THE FANDOM ZONE 152: "What Comes After" is Up!

"It feels like it's ending."
"Little things do end, but it's never the end of everything...because we don't die.  It's not about you, or me, or any one of us.  It's about all of us."

-- Rick Grimes and Sasha Williams, The Walking Dead: "What Comes After" 

That's right, Karen and I are back with another new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

The Walking Dead 9x05: "What Comes After"

Legends of Tomorrow 4x03: "Dancing Queen"

The Gifted 2x06: "iMprint"

Daredevil 3x02: "Please"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like the George Burns Oh, God movies, the passing of Stan Lee, Brian Michael Bendis and I both attending the 1988 International Superman Exposition in Cleveland and meeting Stan Lee for the first time, the upcoming Rick Grimes spinoff movies, the return of Shane, Hershel and Sasha, homages to the original Walking Dead pilot episode, The Walking Dead Universe franchise, wondering what happened to Negan's bat Lucille, Lauren Cohan's last episode as Maggie Rhee, the six-year time jump, Judith becoming Mini-Carl, Nate & Gary's pointless mission to 760,000 BC, super-square Ray hanging with a '70s British punk band, wondering if new shapeshifter Charlie is actually female, Constantine's birth killing his mother, Constantine trying to kick his dad in the bollocks, hoping we'll see the Legends go back to see a Mucous Membrane concert, Shatter vs. Arseface, Reed wanting Thunderbird to teach him how to control his powers, the other two Stepford Cuckoos, wondering if Esme is going to die and be replaced by Mindee, wanting Jace to be killed off, Bullseye taking out Albanians attacking the Kingpin's convoy, the Toy Story 4 teaser trailer, finally seeing Foggy's family's butcher shop, Karen cougaring Foggy's brother Theo, some new feedback from Justina, our previous podcast Dangerous Habits: The Constantine Podcast, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Karen and I review new episodes of AMC's The Walking Dead, Netflix's Daredevil and The CW's The Flash and Black Lightning, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 150: "A New Beginning" is Up!

"We're not just fighting to survive anymore.  We're making a new beginning."

-- Rick Grimes, The Walking Dead: "A New Beginning" 

Believe it or not, Karen and I are FINALLY back with our 150th episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

The Walking Dead 9x01: "A New Beginning"  (Season Premiere)

The Gifted 2x03: "CoMplications"

The Flash 5x01: "Nora"  (Season Premiere)

Black Lightning 2x01: "The Book of Consequences: Chapter One: Rise of the Green Light Babies"  (Season Premiere)

In this 150th episode, Karen and I talk about things like why it took two months to record this episode, why you should listen to Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast, Karen trying to become an extra on The Walking Dead, me being an extra in an episode of The Adventures of Superboy, Anne/Jadis talking like a human being instead of a Vulcan, the passing of Scott "Herschel" Wilson, the tension-filled covered wagon heist, Ezekiel getting sweet lovin' down by the fire, Daryl being asexual, Rick not caring about a horse's life, Brett Butler as an emasculating wife, Gregory trying to turn the Hilltop against Maggie because Gregory, wondering if Maggie is turning into the Governor, that awkward moment when Reed's powers flare up and he disintegrates his steering wheel while driving, Reed needing to be REALLY careful during his "personal time", Eclipse being kidnapped to heal his ailing baby daughter Dawn, Andy embracing the dark side, wondering why Blink doesn't just tell Thunderbird that Erg wants her to spy for the Morlocks, Nora West-Allen being a hybrid of DC Comics characters XS and Tornado Twin Dawn Allen, XS having her own Flashpoint moment, Barry finally getting a Flash costume ring, wondering if Ralph and Caitlin will hook up, Cicada killing Gridlock, Jefferson admitting to Detective Henderson that he's Black Lightning, Kara Fowdy's garage fight with Syonide, Jennifer not having control over her new powers, Lynn's flip-flopping about being okay with everyone having superpowers, some new feedback from Justina, saying goodbye to those crazy kids on the Google Plus, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week, as Karen and I review the season premieres of The CW's Supergirl and Arrow, and Netflix's Daredevil, along with a new episode of The CW's Black Lightning, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE GIFTED Casts Grace Byers as The Hellfire Club's Reeva Payge

The Hellfire Club's Inner Circle is growing.

