Capes On the Couch - Where Comics Get Counseling

We're the best at what we do, and what we do is analyze WOLVERINE! Doc & Anthony break down James "Logan" Howlett and his relationships. Plus Doc sings Peter Cetera and Anthony goes Tough Mudder on Kitty Pryde. Listen now!

SHOW NOTES:

• Introduction

• Background (8:18)

  • Created by Roy Thomas, Len Wein, and John Romita Sr. (drawn by Herb Trimpe) in The Incredible Hulk #180/181 (Oct./Nov. 1974)

  • Originally simply an agent of the Canadian government known as Weapon X tasked with taking down the Hulk (originally, "moving is the thing I do best")

  • Then introduced as member of new X-Men team in 1975's Giant-Size X-Men #1 – becomes attracted to Jean Grey, Cyclops' girlfriend

  • Later meets Lady Mariko Yashida in Japan, and falls in love with her – shortly thereafter has to evade Alpha Flight, division of Canadian government Department H who have to bring him in

  • Becomes engaged to Mariko, but has to break it off because Mariko's family is connected to yakuza

  • Takes Kitty Pryde under his wing, and he becomes a foster father of sorts to her

  • Has his adamantium claws forcibly removed by Magneto in the "Fatal Attractions" storyline – reveals his claws are originally bone, and this severely damages his healing factor

  • Gets kidnapped and driven insane by Genesis' attempt to re-bond adamantium to his skeleton – successfully re-bonded by Apocalypse, although turned into Horseman Death for a time

  • Origin told in 2002 – born James Howlett, son of a plantation owner in the late 1800s in Canada – after seeing his father killed by the groundskeeper Thomas Logan, James' claws appear for the first time and he kills Logan (later implied to be Wolverine's father) – goes on the run with an orphan girl named Rose, who gives him the name Logan – accidentally kills Rose too while fighting his half-brother Dog

  • Later discover that he fought alongside Captain America in WWII

  • X-23 is revealed as a female clone/"daughter"

  • Joins New Avengers in 2005

  • House of M – Logan is one of the few mutants who remembers the way the world was before Wanda changed things, and is instrumental in using Layla Miller to turn things back

  • Discovers he has a son Daken, who he has a difficult relationship with

  • Schism – Deals with fight between Cyclops and Logan over the path of the X-Men, Logan leaves and starts a new school – Jean Grey School – as headmaster

  • Sides with Avengers during the AvX storyline – wants to take Hope Summers into custody to protect her from Phoenix Force

  • Later joins Avengers Unity Squad

  • Death of Wolverine – dies as a result of his healing factor being shut off from a virus – dies by suffocating in adamantium

  • Resurrected in comics – still unsure how

• Issues (25:17)

  • Sense of honor vs his pragmatism

  • Uncertainty over history for so long left him lonely & alone (35:14)

  • Unable to find lasting relationship – Jean & Mariko (41:40)

  • Relationship with children is difficult – Daken & Laura vs. Kitty (53:55)

  • Battles with Cyclops over Jean & direction of team (59:40)

• Treatment (66:24)

  • In-universe

  • Out of universe

• Skit (77:18)

• Ending

References:

• "I Go to Extremes" by Billy Joel - Anthony - 14:35
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back - Anthony - 24:29
• "Family Matters" - Doc - 44:30
• Wedding Crashers - Anthony - 48:06
• "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera - Doc - 48:52
• Sean Corvelle - Anthony - 56:45

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It's our Halloween episode all about the Green Goblin, Norman Osborn. Then again, Anthony would rather be in Kamchatka than celebrate Halloween, but he managed anyway. Listen now!

