The Super Mates Podcast

Something NEW at the House of Franklin-Stein! Chris and Cindy discuss Ryan Coogler’s recent hit Sinners starring Michael B. Jordan and Haillee Steinfeld. In 1932 Mississippi, the Smokestack Twins return home to open a juke joint, but the music of their talented cousin Sammie accidentally pierces the veil between life and death, attracting a cult of vampires! Then from the Comic Crypt comes Batman:...

Hammer Time at the House of Franklin-Stein! Chris and Cindy discuss the 1966 film The Reptile! A mysterious black death plagues the residents of a small Cornish village. What kind of creature could be behind it, and who will save the day? Why, none other than Hammer’s greatest supporting player, Michael Ripper! Then they slither to the comic crypt to check out Spider-Man’s first encounter with Dr....

All aboard! The House of Franklin-Stein is your deadly depot for catching a ride on the Horror Express! Chris and Cindy discuss this 1972 classic starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, as they struggle to solve the mystery of a frozen prehistoric specimen come to life, bent on murder and possession! Plus, Telly Savalas as a roguish Cossack captain! Then it’s off to the comic crypt and Superma...

The House of Franklin-Stein returns! Chris and Cindy begin their 12th Annual Spooky Season Spectacular with a stone-cold Universal Monsters classic! Ancient Imhotep rises to reunite with his lost love by any means necessary in the original The Mummy (1932) starring Boris Karloff! Then they unwrap a Mummy tale from the comic crypt, Superman #5 (1987) by John Byrne and Karl Kesel! The Man of Steel b...

On September 15th, 2025, return to the House of Franklin-Stein! Four episodes in September in October, each showcasing a classic horror film, and a super hero comic featuring a similar monster! Subscribe via iTunes. Or Spotify.. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://w...

Chris and Cindy wrap up House of Franklin-Stein 2024 with a trip to Collinsport, Maine, and the House of Dark Shadows! Barnabas Collins, vampire is freed from his coffin prison, and plans to marry his long-lost love, no matter the bloody carnage he leaves in his wake! Starring Jonathan Frid and the cast from the classic TV series! Then “Captain Marvel Battles the Vampire” from Captain Marvel Adven...

Say “I do” to this episode at The House of Franklin-Stein covering Tim Burton’s modern stop-motion classic Corpse Bride! On the eve of his wedding, a doomed groom says his vows to an undead bride waiting for true love! With the voices of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Albert Finney, Michael Gough and Christopher Lee! From out of the comic crypt comes Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane #108 by Car...

Enter the Hammer House of Franklin-Stein! Cindy and Chris discuss Hammer’s second entry in their original horror franchise, Revenge of Frankenstein! Peter Cushing returns as the mad baron, determined to create the perfect man! And it looks like he does…until cannibalism kicks in! Then follow us into the comic crypt for The Phantom Stranger #26, where the mysterious traveler encounters the Spawn of...

Return to the House of Franklin-Stein! Cindy and Chris kick off their 11th annual Halloween season series with the Oscar-winning 1931 classic, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring Fredric March as the man and the monster within! From the comic crypt comes Wonder Woman #153 (April 1965) where the Duke of Deception steals Wonder Girl’s face, and replaces it with a monstrous Jekyll/Hyde version! It’s as...

The House of Franklin-Stein SPOOK SHOW! The 11th annual Halloween celebration begins in September and runs through October! Chris and Cindy present four episodes covering classic horror films, and tales featuring super heroes vs. legendary monsters! Subscribe via iTunes or Spotify. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE:...

This episode BITES! It’s the final trip to the House of Franklin-Stein for 2023 as Chris and Cindy end the Halloween season with a look at the classic movie that started the Universal Horror cycle proper, 1931’s Dracula, starring the legendary Bela Lugosi! Then the Prince of Darkness returns to bedevil Storm and the rest of Marvel’s Merry Mutants in Uncanny X-Men Annual #6, by Chris Claremont and...

Beware the moon! Chris and Cindy have a howling good time discussing the 1981 John Landis classic An American Werewolf in London, starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter and Griffin Dunne, and featuring groundbreaking effects by Rick Baker! There’s another lycanthrope on the prowl in Amazing Spider-Man #124-125, when J. Jonah Jameson’s son goes furry as the macabre Man-Wolf! Subscribe via iTunes. O...

Visit the Hammer House of Franklin-Stein! Chris and Cindy discuss the 1957 Hammer Horror classic The Abominable Snowman, starring Forrest Tucker and genre legend Peter Cushing, on an expedition to the Himalayas to find the mysterious Yeti! Then the Snowman comes to Gotham, when Batman clashes with a frozen foe in Batman #337 by Gerry Conway, Roy Thomas, and Jose Luis Garcia Lopez (Praised Be His N...

