Capes And Japes

Today we talk about Norrid Radd, best known as the Silver Surfer, a sad space man from a flawed utopian planet who became the herald of Galactus to save his planet, betrayed him with the Fantastic Four, and still kicks it around the universe. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Fantastic Four (1961) #48 -Silver Surfer (1968) -Sub-Mariner (1968) #34 -Silver Surfer (1987) -Skaar: Son of Hulk (2008) #8 -King in Black (2020) #3 -Invincible (Amazon Prime Original) Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Mephisto, who is basically the devil except the devil also exists in Marvel canon. He tempts people with their greatest desire and then either makes a deal with a Dire Price or gives you unforeseen negative consequences! Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Faust -Silver Surfer (1968) #3 -Ghost Rider (1973) #68 -Fantastic Four (1961) #277 -West Coast Avengers (1985) #51 & 52 -Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1985) -Mephisto vs. (1987) -Astonishing Tales (1970) #8 -Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment (1989) -Daredevil (1964) #266 -Spider-man: One More Day (2007) -Spiderman: One Moment in Time (2010) -Spider-Man No Way Home trailer -Peter remembering One More Day events? in 2021? More likely than you'd think -Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #60 -X-Factor (2005) #256 -Invincible -Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #6 SECOND PRINTING Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more o

Today we talk about Shang-Chi, a character who was originally conceived as the son of racist caricature villain Fu Manchu (which has since been ret-conned). He is very good at martial arts and fighting his evil half-siblings! Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -An interesting post about Shang-Chi, Fu Manchu, and what marvel could do about it -Special Marvel Edition (1971) #15 -Master of Kung-Fu (1974) -Shadowland (2010) omnibus -Avengers (2012) -War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas (2019) -Agents of Atlas (2019) -Shang-Chi (2020) -Shang-Chi (2021) -Master of Kung Fu (2015) -Invincible -The Adventure Zone: Crystal Kingdom -Super Sons Polarshield Project, Foxglove Mission, & Escape to Landis Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about several people who have gone by Atom. One of them is short but doesn't get small, one of them was on the Suicide Squad, one of them can split into a bunch of little guys, and one of them was secretly a triple agent. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -All-Star Comics archives -The Last Days of the Justice Society of America (1986) -Justice Society of America (1992) -Zero Hour (1994) -Sword of the Atom (1983) -Suicide Squad (1987) #44 -Justice League of America: The Atom Rebirth (2016) #1 -DC One Million 80-Page Giant #1,000,000 (1999) #1 -Aquaman (2011) #16 -Justice League (2011) #17 -Forever Evil (2013) -Crime Syndicate (2021) -Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #6 -TikTok of Tim coming out to his brothers -X-Factor (2005) #45 Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Ryan Choi, another prominent Atom who got tricked by a future version of an ex-girlfriend into becoming the Atom, realized he was good at it, and continued to fight crime and get very small once the plot was revealed. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Identity Crisis (2004), tie-ins &reading order -DCU: Brave New World (2006) #1 -The All-New Atom (2006) -Countdown to Final Crisis (2007) -Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009) -Titans (2008) Villains for Hire -Convergence: The Atom (2015) #1, #2 -Justice League of America: The Atom Rebirth (2016) #1 -Justice League of America (2017) -Blue & Gold (2021) #1 -James Tynion IV substack -Molly Knox Ostertag substack -Saladin Ahmed's subscription site -Scott Snyder comixology deal -Scott Snyder substack comics class Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Ray Palmer, the second Atom but the first one who could get very small. He is a scientist, a superhero, and a man who can apparently call you on the phone then travel through the phone lines! Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -The Atom archive editions -All Star Comics archive editions -Sword of the Atom (1983) -Power of the Atom (1988) -Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (1994) #1 -Teen Titans (1996) -Identity Crisis (2004), tie-ins &reading order -Countdown to Final Crisis (2007) -Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009) -Blackest Night (2009), tie-ins and reading order -Brightest Day (2010) The Atom Special #1 -Adventure Comics (2009) #516 -Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #1 -Dimension 20: Fantasy High -Blue & Gold (2021) #1 Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Shiera Hall, Shayera Hol, and Kendra Saunders, three women who have either been Hawkgirl or Hawkwoman, and all share the same soul... kinda.... Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Justice League (2001 cartoon) -All-Star Comics (1941) #5 -Silver Age Hawkman archive collection -Justice League of America (1960) #146 -Hawkworld (1989) -Hawkworld (1989b) -JSA: Secret Files (1999) #1 -Hawkman (2002) -Hawkgirl (2006) (2002 Hawkman series retitled Hawkgirl on issue #50) -Justice League of America (2006) -Blackest Night (2009) -Dark Nights: Metal (2017) -Justice League (2018) -Justice League Infinity (2021) -New Mutants (1983) #75 -Fallen Angels (1987) -The Adventure Zone: Crystal Kingdom -X-Factor (2005) -Excalibur (2019) #21 -X-Factor (2020) #9 -The Good Asian #1 -Blue and Gold (2021) #1 Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Carter Hall and Katar Hol, both of them are Hawkman, and sometimes they're the same person. The Hawkman backstory is full of things such as: reincarnation, aliens, a hawk god, and questionable story choices by the DC creative team. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Excerpt from Flash Comics (1940) #1 -All-Star Comics (1941) -Silver Age Hawkman archive collection -Hawkman (1964) -Justice League of America (1960) #31 -Crisis on Infinite Earths reading order & our episode on it -Hawkworld (1989) -Hawkworld (1989b) -Superman/Batman (2003) Public Enemies -Zero Hour (1994) (& reading order for tie-ins) -Hawkman (2002) -Flashpoint (2011) reading order -The Savage Hawkman (2011) (New 52) -Dark Nights: Metal (2017) -Hawkman (2018) -New Mutants (1983) -The Adventure Zone: Crystal Kingdom -X-Factor (2005) -New Mutants (2003) Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes

Today we talk about Jamie Madrox, a guy who can create and absorb duplicates of himself, has a pathological need for attention, and is a certified Nasty Boy (the henchman group, to be clear.) Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Giant-Size Fantastic Four (1974) #4 -X-Factor (2005) -Fallen Angels (1987) -X-Factor (1986) #71 -Madrox (2004) -Multiple Man (2018) -X-Corp (2021) -New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018) Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Jean-Paul Beaubier, a Canadian mutant with pointy ears who can go really fast, fly, and make bright lights. He's also gay and has a very buckwild coming out issue from 1992. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #120 -Alpha Flight (1983) -Alpha Flight (1983) #106 -Northstar (1994) (blog post with excerpts) -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #414 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #508 -Astonishing X-Men (2004) #51 -X-Factor (2020) -Excalibur (2019) -The Refrigerator Monologues Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Julio Esteban Richter, also known as Rictor, who is a mutant with earthquake powers who's been on X-Factor, X-Force, New Mutants, and Excalibur. Today, also, Briar makes a LOT of Richter scale jokes, fully forgetting until after recording the actual spelling, RIP. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -X-Factor (1986) #17 -X-Terminators (1988) -New Mutants (1983) #74 -X-Force (1991) #11 -X-Factor (2005) -Don't want to make Shatterstar jealous -X-Factor (2005) #45 (the kiss) -Avengers: The Children's Crusade (2010) #6 -New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018) -Shatterstar (2018) -Excalibur (2019) -X-Factor (2020) -The Mystery of the Meanest Teacher: A Johnny Constantine graphic novel -FTL, Y'all -Astonishing X-Men Vol. 10: Northstar -Midnighter (2015) -Midnighter and Apollo (2016) -Winter Soldier (2018) -Iceman (2017) -Empyre (2020) -Luca Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes a

Today we talk about Shatterstar, also infrequently known as Gaveedra-Seven and Benjamin Russell (that one time that he mind-melded with a man in a coma), an alien mutant who is a gladiator, a fashion disaster, and his own dad. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -New Mutants (1983) #99 -X-Factor (2005) -X-Factor (2005) #45 -Rictor saying he and Shatterstar broke up -Shatterstar (2018) -X-Factor (2020) -Julio... my love...? -Nightwing #81 variant cover Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about David Alleyne, a mutant called Prodigy who can telepathically gain knowledge and skills from other people. He joined the New Mutants, lost his powers, became disillusioned with the X-Men, joined the Young Avengers, and went to interdimensional college. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -New Mutants (2003) #4 -New X-Men (2004) -X-Men: Legacy Annual (2009) #1 -X-Men: Regenesis (2011) #1 -Young Avengers (2013) #6 -Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling (2020) #1 -X-Factor (2020) #10 Hellfire Gala (& the specific preview page Tommy is in) -America (2017) -Ant-Man (2015) #1 -X-Factor (2020) -"Am I the only person on the team who's straight?" -Super Sons: The Polarshield Project -Superman/Batman (2003) vol. 1 -DC Pride (2021) #1 -Nightwing (2016) #81 -The Harley Quinn cartoon quote about Batman's sex life Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Daken, Wolverine's evil bisexual son. He was adopted, named Akihiro, meanly called Daken, became evil, tried to kill Wolverine, became Wolverine, and now he's just kind of around? Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Wolverine Origins (2006) #10 -Dark Avengers (2009) -The photo Briar sent to Olivia mid-episode -Dark Reign: The List - Punisher (2009) #1 -Dark Wolverine (2009) -Dark Wolverine 88, Frankencastle (2010) #19, Dark Wolverine 89 -Daken: Dark Wolverine (2010) -Uncanny X-Force (2010) #27 -Uncanny Avengers (2012) #9 -All-New Wolverine (2015) #21 -Hunt for Wolverine: Claws of a Killer (2018) -Return of Wolverine (2018) -House of X (2019) #5 -X-Force (2019) #9 -X-Factor (2020) -Marvel's Voices: Pride (2021) #1 -the OTHER picture Briar sent Olivia -Strange Academy (2020) -DC Pride (2021) #1 -Hellfire Gala recommended reading/release dates -Deadpool crashes the Hellfire Gala -Pixels of You Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out

