DC Comics’ Legion of Super-Heroes has existed in comics for more than 60 years. What started as a kitschy, charming exploration of super-powered teens saving the universe in the 31st Century has become a sprawling, complicated comic property starring dozens of characters. We try to name the BEST Legionnaire in advance of the impending reboot.

Sci-fi has been part of the television landscape since at least the 1950s. Now in the 21st Century, we have the technology to bring those creative visions to reality. We discuss 16 of the most influential sci-fi TV series of the past 25 years.

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” created a whole new genre of teen supernatural dramas that would define nearly two decades of programming on the CW and other youth-skewing channels. Nearly 30 years after its premiere, we look back at the influential, star-launching series.

We wrap up our 2025 pop-culture picks with our panelists’ selections for their favorite video games, books, and theatrical performances this past year.

Nintendo’s Super Nintendo — affectionately known as “the SNES” — brought 16-bit graphics to the masses, and kicked off the first wave of the console wars. We look back at 16 of the most iconic games with four 90s teens.

Fantasy films exploded in the 1970s and 1980s, bringing swords and sorcery, wizards and dragons into movie theaters and home video. We look back at 16 of the most magical films of the late 20th Century.

While comic books have traditionally catered to a straight, white, male audience, in the past few decades the medium has become increasingly gay friendly. That extends to major super heroes, who have been coming out as LGBTQ proudly, and still featured prominently. We discuss 16 of the most important queer super heroes in comics.

With the next generation of video-game consoles about to launch with the Nintendo Switch 2, we look back at the greatest systems from Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Sega, and more.

With “X-Men ‘97” a hit on Disney+ and the Marvel Cinematic Universe slowly but surely bringing mutants into the fold, the X-Men are back in the public spotlight in a big way. We look back at the most legendary team line-ups from the comics and name the best roster of all time.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we look back at the most iconic lovers in comic-book history, including couples from Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, and more.

Best of 2024 Games features picks from panelists ranging from epic RPG remakes to accessible all-ages titles to addictive mobile games.

Best of 2024 Books features picks from panelists ranging from sci-fi epics to comforting YA romances to punk memoirs to thoughtful dissections of AI and politics.

In anticipation of whatever the next Smash Bros. game will be on the Switch successor, we look back at the best playable fighters in Nintendo’s decades-spanning fighting game series.

The Baby-Sitters Club series of books, written by Ann M. Martin from the mid-1980s to 2000, were formative reading materials for an entire generation of young readers, both women AND men. We celebrate this sprawling franchise with one of our most endearing debates ever.

Tabletop board games have become big business since the mid-90s. What were once relegated to parents’ basements and geeky conventions are now embraced by pop culture. We discuss 16 of the most popular modern tabletop titles currently available.

The podcast goes to the Batcave, as the panelists pow! smack! and zap! its way through arguments about 16 of the Caped Crusader’s most fearsome foes.