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130:30

LANTERNS: "Dirt and Stars"

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2026/10/05

It has all been leading to this... but did the rearranging of episode air dates end up hurting the season finale of Lanterns? We find out who killed Hal, but in the process get a few other questions and it's not clear if they're meant to be mysteries or if the show just dropped unclear exposition to move things along. A new piece of the DCU has snapped into place - let's hope there's a season two so that some of the less satisfactory elements of this finale can be expanded upon. Before ...

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167:15

LANTERNS: "The Jordan Boys' Legacy"

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2026/09/29

The penultimate episode gives us Hal Jordan's origin, but not as Green Lantern. We learn about Hal's youth and about the fate of his father - which may surprise even comic fans who think they know the story inside and out. Oh, and John finally gets to another planet, courtesy of an Acme brand portal. Plus we dig into our latest theories about who killed Hal Jordan - is it Kerry? Noah? Hal? Jason Ritter? We will find out next week. Before that: Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story! The Aveng...

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125:56

LANTERNS: "Bad Optics"

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2026/09/22

Rest in peace, Hal Jordan. As the show returns to 2026 the investigation into Hal's murder kicks off in earnest, and there's a visit from a Green Lantern who is actually wearing a costume, Mr. Guy Gardner. Everybody in Rushville hates John and Hal, but what if the killer isn't someone with a grudge after all? Before that: a spooky story from the Philipines. The end of Warner Bros. Daredevil is donezo. And the eternal question of whether Rick Dalton really did get fat. Don't care about a...

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119:45

LANTERNS: "Lights Out"

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2026/09/15

Things come to a head in 2016 as Rushville, Antaan's boys and Hal and John clash. Plenty gets destroyed and our leads have a knock down drag out fight. Who will own the ring in the end? And does it even matter anymore, after all that goes down this episode? Before that: People vs Grodd set photos! Emmy winners! We choose our weapon for a fight! And do The Batman Part II set photos reveal the villain of the movie? If you don't care about any of that skip right to 58:15. Want your questions ans...

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153:09

LANTERNS: "The Weenie"

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2026/09/08

The show returns to 2016 and the mystery heats up... and gets solved? Will Macon whips it out, Hal Jordan begins warming to John and Hector Hammond kind of sort of shows up. It's not satisfying. However the episode is great! Before that: Spider-Noir is canceled, Brand New Day is insanely profitable, the Newsboy Legion could be coming, and we discuss which DC heroes go downtown, if you know what I mean. Don't care about any of that (even the DC heroes question?!?) skip to 1:00:00. Want your qu...

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159:25

LANTERNS: "Outkast"

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2026/09/01

It's a special origin episode for John Stewart, in which we learn all about why his dad was shooting apples off his head way back in Pilot. And the answer isn't what we expected! Sure, this one halts the momentum the series had built up with the main mystery plot but this flashback is exceptionally good, nuanced and full of incredible character work and acting. So we'll look past the interruption this time but TV shows need to quit doing this. Also: we go into a ton of Green Lantern lor...

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126:08

LANTERNS: "Trust Fall"

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2026/08/25

Finally, a dong! The second episode of Lanterns has naked aliens, a suspicious town hall meeting, a freeway foot chase, a strange bird and a ton of lore getting dropped on the heads of unknowing normies. We talk about how this show is doing a great job of being something non-superhero folks want to watch while also getting in more nerdy background stuff than almost any other show or movie. Before that: Tom Holland is rich! Is Batman being blocked by Paramount? Could The Odyssey be making even...

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127:34

LANTERNS: "Pilot"

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2026/08/18

If you've been listening to this show lately you know that Derek has put his foot down: if Lanterns, the DCU Green Lantern TV show, makes fun of the Green Lantern oath he's gonna stop watching. And in the very first episode of the show someone makes fun of the oath. Will Derek stick it out? Only one way to find out. In this first ep we get introduced to our characters and experience a ton of lore and exposition, all delivered smoothly and well. The ending is quite the shocker, and we ha...

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71:17

Emergency Pod: D23 News Including X-MEN, DOOMSDAY &...

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2026/08/15

Yesterday was the annual D23 Disney fan convention and Marvel and Lucasfilm showed up with the goods. First was the announcement of the initial cast of the new X-Men movie, which had both confirmations of rumors and surprising additions. Then we got the trailer for Visionquest, the upcoming Marvel TV series that closes out the trilogy begun by Wandavision and Agatha All Along. There's a new Doomsday "special look," and we're sorry to report it is largely set in The Brown. In better visu...

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118:10

X-MEN '97: Survival of the Fittest

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2026/08/14

Season 2 of the X-Men cartoon wraps up with some death, some life, and Charles Xavier being totally useless. Did the season stick the landing? Can Scott and Jean be parents to an old man? And why does everybody's powers become inexplicably weak when the plot demands it? Before that: the first five minutes of Lanterns! David Ellison keeps being a dork. Is the DCU in real, no-shit trouble? And how much money can Spidey make anyway? If you don't care about any of that skip right to 1:15:00. Want...

