Super Sideshow

We talk about Loki’s Journey Into Mystery and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about the Alioth, He Who Remains, Congress of Realities, and more! Talk with us on Twitter . Links from the discussion… The silly story of the Thanos helicopter . Loki did refer to himself as the God of Outcasts in the comics just like the variant Lokis did in this episode. Alioth exists across...

We talk about Guardians of the Galaxy and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about Starlord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Gamora, Drax, Ronan, Yondu, and more! Talk with us on Twitter . Links from the discussion… Peter Quill was an orphan that wanted to be an astronaut before he stole a Kree ship from NASA and fled Earth. Gamora is fairly consistent with the movie except it isn’t...

We talk about Loki - The Nexus Event and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about the Sacred Timeline, Kid Loki, Kang, and more! Talk with us on Twitter . Links from the discussion… Shivam on Twitter has a great hypothesis for why Sylvie was taken by the TVA . Throg isn't going to happen. This could be the flaming sword from the trailers. This could be the big-bad at the end...

We talk about the new trailer for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about Fin Fang Foom, Fu Manchu, 10 Rings, and more! Talk with us on Twitter .

We talk about Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about Nick Fury, Zola, Falcon, Shield, Hydra, parkour, and more! Talk with us on Twitter . Links from the discussion… Georges St-Pierre plays Batroc the Leaper at the beginning of the movie. Captain America orders the shutdown of Shield in this movie. Alexander Pierce is pretty insignifi...

A normal comicbook movie viewer and a self-confessed comicbook nerd talking about the things you missed if you never read the comics. Talk with us on Twitter .

We talk about Loki Lamentis and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about Annihilus, The Enchantress, Sylvie Lushton, TVA, and more! Talk with us on Twitter . Links from the discussion… Lamentis could be a way for Marvel to tie into this story line “You trying to enchant me?” There’s still a lot for us to learn about Sylvie who is expertly played by Sophia Di Martino in this...

We talk about Thor: The Dark World and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about the Asgard and the nine realms, Reality Stone, Dark Elves, Kronan, and more! Talk to us on Twitter . Links from the discussion… Map of the nine realms . Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology . The Earth-616 universe has been through eight incarnations in the comics. Pay attention to the Time subsection o...

We talk about Loki The Variant and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about Roxxon, Leah, The Enchantress, Sylvie Lushton, Kid Loki, and more! Talk to us on Twitter . Links from the discussion… Franklin D. Roosevelt High School pen has some unexplained significance. Roxxon is an evil corporation that is not-so-coincidentally in the oil and gas business. The Earth-616 univers...

We talk about Iron Man 3 and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about the AIM, Mandarin, Iron Patriot, Extremis, and more! Links from the discussion… Extremis retconned Tony Stark's history, solved issues with his armor Aldrich Killian was the “AIM guy” in this movie but not the comics Maya Hansen is the co-developer of Extremis Trevor Slattery is a character created for the...

We talk about Loki’s Glorious Purpose and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn about the Time Variance Authority, Time Keepers, Agent Mobius, Wandavision, and more! Links from the discussion… Loki is the titular star of the show Leon Theremin playing his own instrument The Time Keepers created the TVA in the MCU but vice versa in the comics A Reddit user has a nice take predic...

We talk about Marvel’s The Avengers and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn more about the Tesseract, Maria Hill, Shield, Thanos, and more! Links from the discussion… The Space Stone from the comics was hidden inside the Tesseract in the MCU Maria Hill is the woman working with Nick Fury and she’s a big deal in the comics What does the Shield acronym stand for? (And other stu...

We talk about Captain America: The First Avenger and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn more about Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Peggy Carter, Red Skull, and more! Links from the discussion… Steve Rogers is Captain America Wolverine vs. Captain America by Mike Zeck from the iconic cover of Captain America Annual #8 (1986) Bucky Barnes is Steve's childhood friend Dr. Margaret A...

We talk about The Eternals teaser and the things you missed if you never read the comics. Learn more about the Eternals, Sersi, Celestials, and more! Links from the discussion… Eternals (Homo immortalis) https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Eternals_(Homo_immortalis) Sersi became a member of The Avengers in the comics https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Sersi_(Earth-616) Celestials are created The Eternals a...

Hear the backstories about Thor, Jane Foster, Thor’s squad, Frog Thor, and more from the comics! Links from the discussion… Thor’s 10 best comicbook runs ever Jane Foster is Thor Is Jane Foster the best Thor ? 8 things Marvel got wrong about Thor and Norse mythology Erik Selvig is a member of Jane’s team in this movie and is from the comics Darcy Lewis is an original character created for the Marv...

Hear the backstories about Ivan Vanko, the many Iron Man suits, War Machine, and more from the comics! Links from the discussion… Walt Disney talks about EPCOT and inspires Marvel’s Howard Stark Anton Vanko as Whiplash Another Anton Vanko as Crimson Dynamo Disambiguation of the many Crimson Dynamos Natalia Romanova aka Natasha Romanoff aka Natalie Rushman aka Black Widow  James "Rhodey" Rhode...

Get the rundown on Hulk, General “Thunderbolt” Ross, The Abomination, Mr. Green and Mr. Blue, and more from the comics! Links from the discussion… Thaddeus Ross was played by William Hurt Samuel Sterns played Mr. Blue to Banner's Mr. Green in covert chat Emil Blonsky was played by Tim Roth who also played Mr. Orange in Reservoir Dogs Peter David's epic run on 'The Incredible Hulk’ Peter David and...

Hear the backstories about Iron Man, Ten Rings, Obadiah Stane, Yinsen, Happy Hogan, Pepper Potts, and more from the comics! Links from the discussion… Yinsen from the comics as a very stereotypical Asian villain  Iron Man Mk. 1 from the comics was reflected very well in the movie  David Hasselhoff as Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD in what can only be a bad 1998 television feature  Talk...

John Walker, Flagsmashers, Redwing, Zemo, Isaiah Bradley, Powerbroker, and Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine are just some of the things hit on as we talk about the backstories from the comics.  Links from the discussion… The Odd Case of Black Sidekicks  by Jarvis Slacks Captain America: The Captain   Costume Drama: The Captain Without An America   The Falcon and the Winte...