Podcasts about felicia hardy

Ultimate Spider-Cast Ep #317: Spider-Man - Invasion of the Spider-Slayers Part 1 Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast! In this episode, Phil, Lilith and Justin review part of “Invasion of the Spider-Slayers” from Amazing Spider-Man #368-#370 (November & December 1992) featuring an army of robots attacking Spider-Man as he dodges attacks from Electro and the Scorpion and the Black Cat returns.   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Ultimate Spider-Cast's Links  → Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/capesnetwork.bsky.social → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/UltSpidercast → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSpiderCast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================  

Episode 319.  James B and Eddie host the annual episode where guests can spectate.  Listen to see who shows up. Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written by Eddie with a little from James B and White Tiger.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and https://www.zapsplat.com/  Sponsored by The Life and Times of Charlie Buchanon Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Check out our live meetup and Discord Channel here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_mW6htjJUHOzlViEvPQqR-k68tClMGAi85Bi_xrlV7w/edit

The Superhero Show Show #573Morbius Returns in The AwakeningThe Superhero Show Show: Morbius The AwakeningWelcome to another thrilling episode of The Superhero Show Show, where we break down the best (and sometimes the weirdest) superhero television has to offer! This week, we're diving deep into Spider-Man: The Animated Series with a discussion on Season 4, Episode 6, titled Partners in Danger, The Awakening. Get ready as we unravel the emotional turmoil of Peter Parker, the return of Morbius, and the tangled web of love and responsibility in Morbius The Awakening!Spider-Man's Emotional Struggles: Love, Guilt, and the Masked DilemmaThe episode kicks off with Spider-Man grappling with his inner turmoil—his heart is still broken over losing Mary Jane, yet he finds himself drawn to Black Cat. The chemistry between these two masked heroes is undeniable, and their playful rooftop chase is a rare moment of joy for Peter Parker. However, reality quickly sets in as he realizes that getting close to someone puts them in danger. This conflict adds another layer to Peter's already complex superhero life, raising the eternal question: Can Spider-Man ever have a normal relationship?The Return of Morbius: A Science Experiment Gone WrongMeanwhile, on a secluded island, Debra Whitman and her team discover the still-hibernating form of Michael Morbius. With the hope of curing him, they transport him back to New York City, only for their noble intentions to be met with widespread panic. Dr. Curt Connors attempts to calm the public, but the fear of Morbius—once a terror to the city—overshadows his scientific aspirations. The tension builds as we see the sinister motivations behind the Herbert Foundation, with Kingpin and Herbert Landon pulling the strings for their own nefarious purposes.Felicia Hardy's Dilemma: Love vs. DutyFelicia Hardy's life takes a dramatic turn when she learns of Morbius's return. Her past feelings for him resurface, sending her on a mission to seek help from Blade's ally, Whistler. As Black Cat, she gears up for the possibility that Morbius may not be the man she once loved, but rather a monster who must be stopped. The emotional weight of this decision is palpable, as Felicia struggles with her conflicting feelings for both Morbius and Spider-Man.Chaos at the Herbert Foundation: Morbius AwakensThe tension reaches its breaking point when Herbert Landon and Shocker launch a full-scale assault on the lab, inadvertently waking Morbius from his hibernation. In the ensuing chaos, Morbius escapes, leaving Spider-Man and Black Cat to pursue him across the city. The action sequences are intense, with rooftop battles, aerial chases, and a final confrontation at the clock tower that tests both Spider-Man's resilience and Black Cat's emotional strength.The Final Showdown: Morbius's FateAs the episode builds to its climax, Spider-Man and Black Cat track Morbius to Landon's secret lab, where Kingpin intends to exploit his vampire DNA for his own dark purposes. The ensuing battle is a spectacle of power, strategy, and raw emotion. Black Cat faces her ultimate test—can she bring herself to end Morbius's suffering? In a heartbreaking moment, she hesitates, allowing Morbius to escape into the night once more. This moment highlights the emotional depth of Morbius The Awakening, proving that superhero stories aren't just about action, but also about the choices that define us.Final Thoughts: The Weight of ResponsibilityIn classic Spider-Man: The Animated Series fashion, the episode ends on a somber note. Spider-Man and Black Cat reflect on their failures, knowing...

Episode 309.  James B and Eddie sincerely cover six Spider Slayer stories and a Silver age saga down by the Seashore. Sponsored by Corona Motors. Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written by James B and Eddie and a spider-slayer with really good fingers for typing.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and https://www.zapsplat.com/  Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Check out our live meetup and Discord Channel here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_mW6htjJUHOzlViEvPQqR-k68tClMGAi85Bi_xrlV7w/edit

Adam and Khelan catch up with the incomparable Jed MacKay, the first writer to juggle both the Avengers and X-Men mainline books since they became true franchises. Jed gives us the deets on the differences between approaching the two, his exponential rise to comic stardom (and the real long-term journey it took), his love of Felicia Hardy, and how he's sorry Wind Dancer doesn't have her own solo series.

The Superhero Show Show #562Spider-Man's The Black Cat : Felicia's New FitThis week on The Superhero Show Show, the hosts swing into the action-packed world of Spider-Man: The Animated Series to break down episode 403, “Partners in Danger, Chapter 3: The Black Cat.” In this thrilling installment, Spider0man and The Black Cat team up to face new challenges and unravel the mysterious forces at play. The hosts explore the dynamic chemistry between these two iconic characters, delving into the emotional and action-packed beats that define this chapter of the classic series.Spider-Man and Black Cat: A Partnership TestedThe episode begins with Spider-Man confronting a new wave of threats, only to discover that Felicia Hardy, now transformed into the Black Cat, has her own stake in the fight. The hosts dive into the intricate layers of their partnership, analyzing how trust, camaraderie, and unspoken feelings play into their interactions.As Black Cat steps into the superhero spotlight, her dynamic with Spider-Man evolves into a balance of mutual respect and personal tension. The hosts highlight how her newfound powers and determination elevate her character, making her an indispensable ally to Spider-Man.The High-Stakes Battle Against EvilThe discussion shifts to the central conflict of the episode, where Spider-Man and Black Cat team up against a sinister criminal operation led by Kingpin. The hosts break down the episode's standout action sequences, from rooftop chases to high-octane showdowns. They praise the choreography and the way the animation captures the fluidity of Spider-Man and Black Cat's movements.The hosts also explore the emotional weight of the story, particularly as Felicia struggles to reconcile her dual identity as a socialite and a vigilante. Spider-Man's struggle to protect those he cares about while carrying the weight of responsibility is juxtaposed beautifully with Black Cat's journey, adding depth to their relationship.Spider-Man and Black Cat: A Bond in the MakingAs the episode progresses, Spider-Man and Black Cat face a moral dilemma that tests their burgeoning partnership. The hosts discuss how the story skillfully weaves action with emotional stakes, making the episode a standout in the series.They also examine the subtle hints of romance between the two characters, debating whether their bond could ever evolve beyond their shared battles against evil. The hosts applaud the writing for giving each character equal agency, ensuring that Black Cat is more than just a sidekick to Spider-Man.Final Thoughts: Spider-Man Black Cat Take Center Stage“Partners in Danger, Chapter 3: The Black Cat” is a pivotal episode in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, showcasing the strength and complexity of their partnership. The hosts celebrate the episode's ability to balance thrilling action with emotional depth, leaving fans eager to see more of this dynamic duo.With thoughtful analysis, entertaining banter, and a deep appreciation for what makes Spider-Man and Black Cat's story so compelling, this episode of The Superhero Show Show is a must-listen for fans of the series and superhero enthusiasts alike.Links and ResourcesMissed our previous episodes of Spider-Man the Animated Series? Catch up!Want To dive deeper? Here are some research links nerds!Spider-Man the Animated Serie

Ultimate Spider-Cast Ep #304: Amazing Spider-Man - The Black Lodge Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast! In this episode, Phil and Lilith review “The Black Lodge” from Amazing Spider-Man #700.3 & #700.4 (February 2014) featuring Spider-Man injured and alone, surround by supervillains in a hospital for criminals, a Black Cat solo heist story, a Spider-Man helps a young boy with his bullies. PLUS: random nonsense including the Mike Tyson/Jack Paul fight that wasn't.   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Ultimate Spider-Cast's Links  → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/UltSpidercast → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSpiderCast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================  

The Superhero Show Show #560Fisk vs The Cat: Can Fisk Use Friskies to Catch The Cat?In this thrilling episode of The Superhero Show Show, the hosts dive into Spider-Man: The Animated Series episode 402, titled “Partners in Danger, Chapter 2: The Cat.” With the legendary Wilson Fisk, aka the Kingpin, and the enigmatic Black Cat squaring off in a battle of wits and muscle, the episode delivers high-octane action and character-driven drama. The hosts break down every detail of the Fisk vs The Cat showdown while exploring how Spider-Man finds himself caught in the middle of their conflict.Fisk vs The Cat: A Clash of Strength and StrategyThe hosts begin by dissecting the intricate dynamics between Fisk and Black Cat. As Black Cat seeks to outmaneuver Fisk in her quest for vengeance, the Kingpin uses his vast resources and criminal empire to maintain control. The hosts discuss how this episode perfectly captures the essence of these characters—Fisk as a ruthless strategist and Black Cat as a daring, resourceful anti-heroine.Felicia Hardy's transformation into Black Cat adds layers to her character, showcasing her fierce independence and tactical brilliance. The hosts highlight her struggle to balance her personal vendetta with her growing partnership with Spider-Man, who attempts to steer her away from the dark path of revenge.Spider-Man's Balancing ActSpider-Man's role in the Fisk vs The Cat narrative is pivotal. The hosts examine how Peter Parker, as Spider-Man, works tirelessly to prevent Black Cat from crossing moral lines while also fending off Fisk's criminal machinations. This dual responsibility places Spider-Man in a morally complex position, as he grapples with protecting his ally and stopping a dangerous foe.The hosts praise Christopher Daniel Barnes's voice acting, which perfectly captures Peter's internal conflict and unwavering determination to do what's right. They also delve into the thrilling action sequences, particularly the climactic face-off that sees Spider-Man, Black Cat, and Fisk in a nail-biting confrontation.Exploring Themes of Redemption and ControlThe hosts explore the underlying themes of the episode, particularly the tension between redemption and control. Black Cat's pursuit of justice for her father's imprisonment drives her actions, but her methods are at odds with Spider-Man's values. Meanwhile, Fisk's desire to control every facet of his empire reflects his unrelenting ambition and disregard for collateral damage.The hosts discuss how these themes resonate throughout the series, adding depth to the characters and their motivations. They commend the writers for crafting a story that balances superhero action with meaningful character development.The Legacy of "Partners in Danger"As the second chapter in the “Partners in Danger” arc, The Cat sets the stage for even greater stakes in Spider-Man's battle against Fisk's empire. The hosts speculate on how this episode's events will impact future storylines, particularly the evolving relationship between Spider-Man and Black Cat.Final Thoughts: Fisk vs The CatThe Fisk vs The Cat dynamic in “Partners in Danger, Chapter 2: The Cat” delivers a compelling mix of tension, strategy, and raw emotion. The hosts celebrate how the episode deepens the show's narrative while maintaining its signature blend of action and character-driven storytelling.Whether you're a longtime fan of Spider-Man: The Animated Series or a newcomer to the series, this episode offers an unforgettable exploration of the complexities of heroism, vengeance, and the ever-present struggle for power. Tune in to hear the hosts' in-depth analysis and predictions for the next...

Episode 286.  James B and Eddie discuss a documentary Eddie is watching, Spider-Man fighting without a mask, and if these books will finally have some evil villains! Sponsored by the Hobgoblin Halloween Costume. Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written by James B.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and https://www.zapsplat.com/  Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Check out our live meetup and Discord Channel here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_mW6htjJUHOzlViEvPQqR-k68tClMGAi85Bi_xrlV7w/edit

Episode 279.  James B and Eddie cover two books featuring Dominic Fortune and two other books where Spider-Man gives up his powers.   Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written by James B and Eddie and Simon Steele.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and https://www.zapsplat.com/  Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Check out our live meetup and Discord Channel here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_mW6htjJUHOzlViEvPQqR-k68tClMGAi85Bi_xrlV7w/edit

Ultimate Spider-Cast Ep #292: Spider-Man/Black Cat - The Evil That Men Do Part 3 Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast! In this episode, Phil and Lilith conclude “Smith-tember” with a review of Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do #5 & #6 (February & March 2006) featuring Spider-Man & Black Cat discovering the tragic  backstory of Francis, a sexual assault in Felicia Hardy's part, and the birth of a new villain.  PLUS: reviews of NEW issues Amazing Spider-Man #56, Chasm: Curse of Kaine #1, Venom: Separation Anxiety #4, Spider-Gwen: The Ghost Spider #4, and MORE!   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Ultimate Spider-Cast's Links  → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/UltSpidercast → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSpiderCast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================  

Ultimate Spider-Cast Ep #291: Spider-Man/Black Cat - The Evil That Men Do Part 2 Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast! In this episode, Phil and Lilith continue “Smith-tember” with a review of Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do #3 & #4 (October 2002 & February 2006) featuring Spider-Man & Black Cat discovering the secrets of Mister Brownstone and a horrific attack on Felicia Hardy before she ends up in prison.   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Ultimate Spider-Cast's Links  → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/UltSpidercast → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSpiderCast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================  

Ultimate Spider-Cast Ep #277: Felicia Hardy - The Black Cat Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast! In this episode, Phil and Lilith review Felicia Hardy: The Black Cat #1-#4 (July-October 1994) featuring Felicia Hardy in her first solo series. Hired to steal classified info, Felicia battles killer cyborgs, an old foe with grudge, and Spider-Man foe Cardiac. PLUS: a review of NEW issue Spider-Woman #7.   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Ultimate Spider-Cast's Links  → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/UltSpidercast → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSpiderCast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================  

Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Marv Wolfman, Keith Pollard, and Dave Cockrum, the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #194 (July 1979). Felicia Hardy is the daughter of Walter Hardy, a world-renowned cat burglar. She trained herself in various fighting styles and acrobatics and, after deciding to follow in her father's footsteps, adopted the costumed identity of Black Cat. She has the subconscious ability to affect probability fields, producing "bad luck" for her enemies. Throughout her history, Black Cat has sometimes been an enemy, love interest, and an ally of the superhero Spider-Man. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rangerryan/message

Ultimate Spider-Cast Ep #276: Spectacular Spider-Man #75-#79 Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast! In this episode, Phil and Lilith review Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #75-#79 (February-June 1983) featuring Black Cat's next return, as she reveals she was a prisoner of Doctor Octopus. After Black Cat gets injured during the Owl/Doctor Octopus battle, it's all out war between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus!   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Ultimate Spider-Cast's Links  → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/UltSpidercast → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSpiderCast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================  

Ultimate Spider-Cast Ep #275: Amazing Spider-Man #226 & #227 Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast! In this episode, Phil and Lilith review Amazing Spider-Man #226 & #227 (March & April 1982) featuring the return of the Black Cat, who drags Spider-Man into confrontations with two criminal gangs. PLUS: reviews of NEW issues Amazing Spider-Man #48, Spider-Punk: Arms Race #3, Superior Spider-Man #6, Ultimate Spider-Man #4 and MORE!   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Ultimate Spider-Cast's Links  → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/UltSpidercast → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSpiderCast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================  

Capes and Lunatics Ep #326: Jackpot & Black Cat #1 with Celeste Bronfman This week your geek guides Phil and Lilith chat with returning guest Celeste Bronfman about her new story beginning in this week's Jackpot & Black Cat #1. Celeste discusses the story, characters, the writing process including the music she listens to and much MORE!   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!    Capes and Lunatics Links  → Twitter https://twitter.com/CapesLunatics → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/capesandlunatics → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================  

