1 00:00:00,930 --> 00:00:02,959 This is a Dynamike Network podcast. 2 00:00:24,142 --> 00:00:28,183 Hi and welcome to the Dynamic Duel Podcast, a weekly show where we review superhero films 3 00:00:28,363 --> 00:00:33,604 and debate the superiority between Marvel and DC by comparing their characters and stat-based 4 00:00:33,684 --> 00:00:39,966 battle simulations. I'm Marvelous Joe. And I'm his twin brother Johnny DC. And in this episode, 5 00:00:40,006 --> 00:00:45,687 we're going to find out who'd win in a fight between the Superman villain, Metallo, and 6 00:00:45,727 --> 00:00:53,749 the Thor slash Iron Man villain, Radioactive Man. Now they're both characters who emit radiation. 7 00:00:54,506 --> 00:00:59,912 And that is pretty much it. I'm trying to think of what to add and there really isn't anything 8 00:00:59,952 --> 00:01:07,581 to its radioactivity type match. Of course, we're doing this in lead up to our team duel 9 00:01:07,601 --> 00:01:12,667 that's coming out in a few weeks where we pit the Legion of Doom. versus the Masters of Evil, 10 00:01:12,827 --> 00:01:17,651 and Radioactive Man has been a prominent member of the Masters of Evil in many of its incarnations. 11 00:01:17,812 --> 00:01:20,674 Before we get into that fight, we're going to break down the latest Comic Quick movie news 12 00:01:20,714 --> 00:01:24,658 to come out this past week, of which we just have one news item, and that is the Justice 13 00:01:24,698 --> 00:01:31,004 League Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 2 official trailer and release date. As always, we list 14 00:01:31,044 --> 00:01:35,007 our segment times in our episode description, so feel free to check out the show notes if 15 00:01:35,027 --> 00:01:39,967 you want to skip ahead to a particular topic. 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I know you don't skateboard, 34 00:03:19,099 --> 00:03:23,481 but you know, like you could take it up. And I'll take that up a notch. I will give you 35 00:03:23,521 --> 00:03:30,685 for your birthday, Captain Adam's metallic skin shell. It's called Dillistell or silver shield. 36 00:03:31,125 --> 00:03:35,668 So you got metal on the outside, metal on the inside, kind of makes the metal on the inside 37 00:03:35,708 --> 00:03:42,204 redundant, but whatever. Happy birthday, man. Really glad to have you as a patron and an 38 00:03:42,264 --> 00:03:46,187 executive producer. Because we want to remind you to tune into the shows in the Dynamike 39 00:03:46,267 --> 00:03:50,831 podcast network this week, including Max Destruction, which pits your favorite action heroes from 40 00:03:50,891 --> 00:03:55,615 film and television against each other. This week, host Ken Scottie will find out who'd 41 00:03:55,655 --> 00:03:59,879 win in a fight between Johnny from Surf Ninjas and Colt from Three Ninjas. We got it wrong 42 00:04:00,019 --> 00:04:05,804 last week. Last week's episode was a review of the movie Dread. On the Sanjo World podcast, 43 00:04:05,884 --> 00:04:11,644 host Zachary Hepburn speculates on fights. between fan favorite anime characters. This Thursday, 44 00:04:11,865 --> 00:04:17,910 we'll find out who would win in a fight between Noelle Silva from Black Culver and Juvia Lockser 45 00:04:18,250 --> 00:04:23,655 from Fairy Tail. And on the console combat podcast hosts John and Dean find out who would win 46 00:04:23,675 --> 00:04:29,099 in fights between popular video game characters. Visit dynamicpodcasts.com or click on the link 47 00:04:29,119 --> 00:04:34,143 in our show notes to listen to all of the shows in the Dynamike Podcast Network. But with that 48 00:04:34,183 --> 00:04:40,506 out of the way, quick to the no prize. A no prize is an award Marvel used to give out to 49 00:04:40,546 --> 00:04:45,969 fans. Our version, the Dynamic Dual No Prize, is a digital award we post on Instagram for 50 00:04:45,989 --> 00:04:51,071 the person that we feel gave the best answer to our question of the week. Last week's question 51 00:04:51,111 --> 00:04:56,554 was, what was your favorite character from the X-Men 90s cartoon besides Wolverine and why? 52 00:04:56,594 --> 00:05:02,016 And that question is coming off of the trailer that we got a couple weeks ago for X-Men 97. 53 00:05:02,417 --> 00:05:07,467 We got two answers. for this week's no prize question. So let's go ahead and run down our 54 00:05:07,487 --> 00:05:13,770 honorable mention and the no prize winner. Our first honorable mention goes to DK, who said. 55 00:05:14,330 --> 00:05:18,412 Hey guys, DK here. So one of my favorite characters, besides Wolverine in the anime series, is going 56 00:05:18,432 --> 00:05:22,633 to be Nightcrawler. He has the awesome power set of teleportation, but he also has a tragic 57 00:05:22,673 --> 00:05:26,915 backstory that makes you feel for the character. Unlike other mutants who are able to somewhat 58 00:05:26,955 --> 00:05:32,958 blend in, he comes across as a demon to people due to his physical appearance. But despite 59 00:05:33,018 --> 00:05:37,220 all that, he still tries to help out. And he still remains one of my favorite characters 60 00:05:37,260 --> 00:05:43,284 to this day. Yeah, I don't remember Nightcrawler appearing too much in the 90s X-Men cartoon. 