Guido A. Sanchez
author✍️ educator🤓// collector + fan of comics, books, antiques, ephemera, movies, music // podcast🎙️Dear Watchers //❤️🏳️🌈🇨🇺// QUEER MYTHOLOGY 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️book out now // The Substrate on Substack
Appears in 177 Episodes
What if the Age of Apocalypse finally wrapped up but appeared in X-Men comics again and again for all of eternity? (Part 3 of our X-Men: AOA coverage)
We are back, back, back again in the Age of Apocalypse for our final coverage of the epic 1995 X-Men event. Today, we discuss the conclusion to the story, how the AOA ...
What if Jem & the Holograms were heroes in the Hasbro multiverse alongside Micronauts, Transformers, GI Joe, MASK, Candyland, Inhumanoids, Stretch Armstrong, and others? (from Unit-E comic book)
Showtime Synergy! We throw on our holographic micro-projector earring for a celebration of all things Jem & the Holograms! First we explore the 5-episode beginning to ...
What if the Age of Apocalypse continued in X-Men books for four months? (Part 2 of our X-Men: AOA coverage)
It was the best of times, it was the...Age of Apocalypse! We are back for part two of our three part coverage of the mega comics event in X-Men and Marvel history! We ...
What if the Skrulls succeeded in their Secret Invasion?
Hello fellow "humans"! Your two hosts Guido and Rob - who are certainly and 100% real human beings - are taking you through a Secret Invasion! We start with the landma...
What if Legion killed Professor Xavier in the past, triggering the Age of Apocalypse? (Part 1 of our X-Men AOA coverage)
Attention X-Fans! For the first of three episodes, we are tackling one of the major Marvel multiversal storylines: Age of Apocalypse! We start with an extensive histor...
What if Betty + Veronica (Archie Comics) met Harley Quinn + Poison Ivy (DC Comics)? With special guest Author Tim Hanley
It's Riverdale by way of Gotham City as Archie Comics' Betty & Veronica meet Batman's Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy! We're thrilled to be joined by returning guest Tim Han...
What if Xena Warrior Princess met Ash of Evil Dead to fight the Army of Darkness?
On this week's groovy podcast, we explore the twin worlds of Xena Warrior Princess and The Evil Dead / Army of Darkness! We start with the backstories behind Xena Warr...
What if Captain America fought in the Civil War (the one from US history) + other tales of Cap in American History? Plus a history of bicentennial comics!
"Oh say can you see... Captain America in the Civil War... and throughout US history?" We head back to 1976 with Jack Kirby's Captain America's Bicentennial Battles wh...
What if Batman villain Poison Ivy became a queer icon (and had the sweetest relationship ever with Harley Quinn)?
Hope this episode scratches your Poison Ivy itch! This Pride month, we are diving into how Poison Ivy became a genuine queer icon and had the sweetest relationship eve...
What if the DC superhero movie universes were a bowl of spaghetti? Including the return of DC film worlds lost or only imagined, Michael Keaton's Batman and our review of The Flash (2023)
You want to get nuts? Let's get nuts! We are telling the story of DC Comics in film from Christopher Reeve's Superman to Michael Keaton's Batman through the Syndervers...
What if the Flash of Two Worlds was incorrectly identified as the origin of the DC comics multiverse? Featuring Wonder Woman, the DCU, + much more…
For episode 101, we explore the history of the multiverse in DC comics...and it's not what you think! We provide a (brief) overview of the first examples of multiversa...
What if to celebrate 100 episodes we counted down multiversal things (plus had a bunch of comic book giveaways)?
It’s our 100th episode and we’re celebrating! Guido and Rob count down the 10 most listened to episodes while sharing alternate universe characters they want to see on...
What if Spider-Man was in a punk band aka what if Spider-Punk formed the Spider-Band to take on fascists? Plus previewing Across the Spider-Verse
Hey ho, let's go! As we prepare for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, let's visit the introduction of Hobie Brown aka Spider-Punk in comics! We start with his first...
What if the alien costume had possessed Spider-Man? With SPECIAL GUEST Joey of Midtown Comics (from Marvel Comics What If Vol. 2 #4)
We return to the worlds of What If as we wonder what if Spider-Man had remained possessed by the evil alien symbiote suit? We discuss the unusual story behind the suit...
What if the Avengers fought the Justice League in a parody spoof before it happened for real? Plus a HISTORY of Marvel/DC Crossovers
It’s Sore vs Superbman, I mean…what the?! Yes exactly! We cover Marvel’s humor book What The—?! featuring The Avengers (The Revengers) vs the Justice League of America...
What if Batman's villain Clayface had one bad day in Hollywood? (from DC Comics Batman - One Bad Day: Clayface)
We have another One Bad Day as we head to Hollywood with Batman's shapeshifting foe, Clayface! We go back to 1940 for the first appearance of Basil Karlo aka Clayface ...
What if Josie and the Pussycats saved the world from being destroyed by teenagers turned into capitalist zombies? With SPECIAL GUEST Ethan aka MakeMineAmalgam (Archie Comics & the 2001 film)
We got the band back together and we are heading to Riverdale to discuss Josie and the Pussycats from Archie Comics. We cover a brief history of Archie Comics and Josi...
What if Time Trapper kept Superboy in a pocket universe to destroy the Legion of Super-Heroes? With SPECIAL GUEST author Randall Lotowycz (from DC Comics 1980s Legion/Superman Crossover)
Hey Girls and Boys, Lads and Lasses, the biggest superhero team on any Earth, The Legion of Super-Heroes, tangles with the villainous Time Trapper as he turns their fo...
What if He-Man teamed up with the Thundercats? With SPECIAL GUEST Mike of Multiverse of Badness (from DC Comics He-Man / Thundercats #1-6)
ThunderCats hooooo! Or should we say, By the Power of Grayskull! Two 1980s icons join forces in He-Man / ThunderCats as the Masters of the Universe pair up with Lion-O...
What if we covered Kingdom Come, the legendary Elseworlds tale? With SPECIAL GUEST ElliotComicArt (from DC Comics Kingdom Come #1-4)
This episode is as big as Lex Luthor's ego! We finally cover the legendary Elseworlds story Kingdom Come that sees DC Comics' holy trinity of Superman, Wonder Woman an...
