Capes And Japes

Today we talk about Heather Douglas--Moondragon--who honed her telepathic abilities, made Namor fight Iron Man, fought Thanos, trained Hellcat, conquered a planet, killed her dad, and ran away with Rick Jones's wife, all while wearing very drastic outfits. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Iron Man (1968) #54 -Daredevil (1964) #105 -Defenders (1972) #138 -Captain Marvel (1968) #31 -Avengers (1963) #137 -Avengers (1963) #151 -Avengers (1963) #177 -Avengers (1963) #219 -Defenders (1972) #125 -Defenders (1972) #152 -Solo Avengers (1987) #16 -Quasar (1989) #11 -Captain Marvel (1995) #2 -Annihilation (2006) reading order -Annihilation: Conquest (2007) reading order -Guardians of the Galaxy (2008) #9 -Turning Red -Hilda and the Mountain King -The Batman -Dark Knights of Steel (2021) -Moondragon's troubling costume 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 Dr. Stephen Strange, who is a surgeon whose hubris messed up his hands and in his quest to be able to be a surgeon again he learned magic and became the new Sorcerer Supreme. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Strange Tales (1951) #110 -Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange -Doctor Strange (1968) -variant cover for Doctor Strange (2018) #18 (the ouija board one) -Marvel Feature (1971) #1 -Marvel Premiere (1972) #3 -Doctor Strange (1974) -Death of Doctor Strange (2021) -Peacemaker HBOmax -The Suicide Squad (2021) -Batman: Urban Legends -Batman: Killing Time (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 Jack Ryder, who moonlights as The Creeper, who despite looking and sounding like a derivative of the Joker, is a good guy! Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Creeper by Steve Ditko -Street Smarts - John Mulaney -The Brave and the Bold (1955) #80 -Detective Comics (1937) #447 (the one with the lions) -Detective Comics (1937) #418 -Secret Origins (1986) #18 -Eclipso: The Darkness Within (1992) reading order -Eclipso (1992) -The Creeper (1997) -Batman and the Outsiders Special (2009) #1 -The Creeper (2006) -Justice League International (1987) #5 -Reign in Hell (2008) -Katana (2013) #3 -Justice League Dark (2013) #23.1 -Deathstroke (2016) #11 -Red Hood and the Outlaws (2016) #18 -Doomsday Clock (2017) -Peacemaker - HBO -Robins (2021) -Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jiménez new Batman team 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 Peacemaker, a guy (well, several guys) who loves peace so much he's willing to fight and/or kill for it. We mostly discuss Christopher Smith, but there are a couple other guys who show up. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -HBO Peacemaker -Peacemaker (1987) -Peacemaker is never without weapons -Checkmate (1987) #15 (& Janus Directive reading order) -Vigilante (1983) #36 -Eclipso (1992) -Justice League America (1987) #90 -L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons) (1999) -Infinite Crisis (2005) #7 -Blue Beetle (2006) -Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape #2 -Suicide Squad (2021) -The Suicide Squad (2021 movie) -Doomsday Clock (2017) #9 -Inferior 5 (2019) -Peacemaker: Disturbing the Peace (2022) -Peacemaker opening credits -Vampire Blood Drive by Mira Ong Chua -Nightwing (2016) #89; preview 1/2, 2/2 -Batman: The Knight (2022) -Tom King's Danger Street 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

Today we talk about Ralph and Sue Dibny, an extremely married couple who solve mysteries together, and also Ralph Dibny is the Elongated Man, and nothing bad happens to them as long as you stop reading comics before 2004. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Flash (1959) #112 -Could One-Punch Man beat Superman? Whatever is funnier -The Flash (1959) #119 -Showcase Presents: Elongated Man (early Flash appearances, Detective Comics features) -Justice League Quarterly (1990) #6 -Justice League of America (1960) #51 -Justice League of America (1960) #105 -Justice League International (1987) #24 -Justice League Europe (1989) -Formerly Known as the Justice League (2003) -Identity Crisis (2004) -52 (2006) -Batman and the Outsiders (2007) #5 -Blue Beetle (2006) #16 -Secret Six (2014) -Detective Comics (2016) #1000 -Event Leviathan (2019) -DCU Halloween Special (2008) #1 -Moon Knight trailer -Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness trailer -Article on Dark Crisis; Cover preview -drawing on Tom Cruise -

