Hype is my Superpower
144 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTwo best friends talk about the comics they're reading, and also life, so like, whatever man.
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Episode 44: King in Black and the End of Gnomon Finale — What is Gnomon?
January 25, 2022 21:53 - 2 hours - 380 MBIt's the end of an era for the Hype pod as both King in Black and Gnomon come to a close! Will, as advertised, takes on Black Cat vol 4: Queen in Black, Savage Avengers vol 4: King in Black, Spider-Woman vol 2: King in Black, Symbiote Spider-Man vol 1: King in Black, The Union: The Brittania Project, and Venom vol 6: King in Black (phew!). Steve, at long last, finishes Gnomon by Nick Harkaway, and we get to finally discuss what it all means.
Episode 43: King in Black and the End of Gnomon — That Awkward Car Ride
January 14, 2022 20:47 - 2 hours - 351 MBThe countdown continues! Will takes on the King in Black miniseries side-stories: King in Black: Atlantis Attacks, King in Black: Avengers, King in Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage, King in Black: Namor, King in Black: Return of the Valkyries, and King in Black: Thunderbolts. On Steve's end, yet another upheaval from Gnomon by Nick Harkaway in Chapter 20: "Catabasis."
Episode 42: King in Black and the End of Gnomon, part 1
January 08, 2022 01:02 - 2 hours - 348 MBWill's on the latest giant Marvel crossover, King in Black, while Steve is counting down to the end of his long series on Gnomon by Nick Harkaway, so we figured we'd combine the two! In this episode, we've got the main crossover title, King in Black, and Chapter 19 of Gnomon, where the entire novel is thrown on its head, again.
Episode 41: Knives Out — The Missing Twist
January 01, 2022 21:47 - 1 hour - 210 MBHappy new year, Hype fans! We'll be back to regular pods starting next week! In this episode, Will overcomes his crippling packrat addiction and reads Immortal Hulk vol 9: The Weakest One There Is, Taskmaster: The Rubicon Trigger, and Curse of the Man-Thing (all from 2021). Steve took a week off of Gnomon to do some amateur script doctoring of director Rian Johnson's 2019 movie Knives Out.
Episode 40: What‘s up friends and family, it‘s time for Hype is my Superpower...
December 20, 2021 23:10 - 1 hour - 273 MBWe forgot to do the intro for this episode so I'm putting it here instead: This is Hype is my Superpower, a podcast where two best friends talk about the stuff we're hyped on — most frequently, comics. In this episode, Will tackles Black Panther Book 9: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda vol 4, and Guardians of the Galaxy by Al Ewing vol 2: Here We Make Our Stand. Steve continues the Gnomon by Nick Harkaway train: chapters 17 and 18, and the return of Constantine Kyriakos.
Episode 39: The Journey Down Below
November 23, 2021 04:38 - 2 hours - 327 MBQuick announcement: our posting schedule will be a bit erratic over the next couple weeks, with holidays and travel and so forth — though travel may also bring some special features to this pod! As for content, this week Will delivered on Power Pack: The Powers that Be, Thor by Donny Dates vol 2: Prey, and Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer vol 12: Shattered Web. Steve soldiered on through Gnomon by Nick Harkaway, chapters 15 and 16, and the return of Athenaïs!
Episode 38: The Secret Origin of William Freeland
November 11, 2021 22:42 - 2 hours - 299 MBIn this episode, we learn where Will came from, and why he and Steve must do this podcast. Also, U.S. Agent: American Zealot, M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games, and the long-awaited Spider-Gush — Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer vol 11: Last Remains and the Amazing Spider-Man: Last Remains Companion. Steve had more Gnomon, by Nick Harkaway, featuring a return of fan-favorite, Berihun Bekele.
Episode 37: A Trip Down False Memory Lane
November 04, 2021 16:39 - 2 hours - 342 MBDon't believe Will's lies: this is not effing spider-gush week. Instead it's an exploration of alt-realities, false memories, and anomalous happenings: Will with Venom by Donny Cates Vol. 5: Venom Beyond, Black Widow by Kelly Thompson Vol. 1: The Ties That Bind, and Captain Marvel Vol. 5: The New World; Steve Chapters 11 and 12 of Gnomon by Nick Harkaway.