Marvel has announced that the Fox series The Gifted, based on Marvel Comics' X-Men properties, has cast Grace Byers as Reeva Payge, a mutant who becomes the Black Queen of The Hellfire Club's Inner Circle.

According to the announcement, Reeva is described as "a smart, charming, authoritative, elegant, beautiful woman who is ruthless in her efforts to fight for her people.  She leads an elite band of followers and has a soft spot for her new recruits, but is still capable of extreme violence in defense of her vision."

In addition, Reeva "will be teaming up with Polaris (Emma Dumont), Andy Strucker (Percy Hynes White) and the Frost sisters (Skyler Samuels) in the Inner Circle, following the huge turn of events that occurred at the end of Season 1."

Byers, 33, is best known as Anika Calhoun on the Fox music industry drama Empire.  She also appeared as Kate in the 2018 movie Bent.

Created in 1994 by Ian Edginton and Gene Ha, Reeva Payge first appeared in X-Men (vol.2) Annual #3 as a mutant with the ability to generate a high note from her vocal cords that directly affects the brain's neurochemistry, painfully distorting perceptions of reality, causing them to experience dizziness and hallucinations.  The note is beyond a normal human's ability to detect sound.

When Shinobi Shaw, son of Hellfire Club founding member Sebastian Shaw, took over the New York chapter of The Hellfire Club, he formed his own Inner Circle after Archangel and Sunspot declined.  Reeva was designated as the Inner Circle's Black Queen, along with Shaw as Black King, Benazir Kaur as White Queen, and Benedict Kine as White King.

This Inner Circle was presented to Ororo Monroe, better known as Storm, when Shinobi Shaw attempted to recruit her as well.  When Storm tried to resist Shaw, she was drugged and kidnapped.  The X-Men arrived as Shaw attempted to inject her with more drugs, and fought Reeva and the new Hellfire Club until Storm cornered Shaw.  She asked him if he was willing to die for his beliefs, but he wasn't and let her leave.  Shinobi Shaw's actions as Black King were limited to failed attempts at extending his influence and monitoring the London branch of the Club, leading to Sebastian Shaw retaking control.

The Gifted is expected to return to Fox for Season 2 sometime in Fall 2018.

THE FANDOM ZONE 126: "The Resurrection" is Up!

"You should at least give a brother a moment to say something heroically clever.  Now you've just pissed me off."
-- Black Lightning, Black Lightning: "The Resurrection" 

Back in The Fandom Zone at last, Karen and I have returned with another HUGE new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  So huge, in fact, we're splitting it up in two parts!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

The Gifted 1x12: "eXtraction"

The Gifted 1x13: "X-roads"  (Season 1 Finale)

Supergirl 3x10: "Legion of Superheroes"  (Midseason Premiere)

The Flash 4x10: "The Trial of the Flash"  (Midseason Premiere)

Black Lightning 1x01: "The Resurrection"  (Series Premiere) 

Arrow 6x10: "Divided"  (Midseason Premiere)

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 5x08: "The Last Day"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like Karen's move to Georgia, my routine being completely thrown off without Karen, Karen's identity being tied into being online, the Stepford Cuckoos manipulating everyone, Polaris being bipolar, The Gifted meeting Office Space, how The Gifted could cross over with Legion, wondering what will happen to Jace now that he left Sentinel Services, Jesse Rath being given the worst makeup and costume job as Brainiac 5, Supergirl in a coma, Smallville handling the Legion better than Supergirl, my theory on Reign joining forces with Supergirl against the Worldkillers, nobody liking James with Lena Luthor, some backrground on "The Trial of the Flash" comics storyline, Cecile providing an absolutely horrible defense for Barry Allen, the Elongated Man being the voice of reason, Vibe vibing Fallout to a "dead Earth" and maybe killing a whole bunch of people, Black Lightning doing more in the first 5 minutes for CW superhero shows than The Flash did in all 60 minutes, violence actually having consequences on Black Lightning, Jefferson Pierce being inspirational both in and out of his costume, the way to connect Black Lightning to The Flash, actually casting an albino African-American as an albino African-American villain, Annisa Pierce's Jessica Jones moment, wondering what the motivation is for Green Arrow's enemies to team up and work for Cayden James, Karen's rant about Curtis, Dinah and Rene being pissed off about trust issues, Thea Queen making a scrapbook photo album for Quentin Lance, Robin and her timey-wimeyness, May's relationship with Robin, a very long Justina feedback, Karen's neglected blog, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review new episodes of Fox's Lucifer, The CW's Supergirl, The Flash, Black Lightning and Arrow, and ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 125: "Queen Takes Knight" is Up!

