This week, we journey to the heart of Africa, to the country of Wakanda to discuss the comic book character of T'Challa, the Black Panther. Regarded as the first Black superhero, he has had quite the history from page to screen. Where did the guys first encounter the character? How does the new film handle topics such as immigration, foreign aid, race relations, and politics?
If you want to avoid SPOILERS for the new "Black Panther" movie, skip over 41:57-1:02:43.
Music and audio from "Captain American: Civil War" and "Black Panther" is the property of Ludwig Goransson, Henry Jackman, Kevin Feige, and Marvel Studios.
Music and audio from "Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" is the property of Guy Michelmore, Ciro Neili, Joshua Fine, Dana C. Booton, Marvel Animation, Film Roman, Indigenous Media Inc., and Disney XD Original Productions.
Special thanks to Jeremy Eckert for our theme song.
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This special mini-episode is dedicated to the smallest superheroes around, as the guys take a look at the trailer for this year's Ant-Man sequel. Does the trailer make them more excited for this small adventure?
Music and audio from "Ant-Man & The Wasp" is the property of Peyton Reed, Kevin Feige, Christophe Beck, and Marvel Studios.
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Grab your deck and the power of friendship because it's time to duel!
Black Panther has sold more advance tickets then any superhero movie ever. How has this happened? What does it mean for the film's release? The guys have what they would call answers (more like speculations) to these questions.
This week, we head to Japan by way of Ancient Egypt to discuss the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. How did the top selling trading card game in the world get started? What inspired the creators of the original source material? Did you know the first series got cancelled? Business deals, translation and censorship, marketing and more await listeners of this week's episode.
Music and audio from "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters" is the property of Kazuki Takahashi, Hidetaka Ikuta, Naoki Sasada, Noriko Kobayashi, Til Talmi, Studio Gallop, and 4K Media Inc.
Audio from "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links" is the property of Konami.
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One Shot Returns: This week, the Bat-Jar Crew is joined by their old friend One Shot for an episode full of arguing with Average Joe!
The DC Streaming Service is planning a new TV series called "Metropolis". Is there an interest in another Superman prequel show? Will this be what gets the guys to purchase the service?
There's been a long standing debate in nerd culture about what the difference comic books, graphic novels, and manga. Aren't they all pictures with word balloons? What are the ways in which the world chooses to define these terms? How are the same? How are they different? Does it matter? How angry can Average Joe get in one episode?
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