Capes And Japes

Today we talk about Felicia Hardy, best known as Black Cat, who is a burglar who has at any given time the powers of a burglar, bad luck powers, and/or cat powers. She's also at any given time the friend, girlfriend, and/or enemy of Spider-Man. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #194 -Spider-Man/Black Cat: Evil That Men Do -Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #75 -Heroes for Hire (2006) -Claws (2006) -The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) -Amazing Spider-Man: Venom Inc 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 Cindy Moon, best known as Silk. Turns out she was bitten by the same radioactive (and magic??) spider that Peter Parker was, except nobody knew about her because she was locked in an underground bunker for 7 years to hide from a guy trying to eat her! Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Being replaced with a malfunctioning robot and then getting blown up and they have a whole funeral for the robot before revealing that it was in fact a robot. -Amazing Spider-Man (2014) -Silk (2017) -War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas (2019) -Agents of Atlas (2019) -Silk 2020??? -Justice League International (1987) 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 Crisis on Infinite Earths, a 1985 DC Comics crossover event that reshaped the whole DC universe. Or, well, turned its multiverse into a universe. It's... a lot. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Crisis on Infinite Earths reading order -Crisis on Infinite Earths on DC Universe -The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015) -The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015b) -Justice League International (1987) 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 Colleen Wing (who has no superhero name), a martial artist, swordswoman, and private detective who is frequently involved with Misty Knight and the Heroes for Hire. She also leads a small group of the organization The Hand for a while. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Okay, so we did go off on a whole thing about how much Colleen is super white passing, but YES there are a few iterations where she isn't!! There should be more of those. (For example her first appearance (below) was drawn by Larry Hama!) -Marvel Premiere (1972) #19 -Iron Fist (1975) #1 -Power-Man and Iron Fist (1978) -Daughters of the Dragon (2006) -Heroes for Hire (2010) -Shadowland (2010) -Shadowland: Daughters of the Shadow (2010) -Crisis on Infinite Earths (dcuniverse) -Infinity, Inc. -The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal -Strange Adventures (2020) 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 an

Today we talk about Mercedes "Misty" Knight, who doesn't really have a super-powered name but she DOES have detective experience, a proficiency in hand-to-hand combat, and a cool metal arm that she uses to fight crime. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Netflix's Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Defenders -Marvel Premiere (1972) #20 -Marvel Team-Up (1972) #1 -A bit about Misty Knight & Blacksploitation -Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu (1974) #32 -Marvel Team-Up (1972) #64 -Y'all should get gay-married -Shadowland (2010) -Heroes for Hire (2010) -Fearless Defenders (2013) -Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost -Tales of the Green Lantern Corps (1981) -Legends (1986) -Green Lantern Corps (1986) -Justice League International (1987) vol 1 -The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal 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 some more notable Green Lanterns such as Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz, as well as a run-down of the other colors of power rings in the Green Lantern mythos! Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Green Lantern (2011) #13 (Simon Baz) -Justice League (2011) #31 (Jessica Cruz) -Green Lantern: Emerald Knights -Blackest Night (2009) -Guy Gardner Star Sapphire (well, and Red Lantern) -Dark Knights: Death Metal #1 -Lords of Empyre: Emperor Hulkling #1 -Humble Book Bundle: Be the Change 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 Guy Gardner, a Green Lantern who is the Shitkicker of the DCU, Warrior, and a Red Lantern. He loses his ring in a bet, learns he has some alien shapeshifter DNA, and gets punched by Batman really hard in the face. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -TikTok witches hexing the moon -Green Lantern (1960) #59 -Booster Gold (2007) #2 -Spongebob flying ice cream truck -Justice League International (1987) -Guy Gardner: Warrior (1992) -Green Lantern Corps (2006): Blackest Night -Green Lantern: War of the Green Lanterns -Red Lanterns (2011) #21 (new 52) -Humble Book Bundle: Be The Change 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 Kyle Rayner, a Green Lantern who despite being a pretty cool dude has a LOT of bad things happen to the women around him, and also he's kind of like the Avatar of the Lanterns in that he masters all seven colors of rings. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Green Lantern: Emerald Twlight/New Dawn -Women In Refrigerators -Green Lantern: Circle of Fire -Infinite Crisis -this means nothing vis-a-vis our naruto debate -Green Lantern (2011) (New 52) -Humble Book Bundle: Be The Change 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 fourth Green Lantern, John Stewart. He was an architect before becoming a Green Lantern (until he was retconned into a Marine veteran) and all of his ring projections are fully-functioning with every single part, even though he doesn't have to do that. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Justice League Cartoon -Green Lantern (1960) #87 -Green Lantern (1960) #182 -Cosmic Odyssey (1988) -it was all yellow -Green Lantern: Mosaic -Justice League - Scott Snyder -Is'Nana the Were-Spider from Webway Comics 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 Hal Jordan, a test pilot who had the highest willpower the closest to where a Green Lantern died, and so he then became (arguably the most well-known) Green Lantern. Some weird stuff happened in the 1990's, and he was Spectre for a while, but he's mostly just a Space Cop. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Showcase Presents: Green Lantern vol. 1 -Showcase Presents: Green Lantern vol. 5 -The Final Night (1996) -Day of Judgement (1999) -Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004) -Justice League: War (trailer) -Dark Knights: Death Metal (2020) #1 -Being Anti-Racist -BlackoutDay2020 (July 7) -General Strike 2020 (July 4-7) 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 Pietro Maximoff, who can think and go very fast and this makes him incredibly impatient! He loves his twin sister Wanda and hates his dad Magneto. Once he did some messed up things and blamed it on a Skrull even though it was him. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -X-Men (1963) #4 -Avengers (1963) #16 -Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #12 -Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1982) #4 -West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) #1 -House of M -Black Lives Matter Punisher Skull Shirts 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 Wanda Maximoff, better known as the Scarlet Witch, who is an extremely powerful mutant who has... some problems with agency, namely that comics don't let her have it very often. She also is able to rewrite reality! Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -X-Men (1963) #4 -Avengers (1963) #16 -For Once In His Life He Says Nothing -Avengers Disassembled -Original Sins (2014) #5 (No, MORE mutants) -The two panels where it's revealed that Clint Barton had sex with a doombot -Your Black Friend and Other Strangers -Valiant Comics twitter thread of free comics -Donate to the National Lawyers Guild! 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 a man who goes by many names, mostly Erik Lehnsherr and Magneto, who is a mutant with electromagnetic powers, a Holocaust survivor, and an antagonist to the X-Men. Is he a villain? Well, it's complicated. Hey! You might have noticed that last week we didn't release an episode to support #TheShowMustPause, and you might have also noticed that our Twitter page has been retweeting Anti-Racism resources. If you haven't, and you don't agree with the Black Lives Matter movement, I want you to stop listening to this podcast right now and only come back once you've taken active steps to combat racism in your life and your community. This whole paragraph is a link to some things that can help with that. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Quentin Quire's Magneto was right shirt -X-Men (1963) #1 -Secret Wars (1984) -House of M (2005) -Secret Wars (2015) -there's plenty of lists of Black comics artists and writers and books, but here's one -and here's another! -Gail Simone even mad

