Tag: Lex Luthor

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

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JLUCast The Great Brain Robbery

February 24, 2025

Special Guest Host Billy D from Magazines and Monsters helps Chris & Cindy cover “The Great Brain Robbery”. When Flash and Lex Luthor accidentally switch minds, calamity ensues! Will Lex as Flash escape the Watchtower? Will Flash as Lex escape the amorous intentions of the mystic Tala? And does he even want to?

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Clip credits:

Clips from Justice League Unlimited “The Great Brain Robbery”, music by Michael McCustion, and theme by Kristopher Carter.

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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

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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FW Presents Super Powers: The Legendary 40th Anniversary Show, Part 2

August 12, 2024

The celebration of the 40th 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

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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FW Presents Super Powers: The Legendary 40th Anniversary Show Part 1

August 05, 2024

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!

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Guest Links:

Derek William Crabbe’s Fanholes Podcast

David Gallaher’s Amazon Author Page

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Clip credits:

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

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JLUCast Dead Reckoning

June 24, 2024

FW All-Star Shawn M. Myers joins Chris and Cindy to discuss the DCAU debut of one of his favorite characters, Deadman! This episode takes us from far-off Nanda Parbat, to the hidden civilization of Gorilla City, where Grodd unleashes his master plan to make a monkey out of the entire world! Will Boston Brand be able to help Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman stop the Legion of Doom in time?

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Clip credits:

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

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JLUCast To Another Shore

April 22, 2024

FW All-Star Paul Kien joins Chris and Cindy to tell the tale of the Viking Prince! The legendary DC hero figures into the Legion of Doom’s latest plot! Can Wonder Woman and Green Arrow stop them, and what does all this mean for the Martian Manhunter?

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Clips from Justice League Unlimited “To Another Shore”, music and theme by Kristopher Carter. Opening theme from The New Adventures of Wonder Woman by Charles Fox

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JLUCast I Am Legion

January 22, 2024

JLUCast returns with coverage of Justice League Unlimited Season 3, the final season! Lex Luthor escapes prison and is recruited to Grodd’s new, larger super villain group, the Legion of Doom! But first Luthor must pass the initiation test, by infiltrating Blackhawk Island! Can the League and the last Blackhawk stop the Legion and save the historical treasures housed there?

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Clips from Justice League Unlimited “I Am Legion”, music and theme by Kristopher Carter.

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JLUCast Divided We Fall

August 21, 2023

The epic conclusion to the Cadmus Arc! Special guest Steve Givens joins Chris and Cindy to discuss “Divided We Fall”! The combined powers of Luthor and Brainiac have seemingly defeated the Justice League, and doomed the entire planet. But a hero will rise, and go where they’ve never gone before to defeat them!

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Clip credits:

Clips from Justice League Unlimited “Divided We Fall”, music by Michael McCuistion,  theme by Kristopher Carter. Theme from The Flash (1990) by Danny Elfman.

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