The Fire and Water Podcast Network Presents a variety of geeky topics! We celebrate an assortment of favorites through standalone episodes and mini-series!
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Super Powers toy line and related tie-in media, host Chris Franklin has assembled his own team of Super Friends! FW All-Star the Irredeemable Shag is joined by the Fanholes Podcast Network’s Derek William Crabbe and Harvey-Award Winning Author David Gallaher to discuss this exciting era of the DC Comics legacy across all media! In the first of this three-part weekly mini-series, the panel talks about the heart of the phenomenon: The Kenner action figure line! Plus, FW co-founder Rob Kelly waxes nostalgic on his love of the toys as well!
Compilation of Super Powers (and Toy Biz DC Super Heroes) commercials from Henderson Productions 2 on YouTube.
From Battle Armor Dad on X: The 1984 Sears Wishbook catalog page featuring the first series of both Super Powers AND Mattel’s Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars.
First series Aquaman card from kennersuperpowers.com
From Superpowerswiki.com, the 3rd series Superman cardback, showcasing all 33 packaged figures, and the unproduced All Terrain Trapper and Tower of Darkness.
From Chris’ own collection, a carded Batman with Clark Kent offer sticker
From Chris’ own collection, Robin on bilingual English/French card.
From Cindy Franklin’s collection, a carded Wonder Woman, Notice some industrious kid cut out the Proof of Purchase for the Stepeenwolf figure!
From Chris’ collection, a “slim card” Superman, most often found at the Canadaian Tire chain of stores.
From Chris’ collection, his childhood Batmobile.
Courtesy of Toy Rewind, a spread from the 1986 Kenner Super Powers retailer catalog.
Part of Chris’ vintage Super Powers collection.
From Chris’ collection, his boxed Super Poewrs Play-Doh set.
Chris’ childhood Super Powers lunchbox and thermos.
Thanks to Fire & Water patron Michael Crouch for suggesting this topic! Shag, Siskoid and Paul discuss the late 1980s series The Maze Agency! Created by Mike W. Barr, and illustrated by a young Adam Hughes, it was a true “whodunit” mystery series. We discuss the art, the mysteries, and the realistic and developing relationship between the two protagonists. Along the way, we also share its publication history and mini-bios for Barr and Hughes. Come join us – the game is afoot!
Hey there, high-flyers, and strap in for a very special episode of The Death-Defying Human FlyCast! This time around Max interviews the Rocketman himself, stunt engineer Ky Michaelson! Ky designed stunt gear still being used today, has set numerous records, and designed and built the Human Fly’s rocket cycle! We’re talking about the motorcycle the Human Fly used in his ill-fated bus jump on that cold Montreal night in 1977. Find out how it all started with a phone call, and ended with a crash no one thought the Fly could survive! But … did he?
The Death-Defying Human FlyCast makes its triumphant return! And this time it’s about to get real … really real!
Join your host Max Romero and special guest Captain Entropy as they make the leap into issue #11 of The Human Fly—”Silver Charity, Sudden Death!” The walls between realities get thin as the adventures of the comic book Human Fly reflect the misadventures of the real-world Human Fly!
Rocket cycles! 26 buses! Tragedy! Hope! Cyndi Lauper and greasy chips! This episode has it all!
Let’s get wild!
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