Hype is my Superpower
by Will Freeland and Steve StormoenTwo best friends talk about the comics they're reading, and also life, so like, whatever man.
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Episodes
Episode 137: Is he man or is he monster?
1h 28m · PublishedIn 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
1h 48m · PublishedIt'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
1h 46m · PublishedKrakoa 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!
1h 52m · PublishedCrossover 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
1h 28m · PublishedWe 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)
1h 45m · PublishedChip 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
1h 24m · PublishedFinally, 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...
2h 11m · PublishedKAY 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
2h 2m · PublishedReady 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
2h 43m · PublishedIn 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.
Hype is my Superpower has 139 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 287:59:36. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 8th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 29th, 2024 16:40.