Dear Watchers: an omniversal comic book podcast

Jump into the deep end of the (dead) pool with us as we dive into (get it?) the many multiverses of Wade Wilson aka Deadpool! We start by talking Deadpool's history in comics before chatting about Avenging Spider-Man #12-13 from Kevin Shinick and Aaron Kuder that sees the Merc with a Mouth and Spider-Man tangling Hyno Hustler in dreams within dreams including takes on The Breakfast Club and The Rocky Horror Show! We wrap up by talking exceptions for Deadpool & Wolverine and what other parodies we want to see Wade take on.

Ep. 133 What if Deadpool was Frank-N-Furter in the Rocky Horror Picture Show (and was also in the Breakfast Club with Peter Parker aka Spider-Man)?

from Avenging Spider-Man #12-13 (Marvel Comics 2012)
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This one is a silly one! As we await the release of Deadpool and Wolverine, we return to Deadpool for the second time (and the first time in three years) to talk his origin story, his connections to Harley Quinn, his presence at Comic Con, why he is a gateway character for teens and so much more. We also see Deadpool become both Judd Nelson and Tim Curry in some wacky dream sequences as Deadpool tangles with Spider-Man in hypnosis inspired dream sequences.

Reading / Watch List:

• Our past episode on Deadpool, Episode #13 (podcast at DearWatchers.com)
• Avenging Spider-Man #12-13 (Marvel Comics 2012)
• Deadpool's movies, plus the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

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After many X-Men episodes, we finally do deep dive into everyone's favorite cajun: Gambit! We start by talking the debut issues for both Gambit and the twisted villain Mr. Sinister with whom Remy shares a dark secret. The secrets keep coming in the 90s aftermath of Age of Apocalypse that sees a fracture between Gambit and Rogue. For this week's alternate universe we look at a What If that sees Gambit, Rogue and Sinister battle it out to one heck of a twist ending! We end by looking at the the wedding of Colossus & Kitty, how it affected Remy & Rogue and wonder what is next for the couple on the current run of X-Men 97. It's a stacked deck!

Ep. 132 What if Rogue and Gambit of the X-Men revealed the greatest secrets of the Marvel Universe from Mister Sinister?

from What If Volume #2 Issue #100
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It's a MEGA X-Men episode focused on Mr. Sinister, Rogue and especially the mysterious card slinger Gambit. We review books by an all-star list of creators including Chris Claremont, Ivan Velez, Jr., Klaus Janson, Jim Lee, Marc Guggenheim, Scott Lobdell, David Marquez, Marc Silvestri, Fabian Nicieza, Andy Kubert, and more including Sinister and Gambit's first appearances, the length 90s "Gambit has a secret" saga to how Gambit and Rogue's relationship has evolved in the 21st century. Plus, Guido talks about some recent grail pickups and we continue to share our love for X-Men 97.

Reading / Watch List:

• Uncanny X-Men #221 (1987 Marvel Comics)
• Uncanny X-Men #266 (1990 Marvel Comics)
• X-Men #6 (1992 Marvel Comics)
• Uncanny X-Men #325-326 (1995 Marvel Comics)
• X-Men #45 (1995 Marvel Comics)
• Uncanny X-Men #350 (1997 Marvel Comics)
• What If #100 (1997 Marvel Comics)
• X-Men Gold #26-30 (2018 Marvel Comics)

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What are we going to do on this episode? The same thing we do every episode: Host a comic book podcast and try to take over the world! Yes, we talk everyone's favorite megalomaniac mice as we discuss Pinky & The Brain on TV and in comics. We start with the duo's debut on The Animaniacs before talking their solo TV debut. We head to the world of comics that see P&B become superheroes in their debut issue and later riff on Ed Wood and Plan 9 From Outer Space. We wrap up by talking Pinky and the Brains 2020s (brief) comeback and why there needs to be more mice in the future. Eegads! You won't want to miss it.

Ep. 131 What if Pinky & the Brain tried to be comic book superheroes and low-budget horror movie directors to take over the world?

from Pinky & The Brain #1 and #6
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Narf! We head back to the 1990s by talking the would be world conquerors Pinky and The Brain! We give a short history on both Pinky and the Brain and the creation of The Animaniacs from Tiny Toons to Steven Spielberg. We talk the histories of Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarch too, the iconic voices behind the duo and many, many other animated characters from TMNT to The Critic. After talking P&B on TV, we head to the world of comics with parodies of superheroes and 50s sci-fi movies. We wrap up by talking the return of Pinky and The Brain on the 2020s Animaniacs sequel and why we want to see more mouse adventures soon. All this plus The Honeymooners, Ed Wood, The Brain in drag, Yakko's World, and much more.

