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Today we talk about Alison Blaire, best known as Dazzler, a singer who can also turn sound into light thanks to her mutant powers. Very useful for stage presence and also a little bit of X-men shenanigans!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #130-131, 148, 210-251, 259-260, 392-393, 502-534, 541-542, 600
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #203
-Fantastic Four (1961) #217
-Dazzler (1981)
-Avengers (1963) #211, 221
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #109
-X-Men: Beauty & The Beast (1984)
-New Mutants (1983) #29-31, 42
-Secret Wars II (1985) #1, 4, 8-9
-Fantastic Four Vs. X-Men (1987)
-X-Men Vs. Avengers (1987)
-Mephisto Vs. (1987) #3-4
-X-Men Annual (1970) #11-13
-Strange Tales (1987) #9
-Marvel Fanfare (1982) #38
-X-Factor (1986) #38-39
-X-Men (1991) #5-7, 10-11, 47, 112-113
-Wolverine (1988) #102.5
-X-Force (1991) #60-61
-X-Men Unlimited (1993) #32
-Deadpool (1997) #67
-House of M (2005) #2
-New Excalibur (2005)
-X-Men: Die by the Sword (2007)
-X-Men Legacy (2008) #215-216, 220, 227, 250
-X-Men: Manifest Destiny (2008) #5
-Wolverine: First Class (2008) #16
-Hulk Team-Up (2009) #1
-X-Force (2008) #21-23, 25
-Nation X (2009) #1-2
-Nation X: X-Factor (2010) #1
-X-Men: Second Coming (2010)
-X-Men: Hellbound (2010)
-Dazzler (2010)
-X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - Storm & Gambit (2010) #1
-X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - X-Men Vs. Vampires (2010) #1
-X-Men: To Serve and Protect (2010) #4
-X-Men Giant-Size (2011) #1
-Wolverine: The Best There Is (2010) #7, 10-12
-Iron Age (2011) #3
-Iron Age: Omega (2010) #1
-X-Men: Regenesis (2011) #1
-Uncanny X-Men (2011) #1, 12
-X-Treme X-Men (2012)
-X-Men: X-Termination (2013)
-X-Factor (2005) #259
-All-New X-Men (2012) #15, 18, 31
-Deadpool (2012) #29-32
-All-New All-Different Avengers (2015) #0
-A-Force (2016)
-IVX (2016) #0-1
-Cage! (2016) #3-4
-Domino (2018) #1-2
-Dazzler: X-Song (2018)
-Astonishing X-Men (2017) #14-17
-Age of X-Man (2019)
-Marvel Comics (2019) #1001
-X-Force (2019) #9, 12, 43
-X-Factor (2020) #7, 9
-Way of X (2021)
-Deadpool: Black, White & Blood (2021) #2
-X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation (2021) #1
-X-Terminators (2022)
-X-Men: Hellfire Gala Last Rites Infinity Comic (2023) #1
-X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2023)
-Dead X-Men (2024)
-Rise of the Powers of X (2024) #2, 4
-X-Men: Forever (2024) #2

-Part of the FCBD preview of Barda
-Free Comic Book Day list
-The Boy Wonder announcement

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Today we talk about Cain Marko, best known as the Juggernaut, who despite being the step-brother of one of the most well known mutants actually gets his powers from a magic rock.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #12-13, 31-33, 46, 101-103, 107, 122, 124, 183, 194, 217-218, 232, 322, 333-334. 361, 369, 410-436, 442, 444, 460-461, 540-542, 600
-Doctor Strange (1968) #182
-Amazing Adventures (1970) #16
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #172, 393, 402-404, 456-457, 601-602
-Spider-Woman (1978) #37-38
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #229-230, 500, 574, 627-629, 700
-Marvel Team-Up (1972) #150
-Excalibur (1988) #3
-Thor (1966) #411-412, 428-429
-X-Force (1991) #2-5, 30-31
-Spider-Man (1990) #16, 84
-Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #44
-Deadpool: The Circle Chase (1993) #1-2
-Venom: The Madness (1993)
-Deadpool (1994)
-X-Men (1991) #42-44, 53-54, 70, 88, 157-164
-Wolverine (1988) #93
-X-Men Unlimited (1993) #12-13, 40, 44
-Thor (1998) #17
-Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #11
-Juggernaut: The Eighth Day (1999) #1
-Avengers (1998) #24-25
-Generation X (1994) #60-61
-Deadpool (1997) #61
-Exiles (2001) #28-30, 46
-Identity Disc (2004)
-X-Men Unlimited (2004) #4
-New Excalibur (2005)
-World War Hulk: X-Men (2007) #2-3
-X-Men Legacy (2008) #211, 219
-Marvel 1985 (2008) #2
-X-Men: Manifest Destiny (2008) #2
-Thunderbolts (2006) #144-163.1
-Avengers Academy (2010) #3-4
-Fear Itself (2010)
-Fear Itself: The Worthy (2011)
-Dark Avengers (2012) #180-183
-Amazing X-Men (2013) #15-19
-X-Men: Blue (2017) #1
-Iceman (2017) #5
-Uncanny Avengers (2015) #28-29
-Thor (2018) #1
-Venom Annual (2018) #1
-X-Men: Black - Juggernaut (2018) #1
-Uncanny X-Men (2018) #16-21
-Punisher Kill Krew (2019) #2-5
-Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn (2020) #1
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #49, 56
-Juggernaut (2020)
-Savage Avengers (2019) #14-16, 26-28
-Wolverine: Black, White & Blood (2020) #3
-X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #13-20, 100, 105
-Legion of X (2022)
-Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood (2022) #2
-X-Men: Before The Fall - Sons Of X (2023) #1
-Rogue & Gambit (2023) #3-5
-X-Men: Hellfire Gala Last Rites Infinity Comic (2023) #1
-X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2023) #1
-X-Force (2019) #43
-X-Men (2021) #27-28
-Fall of the House of X (2024)

