Hype is my Superpower

Episode 168: Zarathos on a walkabout

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 15:36:58 -0700

Sometimes when you're a spirit of vengeance, you just need to get out and clear your skull a little bit. Shouldn't be too hard to find somebody with a motorcycle, right?

Will read: Ghost Rider vol 5: Final Vengeance, Deadpool by Cody Ziglar vol 1: Blood Bond, Spider-Woman by Steve Foxe vol 2: The Assembly, Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells vol 11: Going Green, Black Widow & Hawkeye: Broken Arrow.

Steve read: The rest of Mary Tyler Moorehawk by Dave Baker.

Episode 167: Face it Tiger, you just played a slot machine

Sat, 31 May 2025 06:55:00 -0700

Remember how Mary Jane has superpowers now? While she and Peter are off-again, she has a team-up book with Spideys fwb, Black Cat. Also more Blood Hunt, more Mary Tyler Moorehawk!

Will reading: Jackpot & Black Cat, Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Cody Ziglar vol 4: Retribution, Midnight Sons: Blood Hunt, Doctor Strange by Jed Mackay vol 3: Blood Hunt.
Steve reading: Mary Tyler Moorehawk by Dave Baker, cont.

Episode 166: Oh oh, and you're Mary Tyler Moore(hawk)

Tue, 27 May 2025 05:57:00 -0700

I don't care what they say about us anyway, we're here to read comic books! Will gets past all the vampires to continue three excellent runs on three flagship Marvel characters, and Steve cracks open a new and critically acclaimed graphic novel by Dave Baker.

Will comics: Incredible Hulk vol 3: Soul Cages, Fantastic Four by Ryan North vol 4: Fortune Favors the Fantastic, Captain America by J. Michael Straczynski vol 2: Trying To Come.
Steve comics: Mary Tyler Moorehawk by Dave Baker, cont.

Episode 165: Because when I think "Marvel comics", I think "vampires"

Sat, 24 May 2025 10:02:52 -0700

We embrace the chaos this episode on Hype Is My Superpower, with Steve podcasting while sick and Will having read a whole dang crossover.

Will read Blood Hunt and almost all the tie-in books.
Steve finished reading the Ultimate books he was supposed to read for the last ep, and then blabs a bit about some Marvel Disney+ TV shows, like Secret Invasion. Blech.

Episode 164: The Ultimate Episode

Sun, 11 May 2025 06:04:00 -0700

Our creator crush, Jonathan Hickman, went and made a whole new dang universe: the latest incarnation of Marvel's Ultimate line. What were we going to do, not drool all over it?

Will and Steve reading: Ultimate Invasion, Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman vol 1: Married with Children.

Will solo reading: Ultimate Black Panther by Bryan Hill vol 1: Peace and War, Ultimate X-Men by Peach Momoko vol 1: Fears and Hates.

Steve solo reading: The rest of The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters.

Episode 163: Steve visits the below place

Fri, 09 May 2025 14:43:37 -0700

Will comes roaring back from his winter break with ten graphic novels in the bag, but he's much more interested in Steve finally starting Immortal Hulk.

Will comics: Venomverse Reborn, Edge of Spider-Verse: Spider Society, The Spectacular Spider-Men vol 1: Arachnobatics, Captain Marvel by Alyssa Wong vol 2: The Undone, Scarlet Witch vol 3: Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver, She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell vol 5: All In, Superior Spider-Man vol 2: Superior Spider-Island, Night Thrasher: Remix, Werewolf by Night: Unholy Alliance, Deadpool & Wolverine: WWIII.

Steve reading: Severance by Ling Ma, most of The Last Policeman by Ben Winters, The Immortal Hulk vol 1: Or Is He Both?

Episode 162: A Farewell to Krakoa

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:15:44 -0700

After the big smashy climax last episode (Uhh, when was that posted? Don't worry about it!) we had a few special comics to read closing out 5 years of X-Men storytelling on the mutant nation of Krakoa. We read, discuss, and look back fondly on one of the best eras of X-Men, ever, and put it in context alongside each other era of the franchise.

Comics read: Avengers vol 9 #13, X-Men: The Wedding Special (vol 2) #1, and X-Men (vol 6) #35.

Episode 161: Giant-Sized KRAKOA FINALE

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:09:27 -0800

We did it. We got there. Fall of X, and with it, the entire Krakoa era, has come to a close — except for a brief epilogue we'll read next episode. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. Come pull up a chair and enjoy the end of an era with us; an era that's lasted as long as this pod itself has.

As always our reading order comes from Reddit user Philander_Chase. Huge shout-out and thanks for their hard work.

Comics read this episode: Fall of the House of X #2-5, X-Men vol 6 #32-34, Invincible Iron Man vol 5 #16-18, The Resurrection of Magneto #3-4, Rise of the Powers of X #2-5, Dead X-Men #2-4, X-Men: Forever #1-4.

Episode 160: Giant-Sized Fall of X Podcast #6

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:22:58 -0800

The House of X is falling, the Powers of X are rising, and Magneto is being resurrected. Why, how, and what does it mean to our favorite mutants? Ahhhh so many feels!

Comics read: The Resurrection of Magneto #1-2, X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #121-141, X-Men vol 6 #30-31, Fall of the House of X #1, Invincible Iron Man vol 5 #14-15, Rise of the Powers of X #1, Avengers vol 9 #12, Dead X-Men #1

Episode 159: Punchy fist guys vs. tanks

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 06:35:00 -0800

Will finally got that missing book from Gang War, soooo, we finally get to see how Iron Fist and Shang-Chi fought tanks? And Steve starts what is widely considered to be the worst run on any X-Men title, ever.

Will comics: Daredevil: Gang War, Venom by Al Ewing vol 7: Exsanguination, Daredevil by Saladin Ahmed vol 2: Hell to Pay, Spider-Boy vol 2: Fun & Games

Steve reading: the rest of Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, Wolverine: Netsuke, Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #410-413

Episode 158: Giant-Sized Fall of X Podcast #5

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:52:00 -0800

Nightcrawler's parentage recon gets another recon back to what it was supposed to be this whole time, in a surprisingly touching story. Let's talk about it, and a lot of other Krakoa.

Comics read: Uncanny Spider-Man #4-5, X-Men Blue: Origins #1, X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #112-120, Uncanny Avengers vol 4 #5, Invincible Iron Man vol 5 #13, Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace #1-4, Realm of X #2-4, Jean Grey vol 2 #2-4, Immortal X-Men #16-18.