Reading / Watch List:

• Steven Spielberg Presents The Animaniacs - Episode 2 (TV episode 1993)
• Pinky and The Brain - Episode 1 (TV episode 1995)
• Pinky and The Brain - Vol. 1, Issue 1 (DC Comics 1996)
• Pinky and The Brain - Vol. 1, Issue 6 (DC Comics 1996)
• The Animaniacs (TV episode 2020)

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Grab your magic girdle, it's getting stormy out! This week, we return to the world of Amalgam comics to discuss the Wonder Woman and Storm mashup that is Amazon! After some quick backstory on both WW and Storm, we talk Wonder Woman's reboot courtesy George Perez and company in 1987 before diving into John Byrne's Amazon #1. We continue to follow Amazon as she teams up with the JLX (the JLA meets the X-Men) as the team battles Fing Fang Flame in a one-off issue from Christopher Priest and Oscar Jimenez. We also talk the future of amalgam and Amazon as a character and who else we would combine Wonder Woman or Storm with.

Ep. 130 What if Wonder Woman and Ororo Monroe (Storm of the X-Men) were amalgamated & became Amazon?
from Amazon #1 (Amalgam Comics / Marvel & DC 1996)
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We are thrilled to be back in the world of Amalgam Comics as we discuss Amazon - the mashup of DC's Wonder Woman and Marvel's Storm. We head back to 1987 to talk Wonder Woman's big reboot before touching on what makes Storm such an amazing character. After some background history on Amalgam Comics, we talk some of Amazon's appearances in her own book and teaming up with the JLA meets X-Men team, the JLX. We wrap up by pondering Amazon and Amalgam's future and why Storm is a hard character to pair with. Plus, some thoughts on X-Men 97!

Reading / Watch List:

• Wonder Woman #1 (DC Comics 1987)
• Giant-Size X-Men #1 (Marvel Comics 1975)
• Amazon #1 (Amalgam Comics 1996)
• JLX Unleashed #1 (Amalgam Comics 1997)

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Grab your quarters and blow in your cartridge, we are exploring the world of X-Men video games! We talk 15+ X-Men video games from the classic 1992 arcade game to Arcade's Revenge! We then head the the alternate world of 1994's X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse for SNES that sees Wolverine, Cyclops, Beast, Gambit and Psylocke tangle with Apocalypse, Magneto, the Brood, Sentinels and more. But of course, we also talk the fun Mutant Apocalypse promo comic from Jim Krueger and Karl Kerschl too. So many X-Men, so few quarters!

Ep. 129 What if the X-Men battled Apocalypse, Sentinels, the Brood, Juggernaut, Omega Red, Murder World, Mojo World, Exodus and Magneto all in one day?
from X-Men: Prelude to Perdition #1 & X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse video game (1995)
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We are back in the world of the X-Men, this time courtesy video games (and comics). We talk some of the key X-Men video games from 1989's NES mess to the latest releases (and some that aren't coming out until 2030!) before we turn our attention to the the world of X-Men Mutant Apocalypse from Capcom and its promo / tie-in semi-prequel comic from Jim Krueger and Karl Kerschl that sees the team tangle with a host of villains (real and imaginary). We also debate what makes a good X-Men comic, why Wolverine and Cyclops are always present, the would-be all female game we never got, and much more.

Reading / Watch List:

• X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse (SNES Capcom video game 1995)
• X-Men: Prelude to Perdition #1 (Marvel comics 1995)

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Guido and Rob return to the world of Storm, Wolverine and company as it's X-Men time once again! This week's episode focuses on the two-part What If from Kurt Busiek and Tod Smith from 1993 that sees the X-Men turn against each other, Cable fight Wolverine, Magneto in the White House, Sentinels conquering the world, an atomic bomb explosion and much more! But first, we travel back to the seminal start of Chris Claremont and Jim Lee's collaboration where our favorite mutants go from the Shi'ar to the Savage Land. We wrap up by discussing X-Men 97, Deadpool & Wolverine and the eternal question, X-Men movie or X-Men tv show.

Ep. 128 What if Cable had destroyed the X-Men & Magneto took over the USA?
from Marvel Comics What If Volume 2 #46 & 47 (1993)
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It's back to the world of the X-Men! We start off with covering a classic run from writer Chris Claremont as he first partners with artist Jim Lee. Wolverine, Storm, Jubilee and Forge battle Skrulls, Deathbird and much more in outer space as they reunited with Charles Xavier (or do they?) while Magneto and Rogue join forces with Ka-Zar & Nick Fury in the Savage Land as they face off against Zaladane. Then we ask the question: What If Cable had destroyed the X-Men and Magneto took over the USA in an epic two issue What If that features appearances from the Fantastic Four, The Avengers, and almost every X-Men villain. We wrap up by speculating on the future of the X-Men on screen.

Reading / Watch List:

• Uncanny X-Men #273-277 (Marvel Comics 1991)
• What If #46-47 (Marvel Comics 1993)

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Great Scott! It's the co-creator of the current miniseries "Alan Scott Green Lantern", the amazing writer & storyteller TIM SHERIDAN! After meeting Tim at NYCC, we are thrilled to finally chat with him about writing for (and respecting) pre-existing characters, the role of fans in comics & TV, becoming friends with Geoff Johns, why Marv Wolfman's name will be on his tombstone and the projects he still wants to work on (calling Star Trek & Doctor Who!). We also talk to Tim about his recent work on Netflix's Masters of the Universe series!