61 00:05:43,324 --> 00:05:47,026 I think he appeared in a few episodes, but he was really good in those episodes. He found 62 00:05:47,066 --> 00:05:50,708 out that Mystique was his mother and everything. He was really touching. Nightcrawler has always 63 00:05:50,728 --> 00:05:55,771 been an awesome character. And it would have been nice if he was a regular on that television 64 00:05:55,811 --> 00:06:01,886 show. Yeah, he was a regular on the X-Men Evolution series, which was really cool. because Nightcrawler 65 00:06:01,906 --> 00:06:06,350 is just awesome. Great answer, DK. That brings us to the winner of this week's No Prize, who 66 00:06:06,550 --> 00:06:13,156 is Travis Herndon. Who said? Hey guys, Travis here. So my pick will have to be Bishop. I 67 00:06:13,176 --> 00:06:18,421 think he's a pretty cool character. I love his powers, his design. I feel like he's a very 68 00:06:18,501 --> 00:06:24,427 underrated X-Man character. Like only like big Marvel fans will know who he is, as well as 69 00:06:25,047 --> 00:06:30,827 him kind of getting overshadowed by other. more popular black superheroes like Storm, Luke 70 00:06:30,847 --> 00:06:37,171 Cage, and Miles Morales. So but yeah, but besides that, Bishop is my favorite. Bishop also was 71 00:06:37,211 --> 00:06:41,853 not a mainstay of the X-Men 90s cartoon, but he did appear in more episodes than Nightcrawler, 72 00:06:41,873 --> 00:06:47,256 which is why Travis gets this week's no prize win. Bishop was part of the quintessential 73 00:06:47,796 --> 00:06:53,479 storyline, Days of Future Past, but The cartoon adapted it in a really great way, having Bishop 74 00:06:53,499 --> 00:06:57,020 come back in time instead of Kitty Pryde, who came back in time in the comics. And Bishop's 75 00:06:57,060 --> 00:07:01,641 just awesome. I love that character. Totally, I think, underutilized for how awesome his 76 00:07:01,661 --> 00:07:05,882 power set is of kinetic energy absorption. If you guys wanna learn more about Nightcrawler 77 00:07:06,122 --> 00:07:11,264 and Bishop, be sure to check out our dual episodes where we pit Nightcrawler against Creeper and 78 00:07:11,324 --> 00:07:16,405 Bishop against Ourman. Those are some great episodes. I love those episodes. Definitely 79 00:07:16,445 --> 00:07:20,408 check them out if you haven't already. You're not allowed to say that because you produce 80 00:07:20,448 --> 00:07:26,534 them. So, yeah, you can't. I'm patting myself on the back. Good job, Jonathan. But congrats 81 00:07:26,574 --> 00:07:30,497 again to Travis Herndon for winning this week's No Prize. If you the listener want a shot at 82 00:07:30,537 --> 00:07:35,101 winning your own No Prize, stay tuned to later on in this episode when we will be asking another 83 00:07:35,362 --> 00:07:39,105 question of the week. And now that that's done, onto the news. 84 00:07:44,462 --> 00:07:50,423 Okay, Justice League Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 2 is of course the sequel to Crisis on 85 00:07:50,463 --> 00:07:55,605 Infinite Earths Part 1, which we just reviewed a couple of weeks ago. I really enjoyed that 86 00:07:55,665 --> 00:08:02,507 film. It was kind of hard to follow considering the non-linear structure of the narrative, 87 00:08:02,908 --> 00:08:06,969 but I thought it was kind of brilliant and I've been really looking forward to Part 2 and this 88 00:08:07,009 --> 00:08:12,783 trailer did not disappoint. No, yeah, I mean, I thought the first movie was okay. I do think 89 00:08:12,883 --> 00:08:17,885 it set up tremendous potential for the trilogy of films. And to see the trailer for part two, 90 00:08:18,365 --> 00:08:22,687 I was impressed as well. Yeah, it looks like it's going to be very action packed and continue 91 00:08:22,727 --> 00:08:27,269 the story in an epic fashion. Yeah. And as we predicted with the conclusion of part one, 92 00:08:27,529 --> 00:08:32,851 the way it kind of segue towards Supergirl, it looks like this trailer will in fact follow 93 00:08:32,931 --> 00:08:38,173 her along with Batman and his relationship with some Robins, I think from some other Earths. 94 00:08:38,774 --> 00:08:44,315 The trailer starts off with Psycho Pirate, however, interacting with Dr. Strange, who's explaining 95 00:08:44,375 --> 00:08:48,476 to Psycho Pirate that he has a role to play in this upcoming crisis. And I'm really curious 96 00:08:48,496 --> 00:08:54,198 to see how that will compare in the movie to Psycho Pirate's role in the comics. We'll definitely 97 00:08:54,218 --> 00:08:58,579 have to do a Psycho Pirate duel close to when this film comes out, which is pretty soon. 98 00:08:58,779 --> 00:09:04,161 They announced that the release date for this is going to be April 23rd, so just in a couple 99 00:09:04,221 --> 00:09:09,234 months. Of course, like in the Crisis on Infinite Earths comic, The multiverse gets attacked 100 00:09:09,274 --> 00:09:14,897 by shadow demons that are under the control of the anti-monitor. And we don't see the anti-monitor 101 00:09:15,298 --> 00:09:19,700 in this trailer, but it looks like we do get to see perhaps the formation of him. It looks 102 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:23,862 like there's a big reveal that happens that, you know, we'll have to wait to see in the 