Episode 36: Victor von Doom Goes to Therapy
October 29, 2021 16:06 - 2 hours - 313 MBIt's your weekly dose of Hype! Will's got Iron Man vol 1: Big Iron, Doctor Doom vol 2: Bedford Falls, and Savage Avengers vol 3: Enter the Dragon (don't get lured in by his promise of a Venom book, we pushed that to next week). Steve's got, what else? More Gnomon, by Nick Harkaway, where the Neith chapters really take off!
Episode 35: Giant-Sized X of Swords Podcast, Part 2
October 21, 2021 20:36 - 2 hours - 321 MBAfter a huge buildup, we get to the meat of X of Swords and it's... a huge curveball. Check out our interpretations, thoughts, reactions, and petty jokes, and how this sets up the next era of X-Men.
Episode 34: Giant-Sized X of Swords Podcast, Part 1
October 16, 2021 19:06 - 1 hour - 211 MBWe finally did it! X of Swords is here, and it is wild. Buckle up for the big crossover leading out of our Giant-Sized Dawn of X podcasts, and into the next act of Jonathan Hickman's run as creative lead of the X-Men franchise.
Episode 33: Ask not for whom the naut juggers; it juggers for thee
October 07, 2021 21:04 - 2 hours - 279 MBWill's got Werewolf by Night: New Wolf Rising, Conan the Barbarian: Into the Crucible, Juggernaut: No Stopping Now, and Fantastic Four: Antithesis. Steve, when not distracted by baseball, is on that Gnomon train, with chapter 9, which changes everything. Links, as promised: Rats sharing a brain via wire, 3000 miles away | Reading dreams from your mind using a machine.
Episode 32: Handshake meme: Nick Harkaway | Current Marvel Comics | Obliquely Nitpicking at the MCU
September 30, 2021 20:57 - 2 hours - 297 MBWill's a twitch affiliate! He also read three books with tangential MCU connections: Shang-Chi vol 1: Brothers and Sisters, Eternals: To Defy the Apocalypse, and Marvel Zombies: Resurrections. Steve read chapter 9 of Gnomon and promised to link the poem "The Circus Animals' Desertion" by W.B. Yeats in this here description, so there you go.
Episode 31: The Finite Stones
September 23, 2021 23:10 - 2 hours - 307 MBIn case you all missed Will's first stream as a Twitch affiliate, (http://twitch.tv/sylverdreamer) it was a rollicking good time. ROLLICKING! Podwise, this week we've got Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky vol 5: Truth/Dare, Captain America by Ta-Nehisi Coates vol 4: All Die Young pt 1, and Sword Master vol 2: God of War on Will's docket. Steve finishes Gnomon chapter ,6 then throws in chapters 7 and 8 for good measure.
Episode30: Age of Khonshu, Age of Brexit
September 19, 2021 07:08 - 2 hours - 334 MBFirst: go check Will out on Twitch every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday evening at http://twitch.tv/sylverdreamer With that out of the way, in this mighty fine episode Will wades into Spider-Man: Bloodline, Strange Academy: First Class, and Avengers by Jason Aaron vol 7: Age of Khonshu. Steve jumps on Gnomon chapter 6, A New Set of Colors, and the boys talk about their adult work jobs, but like, in an interesting way.
Episode 29: Hatsune Mecha, or Will‘s Big Data Megalomania Moment
September 08, 2021 06:07 - 1 hour - 130 MBFirst things first: Will's a streamer! Go hop on http://twitch.tv/sylverdreamer to take a gander. Back to the pod: Will chewed through Immortal Hulk vol 8: The Keeper of the Door, Aero vol 2: The Mystery of Madame Huang, and Black Cat vol 3: All Dressed Up. Steve powered on for chapter 5 of Gnomon, and more delectable big data dystopia conversations with Will, plus some poetry. Here's the link to the long poem, as promised.
Episode 28: When being a weeb makes you prepared for Gnomon
September 04, 2021 04:15 - 1 hour - 159 MBWill is in on Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider vol 2: Impossible Year, Falcon & Winter Soldier: Cut off One Head, and Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer vol 10: Green Goblin Returns. Steve sets out on chapter 4 of Gnomon, with yet another narrator and subplot.
Episode 27: Eat sins, not human flesh (above the 49th parallel)
September 01, 2021 21:29 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBBack to our old tricks. Will spills the beans on Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown, Spider-Man Noir: Twilight in Babylon, Hawkeye: Freefall, and Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer vol 9: Sins Rising (all from 2020). Steve gabbed about another (short) chapter of Gnomon by Nick Harkaway, giving us plenty of time for a larger conversation on the book, and also a bonus "treat" of Alpha Flight vol 2 #6-12 (1998) and Alpha Flight and Inhumans Annual 1998. PS: Check out Will's new Twitch stream ...
