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#293 – Benjamin Reilly

Scarlet Spider/Spider-Man/Jackal/Chasm

Today we talk about Ben Reilly, who is a clone of Peter Parker, which comes with a lot of responsibilities such as: being Spider-Man, dying multiple times, sacrificing yourself for the greater good, and becoming a Demon King.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #149
-Clone Saga (1994) reading order
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #608-610
-Free Comic Book Day 2016 (Captain America) (2016) #1
-Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy (2016) reading order
-Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider (2017)
-Doctor Strange: Damnation (2018)
-Spider-Geddon (2018)
-Iron Man (2020) #5-8, 11-13
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #74-93
-Death of Doctor Strange: Spider-Man (2021) #1
-Devil's Reign (2021)
-Devil's Reign: Spider-Man (2022) #1
-Ben Reilly: Spider-Man (2022)
-Dark Web (2022)
-Amazing Spider-Man Annual (2023) #1

-Marvel's Voices: X-Men (2023) #1
-Blue Beetle: Graduation Day (2022)

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#292 – Miguel O'Hara

Spider-Man 2099

Today we talk about Miguel O'Hara, Spider-Man 2099, who got his spider-powers from a malicious lab "accident" in a "dystopian future" where corporations are in charge of the country.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Spider-Man 2099 (1992)
-2099 Unlimited (1993)
-Thor Corps (1993) #2-3
-Fall of the Hammer (2099 arc) reading order
-One Nation Under Doom (2099 arc) reading order
-Spider-Man 2099 Special (1995) #1
-Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man (1995) #1
-Captain Marvel (2000) #27-30
-Timestorm 2009/2099 (2009) #1
-Superior Spider-Man (2013) #17-19, 23, 27-32
-Spider-Man 2099 (2014)
-Spider-Verse (2014)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #1
-Spider-Man 2099 (2015)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #25, 32-36
-Spider-Man 2099 (2019)

-Knight Terrors: Robin (2023) #1
-World's Finest: Teen Titans (2023) #2

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#291 – Hobart Brown

Prowler/Hornet & Spider-Man/Spider-Punk

Today we talk about Hobart Brown. Two versions of him, actually! One that was the Prowler and a friend of Spider-Man, another that was an alternate universe Spider-Man affectionately named Spider-Punk!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #78-79, 87, 93
-Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (1974) #21-22, 24
-Defenders (1972) #62-64
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #47-48
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #304-305, 365
-Web of Spider-Man (1985) #50
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual (1979) #9-10, 12-13
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #169-170
-Outlaw Justice storyline spans Amazing Spider-Man Annual #25, Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #11, and Web of Spider-Man Annual #7 B-stories
-Spider-Man Unlimited (1993) #14
-Sensational Spider-Man (1996) #16-18, 25-28
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #1-2, 4-5, 10, 15, 17
-Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy (2016)
-Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2019) #7-10
-King in Black: Planet of the Symbiotes (2021) #2
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #88.1, 92.1-93

-The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #10-15
-Spider-Verse (2014) #2
-Spider-Verse Team-Up (2014) #3
-Web Warriors (2015) #7-11
-Spider-Geddon (2018)
-Spider-Verse (2019) #1
-Spider-Punk (2022)
-Spider-Man (2022) #1-3, 6-7
-Spider-Verse Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #38
-Marvel's Voices: Spider-Verse (2023) #1

-Magneto (2023) #1
-The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos (2023) #1

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#290 – Shanna O'Hara

Shanna the She-Devil/Shanna Plunder

Today we talk about Shanna O'Hara, who doesn't like guns, does like leopards, and lives in the Savage Land where she got married, got plant powers, and got possessed multiple times.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Shanna the She-Devil (1972)
-Ka-Zar (1974) #1-2
-Daredevil (1964) #109-113, 117
-Ka-Zar (1981)
-X-Men Annual (1970) #12
-Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #68-77
-Namor the Sub-Mariner (1990) #16-21
-Sensational Spider-Man (1996) #13-15
-Ka-Zar (1997)
-Hercules (2005) #3, 5
-Shanna, the She-Devil (2005)
-Marvel Comics Presents (2007) #5-7
-Klaws of the Panther (2010) #1-2
-Skaar: King of the Savage Land (2011)
-Ka-Zar (2011)
-Savage Wolverine (2013) #1-5
-Empyre: Avengers (2020)
-Avengers (2018) #40-44
-Ka-Zar Lord of the Savage Land (2021)

-X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2023) #1

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#289 – Kevin Reginald Plunder

