Capes And Japes

Today we talk about The Phantom Stranger, who has many possible identities and backstories, but he's been cursed, somehow, to walk the Earth and cryptically help solve problems without getting fully involved. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Phantom Stranger Omnibus -The Phantom Stranger (1969) -Justice League of America (1960) #103 -The Brave and the Bold (1955) #89 -Secret Origins (1986) #10 -The Phantom Stranger (1987) -The Books of Magic (1990) -Vertigo Visions: The Phantom Stranger (1993) #1 -Day of Vengeance (2005) -Blackest Night (2010): Phantom Stranger -The Phantom Stranger (2012) -Wonder Woman (2016) #758 -Swamp Thing (2019 TV Show) 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 Bizarro, who is usually a failed clone of Superman who always says and does the opposite of what he means. He's made his own Bizarro World, been a nuisance to multiple heroes, and joined Red Hood's Outlaws. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Superman in the Fifties (Includes Action Comics (1938) #254-255) -Showcase Presents: Superman vol. 2 (Includes Action Comics (1938) #263-264 and Superman (1939) #140) -Superman: Tales of Bizarro World (Adventure Comics (1938) #285-299 features) -Superman (1939) #305-306 -DC Comics Presents (1978) #97 -Superman (1986) #88 -Superman: Emperor Joker -Superman: Escape from Bizarro World -Forever Evil (2013) -Red Hood and the Outlaws (2016) -DC's Terrors Through Time (2022) #1 -Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania trailer 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 Starro, a big starfish-shaped creature from outer space who keeps trying to take over Earth. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Brave and the Bold (1955) #28 -Justice League of America (1960) #189-190 -JLA (1996) #22-23 -Teen Titans (2003) #51-54 -Booster Gold (2007) #14-15 -R.E.B.E.L.S. (2009) -Justice League: No Justice (2018) -Justice League (2018) #10 -Justice League (2018) #29 -Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands -Werewolf by Night on Disney+ 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 Quentin Beck, best known as Mysterio, who is a guy with a lot of skills that make him very good at gaslighting Spider-Man, and Daredevil that one time. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #13 -Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #1 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #24 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #66-67 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #141-142 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #198-199 -Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #50-51 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #311 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #335-339 -Daredevil: Guardian Devil (1999) -Spider-Man/Black Cat: Evil That Men Do (2002) -Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2005) #11-13 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #618-620 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #659-660 -Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider (2017) #9-14, 25 -Dead Man Logan (2018) #1-5 -The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #24-25 -The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #70-71, 74 -Sinister War (2021) #1 -Red Hood: Outlaws webtoon -Batman: Wayne Family Adventures webto

Today we talk about Eclipso, who has gone from a scientist who accidentally became evil for a bit, to a manifestation of the Wrath of Christian God, to a powerful being from Gem World. He possesses people with black diamonds and anger. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -House of Secrets (1956) #61-80 -Eclipso: The Darkness Within (1992) reading order -Eclipso (1992) -Spectre (1992) #14-18 -JSA (1999) #46-52, 56-58, 73-75 -Action Comics (1938) #826, Adventures of Superman (1987) #639, Superman (1986) #216 -Day of Vengeance (2005) -52 (2006) #27 -Blue Beetle (2006) #16 -Countdown to Mystery (2007) -Brightest Day (2010) #7 -Justice League of America (2006) #54-59 -Team 7 (2012) #1-4 -Sword of Sorcery (2012) #6-9 -Justice League Dark (2011) #23.2 -Justice League vs. Suicide Squad (2016) #4-6 -Justice League Dark (2018) #15-19 -The Flash (2016) #775-779 -Black Panther, Wakanda Forever trailer Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to th