"The sun never shines here."
-- Carmine Falcone, Gotham: "Queen Takes Knight"

You guessed it, Karen and I are  back with another HUGE new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  So huge, in fact, we're splitting it up in two parts!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

 

The Walking Dead 8x07: "Time for After"

Lucifer 3x09: "The Sinnerman"

The Gifted 1x09: "OutfoX"

Supergirl 3x09: "Reign"  (Midseason Finale)

The Flash 4x09: "Don't Run"  (Midseason Finale)

Legends of Tomorrow 3x09: "Beebo the God of War"  (Midseason Finale)

Gotham 4x11: "Queen Takes Knight"   (Midseason Finale)

Arrow 6x09: "Irreconcilable Differences"  (Midseason Finale)

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 5x03: "A Life Spent"

 

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like the return of our old Dangerous Habits: The Constantine Podcast theme music, Karen and I spending quality time together, finally giving up on Eugene being redeemed, Daryl being on a suicide mission, speculating on how Morgan will fit into Fear the Walking Dead, Rick being a Briefs Guy, Rick vs. another Road Warrior Walker, what John Constantine would think of Jadis and the Scavengers, speculating on whether Pierce is the real Sinnerman, Mazikeen finally getting Lucifer to listen to her, Fenris 2: The ReFenrising, wondering if Reed always knew that his Lauren and Andy could be mutants someday, more of Amy Acker being wasted on The Gifted, wondering what the point is of a non-dairy cheese omelette, my Christmas gift for my nephew Kaleb, Reign's Fortress of Sanctuary, Reign's epic beatdown of Supergirl, the Martian Manhunter's favorite Star Wars movie, being concerned about Legends of Tomorrow replacing Supergirl on The CW's schedule, the return of Katee Sackhoff as Amunet, The Thinker's big bodyswapping twist, Ralph realizing that he's coming off as a jerk, Iris throwing shade on Felicity stepping all over her and Barry's "I do" moment, Martin Stein using physics to get himself a Beebo doll, Agent Sharpe flirting with White Canary, Citizen Cold getting to know Heat Wave, Karen's awkward chess metaphor, Sofia Falcone's overly complicated plan, Grayson not being the only Dick in Wayne Manor, that awkward moment when Wild Dog sells out Team Arrow, the return of Mama Smoak, the return of Karen's Thea impression, Matthew McConaughey as Lando Calrissian, explaining "616" of the Marvel Universe, Daisy being sick of "Quake, Destroyer of Worlds, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review Episodes 2 and 3 of Netflix's The Punisher, the midseason finales of AMC's The Walking Dead and Fox's Lucifer and The Gifted, and a new episode of ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 122: "3 AM" is Up!

"Welcome back, Frank."

– David "Micro" Lieberman,The Punisher: "3 AM"

That's right, we're back with another HUGE new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  So huge, in fact, we're splitting it up into two parts!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

The Walking Dead 8x04: "Some Guy"

Lucifer 3x07: "Off the Record"

The Gifted 1x07: "eXtreme measures"

Supergirl 3x06: "Midvale"

The Flash 4x06: "When Harry Met Harry..."

Legends of Tomorrow 3x06: "Helen Hunt"

Arrow 6x06: "Promises Kept"

Gotham 4x09: "Let Them Eat Pie"

The Punisher 1x01: "3 AM"  (SERIES PREMIERE)