Today we talk about Klarion the Witch Boy, a terrible magic teen who, along with his cat familiar Teekl, is a nuisance to Etrigan the Demon, Young Justice, and pretty much everyone he comes across. He's pretty lonely, actually. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Demon (1972) -Young Justice: Sins of Youth (2000) -Young Justice (1998) #20 -Seven Soldiers (2005) -Countdown (2007) #33 -Justice League of America (2006) #46 -Robin (1993) #157 -Batgirl (2009) #18 -Klarion (2014) -Teen Titans: Future's End (2014) #1 -Young Justice (cartoon) -Love Everlasting #1 -preview of Jurassic League 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 Etrigan the Demon, who is, unsurprisingly, a demon. He's just a chaotic guy who got intrinsically linked with a human man named Jason Blood who can now summon him with a fun spooky poem. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Demon (1972) -The Demon (1990) -"you cannot kill me in a way that matters" -Klarion the Witch Boy appearance -Blood of the Demon (2005) -Blackest Night: Batman (2009) #1, #2, #3 -Demon Knights (2011) -Stormwatch (2011) #13 -Batman: Damned (2018) -Superman & Robin Special (2022) #1 -Love Everlasting -Real Hero Shit by Kendra Wells 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 Betty Brant, a woman who has been a love interest, a secretary, and a reporter, and her husband Ned Leeds who has been a reporter and Hobgoblin, and the absolute buckwild stuff that comics has done with them. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #4 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #18 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #238 -Spider-Man Versus Wolverine (1987) #1 -Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives (1997) -The Clone Conspiracy (2016) reading order -The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #15 -Web of Spider-Man (1985) #40 -The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #67 -Superman and Robin Special (2022) #1 -HBOmax Peacemaker -Ben Reilly Spider-Man (2022) 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 Silvija Sablinova, best known as Silver Sable, who is a mercenary who leads Wild Pack, sometimes helps Spider-Man, and once faked her death to hunt her enemies from the shadows. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #265 -Silver Sable & the Wild Pack (1992) -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #279 -Web of Spider-Man (1985) #50 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #320 -Shadowland: Blood on the Streets (2010) #1 -Heroes for Hire (1997) #10 -Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #684 -Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #687 -The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #25 -Sable & Fortune (2006) -Sable's described dress and some other looks -Batgirl costume 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 Mary Jane Watson, who has arguably been one of the most important characters in Spider-Man for several decades as Peter Parker's sometimes-girlfriend, sometimes-wife, sometimes-deal-with-the-deviled-ex-wife. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Mary Jane's first "appearance" in The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #25 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #42 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #121 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #291 -Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964) #21 -Spider-Man: The Clone Saga (1994) -Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #13 -Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #29 -Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #50 -Civil War (2006) reading order -Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #538 -Spider-Man: One More Day (2007) reading order -Spider-Man: One Moment in Time (2010) -Spider-Man: Dying Wish (2012) -Superior Spider-Man (2013) #1 & #2 -Invincible Iron Man (2015) #4 -The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) -The Amazing Mary Jane (2019) -The Wild Card -Marvel X-Men vote (closes Jan 13, 2022) -Dylan O'Brien as Nightwing rumors

Today we talk about Flint Marko, or William Baker, but mostly Sandman, seeing as he's a man made of sand. Some times he fights Spider-Man, and sometimes he helps Spider-Man, and sometimes he just turns into a pile of sand on the beach. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #4 -Sandman 1981 cartoon - The Sandman is Coming -Fantastic Four (1961) #36 -Incredible Hulk (1962) #113 -Marvel Team-Up (1972) #1 -Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #86 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #280 -Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #169 -Silver Sable & the Wild Pack (1992) #1 -Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #22 -Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #615 -Spongebob - Dying for Pie -Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (2017) #308 -Superman & Robin Special (2022) #1 -Dark Knights of Steel (2021) #3 -Valkyrie's new suit in Thor 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 webs