Episode 26: 50 Shades of Nate Gray, feat. Dimitrios Fragiskatos
August 16, 2021 01:44 - 2 hours - 103 MBDimitrios Fragiskatos says he hates comics, but he can't escape them either. As a retailer, he owns Anyone Comics, as a publisher, he helped put out Access Guide to the Black Comic Book Community 2020-2021, and as a writer he co-created Millennials: You Are Special. We picked his brain about all those projects, but he proceeded to blow our mind about X-Man, then joined us for a Dawn of X big picture discussion.
Episode 25: Giant-Sized Dawn of X Podcast #5
August 09, 2021 01:32 - 2 hours - 125 MBIt's our 25th episode, and in true comics style we celebrated that nice round number with another Giant-Sized Dawn of X Pod! Here we close out Dawn of X, the opening act of Jonathan Hickman's X-Men era, and talk about such other wonderful topics as Mojo vs Donald Trump, the importance of spandex, and Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon.
Episode 24: Empyre Empyre, hair on fire
July 29, 2021 00:54 - 2 hours - 105 MBRough week for Will: first his hair caught on fire, then a friend said he wasn't a host of this podcast. Luckily, he got to read some lovely Empyre side-stories: Lords of Empyre, Empyre: Captain America and the Avengers, Captain Marvel vol 4: Accused, Fantastic Four by Dan Slott vol 6: Empyre, and Empyre: X-Men (all from 2020) — the last one joined by Steve, who's also got another knotted chapter of Gnomon by Nick Harkaway to untangle.
Episode 23: Outlawed and Empyre, or, Kree and Skrull torn no longer
July 23, 2021 21:30 - 1 hour - 101 MBIt'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
July 18, 2021 05:36 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBBig 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
July 08, 2021 21:06 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBWill 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 Pa...
Episode 20: Giant-Sized Dawn of X Podcast #4
July 01, 2021 23:19 - 2 hours - 121 MBDawn 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
June 24, 2021 23:18 - 1 hour - 85.6 MBWill 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
June 17, 2021 03:53 - 1 hour - 78.1 MBWill 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
June 12, 2021 01:02 - 1 hour - 68.2 MBThis 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
June 02, 2021 23:06 - 59 minutes - 63 MBWill 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
May 28, 2021 05:29 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBDawn 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
May 19, 2021 05:04 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBWill 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.
Episode 13: In which Steve learns Will's deepest, darkest secret
May 12, 2021 21:06 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBWill reads Amazing Mary Jane vol 1: Down in Flames, Up in Smoke, Black Cat vol 2: On the Run, and Immortal Hulk vol 7: Hulk is Hulk (all from 2020). Notably, he does not read Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. Steve reads Psylocke and Archangel: Crimson Dawn, Strong Guy Reborn, Daydreamers, and issues of Excalibur and Generation X (still stuck in 1997), and drowns in meta-commentary.
Episode 12: One-Shots and Flashbacks, or, the Tragic Nominative Determinism of Esteban Corazón de Ablo
May 05, 2021 02:23 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBWill reads Miles Morales vol 3: Family Business, Morbius vol 1: Old Wounds, and Avengers/Defenders: Tarot (all from 2020). Steve reads issue -1 of all the X-Men titles (1997), and rants about how the soap opera structure makes superheroes into a genre hostile to social change.
Episode 11: Okay, how's he going to get electrocuted this time?
April 28, 2021 07:26 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBWooooo this one was a hoot. Will took on Venom by Donnie Cates vol 4: Venom Island, Yondu: My Two Yondus, Avengers by Jason Aaron vol 6: Starbrand Reborn, and Iron Man: The Ultron Agenda (all from 2020). Steve handled issues of Hulk, X-Force, X-Men, and Deadpool (yup, still stuck in 1997).
Episode 10: Everyone needs an evil suit at some point
April 22, 2021 03:49 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBAnnouncement! Will's still going with the guest spots at Superhero Ethics — go listen to him talk Falcon and the Winter Soldier with our favorite philosophical podcast friends. But hey, also listen to us here! In this episode, Will discusses Captain Marvel vol 3: The Last Avenger (2020), Ms. Marvel by Saladin Ahmed vol 2: Stormranger (2020), and Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky vol 3: Through Hell (2020). Steve talks his way through issues of Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine, X-Man, and the Beast limited...
