Capes And Japes

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.

Today we talk about Doug Ramsey, also known as Cypher, a character who went from doubting the usefulness of his powerset to being the literal voice of the sentient island that the vast majority of mutants live on. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -New Mutants (1983) #13 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #313 -New Mutants (2009) #6 -X-Force (2008) #27 -All-New X-Factor (2014) -Hunt for Wolverine: Weapon Lost (2018) -House of X (2019)/Powers of X (2019) -New Mutants (2019) -Excalibur (2019) #14 -Sabretooth (2022) #1 -Inferno (2021) #3-4 -DC Pride (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 Xi'an Coy Manh, sometimes written as Shan, and known in X-Men circles as Karma. She's telepathically controlled people (including Spider-Man), been telepathically controlled, joined, quit, and joined the New Mutants, and pretty recently she got to kiss a cute girl. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Marvel Team-Up (1972) #100 -The New Mutants Marvel Graphic Novel (1982) -New Mutants (1983) -New Mutants Special Edition (1985) #1 -Wolverine (1988) #4 -Wolverine (1988) #28) -New Mutants: Truth or Death (1997) -Mekanix (2001) -New Mutants (2003) -New Mutants (2009) -Astonishing X-Men (2004) #48 -New Mutants: Dead Souls (2018) -New Mutants (2019) -War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men (2019) -Marvel's Voices: Pride (2021) -New Mutants (2019) #27 pride variant -Pride Month Humble Bundle -Marvel's Voices: Pride (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 Rahne Sinclair, also known as Wolfsbane because her mutant powers make her have all the powers of a werewolf with none of the full moon conditions. She's full of Catholic Guilt and Queer Subtext but she's only one of those canonically (so far)!! Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The New Mutants Marvel Graphic Novel (1982) -New Mutants (1983) -X-Factor (1986) #72 -Excalibur (1998) #90 -New Mutants (2003) -X-Factor (2005) -X-Force (2008) -X-Men: Blue (2017) #7 -Uncanny X-Men (2018) #12 -New Mutants (2019) -CW Gotham Knights trailer -Blue Beetle set photo 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 Dani Moonstar, who is also known as Mirage in X-Men circles, who was in the New Mutants for a long time until she bonded with a flying horse and became a Valkyrie for a while. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The New Mutants Marvel Graphic Novel (1982) -New Mutants (1983) -X-Force (1991) -New Mutants: Truth or Death (1997) -New Mutants (2003) -New X-Men (2004) -New Mutants (2009) -Fearless Defenders (2013) -New Mutants (2019) -War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men (2019) -King in Black: Return of the Valkyries (2021) -Marvel's Voices: Heritage (2022) #1 -New Mutants movie -She-Hulk trailer -Eisner Award Nominations 2022 -Batman: The Knight (2021) #5 / the specific panels 1, 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 Jade Nguyen, best known as Cheshire. She's a morally grey assassin who poisons people by scratching them and honestly we love her for it. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The New Teen Titans (1980) Annual #2 -Showcase '95 #8 (Arsenal story starts on page 20) -The New Teen Titans (1984) -Action Comics (1938) #618 -Deathstroke (1991) #19 -Birds of Prey: The Ravens (1998) #1 -Arsenal (1998) -The Titans (1999) -Birds of Prey (1999) #62 -Secret Six (2006) -Secret Six (2008) -Titans: Villains For Hire Special #1 -Titans (2008) #24 -Red Hood and the Outlaws (2011) #20 -Titans (2016) #20 -Catwoman (2018) #33 -DC Festival of Heroes (2021) -Teen Titans (2003 cartoon) S5 E11: Calling All Titans -Young Justice (cartoon) S1 E6: Infiltrator -needlessly sexualized Jade -Marvel Voices: Pride (2022) #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 Bonnie King and her daughter Cissie King-Jones, who have both been forced to take up archery by their mothers and held the moniker Arrowette, though Green Arrow made Bonnie give up superheroics. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -hairpin arrow -Impulse (1995) #28 -Young Justice (1998) -Young Justice Secret Files (1998) #1 -Teen Titans (2003) #7 -Wonder Girl (2007) -Young Justice (2019) #14 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 second Speedy, Mia Dearden, who became Green Arrow's sidekick by being saved and then looking at Oliver Queen like "you're Green Arrow, let me be your sidekick" which is a very good way to become a teen sidekick. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Green Arrow (2011) -Teen Titans (2003) #21 -Green Arrow and Black Canary (2007) -Justice League: Cry for Justice (2009) -Green Arrow (2011) #36 -Green Arrow (2011) #18 (Emiko) -Green Arrow (2016) #15 (Emiko) -Justice League (2018) #75 -Dark Knights of Steel (2021) #6 -Knights of X (2022) #1 -X-Corp (2021) #1 -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 Connor Hawke, the second Green Arrow and Oliver Queen's son, who grew up with his mother and then at a monastery before being thrust into the superhero shenanigans of his dad. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Green Arrow (1994) #0 -Zero Hour reading order -Robin (1993) #25 -JLA (1996) -Green Langern (1990) #96 -Green Lantern (1990) #110 -Green Arrow (2001) -Batgirl (2000) #30 -Birds of Prey (1998) #44 -Connor Hawke: Dragons Blood (2007) -Green Arrow/Black Canary (2007) -DC Festival of Heroes (2021) -Robin (2021) -Shot and Chaser -Real Hero Shit -Blue Beetle: Graduation Day announced -Robins (2021) #6 -Nightwing (2016) #91 -Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) #2 -Ska No Children 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 Patrick O'Brian, who typically goes by Eel, best known as Plastic Man, and how he got his cool stretchy powers through the power of comedy (and also a vat of chemicals). Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Plastic Man archives -Plastic Man (1988) -JLA (1997) -The Kingdom (1999) -Plastic Man (2004) -Blackest Night (2009) -Justice League (2011) #25 -Dark Days: The Forge (2017) #1 -The Terrifics (2018) -Plastic Man (2018) -Thor: Love and Thunder teaser -Squirrel Girl podcast -Connor Hawke asexual -Tom King Superman one-shot tie-in article -Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #10 -The Batman (2022) now on HBO Max 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 Eric Cross Brooks who is absolutely best known by Blade, the Vampire Slayer, the Daywalker, and for a little bit... Ronin? Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Tomb of Dracula (1972) #10 -Doctor Strange (1974) #59 -Nightstalkers (1992) -Blade the Vampire Hunter (1994) #1 -Blade (1998) -Blade: Sins of the Father (1998) #1 -Blade 1998 movie trailer -Blade: Vampire Hunter (1999) -Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #7 -Blade (2006) -X-Men (2010) -Mighty Avengers (2013) #4 -Avengers (2018) -Nimona news! -Nimona (graphic novel) -X-Men Red (2022) #1 -Marauders (2022) #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 Michael Morbius, the Living Vampire, who (like many others) experimented on himself and (unlike many others) accidentally turned himself into a vampire. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #101 -Marvel Team-Up (1972) #3 -Vampire Tales (1973) -Adventure into Fear (1970) #20 -Rise of the Midnight Suns (1992) -Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #38 -Savage She-Hulk (1980) #9 -Punisher (2009) #11 -Morbius (2019) -Are DC Black Label books in Continuity? -Round Robin 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 Namor McKenzie, who we recently found out has a canon last name, since he's best known simply as Namor or the Sub-Mariner. He's Atlantean royalty, sometimes a hero, sometimes a villain, but always a dick. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Marvel Comics (1939) #1 -Marvel Mystery Comics (1939) #3 -Sub-Mariner Comics (1941) -Invaders (1977) -Invaders (2019) -Avengers/Invaders (2008) #10 -Rise of the Black Panther (2018) -Fantastic Four (1961) #4 -Sub-Mariner (1968) -X-Men (1963) #6 -Marvel Feature (1971) #1 -Defenders (1972) #1 -Avengers (1963) #262 -Namor the Sub-Mariner (1990) -Heroes for Hire (1997) #1 -Namor (2003) -New Avengers: Illuminati (2006) #1 -New Avengers (2013) #23 -Namor: The First Mutant (2010) -Utopia (2009) reading order -Avengers vs X-Men (2012) -Atlantis Attacks (2020) -King in Black: Namor (2020) -King in Black reading order -Chip Zdarsky substack: Image Founders and Bubble Butts -Human Target (2021) #6 -Guy Gardner wielding the Red Lantern and Star Sapphire ri

Today we talk about Adam Warlock, who has a LOT going on, including being created in a lab, healing cocoons, the soul stone, and splitting himself into three people. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Fantastic Four (1961) #66 -Thor (1966) #165 -Incredible Hulk Annual (1976) #6 -Marvel Premiere (1972) #1 -(Power of) Warlock (1972) -Strange Tales (1951) #178 -Avengers Annual (1967) #7 -Marvel Two-in-One Annual (1976) #2 -Infinity Gauntlet (1991) -Warlock and the Infinity Watch (1992) -Infinity Countdown: Adam Warlock (2018) -Annihilation: Conquest (2007) -Guardians of the Galaxy (2008) -Thanos: The Infinity Revelation (2014), Infinity Relativity (2015), Infinity Finale (2016), Infinity Entity (2016) -All-New Guardians of the Galaxy (2017) #150 -Infinity Wars (2018) reading order -Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) #1 -Nightwing (2016) #90 -Batman: Dark Victory (1999) -Lifeblood: Hades Fan Anthology -DC Pride 2022 Lineup -Knights of X (2022) -Ms. Marvel trailer -Gail Simone's Jessica Jones announc