Episode 157: The most professional podcast on the internet

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:56:00 -0800

Thank the One Above All that this one actually recorded successfully, because we both horribly messed up our backup recordings.

Will comics: Blade vol 2: Evil Against Evil, Carnage vol 2: Symbiosis Necrosis, Spider-Punk: Arms Race, Avengers Twilight, Spider-Gwen: Smash.

Steve readings: Marvel Team-Up vol 1 #100, Black Panther vol 5 #26-29, the first half of Kindred by Octavia E. Butler.

Episode 156: Giant-Sized Fall of X Podcast #4

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 05:50:00 -0700

The Arakko civil war reaches its conclusion and Storm continues to be the world's greatest badass. So let's just talk about that forever. For real though, I'm down.

Will & Steve comics: Jean Grey vol 2 #1, Dark X-Men vol 2 #4-5, X-Men: Red vol 2 #14-18, X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #106-111, Uncanny Avengers vol 4 #2-4, X-Men vol 6 #27-29.

Thank you to Reddit user Philander_Chase for the read order we've been using for Fall of X: https://www.reddit.com/r/xmen/comments/18w8qb6/comment/kgb7bq8/

Episode 155: Thanos, the Mad Titan visits... Fresno

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 08:56:38 -0700

Will and Steve separately dive into the history and legacy of Marvel's most powerful, most retconned hero, The Sentry. And Thanos goes to find Death in the city in California she'd be most welcome: Fresno. Thumbnail from Google street view.

Will comics: Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells vol 10: Breathe, The Sentry: Legacy, Thanos: Return of the Mad Titan, Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol 1: New Moon.

Steve comics: Sentry: X-Men, X-Statix vol 1: Good Omens, Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman.

Episode 154: Oh my G.O.D.S.

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 05:23:00 -0700

The rare comics creator who gets both Will and Steve drooling with uncomfortable levels of hype is back at Marvel: don't look now, but Jonathan Hickman has invented some new G.O.D.S.! No, he never explains what the acronym stands for. We don't mind, really.

Will comics: I am Iron Man, Immortal Thor vol 2: All Trials are One, G.O.D.S.

Steve comics: just G.O.D.S. cuz the episode ran long.

Episode 153: Swimming in post-Soviet weirdness

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 05:18:00 -0700

The comics version of Yelena Belova, aka the White Widow, goes full MCU, while Steve digs into something truly bizarre and uniquely Russian in Soldier X. And we continue our ongoing reading of Exiles!

Will comics: Spider-Man 2099: Miguel O'Hara, Avengers by Jed MacKay vol 2: Twilight Dreaming, Thunderbolts: Worldstrike, White Widow: Welcome to Idylhaven, and Exiles vol 1 #14-19.

Steve comics: Exiles vol 1 #14-19, Soldier X vol 1 #1-6, Agent X vol 1 #1-6.

Episode 152: Giant-Sized Fall of X Podcast #3

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 07:09:00 -0700

We're wrapping up all our sidequests before moving on to the main story in Fall of X and the end of the Krakoa era of X-Men! In this, we get the giant finales to two long series: X-Force and Wolverine! And they were better than expected!

Will & Steve comics: Wolverine #39-50, Marvel’s Voices #95-100, Cable #1-4, X-Force #47-50, Invincible Iron Man #11-12.

Episode 151: Surrounded by JRPG protagonists

Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:52:08 -0700

Spiky hair everywhere! In FFVII remake, that's delightful! In a Deadpool comic? Ehhh... Also, the summer's big crossover, Gang War... happened.

Will comics: Daredevil: Gang War, Luke Cage: Gang War, Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Cody Ziglar vol 3: Gang War, Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells vol 9: Gang War, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu: Gang War, and Spider-Woman by Steve Foxe vol 1: Gang War.

Steve comics: Deadpool vol 3 #65-69, Wolverine vol 2 #177-180, Sabretooth: Mary Shelly Overdrive #1-4.

Episode 150: One Hundred and Fifty?!

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 06:32:00 -0700

We started this one with another draft, picking our first Avengers/X-Men "Uncanny Avengers" unity squad! Who do you think won?

Will's team: Iron Man, Forge, Sue Storm, Emma Frost, Sleeper, Darwin
Steve's team: Storm, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Kamala Khan, Hulk, Nightcrawler

Oh, and we read comics!

Will read: Fantastic Four by Ryan North vol 3: The Impossible is Probable, Venom by Al Ewing vol 6: Infiltration, Incredible Hulk vol 2: War Devils.

Steve read: M*ties #1-6, Morlocks #1-4, X-Factor vol 2 #1-4.

Episode 149: Giant-Sized Fall of X Podcast #2

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 06:14:00 -0700

Krakoa is still falling, X-Force battles a tragic Russian novelist, Nightcrawler is the new Spider-Man, Alpha Flight is responsible for a bunch of idiots, and Bishop and Cable show the Children of the Vault their final comeuppance.

Oh, and Wolverine and Ghost Rider... you know what? Never mind about them.

Will & Steve comics: Uncanny Avengers vol 4 #1, Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Spirits of Vengeance Alpha-Omega, Ghost Rider vol 11 #17, Wolverine vol 7 #36-38, Alpha Flight vol 5 #1-5, Uncanny Spider-Man #1-3, Dark X-Men vol 2 #1-3, Children of the Vault #2-4, X-Force vol 6 #44-46, and Astonishing Iceman #3-5

Episode 148: KHAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:07:15 -0700

Olympic insights, more Exiles, a new Punisher, and Chris Claremont just brazenly putting characters from every single other pop-culture property into his X-Treme X-Men stories.

Will comics: Contest of Chaos, Black Panther by Eve L. Ewing: Reign at Dusk vol 2, Capwolf & the Howling Commandos, Punisher: The Bullet the Follows, and Exiles vol 1 #7-13.

Steve comics: Exiles vol 1 #7-13, X-Treme X-Men vol 1 #10-19, Taskmaster vol 1 #1-4.

Episode 147: J. Michael Straczynski returns to Marvel, plus Deadpool and Wolverine

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 06:48:00 -0700

Robert Downey Jr. is no man's second choice for Dr. Doom. Also, we saw Deadpool & Wolverine, and after a break to help you avoid spoilers, we talk about it! But first, Will's favorite comics writer returns to Marvel on a run of Captain America. How does it hold up?

