Connor and Rey - no strangers to comic hero podcasts - tackle the Grand Daddy of them all, Superman, in this podcast both for fans and newbies alike!
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The ultimate archive for the classic 1990s animated series, X-Men and Spider-Man! Join us, your jolly hosts Willie Simpson and Sonia Rapaport as we break down every episode of both animated shows along with all the X-Men and Spider-Man movies! The fun doesn't stop there so make sure to continue following along as we trek deeper into the history of Marvel animation with X-Men Evolution, Wolverine and the X-Men, Batman TAS and the long awaited X-Men 97! Along they way, we also have hearty disc ...
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Join comic book fans Jen Stansfield-Marek and Shawn Marek each week for WORST COLLECTION EVER. It's a comedy show where Jen and Shawn poke fun at their own collection of random comic books, most of which that they bought for a dollar or less. And, if you want to follow along, we will be reading books in sequential order as to track the lunacy in real time. Email the podcast and talk to the hosts at worstcollectionever@gmail.com!
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A universe where lovers of music, anime, philosophy, culture, gaming, and comedy reside. A spot where we can kick it... a place where we belong.
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Elliot S! Maggin reads his books. Starting with Miracle Monday, his 1981 bestselling novel that was released with the film Superman II, and with occasional guests, he reads sequential portions of each book until the story is done. Then he reads another one.
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Em and Autumn hang out every week and talk about Batman! Mostly we'll talk about The Animated Series, but we'll jump around to some movies and some comics and whatever catches our eye!
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Bringing you our geek culture perspective, in the strangest way possible! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/strange-in-the-membrane/support
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We are trying something very different out this week as we kick what will be an ongoing (most likely monthly) retrospective of SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES!! Be here this week for coverage on the first THREE (!) episodes of the series: THE LAST SON OF KRYPTON - Part 1 (Airdate: 9/6/96) THE LAST SON OF KRYPTON - Part 2 (Airdate: 9/6/96) THE LAST SO…
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Spider-Man and his pals meet Captain America, Shana, Dr. Strange and the Submariner for a mysterious weekend vacation on Wolf Island and all die one by one on the latest episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends! Join us as we discuss... Is Onlyfans the best forum to clear your professional reputation? (Also, some random thoughts on the Wizard …
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The X-Men play pool and drink hot chocolate while waiting for Emma Frost's MRI on a very moody episode of X-Men: Anime! Join us as we discuss... Succumbing to the wonders of the world of anime! The Xavier Institute is NOT the world's safest place for mutants! Neither is the Blackbird! Being confused by the English subtitles for the Japanese Script …
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Shadowpact #3 (2006) We’re almost there but Shadowpact is SUPER close to figuring out this Pentacle Plot and saving Wyoming. If only they can escape from their blood prisons with the help of David Lynch and his high standards for villainy. All this plus Detective Chimp getting his revenge, Blue Devil as Drew McIntyre and the Murder Hole in action! …
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Superman gets smacked around by a tennis ball that does not obey the laws of thermo-dynamics and Lois Lane tries to figure out how to write a story with mittens for hands on the latest episode of Superman TAS! Join us as we discuss... The latest X-Men 97 controversy, our growing love of anime and Sonia's hot takes on Superman III! Wait, this isn't …
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Shadowpact #2 (2006) Shadowpact is still stuck inside the blood bubble, running out of time as the Pentacle enacts its plans to throw innocent people into the MURDER HOLE. Can they save the town or will a psychotic child (?) in a Boy Scout uniform prove victorious? *** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:12:19 *** All this plus super-beings o…
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The great George Gross returns to help figure out if Richard Pryor is actually funny in Richard Lester's Superman III! Join us as we discuss... Would you blame this movie more on cocaine or alcohol? Superman being forced to ride a in a hot bus for hours with Jimmy Olsen! Is Superman Clark Kent or is Clark Kent Superman? Superman gets laid! The X-Me…
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Shadowpact #1 (2006) Shadowpact is a group of paranormal-flavored heroes investigating paranormal-flavored villains and calamities. I was going to make a sly comment and say they are “Justice League Dark with a recovering alcoholic monkey” but Detective Chimp kicks it both groups so I’ll just go kick rocks. Join us as a dome of blood envelopes a Wy…
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Firestar and Iceman use kid gloves to take on a creature made of bees (instead of melting or freezing him an instant) on the latest episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, so join us as we discuss... All our thoughts on the new Bruce Timm Batman Show, Batman: The Caped Crusader! All the horrifying moments our heroes face staring down this hi…
