After many X-Men episodes, we finally do deep dive into everyone's favorite cajun: Gambit! We start by talking the debut issues for both Gambit and the twisted villain Mr. Sinister with whom Remy shares a dark secret. The secrets keep coming in the 90s aftermath of Age of Apocalypse that sees a fracture between Gambit and Rogue. For this week's alternate universe we look at a What If that sees Gambit, Rogue and Sinister battle it out to one heck of a twist ending! We end by looking at the the we...
Apr 22, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 132
What are we going to do on this episode? The same thing we do every episode: Host a comic book podcast and try to take over the world! Yes, we talk everyone's favorite megalomaniac mice as we discuss Pinky & The Brain on TV and in comics. We start with the duo's debut on The Animaniacs before talking their solo TV debut. We head to the world of comics that see P&B become superheroes in their debut issue and later riff on Ed Wood and Plan 9 From Outer Space. We wrap up by talking Pinky an...
Apr 08, 2024•53 min•Ep. 131
Grab your magic girdle, it's getting stormy out! This week, we return to the world of Amalgam comics to discuss the Wonder Woman and Storm mashup that is Amazon! After some quick backstory on both WW and Storm, we talk Wonder Woman's reboot courtesy George Perez and company in 1987 before diving into John Byrne's Amazon #1. We continue to follow Amazon as she teams up with the JLX (the JLA meets the X-Men) as the team battles Fing Fang Flame in a one-off issue from Christopher Priest and Oscar J...
Mar 25, 2024•51 min•Ep. 130
Grab your quarters and blow in your cartridge, we are exploring the world of X-Men video games! We talk 15+ X-Men video games from the classic 1992 arcade game to Arcade's Revenge! We then head the the alternate world of 1994's X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse for SNES that sees Wolverine, Cyclops, Beast, Gambit and Psylocke tangle with Apocalypse, Magneto, the Brood, Sentinels and more. But of course, we also talk the fun Mutant Apocalypse promo comic from Jim Krueger and Karl Kerschl too. So many X-Me...
Mar 11, 2024•54 min•Ep. 129
Guido and Rob return to the world of Storm, Wolverine and company as it's X-Men time once again! This week's episode focuses on the two-part What If from Kurt Busiek and Tod Smith from 1993 that sees the X-Men turn against each other, Cable fight Wolverine, Magneto in the White House, Sentinels conquering the world, an atomic bomb explosion and much more! But first, we travel back to the seminal start of Chris Claremont and Jim Lee's collaboration where our favorite mutants go from the Shi'ar to...
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 128
Great Scott! It's the co-creator of the current miniseries "Alan Scott Green Lantern", the amazing writer & storyteller TIM SHERIDAN! After meeting Tim at NYCC, we are thrilled to finally chat with him about writing for (and respecting) pre-existing characters, the role of fans in comics & TV, becoming friends with Geoff Johns, why Marv Wolfman's name will be on his tombstone and the projects he still wants to work on (calling Star Trek & Doctor Who!). We also talk to Tim about his r...
Feb 12, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 127
We blast off with Riverdale's favorite girl group as Josie and the Pussycats rocket into outer space, first on TV and later in a 2020 comic. We start with the first episode of Josie and the Pussycats very Scooby-Doo original animated series in 1970 before the gang gets "lost in space" in the 1972 follow up. Finally, we launch into the 2020 five-part series that is surprisingly scary! (Think Josie meets John Carpenter's The Thing). All this plus insights from our Josie expert, Ethan from MakeMine...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 126
We head to jolly olde Britain to ask the question, what if Superman was British? We tackle 2004's Superman: True Brit, written by Monty Python co-founder John Cleese and Monty Python scholar Kim Howard Johnson with art by John Byrne. This story sees Colin Clark coming of age in rural Britain before moving to the big city to work for a famous tabloid. We talk our love for British comedy, the Elseworlds history of Superman and speculate on what other location or time periods Superman could pop up ...
Jan 15, 2024•48 min•Ep. 125
What If...we covered Series 2 of What If? We discuss the return of Uatu to Disney+ in nine new episodes focusing on such characters as Happy Hogan, Nebula, Tony Stark, and many more including the return of Season 1's iconic Captain Carter and Strange Supreme plus film favorites The Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum) and Hela (Cate Blanchett). We rank the nine episodes, discuss the ramifications on the MCU multiverse as a whole and make our suggestions for Season 3. Ep. 124 What If we ranked What If Ser...
Dec 31, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 124
It's a queer Christmas! DC meets It's a Wonderful Life as we ask What If Extraño showed Bunker the former Teen Titan a world without him, before heading to a JLQ Christmas party? First we talk Miguel Jose Barragan aka Bunker's first appearance courtesy Scott Lobdell and Brett Booth back in 2011 before jumping to December 2023 that sees elder gay Extraño teach Bunker a thing or two while battling an evil Teen Titans in a new story from Josh Trujillo and Andrew Drilon. We also discuss if we'd want...