SHOW NOTES:

• Introduction

• Background (10:56)

  • Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July 1964)

  • Head of Oscorp, a chemical company – discovered a secret formula created by his former business partner Mendell Stromm – attempted to recreate it, but it exploded in his face, driving him insane

  • He decided to become a crime boss in NYC, and chose Spider-Man as his nemesis – unsuccessful in several attempts to defeat him

  • Learns that Spider-Man is Peter Parker, a classmate of his son Harry, and attacks him – in the ensuing battle, Norman gets hit with electrical wires, giving him amnesia – Peter destroys the costume and uses this opportunity to start again

  • Norman regains his memories and kidnaps Gwen Stacy – during the rescue attempt, Gwen dies, and Peter, driven by rage, nearly beats Norman to death, but he is impaled by his own glider

  • Goblin formula gives him healing factor, so he breaks out of morgue – went to Europe to be with his illegitimate children he fathered with Gwen Stacy before he killed her (ugh)

  • Orchestrates Clone Saga (ugh again)

  • Returns to public eye and control of Oscorp – buys the Bugle and proceeds to torment Jameson, Ben Urich, and Peter Parker – uses a stand-in as the Goblin for a period

  • Joined a cult, the Gathering of Five – received "gift" of Insanity, and defeated by Spider-Man again

  • Went after Jessica Jones after she helped reveal that Osborn was the Goblin again – he was defeated this time by Luke Cage

  • Masterminded a plan while in prison to go after Spider-Man, and created a team of villains, but was countered by SHIELD and other heroes

  • Civil War – Osborn put in charge of Thunderbolts, a team of reformed villains who have to bring in unregistered heroes – uses them to go after Spider-Man

  • Secret Invasion – kills the Skrull queen Veranke, and uses this to gain control of HAMMER – creates Dark Avengers, until that falls apart

  • Seige – Osborn (under the influence of Loki) attacks Asgard (floating over Oklahoma) – manipulates Sentry into his lackey, except Sentry turns into Void, who destroys Asgard – Osborn driven mad by this

  • Becomes Goblin King – builds army to attack Superior Spider-Man, but is defeated by Peter Parker (after given control of his body back by Otto)

  • Later steals Carnage symbiote and becomes Red Goblin – defeated by Spider-Man once again, and driven insane so that he believes that Spider-Man was Norman Osborn and he was Cletus Kasady

• Issues (23:47)

  • Early on, treats Peter Parker as surrogate son and distances himself from Harry

  • Insanity caused by Goblin formula – driven to constantly attack Spider-Man – Dissociative identity disorder

  • How does he keep getting positions of authority even with his history?

• Treatment (48:02)

  • In-universe

  • Out of universe

• Skit (57:15)

• Ending

REFERENCES:

• Robot Chicken - "What a twist!" - Doc/Anthony - 11:52
• Jessica Jones episode - Doc - 17:31
• South Park - Towelie - Anthony - 44:33
• The Lego Movie - "Everything is Awesome" - Anthony - 45:14
• Risk - Anthony - 51:34

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Third time's a charm - we finally get around to analyzing Ra's al Ghul! Anthony & Doc discuss the value of legacy, reference Hamilton for a second week in a row, and Ra's turns into Grampa Simpson on the couch. Listen now!

SHOW NOTES:

• Introduction
• Background
  • Created by Julius Schwartz, Dennis O'Neill, and Neal Adams in Batman #232 (June 1971)
  • Name translates from Arabic to "the Demon's Head" or "Head of the Ghoul"
  • Born 600 years ago in the Arabian peninsula to a tribe of nomads - became a doctor who discovered Lazarus Pits which physically rejuvenate the user, but take a mental toll
  • Over centuries, he becomes a genius and capable fighter, but comes to hate humanity because of their destruction of the environment - becomes an eco-terrorist whose goal is to eliminate much of the world's population through a virus
  • Deduces Batman's secret identity and determines he is the most suitable heir to his empire, so he creates a trap to kidnap Robin and test Bruce
  • Daughter Talia was also used as part of the trap - she falls in love with Bruce, and he reciprocates her feelings - they have on-again/off-again relationship that culminates in the birth of a son, Damian
  • Ra's is integral part of the Tower of Babel story, where he discovers Batman's contingency plans for Justice League and uses them with stunning efficiency - steals corpses of Thomas & Martha Wayne to keep Bruce distracted
  • Death and the Maidens - pits daughter vs. daughter - he manipulates Talia and another daughter, Nyssa, into turning on Batman - Nyssa stabs Ra's and Batman cremates the body
  • Resurrection - Ra's spirit wants to return to a physical body and plans to use grandson Damian - his father, the Sensei, dies fighting Batman, so he wants the body of another son, the White Ghost, Dusan - Ra's succeeds, but Dusan dies - Batman battles Ra's, and has him imprisoned in Arkham
  • New 52 - head of the League of Assassins, and plans to create super-humans inside the bodies of sperm whales - steals the body of Damian Wayne to use for his own nefarious purposes, but Batman recovers his son's corpse
• Issues (14:07)
  • Insanity as a result of Lazarus Pits
  • Betrayal of everyone he's ever worked with has left him alone (22:34)
  • Nostalgia bias (30:55)
• Treatment (35:26)
  • In-universe
  • Out of universe
• Skit (43:00)
• Ending

