powers, she's been part of Infinity, Inc., the JSA, the Outsiders, and the Justice League.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #25-27
-Infinity, Inc. (1984)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
-Millennium (1988)
-Eclipso (1992) #16-18
-Green Lantern (1990) #86-177 (intermittent)
-JSA (1999) #7-9, 50-54
-Outsiders (2003)
-Infinite Crisis (2005) #2-4
-Green Lantern Corps (2006) #39-42
-Blackest Night (2009) #1-2, 8
-Brightest Day (2010)
-Justice League of America (2006) #44-60
-Justice Society of America (2006) #41-42
-Convergence: Infinity Inc (2015)
-Doomsday Clock (2018) #12
-Infinite Frontier (2021)
-Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths (2022)

-New Mutants (2009) by Zeb Wells
-Guardians of the Galaxy 3 trailer
-The Flash trailer

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Today we talk about Todd Rice, best known as Obsidian, who after discovering he had a twin who ALSO had super powers, became a member of Infinity, Inc.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #25-27
-Infinity, Inc. (1984)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
-Millennium (1988)
-JSA (1999) #7-9
-JSA (1999) #46-54
-Manhunter (2004) #18-20
-Justice League of America (2006) #43-48; 56-59
-Justice Society of America (2007)
-Brightest Day (2010) #7
-Convergence: Infinity Inc (2015)
-DC Pride (2021)
-Infinite Frontier (2021)
-Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths (2022)

-James Gunn's DCEU slate announcement

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Today we talk about Artemis Crock, who initially was a villain who simply went by Artemis, before she decided to take up her mom's moniker of Tigress.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Infinity, Inc. (1984) #34-36; 51-53
-Young Justice (1998) #23-25
-JSA (1999) #10; #16-17
-Hawkman (2002) #1-4
-JSA: Classified (2005) #5-7
-JSA All-Stars (2010)
-Young Justice cartoon
-Teen Titans Annual (2012) #1
-Robin (2021)

-Thunderbolts (2022)

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Today we talk about Albert Rothstein, a very tall boy who can get even taller, who used to go by Nuklon (on account of the radiation) but later called himself Atom Smasher (on account of... smashing? atoms?)

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-All-Star Squadron (1981) #25
-Infinity, Inc. (1984)
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) reading order
-Millennium (1987) reading order
-Kingdom Come (1996)
-JSA (1999)
-52 (2006)
-Black Adam: The Dark Age (2007) #5
-The Justice Society of America (2007)
-JSA All-Stars (2009)
-Blackest Night: JSA (2009)
-Doomsday Clock (2017) #12)

-Nightwing (2016) #100
-Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths (2022) #7
-Legion of X (2022) #9

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Today we talk about several characters who have gone by Wildcat: Ted Grant, Tom Bronson, and Yolanda Montez.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Sensation Comics (1942)
-All-Star Comics (1941) #71
-Infinity Inc. (1984) #12
-Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) reading order
-Millennium (1987) reading order
-Catwoman (1988)
-Eclipso (1992)
-Batman/Wildcat (1997)
-JSA Returns (1999)
-JSA (1999)
-JSA: Classified (2005)
-Birds of Prey (1998) #81
-Justice Society of America (2006)
-52 (2006) #23
-JSA: All-Stars (2009)
-Blackest Night: JSA (2009)
-Catwoman/Tweety and Sylvester Special (2017) #1
-Doomsday Clock (2017)
-DC's Crimes of Passion (2020) #1
-Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #2
-Infinite Frontier (2021)
-Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths (2022)

-Karma gets a new name

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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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