Podcasts by Super Gay!
A podcast for comic book gays!!! Listen in for all things GAY in comics and more, but mostly COMICS! This fun, in-depth, critical and cute conversation covers the queer -- whether canonical or subtextual -- in super hero comics, animation and geek culture. Starring Johnnie "JungleGuts" Martin and Alexandro Segade aka Prof Xtra; Patreon.com/supergayz
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SUPERGAY FINALE- D-Man and Dazzler from 2021-06-08T19:16:25
Welcome to the 50th - and LAST - episode of Supergay! The co-hosts declare “Mission: Accomplished!” as both Marvel and DC release LGBTQ Pride Month anthologies this June. For their final deep dive ...
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ANOLE AND LIVING LIGHTNING! from 2021-04-23T21:34:55
In this penultimate episode of Super Gay, Johnnie and Alex have a ball breaking down two gay background characters, Anole and Living Lightning. After hovering in their collective comics subconsciou...
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Gay Dark- Venom vs. Obsidian from 2020-12-15T20:59:24
THE END, PART 1: VENOM VS. OBSIDIAN
Welcome to 'Gaydark,' the queer cousin of 'Grimdark,' characterized by oozing black ink and masculinity issues. In the first of the three-part, all-time Supe...
MOONDRAGON! from 2020-09-22T15:27:42
In our penultimate, giant-size episode, Alex shares his obsession with Marvel’s bald goddess of the mind, Moondragon. A member (and antagonist) of the Avengers, Defenders, Infinity Watch and Guardi...
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CATMAN LIKES CATS! from 2020-08-17T18:30:44
In the countdown to The End of Supergay!, Johnny shares his obsession with c-list anti-villain Catman. A nemesis of Batman and avid fan of Catwoman, who first appeared in Gotham in the early 1960s,...
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SUPERHEROES AND HIV/AIDS from 2020-07-05T16:09:08
In this intergenerational conversation about the struggles superheroes faced in combating the homophobia, stigma, and racism entangled in the AIDS Crisis, Johnny and Alex also talk about ways HIV/A...
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THE (QUEER) CONTEXT! from 2020-04-26T13:07:44
A very special episode: Johnny ”Jungleguts” Martin interviews Alexandro “Professor Xtra” Segade about his upcoming graphic novel, The Context, published by Primary Information, a comic book David V...
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MARVEL GOES GAY! from 2020-03-08T17:45:03
Let's talk about queer representation at Marvel Comics! Johnny and Alex discuss the super hero gay pride march by Lucaino Vecchio in the recent Marvel Voices anthology; Mystique's marriage to Desti...
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HARLEY AND IVY: PART TWO - COMICS! from 2020-02-16T20:21:23
OH BOY! Part Two of our Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy special, focussing on the queer relationship that appeared on the printed pages of Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti's Harley Quinn, as well as B...
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HARLEY AND IVY: PART ONE - CARTOONS! from 2020-02-05T00:07:42
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are two of Gotham's most popular anti-heroines, and they've found each other at last! We trace the TV cartoon origins of two of Batman's most glamorous, and goofy, bad g...
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SUPER GAY DECADE!!! from 2020-01-14T19:01:28
QUEER MUTANTS! GAY SUPERHEROES ON TV! GAY FANTASY NOVELS! QUEER COMICS ARTISTS! GAY ANIME! PANSEXUAL POKEMON! A decade of queer pleasures of the nerdy kind is discussed in this rollicking Super Gay...
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HOUSE OF EXTRAÑO!!! from 2019-12-14T19:20:18
Meet Extraño, DC's first gay HIV-positive superhero, a LatinX wizard, who debuted in Steve Englehart and Joe Staton's Millenium (1988), and was a member of the ill-fated New Guardians. You may know...
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YOUNG (GAY) JUSTICE!!! (BONUS EPISODE!!!) from 2019-11-29T19:59:06
Happy Holidays. Let's talk about Young Justice: Outsiders, an animated series on DC Universe. Specifically the second half of Season 3, when all the gays come out. But who is Kaldur'ahm's husband ...
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LUCIANO VECCHIO! from 2019-11-18T17:18:58
Join us for an interview with one of our most favorite comic book artists, Marvel superstar Luciano Vecchio! We discuss Luciano’'s epic run on Marvel's Ironheart, his creator-owned queer, Spanish-l...