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Secret Defenders #17 (1994) We wrap our short duology of Deadpool stories as we cover the conclusion of his team-up with Doctor Druid, Luke Cage, Shadowoman and the hip new hero Cadaver. The Secret crew seeks to stop the maniacal Malachi from whizzing all over the time-stream just to resurrect her ambivalent lover. All this at the cost of turning k…
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The latest and greatest X-Men (adjacent) movie smashes the box office and forces us to pick up the pieces as we crawl through nearly every bloody scene! Join us as we discuss... Some quick thoughts on the new Dr. Doom! Why this movie is as much as sequel to Logan as it is to Deadpool 2! Just loving all surprise cameos, one in particular (close to o…
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Secret Defenders #16 (1994) It’s a new run of books as we prep for DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE with some early Deadpool content. Here, our favorite Merc with a Mouth joins up with the Secret Defenders - Doctor Strange’s (and eventually Doctor Druid’s) crew of randomly aligned heroes. In this case, it is Luke Cage (neat), Shadowoman (who?) and Doctor Druid…
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Emma Frost tries to convince the X-Men that she is now in fact "cool" while the X-Men continue to slaughter pre-deceased cyborgs on the latest episode X-Men Anime! Join us as we discuss... Why we want all Star Wars and Marvel TV shows to be episodic, not cinematic! Coming up with a good reason as to why the X-Men wear tight-fitting spandex! Cyclops…
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Daredevil #164 (1980) We’ve reached the end of this Daredevil “Marked For Death” storyline and it doesn’t appear that we’ve gotten anywhere. All we get here is a DD origin story - which is nice - but what does it have to do with him being targeted? Anyway, Daredevil shares his life story including tales about his school bully John Cena, how he beca…
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The Man of Steel is not as strong as he is supposed to be but the people of Metropolis love him anyway as we dive into another episode of the 90s classic, Superman TAS! Join us as we discuss... Watching so much Superman media to the point of confusion! Clark Kent, smooth and suave! Why Superman needs to pick more villains up by the pants! Fixating …
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It has been quite the hiatus but yours truly has returned. Travanti is here. It was needed. He was training in the hyperbolic time chamber to upgrade his NBA 2K Slider Attributes. Returning a far greater version of himself although still under extensive renovation... Bereft of fucks to give but with all of the love in the world in his heart. Simult…
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Daredevil #163 (1979) The Hulk rolls into town as we carry on with Daredevil not being so much “marked for death” as he is “marked for some really bad publicity” as Ben Urich closes in on his identity. Not only that, but DD has to deal with Bruce Banner spiking his fine china like a football, Foggy telling dirty jokes to priests and disco dudes swe…
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Sunfire falls in love Firestar after he sees her doing something extremely obscene with a meteor that is about to crash into NYC on the latest episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends! Join us as we discuss... Being utterly confused as to where the Spider-Friends base is located! Sunfire falling love with both Angelica and Firestar, and then i…
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EPISODE 120: Action Comics 3 Connor-El is joined by Adam to discuss issue 3 of the original action comics run, plus some chat about James Gunn's upcoming Superman film! SHOW NOTES: Adam Nam Ek DCAU Podcast Australian Superman Radio Show Fire burning since 1962 Tasmin Krypton Report The music for this episode contains excerpts from various songs and…
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Daredevil #161 (1979) Daredevil is STILL marked for death and but now he’s gonna do something about it. Bullseye has captured Black Widow and put a Real Doll of her on a rollercoaster track. DD has to avoid a descending restaurant, a knife-throwing Beyonder and a barrage of baseballs to get her back. *** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:14…
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The X-Men battle the U-Man in some sort of war of the extended "man-verse" on the latest episode X-Men Anime! Join us as we discuss... Star Wars TV and other anime about...golf(?)! Wondering if we'd be suckered into buying a Limited Edition "Cerebro" Phone brought to you by Samsung in the late 2020s! Why Wolverine punching Cyclops worked in X-Men T…
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Daredevil #160 (1979) We continue on with Daredevil and his “marked for death”-ness as now Black Widow enters the equation. Natasha and her Lionel Richie Daredevil bust are besieged by Bullseye and his hairbrush throwing skills. To get her back, Matt has to hit the streets, grab a towel from the Daily Bugle and do some ballet in a seedy establishme…