103 00:09:23,882 --> 00:09:29,626 movie. But there's also some great cameos in this trailer as well. Not only do we get Batman 104 00:09:29,646 --> 00:09:36,409 Beyond, who we saw in the teaser for part two, but we also get Commandee from the DC Showcase 105 00:09:36,429 --> 00:09:43,916 short. and the Doom Patrol, Blue Beetle, Peacemaker, just a massive cast of characters that I can't 106 00:09:43,956 --> 00:09:49,159 wait to see. Frickin' metal manor in this, that's awesome. Yeah, it looks like a huge cast of 107 00:09:49,179 --> 00:09:53,861 characters, even bigger than the first film. It was really nice to see the Dr. Fate cameo 108 00:09:54,321 --> 00:09:59,363 present the characters much more capable than his first appearance in Justice Society World 109 00:09:59,383 --> 00:10:06,150 War II. Oh my gosh, I hated that. He sounded like Eric Cartman. in that first appearance. 110 00:10:06,170 --> 00:10:10,472 He definitely sounds much cooler here and looks much cooler as he should, because Dr. Faye 111 00:10:10,492 --> 00:10:15,454 is dope. Robin seemed a little whiny, though. He was like yelling at Batman. He's like, you 112 00:10:15,494 --> 00:10:22,937 made my adolescence suck or something like that. I was like, OK, you hurt my feelings. No, I 113 00:10:22,977 --> 00:10:30,040 can't tell which Robin that is. It might be Dick Grayson from Earth to it might be maybe 114 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:35,530 even Jason Todd from another universe. I'm curious to find out who that is as well. Might be Damien. 115 00:10:36,310 --> 00:10:39,872 Might be, you're right. Yeah, that's true. I'm really curious to find out what's going on 116 00:10:39,892 --> 00:10:44,774 with the Bat family because it looks like they're going to be doing a lot of shadow demon battling 117 00:10:44,794 --> 00:10:50,196 here and a lot of battling of their own demons as a family. Exactly. Couldn't be a metaphor 118 00:10:50,216 --> 00:10:56,859 for anything, right? Yeah. Again, the movie drops late April. It's going to be released 119 00:10:57,159 --> 00:11:03,001 digitally and on Blu-ray. So look for it then. And we'll definitely review it on this podcast. 120 00:11:03,658 --> 00:11:07,442 Yeah, and if you haven't seen the first movie yet, be sure to check that out and listen to 121 00:11:07,562 --> 00:11:12,427 our review on it. But considering the multiversal nature of the story of Crisis on Infinite Earths, 122 00:11:12,807 --> 00:11:14,729 that brings us to our question of the week. 123 00:11:18,978 --> 00:11:25,362 What is your favorite universe in the Marvel or DC multiverse and why? Yeah, other than, 124 00:11:25,542 --> 00:11:30,385 you know, the primary universe, 616 and Earth one. Record your answer at dynamic duel dot 125 00:11:30,425 --> 00:11:34,868 com by clicking on the red microphone button in the bottom right hand corner of the screen, 126 00:11:34,928 --> 00:11:39,191 which will prompt you to leave us a voicemail. Your message could be up to 30 seconds long. 127 00:11:39,511 --> 00:11:43,414 And don't forget to leave your name in case we include you on the podcast. We'll pick our 128 00:11:43,454 --> 00:11:48,597 favorite answer and award that person a dynamic duel. No prize that will post to Instagram. 129 00:11:49,086 --> 00:11:51,513 Be sure to answer before March 2nd. 130 00:11:58,338 --> 00:12:01,542 But I think that does it for all the news for this episode, so let's go ahead and get into 131 00:12:01,602 --> 00:12:06,829 our main event where we find out who'd win in a fight between the Superman villain of Metallo 132 00:12:07,329 --> 00:12:10,613 and the Thor slash Iron Man villain, Radioactive Man. 133 00:12:25,966 --> 00:12:30,648 Alright, Metallo versus Radioactive Man. Again, as we said earlier, this episode will be in 134 00:12:30,688 --> 00:12:36,451 lead up to our team duel episode in a few weeks where we pit the Legion of Doom versus the 135 00:12:36,511 --> 00:12:41,734 Masters of Evil and Radioactive Man has been a prominent member of the Masters of Evil. 136 00:12:41,934 --> 00:12:47,677 Yeah, when we were coming up with match ideas for Radioactive Man, I was thinking Damage 137 00:12:47,737 --> 00:12:52,760 would have been a good opponent for him, but our executive producers pitched Metallo, I 138 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:57,743 believe, which I thought was a great choice. a really popular Superman villain, we haven't 139 00:12:57,783 --> 00:13:03,489 done a duel with him yet, and I like the whole radioactive aspect between these two characters. 