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Here at Capes and Japes we want to share the love we have for comics in a fun and accessible way

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Here at Capes and Japes we want to share the love we have for comics in a fun and accessible way

    Rex Mason

    Rex Mason

    Today we talk about Rex Mason, also known as Metamorpho since he can transform his body into different elements ever since his run-in with a radioactive meteorite.

    Today's mentioned & relevant media:
    -The Brave and the Bold (1955) #57-58, 66, 68, 101, 123, 154, 200
    -Showcase Presents: Metamorpho
    -Justice League of America (1960) #42, 44, 100-102
    -Action Comics (1938) #413-418, 675, 879
    -World's Finest (1941) #217-220, 224, 226, 228-229, 300, 302
    -DC Comics Presents (1978) #40, 83
    -Batman and the Outsiders (1983)
    -Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
    -The Outsiders (1985)
    -Adventures of the Outsiders (1986) #33-45
    -Invasion! (1989) #3
    -Justice League International (1987) #24
    -Justice League Europe (1989)
    -Animal Man (1988) #16, 20
    -Justice League America (1987) #32, 53-60, 90, 0, 93-94, 97-98, 100-113, Annual 4
    -Doctor Fate (1988) #15
    -Justice League Quarterly (1990) #3-5, 7, 12
    -Justice League International (1993)
    -Metamorpho (1993)
    -Justice League Task Force (1993) #13-15
    -Outsiders (1993) #20, 24
    -JLA (1996) #1, 5, 52
    -JLA: Year one (1997) #2, 11-12
    -Silver Age: Showcase (2000) #1
    -Doom Patrol (2001) #4-6
    -JLA/JSA Secret Files (2002) #1
    -Birds of Prey (1998) #51-55, 108
    -Outsiders (2003) #6-7, 12, 26-28, 34-44, 47-50
    -Doom Patrol (2004) #9-12, 16-18
    -52 (2006) #1, 3-4, 13-14, 35, 50
    -Checkmate (2006) #13-15, 24
    -Outsiders: Five of a Kind (2007)
    -Batman and the Outsiders (2007)/Outsiders (2009)
    -Metamorpho: Year One (2007)
    -The Brave and the Bold (2007) #8, 10-12, 15
    -Trinity (2008) #11, 13-16, 18, 39-40, 52
    -Wednesday Comics (2009)
    -Batman: Streets of Gotham (2009) #2-3, 13-14
    -Halloween Special '09
    -Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders (2015)
    -Legends of Tomorrow (2016)
    -The Terrifics (2018)
    -Superman Giant (2018) #1-6, 7-16
    -Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (2019) #1, 3-6, 8, 11
    -Dark Nights: Death Metal (2020) #3, 5-7
    -Batman: Urban Legends (2021) #1-3, 8-9, 18-19, 22
    -Danger Street (2022) #1, 3, 9-12
    -Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) #13-17, Annual 1

    -Batman/Superman: World's Finest (2022) vol 3: Elementary
    -Clark & Lex

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    • 52 min
    Longshot

    Longshot

    Today we talk about Longshot who is a guy created specifically to fight in a gladiator ring with Luck powers but he can NOT stop getting his memory erased.

    Today's mentioned & relevant media:
    -Longshot (1985)
    -X-Men Annual (1970) #10-13, 16
    -Fantastic Four vs The X-Men (1987)
    -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #215-248
    -Mephisto Vs. (1987) #3-4
    -Incredible Hulk (1962) #340
    -X-Factor (1986) #38-39
    -Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #16
    -X-Men (1991) #5-7, 10-11
    -X-Factor Annual (1986) #7
    -X-Force Annual (1992) #1
    -Wolverine (1988) #102.5
    -X-Force (1991) #59-61
    -Marvel Fanfare (1996) #4-5
    -X-Men Unlimited (1993) #32
    -Exiles (2001) #19, 74-99; Annual 1
    -X-Men: Die by the Sword (2007) #2, 4-5
    -X-Factor (2005) #35-50, 200-259
    -Nation X: X-Factor (2010) #1
    -Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe (2013)
    -All-New X-Factor (2014) #16-17
    -X-Men: Blue (2017) #13-15
    -Cable (2017) #150-154
    -X-Men: Gold (2017) #14-15
    -Domino (2018) #9-10
    -X-Men Legends (2022) #3-4

    -Marvel announces Dazzler solo series
    -Books of Magic (2018)
    -X-Men Forever (2024) #3
    -The Boy Wonder (2024) #1

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    • 58 min
    Alison Blaire

    Alison Blaire

    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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    • 1 hr 5 min
    Cain Marko

    Cain Marko

    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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    • 1 hr
    May Parker

    May Parker

    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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    • 1 hr 3 min
    Whoops!!

    Whoops!!

    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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    • 54 min

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