The Smark Avengers

Jon is still away and Dylan didn't want to tell Corey what they were talking about this week! Instead, it will be questions from "the listeners" as the pair take a deep dive into the psyche of the baldest member of the Smark Avengers! This is a weird one folks!

SPOILERS AHEAD, sailors! Aaargh! Two of the Smark Avengers saw Deadpool & Wolverine last week plus Robert Downey Jr. once more broke San Diego Comic Con with the reveal that he's set to play Doctor Doom. With two colossal announcements like this, surely the Smark Avengers have to record an episode of the show immediately and push the next scheduled shows back a week each, right? Anyway, stay t...

Jon is out and has once more left Corey and Dylan to their own devices. So what do they do? Watch some cartoons! Join the Smark Avengers as Corey and Dylan watch the first episodes of Swamp Thing, WildC.A.T.S., and Phantom 2040!

It was the biggest storyline of the 90s and grabbed headlines across the world - DC Comics was doing the unthinkable and killing Superman! Join Corey, Dylan, and Jon as the Smark Avengers discuss the Death of Superman storyline and how Lois & Clark - the New Adventures of Superman had everything to do with its creation!

What does Oingo Boingo, hideous penguin boys, pulled McDonalds sponsorships, Bono, the LA Lakers, Danny Devito's testicles, battery acid, toy commercials, and Danny "fucking" Dyer all have in common? An explanation for why Corey turned out the way he did! Join the Smark Avengers as Corey, Dylan, and Jon discuss the Batman movies that took the world by storm from its beginnings with 1989's Batman t...

In a Smark Avengers first, the trio has become a duo as Jon is in Germany so you know what that means? Join Corey and Dylan as they talk about beaches and one of Dylan's favorite characters - Hydro Man!

The city's youth have fallen prey to a mysterious new drug called Mash and the person capable of saving the day is a cowboy and his catatonic son! Also... Spider-Man is there too. Oh! And Kitty Pryde likes hugging old men she just met after breaking all of their shit! Join Corey, Dylan, and Jon as they watch episode 3 of Japanese Spider-Man and the pilot episode of the late 1980's X-Men cartoon -...

Shoulder pads? Check. Pouches? Check. Absurd guns in both size and quantity? Check. A mysterious backstory? Check. That 1990s "in your face" attitude? Oh you better believe it! Join Corey, Dylan, and Jon as they hop into a time machine and discuss the most 90's characters they can think of!

Last week's episode was so jam packed that we couldn't keep it contained to one part! Listen to Corey, Dylan, and Jon discuss Wonder Woman's pants, Jean Gray's pink bubble armor, Chamber's surprising bloodline, and more as they look back at character updates that just didn't stick!

All new! All different! Earth shattering revelation! The world will never be the same! Blah blah blah... we've all heard this song and dance before, right? Some hotshot writer comes in with a new status quo that's going to change everything but is ultimately retconned and forgotten within two years. Join Corey, Dylan, and Jon as they discuss the electric blue Superman, Spider-Man's organic webshoo...

Scott Summers has been the longest tenured member of the X-Men ever since Charles Xavier recruited him to his school of gifted youngsters. He's been the consummate leader, the ultimate strategist, and not afraid to make the hard calls that will put him at odds with his teammates. Is there more to Cyclops behind the ruby quartz sunglasses? Join Corey, Dylan, and Jon as they break down Cyclops' hist...

It's that time again! Despite having a list of topics they wanted to make a show about, the Smark Avengers said "fuck it!" and are going to talk about whatever! Join Corey, Dylan, and Jon as they discuss such topics as Armless Tiger Man footjobs, follow-up conversation on Generation-X, alcohol in Ireland, and even more X-Men talk!

What started in an earlier episode as an unlocked memory for Corey and Jon has culminated in this moment! What does a product placement for Virtual Fighter, Max Headroom doing a Jim Carey impersonation, a terrible Irish accent, and a bunch of unlikeable creeps have in common? Fox's 1996 television pilot for the Marvel Comics X-Universe tie-in series Generation-X! Emma Frost and Banshee have assemb...