140 00:13:03,809 --> 00:13:09,234 I don't actually know much about Radioactive Man, but of course everyone knows that Metallo 141 00:13:09,354 --> 00:13:15,840 has a kryptonite heart and uses its radiation to combat heroes like Superman, Batman, Doom 142 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:20,665 Patrol, people like that. I imagine he sucks when he's going up against heroes that aren't 143 00:13:20,765 --> 00:13:25,055 Superman. Like against Superman, he's totally OP, and then against everyone else, like no 144 00:13:25,075 --> 00:13:29,917 one gives a shit. No, that's not the case at all. Like he flashes his green rock and they're 145 00:13:29,937 --> 00:13:35,239 like, big whoop, and then they beat the shit out of him. Yeah, lasers still burn. You know? 146 00:13:35,279 --> 00:13:40,842 Okay, touche, touche. To explain the methodology behind our duels, let's go to our sentient 147 00:13:40,882 --> 00:13:46,644 duel simulator, Alfred Jarvis 9000. AJ9K, tell our listeners how you go about determining 148 00:13:46,704 --> 00:13:51,874 a winner in our duel matchups. Yes, of course, sir. The way I determine a winner between the 149 00:13:51,894 --> 00:13:57,936 contestants is by running 1000 Monte Carlo simulations using the characters statistics. A Monte Carlo 150 00:13:57,976 --> 00:14:02,257 simulation is a probabilistic model used to determine outcomes through random sampling. 151 00:14:02,697 --> 00:14:07,598 In this case, I randomise the statistics along a normal distribution as a way to simulate 152 00:14:07,618 --> 00:14:12,199 the many variables that can occur during battle. The stat parameters are based on the official 153 00:14:12,259 --> 00:14:16,361 Marvel power grid from which the DC characters statistics are extrapolated. 154 00:14:19,810 --> 00:14:24,933 damage potential, versatility and perception in order to create a more detailed and accurate 155 00:14:24,953 --> 00:14:30,358 simulation. The results of the 1000 simulations provide a percentage of wins for each character. 156 00:14:30,798 --> 00:14:35,381 The contestant with the higher percentage is declared the victor as they have a higher probability 157 00:14:35,422 --> 00:14:41,246 to win any given battle. In an equitable pairing, neither character should win 100% of the matches. 158 00:14:41,746 --> 00:14:46,230 The comic book stories have shown that there's even a way for Batman to defeat Superman. So 159 00:14:46,250 --> 00:14:50,131 the confidence rate of my method falls in line with the precedents that have been established 160 00:14:50,171 --> 00:14:55,714 in the source material. My mathematical simulations are without subjectivity or bias. Feats are 161 00:14:55,754 --> 00:15:00,156 not the sole consideration, nor are fan votes tabulated for determination of the winner. 162 00:15:01,576 --> 00:15:06,538 Thanks, J9K! Before we run the simulations though, we like to break down each character's histories 163 00:15:06,558 --> 00:15:11,941 and abilities before improvising a scenario on how we imagine one of the 1000 simulations 164 00:15:11,981 --> 00:15:17,344 would play out beat for beat. And I believe it's my turn to go first this episode with 165 00:15:17,384 --> 00:15:21,868 the Marvel character. So let me go ahead and tell you all about Radioactive Man. And it's 166 00:15:21,908 --> 00:15:27,333 not the Simpsons version, by the way. Marvel always ripping everything off. Excuse you. 167 00:15:27,693 --> 00:15:31,877 Obviously, this version of Radioactive Man came out before the Simpsons version. So I agree 168 00:15:31,917 --> 00:15:37,021 to disagree. And also like Marvel and the Simpsons have the same parent company, Disney now. So 169 00:15:37,461 --> 00:15:43,246 it's all moot. They got to sue themselves or something. All right, Chen Lu. was born in 170 00:15:43,306 --> 00:15:48,610 Lanshao, China, where he grew up to become a nuclear physicist and the country's foremost 171 00:15:48,670 --> 00:15:54,835 authority in nuclear radiation. When China once attempted to use its military to invade India, 172 00:15:55,216 --> 00:16:00,620 the hero Thor stopped them, prompting the Chinese government to develop a means to stop Thor 173 00:16:00,940 --> 00:16:06,111 and other Western heroes like him. They consulted with military strategists and scientists for 174 00:16:06,131 --> 00:16:11,653 a solution, and it was Chen Lu who suggested using nuclear radiation to induce superpowers 175 00:16:11,753 --> 00:16:16,675 in human beings. He was so sure of his concept, having been experimenting with radioactive 176 00:16:16,695 --> 00:16:22,338 effects for years that he offered himself as the first test subject. With the Chinese government's 177 00:16:22,358 --> 00:16:28,240 approval, Chen Lu exposed himself to massive doses of particle radiation, transforming him 178 00:16:28,380 --> 00:16:33,932 into the green glowing radioactive man. Impressing his government with his newfound powers, they 179 00:16:34,012 --> 00:16:39,476 smuggled Chen Lu into New York, where he attacked Thor. During the battle, Thor learned that 180 00:16:39,496 --> 00:16:44,361 a sufficient physical attack against Chen Lu would cause him to erupt like an H-bomb in 181 00:16:44,401 --> 00:16:49,145 the middle of the city. To save New York, the hero used his hammer Mjolnir to summon a wind 182 00:16:49,185 --> 00:16:55,410 vortex so powerful that it sucked up and carried Chen Lu back to an area of unpopulated China 183 00:16:55,790 --> 00:17:00,690 where the villain reached critical mass and exploded, seemingly dead. You can learn more 184 00:17:00,710 --> 00:17:05,292 about Thor in our duel episode where we pit him against Wonder Woman. Later, however, it 185 00:17:05,332 --> 00:17:10,014 was revealed that Chen Liu survived and went into hiding due to his failure to defeat Thor. 186 00:17:10,414 --> 00:17:15,736 He was found and contacted by the villain Baron Zemo, who recruited Chen Liu into a supervillain 187 00:17:15,776 --> 