Will comics: Superior Spider-Man vol 1: Supernova, Captain America by J. Michael Straczynski vol 1: Stand, Captain Marvel by Alyssa Wong vol 1: The Omen, Daredevil: Black Armor, Carnage vol 1: Born Again..

Steve comics: Deadpool vol 1 #61-64, Cable vol 1 #101-107, X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #34-37

Episode 146: Giant-Sized Fall of X Podcast #1

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 08:35:43 -0700

More like Fell of X bc this country of Krakoa is done done. Let's talk, mourn, and see what's next.

Covering: X-Force vol 6 #43, Invincible Iron Man vol 5 #8-10, X-Men vol 6 #25-26, Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1-4, Astonishing Iceman #1-2, Children of the Vault #1, Immortal X-Men #14-15, Marvel’s Voices: X-Men #1, Realm of X #1.

Episode 145: Nominative determinism strikes back: Emilio Helio, Balloon Man edition

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 08:12:10 -0700

If your name was Emilio Helio, what would be the chances that you didn't suffer a tragic accident that forced you to only breathe helium, the public ridicule of your squeaky voice leading you to a life of wrath, revenge, and villainy. Oh, 0%? Cool, gotcha.

Will comics: Silver Surfer Rebirth: Legacy, Spider-Boy vol. 1: The Web-less Wonder, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2: Grootrise, She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell vol. 4: Jen-sational

Steve comics: Elektra and Wolverine: The Redeemer (conclusion), Wolverine vol 2 #170-176, Wolverine/Hulk #1-4.

Episode 144: Avengers who actually avenge

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 07:18:00 -0700

Finally, an Avengers team who investigates wrongful deaths and actually, you know, avenges people. Plus, legendary Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano illustrates the western superheroes he loves for the first time, and a brief listener Q&A!

Will comics: Daredevil by Saladin Ahmed vol 1: Hell Breaks Loose, Doctor Strange by Jed MacKay vol 2: The War-Hound of Vishanti, Avengers Inc.: Action, Mystery, Adventure.

Steve comics: Elektra and Wolverine: The Redeemer (mostly).

Episode 143: Why doesn't the X-Mansion have wheelchair ramps?

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:28:22 -0700

Lots of Moon Knight this week, and then Will and Steve join forces to catch up on the fan-favorite reality hopping series from the 00's, Exiles! And finally, a tragic turn in a silly comic where characters are constantly dying.

Will comics: Spine-Tingling Spider-Man, Moon Knight: City of the Dead, Moon Knight vol 5: The Last Days of Moon Knight, Exiles vol 1 #1-6.

Steve comics: Exiles vol 1 #1-6, X-Force vol 1 #121-129

Episode 142: All about Al (Ewing)

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 06:47:00 -0700

Al Ewing might be the writer at Marvel with the most Will-friendly storytelling interests and sensibilities. So, with two of his books up this week, we decided to take some time and go deep on him as a creator. Plus, what makes Nightcrawler tick, and who is Amazing Spider-Man for in the 21st century?

Will read: Deadpool: Badder Blood, Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells vol 8: Spider-Man's First Hunt, Ghost Rider vol 4: Rite of Passage, Venom by Al Ewing vol 5: Predestination, and Immortal Thor vol 1: All Weather Turns to Storm.

Steve read: Icons: Iceman #1-4, Icons: Nightcrawler #1-4.

Episode 141: Cable saves the world from the evening news

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 06:13:00 -0700

X-Corps! Goblins of all colors! Magical beanie friends! But first... what makes escape rooms so great? Will read Scarlet Witch by Steve Orlando vol 2: Magnum Opus, Captain Marvel: Dark Tempest, Red Goblin vol 2: Nature/Nurture, Blade vol 1: Mother of Evil, and Strange Academy: The Deadly Field Trip. Steve read Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #399-407 and Annual 2001, and Cable vol 1 #96-100.

Episode 140: The origin draft, and more Morrison! Feat. Dimitrios Fragiskatos

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:09:34 -0700

Anyone Comics and Everyone Comics owner Dimitrios Fragiskatos returns for the next installment of regularly scheduled Doom Patrol and New X-Men by Grant Morrison. But first, we do our long-awaited draft of the comic book character origin series we most want to see. Reading Doom Patrol vol 2 #27-34 and New X-Men #118-126.

Episode 139: Giant-Sized Hellfire Gala — Fall of X Podcast!

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 07:22:00 -0700

The Hellfire Gala traditionally has been the big party for mutantkind and the nation of Krakoa to show off their power and innovations for the world. This year, Orchis takes over the agenda. We read X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023, Free Comic Book Day 2023: Avengers/X-Men, X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #100-105, and Invincible Iron Man vol 5 #8-9.

Episode 138: Is Wolverine a better character without an origin story?

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 06:43:00 -0700

2001's Origin told the definitive story of Wolverine's childhood, growing up as sickly rich boy James Howlett. But... were we better off without it? Will reads Spider-Man by Tom Taylor, Clobberin' Time, Fantastic Four by Ryan North vol 2: Four Stories About Hope, Avengers: Beyond, Avengers by Jed Mackay vol 1: The Impossible City. Steve reads Origin #1-6, X-Treme X-Men: Savage Land #1-4.

Episode 137: Is he man or is he monster?

Wed, 29 May 2024 06:50:00 -0700

In a huge week of reading, Will starts a brand new run on the Incredible Hulk that's a return to its roots, meditating on rage and self-sabotage, and we're both super in for it.

Will read: Ghost Rider vol 3: Dragged Out of Hell, Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance, Danny Ketch: Ghost Rider - Blood and Vengeance, Black Panther by Eve L. Ewing: Reign at Dusk vol 1, Loki: The Liar, Storm: Blowback, Groot: Uprooted, Magneto: Magneto Was Right, Marvel Unleashed, Incredible Hulk vol 1: Age of Monsters, Cult of Carnage: Misery, and Death of the Venomverse.

Steve read: Icons: Rogue #1-4 and Icons: Cyclops #1-4

Episode 136: Giant-Sized X-Men: Before the Fall Podcast #2

Wed, 22 May 2024 06:49:00 -0700

It's Fall in Krakoa, and double entendres abound. See, because it means Autumn, and it also means descent. Okay, but do you get it, though?

Covering X-Men vol 6 #22-24, Before the Fall: Mutant First Strike #1, Before the Fall: Four Sinisters #1, and Immortal X-Men #12-13.

