Best of the Worst
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Best of the Worst
Twice a week, join the Weisers (creators of "Myths and Legends" and "Fictional") as they take a look at all the wonderful, ridiculous characters from comic book history. Why should Joker, Thanos, Catwoman, and Magneto get all the love? Why not Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man, Uglyman, Kiteman, Asbest...
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Marvel: Madam McEvil's Terrible Trio (enemies of Daredevil) SEASON TWO FINALE!
~~This is the last episode of season 2! Thanks for listening!~~
Why not name your budding team of criminals after a fast food franchise?
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DC Comics: Prime Minister Blizzard (enemy of Wonder Woman)
If you take anything away from this episode, please know just how much Wonder Woman, one of DC's flagship characters, loooooooooves global warming.
Archie Comics: Cat Girl and Kree-Nal, Sea Circe from Space (enemies of Jaguar)
"Kree-Nal, Sea Circe from Space" might be somehow the most self-evident and yet most confusing name we've ever talked about on this podcast. Cat Girl...
DC Comics: Skyrocket (enemy of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman)
With little more than several fireworks strapped to his body and a whole lot of confidence, Skyrocket - the man who uses fireworks to do supercrime -...
America's Best Comics: The Puzzler (enemy of the Black Terror)
The Puzzler's greatest nemesis wasn't the superpowered pharmacist who dresses like Superman if Superman was really into wearing a ton of leather. It w...
DC Comics: The Big Gang (enemies of The Atom)
The big gang is a gang that's big that also only steals big things and fights the world's smallest hero. See what they did there? That's it. That's th...
Marvel: Asbestos Lady (enemy of the Human Torch)
Asbestos Lady is a good example of why, when it comes to supercrime, you need to do more than drape yourself in asbestos fabric (and also absolutely n...
Clue Comics: The Crane (enemy of Boy King and the Giant)
The Crane answers the age-old question: what if Inspector Gadget was a Nazi spy with a giant mechanical T-Rex?
Pictures! Text! Cringy headers! h...
DC Comics: Jasper Rasper, the Man who Hated Christmas (enemy of Superman)
Jasper Rasper hates Christmas and is on a quest to destroy his hated enemy: Santa Claus. This looks like a job for Superman. Yes, really. This is Supe...
Marvel: Baron Blood (enemy of Namor and Captain America)
Baron Blood is a villain that checks all the boxes...if your problematic and troubling list includes an out of touch rich guy who dresses up like a ba...
Archie Comics: The Black Hand (enemy of Captain Flag)
Like if you get taken by a giant eagle to his mountain home you become a superhero, if you have a single diseased hand you do some supercrime. Both of...
DC Comics: The Shark (enemy of Green Lantern)
What happens when a regular tiger shark's brain is hit with way too much radiation: we get a look at our future as bald, super-powered speedo-ed human...
Marvel: Nuklo (enemy of the Avengers)
Why locking your kid in a lead capsule the moment they're born is a bad idea. Even if they are just a misshapen lump of radioactive materials.
W...
Prize Comics: Bloor, Dictator of Uranus (enemy of Power Nelson)
The year is 1982. The third world war has left the world in shambles. Tyranny has won with the Mongol Empire pulling the best sneak attack in history...
DC Comics: The Penny Plunderer (enemy of Batman)
How one man's obsession and resolve can strike fear in the hearts of countless individuals...and also there's Joe Coyne, the Penny Plunderer.
We...
Marvel: Leap-Frog (enemy of Daredevil, Spider-Man, and Iron Man)
How your dad jumping around JFK airport in a frog suit in the 1960s can lead to you joining the Avengers. It's the tale of Leap-Frog/Frog-Man.
L...
Feature Presentation: Black Tarantula
The Black Tarantula, Count Rorret, figured out a loophole so that he could live forever doing evil. He can make giant fire monsters, kill people and b...
DC Comics: Ding-Dong Daddy (enemy of the Teen Titans)
Ding-Dong Daddy is just a local goateed* cool dude who gives high school dropouts the opportunities they need to succeed, gives back to his community,...
Marvel: Egghead (enemy of Ant-Man and the Wasp)
Gimmicks can come in all shapes and sizes. For the super-smart, semi-traitorous "Egghead" that shape is egg and the size is very, very big.
Eggh...
