Hype is my Superpower

Episode 23: Outlawed and Empyre, or, Kree and Skrull torn no longer

It's crossover season! Will finishes Champions vol 1: Outlawed, and adds Ms. Marvel by Saladin Ahmed vol 3: Outlawed and Road to Empyre before getting to the good stuff: the big event of 2020, Empyre! Steve kicks off the main plot of Gnomon by Nick Harkaway, and tramples through a litany of symbols and themes along the way.

Episode 22: The road to the road to Empyre, and an intro to Gnomon

Big changes in our Mostly New, Slightly Different era of Hype is my Superpower! Will reads Miles Morales vol 4: Ultimatum, Strikeforce vol 2: Fight Me, and the start of Champions vol 1: Outlawed. Steve abandoned his 90s X-Men project (for now) to dig in to the novel Gnomon by Nick Harkaway.

Episode 21: Arno Stark's big year, or, Starscream Syndrome

Will went crazy with ten books! Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer vol 8: Threats and Menaces, Iron Man 2020: Robot Revolution, Iron Man 2020: iWolverine, Iron Man 2020: Force Works, Guardians of the Galaxy by Al Ewing vol 1: Then It's Us, Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky vol 4: End of Hell, Avengers of the Wastelands, Ghost Rider vol 2: Hearts of Darkness II, Star: Birth of a Dragon (all from 2020), and Incoming #1 (2019). Steve read Kitty Pryde: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Wolverine: Days of Future Past, Tales from Age of Apocalypse: Sinister Bloodlines, Wolverine vol 2 #119-122, Heroes Reborn: The Return, and Quicksilver vol 1 #1-3, and then swore off 1998 comic books entirely. For now.

Episode 20: Giant-Sized Dawn of X Podcast #4

Dawn of X vols 10-12 (2020-21). Get on our level. Also, a deep dive on the history of the Wolverine/Jean leg of that love triangle, for reasons.

Episode 19: Bugs in Computers, or, One Very Forgettable Week for Christopher Bradley

Will shares the deets on Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer vol 7: 2099, Symbiote Spider-Man: Alien Reality, Revenge of the Cosmic Ghost Rider, and Ant-Man: Worldhive (all from 2020). Steve suffers through the worst week of comics he's ever read for this pod: X-Man Annual 1997, X-Factor vol 1 #138-141, Maverick vol 2 #4-7, X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #17, and New Mutants: Truth or Death (1997-98). Then they play a trivia game!

Episode 18: Galactus, Herald of Damn Near Everything, and Victor von Mad Libs

Will tackles Thor by Donny Cates vol 1: The Devourer King, Valkyrie: Jane Foster vol 1: The Sacred and the Profane, and Spider-Woman vol 1: Bad Blood (all from 2020). Steve regales with tales from Deadpool (vol 3) #11, Cable (vol 1) #48-54, X-Man (vol 1) #31, and X-Man: All Saints Day.

Episode 17: Future Fight Firsts and Alpha Flight lasts

This episode dedicated in loving memory to Sam MacKinley Vickers (Uncle Mac).

Will reads Future Fight Firsts and King Deadpool vol 1: Hail to the King (both from 2020). Steve reads the start of Maverick vol 2, Gambit vol 2, Colossus One-Shot, and Wolverine Annual 1997 (all from the same year — I'll let you guess which).

Episode 16: The Travel Episode, featuring the Runaways, Dr. Strange, and Alpha Flight

Will and Steve finally get to do a show together in person! Will reads Runaways by Rainbow Rowell vol 5: Canon Fodder and Dr. Strange, Surgeon Supreme vol 1: Under the Knife (both 2020). Steve unpacks the heartache of 1997 with Sabretooth: Back to Nature, Shadows and Light, issues of X-Factor and the grand debut of Alpha Flight vol 2!

Episode 15: Giant-Sized Dawn of X Podcast #3

Dawn of X vols 7-9 (2020). Also, headphone warning at 27:38. Seriously, the volume broke Zoom. You've been warned.

Episode 14: Operation Zero Tolerance, and introducing new characters

Will takes on Aero and Swordmaster: Origins and Odysseys, Fantastic Four by Dan Slott vol 5: Point of Origin, and Scream vol 1: Curse of Carnage (all from 2020). Steve labors through the complete Operation Zero Tolerance crossover, talks about genocide and Palestine, and blows Will's mind about Forge.