Episode 135: Giant-Sized X-Men: Before the Fall Podcast #1

Sun, 19 May 2024 10:30:00 -0700

Krakoa is about to fall, and the story starts out with the return of Apocalypse, who's a good guy now, and his horsemen. I mean kids. And his wife, who's not wearing a hat anymore, but she's carrying a staff, which is almost as bad. Listen, it's great — just listen, alright?

Covering Immortal X-Men #11, Before the Fall: Sons of X #1, X-Men Red vol 2 #11-13, Before the Fall: The Heralds of Apocalypse #1, Wolverine vol 7 #33-35, and X-Force vol 6 #40-42

Episode 134: Giant-Sized Sins of Sinister Podcast!

Wed, 15 May 2024 06:30:00 -0700

Crossover time! Nathaniel Essex, aka Mr. Sinister, aka the undisputed #1 pick in the comedic villain draft, sure did sin a lot. There's a lot to like here and a lot that... didn't quite land. Which makes the whole thing even more fascinating to pick apart, so let's go!

Covering Sins of Sinister #1, Immoral X-Men #1-3, Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants #1-3, Nightcrawlers #1-3, and Sins of Sinister Dominion #1.

Episode 133: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends with Benefits

Sun, 12 May 2024 11:15:00 -0700

We go deep today on Spider-Man's deep, deep supporting cast, including some regrettable romances. Then, Steve reads an old X-Men series with the tagline, "Revolution, not evolution." Sounds like it should be exactly up his ally. Isn't.

Will comics: Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells vol 7: Armed and Dangerous, Spider-Man vol 2: Who Is Spider-Boy?, Silk vol 3: Nightmare Boulevard, and Daredevil & Echo.

Steve comics: Brotherhood #1-9, X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #32-33.

Episode 132: Madripoor Madness tournament bracketology tips (bet on Patch)

Wed, 08 May 2024 06:38:00 -0700

Chip Zdarsky's Daredevil saga reaches its thrilling end and the horrifying Weapon X program returns!

Will comics: Daredevil & Elektra by Chip Zdarsky vol 3: The Red Fist Saga Part 3, Warlock: Rebirth, Edge of Spider-Verse, and Guardians of the Galaxy vol 1: Grootfall.

Steve comics: Wolverine vol 2 #162-169 and Annual 2001, Deadpool vol 3 #54-60.

Episode 131: The legend of the Two-Banana Kid

Wed, 01 May 2024 07:25:00 -0700

Finally, answers about Spider-Man's disastrous time gap! But first, bananas.

Will reads Amazing Spider-Man by Wells and Romita Jr. vol 6: Dead Language Part 2, Hallows' Eve, She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell vol 3: Girl Can't Help It, Captain America: Cold War Aftermath, and Hellcat: Devil on My Shoulder. Steve finishes his volume of X-Force: New Beginning (#117-120) and adds in Deadpool #50-53.

Episode 130: Jean and Logan sitting in a tree...

Sun, 28 Apr 2024 09:18:00 -0700

KAY EYE ESS ESS EYE EN GEE!

Another excellent week for comics as Will reads Carnage Reigns, Thor by Donny Cates vol 6: Blood of the Fathers, Doctor Strange by Jed MacKay vol 1: The Life of Doctor Strange, and Extreme Venomverse. Steve reads two very different intersections of mutants and celebrity culture with Uncanny X-Men: Poptopia (#394-398) and the first issue of Peter Milligan and Mike Allred's X-Force (#116).

Episode 129: Going X-TREME!!! ft. The Claremont Run

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 07:48:00 -0700

Ready for the most 2001 comic title of all time? Chris Claremont goes back to the well for X-Treme X-Men! As with all things Chris, we invited back The Claremont Run, aka Dr. J Andrew Deman, to help us figure out what the heck is going on here — both in the original 2001 volume (issues #1-9) and the 2023 revival miniseries.

Then, Will adds in Spider-Gwen: Shadow Clones.

Episode 128: Grant Morrison's New X-Men and Doom Patrol, ft. Dimitrios Fragiskatos

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:43:39 -0700

In 1989, Grant Morrison took over Doom Patrol with a mission: to break the genre of superhero team books out of the ironclad grasp established by Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men. 12 years later, he took over those same X-Men. We invited our bud Dimitrios Fragiskatos — owner of Anyone Comics and Everyone Comics in NYC — back to the show to talk about his favorite comic book of all time.

Will also threw in Silver Surfer: Ghost Light, for good measure.

Episode 127: Giant-Sized Destiny of X Podcast #8

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 06:15:00 -0700

The Krakoa era is churning along to its inevitable conclusion — here's the last episode of the mini-era, Destiny of X! Also, Steve got a new cat!

Books covered: Wolverine vol 7 #30-32, X-Force vol 6 #39, Immortal X-Men #9-10, X-Men Red vol 2 #10, Legion of X #8-10, Deadpool vol 9 #6-9, and Rogue and Gambit vol 2 #4-5.

Episode 126: So many white canines

Sun, 07 Apr 2024 11:36:00 -0700

One is actually a fox.

Will read Hulk: Joe Fixit, Captain America: Cold War, Tiger Division, Monica Rambeau: Photon, and Moon Knight Vol 4: Road to Ruin. Steve read... nothing!

Episode 125: Dreamqueen eats the trauma burrito

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 10:33:00 -0700

It's the end of the long '90s for Steve, as his reading finally closes out the 3rd era of X-Men comics, while Will tackles a gigantic backlog from winter break. Also, one of those rare graphic novels that makes you remember why you love comics!

Will comics: Spider-Man 2099: Dark Genesis, Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Cody Ziglar vol 1: Trial by Spider, Scarlet Witch by Steve Orlando vol 1: The Last Door, Red Goblin vol 1: It Runs in the Family, Invincible Iron Man by Gerry Duggan vol 1: Demon in the Armor, Punisher vol 2: The King of Killers Book Two, Bloodline: Daughter of Blade, and Venom by Al Ewing and Ram V vol 4: Illumination.

Steve comics: Eve of Destruction (X-Men vol 2 #111-113, Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #392-393) and Eden II by K. Wroten.

Episode 124: Giant-Sized Destiny of X Podcast #7

Sun, 31 Mar 2024 12:52:00 -0700

Working through some side-stories from Destiny of X as we got to record together in person! Covering X-Terminators vol 2 #4-5, Marauders vol 2 #11-12, New Mutants: Lethal Legion, Bishop: War College, and Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain.