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STEVE ORLANDO!!! from 2019-10-17T14:51:47
Johnny and Alex interview DC Comics writer Steve Orlando, author of Midnighter and Apollo, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter and many others! Plus, a mini-debate between Johnny Jungleguts and Prof ...
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GIANT SIZE FLAME CON SPECIAL! from 2019-09-22T17:06:04
Flame Con, presented by Geeks Out in NYC, is the worlds largest LGBTQ comic convention and Super Gay was there! Johnny and Alex had a booth and a mic and they asked a flaming super squad of attend...
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MYSTIQUE AND THE QUEER SHAPESHIFTERS! from 2019-08-17T15:55:25
Mystique, anti-heroic villainess of the X-Men, is a shapeshifter whose sexuality knows no bounds! Also, we discuss the trans alien Xavin from the Runaways and Cloud, a super hero from the 1980's D...
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LEGION OF SUPER GAYS! from 2019-07-13T17:31:51
Deep dive into the queer futurity of the Silver Age Legion's of Super Heroes, at the club house of the 30th century's premiere polymorphous-perverse teen age party scene. Join us as we fantasize...
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JEAN...GAY?!? with Jon Wallace from 2019-06-23T14:33:47
“Dark Phoenix” was a bomb at the box office, but it also broke our hearts. The Super Gays are joined by Jon Wallace (of the John and Jon Comic Book Hour podcast on Patreon/supergayz) in a discussi...
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LESBIAN THUNDER! from 2019-06-17T03:25:19
Thunder is Black Lightning's queer daughter, and we are here to tell you about the early 2000's Outsiders comics she comes from, and how great she is on the CW's current TV show! ALSO: Johnny and ...
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SUPERGAYMING! with Bryatt Bryant from 2019-05-28T14:58:24
Shall we play a GAYme? Johnnie Jungleguts is joined by Bryatt Bryant on a wide ranging discussion of playing video games in a queer way, talking about Final Fantasy, The Last of Us, Streets of Rag...
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ARCHIE'S GAY PAL!!! from 2019-05-13T15:06:07
"Hey, who's the new kid in Riverdale, Archie?" "Why, that's Kevin, Veronica...and HE'S GAY!" "Tell me more!" Johnny and Prof Xtra visit Kevin Keller, that All-American Teen who just happens to b...
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STORM STUDIES with Tavia Nyong'o from 2019-04-29T13:34:37
Storm is a thief, goddess, headmistress, queen and gay icon! Joined by Tavia Nyong'o, Yale Professor and author of Afro-Fabulations: The Queer Drama of Black Life, Johnny and Prof Xtra discuss Oro...
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GAIL SIMONE'S (GAY?) MOVEMENT!!! from 2019-04-16T13:00:04
Meet The Movement, legendary comics writer Gail Simone's QPOC community organizer super hero team whose remarkable (and short-lived) series was published by DC Comics, from 2013-14. Johnny and Pro...
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YOUNG AVENGERS DANCE REMIX!!! from 2019-04-01T12:22:01
Was 2013’s Young Avengers the QUEEREST Marvel comic of ALL TIME?!? Johnny Jungleguts and Prof Xtra revisit Wiccan and Hulkling’s gay love that conquers all, Miss America Chavez’s mysterious LatinX ...
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HE-MAN'S NUMBER ONE FAN!!!! from 2019-03-11T13:51:56
The “fabulous secret powers” of iconic 1980’s muscle queen He-Man (and his queer-coded nemesis Skeletor) are the subject of this very special episode guest starring Danny Randell, gay toy designer ...
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BAT-LESBIAN!!!!! from 2019-02-04T15:50:47
Batwoman is (perhaps?!?) the most prominent Lesbian superhero in contemporary comics! Johnny and the Prof do some detective work of their own, tracing the character's history, from her debut in th...
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SUPER GAYEST OF THE YEAR!!! from 2019-01-11T16:50:30
Co-hosts Johnnie JungleGuts and Prof. Xtra discuss their favorite queer comics of 2018, including Aquicorn Cove, Assassinistas, The Brat, West Coast Avengers, Uncanny X-Men and Wonder Woman! Witne...
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SUPERSEXUAL SHATTERSTAR! from 2018-12-14T15:15:50
Meet Shatterstar, time traveling mutant alien clone gladiator style icon, and our favorite pansexual super hero! Created in the early 1990s by Rob Liefeld when he was just 24, the character's comp...