Ep. 127 CREATOR INTERVIEW: Tim Sheridan
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Grab your power ring and join us for an interview with Tim Sheridan, co-creator with Cian Tormey of DC's Alan Scott Green Lantern that sees the original Lantern confront homophobia and his own past in a riveting new series. Tim is also the writer behind Teen Titans Academy, Batman: The Long Halloween film plus the Masters of the Universe: Revelation & Masters of the Universe: Revolution on Netflix. If you like the JSA, DC, He-Man and general nerd stuff, you aren't going to want to miss this pod!

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We blast off with Riverdale's favorite girl group as Josie and the Pussycats rocket into outer space, first on TV and later in a 2020 comic. We start with the first episode of Josie and the Pussycats very Scooby-Doo original animated series in 1970 before the gang gets "lost in space" in the 1972 follow up. Finally, we launch into the 2020 five-part series that is surprisingly scary! (Think Josie meets John Carpenter's The Thing). All this plus insights from our Josie expert, Ethan from MakeMineAmalgam.

Ep. 126 What If Josie and the Pussycats went into outer space?
from Comixology & Archie Comics' Josie and the Pussycats in Space #1-5
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In space, no one can hear you scream...for your favorite rock band! Josie, Valerie, Melody, Alan and the Cabot twins are off to outer space, first on their 1972 animated tv series and then in a 2020 ComiXology original comic from Alex De Campi and Devaki Neogi that goes into some surprising horror territory. But first, we talk Josie's first tv series plus where else we'd love Josie and the gang to end up (or what about a meet up with Jem and the Holograms!) All this on this space-tactic episode.

Reading / Watch List:

• Josie & The Pussycats Episode 1: The Nemo's A No-No Affair (TV show 1970)
• Josie & The Pussycats In Outer Space Episode 1: Where's Josie (TV show 1972)
• Josie & The Pussycats In Space #1-5 (ComiXology Originals / Archie Comics 2020)

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We head to jolly olde Britain to ask the question, what if Superman was British? We tackle 2004's Superman: True Brit, written by Monty Python co-founder John Cleese and Monty Python scholar Kim Howard Johnson with art by John Byrne. This story sees Colin Clark coming of age in rural Britain before moving to the big city to work for a famous tabloid. We talk our love for British comedy, the Elseworlds history of Superman and speculate on what other location or time periods Superman could pop up in. Grab your headphones and a cup of tea and listen up!

Ep. 125 What If Kal-El arrived to earth in rural England to become Colin Clark, repressed British Superman?
from DC Comics' Superman: True Brit #1
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Forget "truth, justice and the American way", it's time to have a stiff upper lip and carry on as Superman is raised British! We cover official Elseworld's Superman: True Brit, co-written by British comedy legend John Cleese and drawn by comics legend John Byrne. This nearly 100 page story sees Superman save The Rutles, impale someone with a cricket bat, meet the Queen and a whole lot more. We also talk Superman's long history in Elseworlds (from the USSR to Tarzan), our backgrounds with Monty Python, where else we'd want to see Kal-El's spaceship crash land and could Batman be as successful in a small rural village? Turn off the BBC and tune in to Dear Watchers!

Reading / Watch List:

• Superman: True Brit #1 (DC Comics 2004)

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What If...we covered Series 2 of What If? We discuss the return of Uatu to Disney+ in nine new episodes focusing on such characters as Happy Hogan, Nebula, Tony Stark, and many more including the return of Season 1's iconic Captain Carter and Strange Supreme plus film favorites The Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum) and Hela (Cate Blanchett). We rank the nine episodes, discuss the ramifications on the MCU multiverse as a whole and make our suggestions for Season 3.

Ep. 124 What If we ranked What If Series 2 and tried to better understand the MCU multiverse with it? Plus pondering future possibilities!
from the Marvel Cinematic Universe's What If TV Season 2 on Disney Plus
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We are your guide to vast new realities as we discuss Season 2 of What If on Disney+. We walk through all nine episodes in spolier-ific detail including our thoughts on the new character Kahhori. We also speculate on what we'd like to see in Season 3 of What If (cue The X-Men), the power of a good onscreen pairing, the future of Captain Carter and much more. Guido and Rob also share some highlights from 2023 and what they are looking forward to in 2024.

Reading / Watch List:

• "What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?" | Stephan Franck | Matthew Chauncey | December 22, 2023
• "What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?" | Bryan Andrews | Matthew Chauncey | December 23, 2023
• "What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?" | Bryan Andrews | A. C. Bradley & Matthew Chauncey | December 24, 2023
• "What If... Iron Man Crashed into the Grandmaster?" | Bryan Andrews | A. C. Bradley | December 25, 2023
• "What If... Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper?" | Bryan Andrews | A. C. Bradley | December 26, 2023
• "What If... Kahhori Reshaped the World?" | Bryan Andrews | Ryan Little | December 27, 2023
• "What If... Hela Found the Ten Rings?" | Bryan Andrews | Matthew Chauncey | December 28, 2023
• "What If... the Avengers Assembled in 1602?" | Bryan Andrews | A. C. Bradley & Ryan Little | December 29, 2023
• "What If... Strange Supreme Intervened?" | Bryan Andrews | Matthew Chauncey | December 30, 2023

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