Ka-Zar

Today we talk about Kevin Reginald Plunder, who changed his name to Ka-Zar when he was adopted by a Sabre Tooth Tiger in the Savage Lands, which he has now sworn to protect. Sometimes he fights heroes, sometimes he fights villains, and sometimes he goes back in time and ends up in space.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-X-Men (1963) #10
-Daredevil (1964) #12-14, 24
-Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #19
-Astonishing Tales (1970) #1-20
-Ka-Zar (1974)
-Ka-Zar (1981)
-Ka-Zar (1997)
-Marvel Comics Presents (2007) #5-7
-New Avengers (2004) #41-43
-Ka-Zar (2011)
-Avengers (2018) #12, 19-20, 50, 66
-Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda (2019)
-Empyre (2020)
-Ka-Zar Lord of the Savage Land (2021)

-Knight Terrors: Nightwing (2023) #1
-Tales of the Titans (2023) #1
-My Adventures with Superman

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#288 – Amazons Roundup

Antiope, Atalanta, Yara Flor/Wonder Girl, Mala, Philippus, Io

Today we talk about several Amazons that have been around enough to be important but haven't been around enough to fill a whole episode! The moral of this story is that we love warrior women.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-All-Star Comics (1941) #8
-Wonder Woman (1942) #1-8, 13, 21-33, 196, 237
-Sensation Comics (1942) #24, 29, 37, 42, 71, 76, 78
-Wonder Woman (1942) #317, 323, 329
-Wonder Woman (1986)
-Wonder Woman (1986) Annual #1, 3
-Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War (2001) #1
-Wonder Woman (2006) #15, 17, 28-44, 605-614
-Amazons Attack! (2007)
-Wonder Woman (2016) #2
-Future State: Wonder Woman (2021) #1-2, Superman/Wonder Woman #1-2, Justice League #1-2
-Wonder Girl (2021)
-Nubia & the Amazons (2021)
-DC Pride (2022)
-Nubia: Queen of the Amazons (2022)
-Trial of the Amazons (2022)
-Artemis: Wanted (2022) #1
-Dark Crisis (2022)
-DC Pride (2023)
-Lazarus Planet (2023)

-Immortal X-Men (2022) #13
-World's Finest: Teen Titans (2023) #1
-Knight Terrors: Robin (2023) #1
-Knight Terrors: The Flash (2023) #1
-Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant announcement

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#287 – Artemis of Bana-Mighdall

Wonder Woman/Requiem/Shim'Tar

Today we talk about Artemis of Bana-Mighdall, an Amazon warrior who has fought Wonder Woman, been Wonder Woman, died then escaped hell, and helped unite the Amazon tribes.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Wonder Woman (1986) #90-226
-Artemis: Requiem (1996)
-Genesis (1997)
-Wonder Woman: Our Worlds at War (2001) #1
-Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity (2003)
-Superman/Batman (2003) #9-13
-Amazons Attack! (2007) reading order
-Wonder Woman (2006) #37-39, 606-614
-Secret Six (2008) #10-14
-Red Hood and the Outlaws (2016)
-Trinity (2016) #12-15
-Wonder Woman (2016) #52-55, 780-785
-Red Hood: Outlaw (2016) #29-50
-Generations Shattered (2021)
-Wonder Girl (2021) #2-4
-Sensational Wonder Woman (2021) #3-4
-Trial of the Amazons (2022) reading order
-Artemis: Wanted (2022)

-My Adventures with Superman episode 1
-Nimona movie

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#284 – Inhumans Royal Family Roundup

Gorgon Petragon, Karnak Mander-Azur, Triton, (a tiny bit of Lockjaw)

Today we talk about the remaining and less-often seen members of the Inhumans Royal Family: Gorgon (powerful fighter with hooves), Karnak (extremely perceptive monk), and Triton (fish man). We also mention Lockjaw because he deserves to be counted as part of the family.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Fantastic Four (1961) #44-64
-Sub-Mariner (1968) #2-3, 18-22
-Amazing Adventures (1970)
-Inhumans (1975)
-Daredevil (1964) #272-283
-Namor the Sub-Mariner (1990) #45-47, 55-62
-Fantastic Four: Atlantis Rising (1995)
-Fantastic Four (1961) #410-416
-Quicksilver (1997) #4-6
-Inhumans (1998)
-Inhumans (2000)
-Fantastic Four (1998) #51-54
-Inhumans (2003)
-Son of M (2005) #3-6
-Silent War (2007)
-Secret Invasion: Inhumans (2008)
-Secret Invasion: War of Kings (2009)
-War of Kings (2009) reading order
-Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers (2009)
-Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers: Unleashed (2010)
-Realm of Kings (2010) reading order
-The Thanos Imperative (2010)
-FF (2011) #6-9
-Infinity (2013)
-Inhumanity (2013)
-Inhuman (2014)
-Karnak (2015)
-Uncanny Inhumans (2015)
-All-New Inhumans (2015)
-IVX (2016)
-Royals (2017)
-Secret Warriors (2017)
-Inhumans: Once and Future Kings (2017)
-Lockjaw (2018)
-Death of Inhumans (2018)

-Marvel Voices: Pride (2023)
-Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse
-Tony Stark and Emma Frost wedding announcement

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