Marvel: Scarlet Beetle (enemy of Ant-Man and the Wasp)
The Scarlet Beetle is, surprise surprise, a red beetle. Like most beetles (who have been dosed with massive amounts of radiation), he's telepathic, su...
Marvel: Kang the Conqueror (enemy of Ant-Man and the Wasp and everyone else, including Kang the Conqueror)
We're back, and we're launching the new season with a jumbo-sized episode profiling a serious villain and going over the comic book history of the Mar...
DC Comics: Mr. Mind, telepathic space worm (enemy of Shazam) - 2022 FINALE! SEE YOU IN 2023!
Witness the rise of one of the greatest villains of one of the greatest heroes of DC Comics. That villain is, of course, a telepathic genius worm. Fro...
DC Comics: The Eraser (enemy of Batman)
The Eraser finds a way to channel all that fail into a lucrative career...where he dresses up like a giant pencil.
The Eraser first appeared in...
Marvel: The Matador (enemy of Daredevil)
What do you do when your hero has horns? Put him up against the Matador, of course. That practically writes itself.
The Matador first appeared i...
DC Comics: Calendar Man (enemy of Batman)
Ever looked at your desk calendar and felt inspired to do supercrime? Yeah, me neither. But Julian Gregory Day, the man named after not one, but two c...
DC Comics: The Condiment King (enemy of Batman)
The Condiment King proves that you can hold up a bank with dijon mustard. You can't do it well, and you'll get taken down almost immediately, but you...
Prize Comics: The Balloon Maker (enemy of Frankenstein)
Somehow, the Balloon Maker, a villain who makes balloons from a comic clearly meant for children, is the most disturbing villain we've talked about so...
Marvel: Mole Man (enemy of The Fantastic Four)
A violent monster angry that no one will date him. Long-discredited crackpot theories. Is this the internet in 2022? Nope, it's the making of the supe...
Thrilling Comics: Dark Archer (enemy of Hale of the Herald)
The Dark Archer is a great name for an objectively terrible villain. Lucky for him, everyone else was equally incompetent.
The Dark Archer first...
Marvel: The Melter & Mr. Doll (enemies of Iron Man)
We'll see how you can find inspiration to improve from the unlikeliest of places...even from a guy named The Melter. He melts stuff, if you couldn't t...
DC Comics: The Calculator (enemy of Batman)
The Calculator is a guy with a giant pocket calculator on his chest. Probably the worst way to wear a pocket calculator. Also, why would anyone wear a...
DC Comics: Turtle Man (enemy of the Flash)
Turtle Man is a lesson is never compromising on living the life of your dreams. Unfortunately, for Turtle Man, the life of his dreams was committing r...
Marvel: Mister Fear (enemy of Daredevil)
Zoltan Drago had a dream. A dream of bringing his wax sculptures to life. And a chemistry lab. And no training whatsoever. What could possibly go wron...
DC Comics: Mr. Who (enemy of Dr. Fate)
If a "Who's on First" bit was extended into a entire criminal career, Mr. Who is a scientist who discovered a life-changing serum that helped him to c...
Marvel: Asthma Monster (enemy of Captain America)
The Asthma Monster is exactly what he sounds like. A guy who gives people asthma. His weakness is inhalers and concussions.
The Asthma Monster f...
Marvel: Mr. Fish (enemy of Luke Cage)
What happens when you jump into the East River with radioactive isotopes? You get fish powers, of course.
No one laughs at Mr. Fish. And by "no...
Marvel: Tomorrow Man (enemy of Thor)
Tomorrow Man is proof both that we can have hope in the future (it's a utopia where people forgot how to even make weapons), but also be misanthropic...
DC Comics: King Krypton the Super Gorilla (enemy of Superman)
I mean, no one condones gladiator fights, but who among us would turn down a chance to watch Superman slug it out with a giant, superpowered gorilla?<...
Prize Comics: Robbing Hood, the Reverse Robin Hood (enemy of Airmale & Stampy)
Robbing Hood is a villain who "robs from the decadent poor and gives to the righteous rich." He is, sadly, in good company.
Robbing Hood first a...
DC Comics: Tino the Terrible Teen (enemy of the Challengers of the Unknown)
Tino the Terrible Teen is the richest teenage in the world, a thing that was probably more noteworthy before TikTok and influencers and stuff.
T...