Episode 09: Giant-Sized Dawn of X Podcast #2
April 13, 2021 23:55 - 1 hour - 70 MBAfter such a tardy first Dawn of X podcast, we decided not to tease it at all this time. Quickly taking care of some appetizers first (Will: the rest of Spider-Verse: Spider-Zero (2020); Steve: 1997 issues of X-Factor, X-Men, Deadpool, Excalibur, and X-Force), we then settle down for the main course: the conclusion of the first arc of Dawn of X (vols 5 and 6, 2020). The levels of hype are starting to get out of control.
Ghost Rider's Wild Ride and #MadelyneWasRight
April 07, 2021 05:27 - 1 hour - 33.1 MBFirst piece of news: Will was a guest on another podcast! Go listen to him on Superhero Ethics where he talks about race and Falcon and the Winter Soldier. In this episode of this podcast, Will works through his vacation reading backlog, including Silver Surfer Black (2019), Ghost Rider: the War for Heaven books 1 & 2 (2006), Savage Avengers: to Dine with Doom (2020), and Spider-Verse: Spider-Zero (2020). Steve continues to struggle through 1997 — specifically, what the hell Marvel was thin...
Episode 07: Giant-Sized Dawn of X Podcast #1
April 01, 2021 15:45 - 1 hour - 40.1 MBWill and Steve put aside everything else to go deep on Dawn of X vols 1-4 (2020), and gush at about one of our new favorite issues of any comic book, ever. Indies also get a bit of love when we answer a listener question: what non-superhero comics still hold a place in our hearts? It's not an April Fools joke guys, I promise. We actually finally talked about Dawn of X. For real.
Episode 06: Why Didn't Super Harriet Tubman Stop Colonialism?
March 25, 2021 04:14 - 1 hour - 25.2 MBWith Dawn of X still on the horizon, comic reads take a back seat this week (besides Captain America by Ta-Nehisi Coates vol 3: The Legend of Steve (2020) on Will's side, and Imperial Guard (1997) on Steve's. Instead, the boys talk about the role of historical figures in a "shared universe" continuity, debate quick reboots vs long-running titles, and answer a listener question: Which Marvel characters would we most love to write? Dawn of X next ep tho, we super promise ;)
Episode 05: Conan, Hell, and the Status Quo
March 15, 2021 08:14 - 1 hour - 31.5 MBLots of books, lots of digressions into nonsense. Will dishes on Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, The Life and Death of Conan Book Two, Avengers by Jason Aaron vol 5: Challenge of the Ghost Riders, and Ghost Rider vol 1: King of Hell (whew!) Steve talks about Domino, the Juggernaut one-shot, and a look at the X-book status quo of 1997.
Episode 04: Nobody Ever Looks Down in New York
March 09, 2021 06:27 - 1 hour - 22.2 MBWill and Steve talk Wandavision! But not until the end, so don't you worry your pretty little head about spoilers. In between, we answer a listener question, and Will talks Venom: Absolute Carnage and Ghost Spider vol 1 (2019); Steve discusses Venom: Tooth and Claw, Logan: Shadow Society, and Deadpool #1 (1997).
Hox, Pox, and how we got into comix
March 02, 2021 08:02 - 1 hour - 21.7 MBWe start the show with a new recurring feature where we dive deep on a comic we both loved — in this episode, House of X/Powers of X (2019). Next, Will discusses the rest of Tales through the Marvel Universe (2019) and Steve talks about some more 1996-7 crap. Finally, we reminisce about how we both got into comics in the first place.
Episode 02: Captain America vs. Systemic Racism and Apocalypse vs. his Ugly Metal Lips
February 23, 2021 00:05 - 1 hour - 19.3 MBWill talks about Age of Conan: Valeria (2019) and Tales through the Marvel Universe (Marvel Comics Presents) (2019). Steve talks about The Rise of Apocalypse, X-Force's "The Shatterstar Saga", Punisher's "Total X-Tinction", and X.S.E., all published in 1996.
Episode 01: Gwenpool and Onslaught
February 13, 2021 21:58 - 1 hour - 25.8 MBOur first episode! Will talks about Gwenpool Strikes Back, Guardians of the Galaxy by Donny Cates vol 1, and The Daughter of Wolverine, all published in 2019. Steve talks about his re-read of the 1996 Onslaught crossover.