Capes and Japes

Today we talk about the Bloodstone family, started by Ulysses Bloodstone who was an immortal monster hunter until he died and was succeeded by his daughter Elsa, who found her lost brother Cullen in another dimension, and then they discovered their sister Lyra! Today's mentioned & relevant media: - Marvel Presents (1975) #1 - #2 - Bloodstone (2001) - Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses...

Today we talk about Ted Sallis, most commonly known as Man-Thing, who accidentally super soldier serum-ed himself into becoming a magic swamp creature. Today's mentioned & relevant media: - Song for Ted Sallis by The Mountain Goats - Savage Tales (1971) #1 - Adventure into Fear (1970) #10 - Man-Thing (1974) - Giant-Size Man-Thing (1974) - Man-Thing (1979) - Infernal Man Thing (2012) - Man-Thin...

Today we talk about Rac Shade, a guy who originally came to Earth to clear his name in his own dimension but was turned into a poet tasked with astral projecting to Earth to discover a cure to a problem on his own plant. Today's mentioned & relevant media: - Steve Ditko Omnibus starring Shade the Changing Man - Suicide Squad (1987) #16 - Shade the Changing Man (1990) - Hellblazer (1988) #268 -...

Today we talk about Perry White, who is (and has been for a while) the Editor of the Metropolis newspaper The Daily Planet, and also Clark Kent's boss. Today's mentioned & relevant media: - The Adventures of Superman (1940) Episode 2 radio show - Superman (1939) #7 - World's Finest Comics (1941) #80 - Superman (1939) #233 - The Man of Steel (1986) - World of Metropolis (1988) #1 - Adventures o...

Today we talk about all the people and combinations of people that have made up the nuclear powered (but fire-themed) superhero Firestorm, but mostly Ronnie Raymond, Martin Stein, and Jason Rusch. Today's mentioned & relevant media: - Firestorm: The Nuclear Man (1978) - The Fury of Firestorm (1982) - JLA (1996) #69 - Identity Crisis (2004) - Firestorm (2004) - Infinite Crisis (2005) - 52 (2006...

Today we talk about the Red Tornado, who is an android who has 1) had the memories of Ma Hunkel the golden age Red Tornado, 2) been possessed by the spirit of a sentient tornado from Rann, 3) been transformed, briefly, into a human man. Today's mentioned & relevant media: - Justice League of America (1960) #64 - Red Tornado (1985) - Crisis on Infinite Earths reading order - Firestorm: The Nucl...

Today we talk about Alec Holland, who was Swamp Thing for a long time, and a few other Swamp Things including his daughter, who is kind of his wife and John Constantine's daughter? Things get weird when you're made of plants. Today's mentioned & relevant media: - Swamp Thing (1982 film) - The Return of Swamp Thing (1989 film) - Swamp Thing (2019 series trailer) - House of Secrets (1956) #92 -...

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 turn...

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...

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 (19...

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-Necrosh...

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...

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)...

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) #...

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:...

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)...

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 - Exc...

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) - N...

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 (...

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) -...

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...

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) - Batg...

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: Th...

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 Hun...

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...