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like getting your money's worth with The Fandom Zone, the tasteful death of Shiva, Karen's World of Warcraft inventory, King Ezekiel's epic fail, Kip from Napoleon Dynamite, Jerry bisecting Gunther with his battleaxe, Jerry as the new Shiva, why Carol would've been perforated hiding behind a car, Rick and Daryl as The Dukes of Hazzard, not caring about Eclipse working for his ex-girlfriend's cartel, Blink feeling violated by Dreamer, revising my Strucker family tree theory, Amy Acker being totally wasted as Schoolteacher Caitlin, interacting with Dr. Linda and Ella from Lucifer on Twitter, Dr. Linda's ex-husband's obsession with Lucifer, Dan's obsession with Lucifer eating his pudding, Lucifer not being responsible for sending people to Hell, Supergirl's big Smallville tribute, the potential spinoff featuring Young Kara and Alex, Karen's Native American heritage, Elongated Man's creepy hand balloon animals, the Council of Wells, Helen of Troy constantly having dudes fighting over her, Professor Stein's crush on Hedy Lamarr, the island of paradise known as Theymscira, the TV debut of Richard Dragon, Deathstroke having hallucinations of Shado, my grudge against Mortal Kombat Annihilation, Wild Dog's costume upgrade, Professor Pyg as Sweeney Todd, Bruce being a teenaged douche to Alfred, Professor Pyg's big Hannibal meat pie scene, Frank trying to call it quits as The Punisher, the Punisher 12-issue maxiseries by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, the introduction of Micro, why stepping on the Punisher's sandwich is a really bad idea, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review Episode 2 of Netflix's The Punisher, along with new episodes of AMC's The Walking Dead, The CW's The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow, and Fox's The Gifted and Lucifer, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 121: "Girls Night Out" is Up!

"You're a Doctor Who fan, Joanie?"
"Well, ever since he became a lady, I am.  Hashtag Feminism."

– Joe West and Joanie Horton,The Flash: "Girls Night Out"

That's right, Karen's back to join me for a HUGE new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  So huge, in fact, we're splitting it up into two parts!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

The Walking Dead 8x03: "Monsters"

Lucifer 3x06: "Vegas with Some Radish"

The Gifted 1x06: "got your siX"

Supergirl 3x05: "Damage"

The Flash 4x05: "Girls Night Out"

Legends of Tomorrow 3x05: "Return of the Mack"

Arrow 6x05: "Deathstroke Returns"

Gotham 4x08: "Stop Hitting Yourself"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like Karen's trip to Florida to visit her hubs' side of the family, Gregory being the weaseliest of weasels, me getting some Twitter love from Enid, Eric getting a better exit on TV than he did in the Walking Dead comics, trying to brace everyone for Shiva's death, Rick making a scrapbook for Negan, Lucifer giving Chloe the bullet she shot him with in Season 1, Ella ditching her CSI clothes for a hot dress, Ella hiring a stripper cop for Chloe's birthday, Lucifer's wall safe access code, Jace not feeling the usual Sentinel Services bureaucracy, Caitlin's character backslide into Helicopter Mom, figuring out the Strucker family tree, the importance of X-Men comics writer Chris Claremont, Alex and Maggie's big breakup, Karen's Drunk Lena Luthor impression, paying attention to the physics of Supergirl holding up an airplane, fun with lenticular comics covers, Iris' bachelorette party and Barry's bachelor party, Katee Sackhoff as Blacksmith, Elongated Man being given Plastic Man's personality, Rip Hunter: Vampire Hunter, Damien Darhk's resurrection, Zari not being able to use her superhero name anymore, the big nothing burger of the Vigilante's identity, wondering why Oliver is overlooking that Deathstroke killed Oliver's mom and a whole bunch of people, Harvey Bullock sliding into the darker shade of grey, Tabitha's reunion with Solomon Grundy, that awkward moment when Solomon Grundy beats you to death with your own arm, some new Justina feedback, Karen trolling Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor costume, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen and I review the series premiere of Netflix's The Punisher, along with new episodes of AMC's The Walking Dead, The CW's The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow, and Fox's The Gifted, Lucifer and Gotham, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 120: "Mercy" is Up!

"If we start Tomorrow right now, everything we've beaten, everything we've endured, everything we've risen above, everything we've become...if we start Tomorrow right now, no matter what comes next, we've won.  We've already won!"

– Rick Grimes, The Walking Dead: "Mercy"

With Karen away with her hubs in Florida, I'm joined by returning special guest host with the most Lola Lariscy for a new episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

The Walking Dead 8x01: "Mercy"  (Season Premiere/Episode #100)

Lucifer 3x04: "What Would Lucifer Do?"