Episode 218.  James B and Eddie discuss three books with dark themes. Eddie is disturbed by the themes but later Dr. Strange appears and Eddie isn't disturbed.  The golden notebook makes another appearance. Aunt May's borders get into more situations.     Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written by Eddie and Irving Forbush.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and  https://www.zapsplat.com/      (01:24)  From April of 1986 Stan Lee presents Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider-Man 113 “mayhem!” By Peter David Bob Mcleod    (06:55) From May of 1986 Stan Lee presents Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider-Man 114 “The Key” By written by Len Kaminski, pencils by Joe Brozowsky and ink by Keith Williams and Del Barras      (10:16) From June of 1986 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 115 “Things Fall Apart” by Peter David, Mark Beachum and Bob Mcleod      Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts.   Check out our live meetup and Discord Channel here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_mW6htjJUHOzlViEvPQqR-k68tClMGAi85Bi_xrlV7w/edit

Episode 202.  James B and Eddie find out Flash's secret.  Eddie enjoys a new villain.  It's some of James B's favorite issues from his childhood on today's episode!     (00:27) - PPPPN Droning On     (02:53) From January of 1985 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 98 “True Confessions!” by Milgrom, Trimpe and Mooney   (07:25) From February of 1985 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 99 “Spider On The Spot!” by Al Milgrom, Herb Trimpe, and Jim Mooney    (11:02) From March of 1985 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 100 “Breakin'!” by Al Milgrom, G.Isherwood and K.Colletta     (20:43) PPPPN - The Spot to talk to the Spot about Spots     Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by Eddie using Audacity touch ups by James B.  Summaries written by Eddie.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and https://www.zapsplat.com/      Check out our live meetup and Discord Channel here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_mW6htjJUHOzlViEvPQqR-k68tClMGAi85Bi_xrlV7w/edit   Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

Episode 199.  James B and Eddie discuss if The Answer is a good villain and if Felicia Hardy can be called “The Cat”.  A listener writes about their favorite podcast.  Is it this podcast?  Listen to find out! (00:22) Sponsor PPPPN - Some Like It Hat   (01:29) From October of 1984 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 95 “The Dagger at the End of the Tunnel!” Story and layouts by Al Milgrom and inked by Jim Mooney (03:58) From November of 1984 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 96 “The Final Answer!” Written and Drawn by Al Milgrom embellished by Jim Mooney.  (09:30) From December of 1984 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 97 “Hermit-Age!” by Milgrom, Trimpe and Mooney (18:00) Sponsor - PPPPN Lotto Cola Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written by Eddie with a little help from James B.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and https://www.zapsplat.com/    Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts.   For more ways to reach us such as the date for our next VIDEO MEETUP, our Social Media and  LINK to join our DISCORD server click the link below https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_mW6htjJUHOzlViEvPQqR-k68tClMGAi85Bi_xrlV7w/edit

The Superhero Show Show #496Does the Second Season of Heartstopper Top the First?How does the second season of Heartstopper stack up to the first? Plus Spider-Man: The Animated Series, and so much more, on an all-new episode of The Superhero Show Show!It's Season Two of Heartstopper!On an all-new, all-different episode of The Superhero Show Show, Cassie and the Boyz are discussing the second season finale of Heartstopper! It's finally time for the prom, and everyone is excited to go! But will the dance go smoothly for all of our friends? Doubtful, because that's not how television works!What Happens on the Season 2 Finale of Heartstopper?Will Charlie come clean to Nick about his bullied past and eating-disorder-present? Will Tara find out just how abusive Darcy's mom is? And will Tao be able to handle his emotions when he finds out Elle is going away to school? Find out here!Next, the Taste Buds discuss every other show from the week, including Netflix's new show One Piece, Harley Quinn, and part 2 of Zero Day on My Adventures With Superman. Then it's time to head to S-TASmania, as the Friends return to their new Weekly Watch, Spider-Man: The Animated Series. After duking it out with The Lizard in the first episode, Peter is going to have to deal with Norman Osborne, Alistair Smythe, the Spider-Slaters, Eddie Brock, Felicia Hardy, and the Kingpin all in this episode! It's too much! This podcast also features the debut of the brand-new Spidey awards, including Most 90's Moment, and the Time New York Was Most a Character!Finally, Mike sits down with Taylor and Katie from the Sisters Assembled podcast! They discuss how the show started, what it's like working on a project with a sibling, and being a woman in the nerd world!Find the Sisters Assembled podcast here.And find them on Instagram @sistersassembledTV EPISODES AND FILMS DISCUSSED:HARLEY QUINN #408: IL BUFFONEBane seeks the solutions to his problems in Italy; Nora defends the LOD from Lex's assault, on a long weekend no less.Listen to the Taste Buds discuss the Harley Quinn Valentine's Day SpecialHEARTSTOPPER #208: PERFECTThe gang comes together for a memorable prom with a fitting theme: "Summer of Love." But with someone important missing it feels incomplete.Listen to the Taste Buds discuss the first season of Heartstopper here!MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN #109: ZERO DAY, PART TWOSuperman finally gets answers to who he is and where he came from, while coming face-to-face with The General, leader of Task Force X. Meanwhile, Lois and Jimmy must find Superman before Dr. Ivo destroys Metropolis.Listen to the Taste Buds discuss the season premiere of My Adventures With SupermanONE PIECE #101A boy named Monkey D. Luffy embarks on a journey to attain the greatest treasure: the one piece. After the former pirate king's public execution 22 years ago, the world has entered a great pirate era, and Luffy aims to be at the top.Listen to the...

Ultimate Spider-Cast Ep #243: Spectacular Spider-Man #87 & #88 Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast! In this episode, Phil and Lilith review more classic appearances of the Black Cat from Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #87 & #88 (February & March 1984) featuring Felicia Hardy learning the identity of Spier-Man…and not being too impressed. And the new couple battles the former team of Mr. Hyde and The Cobra. PLUS: a discussion of Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse getting delayed.   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Ultimate Spider-Cast's Links  → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/UltSpidercast → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSpiderCast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================   Please contribute to help Charlie's family in this time of mourning:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/charlies-funeral-and-expenses  

Ultimate Spider-Cast Ep #242: Amazing Spider-Man #204 & #205 Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast! In this episode, Phil and Lilith review the second appearances of the Black Cat from Amazing Spider-Man #204 & #205 (May & June 1980) featuring Felicia Hardy's romantic themed crime spree for a mysterious cause. PLUS: reviews of NEW issues Venom #23, What If?: Dark Spider-Gwen #1, Hallows' Eve #5, Cult of Carnage: Misery #3, Amazing Spider-Man #30 and MORE!   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Ultimate Spider-Cast's Links  → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/UltSpidercast → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSpiderCast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================   Please contribute to help Charlie's family in this time of mourning:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/charlies-funeral-and-expenses  

Ultimate Spider-Cast Ep #241: Amazing Spider-Man #194 & #195 Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast! In this episode, Phil and Lilith review the first appearances of the Black Cat from Amazing Spider-Man #194 & #195 (July & August 1979). PLUS: reviews of NEW issues including Amazing Spider-Man #29, Miles Morales: Spider-Man #8 and much MORE!   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Ultimate Spider-Cast's Links  → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/UltSpidercast → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSpiderCast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================   Please contribute to help Charlie's family in this time of mourning:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/charlies-funeral-and-expenses  

Face front, true believers! It's a brand new episode of Go Fact Yourself! In this episode…Guests:Jill Twiss is an award-winning comedy writer and children's book author. For years, she worked as an SAT tutor. She'll explain how that directly led to her big break: writing for “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” AND the publication of her first children's book about a former Vice President's gay bunny. Plus, Jill tells us how she got the chance to contribute material to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.Myq Kaplan is a comedian who was introduced to many audiences on two competition shows – “Last Comic Standing” and “America's Got Talent.” On AGT, Myq sometimes had to compete against cute children and well-trained dogs. He'll tell us about how his latest show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is based on advice he would give his younger self… and how he doubts he would have listened.Areas of Expertise:Jill: The TV show “The Good Place,” the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and the SAT.Myq: Linguistics, psychedelics and Spider-Man.What's the Difference: Preaching to the ChoirWhat's the difference between a preacher and a pastor?What's the difference between a choir and a chorus?Experts:Rebecca Feldman and Sarah Saltzberg: Writers and performers, who originated the roles that became Olive and Logan in the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.Marv Wolfman: Legendary and award-winning comic book author and editor, whose career includes creating the character Black Cat for Spider-Man.Hosts:J. Keith van StraatenHelen HongCredits:Theme Song by Jonathan Green.Maximum Fun's Senior Producer is Laura Swisher.Associate Producer and Editor is Julian Burrell.Seeing our next live-audience show in Pasadena by YOU!

Episode 190.  James B and Eddie debate whether Spider-Man should know how the Black Cat feels about Spider-Man's secret identity.  The identity of Dr. Stillwell gets confusing and the identity of The Black Cat's benefactor is completely obvious.   (00:22) Paste Pot Petereon Network Sponsor - “Call Me Maime” Podcast   (01:06) From February of 1984 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 87 “mistaken Identities!” by Bill Mantlo, AL Milgrom and Jim Mooney   https://readallcomics.com/peter-parker-the-spectacular-spider-man-087/   (04:51) From March of 1984 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 88 “Hyde and Seek!” by Mantlo, Milgrom, and Mooney    (09:44) From April of 1984 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 89 “Power-Search!” by Mantlo, Milgrom, and Mooney   (17:57) Paste Pot Petereon Network Sponsor - The Farley and Harlan Stillwell Online Doctor Show   Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by Eddie and touched up by James B  using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written by Eddie.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and https://www.zapsplat.com/    Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts.   Join our Discord Channel and chat live with other fans of the show by using this link on discord: https://discord.gg/GvbvtDRj

Episode 186.  James B and Eddie talk poor parenting in PPTSSM with guest Kevin Ewing. Featuring a crossover with the Hobgoblin, a big reveal about The Black Cat's “power” and a huge hint towards Peter's identity.   Join our Discord Channel by using this link on discord: https://discord.gg/GvbvtDRj   Check out latest information about our next live meetup here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_mW6htjJUHOzlViEvPQqR-k68tClMGAi85Bi_xrlV7w/edit   (00:30) Sponsor Paste Pot Pete Podcast - I Came In Like A Wrecking Thunderball   (01:07) From November of 1983 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 84 “My Baby's Been Kidnapped!” by Bill Mantlo and Art by Dave Simons.   (03:00) Segment - So Your Saying There's a Chance?   (08:22) From December of 1983 PPtSSM 85 “the Hatred of the Hobgoblin!” by Bill Mantlo, Al Milgrom and Jim Mooney   (16:48) From January of 1984 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 86 “Bugs!” by Bill Mantlo, Art by Al Milgrom and Fred Hembeck   (23:20) Sponsor Paste Pot Pete Podcast -The Baby Job Share Economy   Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written by Eddie.  Summaries Read by Eddie.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and https://www.zapsplat.com/    Irving Forbush centerfold drawn by Fred Hembeck   Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

Ultimate Spider-Cast Ep #236: Spectacular Spider-Man #97-#99 Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast! In this episode, Phil and Lilith review Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #97-#99 (December 1984-February 1985) featuring the first appearances of The Spot, Spider-Man and Black Cat vs the Kingpin, and who is the Hermit? PLUS: reviews of NEW issues, Miles Morales: Spider-Man #7, Cult of Carnage: Misery #2, Hallow's Eve #4 and MORE!   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Ultimate Spider-Cast's Links  → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/UltSpidercast → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSpiderCast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================   Please contribute to help Charlie's family in this time of mourning:   https://www.gofundme.com/f/charlies-funeral-and-expenses  

FINALLY! The coming of the Black Cat! In a compelling and uncanny origin story, we meet Felicia Hardy’s father, who committed the Super Solider serum formula to memory back in 1943. Kingpin. Wants. That. Knowledge! Also, Doc Ock is here for some reason.

Meow! We finally get some puuurfect Felicia Hardy lore as we learn about her cat burglar father and his surprising ties to Captain America

Meow! We finally get some puuurfect Felicia Hardy lore as we learn about her cat burglar father and his surprising ties to Captain America

Episode 181.  James B and Eddie debate the biggest problem of Peter Parker getting an A+ on his paper, and then dropping out of school.   Eddie forgets Doc Connor's son and James B drops some holiday facts on this Father's Day edition of Let's Read Spider-Man. (02:37) From August of 1983 Stan Lee presents the Amazing Spider-man 243 “Options” written by Stern, art by Romita Jr. and Dave Simons   (12:15) From September of 1983 Stan lee presents ASM 244 “Ordeals!” by Stern, Romita Jr and Alaus Janson https://readallcomics.com/amazing-spider-man-v1-244/   Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written byEddie.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and https://www.zapsplat.com/  Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Are you in the Connecticut Area, check out Terrificon and Connecticon this summer  https://www.terrificon.com/home.html   https://connecticon.org/ Are you online and want to chat with James B and Eddie live?   Let's Read Spider-Man Meet-A-Con is coming to Skype in July 2023.  Stay tuned for details.

Episode 178.  James B and Eddie are joined by Dana to discuss Doc Ock's Wardrobe, and the conclusion of the Gang War between Doc Ock and the Owl.     (00:26) Paste Pot Petreon Podcast Sponsor: Wait Wait Don't Tell Me for three years  (02:05) From February of 1983 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 75 “Ferae Naturae (Wild Beasts) Written by Bill Mantlo, Breakdowns by Al Milgrom and inked by Jim Mooney   https://readallcomics.com/peter-parker-the-spectacular-spider-man-075/ (06:26) From March of 1983 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 76 “At Death's Door” By Mantlo, Milgrom, and Mooney   (11:14) From April of 1983 Stan Lee presents PPtSSM 77 “Relapse Times Two!” by Al Milgrom, Jim Mooney, and Joe Rosen   (14:59) From May of 1983 Stan Lee presents PPTSSM 78 “The Long Goodbye!” by Mantlo, Milgrom and Mooney   (16:43) From June of 1983 Stan Lee presents PPTSSM 79 “The Final Battle!” by Mantlo, Milgrom, and Mooney   (24:40) Paste Pot Petreon Podcast Sponsor Dancing with the Arms Podcast     Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written by Eddie.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and https://www.zapsplat.com/  Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts. See you in seven weeks for Let's Read Spider-Man Meet-A-Con 2, details coming soon.

Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat, has been around in comic books since. She's been an on-again-off-again girlfriend of Peter Park (aka Spider-Man!). She was featured in several Spidey stories throughout the '80s. But in the '90s she got her own book. A little too early for the Bad Girl Comics craze of the time, let's find out if her limited series still holds up. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/nI7vdZ5aJz4 #292 S6E32 Black Cat #1 vol. 1 (1994)

Spider-Man, seppur sfortunato nella vita di tutti i giorni, ha sempre avuto compagne bellissime, come Gwen Stacy e la storica partner Mary Jane Watson. Una vera e propria costante per Peter però è la burrascosa e altalenante relazione con la Gatta Nera. Nata nel 1979, la ladra felina è un personaggio molto più complesso di quanto si immagini. E no, ha poco a che fare con Catwoman.Oggi vi spieghiamo perché.Storie di Fumetti e Cinema è il podcast scritto, prodotto e condotto da Enrico Edoardo Bozzi e Mario Mancuso. Non dimenticatevi di seguirci, attivare la campanellina e lasciarci una recensione!Seguiteci su YouTube, Instagram e TikTok!