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Superman is everywhere this week from new movies to new cartoons and we talk about it all so join as we discuss... James Gunn Superman photo leaks, My Adventures With Superman being fantastic and the new Caped Crusader cartoon trailer! Pondering what we would do if we found an alien baby on the side of the road somewhere! Trying and failing to unde…
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Spider-Man and the gang tangle with their most fearsome foe yet, an old unemployed man who wants to paint NYC with rainbow polka-dots...also Dr. Doom...so join us as we discuss! Marvel's long history of being the cheapest company in the world! Some potentially scary body-horror moments for the kids watching at home! More casual racism, this time in…
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Daredevil #159 (1979) It’s been a minute since we’ve tackled Ol’ Hornhead so let’s check out the DAREDEVIL: MARKED FOR DEATH trade paperback! It is not a “proper” or “official” Daredevil storyline but it does share the same name as a pretty good Steven Segal movie, so that’s cool. Join us as we discuss Daredevil hitting some sick tricks with his bi…
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The X-Men travel to Japan in 2011 to rescue a mutant while their lavish hair blows dramatically through the wind in the world of X-Men Anime! Join us as we discuss... If X-Men 97 keeps bumping along throughout the 2000s, will it one day sort of merge with what see going on in this Warren Ellis version of X-Men Anime? Would Storm really take a cruis…
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Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #20 (1991) We have finally reached the end of the “Venom” storyline and it ends with a…meh? Join us as we discuss how Batman escapes a watery grave with a twin-size bed, a weight set and 80lbs of Cliff Bars. Also, we talk about Alfred’s sadly unrealized career as a voice-over artist and cast the DC Comics version …
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This week, the Man of Steel blasts off from his home planet of Krypton and into our animation rotation with Superman TAS! Join us as we discuss... Superman, underrated? We think so! Lara, Lois, Lana...what's going on here? Trying to figure out in real time if the periodic table of elements has Krypton or Kryptonite on it! Next week is X-Men: Anime.…
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Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #19 (1991) Batman has finally kicked the horse meat and is ready to take on the Professor and the General in Santa Prisca! It’s going to be wild though because juiced-up men in jumpsuits (Nailz?) are under hypnosis to murder the island inhabitants, pop their heads and disintegrate their necks. Batman and Alfred se…
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X-Men 97: Season 2 isn't coming for a million years so we decided to kill the time waiting by watching three different animated classics and we start with the hilarious Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends! Join us as we discuss... More Marvel cameos than you can fill a multiverse with! How this episode basically has the same plot of both Batman Begi…
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Schedule’s a little FUBAR this week but do not fear as we bring you some sweet, sweet content in the form of our thoughts on X-Men ’97 on Disney+ — HEAVY SPOILERS ON X-MEN ’97 JUST IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED IT YET — It’s primarily praise but we do try to hash out what Morph’s deal is this time around and how they are able to turn into superheroes…
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X-Men 97 is over and we're all left to ponder the great mysteries of the universe such as the deepest, darkest secrets of how we fell in love and what are guiltiest pleasures are! Also, lots of future X-Men movie speculation, our ideal favorite X-Men video games, X-Men 97 season 2 speculation and just exactly what we are gonna do with this podcast …
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Batman has been tasked with compromising Det. Gordon to a permanent end in order to get his next fix of Venom. He can’t do it though and decides to push a different older man to the ground instead. Concluding its time to get clean, Bats locks himself in the Batcave for a full month with no toiletries and possibly no toilet. Over in Santa Prisca, th…
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The X-Men TAS Podcast reaches another milestone as we complete another season of animated excellence...this time, we close a book on season one of X-Men 97, the most glorious cartoon experience of our lives, probably! The great Ben Martin joins us to discuss... Professor X, bad therapist extraordinaire, just barely gets the job done! Why we are pro…
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Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #17 (1991) Let’s keep going with the “Venom” storyline here as Batman spirals deeper and deeper into the acrimonious abyss of substance abuse and addiction. Bats is out in the streets — dressed like The Question for some reason — pummeling thugs for intel so hard he (and we) forget why he’s doing it. We also bear …
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To quote the dearly departed Gambit, "it don't get much better than this," does it? The great Adam Khan joins us to break down the penultimate Season One X-Men 97 episode, so join us as we discuss... Storm, just slaying the world every time she appears on screen! Just why did Cyclops put Wolverine on the Blue Team to face Magneto? Why you do not wa…
