How Do You Build a Batman?
He’s the perfect storm of heroic clichés.
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Superheroes on Overthinking It
The Origin Stories of Thirty Heroes and Villains in One Chart
The world of super-heroes and villains seems endlessly, but most origin stories are actually a combination of just four ingredients.
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Episode 410: Audit The Avengers!
On the Overthinking It Podcast we discuss “Captain America: Civil War” the latest entry in Marvel’s Avengers franchise.
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Comics, Death, and Eternity (Or, the problem of being a 75-year-old superhero)
What can we learn from the similarities and differences between Batman’s and Captain America’s lives after death?
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Episode 404: Lex Luthor Presents Mary Shelley’s Blackwater
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle Zack Snyder’s “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.”
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Bruce Wayne versus Batman
When Bruce Wayne realizes that dressing up in black and punching people in the face isn’t the best way to clean up Gotham, what comes next?
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Overthinking It Podcast Round-Up: Deadpool Superbowl
Check out what’s been happening on the Overthinking It Podcast, Theory for Turntables, and the TV Recap!
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Episode 398: Deadpool: Superhero Joint Custody
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we listen to and discuss the Deadpool movie starring Ryan Reynolds.
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Episode 369: Things That Are Big and Things That Are Small
The Overthinking It Podcast tackles Marvel’s Ant Man, starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas.
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Daredevil and the Moral Value of Pain
Blind lawyer Matt Murdock beats up bad guys and they beat him right back. Is that pain worth anything in and of itself? Or is it just a means to an end?
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