The Gifted 1x04: "eXit strategy"

Supergirl 3x03: "Far from the Tree"

The Flash 4x03: "Luck Be a Lady"

Legends of Tomorrow 3x03: "Zari"

Arrow 6x03: "Next of Kin"

Gotham 4x06: "Hog Day Afternoon"

In this episode, Lola and I talk about things with welcoming Lola back to The Fandom Zone, ScannerDrome looking down their noses at the CW superhero shows, calling out The Walking Dead for being slow and repetitive, Rick turning into Hershel, Michonne taking the place of Andrea in the comics, Gregory throwing Father Gabriel under the bus, Carl's big Farrah Fawcett hair, Amenadiel's epic fail at being like Lucifer, Pierce literally taking a bullet for Chloe, Lucifer helping a camp of ne'er-do-wells run a more efficient marijuana operation, Lola's mom watching The Gifted, more of my theory about Andy and Lauren becoming Fenris, the ABC Marvel shows pushing corporate synergy with the Marvel movies, Carl Lumbly as the Martian Manhunter's father, Maggie's dad bringing his homophobia to Maggie and Alex's wedding shower, expecting Maggie and Alex to break up because of their feelings about children, The Flash being really lucky that an entire bus full of new metahumans only has one person getting powers every week, Cisco trying to throw Barry under the bus for creating the new metahumans, Kid Flash being dumped by Jesse Quick and not being missed by anyone when he travels to another Earth, the introduction of Zari, the friction between White Canary and Agent Sharpe, Lola not liking Wild Dog, Diggle going full Lance Armstrong, Arrow being an Arrownovela, Lola's novel for sale, some background on Professor Pyg, some new Justina feedback, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as Karen returns to help me review new episodes of AMC's The Walking Dead, The CW's The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow, and Fox's The Gifted, Lucifer and Gotham, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 119: "The Blade's Path" is Up!

"That's absolutely it.  Unless you want to check my undercrackers."

– Alfred Pennyworth, Gotham: "The Blade's Path"

You guessed it, we're back for a HUGE episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  So huge, in fact, we're splitting this episode into two parts!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Lucifer 3x03: "Mr. & Mrs. Mazikeen Smith"

The Gifted 1x03: "eXodus"

Supergirl 3x02: "Triggers"

The Flash 4x02: "Mixed Signals"

Legends of Tomorrow 3x02: "Freakshow"

Arrow 6x02: "Tribute"

Gotham 4x05: "The Blade's Path"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like Batman: The Long Halloween #2, why we're not covering the rest of Inhumans until the finale, Geddy Lee from Rush singing with Bob & Doug McKenzie, Mazikeen beating up a guy just to take his winter jacket, Mazikeen giving a rich woman a breast massage, Trixie trying to smuggle herself inside Mazikeen's bag of whips and knives, Beautiful Dreamer's violation of Blink's memories, Polaris' fondness for metal-studded bracelets, Polaris' prison break fail, Reed doing the right thing...eventually, Andy going down the Magneto path, teasing the X-Men villain Ahab, Alex going bridezilla, why it's kind of important that you know if your fiancee wants kids before you marry her, Reign's daughter coming in like a wrecking ball, Lena laying the boss smackdown on Kara, the cool POV shot of Kara's pod leaving Krypton as it erupts, Cisco ending up in Gypsy's doghouse, Barry and Iris in couples therapy, some background on Flash villain The Kilg%re, holding a wake for Karen's pop screen, the return of Billy Zane, wondering if Nate's the grandfather of the modern-day Vixen, being embarrassed by Ray and Jax going along with posing as conjoined twins, being annoyed that the Legends are portrayed as incompetent idiots, explaining who Kuasa is, wondering why Oliver doesn't put his son William in therapy, wondering how most of Team Arrow doesn't notice that Diggle was having problem with shooting people, wondering why Diggle doesn't fire his gun using his other hand, Karen wanting to dunk herself in a Lazarus Pit, Felicity and Curtis having a phone app that somehow figures out a poison antidote by taking a picture of the victim's face, Anatoly cutting ties with Oliver, who's playing Richard Dragon, the debut of Butch as Solomon Grundy, the Riddler making friends with Solomon Grundy, Ra's al Ghul going Spock at the end of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, some new feedback from Justina, the potential CW series Project 13, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as I'm joined by special guest host with the most Lola Lariscy as we review the Season 8 premiere of AMC's The Walking Dead, along with new episodes of The CW's The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow, and Fox's The Gifted, Lucifer and Gotham, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 118: "The Flash Reborn" is Up!

"Barry's trying to send us a message, I know it.  I mean, he spent all this time in the Speed Force.  Maybe now he knows the answers to life, the universe, and everything."
"So you think all this crazy writing is Barry's way of telling us 42?"
"Yes, exactly."