Episode 123: Mommy

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:24:00 -0700

Oh Emma. Emma, Emma, Emma...

Will books: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Menace on Wheels, Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty vol 2: The Invader, Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells vol 5: Dead Language Part 1, and Avengers Assemble (2023).

Steve books: X-Men: The Hidden Years #14-22, Blink, and Excalibur: Sword of Power.

Episode 122: Someone who actually understands Reed Richards's powers

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 07:48:00 -0700

Ryan North is on Fantastic Four and Steve is excited! Except he didn't read it. In fact, he didn't read anything. Will took up the slack though, with Fantastic Four, Daredevil and Elektra, Hulk, and Strange Academy Finals.

Episode 121: Will made it to 1k already, pack it in

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:25:00 -0700

Will and Steve made a bet, and Will won.

Will's comics: Captain America - Symbol of Truth, Spider-man Lost Hunt, Wasp, Unforgiven, Thor. Steve's comics: Wolverine, Cable vol 2 #88-95, Gambit & Bishop: Sons of the Atom Alpha & #1-6.

Episode 120: The Fake Deaths of Moira X

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:05:00 -0700

Long before Moira MacTaggert made dying cool in House of X, she died in the comics — OH! but I guess it was fake. Anyway, let's read that story.

Will comics: Planet Hulk, Murderworld, Secret Invasion, Spider-Man. Steve comics: Dream's End (Uncanny X-Men #388, Cable vol 2 #87, Bishop: The Last X-Man #16, X-Men vol 2 #108), X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #30, X-Men: Declassified.

Episode 119: Is it a good idea to humanize the Punisher?

Sat, 16 Mar 2024 07:35:00 -0700

Will's comics: Savage Avengers Vol 2, She-Hulk Vol 2, Punisher War Journal, Black Panther Vol 3. Steve's comics: X-Force vol 1 #110-115, X-Man #71-75, Generation X vol 1 #71-75

Episode 118: The comedic villain draft! Oh, and the rest of Dark Web

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:25:00 -0700

We drafted our favorite comedic villains, a gauntlet Steve laid down in last week's episode. And.... there was a clear winner. But THEN! We talked about comic books. Finishing off Dark Web with Dark Web - Ms Marvel, Mary Jane/Black Cat, and Gold Goblin, then Will also covered Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Carnage Vol 2, while Steve read X-Men Forever vol 1.

Episode 117: Giant-Sized Dark Web Podcast

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 13:43:00 -0800

Spider-Man! X-Men! Lots of dang clones! For some reason we got a crossover to the 1989 crossover Inferno? Let's jump right in to Dark Web. Covering DARK WEB #1, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2022) #15-18, VENOM (2021) #14-15, DARK WEB: X-MEN #1-3, and DARK WEB FINALE #1.

Episode 116: Giant-Sized Destiny of X Podcast #6

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:21:00 -0800

The Krakoa-era X-Men return with stories about prison privatization and cool-ass cosmic drama. Covering X-Men vol 6 #19-21, Sabretooth and the Exiles #1-5, Wolverine vol 7 #29, Legion of X #7-8, Immortal X-Men #8, X-Men Red vol 2 #9.

Episode 115: So Counter-Earth is still just kinda floating around out there?

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:45:00 -0800

Once upon a time somebody put a whole other Earth out there in corresponding orbit to ours and then everyone left but it just kinda stayed out there.

Will read Midnight Suns, All Out Avengers, Namor the Sub Mariner, and Strange Vol 2. Steve finished off the parts of Maximum Security left over from last episode, then read the end of Gambit (#20-25) and the Dream's End crossover.

Episode 114: Galactus has a failson

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:09:50 -0800

I (Steve) really really apologize for the pun. It was covid's fault. Covid makes me make horrible puns. I wouldn't say such things otherwise. Please know this about me.

Will read Moon Knight: Black White and Blood, Ghost Rider Vol 2, Wakanda, Shang Chi and the Ten Rings, and Damage Control. Steve read most of the Maximum Security crossover, except a few issues he didn't realize he skipped (he'll cover them next ep).

Episode 113: Giant-Sized Destiny of X Podcast #5

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 18:43:03 -0800

In loving memory of Bart, perfect angel baby sweetie kitty boy, secret ruler of the world. Comics read: Wolverine vol 7 #26-28, X-Men Red vol 2 #8, X-Force vol 6 #34-38, Rogue & Gambit vol 2 #1-3, Deadpool vol 9 #1-5.

Episode 112: Giant-Sized Destiny of X Podcast #4

Sun, 14 Jan 2024 09:51:38 -0800

We go back to Krakoa for a few more episodes to get ready for yet another incoming crossover, Dark Web! And man, we really keep getting the good stuff, including X-Terminators — a raunchy girl-comedy like Bridesmaids starring some X-Men characters that Steve adored and Will... was indifferent toward. Covering Sabretooth vol 4 #4-5, X-Men vol 6 #15-18, Marauders vol 2 #7-10, New Mutants vol 4 #29-33, X-Men Annual 2022, and X-Terminators vol 2 #1-3.

Episode 111: Eegro is just wearing a shirt

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 09:09:32 -0800

It's half-hype day as Will recorded a solo episode while Steve was off on vacation! Covering Moon Knight vol 3: Halfway to Sanity, The Variants (a Jessica Jones story by Gail Simone!), and Thunderbolts: Back on Target.

Episode 110: Escape from dark and gritty Canada

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:08:33 -0800

You know what Disney+ show would be super cheap to make and fun as hell? Marvel Snapshots. On Will's docket we've got that, plus Defenders: Beyond. On Steve's side, well... at least we'll never have to read Mutant X ever again. This episode covers the end of that series (#27-32 and Annual 2001), X-Men: Black Sun, and X-Men: Magik.

Episode 109: ♫ Well I’ve got something to say // I killed Gwen Stacy today ♫

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:05:42 -0800

I mean, we talked about a lot of things in this episode but the important one to me is Spider-Punk. And the Ta$kma$ter / Misfits crossover parody I never knew I needed. Will read Avengers by Jason Aaron vol 11: History's Mightiest Heroes, Amazing Spider-Man by Wells & Romita Jr. vol 3: Hobgoblin, Spider-Punk: Battle of the Banned, Gambit: Thick as Thieves, and Eternals: A History Written in Blood. Steve read Wolverine vol 2 #154-157, Wolverine & Iron Fist, Cable vol 1 #85-86, and Deadpool vol 3 #46-49.