Episode 145. James B and Eddie discuss the first appearance of the Black Cat in The Amazing Spider-Man 194 & 195 after a quick detour into The Fantastic Four 207 where we finally get the confrontation we have all been waiting for before discussing two issues with super flirty battles. (02:08) From June of 1979 Stan Lee Presents  Fantastic Four 207 “Might of the Monocle!” by Marv Wolfman, Sal Buscema and Joe Sinnot  (06:02) From July of 1979 Stan Lee Presents The Amazing Spider-man 194 “Never Let the Black Cat Cross Your Path!” written by Marv Wolf man, illustrated by Keith Pollard and Frank Giacoia    (10:59) From August of 1979 Stan Lee Presents The Amazing Spider-man 195 “Nine Lives has the Black Cat!” by Marv Wolf Man, Illustrated by Keith Pollard and M. Hands   (16:57) A sponsor offers appropriate ways to keep your food safe   Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston,  Sponsor Bassline by Eddie.  Lunch for Peter provided by Irving Forbush.  This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written by Eddie. Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com except for any of the following if used: lasers, Pouring Water, Door Entering, robot and Tea Kettle by https://www.zapsplat.com/, Record Scratch and Jet Take Off by Sound Effects Factory, Sexy Music by BenSound, Goblin Glider by Hollywood Edge, Gameshow music by Misc with permission, and and Eddie's laugh by Eddie. Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts! Find the podcasts on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoKSfjDVKvj5C5lkjQvUByA/?sub_confirmation=1 and proudly be one of our first subscribers.  Stay Tuned for our next Let's Read Spider-Man episode where we leave the Amazing Spider-Man and check out PPTSSM where Daredevil and Marcy Kane both give Peter problems, although Eddie keeps talking about the Green Goblin for some reason…

In this episode we return to the Criminal Syndicate and cover Black Cat. First, we chronologically cover the character's comic book and movie history in our Lore segment. After Lore, we discuss her stats, play style, tactic cards, and team rosters in our Strategy section. We finish the episode with a strategy discussion on Black Cat team roster building, and how well the character fits on other teams in Marvel Crisis Protocol. Fury's Finest is a podcast and resource devoted to the discussion of the tabletop game Marvel Crisis Protocol. ___________________________________ Fury's Finest is supported by our wonderful patrons on Patreon. If you would like to help the show go to patreon.com/furysfinest and pledge your support. Fury's Finest Patrons directly support the show and its growth by helping pay our monthly and annual fees, while contributing to future projects and endeavors. Fury's Finest is sponsored by Discount Games Inc, go to discountgamesinc.com for all of your Marvel: Crisis Protocol needs. Check out our Fury's Finest apparel and merchandise on TeePublic. ___________________________________ Twitch I twitch.tv/furysfinest Twitter I @FurysFinestCast Instagram I @FurysFinest Facebook I Fury's Finest YouTube I Fury's Finest Apple Podcasts l Spotify l Google Podcasts ___________________________________ Thanks to Approaching Nirvana for our music. Help spread the word of our show. Subscribe, rate, and review! Send feedback, Marvel thoughts, and show inquires to FurysFinest@gmail.com Fury's Finest is hosted by Jesse Eakin and Chris Bruffett.

Another week of books on the move and that means Tom is on the mic with Gem Mint to help you break it all down. We have House of Secrets books spiking, Golden Age All Star Comics getting rare, Black Knight solo series selling quickly, covers for Halloween's Michael Meyers heating up, Felicia Hardy's Black Cat rising, classic horror comics hitting new highs, early Batman issues breaking records, and with the Black Adam film hitting theaters, we have the Marvel Family shouting SHAZAM again! ❤️ Mystery Mail Call (our comic book subscription service) https://www.comictom101.com/ (US ONLY) ❤️ Follow us on Whatnot!: https://www.whatnot.com/invite/comictom101 ❤️ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/2PfSSSY

What's that you say? We already covered a cat themed burglar last week? Well 2's better than 1 and Joe likes Black Cat better than Catwoman. Jed Mckay lends his voice to Felicia Hardy and proves why his version of this character has stayed so popular. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/allnew52/support

'Guilty', 'The Cat' & 'The Black Cat' Jerome and Brian begin their look at the penultimate season of the the mid-90s Spider-man. They discuss the more feminine writing style and how Felicia Hardy gets a full blown character arc. Join us for a good slate of episodes before things go down in a big way next week.

Hey, it's the end of Bad Girls Month and we're ending with the Black Cat!  Ripoff of our somewhat more famous female feline felon??  Maybe not!  Maybe somewhat?  Anyway, listen and find out!What do you think?  Do you have something to say?  Wanna tell us what you think of our current topic?  Have other things to say about other topics?  Wanna tell us some sweet recipes for cookies (please)?  Let us know!  We have social medias!  If you see the deranged pencil, you're in the right place!  I also check my email now!  I promise!  You could also give us a rating and comment on your favorite podcast aggregator!  Talk to us!  Website:  https://pencilusinpodcast.buzzsprout.com Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PencilUsInPodcast Twitter: @pencilusin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pencilusinpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pencilusin email: PencilUsInPodcast@gmail.comPhil here:  Hopefully you enjoyed Bad Girl month!  I learned a few things.  What about you?  I didn't do extensive reading for this particular episode as I figured I would have enough from just one source plus some background I already knew.  So learn from what I learned from!  Also, just stay away from ladies with cat motifs. We read some cool magazines with articles and stuff!  Wanna know which ones?Back Issue Magazine (TwoMorrows Publishing): 40This provided some basic info on the Black Cat plus a little behind-the-scenes stuff.  I continue to love this magazine.

Parents can have good relationships with their children when they see and treat them as blessings instead of burdens. This special, mother/daughter duo shares how they create and share love and respect in spite of differences. Check out their podcast, "Two More $ense" on Anchor, Spotify, Google, Apple, Amazon Music, and Audible. Thank you for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cherie-hardy/message

Parents can have good relationships with their children when they see and treat them as blessings instead of burdens. This special, mother/daughter duo shares how they create and share love and respect in spite of differences. Check out their podcast, "Two More $ense" on Anchor, Spotify, Google, Apple, Amazon Music, and Audible. Thank you for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cherie-hardy/message

We welcome back our friend author Preeti Chhibber to discuss Felicia Hardy's, AKA Black Cat, role in Spider-Man PS4, as well as discuss her upcoming Black Cat story in Women of Marvel #1 this March, and Spider-Man: The Social Dilemma this July! Why do we love Felicia so much, and how does she challenge Peter in this amazing game? Where do we hope her story goes from here in all forms of media? We also discuss Preeti's thoughts on No Way Home, our thoughts on Multiverse of Madness, casting for the Kraven the Hunter film, and much more!   Follow Preeti on Twitter @runwithskizzers.   Follow Into the Spider-Cast on Twitter @IntoSpiderCast and Instagram @intothespidercast.   Follow the hosts on Twitter @CJWritesThings and @spiderswarz.   Support Black Lives Matter and affiliate causes and organizations. Use the National Resources List, which has links to various Black Lives Matter resources, bailout funds by city, Trans support funds, Black History, Revolutionary, Anti-Racism texts, and more.

This mother/daughter duo from the "Two More Sense Podcast" discusses social media trends and the pros and cons of searching for personal validation through public posts and "likes". --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cherie-hardy/message

This mother/daughter duo from the "Two More Sense Podcast" discusses social media trends and the pros and cons of searching for personal validation through public posts and "likes". --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cherie-hardy/message

Movie Meltdown - Episode 570 This episode we return to the Super Series with a vengeance as we discuss Spider-Man: No Way Home and all things Marvel.  And as we work to make sense of the alternate universe we now live in, we also bring up… Hawkeye, Daredevil, Kingpin, She-Hulk, Tom Holland, Kate Bishop, Shang-Chi, Loki, What If...?, Spider-Man: Freshman Year, WandaVision, Young Avengers, Kang the Conqueror, Miles Morales, Kraven the Hunter, Jon Watts, The Rhino, arrogance personified, Betty Brant, self-masochistic, reappearing people, The Celestials, Zendaya, Gorr the God Butcher, something's getting blown up somewhere, Vincent D'Onofrio, it's Alexander the Great with a time machine, Felicia Hardy, Echo, The Lizard, tech in the wrong hands, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Eternals, Doctor Jane Foster, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Charlie Cox, a recent expert, working as a team, Electro, Christian Bale, a victim of mental illness, Dr. Curtis Connors, Justin Hammer, Harry Styles, superhero lawyers, further examples of what not to do, Mac Gargan, Armor Wars and you shouldn't trust a Skrull.  Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers for "Spider-Man: No Way Home". We usually tell you to go see the movie before listening, but based on the number of millions it's already made, we're guessing most people have already seen it. “That's one thing I like about the MCU… the world is always getting destroyed and being rebuilt - every damned month!”

In this episode, Chris and Mark fight off seasonal colds to look back at the origins of their Marvel fandom, an early attempt at bringing Earth’s mightiest heroes together on […]

We return to Spider-Man The Animated Series! We discuss the "Spider-Slayers" two-part arc that sets up many elements for the series going forward, delving into the setup of Spider-Man's villains, love life, and our first introduction to one Felicia Hardy. But besides that, we have a lot of news to discuss, including that of Marvel vs. the heirs of the creators of their most famous characters, such as Spider-Man, and some rumors about the upcoming Ms. Marvel MCU series. Enjoy!   We are a proud member of the But Why Tho? Podcast Network.   Follow Into the Spider-Cast on Twitter @IntoSpiderCast and on Instagram @intothespidercast.   Follow the hosts on Twitter @CJWritesThings and @swarzseawalker.   Please support us on Patreon!   Support Black Lives Matter and affiliate causes and organizations. Use the National Resources List, which has links to various Black Lives Matter resources, bailout funds by city, Trans support funds, Black History, Revolutionary, Anti-Racism texts, and more.

This is The Oblivion Bar Podcast, The #1 Podcast on The Citadel and The Official Podcast of The Fantasy Shop in St. Charles, MO! For episode 53, Chris and Aaron discuss the first HAWKEYE Disney+ series trailer, our first look at Guillermo del Toro's upcoming film NIGHTMARE ALLEY, and Anthony Mackie is set to star in the live-action TWISTED METAL series. For our main topic, we sit down with BY FAR the MOST prolific voice actor of all-time, Jennifer Hale! Her incredible filmography includes Naomi Hunter from the Metal Gear Solid franchise, Rosalind Lutece from the BioShock Infinite, Felicia Hardy aka Black Cat in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Bastila Shan from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic video game series, Kiara from Rick and Morty, (Giganta, Killer Frost, Zatanna, and Inza) in the Justice League and Justice League: Unlimited animated series, and of course: Commander Shepard from the Mass Effect franchise! Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Consider supporting us over on Patreon! LINQ Page (All of our important links are here)

In this episode, I speak with Felice who is the co-editor on Welove2ski, and has written for almost every national newspaper. She contributes as a freelance writer to publications that include Conde Nast Traveller, Tatler, BA Highlife, and Country Life. Listen on to find out how Felice has been able to become location independent as a skiing expert. --------------- Hey Offbeat Family, I really appreciate you listening to this episode. I would love to hear more from you and what you think of the podcast. Contact me: hello@theoffbeatlife.com Show credits: Audio Engineer: Ben Smith - Ben@howtocreateapodcast.com

Jace and Jay talk about some of the titles that are hitting comic shops the week of June 2, 2021. Amazing Spider-Man #67 has a very classic Spider-Man, but Jace is hoping we get to the end of some of the many plot threads that are playing out in the title currently. Nocterra spends some time on quiet moments and has some great characterization, but this month's issue also really brings some hardcore action! Can't wait to see what happens next. Dep Beyond #5 gives us a look at what is on the other side of the portal and really shows how far the series has come in only a few issues. Out of Body #1 from AfterShock is surprisingly grounded for a book that deals with the supernatural. It has both an ethereal and procedural feel, fantastic work by the creative team. Inkblot is just a while lot of fun, exactly the book you would expect starring a fantastical and possible mythical cat. Speaking of cats, Black Cat #7 shows the heart of Felicia Hardy with gorgeous artwork. This character has come so far from her Spider-Man sidekick days. Iron Man Annual #1 does such an incredible job of establishing a start to the Infinite Destinies narrative it has convinced Jace to go all in. Also the art is SPECTACULAR! Heroes Reborn #5 is ok, but Jace worries about the inconsistency in art and story for the event overall. Crush and Lobo gets Jay's stamp of approval, he also feels like the characterization of Crush is authentic. Immortal Hulk #47 has us very close to the end of this series and it feels like its time to take the Hulk in a different direction, but we can't wait to see how this one ends first! Jay's Book of the Week is Star Wars War of the bounty Hunters #1, based on the strength of this issue, Jay is going all in on this event. We love how much it enriches the character & story points we know from the films and even adds to the Star Wars film canon. Also we are reminded in this issue what a bad ass Boba Fett is! All this, plus Jace runs down some other titles you may want to pick up this week.

Jace and Jay talk about some of the books hitting comic shops the week of May 12, 2021. Black Cat continues the story of a deal Felicia Hardy wishes she hadn't made. Maniac of New York is barreling toward the end of the story but whether or not our two protagonist can win the day may depend on the hint of an origin to Harry the Maniac we see in this issue. Heroes Reborn #2, Hyperion and the Imperial Guard #1 and Peter Parker Shutterbug #1 all start to flesh out the world Jason Aaron has built without the Avengers, we see some familiar faces, but without the Earth's Mightiest Heroes, things just aren't the same. Silver Coin #2 raises an interesting question about just what the coin does to the people who come to possess it, or is it the other way around? X-Corp #1 gives is a look at the cut-throat world of the boardroom in the Marvel universe as the mutants attempt to establish themselves as a corporate force promoting their pharmaceuticals. Spider-Woman #12 gives us plenty of action, but it is the surprising development in Jessica's personal life that may be the most significant part of this issue. Speaking of personal lives, Dan Slott is building plenty of inter-personal drama amongst the Fantastic Four family and we have to wonder if the team will survive the fall-out when secrets are inevitably revealed. Project Patron adds a new wrinkle to the story we thought we were getting about the dynamics of the world's most secret agency whose members are responsible for keeping the Patron active. Ice Cream Man #24 gives us a telethon wherein viewers are asked to pledge to save a man's life, so why is no one pledging? You'll have to read it to find out. Geiger #2 has a bit of a time jump from the end of #1, but it further fleshes out the world the creators are building as well as introducing some new characters we think will be pretty important moving forward. Time Before Time isn't your typical time travel story as it is firmly established that time and events cannot be altered, so why bother to time travel at all? Well turns out it is a great way to escape from people looking for you, but that is just the start of the story. Children of the Atom #3 has some big events now that we have gotten to know the team, but will our young heroes be able to survive what's coming with little experience in such monumental events? Giant Size Spider-Man King's Ransom finishes off some long-running storylines that started all the way back in Amazing Spider-Man #1, but the consequences of the events of this issue haven't even begun yet. Jay gives Scout's Honor #5 his pick of Book of the Week as it comes to a satisfying conclusion, packed full of action & emotion just as this series has been from the start. Jace goes with Silver City #1 as his Book of the Week, not only for an intriguing narrative with many, many layers, but for the absolutely stunning art both in linework and color. Also Jace gives a rundown on some other titles you might want to be on the lookout for.   Black Cat #6 Writer – Jed McKay, Artist – Michael Dowling, Color Artist – Brian Reber, Letterer – Farran Delgado   Children of the Atom #3 Writer – Vita Ayala, Artist – Paco Medina, Color Artist – David Curiel, Letterer – Travis Lanham   Fantastic Four #32 Writer – Dan Slott, Artists – R.B Silva & Javier Rodriguez, Color Artist – Jesus Aburtov, Letterer – Joe Caramagna   Spider-Woman #12 Writer – Karla Pacheco, Pere Perez, Color Artist – Frank D'Armata, Letterer – Travis Lanham   Geiger #2 Writer – Geoff Johns, Artist – Gary Frank, Color Artist – Brad Anderson, Letterer – Rob Leigh   Giant-Sized Amazing Spider-Man King's Ransom #1 Writer - Nick Spencer, Artists - Roge Antonio with Carlos Gomez & Ze Carlos, Color Artist - Alex Sinclair, Letterer - Joe Caramagna   Heroes Reborn #2 Writer - Jason Aaron, Artists - Dale Keown, Carlos Magno, Scott Hanna, Ed McGuiness & Mark Morales, Color Artists - Edgar Delgado & Mathew Wilson, Letterer - Cory Petit   Hyperion and the Imperial Guard #1 Writer - Ryan Cady, Artists - Michelle Bandini, Elisabetta D'amico & Stephen Byrne, Color Artists - Erick Arciniega & Stephen Byrne, Letterer - Cory Petit   Peter Parker The Amazing Shutterbug #1 Writer - Marc Bernardin, Artists - Rafael De Latorre, Ron Lim & Scott Hanna, Color Artist - Jim Campbell, Letterer - Ariana Maher   Ice Cream Man #24 Writer - W. Maxwell Prince, Artist - Martin Marazzo, Color Artist - Chris O'Halloran, Letterer - Good Old Neon   Maniac of New York #4 Writer - Elliott Kalan, Artist - Andrea Mutti, Letterer - Taylor Esposito   Project: Patron #2 Writer - Steve Orlando, Artist - Patrick Piazzalunga, Color Artist - Carlos Lopez, Letterer - Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou   Scout's Honor #5 Writer - David Pepose, Artist - Luca Casalanguida, Color Artist - Matt Milla, Letterer - Carlos M. Mangual   Silver City #1 Writer - Olivia Cuartero-Briggs, Artist & Color Artist - Luca Merli, Letterer - Dave Sharpe   Star Wars #13 Writer - Charles Soule, Artist - Ramon Rosanas, Color Artist - Rachelle Rosenberg, Letterer - Clayton Cowles   Time Before Time #1 Writers - Declan Shalvey & Rory McConville, Artist - Joe Palmer, Color Artist - Chris O'Halloran, Letterer - Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou   X-Corp #1 Writer - Tini Howard, Artist - Alberto Foche, Color Artist - Sunny Gho, Letterer - Clayton Cowles   Silver Coin #2 Writer - Kelly Thompson, Lines, Colors & Letters - Michael Walsh

MREOW! Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat. She’s been an on-again/off-again love interest for Spider-Man, a thorn in his side, and a sexy bedfellow. In this episode of the Amazing Spider-Talk podcast, join Dan and Mark as they explore the character and her moment in the spotlight as the co-lead of the mid-’80s Spectacular Spider-Man comic. […] The post The Black Cat (Season 5, Episode 4) appeared first on Amazing Spider-Talk.