– Cisco "Vibe" Ramon and Caitlin "Killer Frost" Snow, The Flash: "The Flash Reborn"

You guessed it, we're back for a HUGE episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Lucifer 3x02: "The One with the Baby Carrot"

The Gifted 1x02: "rX"

Supergirl 3x01: "Girl of Steel"  (Season Premiere)

The Flash 4x01: "The Flash Reborn"  (Season Premiere)

Legends of Tomorrow 3x01: "Aruba-Con"  (Season Premiere)

Arrow 6x01: "Fallout"  (Season Premiere)

Gotham 4x04: "The Demon's Head"

Inhumans 1x04: "Make Way for...Medusa"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like my "Run Barry Run" Flash t-shirt, Medusa's run-in with Spider-Man, Caitlin Strucker finally finding a purpose, Polaris in a women's prison porn movie, that awkward moment when Blink teleports a truck bed into your headquarters, Amenadiel and Dr. Linda still being on speaking terms, Tom Welling still not being able to act, Kara being with Lena Luthor taking away from Kara being with Alex, some background on Morgan Edge, introducing Reign, Alex asking J'onn J'onzz to walk her down the aisle, the Fearless Girl statue, Team Kid Flash a.k.a. Team Vibe, Cisco lying yet again to Iris, Barry experiencing past, present and future all at once, my love of the scene where Joe shaves Barry's beard off, teasing Blacksmith, the introduction of The Thinker, wondering why Rip Hunter is with the Time Bureau, the Legends being depicted as the Rodney Dangerfields of the superhero set, the Time Bureau using their Men in Black flashy-things, wondering what will happen to Firestorm when Victor Garber leaves, not wanting to lose Karen's Thea Queen impression, whether Samantha would've left William with Oliver if she had a choice, Wild Dog's costume upgrade, the really dumb idea of C4 hidden in someone's tooth, the Penguin's frustration with the Riddler's sucky riddles, more of Scott Buck being a horrible showrunner, Crystal having to deal with a dysfunctional human couple just to get Lockjaw healed, Louise as Felicity, Jr., some new feedback from Justina, the New Mutants trailer, an update on Karen's "Running with the Gnomes" fundraiser, and more!

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Be sure to come back next week as we review new episodes of The CW's The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow, Fox's The Gifted, Lucifer and Gotham, and ABC's Inhumans, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

THE FANDOM ZONE 117: "eXposed" is Up!

"We need to go after Lorna.  We get a team together, we --"
"And do what, hunh?  Get one of us killed?  Marcos, we barely got away from a dozen cops. Now you want to take on a hundred?  We can't take this risk right now."
"Then when?  The X-Men, the Brotherhood, we don't even know if they exist anymore.  We are alone.  And we're getting picked off one by one."

– Marcos "Eclipse" Diaz & John "Thunderbird" Proudstar, The Gifted: "eXposed"

Everybody's happy as Karen returns to join me for a big episode of The Fandom Zone Podcast!  This week's reviews of comics on television include:

Lucifer 3x01: "They're Back, Aren't They?"  (Season Premiere)

The Gifted 1x01: "eXposed"  (Series Premiere)

Gotham 4x03: "They Who Hide Behind Masks"

The Defenders 1x06: "Ashes, Ashes"

Inhumans 1x03: "Divide and Conquer"

In this episode, Karen and I talk about things like most men being babies, the two of us being in complete sync for 5 out of 5 shows, Lucifer pushing episodes from Season 2 to Season 3, the return of Tom Welling, Lucifer being cool if people think he has STDs, the shady Lieutenant Pierce, wondering if Lucifer and Amenadiel are swapping places, wondering what's stopping Lucifer from showing Chloe his angel wings, Max Headroom being twenty minutes into the future, Andy & Lauren going to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance, Karen's issue with Stan Lee's cameos, speculation about Baron Strucker and the Fenris twins, Gotham's nods to Stephen King, Ra's al Ghul's first resurrection, Alfred's comments about Bruce's acting, wondering if Stabby Babs' insanity was cured by the Lazarus Pit, being frustrated at how poorly Iron Fist is written, Elektra taking out Sigourney Weaver's Alexandra, Jessica Jones not being able to openly express that she cares, losing Scott Glenn as Stick, Karnak going Breaking Bad, Medusa being an unsympathetic character, more of Scott Buck being a horrible showrunner, the bad portrayal of Hawaiian police, Medusa's horrible timing of breaking into prison just as Black Bolt is breaking out of prison, Karen outrapunzeling Rapunzel, learning about bezoars from The Sandman, some new feedback from Justina, the upcoming Constantine animated web series on CW Seed, and more!

