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Highlights from The Brave and the Bold #171 by Gerry Conway and José Luis Garcia Lopez (cover by Jim Aparo):

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It’s the final part of our Super Powers 40^th anniversary celebration! Join Chris, Shag, Derek and David as they talk about the three Super Powers comic miniseries, featuring the work of Paul Kupperberg, Carmine Infantino, and Jack “King” Kirby’s take on the DC Universe!

Then we wrap up the discussion with how the legacy of the Super Powers toys and media have impacted the DC Universe, later toy lines, and pop culture, including the current McFarlane Toys line! All this, and a special personal story about what Super Powers means to blogger and actor Steve Givens!

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Derek William Crabbe’s Fanholes Podcast

David Gallaher’s Amazon Author Page

Steve Given’s “It’s a Givens” Blog

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Clip credits:

Music and clips from Kid Stuff See and Read Video Book, Super Powers: Battle at the Earth’s Core, and various seasons of Super Friends/Super Powers, by Hoyt Curtin. Special thanks to Isamu Hidekai Yukinori and Xum Yukinori.

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The DCU Marvelized! Comic ad and poster promoting the first Super Powers mini with art by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer.

No heroes in sight! Cover to Super Powers, Vol.1 #1 by Jack Kirby

 

 

Proto-Emperor Joker! Super Powers, Vol. 1 #1, page 22. Plot by Jack Kirby, script by Joey Cavalieri, Pencils by Adrian Gonzales, and inks by Pablo Marcos. 

Super-Savage! Cover to Super Powers Vol. 1, #4 by Jack Kirby and Greg Theakston.

BOOM! Cover to Super Powers Vol.1, #5 by Kirby and Theakston.

The King has still got it. Double-page spread from Super Powers Vol.1, #5.

 

Galactus-sized Darkseid! Cover to Super Powers Vol. 2, # 1 by Kirby and Theakston.

The DCU by the King (and Greg Theakston). But hey, what Earth are we on? Shag wants to know! From Super Powers Vol. 2, #1.

Influential Easter Island cover to Super Powers Vol. 2, #3 by Kirby and Theakston.

Impressive asault from the very-cool redesigned Mantis on the two-page spread for Super Powers Vol. 2, #3.

Where’s my Kirby Batman series? From Super Powers Vol. 2, #5, written by Paul Kupperberg, with art by Kirby and Theakston.

 

The Challenge of the Super Powers! Cover to Super Powers Vol. 2, #6 by Kirby and Theakston.

 

A nice nod to the original Justice League of America creative team on the last page of Super Powers Vol. 2 #6 by Kupperberg, Kirby and Theakston.

 

 

Bad times for Mister Miracle and Man-E-Fa…er Orion on the cover of Super Powers Vol. 3 #1 by Carmine Infantino and Pablo Marcos.

Infantino and Marcos cram a lot of the toys into this page written by Paul Kupperberg, and introducing Samurai and Golden Pharoah from Super Powers Vol. 3 #1.

From the collection of Derek William Crabbe, the origin of Samurai and Golden Pharaoh from Super Powers Vol. 3, #2 by Kupperberg, Infantino and Marcos.

 

Also from Derek’s collection, Page 1 of issue Vol. 3, #3 shows Darkseid reduced to breaking and entering!

 

Page 9 of issue #3 features Tyr and Mr. Freeze!

Is the cover of SP Vol. 3 #4 by Infantino and Marcos a stealth Legends tie-in?

The final page of the final Super Powers comic story, with Darkseid waiting in disguise as the heroic Janus!

 

Some of the current McFarlane toys Super Powers figures and vehicles in Chris’ colleciton.

 

 

 

The final episode of the Justice League International: Bwah-Ha-Ha Podcast! In this finale, Shag opens up about his 8 1/2 year journey covering these comics, reflects on the entire Keith Giffen & JM DeMatteis era of the Justice League, and then bids a fond farewell!

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Season 7, Episode 3: Lil

Special Guest Star: Vanya O

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Rob welcomes David “Ace” Gutierrez to the cabin to discuss SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #117!

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Hyperion to a Satyr – The Fire and Water Podcast Network’s Hamlet Podcast – continues Siskoid’s scene-by-scene deep dive into Shakespeare’s masterwork, discussing the text, but also performance and staging through the lens of several films, television, comics and even a rock opera. In Act 4, Scene 7, Part 2, Gertrude describes Ophelia’s death.

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Credits:

Theme: “Fanfare” from 1996 Hamlet, by Patrick Doyle, with a clip from that film, starring Ray Fearon; the 2009 Hamlet, starring David Tennant; and the 1980 Hamlet, starring Derek Jacobi.

Bonus clips: Hamlet 1996 by Kenneth Branagh, starring Julie Christie; Hamlet 1948 by Laurence Olivier, starring Eileen Herlie; Hamlet 1980 by Rodney Bennett, starring Claire Bloom and David Robb; Hamlet 1990 by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Glenn Close; Hamlet 2000 by Michael Almereyda, starring Diane Venora and Liev Schreiber; Hamlet 2007 by Alexander Fodor; Hamlet 2009 by Gregory Doran, starring Penny Downie; and “La Mort d’Ophélie” by Johnny Hallyday.

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Siskoid Cinema presents… Fade In, the show that looks at famous actors and directors’ first feature film, looking for that spark of future stardom. This episode, Ridley Scott’s career fades in with The Duellists. Did one the director of Alien, Blade Runner and Gladiator arrive fully formed? Siskoid and Dr. Anj discuss!

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Credits:
Bonus clips: “The Duellists” by Ridley Scott, starring Harvey Keitel, Keith Carradine, Liz Smith, Tom Conti, Diana Quick, and Alun Armstrong; and The Duellists score by Howard Blake.

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The celebration of the 40^th anniversary of the Super Powers toy line and related tie-in media continues! In part 2, host Chris Franklin and panelists the Irredeemable Shag, Derek William Crabbe and David Gallaher discuss the final two seasons of the long-running Super Friends animated series, and its evolution into Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians!  How did the infusion of new creative staff and the addition of Darkseid, Firestorm and Cyborg change the course of the show, and what impact did it have on future DC animated endeavors? Plus, thoughts on the Super Powers toys from the Fire and Water Network’s newest All-Star, Sean Ross!

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Guest Links:

Derek William Crabbe’s Fanholes Podcast

David Gallaher’s Amazon Author Page

• Will Rodger’s Ultimate Super Friends Companion books on Amazon
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Clip credits:

Music and clips from various seasons of Super Friends/Super Powers, by Hoyt Curtin. Special thanks to Isamu Hidekai Yukinori and Xum Yukinori.

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