Welcome True Believers, this is the Marvel Mix Bulletin, a Podcast brought to you by the Taylor Network of Podcasts. This podcast is part of the Mighty Marvel Mix, and we're bringing you all the latest headlines from the world of Marvel comics, movies, TV, and games. Regular listeners will know that the Marvel Mix Bulletin is only for important stuff - and important people! And we keep to that mantra now, as we bring you the awesome writer of Taskmaster, Black Cat and Avengers Mech Strike, Jed MacKay, who joins Darrell Taylor in conversation. We’ve been raving about how good the Taskmaster limited series from Jed was, and we’re also massive fans of what he’s been doing with Felicia Hardy as well, so what better time to talk to him about them? As well as this podcast, you can also check out the Mighty Marvel Mix, which is our main show that features all the big Marvel news - we’re currently having some spoiler-filled chat about Wandavision if you’d like to check it out (which we obviously recommend!) And you can now also find the Mighty Marvel Show on YouTube - check out our channel at: tinyurl.com/marvelmix We'd love to hear from you with your thoughts on this episode and what you'd like to hear from future shows, so join in the conversation by emailing us at mightymarvelmix@gmail.com or finding us on Twitter at @marvelmix and Instagram at @mightymarvelmix

Welcome True Believers, this is the Marvel Mix Bulletin, a Podcast brought to you by the Taylor Network of Podcasts. This podcast is part of the Mighty Marvel Mix, and we're bringing you all the latest headlines from the world of Marvel comics, movies, TV, and games. Regular listeners will know that the Marvel Mix Bulletin is only for important stuff - and important people! And we keep to that mantra now, as we bring you the awesome writer of Taskmaster, Black Cat and Avengers Mech Strike, Jed MacKay, who joins Darrell Taylor in conversation. We’ve been raving about how good the Taskmaster limited series from Jed was, and we’re also massive fans of what he’s been doing with Felicia Hardy as well, so what better time to talk to him about them? As well as this podcast, you can also check out the Mighty Marvel Mix, which is our main show that features all the big Marvel news - we’re currently having some spoiler-filled chat about Wandavision if you’d like to check it out (which we obviously recommend!) And you can now also find the Mighty Marvel Show on YouTube - check out our channel at: tinyurl.com/marvelmix We'd love to hear from you with your thoughts on this episode and what you'd like to hear from future shows, so join in the conversation by emailing us at mightymarvelmix@gmail.com or finding us on Twitter at @marvelmix and Instagram at @mightymarvelmix

Jace and Jay take about a ton of books hitting comic shops this week. Black Cat from Marvel continues to bring Felicia Hardy back to her roots, likewise Iron Man is doing the same not only for Tony Stark, but also for Patsy Walker. Fantastic Four is a King in Black Tie-In, but it doesn't seem like the creative team likes that fact, though they do seem to plant some seeds for some future family drama. Wolverine is an action paced issue continuing the vampire story running throughout the x-titles, plus ... have you ever wondered what would happen if a mosquito bit Wolverine? Daredevil is another stellar issue as this creative team feels like they are building to something really big. Maestro War & Pax #4 is a bit predictable, but the action, although expected, still pays off. Meanwhile both Iron Fist & Children of the Atom show the heroism of their respective characters in different ways, but some upcoming revelations in both titles threaten to throw everything into chaos. Scumbag feels like it has lost its way in recent issues on this week's issue is no exception, but the ending gives a glimmer of hope that the humorous debauchery may be about to return. The next to last issue of American Vampire ever, reminds us of the flexibility of the world Snyder and Albuquerque have built. Finally we have three excellent titles from AfterShock, Maniac of New York #3 has an incredibly impactful moment at the end but also has us wondering if our two female protagonists have what it takes to stop Harry. Undone By Blood #2 hasn't quite pulled us in yet because we just don't know Silvie well enough. Scout's Honor #4 set up the final issue for what we expect will be more tightly paced all out action, just as this title has delivered with every issue so far. All this plus Jace gives a rundown on some other titles you may want to be on the lookout for.

This week on Creannotators, I talked with comics writer Jed MacKay about Black Cat, one of the best Marvel comics since launch in 2019! We talk about Felicia Hardy, heists across the Marvel Universe, and what it’s like launching a new #1 comic into the King in Black event. On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some […] The post Creannotators #30: “Black Cat” Interview With Writer Jed MacKay! appeared first on Comic Book Herald.

This purr-fect episode is spotlighting three Black Cat cosplayers. We talk to Kennidy Ashley and Kelly about  their love of Felicia Hardy and what it took to design their costumes. Be sure to follow their Instagram pages here. https://www.instagram.com/kmcdaniel28/https://www.instagram.com/kennkitten/https://www.instagram.com/astap915/ If you would like to see the video of this podcast check it out here. https://youtu.be/xSskkJcyWUM Be sure to visit our main page at:http://www.spidermancrawlspace.com You can join our patreon page and get some very cool perks like exclusive podcasts and also help support the site. They also got this episode two weeks early.  https://www.patreon.com/crawlspace Be sure to follow us on social mediaFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/SpiderManCrawlspace Twitterhttps://twitter.com/crawlspace101 Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/officialcrawlspace/ Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/spidermancrawlspace