Dec 18, 2023•43 min•Ep. 123
Boot up your modem, we're going cyberpunk! We're cover What If? The X-Men from 2018 that sees our favorite mutants go full Matrix as Charles Xavier, Cable and Domino tangle with Magneto in cyberspace. Then we head back to this universe as we see a digital Wolverine face off against a multi-armed Silver Samurai in a 2019 follow-up. Plus we talk the first time we saw The Matrix, The Net, Caprica and whether cyberpunk is still a vital sub-genre. Ep. 122 What if the X-Men were cyberpunk? AKA the X-M...
Dec 04, 2023•55 min•Ep. 122
Gobble Gobble! We are celebrating Thanksgiving, the multiverse and Harley Quinn with this week's STUFFED episode that's certainly no turkey. We start with a history of Harley Quinn in comics, tv and film before discussing her first official appearance in the DC Comics Universe in 1999 from co-creator Paul Dini and Yvel Guichet. We then jump to 2020 to see Harley traveling the multiverse to destroy all DC comic book events while also trying to save her family Thanksgiving after the death of her m...
Nov 20, 2023•47 min•Ep. 121
What a time to live in! With the release of The Marvels and the conclusion of Loki Series 2, the Multiverse Saga is in all new territory! Join your Council of Watchers as they recap the multiverse in the MCU from Quentin Beck's lies through No Way Home & Multiverse of Madness to what lies ahead. We talk the multiverse (and overall thoughts) for The Marvels and Loki, predictions for Deadpool 3 and the Guardians of the Galaxy + Star Wars Holiday Special that we need. Ep. 120 What if Marvel’s M...
Nov 13, 2023•59 min•Ep. 120
We are going back, back, back to Crystal Lake and into outer space to ask the question what if the original Jason from Friday the 13th faced off against Uber-Jason from Jason X? We talk the origins of Jason X on screen (New Line, Freddy vs. Jason, Jason Goes to Hell, Kane Hodder) and the transition of Uber-Jason to comics via Avatar with Brian Polito, Sebastian Fiumara and Mike Wolfer including scantily clad scientists, topless astronauts, and lots of blood. Plus, we come up with what characters...
Oct 30, 2023•56 min•Ep. 119
Grab your hockey mask (or if you prefer, a leather face) and join us as we dive deep into both Crystal Lake and the heart of Texas to explore Jason Voorhees & Friday the 13th and Leatherface and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre on film and in comics! We talk the backstories for both of the iconic series on film, discuss Guido's first time ever watching the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre and discuss the time these two titans of horror became friends and enemies in a 1995 three part comic series...
Oct 23, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 118
Join us for our special coverage of all things New York Comic Con 2023 with our special guest, Elliot from ElliotComicArt! We talk Slayers (the new Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Audible series, John Carpenter & Storm King Comics, Rhys Darby & Our Flag Means Death, Alan Scott, Wonder Woman, Goosebumps and our encounters with Carmen Carnero, Lenore Zann, Tom Taylor, Tom King, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Gene Luen Yang and so much more! Ep. 117 What if we covered New York Comic Con 2023 so it felt...
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 117
We've risen from the grave to present a new interview episode! We devour the brain of author Marsheila Rockwell to discuss her new book, The Hunger: A Marvel Zombies Novel! We talk to Marcy about her horror origin story (from Lovecraft to The Craft), her extensive research into Marvel Zombies, what sets her new book from Aconyte Books apart from the original comic book series, her original novel Seven Psychopaths and more! Ep. 116 What if Marvel Zombies invaded Earth but trying to stop them brea...
Oct 02, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 116
We are back! In the 1990s that is with our hair braided and our ancient artifacts in hand as we explore the many versions of Lara Croft Tomb Raider from video games to films to her VERY 90's team up with Michael Turner and Marc Silvestri's Witchblade! We talk 1996's Tomb Raider video game, Lara's first appearance in Sega Mean Machines Magazine and the 1997 comics cross over from Top Cow Productions. Ep. 115 What if Tomb Raider Lara Croft made her comic book debut in New York City alongside Witch...
Sep 25, 2023•53 min•Ep. 115
The joke is on you as we explore the nightmare world of Batman’s greatest enemy: The Joker! We start with the Clown Prince of Crime’s first appearance in 1940 before diving into the very recent two issue Knight Terrors: The Joker and the first chapter of the new manga Joker: One Operation Joker which both examine the villain’s codependent relationship with the Bat. Ep. 114 What if Joker accidentally killed Batman and ended up working at Wayne Enterprises? From Knight Terrors: The Joker #1-2 by D...
Sep 11, 2023•43 min•Ep. 114
We are back in the world of Age of Apocalypse and this time, Galactus is coming along for the ride! The world eater is bringing a special guest...not the Silver Surfer but WWE referee and comic book super fan Jason Ayers! We talk to Jason about his comic book origin store, his history with X-Men and Age of Apocalypse and about the What If issue that first brings us back to the AOA now with a big planet eating villain to contend with! Ep. 113 What if the Age of Apocalypse had not ended? From What...
