The Super Mates Podcast

Chris and Cindy talk about the latest geeky movie trailers cracking the internet in half! They briefly touch on Ant-Man and Star Wars: The Force Awakens before digging in deep for the controversial Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer. You’ll believe a man can use an anti-depressant! Then it’s the main event: Spider-Man tries “...To Become An Avenger” from Amazing Spider-Man Annual #3 (1966). Chris and Cindy break down the story of Spidey’s first meeting with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes...just in time for a certain summer blockbuster featuring some long-underwear types! Also, the actual historic meeting acted out, just for you in the return of Super Mates Theater! We wrap things up with feedback from you! Download via iTunes. Be sure to let us know what you think! Let your voice be heard! We’d love to read it aloud in an upcoming episode. Drop us a line in our comments section, or email us at [email protected]. If you're listening on iTunes, please consider leaving a review of our show! We’re also on Facebook! Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed! Next time: Kyle Benning of King-Size Comics, Giant-Size Fun stops by as Super Mates joins the Conway’s Corner Crossover podcasting event! We discuss legendary writer Gerry Conway’s crusade for creator equity, and review a Conway-penned epic from Superman Family #186-187. The Supermen of Two Worlds must merge to face an unbeatable foe! #ConwayXover

Happy Holidays from the House of Franklin-Stein! Chris and Cindy are back with a special treat, a spooky, classic Christmas film! Join them as they watch and comment on the 1951 version of A Christmas Carol, starring the screen’s greatest Scrooge, Alastair Sim! The Humbugs continue with “Jonah’s Holiday Carol” from Marvel Holiday Special 2004. Peter Parker’s grumpy employer J. Jonah Jameson is visited by three super heroic spirits. Will they be able to change the old skinflint’s mind about celebrating Christmas? Subscribe via iTunes. Or Spotify.. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts • Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts & https://twitter.com/supermatespod Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/supermatespodcast Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Email us at [email protected] Clip credits: A Christmas Carol (1951) directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, music by Richard Addinsell Spider-Man (2002) directed by Sam Raimi “The House of Franklinstein XMas” by Terry O’Malley, of Stop Calling Me Frank. Download their NEW FREE Christmas single, "Some Kind of Christmas" "Nutcracker Suite Medley" from Batman: The Animated Series' "Christmas with the Joker" by Shirley Walker "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Andy Williams "Spider-Man Theme" from Spider-Man: Homecoming by Michael Giaccino “Monster Holiday” by Lon Chaney, Jr.

In this very special episode, Chris and Cindy Franklin are joined by Chris’ friend and podcasting mentor, Rob Kelly! Rob is the co-host of The Fire and Water Podcast, the writer of the award-winning Ace Kilroy web strip, the editor and compiler of Hey Kids, Comics! True-Life Tales from the Spinner Rack, and one helluva nice guy to boot! Rob and the Super Mates discuss three Batman tales penned by award-winning television writer and successful novelist, Alan Brennert. Brennert has only written a handful of comics in his career, but all are great gems, and his Batman tales are some of the character's best in his 75 year history. “To Kill A Legend” from Detective Comics #500: Batman is offered a chance to save his parents in a parallel reality. But should he deny that world a Batman? “Interlude on Earth-Two” from The Brave and the Bold #182: Batman finds himself mysteriously pulled to the alternate world of Earth-Two... a world where his counterpart has long been dead! He must strike an uneasy alliance with the Robin of that world to stop a vengeful Hugo Strange from destroying Gotham! “The Autobiography of Bruce Wayne” from The Brave and the Bold #197: Shortly before his tragic death, the Batman of Earth-Two recalls how he came to marry the love of his life...his former foe, the Catwoman! Subscribe via iTunes Big thanks to Rob for stopping by for a very lively discussion! Be sure to check out Rob’s blogs and podcasts, starting at the Aquaman Shrine, with The Fire and Water Podcast. Do yourself a favor and sample the awesome webstrip that Rob co-created and writes, Ace Kilroy! And you, as a comic fan, owe it to yourself to own and love a copy of Hey Kids, Comics! True LifeTales From the Spinner Rack! Be sure to let us know what you think! What did you think of these tales? Would you like to hear mor guests on the show? Let your voice be heard! We’d love to read it aloud in an upcoming episode. Drop us a line in our comments section, or email us at [email protected]. If you're listening on iTunes, please consider leaving a review of our show! We’re also on Facebook! Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the aforementioned Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed! Next time, Cindy and Chris read YOUR comments on past episodes!

Chris and Cindy continue to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the show by looking at the wedding issues of Marvel and DC’s flagship heroes, Spider-Man and Superman, and you’re invited! First up is Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21. Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson struggle with doubt in the days leading up to their wedding. But is it more than just cold feet? Will they make it to the altar (or the courthouse steps, at least)? And whose idea was this, anyway? What corporate synergy has brought together, let Mephisto not put asunder! Then we step back in time...and to Earth-Two in Action Comics #484! Superman is vanquished by the evil Wizard, so a new hero must rise to fill the void! That hero is...Clark Kent?!? How do these events lead to his marriage to Lois Lane? The first couple of comics get married again, this time in the Post-Crisis DCU, in Superman: The Wedding Album. A media tie-in, a gaggle of scheming creators, and even death couldn’t keep them apart, so the happy day finally arrives! It takes an army of Superman creators past and present to tell the tale of how a nearly 60-year old love triangle finally made it to happily ever after. What did Chris and Cindy think of these tales? Were they convincing? Did they feel the love? Do these characters even belong together? Listen on! Download via iTunes. Be sure to let us know what you think! Let your voice be heard! We’d love to read it aloud in an upcoming episode. Drop us a line in our comments section, or email us at [email protected]. If you're listening on iTunes, please consider leaving a review of our show! We’re also on Facebook! Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed! Chris’ guest-spot on Andrew Leyland’s Palace of Glittering Delights is now available! Hours of Trek Talk! Thanks to Andy once again for the wedding show idea! Next time: Chris and Cindy take a look at the recent Batman 66 Lost Episode special featuring Two-Face, based on an unused TV script by Harlan Ellison! All this and your feedback!

Chris, Cindy and son Andrew dare to venture once more into The House of Franklin-Stein, this time to discuss the classic Universal Monster mash-up, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man! The monster rally starts here, as cinema’s greatest lycanthrope Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney, Jr., of course!) seeks an end to his undying curse. Along the way he encounters none other than the Frankenstein Monster, played this time out by Bela Lugosi himself! You just know an epic battle between these two beasts is a’comin’, but is it any greater than the battles behind the scenes? Then the intrepid trio dares to comb their dusty longboxes to pull out Batman #255, featuring “Moon of the Wolf” by Len Wein, Neal Adams and Dick Giordano! The Caped Crusader encounters a peeping tom in a furry mask...or is it a mask? Batman soon finds out when his old foe, Professor Milo unleashes a savage werewolf upon him! Plus, a look at the episode of Batman: The Animated Series that adapts this story! Listen on! Let us know what you think! We’d love to read it aloud in an upcoming episode. Drop us a line in our comments section, or email us at [email protected]. If you're listening on iTunes, please consider leaving a review of our show! We’re also on Facebook! Chris (aka Earth 2 Chris) co-hosts the Power Records Podcast with the esteemed Rob Kelly over at the Fire and Water Podcast feed! Next time: It’s Hammer Time once more, as we pay tribute to Christopher Lee by looking at his 1959 starring role in The Mummy! It’s Lee versus his old friend Peter Cushing once more! Plus, a mummified comic!