On this week's comic book review podcast: Black Cat: King In Black #1 Marvel Written by Jed MacKay Art by C.F. Villa Blade Runner 2029 #1 Titan Comics Written by Mike Johnson Art by Andres Guinaldo The Expanse #1 BOOM! Studios Written by Corinna Bechko Illustrated by Alejandro Aragon Locke & Key: …In Pale Battalions Go… #3 IDW Written by Joe Hill Art by Gabriel Rodriguez Commanders in Crisis #3 Image Comics Written by Steve Orlando Art by Davide Tinto Rorschach #3 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Jorge Fornés Decorum #6 Image Comics Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Mike Huddleston New Mutants #14 Marvel Written by Vita Ayala Art by Rod Reis Post Americana #1 Image Comics Story & Art by Steve Stroke Batman #105 DC Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Carlo Pagulayan & Danny Miki, Alvaro Martinez & Christian Duce Stillwater #4 Image Comics Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Ramón K. Perez We Only Find Them When They're Dead #4 BOOM! Studios Written by Al Ewing Illustrated by Simone Di Meo Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #2 Marvel Written by Vita Ayala, Saladin Ahmed and Chris Claremont Art by Greg Land, Kev Walker and Salvador Larroca Head Lopper #14 Image Comics Story and Art by Andrew Maclean Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 DC Comics Written by Scott Snyder Art by Greg Capullo Seven to Eternity #15 Image Comics Written by Rick Remender Drawn by Jerome Opeña The Immortal Hulk: King in Black #1 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Aaron Kuder The Immortal Hulk #42 Marvel Written by Al Ewing Art by Joe Bennett Once & Future #14 BOOM! Studios Written by Kieron Gillen Art by Dan Mora SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript: Alex:                 What is up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that came out this week, kicking it off with Black Cat, King in Black number one. I wish that rhymed, but it didn't. Marvel, written by Jed MacKay, art by C.F. Villa. This is of course tying into the King in Black event, but it's also bringing back the Black Cat title that I know Justin liked ever so much. This one, Felicia Hardy is dealing not only with Knull, the king of the symbiotes, but she's about to pull off a heist of her own. What did you think about this issue, Justin. Justin:              I think this is a great issue. I love this black cat series. I think Jed MacKay has a really great understanding of the character, the way that she speaks and we're in her head for a lot of the earlier series. Pete:                You love being in the characters heads. Justin:              I love. Isn't that the dream? God, if I could be in the head of Pete LePage and Alex Zalben on a daily Basis. Alex:                 Oh, that's delightful. [crosstalk 00:01:09]. Pete:                No, no way. Would not be good for you. Justin:              I spent a couple of weeks in Pete's head. I don't know what happened, if there was a lightning strike. [crosstalk 00:01:17]. Yeah, it was just as you'd expect. Pete:                Well, it was like what women want situation, but just with Pete. Justin:              I finally know what Pete wants, and it begins and ends with a meatball sub from the subway. And this issue, really great art, some fun stuff. Her and her team steal the Spider-Mobile and get to drive that one a bit. Pete:                Yeah, the Spider-Mobile was fun bit. I loved seeing that. Justin:              And this crosses into King in Black in such a fun, great way. It feels important and real, and the reveal, or the sort of mission at the end of the first issue is super fun. Pete:                I got to say, this is a great example of tie-ins done right. We've been reading a bunch of kind of tie-ins to this and it's like, “Wait, what? Is that really a tie-in?” This is done really well. It fits, it makes sense. It's really cool for the character. It gets you excited about the event. I was really impressed with this book. Alex:                 Well, it's also really good in on the Black Cat book, because clearly a lot of stuff has gone on there, which frankly I have not been reading. I think we only talked about one issue maybe at one point on The Stack or the live show. But this fills you in on everything you need to do very ably. You're able to jump in on her supporting cast and understand what's going on with them as well as her previous adventures over the course of this book. I agree, really fun stuff. I was very surprised how much I like this, and I'll definitely be reading more. Pete:                Also I just want to say the art is absolutely fantastic. Justin:              Yes. Thank you. Thank you guys for getting on board with this. You've really made my 2020 a perfect year. Alex:                 Even better than 2020 though is going to be Blade Runner 2029 number one from Titan Comics written by Mike Johnson, art by Andres Guinaldo. This is of course- Pete:                That's why you get paid the big bucks Zalbs. Alex:                 Thanks man. I do get so much money off of the show. This is clearly taking place in the very near future in the Blade Runner universe. Justin:              You make it sound like it's real. You're like, “This is our future.” Alex:                 I'll be upfront and honest about something. Justin:              Ooh. Alex:                 I've never seen Blade Runner. I've also never seen Blade Runner [crosstalk 00:03:33]. Pete:                No of the movies? Alex:                 I know what's going on because I live in the world and you can't avoid understand what's going to go on Blade Runner, so it wasn't a big surprise. I actually liked this despite not having ever seen those movies. I thought it was a pretty solid story of tracking down replicants. The main character was interesting. Pete:                Sorry, Alex. Alex:                 The character was interesting. I like this quite a bit. Pete:                I'm sorry, Alex. Alex. Alex:                 Hold on. Mike Johnson is a good writer of tie-ins, so clearly he knows what he's doing here and I think that works. Yes, Pete. Pete:                Because you've never seen any of the movies, no one gives a fuck what you have to say about this comic now. Justin:              Wow. Yeah, exactly. Pete:                Because if you haven't, if you don't know the material, shut the fuck up. Alex:                 No, I know. It is the ice skating competition movie. Justin:              Yes. Alex:                 Where they have to do [crosstalk 00:04:21] the cutting edge. Oh, yeah [crosstalk 00:04:23]. Justin:              Oh, that's [crosstalk 00:04:25]. Surely you've seen the director's cut of Blade Runner then. Alex:                 No, I've seen the directors kind of cutting edge. Justin:              You just have seen the theatrical release. Alex:                 They called it the director's cutting edge is what they call it. Pete:                Oh, wow. Justin:              Yeah, the director's cut. Alex:                 I've also seen Cutting Edge 2049. Pete:                It keeps getting better every time you see it. Justin:              It's crazy, they're replicants. They're all replicants. I have seen the Blade Runner films. Pete:                Thank you. Now I want to know what you think of this. Justin:              Well, yeah, we shouldn't be allowed to comment on something if we haven't seen the underlying material. Hold on to that thought for anything else we're talking about this year. I thought this was really good and I agree with Alex, you don't actually really need to know a ton about Blade Runner except for Harrison Ford's theological underpinnings to his character when you're watching the director's [crosstalk 00:05:21]. Pete:                Yes. Thank you. Yes. Alex:                 I have seen Firewall, does that help? Justin:              No. If you've seen Air Force One, you've seen Blade Runner, my man. But the art of this book is really- Pete:                If you've seen Regarding Henry, then you have seen Blade. Justin:              Regarding Henry, I think that movie was fine. I look forward to the comic book adaptation. This book was good. It's a good story. The art is great. I love the tone of the art they have here. Pete:                Yeah, I really agree. I love the tone that the art sets up. It does a great job of really fitting into the world. Yeah, I was really impressed with this book. It really has a great pace to it, a lot of awesome action, some really fun moments where the replicate kind of gets their haircut and stuff like that. I thought the whole wall thing was really impressive. Always really thought this was a great, great comic, even though I've seen the Blade Runners and like them, this comic was kind of above and beyond that. Justin:              Classic flex. The art is almost Moebius like, I really like that. Pete:                Ooh. Alex:                 Yeah, this is very good stuff. Easy to get into, even if you haven't watch the stuff. Let's move on to another one and talk about The Expanse number one from BOOM! Studios written by Corinna Bechko, illustrated by Alejandro Aragon. Now I got to say this is another one, I've seen the first season and change of The Expanse. And of course I've seen The Expanse 2049. But I'll tell you without slamming it too much, this felt like the complete opposite of Blade Runner 2029 to me where I had no idea what was going on for most of this book. And it felt like you had to have watched the show to understand the characters, to understand the settings. And that was a real bummer to me because I enjoyed the first season. I would be happy to pick up an Expanse comic books, see more of this world, but I don't want to have to have watched every episode of the show to necessarily get into it. Did you guys feel the same way? Justin:              I've never seen The Expanse, but I understood every aspect of this comic book. Pete:                I have seen every episode of The Expanse. I have read the Bubblegum comic book series that Joe Blow did for a little while. I have read fan fiction. I am very well-educated in this and I thought it was spot. No, I haven't read any of it [inaudible 00:07:50]. Alex:                 It's funny that you did. I was pretty sure you were lying, but the fact that you didn't mention the novels that it's based on. Bubblegum first. Justin:              Joe Blow. Alex:                 But given that we don't necessarily have a familiarity with The Expanse. How do you feel this worked as a comic book? Justin:              No, I mean, I agree with you. This is definitely for fans. It is so rooted in … You have to know, I think you have to fully know the characters when you come into this book, there's not even a preamble to get us into the world and what's happening. And I think that's fine, it's definitely just not a book for someone who's never read or watched the show. Pete:                Yeah, it's tough if you're just kind of at a comic book shop or buy it however you do, because you're like Boom! Studios because they do great books. It's definitely a deep cut. I was definitely lost for a little bit. But kind of getting an idea of what's happening and by the end of it, it won me over. Art, I thought was fantastic. A lot of talking, but I'm kind of into it. I liked how it ended. Alex:                 Yeah. Justin:              And this ties into the X-Men. Alex:                 Yes, it does. It's a direct spinoff of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, everybody's favorite X-Men movie. Next one we're going to talk about Locke & Key, In Pale Battalions Go number three from IDW written by Joe Hill, art by Gabriel Rodriguez. Of course, this is a series that we're all in on. But this is wrapping up [crosstalk 00:09:18] the mini series before the mini series, which is kind of fascinating thing that they've been doing. Initially was supposed to be the sad man crossover which we're about to get into called [inaudible 00:09:28] that's going to be, I believe two issues long at this point. Alex:                 But then very slowly, they expanded outwards the amount of issues they were doing for this prequel that leads directly into it after this issue. And I think after the last issue we kind of know what the setup is going to be for the sad man Locke & Key crossover. But this is still wrapping up this three issue mini series. The story of what happens when one of the old timey Locke family members goes to war in World War I, comes back, brings some German soldiers back with him. Things go very, very badly. And in this issue Key house fights back in incredibly graphic and bloody ways. Pete, there were attack teddy bears in this issue. You have got to have loved this. Pete:                Oh my God, yeah. I love that whole teddy bear scene. This was just classic Locke & Key, amazing storytelling, the art going above and beyond in all the greatest ways. There's a moment where she's shutting the door, but it's like disappearing. It's just, Gabriel Rodriguez is a goddam legend. The moment where it was like, welcome to Key house motherfucker, it was just … This comic continues to be amazeballs every time these two team up is just absolute magic. It's just gross and fun and over the top and all the great ways. Yeah, I don't get tired of watching German soldiers die, and there's a fun little kind of ad in the back where it's Kinsey's comic corner, fantastic. Justin:              This was so upsetting as a story, just so well done and heartbreaking. And especially the fact that this is connected, it's the same family from among the stars story from back in the day, the one where they are- Alex:                 Is it over the moon? Justin:              Unlock the moon, sorry. Alex:                 Unlock the moon. Justin:              Unlock the moon, among the stars is what's written on his grave, it's just so tough. But the art in this book is so good. It's just so intense. And there's just dread throughout. We talked about this a lot with Locke & Key, the way that they're able to sort of have this low level hum of great narrative stress as you're reading this, because you feel for the characters and you know bad things are happening is so good. Something I noticed while reading this, and I don't know if this has been featured in any other thing or if it's maybe something to curb in the future. They feature the graveyard a couple of times in this book. And one of the characters, Fiona Locke, there's a little key hole in her gravestone. Do you feel like that's a … maybe there's something to be done there? Alex:                 Yeah, potentially. I mean, maybe it's like a zombie Key or something like that, or it'd bring back the dead Key. I mean, I think we could delve into spoilers here, but certainly the goal seems to be the current Locke patriarch in this continuity potentially heading down to hell to try to rescue his wife or something like that. Justin:              Yeah, maybe that's the doorway. He opens the door and goes down a pair of steps, a set of steps sort of Legend of Zelda style. One other thing I want to say real quick, the character- Alex:                 It's dangerous to go alone is what I have to say about that. Justin:              You are the guy that hands in the wooden sword. The character, one of the main characters here, the kid that goes to war is named Jonathan Tyler Locke. Jonathan Tyler is my brother's name. When I saw that in the grave, I was like, “Yo.” Pete:                Oh man, you should send them a screenshot, man. You know what I mean? Just be like, “Thinking of you bro. Hope you're good.” Because what's great is that you could cut it off because it says Jonathan Tyler, and then says Locke underneath. So you could totally do a little cut in there and just make it nice. Alex:                 Yeah, that'd be great to really fuck with your brother. To the point you were saying though Justin, I really liked that this story was in a very different mode than the Locke & Key title that we knew. It felt like it tells its own story with its own tone. It's a tragedy as opposed to the other one, which is a horror adventure story, and that's great. I'm really excited to see what they do with Helen gone. But the more different types of stories they can tell in this world, I think overall the better for its longevity, particularly as we know there is more coming. Alex:                 Let's move on and talk about Commanders in Crisis number three from Image Comics written by Steve Orlando, art by Davide Tinto. So Empathy is dead or is Empathy, because Empathy has come back to life and the commanders are trying to figure out exactly what's going on. I think we were pretty high on the first two issues of this book. Do you think it continues to hold up here on the third? Pete:                Yeah, I mean, I see Orlando as having a lot of fun with this. This is really cool the way it's written in the way that characters are. I love the voices and the different stuff. It kind of starts off really grody and kind of crazy in the beginning. But yeah, it gets a little emotional, but then kind of right back into the kind of humor and action I was impressed with how this ends. It does a great job of giving us a little bit of getting excited for the next issue at the end of each comic. Yeah, I continue to be impressed with this team and the different voices and stuff on it. This is a lot of fun. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. Steve Orlando is such an idea generator, you can see in all of his work his stories are super complex, calling on so much continuity. And I feel like with this, he sort of put it all, all of his just wild ideas in full throttle going forward. He's created all these characters and he has him just driving through all these different ideas. There's the multi-verse, there's superheroes just fighting on the ground. We have the villain here is the social callers. It's some sort of social media slash cell phone tech vampire or tech zombiefication for the situation. And it's just fun. It's a lot of new ideas all the time. Alex:                 From new ideas to old ideas, let's talk about Rorschach number three from DC Comics written by Tom King, art by Ori Fornace. In this issue we find out more about the cowboy character that we've met in the first two, who was actually assassinated in the first issue of the book. We go back in time, find out about her backstory as the main detective investigates further, what was going on with her, this new old Rorschach. I really liked the sushi quite a bit, not just in terms of fleshing out Tom King's take on the world, but also how the story purposefully unfolded confusingly in terms of the timeline at first, but became clearer as it went on. I still don't know how this connects to the main narrative or exactly what our overall dramatic thrust is here necessarily, but as a one-shot one-off issue, I thought this was very well done. Pete:                Yeah, I agree. I'm really impressed with how crazy this is, but how this issue we're getting specific information about this main character that we're dealing with in this issue. And it's really impressive. There's just so much going on, but it's done in such a kind of cool way that keeps the story moving in such a creepy, but good way. Art and pace is phenomenal. This continues to be a very interesting, cool book, but it brings up this interesting point and I'm interested to get your guys' take on this. Sometimes to love your father, you have to shoot him in the head. How do you guys feel about that? Justin:              As fathers? Pete:                Yeah, as fathers with daughters. Alex:                 I have my kids sleep with a gun every night. Pete:                Smart. Alex:                 And every night I go to bed praying that they'll shoot me in the morning and so far it hasn't happened. Pete:                Wow. Alex:                 I just run right into the rooms and go [inaudible 00:17:43]. But then they say, “Good morning, daddy.” Pete:                Oh man. Alex:                 Disappointments, both of them. Justin:              What a startling vision of Alex's home life. Pete:                Same thing for you, Justin? Justin:              What's that? Pete:                Same for you with your daughters? Justin:              Yeah. No, I'm always waving a gun around the house. They're going to get there, I don't need to tell them quite as hard as Alex does. I want them to come to it on their own. Pete:                Okay. Yeah. Justin:              But I like this a lot. It's funny the last, this issue and the one before felt like a standalone issue with just lightly touching the events of the first issue. Pete:                Agree. Justin:              And I think, I mean this time, King does this a lot where you only realize the story he's telling a little bit into it. And I think it often works, I think it's working here. It's interesting that the characters we're learning about here are sort of conspiracy theorists. They believe that the squids affect your brain. And I wonder if that's, if Rorschach is going to believe that as well. Because it makes these characters maybe probably delusional. If he's commenting on believing in conspiracy theories, it feels like these characters are not understanding reality. Which Rorschach's whole thing was believing these outlandish things. But this one happened to be true in the watchman. Justin:              So to have Rorschach believe something that isn't true is an interesting take. I'm very curious, it makes him less of heroes, less of a character you can get behind if he's totally on this crazy path. I don't know, it's just like a lot of time King stuff, it's really interesting to see where it's going. Pete:                Agree. Alex:                 Next up, Decorum number six from Image Comics written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Mike Huddleston. We're finally bringing together this issue, which is wild that we're doing it in issue six. But we have this courier character that's been training to be an assassin. At the same time these weird [inaudible 00:19:52] beings who've been doing something, who even knows what. But in this issue they finally come down and hire the assassins and say, “Hey, can you find this egg for us?” And then we kind of avoid that in the back of the issue, but it's still- Justin:              They're prepping for their egg mission. Alex:                 Sure, they're prepping for egg mission. There are points particularly on the assassin side of things that are so funny and so fun, particularly because they're coming in the middle of this wild, very dead sci-fi and Saturday. I am finding myself loving this book more and more with every issue. Justin:              A 100% agree. I thought this issue was great. And all of the things we've talked about with Hickman, both in this book and with his X-Men work where it's like, what's he doing? What's all this information like. It was all worth it to get to this where it's super fun the whole time, the story's coming into focus, we're seeing the mission. And the characters are set up in a way where it's going to be exciting to watch them bump into each other. Pete:                Yeah, I agree. This was a really solid issue. Justin:              Yeah, Pete. Pete:                I felt like this clicked into place for me. The art is phenomenal, a lot of different styles mixing here, but done in such a great way, it doesn't feel like a separate story. It's really, really impressive how well the art kind of makes this all work. Yeah, I'm excited for more. I'm a little worried about Hickman fucking me because there's all these weird symbols everywhere that don't need to be. But so far the art is really winning me over, so this is great. Justin:              Pete, the original Hick maniac coming around for Decorum. I got to say though, the symbols and all of the extra pages, I think they do serve a purpose. They let you digest what you've seen before and see that it's all sort of a picture frame that holds the story. Alex:                 Because their chapter breaks is essentially [inaudible 00:21:49]. Pete:                I thought you were going to say a palate cleanser, Justin. Justin:              Maybe, I don't know. You're supposed to have a little bit of sorbet when you see the Decorum, just a light sorbet. Alex:                 Every time I get to one of those picture pages I eat an entire pint of Chunky Monkey. Pete:                Nice. Justin:              Chunky Monkey picture pages. Pete:                I'm more of a, what is it? Chunky hubby or what was that? Hubby- Justin:              Chubby Hubby. Alex:                 Chubby Hubby. Pete:                That's the one that I like. Alex:                 Chubby Hubby is very good. Pretzels in that, always love pretzels in an ice cream. Justin:              I don't like [inaudible 00:22:24]. Alex:                 Here's a couple of tastes that go great together, the New Mutants number 14 from Marvel written by Vita Ayala, art by Rod Reis. This kicks off Vita Ayala's run on the title, bringing a bunch of the original New Mutants together minus Cipher, which is a huge missed opportunity of course, I think we can all agree on that. But man, I love this issue. I thought this was so smart, so well done. As a lot of the recent X-Men stuff has been in terms of focusing in, here you have the older New Mutants teaching the younger New Mutants how to use their powers. They come up with a creative thing that I don't think we've ever seen on the X-Men before, where the new mutants characters combine their powers to figure out new ways of using them, which was paced out so well, it's so fun. Alex:                 There's a thing where I think it's two pages earlier, Rahne and Magik by their powers where they're one teleporting Wolf in, and then two pictures later, it's five teleporting Wolfs out, which is very funny. It was just perfectly paced out. The other thing that I loved about this book, and this is obviously very much on purpose, but bringing the Amahl Farouk, The Shadow King here, who also seems to be in some way on Krakoa, which is very suspicious. But clearly Rod Reis is channeling Bill Sienkiewicz, who is the definitive Shadow King artist here, also the definitive New Mutants artist. But it very much feels like its own thing. I love this from top to bottom. Pete, I know you're probably going to have some anti X-Men bias going on here with this book. Pete:                Yes. Alex:                 But I thought this was really good. This is one of my favorite books of the week. Justin:              Because you hate mutants. Alex:                 I thought this was so well done. And I was so happy with how it was executed. Justin:              You call them flat scans, right Pete? Because you're a mutant hater. Alex:                 Pete by the way, since you guys can't see on Skype is wearing one of the smiley robot suits that the right has. Pete:                I don't even know what you're talking about. All right. So the art in this is phenomenal. It's like some parts are almost like water color, it's so beautiful. Magik is just glorious in this, some really fun paneling. There's some stuff that's going on that I don't understand. But I do like the idea of bringing The Shadow King into this. I mean, if you've got fuck Island, you might as well have The Shadow King. Justin:              That's your excuse for everything. Pete:                And also it makes me want to rewatch Legion. Justin:              Yeah. I feel like there's definitely some channeling of Legion here, which is great. And I agree with you, Alex, combining the New Mutants powers in that way, it's very like Final Fantasy, the video game in a cool way. And I really appreciated that. Great book. Alex:                 Yeah. Just super fun across the board. Next up, here's a wild one, Post Americana number one form Image Comics, story and art by Steve Skroce. This is a future society where everything has fallen apart in America. We start off with some sort of militaristic remnants of America who seem ready to take the country back. But of course, or maybe they're actually fascistic, we don't really know. One person escapes, encounters some insane people that are in the bad lands, including cannibals and other people, find a bad-ass woman who's ready to take the back. It is wild. It is bloody. It's over the top. It's often funny, like when chickens just rip apart a dude. Justin:              That was funny. Pete:                Don't fuck with chickens man. Alex:                 The art in particular reminds me a lot of Jose Von Ryp I think is his name, the guy who does a lot of stuff for Valiant, and he did Crossed as well. Pete:                Oh, yeah, reminds me of Crossed. Justin:              This feels very Crossed to me both in substance and style. Alex:                 But I enjoyed this, I enjoyed the tone of the characters and the dialogue a lot. Just, they felt very different to me in fresh and ridiculous in exactly the right way. How'd you guys feel about it? Pete:                Yeah, I was really impressed with this. This was a lot of fun. It was really over the top, lot of action, lot of violence. You got to love that. This was a very cool interesting take. Yeah, it's hard to know who to kind of root for here with what's going on. I mean, America kind of looked like the evil empire but we'll see how this all unfolds. But man, what a great first issue to get you pumped up for what's going to happen? But yeah, man, it's exciting and fucked up. Justin:              You don't know how to root for it Pete, so you're maybe rooting for the cannibals. Pete:                Yeah, you don't know who to root for here, man. Justin:              Because let me say the cannibals who we meet at the end of the book- Pete:                Maybe rooting for the chickens. Justin:              Lot of human skin fashion in this last page. Alex:                 A lot of them were wearing hair suits, I would call them. Justin:              Like our facial, like faces sown into [crosstalk 00:27:16]. Pete:                Or skull in front of your junk. Justin:              The leader's wearing a button-down made of human faces. It's wild. Alex:                 Maybe they're good. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              So you never know. Alex:                 Maybe they're the good guys. Justin:              They clearly have a strong sense- Pete:                Because you've got to use everything. You've got to use every part of what you're using. Justin:              Well, let me ask you, don't you think- Alex:                 Just like I said to Jeanine back in the day of the comedy club, you got to use every part of the [inaudible 00:27:39]. Justin:              Wow. Pete:                Wow. Justin:              Wow. Sorry, I'm still stunned by that. Do you think, if you're a cannibal and you're butchering the meat. Pete:                Sure. Justin:              Do you cut the skin off? I feel like if I'm eating Turkey or if I'm eating some other, sometimes I eat the skin. Pete:                Yeah, definitely. Justin:              Why are these people leaving all the skin behind? Alex:                 It's probably too thick, right? Humans whose skin is too thick. Justin:              Not Pete skin. Pete:                Only one way to tell Zalbs. Justin:              Pete's very thin skin. Alex:                 Great point. I'll tell you what, after my children shoot me to death, I'll tell them to cook me and eat me and let me know how it goes. [crosstalk 00:28:27]. Pete:                Yeah. Let us know how it goes. Justin:              Yeah, let us know. And we can come over. Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:28:32] podcast. Justin:              Let me work … We'll work out the menu. Alex:                 Yeah. You got to start with some survey I think between every dish. Good book, definitely pick it up. Batman number 105 from DC Comics written by James Tynion IV, art by Carlo Pagulayan and Danny Miki, Alvaro Martinez and Christian Duce. This is the final part of the Ghost-Maker story, and it doesn't end I think quite how anybody necessarily expected. It also seems to maybe be the end of James Tynion's run on Batman- Pete:                What? Alex:                 … which is surprising in and of itself. Well, I don't know. I mean, he seems to be tying stuff up before a future state. Pete:                Well, maybe he's just cleaning, getting a fresh start for his new story arc. I think this was a really great … It's nice to see Harley Quinn open up, get a little emotional here with the kid clown on her. I really liked the kind of flashback with the Ghost-Maker and Batman stuff, nice to get all that. And then we kind of had a nice moment. I don't know how much we want to spoil here, but reading I was like, “Aw.” I thought it was … you don't get to see as much. It was nice to see a little Batman being a little soft. Justin:              I was sort of surprised about that choice at the end. I expected Ghost-Maker to be either a villain that is someone who bothers Batman in Gotham or someone who leaves and maybe works in the shadows to cause a problem for Batman. The way it ended, I was surprised by, and I don't know if I love it. Pete:                Oh, come on man. Justin:              But the everything else in the book I thought was great and I've really liked the art in this book and the way they're able to sort of seamlessly transition between artists. Alex:                 I liked it more for Batman than Ghost-Maker, if that makes sense. I like the idea that Batman is trying to be more compassionate [inaudible 00:30:29], but Ghost-Maker at the end and saying, “I've tried to kill you most of my life, but you know what, let's be friends.” Seemed a little- Justin:              Let's be coworkers. Alex:                 Yeah. Which I don't know, I guess we'll have to see how it plays out. But I agree with you, I think it was a little quick there even though I enjoyed the issue. Pete:                I mean if Batman can be friends with like Damian and a bunch of other people who are at different stages of maybe being evolved. Justin:              Well, he's his father. Pete:                Yeah. But still he's kind of a psychopath. And so I feel like this works, Batman's opening up to this person and might as well try to work with them to hopefully get Ghost-Maker to a better place. Alex:                 All right. Fair enough. Let's move on and talk about Stillwater number four from Image Comics written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Ramon K. Perez. This takes place in a town where nobody ever dies. One guy comes into the town, finds out about it from the outside, but turns out he was actually born there. This issue, we flash back and find out that his history, how he was taken outside of the town and exactly what happened. I like this issue quite a bit and particularly coming in issue four, I think that was a smart place to put this because waiting much longer to parse out these mysteries might've kind of frustrating. But I liked the answers that we got personally. Justin:              I agree, and I love the … Ramon Perez's art is so good. I've been a fan of his for a long time and really like it here. This book has such a good tone. It feels like it's ready-made to be a TV show. And the characters are really well-made. Pete:                Yeah, this is very interesting. We kind of have this … we're finally getting pieces that kind of make sense, clicking into place here about our main character and why he's coming back to this place and what it means and what he's a part of. And it's too bad they didn't kind of push this, I think earlier a little bit, because they could have had like a baby boss tie-in real easy. You had a very- Alex:                 Boss Baby. Pete:                Boss Baby, yeah, sorry. But like that smart baby in the beginning, that could have really tied in nicely. Alex:                 Cool. All right. Let's move on and talk about We Only Find Them When They're Dead number four from Boom! Studios written by Al Ewing, illustrated by Simone Di Men. Di Men, Is that right? Or did that auto correct? Di Menco I think. Justin:              Simone Di Men. Alex:                 Simone Di Men. Justin:              Simone Di Meo. Pete:                Di Meo, yeah. D-I-M-E-O. Alex:                 Thank you very much. My auto correct is out of control. Justin:              That's crazy that it changed that letter from O to N, it's crazy. Alex:                 Nuts, it's disgusting is what it is. Justin:              They're right next to each other in the alphabet. Alex:                 This book is fascinating to read because I think the art and the coloring in particular almost overpower the story of everything that's going on. It's beautiful to look at, but sometimes honestly a little hard to follow at this point. Justin:              Yeah, it's funny, it's a book that I wish I had the hard copy of. Pete:                Yeah, exactly. Justin:              Because I really think that would make it a little cleaner. It's a book that I want to just be further away from when I'm reading it, because it is such a wash of color. I appreciate the choices. I think it is really cool and different. And I don't know enough about what's happening to know where we're headed. But I still trust the storytelling here. It's Al Ewing who I think is great. Pete:                Yeah, I agree. I don't mean to kind of echo the old demand of what we're saying, like, “Oh, it makes it hard to read.” But I think it's- Alex:                 Did you guys look at it with your spectacles on? Pete:                Yeah. I had one of the bifocals gone and it still didn't work, but yeah, it's really cool. The art, the paneling, the really pushing stuff, making the story move, helping the action, which is great. But just sometimes because the layouts are so intense, it's a little tough to kind of follow so it takes a couple of reads, but if we were holding the physical comic, I think it wouldn't be an issue. Alex:                 Next up, Wolverine: Black, White & Blood number two from Marvel written by Vita Ayala, Saladin Ahmed and Chris Claremont. Art by Greg Land, Kev Walker, and Salvador Larroca. As with the first issue, there's three stories of Wolverine, three different adventures. I got to tell you, I thought the first issue was pretty good. It was well done. I didn't love absolutely everything in it. This issue is great. Just really well done. And in particular, one of the things I was so impressed by was Greg Land takes a lot of knocks for his art and potentially rightly so. But stripping all the color out of it and all the metallic wash and shine that usually goes over his characters. And just in that story, focusing on the black and the white and the occasional splashes of red really emphasized how good and dynamic his art is. And Vita Ayala leaned into that with a story, which I thought was great as well. I was really impressed overall with nearly every story on this issue. Pete:                Yeah, I agree. I think this issue is really kind of clicking. This makes a lot more sense, this whole black, white and blood. I was just blown away by the art, the action, the violence, it's beautiful, absolutely beautiful, a lot of fun, a lot of great Wolverine kind of stuff, that if you're a Wolverine fan, you know about this character, so it kind of bounces all over, which is great. I was really impressed. Two or three really solid stories in this book. Justin:              I thought the art was great across the board, I love, it feels like they put them, these stories in a particular order where it's sort of the most black and white, the first story, and it gets redder as the issue goes on. [crosstalk 00:36:36]. Yeah. It's funny on the live show, Alex, you talked about the cliche of Wolverine being in a bar and then having an adventure. And it felt like especially the first two stories were very like Wolverines in the woods and then somebody gets him. It felt like it was dealing with those tropes, living in those tropes a bit. But the Chris Claremont story I thought was … it was my favorite of the three, which I was surprised about. But in general I like the book. Alex:                 Well, I mean, to that point, I think the things that worked about both of these to me, the same thing that didn't quite work about the first two stories in the first issue of this, where that they stood back and let the art do their thing, that they were like, “Yeah, we're going to do classic Wolverine setups,” but it's all about setting up Greg Land. It's all about setting up Kev Walker to do the thing that they do, which I thought was really nice. Next up, Head Lopper number 14 from Image Comics, story and art by Andrew MacLean, continuing the Pete block we have here on The Stack. Justin:              Pete block. Alex:                 In this issue some heads get lopped, I think a head. Pete:                Yeah, maybe [crosstalk 00:37:45]. Justin:              A head finally gets lopped. Pete:                Huge head. Yeah, we get a Medusa, old head lopper goes up against Medusa. This is just glorious. I mean, plus it starts with a double page spread of a map, which I'm a sucker for. And yeah, this is just a fantastic story of kind of like Conan the Barbarian type of thing, wandering the earth, having adventures, hanging out with the witches as you do. And yeah, this is kind of a fun day, head lopper has a little bit of a team working with them now. This is just continues to be a bad-ass fantastic book that doesn't try too much and just stays in its fucking wheelhouse. Justin:              That's the dream, stay in your fucking lane artists. But I do, this is a fun book. This is like a modern Usagi Yojimbo. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Did we say that last time? Because I see why Pete likes it, it's very good. I like it as well. I thought the witch head was going to get turned to stone, I really did. Pete:                Oh yeah. Justin:              I was worried. Pete:                That would've been crazy. Justin:              Yeah. I also liked that this is clearly a huge universe, a long adventure that we want to be able to go on for a long time, and I hope we get to. Alex:                 Next up Dark Nights: Death Metal number six from DC Comics, written by Scott Snyder, art by Greg Capullo. We are getting towards the end here as the United forces of every single hero and villain in the DC Universe, fight back against the Batman who laughs and his united sources of dark Batmans and dark planets and things like that. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman is off on her own mission to try to save the universe at the universal forge, I believe it's called. I continue to be struck by not so secretly, but how this is almost secretly like a Wonder Woman series, which I think is kind of great. It gets away from Superman and Batman always being the leads and turns the focus on her. And the solution she figures out towards the end here. I thought it was really fun and really simple and really great. And just overall, again, just a fun issue of this wildly over the top series. Pete:                This continues to be a lot of fun. I really, really love this issue. Things are starting to finally maybe go in the good guys direction, which is very exciting, epic pages, some old school shout-outs and some touching moments with Clark and Lois and then Clark and Bruce. I fucking love this shit. Justin:              I'm just waiting for the space Wolverine to pop his claws. It's about time he popped them and got into the action, you know what I mean? Pete:                You're a piece of shit. Alex:                 If there's a low bow, why isn't there a high bow? Justin:              That's so good, or a tie bow. Pete:                Oh boy. Justin:              I think it's very funny to me that in this book, the Batman who laughs has been elevated to a god. And it's funny to think that it's just a Bruce Wayne. That's just a regular Bruce Wayne under there, who's just had a couple bad days. Alex:                 The weirder part to me, there were two weird things in this issue. Not necessarily bad things, but seeing Barbatos' face finally whereas I was like, “Oh, that's not a weird looking dude in there, under that giant cloak. That's pretty strange.” And then the other one was Superman and Lois saying goodbye to each other. Everybody else was great. I loved everybody else. And even- Pete:                What is your problem there? Alex:                 Then said goodbye, what did Superman say? Superman was like … Lois was like, “Superman, you're always the son that I looked towards.” And Superman is like, “You're the lead of my story.” Justin:              Yeah. You're always my number one lead I think she says. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Yeah. That was the point where I was like, “Shut up.” Pete:                Why? Justin:              Wow. Pete:                Why you cold hearted motherfucker? Alex:                 It's stupid. That's a stupid thing to say when you're about to die, don't say that. Justin:              I have it here, “Lois, thank you for this life, for our son, for being my true home planet.” Pete:                Yeah, that's fucking beautiful. Justin:              Very sweet from a long haired mostly dead Superman. And then she said, “Thank you, Clark.” Pete:                [crosstalk 00:42:02] complimenting his hair was hysterical. Justin:              Thank you, Clark, for being the best lead a girl could ask for. And then someone off panel, get a room. Pete:                All right. First off, Zalben fuck you man. I thought that was a great thing for Lois to say. Alex:                 I don't know. That was kind of like, and I worked in a newspaper. Pete:                Fuck you. Justin:              She doesn't love him. She just is with him to keep the news flowing. Alex:                 Yeah, exactly. Also, what is she doing there? Where has she been the entire time? The fact that she is [crosstalk 00:42:34] to be like, “And I'm also here.” Justin:              She's covering the end of the universe for the daily [crosstalk 00:42:40]. Pete:                You know what Zalb, she doesn't have tO prove shit to you. She can come and go as she pleases. Alex:                 She's just hastily writing out a newspaper on some dead Robin Skinner or something like that. Justin:              Yeah, exactly. This just in, holy shit, [inaudible 00:42:56] dead. Pete:                If you're reading this congratulations. Justin:              Bear with me readers because this is confusing. So there's a dark forge of … Alex:                 There's going to be a lot of bi-lines on this one, but fun book. Let's move on and talk about Seven to Eternity number 15 from image comics written by Rick Remender, drawn by Jerome Opena. This is a huge issue for this book. Our protagonist has slowly been working way towards a place that potentially could make him immortal. We think it has been for reasons of helping his family. In this issue it becomes clear, 100% absolutely is not. And he goes from, I would argue being the hero of the book to turning out to be the villain the whole time, which I think is phenomenal in the best Rick Remender way of doing things. What'd you guys think about this? Justin:              And conversely, the villain from the book, the Mud King is sort of becoming the hero. Alex:                 Yeah, 100%. Justin:              And I would guess that was Rick Remender's perhaps goal for the series. And he's done a great job of really just slowly leading us away from our expectations from the very first couple issues of the series. But really this issue, the art is so good. It's a real like everything is just really well done from the beginning to the end, a lot of big splash pages, it's so good. Pete:                This is classic Remender, just like you think you understand, you think … I was so excited. I was like, “Oh, this is great. Okay. We're finally going to have,” and then at the end I was like, “Wait, what? Goddam Remender, man.” He is a very impressive writer. This continues to be a ton of fun. And the twists and turns are very enjoyable. I'm very nervous about what's going to happen moving forward, but man, the art and the action are just glorious. Alex:                 Great stuff. Let's move on and talk about our Immortal Hulk block two issues [crosstalk 00:45:05]. Justin:              Hulk block. Alex:                 The Immortal Hulk King in Black number one written by Al Ewing, art by Aaron Kuder. The Immortal Hulk 42 written by Al Ewing, art by Joe Bennett. Starting with the first one, this obviously again is a tie into King in Black. Here, so many things going on at the same time. There's no reason this should work with the amount of things they have happening. But it's not only an Immortal Hulk book, which is a thing in and of itself. It's not only a tie into King in Black. It's not only a Christmas story. It's also a completely silent issue at the same time. And it is phenomenal. Pete:                One of my favorites. This is like, when people ask you like, “Oh, what's your favorite Christmas story?” This now goes to the top of the list, black Christmas. This is just so cool. And so much is said about Hulk without any words. This really is just a classic Hulk story. Oh my God, this is so great, so much fun. Justin:              This is your favorite Christmas story now, more than the movie Christmas story. Pete:                No. It's one of my favorite Christmas comics, [crosstalk 00:46:15]. Justin:              If you have children, you'll read this aloud to them on Christmas. Pete:                Yes, I will. Justin:              Which will be [crosstalk 00:46:21] reading. Alex:                 Say, “Hey kids, gather around, it's time for the horrifically wildly smiling Hulk story.” Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 The way Aaron Kuder draws, this is these … If you haven't been reading Immortal Hulk, Hulk is kind of split into different personalities. He keeps morphing between different things. Here we mostly get the skinny childlike Hulk, who's been showing up. He also shows up in the next issue we're going to talk about. We also get Joe Fixit shows up for a little- Justin:              Yeah, he does. Alex:                 … die hard style action at one point, which is super fun. But yeah, man, this is just great, just a great story. So well-drawn by Aaron Kuder, so well written by Al Ewing. Justin:              The art is so good. Alex:                 Again, there's no reason they should work with the amount of things they have going on here, but it's a wonderful one-shot. Justin:              Yeah, it's really, truly great. One of the best issues on the stands right now. Alex:                 Let's move on then and talk about Immortal Hulk number 42, which is the ongoing story of the Immortal Hulk. Here we get a little break as the Hulk fights The Thing, actually lays out everything that's been going on with him, which I think is the first time in 42 issues any of the superheroes have kind of found out what has actually been going on with the Hulk here, even though he understands the only part of it. And Thing figures it out too, understands the different [inaudible 00:47:38] Fixit and the other Hulk and everything that's going on, they eat some hotdogs at Coney Island. Pete:                You're goddam right. You got to do it while you're there. Alex:                 Delicious. And it ends with of course, a very typical terrifying paddle right at the end there for what's coming up next. But again, a fantastic issue of this book. And I love seeing The Thing, Hulk rivalry in a new light, it's great. Justin:              Yeah. You really get to see the tender side of The Thing coming out here, which I thought was really good. And their conversation at the hot dog shop was really nice- Pete:                The hotdog shop. Justin:              … getting into like, yeah, sandwich shop, hot dog I guess being a sandwich in that case. Pete:                Oh man. Justin:              Hot dog is not a sandwich. Pete:                Yeah. And the way they talk about the afterlife, The Thing coming back and being bar mitzvah'd and rediscovering some sort of spirituality or having a second spirituality 13 years after they got bombarded with the cosmic rays, I thought was an interesting take. I'll talk about Joe, but just a really smart issue touching on a bunch of ideas and really sad watching the whole fight and cry. Alex:                 I mean, I'll just mention just on the whole thing story where he's talking about how the 13 years there that was him being reborn. I know that's something that [inaudible 00:49:02] covered and is one of the thing. But from a Jewish perspective, I got a little choked up, that's something that they don't really talk about a lot in the books is that aspect of The Thing. And I think Al Ewing wrote it in a really sweet way and paste it out in a really sweet way. That was very nice to see. It meant a lot. Justin:              Now we talked about this on the live show, but the podcast just turned 14. Should we have had a bar mitzvah for you since we've been doing this for 13 years? Alex:                 Yeah, no problem. I'll shoot you guys a tow report and we could read that in the next live show. Pete:                Oh, that would be great. Justin:              I would love to. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              Plus we get to go play video games and stuff or something, right. Alex:                 Sure, that's how that works. Justin:              Isn't there some fun thing? Alex:                 Yeah, you get to have a party afterwards. Justin:              Okay. I'm in. Pete:                Yeah, this continues to be amazing. Really great use of The Thing in this, love The Thing's new kicks, glorious. Also really fantastic cover, really love the cover. Yeah, just when you think this story, it gets so weird and so grotesque, but also the heart in the story is really phenomenal, it's very touching. The humanization of these kinds of grotesque characters if you will is fantastic. I cannot believe what they're doing in this whole comic. It's really unprecedented. Alex:                 Last but not least, let's talk about Once & Future number 14 from Boom! Studios written by Kieron Gillen and art by Dan Mora. In this issue, we're wrapping up a couple of things as I believe they fight Guen, or they are Guen. I don't know, I honestly missed the last issue, so I'm not [inaudible 00:50:47] keeping up. But there's some bloody stuff, it's a fight continuity stuff that happens and this title continues to be a ton of fun. Pete:                Yeah. I mean this whole game thing that it starts with, and I mean to say the art is spectacular is an understatement. It's just so breathtaking and makes things … you're feeling the stuff that is happening. It's just so intense and amazing. And then you just have this bad-ass grandmother right in the middle of it. Every issue is just glorious and it continues to be. I don't know why they don't turn this into a goddam movie or TV show. It's just so good. I want to see it in all the different iterations, if it could … Just so many great characters, so much fun. This is really just glorious. Justin:              There's a lot of stories about stories, particularly in comics. And I think this one does a great job of making it more complex and it's a little bit trickier, it really feels like a heightened version of so many things are touched on, where it's like, no, the story's, the thing we're inside a story. And in this our main characters are inside multiple stories at once and they're competing, they're juggling them. But it's also like they're having a great time, the art is so like high-octane action movie. It's really fun. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Great stuff. All right. That's it for this week's episode of The Stack, if you'd like to support us, patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube, come hang out. Chat with us about comic books, iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. At comic book live on Twitter, comicbookclublive.com for this podcast and many more. Until next time, this has been The Stack. Justin:              This will always be The Stack. You're inside The Stack. We're all part of The Stack. Alex:                 Oh, my kids are coming in. Let me see what they want. Pete:                Is that that creeping- Justin:              Bam. The post The Stack: Black Cat, Blade Runner And More appeared first on Comic Book Club. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/comicbookclub See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

