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DC SpecialCast #23 – Secret Origins of Super-Villains!

November 01, 2026

Two-Face! Grodd! Dr. Light! Ever wonder how they got their villainous starts? Well, listen in, as Ward Hill Terry joins Paul to discuss DC Super Stars #14 – Secret Origins of Super-Villains! Plus, the Monthly Planet with Shawn M. Myers!

This month’s instocktrades.com selections:

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https://www.instocktrades.com/products/jun257234/two-face-trial-separation-tp

Check out Terry’s band:

https://stopcallingmefrank.bandcamp.com/track/my-baby-is-an-axe-murder-from-wisconsin

Visit the Daily Planet:

https://www.mikesamazingworld.com/F231EB71A50CE9/features/gallery.php?page=planet

Who is Ed Davis?

https://www.mikesamazingworld.com/main/features/creator.php?creatorid=968

https://www.nga.gov/artists/48196-ed-davis

https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/people/7638/ed-davis/comics

https://www.tcj.com/the-1982-neal-adams-interview/

All about Doctors from TwoMorrows:

https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=98_54&products_id=1884&zenid=0cr808oll9ku8n8fhq8a6k98r3

Have a question or comment?  Have a specific issue you love and want to talk to us about it?  Have a favorite issue and want to be a guest? 

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“Cloud Dancer ” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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DC SpecialCast #23 - Gallery

November 01, 2026

A page of Ed Davis art owned by Walt Simonson

And from Shawn’s beloved Super Hero Dictionary!

Fantastic Pour Episode #16 - Superman and Lemon Drop Martini

February 25, 2026

THE FANTASTIC POUR

Brett welcomes The Monitor Tapes’ DC Dave to the Fantasti-Lounge for a new edition of the Fantastic Pour as we talk Superman in the Silver Age!  We enjoy a Lemon Drop Martini and read Action Comics #335.  Join us in the Fantasti-Lounge as we discuss: Did Superman break the bro code? Re-starting the universe. Practical types of Kryptonite.  And much, much more!

Secret Pour-igins: Lemon Drop Martini

Cocktail: Lemony Luthor

Ingredients (per drink):

  • 2 oz vodka of choice
  • 1/2 oz Cointreau or triple sec
  • 1/2 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/4 oz simple syrup
  • 1 twist of lemon

Sugar rim

  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • Zest from 1 lemon

Instructions

  • Add sugar to a plate, then add zest of a lemon into the sugar and rub into the sugar with your fingers until tinted yellow and fragrant
  • Moisten the rim of a chilled martini glass with the juiced lemon, rim the glass with lemon sugar and set aside
  • Fill shaker with ice
  • Add vodka, Cointreau, lemon juice, and simple syrup to the shaker
  • Shake well and strain into martini glass
  • Garnish with a lemon twist and enjoy

Comic: Action Comics Vol.1 #335, DC Comics, 1966

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DC Dave is the co-host of the Monitor Tapes. Listen here: https://brickcrisis.com/

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February 25, 2026

Your fantastic recipe for Lemony Luthor.

…Read More

DC SpecialCast #7 – The Superman Spectacular!

July 06, 2025

Look Up!  That’s right, at DC SpecialCast, we have no problem hitching a ride on the Superman movie hype train! Join Brett Young and Paul Kien as they discuss a comic that came out before the FIRST Superman movie: 1977’s DC Special Series #5 – The Superman Spectacular!

This month’s instocktrades.com selections:

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https://www.instocktrades.com/products/jan237114/absolute-superman-for-all-seasons-hc

Have a question or comment?  Have a specific issue you love and want to talk to us about it?  Have a favorite issue and want to be a guest? 

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“Cloud Dancer ” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

http://www.fwpodcasts.com/pk/Audio/DCSC07.mp3

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DC SpecialCast #7 - Gallery

July 06, 2025

JLUCast ALIVE!

June 30, 2025

The Outcaster’s Tim Price joins Chris & Cindy to discuss Part One of JLU’s two-part series finale, “Alive!”. Lex Luthor’s search for Brainiac leads to a deadly civil war amongst the Legion of Doom! But just when Lex thinks he’s finally revived Brainiac…enter DARKSEID!!!

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Clip credits:

Clips from Justice League Unlimited “Alive!”, music by Lolita Ritmanis, theme by Kristopher Carter.

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JLUCast Far From Home

April 28, 2025

Dr. Anj returns to the Watchtower to discuss “Far From Home”! When the rest of the Legion of Super-Heroes are captured by the Fatal Five, Brainiac 5 and Bouncing Boy recruit Supergirl, Green Lantern and Green Arrow from the past. But one of them is destined to never return. Will this be the death of Supergirl?

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Clip credits:

Clips from Justice League Unlimited “Far From Home”, music, and theme by Kristopher Carter. Legion of Super Heroes theme by Kristopher Carter.

https://www.fwpodcasts.com/cf/audio/jlucastfarfromhome.mp3

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JLUCast Grudge Match

March 31, 2025

Cindy and Chris are joined by Special Guest Host Noah Tarnow from the I Don’t Get It podcast to cover “Grudge Match”! Roulette has reopened Metabrawl, and is pitting brainwashed female Justice Leaguers against one another! Can Huntress free Black Canary’s mind? Will they survive their battle with Hawkgirl and Vixen? And who can possibly stand up to Wonder Woman?!?

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Clip credits:

Clips from Justice League Unlimited “Grudge Match”, music by Lolita Ritmanis, and theme by Kristopher Carter.

https://www.fwpodcasts.com/cf/audio/jlucastgrudgematch.mp3

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FW Presents Super Powers: The Legendary 40th Anniversary Show, Part 3

August 19, 2024

It’s the final part of our Super Powers 40th 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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Guest Links:

Derek William Crabbe’s Fanholes Podcast

David Gallaher’s Amazon Author Page

Steve Given’s “It’s a Givens” Blog

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  • Email us at supermatespodcast@gmail.com

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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