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EPISODE 119: Panic in the Sky Connor-El is joined by Rey-Zod and Dave from the Swamp to talk about Superman: Panic in the Sky, plus some chat about the upcoming James Gunn Superman film! SHOW NOTES: Panic in the SKy Rey's Podcasts Signal of Doom Adam Tasmin Krypton Report Dan Jurgens JLA volume 1 Superman the Movie Part One review Superman the Movi…
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Sorry for the delay but we were doing some house project and other fun things so we had to take an L this week. Next week we will be back with a new episode continuing BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT and the Venom storyline. See you then! Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter (X) @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the…
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A star studded episode of X-Men 97 streaks into our hearts as an all-time classic! The great Jeff Tepper joins us this to discuss... The pure Marvel goodness of the world the X-Men live in! Add Ace Ventura: Pet Detective to the required research for fully appreciating this episode! Wolverine stabs people...well, androids...or, android people, eithe…
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Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #16 (1991) We’ve got some Batman back in our lives as we jump into the “Venom” storyline that ran in issues of BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT in 1991. Venom, of course, being the drug that Bane uses t get swoll and also some guy who Spider-Man knows. Lots to unpack here as Bruce ask for permission to save a dr…
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Rogue sends Captain America on a fetch quest while the X-Men start losing their patience with the world on the latest episode of X-Men TAS! Join us as we discuss... Wondering when Wolverine is gonna get his insane, animated show-piece! Beast might have also had enough as well... Cyclops gearing up for another psychic affair! Bastian, the creepy 90s…
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The Savage Dragon [vol 1] #3 (1992) We complete our run on the Savage Dragon mini-series this week as Dragon returns from a six-day nap to brawl with Bedrock, Youngblood’s answer to Ben Grimm or Blok from Legion of Super-Heroes. Chicago is in even WORSE shape since Dragon’s been out as Skullface and the poorly dressed Overlord make threatening phon…
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X-Men TAS Podcast super fan (and friend) Brian Fusco fills in for Sonia this week as we dive into all things Shi'ar, Lilandra and Storm on the latest and greatest episode of X-Men 97! Join us as discuss... The Milky Way Ghetto! The greatest scene ever in the history of the character known as Storm! Professor X has no problem getting his mind wiped …
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The Savage Dragon [vol 1] #2 (1992) Carrying on with the saga of The Savage Dragon, we pick up the Dragon in the Chicago sewers looking for an obese spider man (as opposed to Spider-Man or Spider-Ham). Dragon’s been running ragged fighting crime and almost gets some companionship from his Daisy Dukes wearing neighbor gal. Unfortunately, Hellrazor a…
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Everything imaginable happens on the latest episode of X-Men 97 and we are left relatively speechless...but not too speechless so join us to discuss... Nightcrawler, just a perfect cartoon character! Why it's cool that the world knows who the X-Men are! Scott, Jean (and Madelyn) need a lot of therapy! Why we don't think anyone is really gone foreve…
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The Savage Dragon [vol 1] #1 (1992) We don’t get around to messing with too many Image Comics but Savage Dragon is a great place to start. Outlandish in story and execution, the mighty Erik Larsen gives us a lot to talk about. For example, why does Savage Dragon have so much body hair despite being a reptilian? Is he of Mediterranean descent? Will …
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Jubilee and Sunspot travel to the Mojoverse through a video game console and Storm slaps Forge in the face on the latest episode of X-Men 97 TAS! Join us as we discuss... A few brief, and broken words on the passing of comics legend Ed Piskor... Why the format of this episode reminds us of classic Marvel comics from the silver age! Feeling very ple…
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Marvel Team-Up #125 (1982) Spider-Man, ever the enterprising fellow, nabs a print endorsement deal for a fast food joint only for Tigra to show up and score the gig with her Charo impression (cuchi cuchi). Tigra then has a date with a beat cop that gets interrupted by Zabo the Diaper Bodyguard. Spider-Man tries to help and makes things worse. Addit…
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Marvel Team-Up #126 (1983) We wrap our run on Marvel Team-Up with a deliberately lazy issue featuring a random back-up story with Luke Cage and Hellstorm and a Spider-Man comic strip reprint featuring the Hulk In the first story, Luke and Damian find a dead body and follow the brimstone trail to a demon worshipping party for Satannish aka Kirkland …
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So it turns out X-Men 97 is a smash hit and we can barely believe that this is all happening so join us and discuss... Trying to square how some critics insist this show is great for being faithful to the original but also saying how the original is not that good?! Zeroing in on exactly what X-Men TAS always did great, taking complex and ridiculous…
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