00:17:21,299 team called the Masters of Evil. The Masters of Evil attacked the Avengers, but were defeated, 188 00:17:21,519 --> 00:17:27,061 Chen Liu specifically, by Iron Man, who became his new signature foe. When the robot villain 189 00:17:27,201 --> 00:17:32,563 Ultron formed a second iteration of the Masters of Evil, he also recruited Chen Lu, but the 190 00:17:32,583 --> 00:17:38,204 supervillain team again failed. Chen Lu broke out of prison and retreated to live in Vietnam, 191 00:17:38,625 --> 00:17:43,886 where he and the Iron Man adversaries Crimson Dynamo and Titanium Man formed their own group 192 00:17:43,966 --> 00:17:49,648 called the Titanic Three, champions of Eastern communism and defenders of the people. However, 193 00:17:49,708 --> 00:17:54,809 the pool of revenge was too strong, and Chen Lu was recruited into a third iteration of 194 00:17:54,829 --> 00:18:00,079 the Masters of Evil. this time led by the Ant-Man villain, Egghead. Though they attempted to 195 00:18:00,159 --> 00:18:05,102 humiliate and disgrace Ant-Man, he ultimately foiled their plans and the team disbanded. 196 00:18:05,562 --> 00:18:10,264 Chen Liu was deported back to China, where he became an agent of the Mandarin, a Chinese 197 00:18:10,324 --> 00:18:15,066 villain warlord that you can learn more about in his duel against Abracadabra. As a henchman 198 00:18:15,086 --> 00:18:20,068 for the Ten Rings, he went toe-to-toe with Iron Man, who took him to the Vault, a nuclear-powered 199 00:18:20,148 --> 00:18:25,682 prison that at the time was undergoing a meltdown. Iron Man convinced Chen Liu to absorb the excess 200 00:18:25,702 --> 00:18:31,344 radiation, which saved the prisoners and guards. He later became a henchman for Tiberius Stone, 201 00:18:31,584 --> 00:18:36,466 a rival of Tony Stark's, who sought to discredit Stark International, the Hero's Corporation. 202 00:18:36,926 --> 00:18:42,088 You can learn more about Iron Man in his duel against Cyborg. After a string of failures, 203 00:18:42,308 --> 00:18:46,949 Chen Liu began experiencing fluctuations in his energy levels, realizing that his powers 204 00:18:46,969 --> 00:18:51,751 were tied to his well-being. He determined he had spent so much of his time working for others, 205 00:18:51,931 --> 00:18:56,212 be it the Chinese government, the Masters of Evil, the Mandarin, or other bureaucrats and 206 00:18:56,252 --> 00:19:01,714 megalomaniacs, people he secretly felt superior to, when he should just be working toward his 207 00:19:01,854 --> 00:19:07,236 own interests. To that end, he became a hero for the Chinese people, vowing to do a good 208 00:19:07,276 --> 00:19:12,077 deed for every person he had ever killed or harmed, directly or indirectly, through his 209 00:19:12,117 --> 00:19:17,541 powers. One of his heroic actions was to defend China from an attack by a group of Atlantean 210 00:19:17,601 --> 00:19:22,686 criminals called the Fathoms Five, where he was assisted by the latest incarnation of the 211 00:19:22,746 --> 00:19:28,290 Thunderbolts, which was a team of villains turned heroes. Chen Lu joined the Thunderbolts ranks 212 00:19:28,530 --> 00:19:33,675 and secretly irradiated one of the Fathom Five members so that when they returned to Atlantis 213 00:19:33,695 --> 00:19:39,114 to stand trial, the whole group would all die from radiation. On loan from China, Chen Liu 214 00:19:39,134 --> 00:19:43,276 traveled with the Thunderbolts back to New York where they helped repel an attack by the villainous 215 00:19:43,356 --> 00:19:48,378 organization Hydra, and then went after heroes who refused to register with the government's 216 00:19:48,518 --> 00:19:53,300 Superhuman Registration Act. He was dismayed to learn that the Chinese government wanted 217 00:19:53,340 --> 00:19:57,942 him to stay with the Thunderbolts in America to keep him away from China due to the danger 218 00:19:58,002 --> 00:20:03,825 he posed. However, Chen Liu was later forced to return to his home country when Norman Osborn 219 00:20:03,845 --> 00:20:08,011 took control of the Thunderbolts. and didn't want him interfering with his plans to use 220 00:20:08,051 --> 00:20:12,575 the team for his own personal agenda. You can learn more about Norman Osborn in our Joker 221 00:20:12,615 --> 00:20:18,360 vs Green Goblin duel episode. Working with China's People's Defense Force, Chen Lu helped stop 222 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:23,724 an attack from new Inhumans who were granted power by the Terrigin Mists released into Earth's 223 00:20:23,845 --> 00:20:28,588 atmosphere by the Inhuman King Black Bolt, whom you can learn more about in his duel against 224 00:20:28,628 --> 00:20:34,033 Shazam. Eventually, Chen Lu was asked to join a new incarnation of the Thunderbolts team 225 00:20:34,133 --> 00:20:40,407 in New York. an invite that he accepted. And that's his backstory. Powers-wise, radioactive 226 00:20:40,447 --> 00:20:45,713 man can manipulate radioactive energies for a variety of effects, including but not limited 227 00:20:45,753 --> 00:20:52,761 to radioactive energy blasts that can incinerate a city block, intense light generation capable 228 00:20:52,821 --> 00:20:58,855 of causing temporary blindness, and radiation absorption. This