Today we talk about Jean Grey, who has most notably gone by Marvel Girl, Phoenix, and Dark Phoenix, although there's some fun stuff with "How much of this was Jean Grey and how much of it was the Phoenix Force?" because one of the symptoms of Women In Comics Disease is a lack of agency! Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -X-Men (1963) #1 -X-Men (1963) #101 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #129 -X-Factor (1986) #1 -All-New X-Men (2012) -House of X (2019) -Jeeves and Wooster 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 Scott Summers, best known as Cyclops, who is one of the original members of the X-Men and he has portals in his eyes to a universe full of concussive force that can only be stopped by some special ruby quartz glasses! Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -X-Men (1963) #1 -X-Factor (1986) #1 -I meant "no, MORE mutants" from Original Sins #5 -Article about the possible resolution of the Scott/Jean/Logan love triangle -All-New X-Men (2012) -Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2015B) #37 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 Al Simmons, better known as Spawn, who is an assassin who went to hell, became a hellspawn, went back to Earth, and then became a superhero using his hell powers. There's... a lot that happens. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man -Spawn (1992) -Ok, look, Todd named his demon after the 8th circle of hell, so i guess this is just like naming your kid after a city/country/etc -Mammon, is in FACT, an actual demon -This isn't really a piece of media but hello it's Elian and i just gotta say i did say Paul when i was trying to name the apostles of Jesus and there is no apostle named Paul, i was thinking of Peter, sorry about that -King Shark -Spawn (1997) trailer -Todd McFarlane's Spawn -Korn - Freak on a Leash -Kiss Number 8 -Olivia's newest Pod of Greed appearance 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 three characters who have held the Goldstar mantle: Trixie Collins (Booster Gold's personal assistant), Michelle Carter (Booster Gold's twin sister), and Ernest Widdle (basically a superman parody who argues with Lobo, no relation to Booster). Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Booster Gold (1986) -Booster Gold (2007) -Lobo (1993) -Adventures of the Super Sons (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 Lobo, who is an alien who looks like he could be a member of Kiss, and mostly just goes around causing chaos because he wants to. Basically he is to Wolverine what Deadpool is to Deathstroke! Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Omega Men (1983) #3 -Justice League International (1987) -Lobo (1990) -Lobo (1993) -Lobo (2014) -Nailed It! 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 Amanda Waller, who has led the Suicide Squad, Checkmate, and the Secret Six. She is an extremely competent morally grey woman who is not here to be liked, she's here to get stuff done. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Legends (1986) -Suicide Squad (1987) -Checkmate (1987) -Superman/Batman (2003) #44 -Suicide Squad (2011) -Suicide Squad (2016) -Check, Please! Graphic Novels -Marvel Powers of a Girl 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 Amethyst, the Princess of Gemworld, who is a human (or homo magi) girl who discovers she's can go to Gemworld where she has magic powers and is also an adult woman (except now she's the same age both places). Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld (1983) -Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld (1983) (TRADE) -Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld (1985) -Sword of Sorcery (2012) -Justice League Dark (2018) -Young Justice (2019) -Amethyst (2020) -DC Nation Shorts: Amethyst Princess of Gemworld -Check Please! (graphic novels) -Check Please! (webcomic) 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.