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112:31

X-MEN '97: "Dead Man's Hand"

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2026/08/07

As the animated series barrels towards its season finale, Gambit is back from the dead and causing all sorts of trouble. The X-Men and X-Force team up to take him down, but is everyone really on the same page? Scott and Jean try to have a tender moment with Cable, Professor X does battle on the psychic plane and Nightcrawler proves that when good guys go bad they really kick some ass. Before that: live action X-Men news as the MCU's Cyclops has been cast! Is James Gunn's DCU in series t...

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116:21

X-MEN '97: Savage Land, Savage Heart

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2026/08/01

This episode is late because I was in the hospital! Don't worry, I'm okay now and I talk all about at the start. But there isn't much time to dilly dally because we have a packed show. Colossus shows up with the terrorist Acolytes, Bishop and Polaris continue their slow burn, and Nightcrawler gets to be a lawyer with the life of a truly awful man on the line. Before that: Marvel and DC are just canceling shit left and right! There are a bunch of trailers, including ones where Michael B ...

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13:52

Emergency Pod: GHOST RIDER & BLACK PANTHER III News!

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2026/07/26

Marvel's presentation at this year's San Diego Comic-Con gave us two big pieces of news about the studio's post-Secret Wars plans, and we now know the two movies coming in 2028 - Ghost Rider starring Ryan Gosling and Black Panther III with David Jonsson stepping into the role of T'Challa Jr. Plus: a surprise appearance by Ryan Reynolds! We're back to our regularly scheduled shenanigans after this!

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21:58

Emergency Pod: LANTERNS Trailer

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2026/07/25

With San Diego Comic-Con happening we can expect some news to be hitting our feeds, and if that news is big enough we'll put out an emergency pod to talk about it! Today we have the trailer for HBO's Lanterns, the Green Lantern TV show set in James Gunn's DCU. Is this trailer an improvement on what came before? And what might the show do that will make Derek quit it immediately? Listen to find out!

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136:16

X-MEN '97: "Danger.exe"

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2026/07/24

Polaris gets canned from X-Factor and comes to hang out with the X-Men, where Professor Xavier is not squashing the rumors that he was straight up in love with Magneto. When the Danger Room becomes sentient - and a slinky lady robot! - the next phase of Xavier's dream for mutantkind is born, and it involves operating an LLC. Before that: a ton of news. A bunch of trailers, including Resident Evil, The Other Mommy, The End of Oak Street and Clayface. Casting news, including Kenneth Branagh pla...

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29:32

Emergency Pod: AVENGERS DOOMSDAY Trailer

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2026/07/21

One of the most anticipated trailers of the year has hit and it's... okay? We talk about the two and a half minutes of Avengers: Doomsday Marvel has shown us, and we discuss the fact that Marvel is actually pretty good as sleight of hand when it comes to making us think some things in a trailer are real when they are in fact cunningly edited or even CGIed out. And: is anyone else sick of the Fox X-Men? Our regular show will return Thursday!

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106:45

X-MEN '97: Weapon X, Lies and DVDs

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2026/07/17

How violent should a superhero cartoon be, and does this episode of X-Men '97 cross that line? Wolverine and Morph team up with enemies and expendable characters from the 90s to break into Weapon X and shut it down for good, but what they find inside is bad, bad news. Plus, the Morph loves Wolverine story hits a big turning point. Before that: it's a newsy-ass week. First look at The Batman Part II! An R-rated X-Files movie! Danny McBride is becoming a Real American Hero! More trailers than y...

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111:42

X-MEN '97: Rise of Apocalypse Part II

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2026/07/10

Don't try to change the past! You only end up making the future you're trying to change come true! Nobody told this to Magneto and Professor X, though, and they their darndest to stop Apocalypse from becoming Apocalypse. Guess how well that goes. This episode has a doozy of an ending - and a mid-credits scene! Before that: Do we have a Gorilla Grodd cast, and is he the one who spray painted all the dicks? Is Fast Forever actually happening? And what's the worst place your humble hosts have ev...

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111:09

X-MEN '97 Season 2 Episodes 1-3

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2026/07/03

It's time to dive back into the 1990s as the second season of X-Men '97 kicks off with a three parter picking up after last season's time-traveling cliffhanger. Some of the X-Men are in a distant future where Apocalypse has taken over the world, some are in the distant past where Apocalypse is having his origin, and some of them are in the present and getting grim n' gritty with Apocalypse's horsemen. Can this season match the excellence of the first, especially with one of the main creatives...

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92:06

Is Jack Klugman Getting a Sex Change on THE LOVE BOAT?!?

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2026/06/25

This week we wrap up the two-parter that seemed so promising when we chose it. After all, Telly Savalas built a robot of Isaac the bartender in order to pull off a robbery. This should be a good story! What the heck happened with this episode? We have our own answers. Before that: The Dynamic Duo plot is revealed! A first look at Tombstone in Spider-Man: Brand New Day! I answer whether or not Jesus Christ had to pee, and I reveal my own Christ-adjacent urination spot! This one has it al...

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