Super Sideshow

We talk about Moon Knight episode 5, Asylum, and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Steven Grant, Marc Spector, Layla El-Faouly, Arthur Harrow, Khonshu, Ammit, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Show notes… Moon Knight opens the door to more interesting ideas of “ after life .”  Steven Grant 's origin is different in the show than the comics. But the Ch...

We talk about Moon Knight episode 4, The Tomb, and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Steven Grant, Marc Spector, Layla El-Faouly, Arthur Harrow, Khonshu, Ammit, Taweret, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Show notes… Followup: The Overvoid is a thing from the comics after all–and it’s basically Egyptian Asgard. Pretty fun that Alexander the Great is in this...

We talk about Moon Knight episode 3 and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Steven Grant, Marc Spector, Layla El-Faouly, Arthur Harrow, Khonshu, Ammit, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Show notes… Anton Mogart is from the comics! A cool Madripoor reference, softly tying the series more to the overall MCU. Marvel has more gods than you can keep track of. Pro...

We talk about Moon Knight episode 2 and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Steven Grant, Marc Spector, Layla El-Faouly, Arthur Harrow, Khonshu, Ammit, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Show notes… More Marc Spector and Steven Grant action! It feels like Khonshu could be a hero or a villain, or is more complicated than we think. This could be a major issue i...

We talk about Moon Knight, episode 1, The Goldfish Problem and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Steven Grant, Marc Spector, Arthur Harrow, Khonshu, Ammit, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Of all the different Marvel properties that Disney has made into live action, Moon Knight might be the least known for non-comic fans. And even comic fans might not kno...

We talk about WandaVision episodes 5-9 and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Wanda Maximoff, Vision, Agatha Darkness, SWORD, Monica Rambeau, Jimmy Woo, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… The "Wanda" Twins! Billy & Tommy The story telling gymnastics that had to be done to make these kids happen is complicated, but the comic sto...

We talk about WandaVision episodes 1-4 and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Wanda Maximoff, Vision, Agatha Darkness, SWORD, Monica Rambeau, Jimmy Woo, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… Wanda Maximoff : is she a mutant? Not a mutant? What's her powers? It's all pretty weird, and gets weirder and weirder and weirder. So does the h...

We talk about The Lego Batman Movie and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Joker, Riddler, Scarecrow, Bane, Two-Face, Catwoman, Clayface, Polka-Dot Man, Mime, Tarantula, Zebra-Man, The Condiment King, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… Batman is a super old character. And he used to kill people. What makes Batman such a good charac...

We talk about Blade Trinity and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Whistler, Drake, Abigail Whistler, Hannibal King, Nightstalkers, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… Jay says Blade Trinity is absolutely terrible and Rotten Tomatoes agrees with him. Dracula is in this movie, but because of copyright issues, they can't speak the wor...

We talk about Blade II and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Whistler, Norman Reedus, Donnie Yen, Matt Schulze, Tony Curran, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… Blade is the only character in this movie from the 616 universe. Not even the reapers are from the comics. Novak was based on Morbius , because why not? Probably the cooles...

We talk about Blade and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Whistler, Deacon Frost, La Magra, Vanessa, Wu-Tang Clan, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… The Blade character has a long history in the Marvel universe, but wasn't popular until the movie dropped in 1998. Deacon Frost is in the comics, and pretty close to how he was in th...

We talk about Spider-Man: Far From Home and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Quinten Beck, Mysterio, Earth-616, Earth-833, Night-Monkey, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… Mysterio is named Quentin Beck and in the comics he got his start in special effects for movies. Spider-Man and Tony have some strong connections in the comics...

We talk about Avengers: Endgame and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Professor Hulk, Nebula, and more! Thanks to our special guest Josh from The Craft Beercast . Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… It’s weird exactly who is and isn’t worthy to lift Mjolnir . In the comics, Captain America can and has lifted...

Listen to some of our most popular clips of 2021 and you know we’re discussing the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Spider-Man, Captain America, Black Panther, Loki, Shang-Chi, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit .

We talk about the “So This Is Christmas?” Episode of Hawkeye with special guests Veronica and Melissa from The SJW Comic Book Club podcast. Hear about Kingpin, trick arrows, Echo, Tracksuit Mafia, The Swordsman, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… The Hawkeye tv series is very loosely based on the Hawkeye comic series . There is still a lot of meat on the bone...

We talk about Spider-Man: No Way Home and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Dr. Octopus, Electro, Sandman, Green Goblin, Lizard, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… This Spider-man movie has connections to five previous movies… The Sam Raimi Spider-Man Trilogy Amazing Spider-Man 1 and 2   Villains in the movie Dr. Octopus Elec...

We rank the 23 movies of the MCU Infinity Saga from worst to best. Hear about Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Captain America, Thor, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit .

We talk about the “Ronin” episode of Hawkeye and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Kate Bishop, Yelena Belova, Tracksuit Mafia, Echo, Kingpin, Daredevil, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… Yelena is back! Hanging out with Kate Bishop! But, lots of people are saying very silly things that make no sense, like this article ! The fami...

We talk about the "Partners, am I right?” episode of Hawkeye and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Kate Bishop, Yelena Belova, the Rolex, Echo, Bombshell, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… Yelena Belova has joined the fight! Please remember that Yelena is nothing in the MCU like she is in the comics. In the Hawkeye comic that thi...

We talk about the first 3 episodes of Hawkeye and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Kate Bishop, Lucky the Pizza Dog, Tracksuit Mafia, Jacques Duquesne the Swordsman, Echo, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… We've seen Hawkeye a lot and it's amazing how consistent the MCU version of the character is, which is different in many way...

We talk about Captain Marvel and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Kree, Supreme Intelligence, Skrull, Lightspeed, Talos, Photon, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… The original Captain Marvel was a man. He fought Thanos. Was a big time hero. Died of Cancer. Carol Danvers has been a huge part of the Marvel universe a very long tim...

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We talk about Eternals and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Sersi, Ajax, Ikaris, Makkari, Druig, Gilgamesh, Thena, Celestials, Starfox, Black Knight, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… The Eternals have a very complicated history in the Marvel Comics Universe. The Celestials are in the comics and they are very similar to how they...

We talk about what the Hulk scene at the end of Shang-Chi means for the future of the Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe especially when combined with recent rumors about Marvel working on World War Hulk. Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… World War Hulk is said to be in development at Marvel Studios!  The Maestro is who one Reddit poster believes will be the v...

We talk about Ant-Man and the Wasp and the things you missed if you don't read the comics. Hear about Ghost, Bill Foster, Project Goliath, Elias Starr, Janet Van Dyne, and more! Talk with us on Twitter and Reddit . Links from the discussion… The quantum realm is known as the microverse in the comics. Ghost from the comics is almost nothing like this. Ava Starr is a new character for the MCU. Bill...