allows him to absorb energy 229 00:20:58,895 --> 00:21:03,777 attacks directed against him and temporarily depower opponents whose abilities are granted 230 00:21:03,837 --> 00:21:08,780 by radiation, such as the Hulk or Spider-Man, by absorbing that radiation from them. His 231 00:21:08,820 --> 00:21:14,544 radiation can also temporarily enhance his natural physiology, granting him 9 vulnerability and 232 00:21:14,604 --> 00:21:20,167 increased strength able to lift around 2 tons. He can manifest radioactive energy constructs 233 00:21:20,187 --> 00:21:25,898 such as force fields, tendrils, or even energy copies of himself. He can also generate low 234 00:21:25,938 --> 00:21:31,243 level radiation to cause sickness and radiation poisoning within an enemy, and can also emit 235 00:21:31,283 --> 00:21:36,627 an electromagnetic pulse. Finally, Radioactive Man is a world scientific authority in the 236 00:21:36,647 --> 00:21:42,792 field of nuclear physics and radioactivity. Yeah, too bad, kryptonite is an alien xenomineral 237 00:21:42,832 --> 00:21:46,895 that he's not going to be able to absorb the radiation for. I'm sure he can give it his 238 00:21:46,935 --> 00:21:54,361 best shot. And fail. Sounds good to me. Let me get into his opponent, Mattello's backstory. 239 00:21:54,850 --> 00:22:00,334 Now John Corbin was a con man who was fatally wounded in a car crash as he was fleeing a 240 00:22:00,374 --> 00:22:07,541 crime. His body was recovered by Professor Emmett Vale, a specialist in cybernetics who had previously 241 00:22:07,661 --> 00:22:13,706 intercepted and misinterpreted a message from Jor-El to his son Superman, and believed that 242 00:22:13,886 --> 00:22:20,592 Superman was a scout in an impending alien invasion. You can learn more about Superman in our Superman 243 00:22:20,632 --> 00:22:26,981 vs. Dr. Doom episode. Professor Vale transferred Corbin's brain into a robotic body made from 244 00:22:27,021 --> 00:22:33,427 an indestructible alloy known as metallo and powered by a two-pound chunk of kryptonite, 245 00:22:33,847 --> 00:22:39,392 a radioactive remnant of Superman's birth planet that weakens him. Enraged by what had been 246 00:22:39,452 --> 00:22:44,556 done to him, Corbin killed the Professor once he had completed covering the metal chassis 247 00:22:44,656 --> 00:22:51,450 with a foam latex sheath that resembled human skin, allowing Corbin to pass as human. Built 248 00:22:51,490 --> 00:22:57,535 with no purpose other than to kill Superman, Corbin adhered to his creator's wishes and 249 00:22:57,615 --> 00:23:03,240 fought the Man of Steel as the villain, Metello, named after the metal that composed his body. 250 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:09,225 Metello nearly killed Superman until Lex Luthor intervened as he had realized the value in 251 00:23:09,285 --> 00:23:15,270 Corbin's kryptonite heart and took it for himself, shutting Corbin's body down for a time. You 252 00:23:15,310 --> 00:23:20,295 can learn more about Lex Luthor in his dual episode against Baron Zemo. Placed in a storage 253 00:23:20,315 --> 00:23:25,942 vault within LexCorp, Mattello's backup power system kicked in and he escaped, later returning 254 00:23:25,982 --> 00:23:31,609 to LexCorp to raid Lex's growing stash of kryptonite and to steal parts for cybernetic upgrades 255 00:23:31,650 --> 00:23:37,697 to his body. While seeking more cybernetic parts, Mattello found some intended for Robotman. 256 00:23:38,110 --> 00:23:43,255 a member of the Doom Patrol, who you can learn more about in our Robotman vs. Thing episode. 257 00:23:43,675 --> 00:23:49,140 After getting into a fight with the Doom Patrol, Metallo's body was destroyed, leaving only 258 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:55,767 his head surviving intact, which Loser collected and stored inside of a crate. Eventually, Metallo 259 00:23:55,787 --> 00:24:00,671 was brought back to life and his head placed on a new robotic body when Brainiac secretly 260 00:24:00,711 --> 00:24:07,256 invaded LuxCorp's computer network. Metallo agreed to work with Brainiac, who created robotic 261 00:24:07,316 --> 00:24:13,280 duplicates of Metallo to distract Superman while Metallo led a robot invasion of LuxCorp and 262 00:24:13,340 --> 00:24:20,165 Cadmus Labs. Using stolen cybernetic and cloning technology, Metallo was able to help Brainiac 263 00:24:20,245 --> 00:24:25,929 build himself a new body. You can learn more about Brainiac in our Brainiac vs Ultron episode. 264 00:24:26,329 --> 00:24:31,213 Metallo was destroyed by Superman, however, and his head was quarantined on Strikers Island 265 00:24:32,542 --> 00:24:38,423 After being rebuilt and destroyed several more times, Metallo sold his soul to the demon Neuron, 266 00:24:38,743 --> 00:24:44,865 who in exchange gave Metallo the ability to technomorph his body like a transformer and 267 00:24:44,905 --> 00:24:50,447 incorporate nearby metal and machinery into his frame. Metallo was eventually defeated 268 00:24:50,527 --> 00:24:56,348 by the hero Steel, who tricked Metallo into absorbing a bomb into himself. You can learn 269 00:24:56,368 --> 00:25:02,943 more about Steel in his duel against War Machine. During Gwaidu-K, Brainiac 13 created a new 270 00:25:02,983 --> 00:25:08,607 body for Metallo, though Superman received help from the Metal Man, Led, to remove Metallo's 271 00:25:08,647 --> 00:25:14,291 kryptonite heart once again. You can learn more about Led in our Metal Man vs. Colossus episode. 