Today we talk about Abigail Brand, the morally-grey half-unknown alien-half-human mutant pyrokinetic commander of S.W.O.R.D. who is truly a woman of many mysteries. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Astonishing X-Men (2004) -Secret Invasion (2008) -Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? (2008) #1 -S.W.O.R.D. (2009) -Spider-Woman (2009) #1 -Uncanny X-Men (2011) #1 -Avengers vs X-Men: Consequences (2012) #4 -X-Men: Legacy (2012) #19-#24 -Guardians of the Galaxy (2015) #8 -Captain Marvel (2016) -The Mighty Captain Marvel (2017) -Captain Marvel (2019) #10 -X-Force (2019) #11 -Empyre: Aftermath Avengers (2020) #1 -S.W.O.R.D. (2020) -New Mutants (2019) #30 -Cable (2020) -Dead Boy Detectives (2014) -ShortBox Comics Fair 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 the Bloodstone family, started by Ulysses Bloodstone who was an immortal monster hunter until he died and was succeeded by his daughter Elsa, who found her lost brother Cullen in another dimension, and then they discovered their sister Lyra! Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Marvel Presents (1975) #1-#2 -Bloodstone (2001) -Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloodstone & the Monster Hunters (2005) -Nextwave (2006) -Astonishing Tales: Boom Boom & Elsa Bloodstone (2009) #1 -Legion of Monsters (2011) -Avengers Arena (2012) -Avengers Undercover (2014) -Marvel Zombies (2015) -Monsters Unleashed! (2017) -Doctor Strange: Damnation (2018) -Excalibur (2019) #8 -Death of Doctor Strange: Bloodstone (2022) #1 -Batman vs. Robin (2022) #1 -Tales of the Human Target (2022) #1 -Dark Knights of Steel: Tales from the Three Kingdoms (2022) #1 -Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patr