References:

• "Finally, the Rock has come back..." - Anthony - 0:35
• Batman - "Where does he get those wonderful toys?" - Anthony - 6:31
• Geek History Lesson - Anthony - 14:02
• Energizer Bunny - Anthony - 16:54
• "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" - Anthony - 34:58
• Hamilton - "The World Was Wide Enough" - Doc - 42:34
• Hamilton - "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" - Anthony - 42:44

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Third time's a charm - we finally get around to analyzing Ra's al Ghul! Anthony & Doc discuss the value of legacy, reference Hamilton for a second week in a row, and Ra's turns into Grampa Simpson on the couch. Listen now!

SHOW NOTES:

• Introduction
• Background
  • Created by Julius Schwartz, Dennis O'Neill, and Neal Adams in Batman #232 (June 1971)
  • Name translates from Arabic to "the Demon's Head" or "Head of the Ghoul"
  • Born 600 years ago in the Arabian peninsula to a tribe of nomads - became a doctor who discovered Lazarus Pits which physically rejuvenate the user, but take a mental toll
  • Over centuries, he becomes a genius and capable fighter, but comes to hate humanity because of their destruction of the environment - becomes an eco-terrorist whose goal is to eliminate much of the world's population through a virus
  • Deduces Batman's secret identity and determines he is the most suitable heir to his empire, so he creates a trap to kidnap Robin and test Bruce
  • Daughter Talia was also used as part of the trap - she falls in love with Bruce, and he reciprocates her feelings - they have on-again/off-again relationship that culminates in the birth of a son, Damian
  • Ra's is integral part of the Tower of Babel story, where he discovers Batman's contingency plans for Justice League and uses them with stunning efficiency - steals corpses of Thomas & Martha Wayne to keep Bruce distracted
  • Death and the Maidens - pits daughter vs. daughter - he manipulates Talia and another daughter, Nyssa, into turning on Batman - Nyssa stabs Ra's and Batman cremates the body
  • Resurrection - Ra's spirit wants to return to a physical body and plans to use grandson Damian - his father, the Sensei, dies fighting Batman, so he wants the body of another son, the White Ghost, Dusan - Ra's succeeds, but Dusan dies - Batman battles Ra's, and has him imprisoned in Arkham
  • New 52 - head of the League of Assassins, and plans to create super-humans inside the bodies of sperm whales - steals the body of Damian Wayne to use for his own nefarious purposes, but Batman recovers his son's corpse
• Issues (14:07)
  • Insanity as a result of Lazarus Pits
  • Betrayal of everyone he's ever worked with has left him alone (22:34)
  • Nostalgia bias (30:55)
• Treatment (35:26)
  • In-universe
  • Out of universe
• Skit (43:00)
• Ending

References:

• "Finally, the Rock has come back..." - Anthony - 0:35
• Batman - "Where does he get those wonderful toys?" - Anthony - 6:31
• Geek History Lesson - Anthony - 14:02
• Energizer Bunny - Anthony - 16:54
• "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" - Anthony - 34:58
• Hamilton - "The World Was Wide Enough" - Doc - 42:34
• Hamilton - "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" - Anthony - 42:44

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Patron Matt wanted it, so we give it to you - VANDAL SAVAGE! Just as Supergirl returns, Anthony & Doc Issues cover DC's immortal powermonger. They also sing Hamilton and talk about their upcoming crossover episode with Popcorn Psychology! Listen now!

