Capes and Japes

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!

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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.

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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).

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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!

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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.

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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).

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Today we talk about Adam Strange, an archaeologist who was kidnapped from Earth accidentally by aliens who then give him technology to help save their planet, which he does, and ends up beaming back and forth from Earth to space in some convoluted ways.

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Today we talk about Hercules, the Prince of Power, who is Marvel's version of the Greek demi-god. He's on the Avengers, the Champions, and a team called the God Squad, and he's also really good friends with Thor when he's not being tricked into being on TV by other Greek gods.

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Today we talk about Robert Bruce Banner, who mostly goes by Bruce unless Stan Lee forgets his own character's name, but he also goes by a lot of Hulk aliases because WOW this guy just can't stop absorbing radiation.

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Today we talk about Amadeus Cho: a genius-level teen who hangs out with superheroes before replacing Hercules as the Prince of Power to save him, replacing Bruce Banner as Hulk to save him, and then settling into his own newfound identity of Brawn.

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