Today we talk about Ted Sallis, most commonly known as Man-Thing, who accidentally super soldier serum-ed himself into becoming a magic swamp creature. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Song for Ted Sallis by The Mountain Goats -Savage Tales (1971) #1 -Adventure into Fear (1970) #10 -Man-Thing (1974) -Giant-Size Man-Thing (1974) -Man-Thing (1979) -Infernal Man Thing (2012) -Man-Thing (2017) -R.L. Stine Man-Thing (2017) panels -Curse of the Man-Thing (2021) -Briar's diagram on Discord -Batman (2016) #127 -Cable (2020) -Everything Marvel announced at D23 (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 Rac Shade, a guy who originally came to Earth to clear his name in his own dimension but was turned into a poet tasked with astral projecting to Earth to discover a cure to a problem on his own plant. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Steve Ditko Omnibus starring Shade the Changing Man -Suicide Squad (1987) #16 -Shade the Changing Man (1990) -Hellblazer (1988) #268 -Flashpoint (2011)/Flashpoint: Secret Seven (2011) -Justice League Dark (2011) -Shade the Changing Girl (2016) -Shade the Changing Woman (2018) -Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) #4 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 Perry White, who is (and has been for a while) the Editor of the Metropolis newspaper The Daily Planet, and also Clark Kent's boss. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Adventures of Superman (1940) Episode 2 radio show -Superman (1939) #7 -World's Finest Comics (1941) #80 -Superman (1939) #233 -The Man of Steel (1986) -World of Metropolis (1988) #1 -Adventures of Superman (1987) #470 -Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #38 -Superman (1986) #131 -Bruce just thinks running a newspaper would be fun! -Perry is too good a journalist... -Superman: Birthright (2003) #4 -Final Crisis (2008) #2 -Superman: Secret Origin (2009) #3 -Superman (2011) #1 -Doomsday Clock (2017) #5 -Clark reveals his identity to Perry -Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen's Boss Perry White (2022) #1 -Red Hood: Outlaws -Waller vs. Wildstorm 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 all the people and combinations of people that have made up the nuclear powered (but fire-themed) superhero Firestorm, but mostly Ronnie Raymond, Martin Stein, and Jason Rusch. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (1978) -The Fury of Firestorm (1982) -JLA (1996) #69 -Identity Crisis (2004) -Firestorm (2004) -Infinite Crisis (2005) -52 (2006) -Justice League of America (2006) #32 -Blackest Night (2010) -Brightest Day (2011) -The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men (2011) -Legends of Tomorrow Anthology (2016) -Doomsday Clock (2017) -X of Swords -She-Hulk: Attorney at Law 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 the Red Tornado, who is an android who has 1) had the memories of Ma Hunkel the golden age Red Tornado, 2) been possessed by the spirit of a sentient tornado from Rann, 3) been transformed, briefly, into a human man. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Justice League of America (1960) #64 -Red Tornado (1985) -Crisis on Infinite Earths reading order -Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (1982) #90-93 -Young Justice (1998) -52 (2006) -Justice League of America (2006) -Red Tornado (2009) -Dark Nights: Metal (2017) -Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) -Young Justice cartoon -specific Supergirl image (but honestly it doesn't look As Bad in motion) -The Hunt on webtoon -Avialae on webtoon -Batman (2016) #126 -Detective Comics #1062 -Love Everlasting #1 -Dark Crisis: Young Justice (2022) #2 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 Alec Holland, who was Swamp Thing for a long time, and a few other Swamp Things including his daughter, who is kind of his wife and John Constantine's daughter? Things get weird when you're made of plants. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Swamp Thing (1982 film) -The Return of Swamp Thing (1989 film) -Swamp Thing (2019 series trailer) -House of Secrets (1956) #92 -Swamp Thing (1972) -Challengers of the Unknown (1958) #82-87 -Swamp Thing (1982) -Swamp Thing (2000) -Swamp Thing (2004) -Brightest Day (2010) #23-24 -Swamp Thing (2011) -Convergence: Swamp Thing (2015) -Swamp Thing (2016) -Swamp Thing: New Roots (2020) -Swamp Thing: Green Hell (2021) #1 -The Swamp Thing (2021) -Batman (1989 film) -New Mutants (2019) -Inferno (2021) -Betsy Braddock/Rachel Summers kiss -The Sandman (2022 tv series) 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 Bernhard "Buddy" Baker, best known as Animal Man, who is a wife guy, an animal lover, and sometimes an avatar of the energy field that connects every animal on earth. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Strange Adventures (1950) #180 -Action Comics (1938) #552 -DC Comics Presents (1978) #77 -Crisis on Infinite Earths (1988) reading order -Animal Man (1988) -Buddy turning into a leech in Injustice #18 panel 1 panel 2 (briar originally said limpet and meant lamprey but turns out it's a leech!) -Justice League International (1987) #24 -Justice League Europe (1989) -JLA (1996) #27 -Infinite Crisis (2005) reading order -52 (2006) -Countdown to Adventure (2007) -Justice League (2006) #24 -Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009) -The Last Days of Animal Man (2009) -Starman/Congorilla (2011) #1 -Justice League of America (2006) #54-59 -Animal Man (2011) -Dark Nights: Death Metal Robin King (2020) #1 -Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #5 -Robin (2021) #15 pride variant -The Secret X-Men (2022

Today we continue to talk about Hawk and Dove, with more focus on the Hawks. This episode is mostly about Hank Hall because he... made some Choices, but we also discuss Holly Granger and mention the 1997 Hawk and Dove duo Sasha Martens and Wiley Wolverton. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Showcase #75, Hawk and Dove (1968) 1-6, Teen Titans #21 -Teen Titans (1966) #25 -Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #12 -Teen Titans Spotlight (1986) #7 -Hawk and Dove (1988) -Hawk and Dove (1989) -Secret Origins #43 -Armageddon 2001 (1991) reading order -Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! (1994) -Impulse: Bart Saves the Universe (1999) -JSA (1999) #45 -Teen Titans (2003) #22 -Blackest Night (2009) #2 -Blackest Night: Titans (2009) -Brightest Day (2010) #4 -Birds of Prey (2010) -Hawk and Dove (2011) -Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #5 -Zatanna & the Ripper -Batman: Wayne Family Adventures -Lore Olympus -Strange Adventures (2020) -The Omega Men (2015) -Multiversity: Teen Justice (2022) #1 -DC Pride: Tim Drake Special #1