Episode 108: Judgment Day pt 3: The ethics of Judgment Day feat. Superhero Ethics

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 15:16:14 -0800

The Progenitor has judged our friends Matthew and Paul from Superhero Ethics, and found them worthy! We brought these wonderful fellows on to talk about the ethical quandaries raised in this storyline — punishment, collective responsibility, theology, and more!

Episode 107: Judgment Day pt 2: Poetry workshop with a giant fire-minotaur

Sat, 09 Dec 2023 09:48:44 -0800

Judgment Day continues! In this episode we tackle the side stories of the crossover, where the interesting gristle of the story — outside the main plot beats — often gets told. And we couldn't go very far without continuing our love fest for the crossover's breakout character, Syne the Memotaur. Covering A.X.E.: Judgment Day Companion (2023).

Episode 106: Judgment Day pt 1: Avengers and X-Men and Eternals, Oh My!

Sun, 03 Dec 2023 20:19:27 -0800

Crossover time! The Krakoa-era X-Men, Kieron Gillen-penned Eternals, and dead Celestial residing Avengers cross paths in a heck of a book. What seemed like a setup for at first a simple brawl, and then a straightforward superhero triumph, twists and morphs into a metaphor for collective moral responsibility and climate change? Whatever this book is, Gillen writes the absolute bajeezus out of it, and we gush appropriately.

Episode 105: Giant-Sized Destiny of X Podcast #3

Sun, 19 Nov 2023 12:20:00 -0800

Destiny of X continues and we are here for it. Here for Storm owning the room. Here for Illyana growing up. Here for random callbacks to Daredevil: Born Again. And here for the new Hellfire Gala, even if it didn't quite live up to the first one. Covering X-Men Red vol 2 #4, Wolverine vol 7 #23, X-Force vol 6 #29, New Mutants vol 4 #27-28, Marauders vol 2 #4, X-Men vol 6 #12, X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2022, Immortal X-Men #4, Knights of X #4, and Legion of X #3.

Episode 104: Giant-Sized Destiny of X Podcast #2

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 07:48:00 -0800

Are we hyped? WE'RE SO HYPED! Covering Giant Size X-Men: Thunderbird, X-Men vol 6 #11, X-Force vol 6 #28, Marauders vol 2 #3, Knights of X #2-3, Wolverine vol 7 #21-22, Immortal X-Men #3, Legion of X #2, New Mutants vol 4 #26, and X-Men Red vol 2 #3

Episode 103: Giant-Sized Destiny of X Podcast #1

Sun, 12 Nov 2023 07:35:00 -0800

Holy freaking cow! Krakoa enters its third age with the revival of the long-dead future seer, Destiny, beginning the aptly named Destiny of X.

We wanted to cover Destiny of X the same way we'd read previous Krakoa-era stories, with collected editions collating all the different books. Buuuut those haven't been printed, or even solicited... in English. So we took the issue list from the French versions, because why not. So, this episode covers X-Force Annual (2022), X-Men vol 6 #9-10, Immortal X-Men #1-2, X-Men Red vol 2 #1-2, Knights of X #1, X-Force vol 6 #27, Wolverine vol 7 #20, Marauders vol 2 #1-2, Legion of X #1, and New Mutants vol 4 #25.

Episode 102: And then Marvel stopped publishing comics forever

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 20:13:31 -0800

We're back, again! Will reads Marvel Knights: Make the World Go Away, Daredevil & Elektra by Chip Zdarsky vol 1: The Red Fist Saga Part One, and Avengers Forever vol 2: The Pillars. Steve goes after the awkwardly named non-event "Counter-X: Shockwave" (Generation X vol 1 #67-70, X-Man #67-70, and X-Force vol 1 #106-109

Episode 101: Giant-Sized X Lives/X Deaths of Wolverine Podcast

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:35:00 -0700

X Lives of Wolverine/X Deaths of Wolverine, the crowning event that transitions Krakoa from the Trials era to the Destiny era is... kind of a stinker? Whatever, let's hang out and talk comics!

Episode 100! Giant-Sized Trials of X Podcast #6

Sun, 17 Sep 2023 13:50:00 -0700

Holy crap, we've done a hundred of these! And we celebrate with the end of Trials of X, vols 11 and 12, highlighted by a phenomenal new Sabretooth series!

Episode 99: Giant-Sized Trials of X Podcast #5

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:44:45 -0700

We're back, with more Krakoa! Abigail Brand's machinations are starting to unfold in S.W.O.R.D., and an all-time great X-Book comes to a close with the finale of Zeb Wells's Hellions.

Episode 98: Giant-Sized Trials of X Podcast #4

Sat, 22 Jul 2023 15:02:00 -0700

Superhero comics subject their characters to a lot of punishment and trauma as a proxy for character growth, but rarely are they allowed to heal as gracefully as in the Shadow King arc on New Mutants by Vita Ayala and Rod Reis — which makes up the centerpiece of our podcast covering Trials of X vols 7 and 8. Also, Wolverine goes surfing!

Episode 97: The Return of Neith

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:17:42 -0700

I thought we were done with Gnomon over a year ago. So why did Neith show up in this week's comics? Did she... waterfall into the Marvel multiverse?

This week Will had a rollercoaster reading Edge of Spider-Verse, most of Avengers by Jason Aaron vol 11: History's Mightiest Heroes, a tiny bit of Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells vol 3, Iron-Man vol 4: Source Control, and Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty vol 1: Intruder. Steve had a slightly different result from reading X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #28, Bishop: The Last X-Man #9-14, Magneto: Dark Seduction, X-Men: The Search for Cyclops, and X-Men: The Hidden Years #8-13.

Episode 96: Giant-Sized Inferno Podcast!!!

Sun, 09 Jul 2023 07:51:00 -0700

Jonathan Hickman says his farewell to the Krakoa X-Men and it's, well... fire.

Surely we kept our cool about this, right? Like we didn't hype ourselves too hard and end up having to do an entire episode about one miniseries... right???

Episode 95: Giant-Sized Trials of X Podcast #3

Sun, 02 Jul 2023 08:33:00 -0700

Krakoa is blowing our minds left and right! Witness the birth of the new mutant religion in X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation, and the rest of Trials of X vols 5 and 6.

We meant to include Inferno in this episode too, but we got a little too hype. As we are wont to do, I suppose. So that'll have to wait for next episode.