OTP is back; this time around The Machine is pussy footing around with Black Cat writer Jed MacKay, discussing all things Felicia Hardy. It's all here Outside the Panels! Host: Johnny “The Machine” Hughes: @johnnyhughes70 Twitter: @OutsideDaPanelsFacebook: Outside the Panels Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/undercovercapes1/Twitter: @UndercoverCapes

Today we talk about Felicia Hardy, best known as Black Cat, who is a burglar who has at any given time the powers of a burglar, bad luck powers, and/or cat powers. She's also at any given time the friend, girlfriend, and/or enemy of Spider-Man. Media specifically mentioned in today's episode: -Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #194 -Spider-Man/Black Cat: Evil That Men Do -Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #75 -Heroes for Hire (2006) -Claws (2006) -The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) -Amazing Spider-Man: Venom Inc Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

In this issue of Radioactive Spider-Pod… move over Sinful Daddies, it’s Mommy-Mania as Miriam the Vampire Queen is ready to paint the town red! Thrill as the episode rockets to new heights with 90s club scenes, Lt. Uhura, and Felicia Hardy in a towel! Gasp as the show blows it with muddled pacing and a horrible conclusion! Join Peter, Véro, and Kevin as they voice their venting and varying verbiage in… THE VAMPIRE QUEEN!    Original Airdate: May 17, 1997

In this issue of Radioactive Spider-Pod… the depths of Felicia Hardy’s daddy issues will be revealed when the Cat makes his debut! Thrill as SHIELD forgets everything that they’ve ever stood for, including basic competency! Gasp as the world’s most obvious Germans hinge their plans on a young circus boy! Join Peter, Véro, and Kevin as they chortle and critique a crafty old codger in… THE CAT!   Original Air Date: February 8, 1997

In this issue of Radioactive Spider-Pod… There's only room for one giggling goblin around these parts! Thrill as Felicia Hardy pushes a sham engagement well past the point of no return! Marvel as portal technology proves to be vastly superior to flight in almost every way! Join Peter, Véro, and Kevin as they giddily gossip about gladiatorial gangsters in… GOBLIN WAR!   Original Air Date: November 16, 1996   radioactivespiderpod.com

The Black Cat wants to be Spider-Man's teammate/best friend/lover but Peter isn't having any of it just as Kraven returns to cause him even more angst! Join us as we discuss...The return of angry Peter!Spider-Man, not exactly a friend to the cat community!Wolverine vs. Spider-Man, who is more tortured?Is Kraven hunting for pizza in Brooklyn?Dr. Crawford's half-insane super-powered liberation!Another solid Spider-Man adventure in the books! Make sure to subscribe to our podcast via Buzzsprout, iTunes or Stitcher and tell all your friends about it! Last but not least, follow Willie Simpson on Twitter and please join our Facebook Group!

Spider-Man finds a new super-powered love interest and the Skywalker saga comes to a close! So much to talk about this week, including...Super Soldier Serum, nothing beats the original!The Black Cat, a consensual demasker, a non-consensual kisser!The endless, exhausting online Star Wars debate!Why the OT reigns supreme, at least for our generation!Star Wars is for everybody, and it's pissing everyone off!We hope you enjoy this week's SPOILERY discussion and have a happy holiday season! Make sure to subscribe to our podcast via Buzzsprout, iTunes or Stitcher and tell all your friends about it! Last but not least, follow Willie Simpson on Twitter and please join our Facebook Group!

In which Spider-Man inadvertently destroys the life of another one his potential girlfriends after losing Mary Jane...sigh...Join us as we discuss...Felicia Hardy, as three-dimensional as a two-dimensional, one-dimensional characters get!Doctor Octopus learns kidnapping is less fun when you are the one being kidnapped!Spider-Man finally deploys a web parachute without wondering how he managed to do it in the first place!The origin of Captain America, the Black Cat and Google in the same episode!?Pour one out for the Chameleon's damaged, cyborg soul...Despite a few awkward steps, season 4 continues its strong run and promises to be another great season! Make sure to subscribe to our podcast via Buzzsprout, iTunes or Stitcher and tell all your friends about it! Last but not least, follow Willie Simpson on Twitter and please join our Facebook Group!

In this issue of Radioactive Spider-Pod… It’s a B-Tier villain double feature as Rocket Racer and Big Wheel make their gyro-powered debut! Thrill as Felicia Hardy seems to either know or be dating everyone in New York! Marvel as an after school special episode isn’t even cool enough to talk about drugs! Join Peter, Véro, and Kevin as they roundly roast a red ruffian and recurrent robbers in… ROCKET RACER!   Original Air Date: September 14, 1996   radioactivespiderpod.com

Spider-Man gets tangled up in some inter-dimensional holes battling the Spot on the latest episode of Spider-Man TAS! Join us as we discuss...Tony Stark, world's worst boss?Kingpin's keen eye for free lance mad scientist talent!British villains, someone explain this to us!The Spot's goofy throwback charm!What a fun episode this was to watch, another ace up Spider-Man's sleeve! Make sure to subscribe to our podcast via Buzzsprout, iTunes or Stitcher and tell all your friends about it! Last but not least, follow Willie Simpson on Twitter and please join our Facebook Group!

Spider-Man continues to screw up his love life in the latest ep. of Spider-Man TAS and we delve into some meandering spoiler-free chat on the Amazon series the Boys! Join us as we discuss...Jem and the Holograms!Speaking of which, Peter competing against his alter-ego in the love department!What does a Ferris Wheel have in common with a snow tire?Some unorganized thoughts on the Boys and superhero media culture at large!Again, we really appreciate our fans at the X-Men TAS Podcast facebook group recommending this one to us! Make sure to subscribe to our podcast via Buzzsprout, iTunes or Stitcher and tell all your friends about it! Last but not least, follow Willie Simpson on Twitter and please join our Facebook Group!

There is no better way to celebrate our 50th episode than to do it with Spider-Man! Spider-Man, or Spider-Man: The Animated Series, television series based on the Marvel Comics web-thwipping superhero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Airing from 1994 to 1998, Spider-Man was developed by Bob Richardson and produced by John Semper Jr. and Marvel Films Animation. That Film Stew's Luke and Jae swing into action by revisiting the 65 episodes across five seasons of this 90s series, which focused on Spider-Man and his alter ego Peter Parker (Christopher Daniels Barnes) during his college years at Empire State University. The show features most of Spider-Man's classic villains, including the Kingpin, the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, and Venom. Peter also contends with romantic love interests including Mary Jane Watson and Felicia Hardy. There's even appearances from various other Marvel superheroes, from the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and more.

Spider-Man, the Vulture and Will Simpson are all flying solo this week as Sonia takes a brief break from the show! Join me (Will, you all probably knew I write these things) as I discuss...Hype for Spider-Man: Far From Home!Early embarrassing stories of me using the internet in 1996!More great content for Deborah Whitman stans!Justice for Flash Thompson!I also touch on the future of the podcast going forward; the exciting summer filled with movies and special episodes and far beyond! Make sure to subscribe to our podcast via Buzzsprout, iTunes or Stitcher and tell all your friends about it! Last but not least, follow Willie Simpson on Twitter and please join our Facebook Group!

The Black Cat is back in her own ongoing series! Will a foe from the past cause her trouble today? Also, DRACULA! It's all in this week's Dueling Review of Black Cat #1 from Marvel Comics. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) BLACK CAT #1 Writer: Jed MacKay Artitst: Mike Drowling Publisher: Marvel Comics Release Date: June 5, 2019 Cover Price: $4.99 The Black Cat is back and starring in her first ever ongoing series! Felicia Hardy has a taste for the finer things in life and a certain set of skills that can get her into any mansion, vault or museum to…procure said finer things. But due to her actions in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, Felicia’s not only on the run from the police but also by the New York Theives Guild and their boss ODESSA DRAKE! High-octane heists, climactic chases and twist after twist that will keep you on the edge of your seat like a cat on a perch. IN THIS ISSUE: Find out a secret from Cat’s past in a bonus story that sets a foundation for the future! All this and an all-new MARVEL MEOW short story by Nao Fuji!

The Black Cat is back in her own ongoing series! Will a foe from the past cause her trouble today? Also, DRACULA! It's all in this week's Dueling Review of Black Cat #1 from Marvel Comics. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) BLACK CAT #1 Writer: Jed MacKay Artitst: Mike Drowling Publisher: Marvel Comics Release Date: June 5, 2019 Cover Price: $4.99 The Black Cat is back and starring in her first ever ongoing series! Felicia Hardy has a taste for the finer things in life and a certain set of skills that can get her into any mansion, vault or museum to…procure said finer things. But due to her actions in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, Felicia’s not only on the run from the police but also by the New York Theives Guild and their boss ODESSA DRAKE! High-octane heists, climactic chases and twist after twist that will keep you on the edge of your seat like a cat on a perch. IN THIS ISSUE: Find out a secret from Cat’s past in a bonus story that sets a foundation for the future! All this and an all-new MARVEL MEOW short story by Nao Fuji!

Spider-Man's life keeps getting more and more messed up as we catch up on all things Blade and Morbius on the latest episode of Spider-Man TAS! Join us as we discuss...Our thoughts on the Blade movie!The confusing fights between Blade, Morbius and Spider-Man!Spider-Man's love life gets more tragic!Felicia uses her words to save the day (almost)!Peter whispers sweet nothings to Aunt May wearing his Spider-Man mask!It's another high energy, vampire-blood-curdling action fest that caps off another great mini-arc in the Neogenic Nightmare! Make sure to subscribe to our podcast via Buzzsprout, iTunes or Stitcher and tell all your friends about it! Last but not least, follow Willie Simpson on Twitter and please join our Facebook Group!

Enter Blade...green lightsaber and all on the latest episode of Spider-Man TAS! Join us as we discuss...Our collective failure in giving the Blade movies there due!Rewriting Spider-Man's pithy jokes 25 years after the fact!Wesley Snipes, why can't he get more work in Hollywood?What's up with ninja censorship in England?Blade returning to the MCU, why not?Spider-Man season 2 is fast approaching it's insane creative peak so make sure to hold on tight as we continue to barrel through some of the best episodes yet! Also, make sure to subscribe to our podcast via Buzzsprout, iTunes or Stitcher and tell all your friends about it! Last but not least, follow Willie Simpson on Twitter and please join our Facebook Group!

Spider-Man's problems get way worse and his blood causes the creation of a vampire man in the latest episode of Spider-Man TAS! Join us as we discuss...Vampire bats, creepy and real!The rise and fall of Joss Whedon!Mary Jane, total babe!Spider-Man's six muscular arms!It's a spooky and intriguing episode as the neogenic nightmare kicks into full gear, don't miss it! Make sure to subscribe to our podcast via Buzzsprout, iTunes or Stitcher and tell all your friends about it! Last but not least, follow Willie Simpson on Twitter and please join our Facebook Group!

**SPOILER WARNING** For the Comic Book release week of: Nov. 14th 2018 Peachy and Sudon team-up to give us the summary on part II of "The Heist" story line, where Spidey finds himself partnered with a former love interest in Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat, as they head out to take on the infamous Guild of Thieves! Issue title/number: Amazing Spider-Man #9 Written by: Nick Spencer Featuring art by: Humberto Ramos Cover by: Humberto Ramos Music by Kevin McLeod, find more at incompetch.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stapled-together-podcast/support

A truly classic Spider-Man villain enters our lives as Peter Parker tries to date someone way outside his league! Join us as we discuss… Spider-Man's rogue gallery, as colorful as they are awesome! The 21-minute cliff note edition of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2! JJJ, an asshole with a heart of gold, buried way, way deep! […]

Marvel's Spider-Man Heist DLC In this episode: Spider-Man's first DLC pack was released on the PS4, and even though Beej hasn't finished the game yet, he had to hear about what Void thought about it. We discuss how the game is fantastic for its action, but also works as a character piece because it makes you feel for these people. In the original game, you really care about MJ and May and Peter and others. In The Heist, Felicia Hardy makes her first appearance and even though there's a lot of good Spidey-action, the story is focused around her and Peter's relationship. Remember, too, that the Spider-Man PS4 DLC does take place after the events of the main story. However, you don't have to complete the main game to play it. So if you want to jump in and get your Black Cat on without powering through the major narrative. They connect, yes, but not to the point where it's major spoilers or the cause of major confusion (Major Confusion, #salute). Oh, and they put the PS4 Spider-Man into the comics already. Yep, for real. He's from Earth-1048. And he's awesome. Geek Offer of the Week: patreon.com/geektogeekcast Weekly Geekery BJ voted, geeked out about Spider-Geddon Comics, Marvel Unlimited, X-Men Blue, and Spider-Gwen. Void read Head-On, got a new monitor, watched the new Overwatch cinematic, got back into Pokemon Go, and did a DIY fix on his Joycon. Be sure to subscribe to the Geek to Geek Podcast your favorite podcast app, drop a review so we know how we’re doing, and feel free contact us via email at geektogeekcast@gmail.com or @geektogeekcast on Twitter with any comments, questions, or suggestions for the show. Thanks for listening, and we can’t wait to hear from you! Subscribe: iTunes Overcast Pocket Casts Google Play Music RSS Feed Geek to Geek Podcast Network: Geek to Geek Geek Fitness Geektitude Tea Time with Katie and Chelsea Music by CarboHydroM

In this issue of Radioactive Spider-Pod... Flash Thompson is usurped as the king of busy hands when Doctor Octopus makes his debut! Thrill as Felicia Hardy lets herself get kidnapped just to avoid a date with Peter Parker! Be amazed as a well educated scientist is forced into a life of crime by a lack of affordable housing! Join Peter, Véro and Kevin as they debate with dubious degrees of deftness in… DOCTOR OCTOPUS: ARMED AND DANGEROUS! Original air date: February 18, 1995   radioactivespiderpod.com

Don't cross her path, it's Felicia Hardy aka The Black Cat!