Return to the House of Franklin-Stein! Chris and Cindy kick off their 10th Annual HoF series with discussion on James Whale’s immortal Universal classic film, The Invisible Man, featuring a deliciously mad performance by Claude Rains!  Plus, another invisible foe vexes the Dark Knight in the Batman: The Animated Series episode “See No Evil”, guest-starring Michael Gross and a very young Elizabeth...

Return to The House of Franklin-Stein! Spooky season begins in one week when Chris and Cindy begin their 10th annual celebration of classic horror films, and tales featuring super heroes vs. legendary monsters! Subscribe via iTunes or Spotify. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www...

In this year’s final trip to the House of Franklin-Stein, Chris and Cindy share an audio commentary on one of horror’s greatest films, James Whale’s 1931 classic, Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff! Then it’s back to the comic crypt for “Bizarro Meets Frankenstein” by Otto Binder, Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye from Superman #143 (Feb. 1961). The backwards duplicate of Superman wreaks havoc at a mov...

Attaboy Luther!!! Ghosts haunt the House of Franklin-Stein! Chris and Cindy discuss the 1966 spooky comedy The Ghost and Mr. Chicken starring Don Knotts as a would-be reporter who encounters ghostly organ players, bleeding portraits and hilarious mayhem in an old abandoned mansion! Then the Gentleman Ghost returns from the grave to seek revenge on Superman and Wonder Woman in the All-New Super Fri...

Return to the Hammer House of Franklin-Stein! Chris and Cindy discuss The Satanic Rites of Dracula, featuring the final face-off between Christopher Lee’s Dracula and Peter Cushing’s Van Helsing!  Plus, from the Comic Crypt comes Uncanny X-Men #159, where the Prince of Darkness takes a new bride…Storm! Will her teammates be able to save her from Dracula’s control? Subscribe via iTunes. Or Spotify....

The House of Franklin-Stein rises from the tomb! Spooky season begins with Chris and Cindy discussing a Universal Monsters Mummy Double Feature! The Mummy’s Hand starring Tom Tyler, and The Mummy’s Tomb with Lon Chaney, Jr.!  Then SHAZAM!!! The Super Mates unwrap Marvel Family #79 (Jan, 1953), where the World’s Mightiest Mortals meet the Mad Mummy in “The Dynasty of Horror” by Otto Binder and C.C....

It’s the 100th Anniversary episode of Super Mates, and Chris and Cindy are throwing a Halloween Party! Join them as they discuss the modern classic, Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street starring John Saxon, Heather Langenkmap, and of course, Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger! Then the nightmares continue in Justice League of America #154 (May 1978). The League’s worst dreams come true thanks to t...

Hammer Time at the House of Franklin-Stein! Chris and Cindy cover Dracula A.D. 1972, starring Horror Icons Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing! Lee is back as the Count, awakened in the 20th century to vanquish the family line of his most hated foe. Can Cushing’s Van Helsing save his granddaughter and her swinging friends from Dracula’s bloody revenge? Then Batman tracks a vampire in Detective Comic...

Abbott & Costello are having The Time of Their Lives, and so are Chris & Cindy at the House of Franklin-Stein! The Super Mates discuss the comedy duo’s 1946 film, where Costello plays a patriotic ghost, out to prove he’s no dirty traitor, while pranking the unwitting Abbott! Then it’s back to the Comic Crypt for a ghostly encounter in Tales of the Teen Titans #71, Nov. 1986 (or New Teen Ti...

Return to the House of Franklin-Stein! The annual Halloween celebration begins with Chris and Cindy discussing a Universal Monsters classic, The Ghost of Frankenstein! Lon Chaney, Jr. puts on the flat top and the neck bolts, while Bela Lugosi returns as the sinister Ygor! Then it’s off to the comic crypt, and X-Men (Vol. 1) # 30 “Mark of the Monster” by Roy Thomas, George Tuska, and Don Heck! The...

Join Chris, Cindy, and daughter Dani for a SPOILER-FILLED, off-the-cuff discussion on the recently wrapped Disney + series starring everyone’s favorite Scarlet Witch and her synthezoid husband. From the sitcom tropes to the lingering mysteries surrounding the finale, the Super Mates discuss it all! SPOILERS AHEAD!!! Subscribe via iTunes. Or Spotify.. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND...

Happy Holidays from the House of Franklin-Stein! Chris and Cindy are back with a special treat, a spooky, classic Christmas  film! Join them as they watch and comment on the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol, starring the screen’s greatest Scrooge, Alastair Sim! The Humbugs continue with “Jonah’s Holiday Carol” from Marvel Holiday Special 2004. Peter Parker’s grumpy employer J. Jonah Jameson is vi...