Episode 94: The Big Red Button

Sun, 25 Jun 2023 20:51:01 -0700

Science lab, dangerous tech, whatever. First thing you do? Install a button that destroys the whole thing. Mandatory.

This week Will reads Elektra: Black White and Blood, Ms. Marvel: Fists of Justice, Iron Cat, Ant-Man: Ant-iversary, and New Fantastic Four: Hell in a Handbasket. Steve goes after Gambit vol 3 #16-19 and Annual 2000, Cable vol 1 #79-84, and Wolverine vol 2 #150-153.

Episode 93: Giant-Sized Trials of X Podcast #2

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 10:02:00 -0700

Krakoa keeps delivering with Trials of X vols 3 and 4. Storm is one of the best characters in the entire Marvel universe and "one of" might not be necessary in that sentence.

Episode 92: Giant-Sized Trials of X Podcast #1

Sun, 18 Jun 2023 09:44:07 -0700

Krakoa's back, baybee! Coming out of the Hellfire Gala's murder mystery, Magneto's put on trial. Also he confessed. But c'mon, it can't be that simple... right? Covering Trials of X vols 1 and 2.

Episode 91: When Black superheroes are derivative characters

Thu, 25 May 2023 10:44:35 -0700

It's great when Spider-Man or Captain America is Black — while their story is being told. But what happens to that character when the powers upstairs want to reintroduce the classic, more established white character? Has enough been done to let the Sam Wilsons and Miles Moraleses of the world stand on their own without getting lost in the shuffle?

We came to that discussion through reading comics, of course! Will took on Fantastic Four: Life Story, Captain America: Symbol of Truth vol 1: Homeland, Captain Marvel vol 8: The Trials, and Miles Morales vol 8: Empire of the Spider. Steve handled the Warren Ellis-lead relaunch of three X-Men titles, dubbed Counter-X, with Generation X vol 1 #63-66, X-Force vol 1 #102-105, and X-Man #63-66. And we both continued our journey in the Dreaming with Sandman #29-31.

Episode 90: Frankie from Queens joins the Hand

Wed, 17 May 2023 13:47:44 -0700

The Punisher leads the Hand now, so that's wild. Also, check out the Saturday morning cartoon version of House of X you never knew you needed.

Will and Steve read X-Men '92: House of XCII together, then Will took on Punisher vol 1: The King of Killers, while Steve tackled X-Men: Hellfire Club, Spider-Man and Marrow one-shot, Deadpool vol 3 #38-45, Black Panther vol 3 #23, and Mutant X #19-25 and Annual 2000.

The Revolution! Feat. The Claremont Run

Wed, 10 May 2023 12:09:22 -0700

We had Dr. J Andrew Deman, aka The Claremont Run on Twitter and YouTube, to talk about Chris Claremont's maximalist return to the X-Men with an event titled Revolution. And though we all love Claremont's work deeply, we couldn't avoid a fascinating topic: Why doesn't this story work? Issues covered in this episode are X-Men vol 2 #100-106 and Annual 2000, Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #381-386, and X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #27.

On the other side of things, Will tackled all things Cimmerianly frustrating with Savage Avengers vol 2: Escape from Nueva York and Jane Foster & The Mighty Thor.

Episode 88: All changes to the status quo will be ultimately nullified

Wed, 03 May 2023 16:14:07 -0700

Get in, loser, we're going reckoning.

Slight correction to the last episode — this time Will reads Wolverine: Patch, Carnage vol 1: In the Court of Crimson, and Fantastic Four by Dan Slott vol 11: The Reckoning War Part II. Steve cleans up all the last X-issues before starting the "Revolution" in our next episode: X-Force vol 1 #98-101, Gambit vol 3 #10-15, Generation X vol 1 #60-62, X-Man #61-62, Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #379-380, X-Men vol 2 #99, Cable vol 1 # 78, and Wolverine vol 2 #149.

Episode 87: The dreary dozen

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 14:52:00 -0700

It's crossover time! No, don't get too excited.

This week Steve has the year 2000's X-Men mega-event, Apocalypse: The Twelve along with its follow-up story Ages of Apocalypse (Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #376-378 and Annual 1999, Cable vol 1 #75-77, X-Man vol 1 #59-60, X-Men vol 2 #96-98, Wolverine vol 2 #146-148), plus a few issues of Bishop: The Last X-Man (#4-8) in dire hopes that it ties in at least a little bit with The Twelve (it doesn't).

Will gluts himself with comics after a long break, reading Maestro: World War M, Spider-Man 2099: Exodus, Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse, Savage Spider-Man, Black Panther by John Ridley vol 2: Range Wars, Iron Fist: The Shattered Sword, Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells vol 2: The New Sinister, and Fantastic Four by Dan Slott vol 11: Reckoning War Part II.

Phew.

Episode 86: A new name for our podcast

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 20:31:50 -0700

Welcome back to Hype is My Superpower... or should we change the name? Will reads The Marvels vol 2: Undiscovered Country, Venom by Al Ewing and Ram V vol 2: Deviation, and Ghost Rider vol 1: Unchained. Steve contributes the final prelude to his upcoming crossover The Twelve: Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #375, X-Men vol 2 #95, X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #25, and Wolverine vol 2 #145.

Episode 85: The Nintendo franchise draft

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 13:25:00 -0800

We drafted our favorite Nintendo franchises. Hey, leave a comment and let us know who you think won the draft?

As for comics, Will read Strange vol 1: I Belong to Death and Steve reads Generation X vol 1 #53-59 and Annual 1999, New Warriors vol 1 #5, X-Men: Phoenix, and X-Babies Reborn. Then they both get back together to read more Sandman! (Issues 21-28, collected as Season of Mists)

Episode 84: What if every issue of What If didn’t start with Uatu farting around?

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 09:10:00 -0800

It's a week for What Ifs and retcons! Will reads Hulk vs. Thor: Banner of War, Dark Ages, and Spider-Man: The Spider's Shadow. Steve reads X-Men: Children of the Atom (1999-2000) and X-Men: The Hidden Years #1-7.

Episode 83: Writers are liars

Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:01:51 -0800

Hey tell us more stories of how you listen to our podcast! It's very gratifying!

In this episode: Will reads a couple auspicious debuts in Amazing Spider-Man by Wells & Romita Jr vol 1: World Without Love and She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell vol 1: Jen Again, plus Black Panther Legends. Steve reads X-Man #56-58, Cable vol 1 #72-74, and Deadpool vol 3 #34-37. And then they both get back together to read Sandman #17-20.