SHOW NOTES:

• Introduction
• Background (11:25)
  • Created by Alfred Bester & Martin Nodell in Green Lantern #10 (December 1943)
  • Originally a Cro-Magnon named Vandar Adg who lived in approximately 50,000 BC, he was bathed in the radiation of a meteorite, which gave him intelligence and immortality
  • Claims to have been several people throughout the ages: Khafre, Cheops, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, Blackbeard, Vlad the Impaler, Jack the Ripper
    • Served as adviser to Erik the Red, William the Conqueror, Napoleon, Otto von Bismarck, and Adolf Hitler
  • Once tried to capture the Justice Society and place them in suspended animation, but was stopped by Jay Garrick and Barry Allen working together
  • Formed a villainous group called Tartarus to battle the Teen Titans - included Gorilla Grodd, Siren, Lady Vic, and others
  • Captured by authorities and sent to Salvation, a hellish planet that was a training ground for parademons of Apokolips - managed to survive long enough to escape back to Earth
  • Final Crisis - followers of Cain attack Savage with the Spear of Destiny, branding him with the Mark of Cain - battles the Spectre, and allies with Ra's al Ghul to defeat group trying to track down the meteor that made Savage immortal
  • New 52 - used a meteorite to kill his chieftain in 47,000 BC
    • Fought alongside Knights Templar
    • Met Copernicus and killed him because he would not help him search for more asteroids
    • Allied with Nazis to use their technology to drive into a meteorite
  • Rebirth - rescued from prison by Secret Society and became their leader
  • Manages to take away Superman's powers, and nearly defeats him, but his attempt to kill Superman backfires and rejuvenates him, and Superman wins
• Issues (20:10)
  • Matt - You have all the money in the world, why conquer? Why not just sit back and let the money work for you?
  • Exclusivity & proximity to power (28:29)
  • All the patience in the world, yet frustrating on his scale/timeline (37:35)
• Treatment (42:42)
  • In-universe
  • Out of universe (46:51)
• Skit (55:06)
• Ending

References:

• Popcorn Psychology - Anthony - 3:30
• Scarface - "Don't get high on your own supply" - Anthony - 5:39
• "Ten Crack Commandments" by Notorious B.I.G. - Anthony - 5:41
• "C.R.E.A.M." by Wu-Tang Clan - Anthony - 20:55
• FreeCiv - Anthony - 21:34
• Hamilton - "The Room Where It Happens" - Anthony & Doc Issues - 29:15
• Mean Girls - "You can't sit with us!" - Anthony - 29:53
• "We Gonna Take U Back/Don't Leave" by Blackstreet - Anthony & Doc - 43:16

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Patron Matt wanted it, so we give it to you - VANDAL SAVAGE! Just as Supergirl returns, Anthony & Doc Issues cover DC's immortal powermonger. They also sing Hamilton and talk about their upcoming crossover episode with Popcorn Psychology! Listen now!

SHOW NOTES:

• Introduction
• Background (11:25)
  • Created by Alfred Bester & Martin Nodell in Green Lantern #10 (December 1943)
  • Originally a Cro-Magnon named Vandar Adg who lived in approximately 50,000 BC, he was bathed in the radiation of a meteorite, which gave him intelligence and immortality
  • Claims to have been several people throughout the ages: Khafre, Cheops, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, Blackbeard, Vlad the Impaler, Jack the Ripper
    • Served as adviser to Erik the Red, William the Conqueror, Napoleon, Otto von Bismarck, and Adolf Hitler
  • Once tried to capture the Justice Society and place them in suspended animation, but was stopped by Jay Garrick and Barry Allen working together
  • Formed a villainous group called Tartarus to battle the Teen Titans - included Gorilla Grodd, Siren, Lady Vic, and others
  • Captured by authorities and sent to Salvation, a hellish planet that was a training ground for parademons of Apokolips - managed to survive long enough to escape back to Earth
  • Final Crisis - followers of Cain attack Savage with the Spear of Destiny, branding him with the Mark of Cain - battles the Spectre, and allies with Ra's al Ghul to defeat group trying to track down the meteor that made Savage immortal
  • New 52 - used a meteorite to kill his chieftain in 47,000 BC
    • Fought alongside Knights Templar
    • Met Copernicus and killed him because he would not help him search for more asteroids
    • Allied with Nazis to use their technology to drive into a meteorite
  • Rebirth - rescued from prison by Secret Society and became their leader
  • Manages to take away Superman's powers, and nearly defeats him, but his attempt to kill Superman backfires and rejuvenates him, and Superman wins
• Issues (20:10)
  • Matt - You have all the money in the world, why conquer? Why not just sit back and let the money work for you?
  • Exclusivity & proximity to power (28:29)
  • All the patience in the world, yet frustrating on his scale/timeline (37:35)
• Treatment (42:42)
  • In-universe
  • Out of universe (46:51)
• Skit (55:06)
• Ending