272 00:25:14,691 --> 00:25:19,555 When Lex Luthor was elected President of the United States, he had Metallo transform into 273 00:25:19,595 --> 00:25:25,579 a colossal spaceship to take on General Zod, who had transformed Earth's sun into a red 274 00:25:25,679 --> 00:25:31,259 star. For his efforts in helping save the world, President Luthor pardoned Metello for his past 275 00:25:31,299 --> 00:25:36,704 crimes, and Metello was set free. When Batman and Superman went on a mission to remove all 276 00:25:36,744 --> 00:25:42,148 Kryptonite from Earth, Batman replaced Metello's heart with an electric battery in exchange 277 00:25:42,168 --> 00:25:48,228 for Metello's Kryptonite. When Superboy Prime and Alexander Luther Jr. from Earth-3 attempted 278 00:25:48,268 --> 00:25:54,751 to restore DC's multiverse, reality was warped and Metello's origin was revised so that John 279 00:25:54,791 --> 00:26:00,974 Corbin was a sergeant in the US Army under the command of General Sam Lane, the father of 280 00:26:01,054 --> 00:26:06,596 Lois Lane, whom the General was hoping would one day marry Sergeant Corbin. At the behest 281 00:26:06,636 --> 00:26:14,880 of the General, Corbin volunteered to don experimental Exosu armor powered by Zero, that was developed 282 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:21,063 by LuxCorp to combat Superman, who the General saw as an extraterrestrial threat to humanity. 283 00:26:21,464 --> 00:26:26,987 The Kryptonite proved to be an unstable power source, however, and after an energy surge 284 00:26:27,007 --> 00:26:32,710 within the suit nearly killed Corbin, Lex Luthor was forced to fuse Corbin to the suit, turning 285 00:26:32,750 --> 00:26:39,533 him into a Kryptonite-powered cyborg. In post-Flashpoint continuity, Corbin's new origin largely remained 286 00:26:39,613 --> 00:26:44,669 the same. though his childhood was revealed to be traumatic, as he was forced to shoot 287 00:26:44,709 --> 00:26:50,355 and kill his father to protect his sister Tracy. After enlisting in the army at a young age, 288 00:26:50,675 --> 00:26:56,180 Corbin volunteered to don an experimental suit once again, though this time it was designed 289 00:26:56,220 --> 00:27:01,445 by Lux Corp weapons engineer John Henry Irons, who would later be known as the hero Steel. 290 00:27:01,878 --> 00:27:08,060 The suit, however, was taken over by Brainiac, causing Corbin's heart to burst. Powered by 291 00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:13,162 Kryptonite and controlled by Brainiac, Irons was able to defeat this new version of Metallo 292 00:27:13,463 --> 00:27:19,505 by building his own power suit and uploading a virus into Metallo to stop both him and Brainiac. 293 00:27:19,825 --> 00:27:25,088 Metallo helped Superman defeat Brainiac, though was injured in the process and placed into 294 00:27:25,128 --> 00:27:30,546 a coma. To save his life, Corbin was once again fused with the suit, and given a kryptonite 295 00:27:30,586 --> 00:27:37,770 heart to survive. Proving to be mentally unstable once he awoke, Corbin's organic body was eventually 296 00:27:37,810 --> 00:27:43,593 destroyed in an attempt to blow up Superman, though Brainiac uploaded a memory engram of 297 00:27:43,633 --> 00:27:49,616 Corbin's mind into the Metello suit to keep him functional. After Brainiac's defeat, it 298 00:27:49,636 --> 00:27:54,991 was later revealed that Corbin's brain had survived. and that upon learning that Lex Luthor had 299 00:27:55,091 --> 00:28:01,456 framed his sister Tracy for murder, Horbin agreed to be placed in a new humanoid synthetic body, 300 00:28:01,876 --> 00:28:08,601 also powered by kryptonite, to do Lex Luthor's bidding. And that's Mattello's backstory. Powers-wise, 301 00:28:08,801 --> 00:28:14,685 Mattello's nigh-indestructible metal frame grants him super strength, and his cybernetic augmentation 302 00:28:15,074 --> 00:28:20,816 grants him enhanced senses and processing speed, allowing him to react, strategize, and analyze 303 00:28:20,856 --> 00:28:25,839 probability faster than humanly possible. Upgrades to his body have allowed him to transform his 304 00:28:25,939 --> 00:28:32,662 limbs into bladed, club, and projectile weapons such as chainsaws, hammers, guns, and cannons. 305 00:28:33,082 --> 00:28:38,144 The latter, which can shoot bullet shards of his kryptonite hearts or beams of radiation. 