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Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat. — Unknown
Our Halloween shows are little more than another opportunity for the three of us to run our mouths, but we do try to make them special. And finding ways to connect our nerdiness with our love of 'the scary' is far from a chore — we love it!
That said, today's episode is all about superheroes who wield magic and mysticism, or in some cases, the straight up occult. Many of these characters are incredibly powerful with god-like abilities, yet when you think about it, they are generally not super popular. Why is that?
The Spectre, Dr. Strange, Zatanna and even Death herself are just a few of the conjurers and other-worldly types we bring up in our conversation. We also dig around in their origins and shrouded pasts, as well as make fun of their alter egos and nicknames (some of which you won't believe).
As always, thanks for tuning in, 'Nation. Let us know what you think, and we hope all who celebrated it had a happy and safe Halloween!
- SWAiN
**Lots of episode-specific music played on this one: "Abracadabra" by The Steve Miller Band, "Strange Magic" by ELO, "You Can Do Magic" by America, and Nina Simone's "I Put a Spell on You".
And we posted a few cool images here by some artists we dig: Tomm Coker, Adam Hughes and Christopher Gutierrez.
Hi guys,
Still listening to the episode, but wanted to chime in regarding Magik. As I recall it from the original New Mutants series, her mutant power was summoning the teleportation discs to and from limbo. Then, while being in limbo with the X-Men she was left behind and, because time in limbo passes quicker than on Earth, by the time she was rescued she was a teenager.
During her captivity, Magik was the slave/apprentice of, I think, Belasco learning magic in addition to her mutant powers.
The soulsword was the essence of her magic and soul; however, because the magic she practiced was dark magic, embracing the soulsword in full meant giving in to its dark, corrupting power. Thus, besides being a cool visual, the manifestation of Magik's armor reflected her acceptance of her demonic legacy (hence, at the beginning the armor covered only her arm and shoulder and in the end she had full body armor).
(RE: Cool! Thanks for the education, Ro. We knew somebody out there would be better versed in her background than we were. Nice layout, sir! - S)
Posted by: Ro | November 08, 2012 at 19:29