Felicia Hardy wyrusza do Nowego Jorku w poszukiwaniu zaginionej znajomej. W tym samym czasie Spider-Man prowadzi śledztwo w sprawie chłopca, który przedawkował heorinę, choć sekcja nie wykazała, by w jakikolwiek znany sposób przyjął narkotyk. Pozornie niezwiązane sprawy splatają losy naszych bohaterów, prowadząc ich prosto do apartamentu miejscowego gwiazdora filmowego powiązanego z niejakim Panem Brownstonem. Narkotykowa intryga okazuje się być jedynie preludium do innej opowieści. Historii o przemocy seksualnej. Gwałtach. Kazirodztwie. I pedofilii. „Zło, które ludzie czynią” to sześciozeszytowa miniseria napisana przez Kevina Smitha i zilustrowana przez Terry'ego Dodsona. Jak wygląda spotkanie Petera i Felicii po latach? Jak delikatna kwestia przemocy seksualnej wpisuje się w konwencję komiksu superbohaterskiego? Jak niezbyt subtelne rysunki Dodsona sprawdzają się przy takiej fabule? Czy tę nieprzyjemną opowieść można komuś polecić? Posłuchajcie… Komik­s „Spider-Man i Czarna Kotka. Zło, które ludzie czynią” może­cie kupić w skle­pie wydaw­nic­twa Egmont.

This time on the Might Marvel ToonCast Jeremy and Tim will take us back to Spider-Man's world as he has his first encounter with the spider slayer! Will this menacing metal monstrosity mess up Peter's chances with the beautiful Felicia Hardy? Excelsior!

Spider-man has super strength, agility, and a sixth (spidey) sense, but you know what else he has? Horniness. Because he's a teen. Even if you ignore the very thinly veiled allegory of shooting white strands everywhere all the time, it's pretty easy to see why Spidey is one of the most sexualized of all costumed superheroes, which you might think is creepy, but remember that he's a teenage BOY, so it's not. Also, agility is the best stat for fuckin'. Come get webbed with us. Join us as hosts Kera, the fanfiction veteran, and Steve, the lovable noob, read and discuss Spider-man fanfic! We've got Peter Parker, we've got Harry Osborn, we've got Felicia Hardy who is also Black Cat and not Catwoman like Steve says several times, we've got Mary Jane, and more! As always, there is explicit content not meant for most adults, let alone children. You've been warned. slashandburnpod.tumblr.com twitter.com/slashandburnpod slashandburnpod@gmail.com / slashandburnpud@gmail.com

We’re back for part 2 of our Character Corner series on the history of Peter Parker as Spider-Man. Our first part covered the teenage years of Peter Parker, the death of Gwen Stacy and the original Clone Saga. This second part covers even more as Peter grows up and as Marvel increases the Spider-Man brand. By this time there are now four ongoing Spider-Man titles: Amazing Spider-Man Marvel Team-Up (1972) Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) Web of Spider-Man (1985) Peter’s Love Life We tend to oversimplify the love life of Peter Parker into just Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson. But the truth is, Peter not only had a very complex love life, many of the women in his life stick around and have a big impact on his life. When covering his teenage years, you see Peter deal with Liz Allan, Betty Brant, MJ and obviously, Gwen Stacy. Moving forward into his 20’s, these women continue to be involved in various ways. Liz becomes the wife of Harry Osborn. Betty marries Ned Leeds and later has an affair with Flash Thompson becoming tangled up in the saga of the Hobgoblin. This time also adds in Felicia Hardy, Black Cat. Felicia becomes almost a kindred spirit for Peter at this time when they first fall for each other in their costumes. Spectacular Spider-Man issues 73-79 take place during the war between the Owl and Doctor Octopus and Spider-Man & Black Cat are caught in the middle. It’s during this time that Peter confesses that he’s fallen in love with Felicia. Peter also really pisses of Doctor Octopus after he rips out his mechanical arms. Octavius then vows revenge against Peter and Felicia in a chilling panel. Peter frequently bounces between Felicia and MJ during this time not knowing who to really settle on. He eventually ends up proposing to MJ (after a previously failed attempt) and they get marred in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21. But during this issue you see that Peter still struggles with leaving behind the memory of and moving on from Gwen Stacy.   The Death of Jean DeWolff The death of Captain Jean DeWolff is covered in Spectacular Spider-Man 107-110 and it is a dark and gritty story. DeWolff is killed by a serial killer named Sin-Eater who also kills a Judge in front of Matt Murdock and murders a preacher. Peter takes the death of Jean DeWolff personally, not only because she always treated him fairly but because he later founds out, she was actually a fan of Spider-Man. It’s then revealed that Sin-Eater is actually another officer in the police department, Stanley Carter. Peter’s anger at Sin-Eater and violence puts him at odds with Daredevil. The end of this arc comes with Spider-Man and Daredevil revealing each other’s alter egos to each other. The story doesn’t end there. Marvel does a great job with seeding long term Spider-Man stories. The true ending of the death of Jean DeWolff comes 22 issues later in issue #132 when Stanley Carter is released from a mental hospital after treatment. Spider-Man shows up at Carter’s new house to threaten him, only to find that Carter can barely walk. Carter reveals that in their last confrontation, Spider-Man beat him so bad he permanently caused damage. But in a surprise, Carter doesn’t blame Spider-Man and actually thanks him because if not for the beating, Carter might not have been able to shake the Sin-Eater persona. What follows is a dark tale of Spider-Man coming to terms with the fact that he can do serious damage to his enemies when he fights and doubting himself and Carter trying to keep the Sin-Eater persona from coming back. The Hobgoblin Saga The Hobgoblin doesn’t get enough credit for being a great Spider-Man villain. I’m sure we sold him short in our Rogue War character corner. The mystery of was who the real Hobgoblin is one of the longest, if not the longest, mysteries in comic books. The true identity of the real Hobgoblin wasn’t really revealed until Roger Stern came back in 1997 with Spider-Man: The Ho...

We’re back for part 2 of our Character Corner series on the history of Peter Parker as Spider-Man. Our first part covered the teenage years of Peter Parker, the death of Gwen Stacy and the original Clone Saga. This second part covers even more as Peter grows up and as Marvel increases the Spider-Man brand. By this time there are now four ongoing Spider-Man titles: Amazing Spider-Man Marvel Team-Up (1972) Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) Web of Spider-Man (1985) Peter’s Love Life We tend to oversimplify the love life of Peter Parker into just Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson. But the truth is, Peter not only had a very complex love life, many of the women in his life stick around and have a big impact on his life. When covering his teenage years, you see Peter deal with Liz Allan, Betty Brant, MJ and obviously, Gwen Stacy. Moving forward into his 20’s, these women continue to be involved in various ways. Liz becomes the wife of Harry Osborn. Betty marries Ned Leeds and later has an affair with Flash Thompson becoming tangled up in the saga of the Hobgoblin. This time also adds in Felicia Hardy, Black Cat. Felicia becomes almost a kindred spirit for Peter at this time when they first fall for each other in their costumes. Spectacular Spider-Man issues 73-79 take place during the war between the Owl and Doctor Octopus and Spider-Man & Black Cat are caught in the middle. It’s during this time that Peter confesses that he’s fallen in love with Felicia. Peter also really pisses of Doctor Octopus after he rips out his mechanical arms. Octavius then vows revenge against Peter and Felicia in a chilling panel. Peter frequently bounces between Felicia and MJ during this time not knowing who to really settle on. He eventually ends up proposing to MJ (after a previously failed attempt) and they get marred in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21. But during this issue you see that Peter still struggles with leaving behind the memory of and moving on from Gwen Stacy.   The Death of Jean DeWolff The death of Captain Jean DeWolff is covered in Spectacular Spider-Man 107-110 and it is a dark and gritty story. DeWolff is killed by a serial killer named Sin-Eater who also kills a Judge in front of Matt Murdock and murders a preacher. Peter takes the death of Jean DeWolff personally, not only because she always treated him fairly but because he later founds out, she was actually a fan of Spider-Man. It’s then revealed that Sin-Eater is actually another officer in the police department, Stanley Carter. Peter’s anger at Sin-Eater and violence puts him at odds with Daredevil. The end of this arc comes with Spider-Man and Daredevil revealing each other’s alter egos to each other. The story doesn’t end there. Marvel does a great job with seeding long term Spider-Man stories. The true ending of the death of Jean DeWolff comes 22 issues later in issue #132 when Stanley Carter is released from a mental hospital after treatment. Spider-Man shows up at Carter’s new house to threaten him, only to find that Carter can barely walk. Carter reveals that in their last confrontation, Spider-Man beat him so bad he permanently caused damage. But in a surprise, Carter doesn’t blame Spider-Man and actually thanks him because if not for the beating, Carter might not have been able to shake the Sin-Eater persona. What follows is a dark tale of Spider-Man coming to terms with the fact that he can do serious damage to his enemies when he fights and doubting himself and Carter trying to keep the Sin-Eater persona from coming back. The Hobgoblin Saga The Hobgoblin doesn’t get enough credit for being a great Spider-Man villain. I’m sure we sold him short in our Rogue War character corner. The mystery of was who the real Hobgoblin is one of the longest, if not the longest, mysteries in comic books. The true identity of the real Hobgoblin wasn’t really revealed until Roger Stern came back in 1997 with Spider-Man: The Ho...

Where she goes, bad luck follows. Felicia Hardy, aka The Black Cat, gives Maria Hill a new view on how the gang war and the breakout might be connected.

¡Ya estamos aquí! Hemos vuelto brevemente para, en primer lugar, recordar que aún seguimos vivos y en activo. Y por otro lado, para presentar nuestra cuarta temporada, a la que hemos querido llamar All-New All-Different Supercultura Freak Chow. Nueva temporada que, las cosas como son, empezará en febrero de 2017. Así que, para calmar un poco el ansia podcastero, nos fuímos el pasado martes 13 de diciembre a la biblioteca insular de Cas Serres (Ibiza) para hacer en directo este episodio 0 y con un público maravilloso. En este programa de pretemporada dedicado a la (mala) suerte, Lluís nos hace un recorrido por la vida obra y milagros de toda una macizorra de Marvel Comics, La Gata Negra, inicialmente villana, y antiheroína en la actualidad, Felicia Hardy siempre ha estado vinculada a nuestro amistoso vecino, Spiderman quien, dicho sea de paso, luce muchísimo mejor junto a ella que junto a la moñas de Mary Jane. Alex sigue y a falta de una película, nos trae tres. La primera sí que va más relacionada con el tema de la suerte, tanto buena como mala. Por eso nos trae la (horrorosa) película Devuélveme mi suerte (Just my luck) de 2006 dirigida por Donald Petrie, con Lindsay Lohan (sí, Lindsay Lohan) y Chris Pine; la película Un perdedor con suerte (Loser) del año 2000 dirigida por Amy Heckerling, con Jason Biggs y Mena Suvari; y Un golpe de suerte (The big white) del 2005, dirigida por Mark Mylod y protagonizada por Robin Williams y Holly Hunter. E Ismael ha recorrido el concepto de la "suerte" en los videojuegos, mucho más presente en RPG's y juegos de mapa procedurales, pasando por las sagas de Diablo y Fallout, dos de sus favoritas, y poniendo de guindilla dos juegos indie procedurales que le ha hecho crecer callos en los pulgares; The Binding Of Isaac (Edward McMullen, 2011) y Rogue Legacy (Cellar Door Games, 2013). Escúchanos en iTunes e Ivoox, síguenos en www.twitter.com/SuperculturaFC, en www.facebook.com/SuperculturaFreakChow y visítanos en superculturafreakchow.blogspot.com

The Black Cat This week on The Heroes, Villains and Sidekicks Show we'll be having some fun learning about a character that straddles the line of hero and villain, Felicia Hardy a.k.a, The Black Cat.

The claws come out in this battle of black-clad cat burglars, as a swag soiree thrown by the Maharaja turns into the scene of a feline-themed crime! Upon their discovery that the fabled Pink Panther Diamond is hidden away somewhere in the palace, party-goers Selina Kyle and Felicia Hardy slip away from the crowd and into costumes that send Kit to her bunk. It's now a race to the prize between Catwoman (so good at theft, she stole Batman's heart) and the Black Cat (whose superpowers allow her to do everything except get lucky with Spider-Man). Which master criminal will beat the other through the network of security systems and armed guards and be the first to lay hands on the shiny? Can the advocates survive Liz Logan's latest accent/fit of method acting, her unending repetition of the word "space," and most importantly, the beautiful disaster that is this week's Lightning Round? They will have to be either insanely competent or superhumanly fortunate...as will you, dear listener!

In this show we tackle the rest of the dozens of message board questions. Some of the highlights include: *Could Batman beat the Green Goblin? *What Clone Saga character was underused and didn’t read their full potential?*Would Ben Reilly and Felicia Hardy make a good couple? *Is Marvel or DC more progressive when it comes to gender, race, sex?

Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Black Cat #1 is set to hit the stands this Wednesday, kicking off a 4 issues mini-series following Black Cat, Felcia Hardy on a heist caper! We've got writer Jen Van Meter to talk about the mini-series, and what's so cool about the thief that Spider-Man can't seem to resist. With art by the brilliant Javier Pulido, and covers by Amanda Conner, you're sure to notice it on the shelves.

Intro and outro provided by Eddie Meeks from his album "After this...I'll holla on Everything I Love" Thanks for listening and tuning in to the Direct Edition where you get the latest news & opinion on Comics, Games, Movies, and Anime. Spider-Man 4 was set to be released worldwide on May 6, 2011, but Sony announced plans to reboot the series after Raimi and Maguire left over script disputes. In 2007, Raimi expressed interest in portraying the transformation of Dr. Curt Connors into his villainous alter-ego, the Lizard; the character's actor Dylan Baker and producer Grant Curtis have also been enthusiastic about the idea. It was reported in December 2009 that John Malkovich was in negotiations to play Vulture, and that Anne Hathaway would play Felicia Hardy, though she would not have transformed into the Black Cat, as in the comics. Instead, Raimi's Felicia was expected to become a brand-new superpowered figure called the Vulturess. Sony Pictures announced in January 2010 that plans for Spider-Man 4 had been cancelled due to Raimi's withdrawal from the project. Raimi reportedly ended his participation due to doubt that he could meet the planned May 2011 release date while upholding the film creatively. We take a look at the Spider-Man reboot. Is it valid and maybe the companies need to put aside their differences and just hugs all around and with the trend of restarting a comic after ending it only to ghost number it so that it reaches a milestone issue number 200, 600, 500 for example...and a special guest appearance by Onyx.