This should be easy right? All we're going to do is talk about Ben Reilly, right? Well you can't talk about Ben Reilly without talking about the Clone Saga... and you can't talk about the Clone Saga without talking about Kaine... and you can't talk about Kaine without talking about The Jackal... and you can't talk about the Jackel without talking about Spidercide... and... I'm sensing a pattern he...

Previously on X-MEN... "Wolverine look out!" "This one's for Morph!" "Scott!" Sorry. Had to get that out of my system. Anyway, for those of us who grew up in the 90's, the X-Men were the be-all, end-all of comic book characters. So imagine how we felt when the very first live action X-Men movie came out in the year 2000. Since then there have consistently been X-Men movies coming out for almost a...

The bell has rung, the small tights are on, and Dylan is coming off the top rope with a big elbow drop all the way from Belfast, Ireland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! What happens when 1/3rd of the Smark Avengers travels all the way to America for the biggest professional wrestling show of the year? You get an extra long episode of the Smark Avengers as Dylan recounts what it's like to be in Amer...

Ugh! This guy again? Why does he have so many powers? Why is she the only character that can beat that villain? Why is this guy in EVERY single book plus his own mini-series, plus his own elseworlds title, plus his own original graphic novel?! Don't the publishers realize that they SUCK?! Oh... wait... they don't? They actually make the publishers a lot of money? Huh... ain't that a bitch? Anyway,...

The most important part of being part of a team is having a unified goal or vision. Some want to make life a little easier... some want to leave the world a better place than how they found it... and some just really hate Spider-Man. A team that has seen the likes of Doc Ock, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, and the Vulture - the Sinister Six is the premier villainous team-up in the world of the Webhe...

It's not all movie analytics, killing costumed heroes, making lists of characters, and breaking down X-Men for the Smark Avengers. Sometimes it's important to just hang back and shoot the breeze! Join Corey, Dylan, and Jon as they discuss topics such as Armless Tiger Man's return, the upcoming changes to the X-Men titles, and the failed Generation-X television show!

The Fastest Man Alive... the Sultan of Speed... the Scarlet Speedster... the Monarch of Motion... the Soldier of the Speed Force... and the latest victim of the Smark Avengers! Not satisfied with the demise of Aquaman, the bloodthirsty boys of the UK are back and have claimed the Flash as their next victim! I mean... the Flash just has super speed right? He certainly can't have a million other pow...

Don't call it a come back! The Smark Avengers are back to continue their series of videos breaking down the original five X-Men with the "coolest" member to... no. No. I can't. I can't do this. Bobby "Iceman" Drake may be the youngest of the original five mutants but he's also one of the most powerful as an Omega Level... and yet also the most boring. Join Corey, Dylan, and Jon as they discuss Ice...

Everyone knows the origin of Batman's right hand man, the Boy Wonder, Robin! He was a circus performer... no wait... a different circus performer... hold on... I meant to say a street kid trying to steal the wheels off the Batmobile... or did I mean to say a boy genius who could be the greatest detective alive one day... or was it a girl trying to show that she was more than capable enough to prov...

Robert Frost once wrote, "Nothing gold can stay." Before there was the MCU, the DCU, and every CU aside from the Intense Care Unit, a little company called Sony hired Sam Raimi to make a movie about everyone's favorite wallcrawler and things were good! Then, suddenly, things weren't so good... and then the Mouse got involved and cut a deal too good to be true and suddenly things looked even worse....

How do you follow up 23 super successful movies? Release a bunch of stuff no one particularly cares about. How do you compete with the largest, multi-genre, crossover movie series of all time? Put out a bunch of stuff full of executive meddling that no one particularly cares about. Join Corey, Dylan, and Jon as they discuss the history of the MCU, crunch some numbers, and discuss whether or not th...