Hype is my Superpower

Episode 39: The Journey Down Below

Quick announcement: our posting schedule will be a bit erratic over the next couple weeks, with holidays and travel and so forth — though travel may also bring some special features to this pod! As for content, this week Will delivered on Power Pack: The Powers that Be, Thor by Donny Dates vol 2: Prey, and Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer vol 12: Shattered Web. Steve soldiered on through Gnomon by Nick Harkaway, chapters 15 and 16, and the return of Athenaïs!

Episode 38: The Secret Origin of William Freeland

In this episode, we learn where Will came from, and why he and Steve must do this podcast. Also, U.S. Agent: American Zealot, M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games, and the long-awaited Spider-Gush — Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer vol 11: Last Remains and the Amazing Spider-Man: Last Remains Companion. Steve had more Gnomon, by Nick Harkaway, featuring a return of fan-favorite, Berihun Bekele.

Episode 37: A Trip Down False Memory Lane

Don't believe Will's lies: this is not effing spider-gush week. Instead it's an exploration of alt-realities, false memories, and anomalous happenings: Will with Venom by Donny Cates Vol. 5: Venom Beyond, Black Widow by Kelly Thompson Vol. 1: The Ties That Bind, and Captain Marvel Vol. 5: The New World; Steve Chapters 11 and 12 of Gnomon by Nick Harkaway.

Episode 36: Victor von Doom Goes to Therapy

It's your weekly dose of Hype! Will's got Iron Man vol 1: Big Iron, Doctor Doom vol 2: Bedford Falls, and Savage Avengers vol 3: Enter the Dragon (don't get lured in by his promise of a Venom book, we pushed that to next week). Steve's got, what else? More Gnomon, by Nick Harkaway, where the Neith chapters really take off!

Episode 35: Giant-Sized X of Swords Podcast, Part 2

After a huge buildup, we get to the meat of X of Swords and it's... a huge curveball. Check out our interpretations, thoughts, reactions, and petty jokes, and how this sets up the next era of X-Men.

Episode 34: Giant-Sized X of Swords Podcast, Part 1

We finally did it! X of Swords is here, and it is wild. Buckle up for the big crossover leading out of our Giant-Sized Dawn of X podcasts, and into the next act of Jonathan Hickman's run as creative lead of the X-Men franchise.

Episode 33: Ask not for whom the naut juggers; it juggers for thee

Will's got Werewolf by Night: New Wolf Rising, Conan the Barbarian: Into the Crucible, Juggernaut: No Stopping Now, and Fantastic Four: Antithesis. Steve, when not distracted by baseball, is on that Gnomon train, with chapter 9, which changes everything. Links, as promised: Rats sharing a brain via wire, 3000 miles away | Reading dreams from your mind using a machine.

Episode 32: Handshake meme: Nick Harkaway | Current Marvel Comics | Obliquely Nitpicking at the MCU

Will's a twitch affiliate! He also read three books with tangential MCU connections: Shang-Chi vol 1: Brothers and Sisters, Eternals: To Defy the Apocalypse, and Marvel Zombies: Resurrections. Steve read chapter 9 of Gnomon and promised to link the poem "The Circus Animals' Desertion" by W.B. Yeats in this here description, so there you go.

Episode 31: The Finite Stones

In case you all missed Will's first stream as a Twitch affiliate, (http://twitch.tv/sylverdreamer) it was a rollicking good time. ROLLICKING!

Podwise, this week we've got Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky vol 5: Truth/Dare, Captain America by Ta-Nehisi Coates vol 4: All Die Young pt 1, and Sword Master vol 2: God of War on Will's docket. Steve finishes Gnomon chapter ,6 then throws in chapters 7 and 8 for good measure.

Episode30: Age of Khonshu, Age of Brexit

First: go check Will out on Twitch every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday evening at http://twitch.tv/sylverdreamer

With that out of the way, in this mighty fine episode Will wades into Spider-Man: Bloodline, Strange Academy: First Class, and Avengers by Jason Aaron vol 7: Age of Khonshu. Steve jumps on Gnomon chapter 6, A New Set of Colors, and the boys talk about their adult work jobs, but like, in an interesting way.