References:

• Popcorn Psychology - Anthony - 3:30
• Scarface - "Don't get high on your own supply" - Anthony - 5:39
• "Ten Crack Commandments" by Notorious B.I.G. - Anthony - 5:41
• "C.R.E.A.M." by Wu-Tang Clan - Anthony - 20:55
• FreeCiv - Anthony - 21:34
• Hamilton - "The Room Where It Happens" - Anthony & Doc Issues - 29:15
• Mean Girls - "You can't sit with us!" - Anthony - 29:53
• "We Gonna Take U Back/Don't Leave" by Blackstreet - Anthony & Doc - 43:16

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Just in time for the Supergirl premiere, President-level Patron Brian selected HANK HENSHAW! Learn how this pastiche of Reed Richards became a fully fleshed out character AFTER he lost all his flesh!

SHOW NOTES:

• Introduction
• Background
  • Created by Dan Jurgens in Adventures of Superman #465 (May 1990)
  • Originally a parody of the Fantastic Four, he, his wife, and two other members of a space shuttle encounter cosmic radiation - Hank suffers no effects initially other than white hair, but his body eventually decays - he transfers his consciousness to a computer
  • He appears to his wife in a robot body, and she jumps out a window
  • He then transfers his body to Superman's birthing matrix to journey into space
  • Comes to believe that Superman was responsible for the shuttle accident, and vows vengeance
  • After Superman's death, Hank creates a cyborg body and claims to be Superman reborn, in order to destroy his reputation - manages to convince Lois he really is Clark due to vague memories from the birthing matrix
  • Defeats the Eradicator, another Superman claimant, and Coast City is destroyed in the aftermath - Cyborg claims Eradicator was responsible
  • Plans to destroy Metropolis with a warhead, but is stopped by Steel, Supergirl, and the resurrected Superman - attacks Eradicator with a blast of kryptonite radiation, which passes through Eradicator to Superman, and restores his powers
  • Superman punches a hole through Cyborg's body and kills him
  • Later on, we discover Hank had transferred his consciousness to a device on Doomsday, who is floating in space - Hank's mind takes over an Apokolips fighter and creates a new body to take over the planet - is defeated by Darkseid's Omega Beams
  • He gets captured into a small orb, which Darkseid releases him from if he promises to never return to Apokolips
  • Helps a Tribunal capture several Kryptonians, including Superman - he turns on the Tribunal, and is punished by being sent to an event horizon
  • Later is revealed to be in charge of Manhunters, which he has upgraded with Kryptonian technology
  • His head is taken to Sinestro, and serves the Anti-Monitor so he can later die and rest in peace
  • Most of his body is destroyed by the Green Lanterns, but he is resurrected by the Manhunters and is not happy about it
  • Helps Ganthet save the Green Lanterns, because he wants to use the information to make himself mortal again
  • His consciousness ends up merged with Boodikka until she fights a resurrected Doomsday, and he creates another body - his nanotech merges with the damaged Doomsday to become Cyborg Doomsday - Doomsday removes Henshaw from his body, and his consciousness is captured by STAR Labs
  • New 52 - soft reboot of character - Hank is only survivor of a 10 year journey on board a space shuttle, but has no memory of the trip - thanks to Mxyzptlk, he remembers the pre-New 52 mindset of Cyborg Superman, and begins recruiting Superman villains to battle the Man of Steel
• Issues (18:44)
  • Brian - "Why does Hank hate Superman so much?"
  • Has a death wish that cannot be fulfilled because he's an inorganic consciousness (25:05)
• Treatment (30:33)
  • In-universe
  • Out-of-universe
• Skit
• Ending

References:

• Max Landis' "Death and Return of Superman" video - Anthony - 9:00
• Steel - Anthony - 11:23
• Justice League - Superman's "World of Cardboard" speech - Dr. Issues - 24:09
• Office Space - "Today is the worst part of my life" - Anthony - 27:28

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Just in time for the Supergirl premiere, President-level Patron Brian selected HANK HENSHAW! Learn how this pastiche of Reed Richards became a fully fleshed out character AFTER he lost all his flesh!