Today we kick off Pride month with Midnighter and Apollo, the night/day-opposites-attract superhero couple who adopted the literal spirit of the 21st century as their daughter, got divorced, got back together, and kinda did it all over again after being rebooted! Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -StormWatch (1993) vol 2 -The Authority omnibus -Midnighter: I know all your moves; Dick: you know NIGHTWING but do you know ROBIN????? -Midnighter (2006) -The Authority (2008) -Grayson (2014) -I'd know that ass anywhere -StormWatch (2011) -Midnighter (2015) -Midnighter and Apollo (2016) -DC Pride (2021) #1 -Robin (2021) #2 -Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition #0 -Stargirl Spring Break Special (2021) #1 -Batman (2016) #108 -Marauders (2019) #20 -Nightwing 81 Pride cover Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Bane, a man who grew up in a prison, studied hard, was experimented on, and then decided when he got out of prison that he was going to go to Gotham and destroy Batman. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Batman: Knightfall (1993) -Batman: Legacy vol 2 -Batman: No Man's Land (1999) -Batman: Gotham Knights (2000) #33 -JSA: Classified (2005) #17 -Secret Six (2006) -Batman (2016) -Carry On by Rainbow Rowell (not a comic) -Nightwing (2016) #80 -Invincible Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Talia al Ghul, an assassin who really epitomizes gatekeep, gaslight, girlboss. She's run the League of Assassins, raised a deadly child, ran LexCorp into the ground (on purpose), and killed and/or tried to kill just so so many people. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Detective Comics (1937) #411 -Batman (1940) #232 -Batman: Son of the Demon (1987) -Batman: Batman and Son (2006) -Superman/Batman (2003) -Batman: Death and the Maidens (2003) -Batman: Under the Hood -Red Hood: The Lost Days (2010) -Batman and Robin (2009) #10 -Batman Incorporated (2010) -Robin: Son of Batman (2015) -Batman (2016) #33 -Chronin by Alison Wilgus -Fence -Lumberjanes -Stargazing by Jen Wang -DCeased: Hope at World's End (2020) -Invincible Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Ra's al Ghul, a man who has decided to use his immortality for crime, a very brief stint of trying to save the environment, fighting Batman, and also trying to get Batman to marry his daughter. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Batman (1940) #232 -Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992) -Batman: Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul (2007) -Batman: Death and the Maidens (2003) -Red Robin: Collision -Worthikids - Palpatine's Journey -Bloom -Bloom part II announcement -Invincible -DC Festival of Heroes (2021) #1 Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Illyana Rasputina, Colossus's often-kidnapped younger sister who also is a member of the New Mutants by the name of Magik, can teleport, do magic, and also aged up a decade after forging a cool sword and becoming the ruler of Limbo. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Giant-Size X-Men (1975) #1 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #145 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #160 -Magik (1983) -New Mutants (1983) #14 -New Mutants movie -Inferno -Excalibur (1988) #11 -Excalibur (1988) #83 -X-Men (1991) #17 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #303 -New X-Men (2004) #37 -X-Infernus (2008) -New Mutants (2009) -Uncanny X-Men (2011) -Avengers Vs X-Men (2012) #6 -Uncanny X-Men (2013) -New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018) -New Mutants (2019) -Pencilscratchins Illyana design -Robin (2021) #1 -Flatline -Daredevil (2019) Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin, an X-men best known as Colossus, who is a big strong guy who can turn into metal which makes him bigger and stronger. We also like him best when he's just a big nice guy trying his best. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Giant Size X-Men (1975) #1 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #115 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #284 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #303 -Excalibur (1988) #92 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #390 -Astonishing X-Men (2004) #4 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #542 -Avengers Vs. X-Men (2012) #5 -X-Men Gold (2017) -Blue & Gold announcement -Justice League Unlimited comic series announcement -DC Festival of Heroes Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.