Today we talk about a man who has been called many things over the eons--Morpheus, Dream, The Sandman. He's an incredibly powerful entity but also kind of just a guy who looks kinda goth. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Golden Age Sandman -The Sandman by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon (1940's-1970's) -The Sandman (1989) -Sandman reading order -Tis the Season to be Freezin' (2021) -The Batman 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 Lucas Carr, introduced and best known as Snapper, a cool teen who became an honorary member of the Justice League, betrayed them, got kidnapped into space, got superpowers, joined a superhero team, lost his powers, joined an evil organization.... Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Brave and the Bold (1955) #28 -Justice League of America (1960) #77 -Justice League of America (1960) #114 -Justice League of America (1960) #149 -JLA: Year One (1998) -Invasion! (1989) reading order -Hourman (1999) #20 -Young Justice (1998) #38 -52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen (2007) #3 -Final Crisis: Resist (2008) -Dial H for Hero (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 mostly talk about Dan Richards and Mark Shaw in this roundup of the rest of the Manhunters (NOT the robots, though some of them were recruited by the robots) who are not Kate Spencer, Paul Kirk, or a version of Paul Kirk. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -All-Star Squadron (1981) #31 -Millennium (1988) reading order -Manhunter (2004) #7 -1st Issue Special (1975) #5 -Manhunter (1988) -Justice League of America (1960) #149 -Suicide Squad (1987) #8 -Eclipso (1992) #11 -Manhunter (2004) #28 -Event Leviathan (2019) #6 -Zero Hour (1994) #4 -Manhunter (1994) #0 (the rest of the series doesn't look to be officially digitized) -Manhunter (2004) #10 -Blue and Gold (2021) #4 -Nightwing 2021 Annual -Wayne Family Adventures webtoon 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 Paul Kirk, and also Paul Kirk, and Paul Kirk, and Paul Kirk.... there's a lot of this guy, and only partly because of all his clones, but he's been known through his many incarnations as Manhunter. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -All-Star Squadron (1981) #31 -Manhunter Detective Comics backups (1973) -Millennium (1988) reading order -The Human Target (2021) #2 -Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer -Hawkeye 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 Kate Spencer, one of many vigilantes to call themselves Manhunter. She's been a lawyer, a vigilante, a member of the Birds of Prey, and a lawyer for superheroes, all while raising her son. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Manhunter (2004) -Birds of Prey (1999) #100 -Batman: Streets of Gotham (2009) -Justice Society of America (2007) #47 -Green Arrow (2016) #33 -The Human Target (2021) #2 -Hawkeye 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 Quire, whose X-Men codename is Kid Omega, but everyone just calls him Quentin. He's an extremely powerful telepath, telekinetic, and disaster. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -New X-Men (2001) #134 -X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong (2005) -Nation X (2009) #2 -X-Men: Schism (2011) #1 -Wolverine and the X-Men (2011) -Wolverine and the X-Men (2014) -Generation X (2017) -Mighty Thor (2015) #18 -West Coast Avengers (2018) -X-Force (2019) -2015 Taliesin Jaffe -Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #5 -Robins (2021) #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 Joshua Foley, also known as Elixir, who went from hating mutants to discovering he was one, and from a natural healer to a guy who can kill and resurrect a man repeatedly in the name of revenge. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -New Mutants (2003) -New X-Men (2004) -X-Force (2008) -Uncanny X-Men (2016) #2 -Uncanny X-Men Annual (2016) #1 -House of X/Powers of X (2019) -Robins (2021) #1 -Robin & Batman (2021) #1 -The Human Target (2021) #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 the Stepford Cuckoos, a group of psychically linked sisters, also known as The Five-In-One or The Three-In-One depending on if Sophie and Esme are alive or not! Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Stepford Wives -The Midwich Cuckoos -New X-Men (2001) #118 -New X-Men (2004) -X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong (2005) -X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong (2006) -Nation X (2009) #4 -Chaos War: X-Men (2010) -X-23 (2018) -Hellfire Gala outfit from Marauders #21 -second Hellfire Gala outfit from Maurauders #22 -Something is Killing the Children and House of Slaughter -A Thing Called Truth -The Human Target (2021) -Dark Knights of Steel (2021) 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 X-Men, which is a bit of a daunting task because you could have an entire podcast dedicated to talking about the X-Men because there's so much that happens, but! Here is an overview, if you will. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -X-Men/Uncanny X-Men (1963) -Giant-Size X-Men (1975) #1 -Dark Phoenix Saga (1980) event -Days of Future Past (1981) event -God Loves, Man Kills (extended cut) -New Mutants (1982) -X-Factor (1986) -Excalibur (1988) -Alpha Flight (1983) -X-Force (1991) -Age of Apocalypse (1995) event -X-Cutioner's Song (1992) event -X-Tinction Agenda (1991) event -Generation X (1994) -X-Men (1991) -New X-Men (2001) -Astonishing X-Men (2004) -House of M (2005) -Messiah CompleX (2007) event -Messiah War (2009) event -Second Coming (2010) event -Schism (2011) event -Avengers VS X-Men (2012) event -All-New X-Men (2012) -Death of Wolverine (2014) -House of X/Powers of X (2019) -X-Men (2019) -X-Men (2021) -Marauders (2019) -Excalibur (2019) -Hellfire Gala (2021) event -Trial o