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And if that isn't enough for you, you can also check us out on YouTube, Libsyn, Soundcloud, Stitcher, and the official Southgate Media Group website!  Oh, and if you're interested in an officially official Fandom Zone Podcast t-shirt that all the cool kids are wearing, you can get those on TeePublic HERE as well!  Feel free to post a picture on our Facebook page of you or some other cool person you know wearing the shirt!

Be sure to come back next week as we review the season premieres of The CW's The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow, along with new episodes of Fox's The Gifted, Lucifer and Gotham, and ABC's Inhumans, right here on The Fandom Zone Podcast!

X-Men Series THE GIFTED Debuts First Full Trailer

Save the cheerleader mutants, save the world?

Fox has released the first full trailer for The Gifted, their new drama series based on Marvel Comics' X-Men characters.  The new 2 minute, 50-second trailer gives us our best look at the series so far, which tells a story of survival, a story of mutants coming to terms with who they are, and a story of parents accepting the fact that their kids aren’t who they thought they were and loving them just the same – even if all of their lives are at risk because of it.

According to the updated series description from Fox, The Gifted tells "the story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers.  Reed (Stephen Moyer) and Caitlin (Amy Acker) Strucker are typical middle-class parents dealing with the realities of raising a family.  However, when their teenage kids, Lauren (Natalie Alyn Lind) and Andy (Percy Hynes White), are involved in an incident at their high school which reveals they are mutants, Reed and Caitlin do all in their power to protect their children.  Forced to go on the run, the Struckers must leave behind their old lives to flee from a relentless government agency that tracks down mutants, the Sentinel Services, which includes Agent Jace Turner (Coby Bell).  Complicating matters further is the fact that Reed is a prosecutor in the district attorney’s office tasked with going after mutants.  Desperate and running low on options, the family’s only choice is to contact an underground network that helps mutants in trouble.  The mutants in the network – Eclipse/Marcos Diaz (Sean Teale), Blink/Clarice Fong (Jamie Chung), Polaris/Lorna Dane (Emma Dumont) and Thunderbird/John Proudstar (Blair Redford) – are dealing with their own issues.  With one of their members in prison and their team possibly compromised, they face an uncertain future in a world that looks increasingly dangerous for mutants."

The trailer opens with Reed visiting a government facility where Polaris is being held captive in some sort of tank.  "I read your file," he begins.  "You're a very troubled young woman. Believe it or not, I'm here to help you."  It's not clear what happens after that, but we see Reed walking away from the Polaris' tank, which is sparking.

We then cut to the Strucker kids, Lauren and her brother Andy, at some sort of motel.  "You know when you put your hand out of the window of a moving car?" Lauren asks Andy.  "You can feel the air and guide it?  I can...push the air together, water too, other stuff.  Who taught you how to swim?"

"You," replies Andy.

"I can teach you this," Lauren says reassuringly as she proceeds to push a bag of microwave popcorn out from its vending machine slot.  Andy is suitably impressed.

We see Andy being bullied at school, dragged into the boy's locker room and doused with water during some sort of school dance.  The incident presumably triggers Andy's mutant telekinetic powers to manifest.

Next, we see Reed calling Eclipse to ask for help with his mutant children.  "You hear about the mutant incident?" he says.  "Those are my kids."

After Caitlin asks her kids why they didn't tell her they have mutant powers, Lauren tearfully replies, "Dad puts people like us in jail!"

As we see glimpses of Polaris and Thunderbird, we get a brief tidbit from Eclipse, who says "The X-Men, the Brotherhood...We don't even know if they even exist anymore."

Agent Turner and the Sentinel Services close in on the family, revealing some spider-like robot Sentinels in the process.  Various fleeting images of the family being hunted and running for their lives follow.

"This is a burden, yes," Caitlin says to her kids, "but it's also a gift."

After we see Andy raging against the Spider-Sentinels with telekinetic force, we see Eclipse talking with Reed.  "Tell me about Lorna," he asks as we glimpse Polaris being captured by police.

"Any information I have is yours," replied Reed, "but only if my family is safe."

If you'd like to view the trailer, you can see it below thanks to the official Marvel Entertainment account on YouTube...




The Gifted will air on Fox Monday nights at 9:00 p.m. EST sometime this fall.