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  • Episode #106 – Justice League: War

    Fellow superhero fiction author and podcaster Henry "Young" Shel is our guest this week to talk about Justice League: War, the direct-to-video animated film adaptation of Geoff Johns and Jim Lee's inaugural Justice League story-arc. Henry explains why this is his favorite of the DC animated films, while Perry brings some context from the comics.

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  • SCP Book Club #3 – Avengers: Under Siege

    This week, I'm joined by my first guest on the SCP Book Club. Will Short of the Days Past Tooncast and frequent guest on the main show is here to talk about the classic Avengers: Under Siege story by Roger Stern and John Buscema. 

  • Episode #105 – Spider-Man: No Way Home

    Comic writer and novelist Morgan Quaid makes his debut on the show to discuss the live-action version of Spider-Verse with Spider-Man: No Way Home. We talk about the wonderful cast, the thrill of seeing the three live-action Spider-Men onscreen together, and then get into some of the story problems the performances do a great job of covering up.

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  • SCP Book Club #2 – Superior Iron Man

    In this episode of the Patreon-exclusive companion podcast, I look at Tom Taylor's Superior Iron Man series that spanned nine issues between Marvel's AXIS and Time Runs Out/Secret Wars events. It's a series that got overshadowed by those events but deserves another look.

  • Episode #104 – Bloodshot

    Bloodshot was supposed to be the start of a shared Valiant universe, but it ended up being mostly overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Comic book investor Andrew Davis and host of the Pop Anime Podcast joins to discuss what was supposed to be Valiant's answer to Iron Man, but instead just turned into a pretty generic and forgettable Vin Diesel action flick.

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  • SCP Book Club #1 – Superman: Secret Origin

    This is the start of the Patreon-exclusive Superhero Cinephiles Book Club! Subscribers get access to bonus episodes where I'll be reading and reviewing comics and graphic novels, sometimes solo, sometimes with a guest.

    In the inaugural episode, I'll explain what I plan to do with this series and then I'm going to give you my review of Superman: Secret Origin by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank. 

  • Episode #103 – The Superhero in Love

    We're switching gears this week for another episode focused not on a movie, but a topic related to superheroes—and that's the trope of superheroes in love. Y.M. Nelson, romance author and host of The Nerdy Romantics Podcast, is the guest this week to talk about some of our favorite superhero romances, some of the tropes of romance in superhero stories—both the good and the bad—and how these compare to other, non-superhero romance stories.

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  • Episode #102 – Darkman

    Sam Raimi has just returned to the world of directing superhero movies, so this is the perfect time to take a look back on his first foray—1990's Darkman! Indie comic creator Fish Lee is the guest this week to talk about his work in the industry, his upcoming project Greenzone: Life in the Blocks, and then we dive into all things Darkman. We discuss the sheer wealth of talent in this film, with then-future stars like Liam Neeson and Frances McDormand, the chaos behind the scenes, and how well this film holds up over thirty years later!

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  • Episode #101 – RoboCop (1987)

    In the 101st episode, Perry welcomes new guest Shane Rogers of the Midnight Facts for Insomniacs podcast to talk about Paul Verhoeven's groundbreaking RoboCop! We discuss the satirical nature of the film and how relevant it still is 35 years after its release, how well most of the effects hold up, some of the great performances including Peter Weller and Kurtwood Smith, and we also talk a bit about the remake and some of the behind-the-scenes stuff. Also, we answer the question: is this really a superhero movie or not?

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  • Episode #100 – Avengers: Endgame

    Avengers: Endgame! Perry is joined once again by one of the biggest Avengers fans around, Van Allen Plexico of the White Rocket Podcast and AvengersAssemble.net.

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