SHOW NOTES:

• Introduction
• Background
  • Created by Dan Jurgens in Adventures of Superman #465 (May 1990)
  • Originally a parody of the Fantastic Four, he, his wife, and two other members of a space shuttle encounter cosmic radiation - Hank suffers no effects initially other than white hair, but his body eventually decays - he transfers his consciousness to a computer
  • He appears to his wife in a robot body, and she jumps out a window
  • He then transfers his body to Superman's birthing matrix to journey into space
  • Comes to believe that Superman was responsible for the shuttle accident, and vows vengeance
  • After Superman's death, Hank creates a cyborg body and claims to be Superman reborn, in order to destroy his reputation - manages to convince Lois he really is Clark due to vague memories from the birthing matrix
  • Defeats the Eradicator, another Superman claimant, and Coast City is destroyed in the aftermath - Cyborg claims Eradicator was responsible
  • Plans to destroy Metropolis with a warhead, but is stopped by Steel, Supergirl, and the resurrected Superman - attacks Eradicator with a blast of kryptonite radiation, which passes through Eradicator to Superman, and restores his powers
  • Superman punches a hole through Cyborg's body and kills him
  • Later on, we discover Hank had transferred his consciousness to a device on Doomsday, who is floating in space - Hank's mind takes over an Apokolips fighter and creates a new body to take over the planet - is defeated by Darkseid's Omega Beams
  • He gets captured into a small orb, which Darkseid releases him from if he promises to never return to Apokolips
  • Helps a Tribunal capture several Kryptonians, including Superman - he turns on the Tribunal, and is punished by being sent to an event horizon
  • Later is revealed to be in charge of Manhunters, which he has upgraded with Kryptonian technology
  • His head is taken to Sinestro, and serves the Anti-Monitor so he can later die and rest in peace
  • Most of his body is destroyed by the Green Lanterns, but he is resurrected by the Manhunters and is not happy about it
  • Helps Ganthet save the Green Lanterns, because he wants to use the information to make himself mortal again
  • His consciousness ends up merged with Boodikka until she fights a resurrected Doomsday, and he creates another body - his nanotech merges with the damaged Doomsday to become Cyborg Doomsday - Doomsday removes Henshaw from his body, and his consciousness is captured by STAR Labs
  • New 52 - soft reboot of character - Hank is only survivor of a 10 year journey on board a space shuttle, but has no memory of the trip - thanks to Mxyzptlk, he remembers the pre-New 52 mindset of Cyborg Superman, and begins recruiting Superman villains to battle the Man of Steel
• Issues (18:44)
  • Brian - "Why does Hank hate Superman so much?"
  • Has a death wish that cannot be fulfilled because he's an inorganic consciousness (25:05)
• Treatment (30:33)
  • In-universe
  • Out-of-universe
• Skit
• Ending

References:

• Max Landis' "Death and Return of Superman" video - Anthony - 9:00
• Steel - Anthony - 11:23
• Justice League - Superman's "World of Cardboard" speech - Dr. Issues - 24:09
• Office Space - "Today is the worst part of my life" - Anthony - 27:28

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Our first ever listener-poll chosen episode - THE GOVERNOR from the Walking Dead! Doc shudders over the unholy trinity of sexual taboos, and Anthony makes the fewest pop culture references in an episode! Listen now!

(SIDE NOTE: After we recorded, we realized we had miscounted, and this was the 24th episode, not the 25th. Rather than re-record the intro, we left it in. Whoops.)

