S2E1 - Issue 21 - Typhoid Mary

WE'RE BACK! Season 2 of Capes kicks off with a look at Typhoid Mary, the multiple personality seductress featured in Iron Fist S2 this week! So sit back and enjoy all the South Park references and psychoanalysis you can handle! SHOW NOTES: Introduction/welcome backChanges to the show for Season 2 (01:55) Weekly blogListener pollLivestreaming if unlocked by PatreonAnthony's Extra Life fundraiser (09:30)Background (13:15) Mary Walker, created by Ann Nocenti and John Romita, Jr. in Daredevil #254 (May 1988)Suffers from multiple personalities - Mary is weak and sickly, Typhoid is impulsive and lustfulTyphoid has low level telekinesis and psionic ability to manipulate menHired by Kingpin for her dual abilities - Mary to seduce Matt Murdock, Typhoid to battle DaredevilTyphoid also seduced Kingpin, although she couldn't control him wellDefeated Daredevil and nearly killed him, until Mary's guilt took over and she saved himCreated additional personality - Bloody Mary - sadistic man-hater who kills domestic abusersMary becomes friends with Mary Jane Watson while Typhoid/Bloody Mary fight Spider-ManMary regains control and gets treatmentWhile in institution, each personality hired a mercenary - Mary hired Deadpool to kill her, Typhoid hired Deadpool to break her out, and Bloody hired the Vamp/Animus to break her out for a killing spreeTyphoid joins Deadpool and they have semi-romantic relationship until he tries to reform herShe gets captured and sent to the Raft, where she breaks out and begins working for Kingpin againJoins Shadow Initiative as "Mutant Zero" and works for Henry Gyrich until she's outed by Taskmaster"Shadowland" - she joins the Hand and fights alongside Daredevil (who's really the Beast), and then reports to Kingpin who uses code words to reveal he's been controlling her all alongLady Deathstrike's Sisterhood of Mutants - joins with Enchantress to take down X-Men, but gets defeated by PsylockeIssues Multiple personalitiesMary is weak, often sick - sickness is healed when Typhoid takes over - guilt-ridden and suicidalTyphoid is hypersexual and impulsiveBloody is misandrous and sadisticTreatment In-universe - use Magneto's helmet, try to keep Mary in controlOut-of-universe - help her find her voice, build off small successesSkitEnding References: Butters summoning Biggie Smalls - South Park - 19:48Monica using a 619 she saw on TV - Heroes - 24:08 Article on Psylocke returning to a Caucasian body - io9 - 26:01Munchausen by proxy - WebMD - 29:00"Money, Power, Respect" by the LOX, Lil Kim, and DMX (NSFW lyrics) - 42:18 iTunes: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: hereTwitterFacebookE-mailPatreon