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Capes and Japes

Briar and Olivia

Here at Capes and Japes we want to share the love we have for comics in a fun and accessible way

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01:00:11

#340 – Alan Scott

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2024/07/30

Today we talk about Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, who went from a train engineer who makes a magic ring from a sentient lantern to a guy who still kinda did that but the lantern has a more convoluted existence and also he's gay now. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -This week I'm cheating and just giving you an Excel spreadsheet -RDJ as Victor von Doom SDCC reveal -Superboy in My Adventures With Superman s3 -IGN's list of everything announced at SDCC 2024 -NYX (2024) #1 Thanks

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00:54:40

#339 – Valeria Richards

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2024/07/23

Today we talk about Valeria Richards, who was kind of brought into being by her reality-warping brother Franklin as an alternate universe teen and then kind of became a zygote in the main universe through shenanigans! Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Fantastic Four (1998) #15, 20-23, 1999 Annual, 24-26, 2000 Annual, 2001 Annual, 46-70, 500-502, 507-518, 523-535, 542-543, 550-588, 600-611 -4 (2004) #1, 3-4, 8, 10, 13, 18, 20-21, 23-27, 29-30 -Marvel Holiday Special (2004) #1 -Fantastic

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00:56:18

#338 – Franklin Richards

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2024/07/16

Today we talk about Franklin Richards, the son of Reed Richards and Sue Storm of the Fantastic Four, who is an extremely powerful mutant with reality warping powers. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #6, 13-16, 20, 23, 25, 1998-2000, 32 -Fantastic Four (1961) #83, 88-103, 107-117, 123, 127-143, 152, 163-170, 181-196, 203-204, 216, 220-231, 236-257, 263-282, 296-307, 326-327, 333-337, 347-350, 357-376, 387, 413-416 -Avengers (1963) #127-128, 233, 264,

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00:56:18

#337 – Power Pack

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2024/07/10

Today we talk about Power Pack, a group made up of four siblings: Alex, Julie, Jack, and Katie, who are given superpowers from an alien to go save their dad who was kidnapped by a different alien. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Power Pack (1984) -Uncanny X-Men (1981) #195, 205 -Thor (1966) #357, 363 -Secret Wars II (1985) #6 -X-Factor Annual (1986) #2 -X-Factor (1986) #25 -Strange Tales (1987) #12-14 -Power Pack & Cloak and Dagger: Shelter from the Storm (1989) #1 -Fantastic Four

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00:47:45

#336 – Dane Whitman

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2024/07/02

Today we talk about Dane Whitman, best known as the Black Knight, as well as a couple of his predecessors because his cursed sword runs in the family. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Black Knight (1955) -Tales to Astonish (1959) #52 -Avengers (1963) #6, 15-16, 47-48, 54-55, 60-62, 70-71, 84-85, 100, 157, 225-226, 252-297, 300, 329-375, 380 -Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #17 -Doctor Strange (1968) #178 -Defenders (1972) #4, 8, 11 -Incredible Hulk Weekly (UK) screenshots/review -Doctor Strange

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01:00:19

#335 – Simon Williams

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2024/06/25

Today we talk about Simon Williams, who got ionic energy powers to become Wonder Man, almost died, woke up to find his brain was imprinted on an android, died, came back as pure energy, had a crisis, but he's okay now we think. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Avengers (1963) #9, 58, 131-132, 151-182, 187-189, 192-211, 231, 239, 250, 253-255, 302-308, 313-314, 329, 332-333, 345, 347, 675-690 -Giant-Size Avengers (1974) #3 -Avengers Annual (1967) #6, 8-10, 15-16, 18-19, 21 -Defenders (1972)

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00:52:17

#334 – Toyman Roundup

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2024/06/19

Today we talk about Toyman, Winslow Schott and his various robotic duplicates, Jack Nimball, and Hiro Okamura (our favorite because he's a lonely genius teen). Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Action Comics (1938) #64, 85, 432, 454, 561, 657, 685, 865, 873-874, 976, 978 -Superman (1938) #27, 32, 44, 47, 49, 60, 63, 88, 182, 299, 305-306, 666, 682 -World's Finest Comics (1941) #20, 159, 173-174, 227 -Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (1954) #9 -DC Comics Presents (1978) #39, 67 -Blue Devil (1984)

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00:57:53

#333 – Anthony Ivo

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2024/06/12

Today we talk about Anthony Ivo, who is obsessed with immortality but probably most notable for his creation of the Amazo robot which can absorb and use super powers. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Brave and the Bold (1955) #30 -The Flash (1959) #158 -Action Comics (1938) #480-483 -Justice League of America (1960) #218, 258-261 -Justice League Quarterly (1990) #5 -JLA (1996) #5, 83 -Hourman (1999) #1-2 -Justice League of America (2006) #2-7, 25 -JLA: Classified (2004) #38-39, 41,

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00:45:44

#332 – Thomas Oscar Morrow

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2024/05/28

Today we talk about Thomas Oscar Morrow, who with a name like T.O. Morrow was always destined to get into some time travel nonsense like building a machine to see the future or inventing... weather robots? Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Flash (1959) #143 -Justice League of America (1960) #64-65, 105-106, 192-193 -World's Finest Comics (1941) #265-268 -Red Tornado (1985) -Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985) #8-10 -The Flash (1987) #19, 61 -JLA (1996) #5, 27 -52 (2006) #2, 6, 10, 14,

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00:52:50

#331 – Rex Mason

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2024/05/21

Today we talk about Rex Mason, also known as Metamorpho since he can transform his body into different elements ever since his run-in with a radioactive meteorite. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Brave and the Bold (1955) #57-58, 66, 68, 101, 123, 154, 200 -Showcase Presents: Metamorpho -Justice League of America (1960) #42, 44, 100-102 -Action Comics (1938) #413-418, 675, 879 -World's Finest (1941) #217-220, 224, 226, 228-229, 300, 302 -DC Comics Presents (1978) #40, 83 -Batman and

