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Episode: President Supervillain – Can comics bad guys explain Trump, Musk and Putin? – with Ian Dunt
Description: What do you do when the planet’s most evil man is in the White House? Ask Superman! “Bad guy wins power” is a comics mainstay, and now it’s happening for real everywhere. Lifelong comics readers Ian Dunt of Origin Story (DC) and Andrew Harrison (Marvel) team up to see what classic stories can tell us about the tyrant-vs-hero dynamic. Featuring President Lex Luthor from Superman, Mayor Kingpin from Daredevil, Chief Judge Cal from Judge Dredd, and the USA’s Ambassador to Iran… The Joker?• Support us on Patreon for early episodes and more....