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GAY MANGA!!! with Graham Kolbeins from 2018-11-14T13:38:45
Guest Graham Kolbeins (co-editor, "Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It") joins the Super Gays for a discussion of Gengoroh Tagame's "My Brother's Husband." Come with us on a journey ...
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GAY LANTERN!!!!! from 2018-09-23T21:41:03
Welcome to DC's Earth-2, where Aquaman is Aquawoman and the Green Lantern is gay! Also: Prof Xtra gives Johnny Jungleguts a report on Flame Con 2018! Produced by James Kelly.
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SUPERHEROES COSTUMES!!!!! from 2018-08-27T02:59:25
From Catwoman to Supa Dupa Fly, from Storm to the Yellow Zeo Ranger, we're counting down our twenty favorite super hero costumes in this fun summer episode!
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OUR BODIES OUR SUPERHEROES!!!!!!!! from 2018-07-14T21:54:18
The pressure to maintain a Greek physique is something that both superheroes and gay guys can relate to. While most superheroes are beyond ripped, in this episode we talk about some of the characte...
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DEAR DIANA PRINCE!!!!! from 2018-06-07T15:15:23
In this episode it's all about Wonder Woman. Johnnie starts off by reading a poem he wrote to the Amazon princess and the super gays break down Wonder Woman's earliest 1940s adventures. The Super G...
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NORTHSTAR!!! THE 1st GAY SUPERHERO!!!!! from 2018-05-18T16:58:46
Johnny learns why the call him "Prof. Xtra," as Alex leads them on a deep dive into the fabulous life of Quebecois bad boy Jean-Paul Beaubier, a.k.a. Northstar, Marvel's first gay super hero! Also...
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MY GIANT BRONY!!!! from 2018-05-04T15:08:47
In this episode we talk about Johnnie's journey as a brony, from being held back in Pre-K for being a My Little Pony loving pansy to rediscovering the show in adulthood. We Also talk about the late...
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YOUNG AVENGERS: THE MUSICAL!!! from 2018-04-15T20:42:39
Asgardian twinkhood abounds in this episode as we talk about the original Young Avengers by Allan Heinberg, Jim Cheung, and Justin Ponsor! We also discuss Power Rangers: Shattered Grid, Priest's ...
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CATWOMAN IN THE 2000s!!! from 2018-03-25T22:49:48
In this episode Super Gay tries breaks into the soon to be booming industry of aughts nostalgia with an episode on Catwoman in the 2000s. We talk about 2004's infamous Catwoman film as well as Ed B...
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JUBILEE & GENERATION X!!!!! from 2018-03-18T19:56:19
In this episode we talk about the teen angst and snarky twinks of Christina Strain and Amilcar Pinna's Generation X run! We also discuss the political speculative fiction of Matteo Pizzolo's Calexi...
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MIDNIGHTER IS A BOTTOM!!!!!! from 2018-03-03T19:09:31
Super Gay is a wild storm this week (get it?) as we discuss the gritty gay superhero Midnighter and his sun god boyfriend Apollo. We also talk about X-Men Red, Green Lanterns, Von Spatz, and Venom!
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ICEMAN IS GAY!!!!!! from 2018-02-11T17:02:01
In this episode we talk about the ups and downs of Iceman's recently cancelled solo comic. Alex talks up all the Wolverine Clones and remains beleaguered but optimistic about the future of the X-Me...
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AMERICA CHAVEZ IS GAY!!!!!!! from 2018-01-07T01:56:48
In this episode we talk about the return of Jean Grey, Snagglepuss V. the red scare, and the life and death of America Chavez's solo comic, America, written by Gabby Rivera. Alex also reads some st...
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GAY THOTS ON THE FOX-DISNEY MERGER!!!!!! from 2017-12-29T02:07:04
Big Money big money big money! Johnnie and Alex talk about their hopes and fears (mostly fears) regarding the new Fox and Disney merger.
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ART & COMIX!!!!! from 2017-12-17T18:51:02
In this episode Johnnie and Alex discuss how comics and fantasy fandom have affected their art practices. We also talk about the X-Men's latest cross time caper and the world's greatest escape arti...
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Meet Alex and Johnnie from 2017-12-09T18:59:24
Alex and Johnnie try to introduce themselves to you but end up mostly talking about Iceman's boring gay love life instead. Also, we both hate Batman. Oh well!
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