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00:58:17

#330 – Longshot

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2024/05/14

Today we talk about Longshot who is a guy created specifically to fight in a gladiator ring with Luck powers but he can NOT stop getting his memory erased. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Longshot (1985) -X-Men Annual (1970) #10-13, 16 -Fantastic Four vs The X-Men (1987) -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #215-248 -Mephisto Vs. (1987) #3-4 -Incredible Hulk (1962) #340 -X-Factor (1986) #38-39 -Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #16 -X-Men (1991) #5-7, 10-11 -X-Factor Annual (1986) #7 -X-Force Annual (1992)

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01:05:01

#329 – Alison Blaire

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2024/05/07

Today we talk about Alison Blaire, best known as Dazzler, a singer who can also turn sound into light thanks to her mutant powers. Very useful for stage presence and also a little bit of X-men shenanigans! Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #130-131, 148, 210-251, 259-260, 392-393, 502-534, 541-542, 600 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #203 -Fantastic Four (1961) #217 -Dazzler (1981) -Avengers (1963) #211, 221 -Marvel Team-Up (1972) #109 -X-Men: Beauty & The Beast

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01:00:50

#328 – Cain Marko

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2024/04/30

Today we talk about Cain Marko, best known as the Juggernaut, who despite being the step-brother of one of the most well known mutants actually gets his powers from a magic rock. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #12-13, 31-33, 46, 101-103, 107, 122, 124, 183, 194, 217-218, 232, 322, 333-334. 361, 369, 410-436, 442, 444, 460-461, 540-542, 600 -Doctor Strange (1968) #182 -Amazing Adventures (1970) #16 -Incredible Hulk (1962) #172, 393, 402-404, 456-457,

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01:03:16

#327 – May Parker

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2024/04/23

Today we talk about May Parker, an alternate-universe daughter of Spider-Man who has gone by both Spider-Girl and Spider-Woman but is perhaps best known by her nickname Mayday. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -What If? (1989) #105 -Spider-Girl (1998) -J2 (1998) #7 -Spider-Girl Annual (1999) #1 -Fantastic Five (1999) #3 -Spider-Girl Presents: The Buzz (2000) -Last Hero Standing (2005) -Spider-Man Family (2005) -Last Planet Standing (2006) -Amazing Spider-Girl (2006) -Avengers Next

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00:54:50

Whoops!!

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2024/04/16

Today we talk about Anya Coraz--no wait, we already talked about her. Uhhh... we talk about adapting panel comics to infinite scroll formats and... stuff we've read.... Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Lore Olympus webtoon / graphic novel -Check, Please! webtoon / website / graphic novel -Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise webtoon / graphic novel -Lumberjanes 10th anniversary Kickstarter (Ends 9 May 2024, 11am PST) -Webtoon contract criticism -Starman (1994) -Dead Boy Detectives

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00:56:02

#326 – Martha Franklin

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2024/04/09

Today we talk about Martha "Mattie" Franklin, who is otherwise known as Spider-Woman. She got her superpowers by participating in a risky ritual in a very "this only works out because I'm in a comic book" sort of way! Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #262-263 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #441 -Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #1-3, 5-6, 14, 611. 630, 634 -Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #1, 5 -Spider-Woman (1999) -Contest of Champions II

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00:55:51

#325 – Julia Carpenter

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2024/04/02

Today we talk about Julia Carpenter, who was unethically experimented on to get spider powers, ended up on the Avengers, was given psychic powers, and really just was on the run from the government a LOT. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Secret Wars (1984) #6-12 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #206, 307 -X-Factor (1986) #8-9 -Avengers Annual (1967) #15 -Iron Man (1968) #214, 284, 288, 311-312, 317, 319, 324 -Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #125-126 -West Coast Avengers (1985)

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00:57:44

#324 – Cassandra Webb

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2024/03/26

Today we talk about Cassandra Webb, best known as Madame Web. As her name implies she's a spider-themed psychic, and she's typically a very old woman on life support who helps Peter Parker with her future-seeing powers. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #210, 216, 229-230, 239, 441, 600, 606, 611, 617, 630, 634-637 -Spider-Man (1990) #96 -Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #3, 6, 14 -Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #5 -Spider-Woman (1999) -Alias (2001) #17 -Sensational

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01:03:39

#323 – Courtney Whitmore

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2024/03/19

Today we talk about Courtney Whitmore, best known as Stargirl, but she initially got her start as the Star Spangled Kid to upset her new stepdad who used to be Stripesy, but then she ended up on the JSA. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. (1999) -Starman (1994) #61, 73, 75, 80 -JSA Secret Files (1999) #1-2 -JSA (1999) -Martian Manhunter (1998) #18-19 -Young Justice: Sins of Youth (2000) -Impulse (1995) #61, 67, 78 -Young Justice (1998) #20, 40, 49-52, 55 -Hourman

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00:57:17

#322 – Sylvester Pemberton & Patrick Dugan

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2024/03/12

Today we talk about Sylvester Pemberton who started out as the kid superhero Star-Spangled Kid before becoming Skyman and his father's employee Patrick Dugan who was his sidekick Stripesy before becoming his step-daughter's sidekick S.T.R.I.P.E. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Star-Spangled Comics (1941) -Leading Comics (1941) -World's Finest Comics (1941) #6-18 -Justice League of America (1960) #100-102, 111-112, 147, 159-160, 166, 183, 193 -Adventure Comics (1938) #438, 441, 443, 462,

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