Today we talk about the superheroes Hawk and Dove, with the main focus on the Dove half of the duo, Don Hall who was succeeded by Dawn Granger. It doesn't get confusing at all in an audio medium. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Showcase #75, Hawk and Dove (1968) 1-6, Teen Titans #21 -Teen Titans (1966) #25 -Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #12 -Hawk and Dove (1988) -Hawk and Dove (1989) -Secret Origins #43 -JSA (1999) #45 -Teen Titans (2003) #22 -Blackest Night (2009) #2 -Blackest Night: Titans (2009) -Brightest Day (2010) #4 -Birds of Prey (2010) -Hawk and Dove (2011) -Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #5 -Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League - Superman (2022) -Justice League Unlimited: For the Man who Has Everything short clip -Dark Crisis (2022) #2 -Dark Crisis: Young Justice (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 Amara Aquilla, known in X-Men circles as Magma, who has a... very weird introduction to the New Mutants, and a questionable dating history. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -New Mutants (1983) -New Warriors (1990) #31 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #423 -New Mutants (2003) -X-Treme X-Men (2001) #34 -X-Men: The 198 (2006) -Young X-Men (2008) -New Mutants (2009) -X-Necrosha (2009) #1 -X-Men: Gold (2017) -House of X (2019) #6 -Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) -Marvel's Voices: Pride (2022) -Marvel's Voices: Comunidades (2021) -Batman (2016) #125 -Public Domain #1 -The Variants (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're doing something a little different due to scheduling issues, please enjoy this patreon-bonus-episode-made-public in lieu of a new episode, we'll return to our regular schedule next week! From Patreon: We do a throwback movie review in honor of the Thor: Love and Thunder teaser trailer! We only get distracted a little. 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 Samuel Guthrie, the New Mutant known as Cannonball, who is nigh indestructible when he's blastin', and has been on many X-teams and the Avengers, died a couple of times, came back, and became a Wife Guy. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Marvel Graphic Novel (1982) #4 -New Mutants (1983) -X-Force (1991) -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #323 -X-Men (1991) #48 -New X-Men (2001) #128 -X-Treme X-Men (2001) #24 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #444 -X-Men (2004) #188 -Young X-Men (2008) -Secret Invasion: X-Men (2008) -Astonishing Tales (2009) -New Mutants (2009) -X-Men: Second Coming -X-Men: Hellbound (2010) -X-Men Legacy (2008) #260.1 -Wolverine and the X-Men (2011) #9 -Avengers (2012) -Avengers World (2014) -U.S.Avengers (2017) -Avengers (2016) #675 -Uncanny X-Men (2018) -Extermination (2018) -X-Force (2018) -New Mutants (2019) -Marvel Voices: Pride (2022) -House of X/Powers of X -Strange Adventures (2020) -Marvel's Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show! Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Sup

Today we talk about Warlock, a techno-organic alien who is technically a mutant because he doesn't want to kill his dad and he loves his friends. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -New Mutants (1983) #18 -New Mutants Special Edition (1985) #1/X-Men Annual (1970) #9 -X-Factor (1986) #62 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #313 -Excalibur (1988) #77 -Nova (2007) #11 -Annihilation: Conquest (2007) #6 -New Mutants (2009) #6 -New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018) -Uncanny X-Men (2018) #18 -House of X (2019)/Powers of X (2019) -New Mutants (2019) -Excalibur (2019) #14 -Inferno (2021) #3-4 -Legion of X (2022) #1 -DC Pride (2022) -Multiversity: Teen Justice (2022) #1 -DC Pride: Tim Drake Special #1 -Poison Ivy (2022) #1 -Immortal X-Men (2022) -Dark Crisis (2022) #1 -Midnight Suns announcement -Love Unlimited preview 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.