Sep 04, 2023•50 min•Ep. 113
It's a Barbie World...or should we say a Super Mario World? We look at the two biggest grossing films of the year that have Hollywood once again embracing multiversal storytelling! We give brief histories of both Barbie and Mario before diving into the multiversal (or is that multidimensional) storytelling of both films and wrap up by speculating what could be next for these iconic characters. Ep. 112 What if Barbie and Super Mario Bros blew away Hollywood with multiversal mayhem? From the 2023 ...
Aug 28, 2023•53 min•Ep. 112
We are back, back, back again in the Age of Apocalypse for our final coverage of the epic 1995 X-Men event. Today, we discuss the conclusion to the story, how the AOA continues to pop up to this day, the spinoff video games and when and how we'd like to see the AOA on the big screen. Ep. 111 What if the Age of Apocalypse finally wrapped up but appeared in X-Men comics again and again for all of eternity? Part 3 of our X-Men: AOA coverage From Marvel's Earth-295 in various comics before and after...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 111
Showtime Synergy! We throw on our holographic micro-projector earring for a celebration of all things Jem & the Holograms! First we explore the 5-episode beginning to the iconic 80s series by Christy Marx...which Guido loves and Rob has just discovered. Then it's off to one of the wildest multiverses ever that sees Jem team up with such properties at GI Joe, Transformers, Micronauts, Stretch Armstrong, MASK, Action Man, Magic or Dungeons and Dragons, and more to create a shared Hasbro univer...
Aug 14, 2023•56 min•Ep. 110
It was the best of times, it was the...Age of Apocalypse! We are back for part two of our three part coverage of the mega comics event in X-Men and Marvel history! We start off by exploring how Age of Apocalypse played out on X-Men: The Animated Series with the two-part "One Man's Worth". Then we head back to the comics to discuss the four months of material across multiple X-titles that also shows what happens to Tony Stark, the Fantastic Four, Bruce Banner, Gwen Stacy and more in this darkest ...
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 109
Hello fellow "humans"! Your two hosts Guido and Rob - who are certainly and 100% real human beings - are taking you through a Secret Invasion! We start with the landmark 8-issue mega event from Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Francis Yu before heading to our alternate universe for What If? Secret Invasion to ponder What if the Skrulls succeeded in their secret invasion? We wrap up by sharing our thoughts on the new Disney+ MCU tv show. Ep. 108 What if the Skrulls succeeded in their Secret Invasi...
Jul 31, 2023•53 min•Ep. 108
Attention X-Fans! For the first of three episodes, we are tackling one of the major Marvel multiversal storylines: Age of Apocalypse! We start with an extensive history of X-Men comics in the 90s and how the event was created. Then we discuss the prequel series LegionQuest that sees Legion kill his father Professor X and finally we tackle the first nine (!) issues of AOA. It’s the darkest timeline but a great episode! Ep. 107 What if Legion killed Professor Xavier in the past, triggering the Age...
Jul 24, 2023•58 min•Ep. 107
It's Riverdale by way of Gotham City as Archie Comics' Betty & Veronica meet Batman's Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy! We're thrilled to be joined by returning guest Tim Hanley to discuss Betty as a superhero, the 2017 crossover series and Tim's book Betty & Veronica: The Leading Ladies of Riverdale, now available as an audiobook! Grab a chock'lit malted and listen! Ep. 106 What if Betty + Veronica (Archie Comics) met Harley Quinn + Poison Ivy (DC Comics)? With special returning guest auth...
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 106
On this week's groovy podcast, we explore the twin worlds of Xena Warrior Princess and The Evil Dead / Army of Darkness! We start with the backstories behind Xena Warrior Princess and The Evil Dead and their shared co-creators of Robert Tapert and Sam Raimi. Then we dive into the 2008 Dynamite comic book series that sees Ash (as portrayed by Bruce Campbell) landing in the world of Xena (as played by Lucy Lawless). We wrap up by discussing the future of these franchises. Ep. 105 What if Xena Warr...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 105
"Oh say can you see... Captain America in the Civil War... and throughout US history?" We head back to 1976 with Jack Kirby's Captain America's Bicentennial Battles where Cap is annoyed by Ben Franklin, meets Geronimo in the Old West and witnesses the creation of the atom bomb. We then tackle an interesting if problematic modern What If and the United States of Captain America which both feature Indigenous versions of Cap. All this plus a quick history lesson on the US bicentennial! Ep. 104 What...
Jul 03, 2023•57 min•Ep. 104
Hope this episode scratches your Poison Ivy itch! This Pride month, we are diving into how Poison Ivy became a genuine queer icon and had the sweetest relationship ever with the "Cupid of Crime", Harley Quinn. We cover Poison Ivy's first appearance in 1966, the start of her partnership with Harley on Batman: The Animated Series, and chat about her 2023 solo series. Ep. 103 What if Batman villain Poison Ivy became a queer icon (and had the sweetest relationship ever with Harley Quinn)? From the D...
Jun 26, 2023•49 min•Ep. 103
