Up Your Nerd Cred – Details, episodes & analysis

Dropping June 6, 2025

Welcome to Up Your Nerd Cred!

We're here to talk about gods cosplaying as men, men cosplaying as gods, and how much the cinematic universes are leaving out. AM and Cici are here to bridge the gap between the Marvel and DC comic and cinematic universes, talk about pop culture, and nerd out together. Come hang!

Welcome to Get Your Nerd Cred Up! This week, we're talking about Robin, Robin, Robin, Robin, Robin, and... no, that one's not a Robin.

Batman needs a Robin, and it turns out the original Boy Wonder can't be 15 forever. Plus, those winged booties weren't really giving. Join us as we talk about the ever expanding Bat-Family!

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Welcome to Up Your Nerd Cred! This week, we're talking about the X-Triad, Scott, Jean, and Logan. Oh yeah, the only 3 in the Summers mansion with no specific doors between their rooms? It's definitely a thing.

Side note: don't forget that comic canon Wolverine is *very* differently sized than Hugh Jackman is

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Welcome to Up Your Nerd Cred! This week, we're wrapping up our two-part special about Wanda Maximoff and the mess that is her life. Sometimes you accidentally manifest children, sometimes it turns out that you're adopted, and sometimes you end up as all three aspects of the triple-headed goddess after you get a little bit killed. But at no time is there an option to be boring. [Side note, there's a brief spoiler-y discussion of Fantastic Four around the 10 minute mark]
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Welcome to Up Your Nerd Cred! This week, we’re diving deep into the chaos storm that is Wanda Maximoff’s origin story.

Was she born on Wundagore Mountain (with a cow midwife, no less)? Is Magneto her dad? Wait, is he not? Wait do mutants run everything? Wait, where'd all the mutants go? Scarlet Witch has had more backstories than most characters have costumes... And Janet Van Dyne was her coworker!

We’re breaking down every retcon, every heartbreak, every weird editorial decision—and asking: is she a good witch, a bad witch, or just Marvel’s most powerful emotional time bomb?

Also: could we possibly work on the relationship status with therapy? Are her kids magic, reincarnated, or did she have a really awkward conversation with Kaplans and Shepards? And girl, I get missing Vision, but Wonder Man?

And that's just the backstory info dump, part 2 is where the real chaos starts...

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Welcome to Up Your Nerd Cred! This week, we're talking about the evolution of comic books and how popular culture helped them expand their bounds. We're talking about the major ages of comics, from the Golden Age to the Modern Age, and how societal changes influenced storytelling.

Also, put a little more respect on Archie Andrews' name! [Not that much... just a little]

Also, of course we're going to talk about Uncanny Experience, Senior Year is around the corner!

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Welcome to Up Your Nerd Cred! This week, we're talking about how the villains who were created because of the impact of the Comics Code Authority were... kind of embarrassing. The CCA was created to ensure that the children who might read comics wouldn't be exposed to... unsavory ideas. Instead, they were introduced to Kite Man, the Eraser, and Killer Moth. Even getting characters like Morbius took time to be allowed [because vampires were too scary]. And *don't* get us started about the refusal to acknowledge sexuality existing! Or do. <3

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Welcome to Up Your Nerd Cred! Happy 4th of July! Today, we're talking about The Star Spangled Man with a Plan, the former skinny kid from Brooklyn, the man who Assembles the Avengers, Steven Rogers, aka Captain America. The original Antifa, his first issue has him punching Hitler in the face... on the cover. Chris Evans has done an amazing job portraying him, and when Ant-Man said "As far as I'm concerned, that's America's ass!", I didn't stand up and cheer because it's impolite to do that opening weekend in a crowded theater, but I digress. He's been around for nearly 85 years and is one of the most well-known Marvel characters of all time.
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Welcome to Up Your Nerd Cred! This week, we're talking about multisexual characters in Marvel and DC. Kitty Pryde, Mystique, and Deadpool, repping Marvel, John Constantine, Harley Quinn, with Tim Drake and Jon Kent for DC. Let's be real, though, the CCA has definitely had an impact on how much queerness in general is allowed to be seen. We've progressed notably in allowed representation, but even characters explicitly stated by their creators to be intended to be queer tend to be in heterosexual relationships. Just remember, the first Pride was a riot! Be Gay, Do Crime!*

*Neither the pod nor the hosts technically endorse crime, and remind you that civil disobedience often leads to jail time, even if you're morally correct

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Welcome to Up Your Nerd Cred! This week, we're talking about Tony Stark and Peter Parker.

Specifically, focusing on Tony Stark's paternal role in Peter Parker's life (or honestly, lack thereof.) Turns out the cinematic universe adds things in instead of just leaving it out.

Peter and Tony's relationship in the comics is quite different than the MCU; Civil War is a very different vibe when Peter Parker unmasks as an adult. Plus, it lead to the One More Day arc... Le sigh

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