-Candela Obscura: Circle of the Crimson Mirror
-Rise of the Powers of X (2024) #4
-Dead Boy Detectives netflix

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Today we talk about May Parker, an alternate-universe daughter of Spider-Man who has gone by both Spider-Girl and Spider-Woman but is perhaps best known by her nickname Mayday.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-What If? (1989) #105
-Spider-Girl (1998)
-J2 (1998) #7
-Spider-Girl Annual (1999) #1
-Fantastic Five (1999) #3
-Spider-Girl Presents: The Buzz (2000)
-Last Hero Standing (2005)
-Spider-Man Family (2005)
-Last Planet Standing (2006)
-Amazing Spider-Girl (2006)
-Avengers Next (2006)
-American Dream (2008) #4-5
-Amazing Spider-Man Family (2008) #1-3
-Spectacular Spider-Girl (2009)
-Spectacular Spider-Girl (2010)
-Spider-Girl: The End! (2010)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #8-15
-Spider-Verse (2014) #1
-Spider-Verse Team-Up (2014) #3
-Spider-Island (2015)
-Web Warriors (2015)
-Edge of Spider-Geddon (2018) #1
-Spider-Geddon (2018)
-SUPERIOR OCTOPUS 1 (2018) #1
-Spider-Girls (2018)
-Spider-Verse Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #26-29
-Spider-Man (2022) #1-7
-Edge of Spider-Verse (2023) #4

-Dead Boy Detectives omnibus
-Nightwing (2016) #113 Discowing Variant
-DC Vault: A Death in the Family: Robin Lives #1 article

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Today we talk about Anya Coraz--no wait, we already talked about her. Uhhh... we talk about adapting panel comics to infinite scroll formats and... stuff we've read....

Today's mentioned & relevant media:

-Lore Olympus webtoon / graphic novel
-Check, Please! webtoon / website / graphic novel
-Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise webtoon / graphic novel
-Lumberjanes 10th anniversary Kickstarter (Ends 9 May 2024, 11am PST)
-Webtoon contract criticism

-Starman (1994)
-Dead Boy Detectives omnibus
-Nightwing (2016) #113 preview
-Bunt!

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Today we talk about Martha "Mattie" Franklin, who is otherwise known as Spider-Woman. She got her superpowers by participating in a risky ritual in a very "this only works out because I'm in a comic book" sort of way!

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #262-263
-The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #441
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #1-3, 5-6, 14, 611. 630, 634
-Peter Parker: Spider-Man (1999) #1, 5
-Spider-Woman (1999)
-Contest of Champions II (1999)
-Alias (2001) #16-21
-The Loners (2007)
-Spider-Man: Grim Hunt - The Kraven Saga (2010) #1
-Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Black Cat (2010) #1
-The Clone Conspiracy (2016) #2, 4
-Silk (2015) #14-17

-Wolverine (2020) #46
-Dead Boy Detectives trailer

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Today we talk about Julia Carpenter, who was unethically experimented on to get spider powers, ended up on the Avengers, was given psychic powers, and really just was on the run from the government a LOT.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Secret Wars (1984) #6-12
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #206, 307
-X-Factor (1986) #8-9
-Avengers Annual (1967) #15
-Iron Man (1968) #214, 284, 288, 311-312, 317, 319, 324
-Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #125-126
-West Coast Avengers (1985) #70-102
-Wonder Man (1991) #2, 12, 16-18
-Avengers (1963) #345, 368
-Captain America (1968) #400-401, 437
-Infinity War (1992) #1, 3
-Secret Defenders (1993) #1-3, 20-21
-Infinity Crusade (1993)
-Warlock and the Infinity Watch (1992) #18-20
-Spider-Woman (1993)
-Scarlet Witch (1994)
-Force Works (1994)
-War Machine (1994) #4, 9-10, 22
-Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #159, 166-172
-Avengers (1998) #1-4, 14
-Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #5, 634-637, 664-673, 678-679, 689-691, 695-697
-She-Hulk (2004) #10
-Ms. Marvel (2006) #6-8, 13-14
-Civil War: The Initiative (2007) #1
-Omega Flight (2007)
-Marvel Comics Presents (2007) #3-4, 6-9, 12
-The Mighty Avengers (2007) #21, 23
-Spider-Island (2011)
-Scarlet Spider (2011) #6, 15
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #4, 15
-Daredevil (2014) #16-18
-Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars (2015) #3-4
-Prowler (2016)
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #44, 48-57
-Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn (2020) #1
-Edge of Spider-Verse (2022)
-Spider-Man (2022) #1-4, 6-7
-Spider-Verse Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #31, 49-53
-Edge of Spider-Verse (2023) #4
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #31
-Spider-Woman (2023) #1, 3-4
-Women of Marvel (2024) #1
-Web of Spider-Man (2024) #1

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