Capes And Japes

Today we talk about Mantis, who is (was?) a human martial artist who has some psychic powers, joined the avengers, married a tree, had a prophesized baby, joined the guardians of the galaxy, and has generally been very badass in space. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Avengers (1963) #112 -Captain Marvel (1968) #31-33 -Giant-Size Avengers (1974) -Silver Surfer (1987) #3-9 -West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #3 -West Coast Avengers (1985) #37-39 -Fantastic Four (1961) #323-325 -Avengers: Celestial Quest (2001) -Annihilation: Conquest (2007) -Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord (2007) -Guardians of the Galaxy (2008) -The Thanos Imperative (2010) -Empyre (2020) -Guardians of the Galaxy (2020) #15-18 -Marvel's Voices: Identity (2022) #1 -Dawn of DC announcements -Hellfire Gala 2023 preview -Hellfire Gala hosted at SDCC2023 -Marvel Voices Pride 2023 announcement 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 C

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 Elevent

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) Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by:

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) Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checkin

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 Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find ou

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 Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating

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 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 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) 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 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 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 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 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 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) Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or d

Today we talk about Warren Worthington III, also known as Angel (and several variations thereof). He's one of the original X-Men and also a very rich white man with wings. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -X-Men (1963) -Champions (1975) -X-Factor (1986) -X-Men (1991) #29 -Archangel (1996) -X-Men: The Hidden Years (1999) -Hulk (1999) #106-107 -Angel: Revelations (2008) -X-Force (2008) #3-7 -X-Men: Second Coming (2010) -Uncanny X-Force (2010) -All-New X-Men (2012) -All-New X-Men (2015) -Uncanny X-Men (2016) -Astonishing X-Men (2017) #1-7 -House of X (2019) -X-Corp (2021) -Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (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 David Haller, also known as Legion, who is a very powerful psychic with what would currently be diagnosed as Dissociative Identity Disorder, but since he's a comics character created in the 1980's it's... not handled great. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -New Mutants (1983) #25-28, 44 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #278-280 -X-Factor (1986) #69-70 -X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (1995) -New Mutants (2009) -X-Men Legacy (2008) #244-253 -X-Men Legacy (2012) -Legion (2018) -Age of X-Man (2018) -Way of X (2021) -Legion of X (2022) -Legion on Hulu 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 Charles Xavier, also known as Professor X, the most-often leader of the X-Men and a man with... questionable ethics. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -X-Men (1963) -Giant-Size X-Men (1975) #1 -Bizarre Adventures (1981) #27 -The New Mutants Marvel Graphic Novel (1982) -New Mutants (1983) -X-Men: Spotlight on Starjammers (1990) -X-Men (1991) -X-Treme X-Men (2001) -New X-Men (2001) #114 -Astonishing X-Men (2004) -Excalibur (2004) #14 -X-Men: Deadly Genesis (2005) -House of M (2005) -X-Men Legacy (2008) #208 -Origins of Marvel Comics: X-Men (2010) #1 -Avengers Vs. X-Men (2012) #11 -Uncanny Avengers (2012) -Astonishing X-Men (2017) -House of X/Powers of X (2019) -X-Force (2019) #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 Herbert Edgar Wyndham, best known as the High Evolutionary, a guy whose whole thing is just ethics violations and making animals and people """more evolved""" while wearing a silver exoskeleton. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Thor (1966) #134-135 -Tales to Astonish (1959) #94-96 -Marvel Premiere (1972) #1-2 -Warlock (1972) -Fantastic Four (1961) #172-175 -Avengers (1963) #186 -Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #61-63 -Incredible Hulk (1962) #266 -Evolutionary War (1988) reading order -Thor (1966) #406-408; 419-425 -Siege of Wundagore (1998) reading order -Silver Surfer (2010) -Uncanny Avengers (2015) #1-5 -Avengers (2016) #672-674 -Champions (2016) #12-15 -The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #16 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 Michael Moran, who has a bit of a convoluted publishing history, but is recently back in the saddle as Miracleman. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Marvelman (1954) Mick Anglo -Marvelman's Family Finest (2010 collection) -Young Marvelman Classic (2011 collection) -Miracleman (2014 reprint) Alan Moore -All-New Miracleman Annual (2014) #1 -Miracleman (2015 reprint) Neil Gaiman -Timeless (2021) #1 -Miracleman (2022) #0 -Miracleman (2022) -Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3 trailer -Dead Boy Detectives tv show announcement -Blue Beetle poster 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 Boston Brand, best known as Deadman, who was an acrobat but then he died and became a ghost who helps to fight crime by possessing people. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Deadman Collection (1960's-1980's) -Deadman (1985) -Deadman (1986) -Deadman: Love After Death (1989) -Deadman: Exorcism (1992) -Deadman (2001) -Deadman: Dead Again (2001) -Deadman (2006) -Blackest Night (2009) & Brightest Day (2010) reading orders -Justice League Dark (2011) -Secret Origins (2014) #6 -Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love (2016) -Trinity (2016) #12-15 -Deadman (2017) -Justice League Dark (2018) -Red Hood: Outlaws ep. 18 Opposite Day 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 Madame Xanadu, who has also been known as Nimue Inwudu. She's a psychic and a magic user who frequently helps people solve supernatural problems. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Doorway to Nightmare (1978) -DC Comics Presents (1978) #65 -The Spectre (1987) -Suicide Squad (1987) #8 -Hellblazer (1988): The Devil You Know (contains Annual #1) -The War of the Gods (1991) -The Spectre (1992) -Day of Vengeance (2005) -Countdown (2007) #50 -Madame Xanadu (2008) -Demon Knights (2011) -Justice League Dark (2011) -I, Vampire (2011) #6-8 -Trinity War (2013) reading order -The Demon: Hell is Earth (2017) -Justice League Dark (2018) -Hawkman (2018) #9-12 -Justice League (2018) #40-43, 72-74 -Sabretooth (2022) 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 Vic Sage, best known as The Question, a guy who covers his face with fake skin who has followed wildly differing philosophies over his iterations, but over all of them he does a lot of violence. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Watchmen (1986) -Blue Beetle (1986) #5-7 -The Question (1986) -L.A.W. Living Assault Weapons (1999) -Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood (2000) -The Question (2005) -52 (2006) -Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns (2010) -Justice League: Trinity War (2013) -New Suicide Squad (2014) -Convergence: The Question (2015) -The Question: Deaths of Vic Sage (2019) -Lois Lane (2019) #3-4 -Event Leviathan (2019) -Checkmate (2021) -Constantine: Distorted Illusions -The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special (2022) #1 -Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #17 textless cover -Fantastic Four (2022) #1 -Adversary by Blue Delliquanti Print, Digital -How to Break a Curse by Mapurl Kumoricon (currently unavailable) Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes an

Today we talk about The Spectre, who, despite starting as the ghost of Jim Corrigan, has been several different human men possessed by the spirit of (the christian god's) holy vengeance, as well as a pretty literal deus ex machina. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Golden Age Spectre Archives vol. 1 -Showcase Presents: The Spectre -All-Star Comics Archives Collections -The Spectre (1967) -Wrath of the Spectre (1974) -Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) reading order -The Spectre (1987) -The Spectre (1992) -Zero Hour (1994) reading order -Day of Judgment (1999) reading order -Legends of the DC Universe (1997) #33-36 -Day of Vengeance (2005) -Gotham Central (2002) #38 -Infinite Crisis (2005) #4 -Infinite Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre (2006) -Tales of the Unexpected (2006) -Final Crisis: Revelations (2008) -Blackest Night (2009) reading order -Brightest Day (2010) reading order -Justice League of America (2006) #54-59 -The Phantom Stranger (2012) #0, #5 -Gotham by Midnight (2014) -Detective Comics (2016) #