Episode 82: Jason Aaron’s random character generator

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 13:26:03 -0800

Your hosts process their cathartic release from Morbius and playoff baseball, respectively. And then, comics! Will reads Ben Reilly: Spider-Man, Moon Knight vol 2: Too Tough to Die, and Avengers by Jason Aaron vol 10: The Death Hunters. Steve tackles the final shat of The Shattering with Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #373-374 and X-Men vol 2 #93-94.

Episode 81: Giant-Sized Hellfire Gala Podcast Part 2

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 10:19:00 -0800

The Hellfire Gala got us so hype we had to split the recording into two parts! The promised fireworks display at the end of the soiree ended up being downright world-changing, and then the event ended with a stinger that may somehow be even more impactful. But before Steve would let Will go, he had to indulge in a little bit of fashion critique.

Episode 80: Giant-Sized Hellfire Gala Podcast Part 1

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:05:07 -0800

Continuing our giant-sized coverage of the Krakoa-era X-Men, we've got a mammoth event closing out the Reign of X: The Hellfire Gala! High society fashion, politics, romance, and intrigue all collide in the mutant nation and it's a devastatingly good story, so let's jump right in!

Just, uh, please stick with us through the cold open?

Episode 79: Uncovering Stan Lee’s lost archenemy: Marko

Sun, 08 Jan 2023 09:05:17 -0800

We're back to our usual tricks! Will reads Devil's Reign side-stories (Spider-Woman: Devil's Reign, Devil's Reign: X-Men, Superior Four: Devil's Reign, Devil's Reign: Villains for Hire) and Steve reads Louise Simonson's ill-fated return to the X-books with Warlock vol 5. And we tackle the most pressing question of all: why the heck do Juggernaut, Sandman, and Man Mountain Marko all have the same last name (no relation), and why are they all villains?

Bonus: Zach Rutledge talks the MCU, Lego, and more.

Sun, 01 Jan 2023 17:11:24 -0800

!Happy New Year, friends! We've got another special bonus episode for you, this time with Lego streamer extraordinaire Zach Rutledge! We dig in on our favorite Marvel villains, the legacy of the 90's X-Men cartoon, and why Legos are too cool for 10-year-olds.

We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming this week — in the meantime, check out Zach's Twitch stream at https://www.twitch.tv/zachmrutledge!

Bonus: A Marvelous Conversation with Marvelous Tay

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:49:22 -0800

How many Marvel movies are too many to show in a single week to someone you just started dating? How many Funko Pops is too many Funko Pops? Why are Jim Starlin's Infinity Saga the best comics ever? We check in with Twitch's favorite Marvel nut Marvelous Tay to get these answers and more.

Check out Tay's stream at https://www.twitch.tv/marveloustay

Episode 78: She Will Rise Again

Sun, 18 Dec 2022 15:33:00 -0800

Your Hype hosts mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, and start reading the classic graphic novel Sandman together, starting with volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes. Will also reads Wastelanders and Devil's Reign, while Steve reads Astonishing X-Men vol 2 and X-Men: True Friends.

Episode 77: So...

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 06:57:00 -0800

Steve helps Will celebrate his 1 year anniversary on Twitch by giving him a brand new complex. Will also reads Eternals vol 2: Hail Thanos and Silver Surfer Rebirth. Steve watches the X-Men get Shattered in the Shattering crossover (Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #372, X-Men vol 2 #92, and Gambit vol 3 #8-9) and Gambit Annual 1999.

Episode 76: This old thing? Just found it in the Mariana Trench, nbd

Sun, 11 Dec 2022 18:55:28 -0800

Will has a new choice for best anime of all time, and also read Shang-Chi vol 3: Family of Origin and the climactic cosmic crossover Last Annihilation! Steve enjoys X-Force vol 1 #94-97 and X-Force Annual 1999, and suffers through Mutant X #13-18 for your amusement, you sicko.

Episode 74: What’s beer?

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:27:39 -0800

(Lord it's hard not to be happy when you're not) reading comics! Will's got Strange Academy vol 3, where the mysteries start to entwine, and Fantastic Four by Dan Slott vol 10: The Reckoning War Part 1, where things start to absolutely pop off. Steve? Steve's got a lot of Cable. Cable vol 2 #71, Cable Annual 1999, and Cable & Wolverine: Guts & Glory.

Sorry for the numbering snafu: this is episode 74, and was recorded before the last episode we published, #75. I don't know, man.

Episode 75: Introducing Low-Level Karma Man

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:48:37 -0700

Our spectacular 75th episode, and we got to record in person! If you got to have any superpower, what would you choose? Also, Will reads an insane new take on Hulk in Hulk by Donny Cates vol 1: Smashtronaut!, a new chapter for Elektra in Daredevil: Woman Without Fear, and an Asgardian detour in Thor by Donny Cates vol 4: God of Hammers. Steve chokes his way through the Dawn of M-Tech Saga (Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #371, X-Men vol 2 #91, and X-Men Annual 1999), Wolverine vol 2 #141-144, and Incredible Hulk vol 3 #8. Apologies for the drop in audio quality toward the end — we decided to cut Steve's segment on Generation X due to the audio, and he'll summarize what you missed next time he reads that title!

Episode 73: Medium-Sized Reign of X Podcast #4

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 13:50:11 -0700

The best thing in in current-day Marvel continues. New titles Way of X and X-Corp kick off by rocking our feeble little bodies, while Cable reaches a satisfying conclusion for a perfectly adequate book in our reading for this episode, Reign of X vols 11 and 12.

Episode 72: What the #%*@ is a sheep?

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 15:42:00 -0700

Will returns from his cruise with theological concerns, and having read a giant heap of comics: Ghost Rider: Return of Blaze, Black Panther vol 1: The Long Shadow, Avengers Forever vol 1: The Lords of Earthly Vengeance, Captain America/Iron Man: The Armor and the Shield, Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond vol 4, Black Widow by Kelly Thompson vol 3: Die by the Blade, Miles Morales vol 7: Beyond, Hawkeye: Kate Bishop, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, X-Men Legends vol 2. Steve reads, uh, X-Man #51-55.

Episode 71: Journey to the 3rd through 8th Cosmoses

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 09:33:08 -0700

What's bigger than the Multiverse? Defenders books. Will reads Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond vol 3 and Defenders: There Are No Rules. Steve reads Wolverine & Punisher: Revelation and X-Force vol 1 #91-93.