SHOW NOTES:

• Introduction
  • Anthony met his Extra Life fundraising goal - head will be shaved later this week!
• Background (07:28)
  • The Governor, Brian Blake - created by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn in The Walking Dead #27 (April 2006)
  • Head of Woodbury, Georgia, a small community of survivors who welcomes Rick Grimes and his crew
  • Rick is disturbed to learn the Governor uses zombies as entertainment, and forces people to fight each other
  • He has a small zombie girl chained up in his private living quarters - it's his niece, Penny, and their relationship becomes more sexual as the series progresses
  • The Governor turns on Rick and his group after they refuse to accept his leadership, and cuts off Rick's hand
  • Has Michonne tied up and rapes her repeatedly
  • Lets everyone escape with the help of a guard, Martinez - keeps Michonne behind to continue abusing her - she breaks free and cuts off his arm, fingernails, and penis, and removes his left eye - he survives the ordeal thanks to a citizen with medical expertise
  • Uses Martinez's death to rally Woodbury to attack Rick's group at their prison stronghold
  • Tries to negotiate by using Tyreese as a hostage, but decapitates him with Michonne's katana
  • Woodbury residents assault the prison with a tank, but after one of them shoots Lori and Judith, they turn on the Governor and throw him to the zombies
• Issues (19:08)
  • Charismatic sociopath
  • Grandiose and power hungry
  • Relationship with Penny (28:35)
• Treatment (32:25)
  • In-universe
  • Out-of-universe
• Skit (43:25)
• Ending

References:

• Game of Thrones fans react to the "Red Wedding" - Anthony - 07:07
• "Are you not entertained?" from Gladiator - Anthony - 09:05
• "It's all part of the plan" from The Dark Knight - Anthony - 09:50
• Eye Scream - TV Tropes link - Anthony - 13:32
• Game of Thrones - Theon kills Ser Rodrik - Anthony - 15:38
• "Que Sera, Sera" by Doris Day - Doc/Anthony - 17:39

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Our first ever listener-poll chosen episode - THE GOVERNOR from the Walking Dead! Doc shudders over the unholy trinity of sexual taboos, and Anthony makes the fewest pop culture references in an episode! Listen now!

(SIDE NOTE: After we recorded, we realized we had miscounted, and this was the 24th episode, not the 25th. Rather than re-record the intro, we left it in. Whoops.)

SHOW NOTES:

• Introduction
  • Anthony met his Extra Life fundraising goal - head will be shaved later this week!
• Background (07:28)
  • The Governor, Brian Blake - created by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn in The Walking Dead #27 (April 2006)
  • Head of Woodbury, Georgia, a small community of survivors who welcomes Rick Grimes and his crew
  • Rick is disturbed to learn the Governor uses zombies as entertainment, and forces people to fight each other
  • He has a small zombie girl chained up in his private living quarters - it's his niece, Penny, and their relationship becomes more sexual as the series progresses
  • The Governor turns on Rick and his group after they refuse to accept his leadership, and cuts off Rick's hand
  • Has Michonne tied up and rapes her repeatedly
  • Lets everyone escape with the help of a guard, Martinez - keeps Michonne behind to continue abusing her - she breaks free and cuts off his arm, fingernails, and penis, and removes his left eye - he survives the ordeal thanks to a citizen with medical expertise
  • Uses Martinez's death to rally Woodbury to attack Rick's group at their prison stronghold
  • Tries to negotiate by using Tyreese as a hostage, but decapitates him with Michonne's katana
  • Woodbury residents assault the prison with a tank, but after one of them shoots Lori and Judith, they turn on the Governor and throw him to the zombies
• Issues (19:08)
  • Charismatic sociopath
  • Grandiose and power hungry
  • Relationship with Penny (28:35)
• Treatment (32:25)
  • In-universe
  • Out-of-universe
• Skit (43:25)
• Ending

References:

• Game of Thrones fans react to the "Red Wedding" - Anthony - 07:07
• "Are you not entertained?" from Gladiator - Anthony - 09:05
• "It's all part of the plan" from The Dark Knight - Anthony - 09:50
• Eye Scream - TV Tropes link - Anthony - 13:32
• Game of Thrones - Theon kills Ser Rodrik - Anthony - 15:38
• "Que Sera, Sera" by Doris Day - Doc/Anthony - 17:39

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