306 00:28:38,544 --> 00:28:45,488 This energy can also be projected from his eyes or from his chest when he opens panels for 307 00:28:45,568 --> 00:28:51,650 maximum exposure to its radiation. And that's Metallo. Metallo's always been a cool Superman 308 00:28:51,670 --> 00:28:54,891 villain. He's probably one of my favorites. I'm really glad that we're finally getting 309 00:28:54,931 --> 00:28:58,852 to do a duel with him because he just has a cool look to him. But it also seems like he 310 00:28:58,872 --> 00:29:02,634 has a pretty interesting backstory. I mean, there are three different versions of the backstory, 311 00:29:02,654 --> 00:29:06,895 but that's DC for you. There's also like three different versions of Metallo that I didn't 312 00:29:06,915 --> 00:29:11,977 even go into a few of the others. Like one of them was John Corbin's brother for a time who 313 00:29:12,017 --> 00:29:16,788 kind of took up his mantle. It was dumb and short lived. And there's even a metallo that 314 00:29:16,848 --> 00:29:20,792 predates him. That's, you know, a little bit different, but it's only spelled with one L. 315 00:29:21,192 --> 00:29:26,837 So I do agree that the look of my tallow is pretty cool. It's kind of like a T 800 Terminator, 316 00:29:27,378 --> 00:29:31,902 but with green glowing guys instead of red. Yeah, I think that's why his look appeals to 317 00:29:31,922 --> 00:29:35,745 me, just because that pop culture appeal with Terminator. Right. Yeah. 318 00:29:42,922 --> 00:29:47,183 Now that we've got their histories and abilities out of the way, let's speculate on how one 319 00:29:47,283 --> 00:29:53,244 of the 1000 simulated matches will go. The winner is determined by simulations, not the speculation, 320 00:29:53,664 --> 00:29:59,586 but it's fun to imagine how this fight could play out. AJ9K, what are the rules of our speculation? 321 00:30:00,446 --> 00:30:04,447 Well, I should say there are no rules, other than the characters have no prior knowledge 322 00:30:04,467 --> 00:30:08,868 of the other going into the fight. All they are aware of starting out is that the other 323 00:30:08,888 --> 00:30:13,718 character is a threat that needs to be eliminated. For the speculation... The contestants will 324 00:30:13,738 --> 00:30:19,083 begin approximately 50 meters apart in a nondescript environment that will have no bearing on the 325 00:30:19,103 --> 00:30:24,467 match itself, as no environmental statistics are considered in my simulations. The contestants 326 00:30:24,507 --> 00:30:30,072 must earn victory on their own merit. Alright then let's get into it. Metallo and Radioactive 327 00:30:30,132 --> 00:30:35,617 Man meet on the battlefield. Who goes first? I think Metallo would actually go first in 328 00:30:35,637 --> 00:30:41,101 this one because he's more of a soldier, right? Whereas like Radioactive Man's more of a scientist. 329 00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:47,473 No, I agree. Metallo will go first, and he's going to start off with a ranged attack. He's 330 00:30:47,493 --> 00:30:52,876 going to transform his hand into like an energy blaster and blast Radioactive Man with a laser 331 00:30:52,896 --> 00:30:57,999 beam of kryptonite radiation. That's not going to do anything because Radioactive Man is going 332 00:30:58,019 --> 00:31:02,281 to throw up a force field and this energy force field just deflects the kryptonite radiation 333 00:31:02,941 --> 00:31:08,585 and Radioactive Man is going to walk toward Metallo with his hand outstretched and he's 334 00:31:08,625 --> 00:31:14,955 going to emit like a low level... wave of radiation that sweeps through and poisons the organic 335 00:31:15,015 --> 00:31:20,736 portions of Matalo's body just causing them to decay and burn away. Dude, the only remaining 336 00:31:20,816 --> 00:31:27,418 human parts of Matalo is his brain and that thing's heavily protected and shielded in lead 337 00:31:27,698 --> 00:31:33,600 so your attack like literally does nothing but make Matalo look cooler now that Radioactive 338 00:31:33,620 --> 00:31:40,802 Man has singed off his synthetic skin. He's basically Terminator now. And now Attalo is 339 00:31:40,822 --> 00:31:45,764 going to respond by leaping towards Radioactive Man, and he's going to transform his arm into 340 00:31:45,804 --> 00:31:51,587 a chainsaw, and he's going to straight up massacre Radioactive Man. Except Radioactive Man has 341 00:31:51,627 --> 00:31:57,729 enhanced durability. Like he's bulletproof. He's highly durable. That makes no sense. Like 342 00:31:57,829 --> 00:32:03,052 why? Well, for the same reason he has enhanced strength. It's like not only can he emit radiation, 343 00:32:03,232 --> 00:32:07,353 the radiation also powers him like it would the Hulk, although not nearly to that extent. 344 00:32:08,154 --> 00:32:12,856 I guess the Hulk is a precedent. That's yeah, you did chainsaws not gonna hurt radioactive 345 00:32:12,896 --> 00:32:17,758 man for one but I don't even think that Mattel is chainsaws gonna even reach radioactive man 346 00:32:18,018 --> 00:32:22,920 because Radioactive man is gonna generate an energy construct of this like tendril That's 347 00:32:22,940 --> 00:32:28,502 just gonna slap Mattel Oh out of the air and send him crashing to the ground at which point 348 00:32:29,063 --> 00:32:34,985 Radioactive man is gonna superheat the floor beneath Mattel Oh into this like green glowing 349 00:32:35,105 --> 00:32:40,872 goo and Metallo is just gonna slowly sink into it until he's fully submerged, except for like 350 00:32:40,912 --> 00:32:47,576 his hand, and he just gives a thumbs up as he slowly sinks into the radioactive pool. That's 351 00:32:47,616 --> 00:32:55,100 great. I always just wanna leave it there. But no, Metallo's not out. A few moments later, 352 00:32:55,360 --> 00:33:00,883 the ground's gonna be rumbling beneath Radioactive Man as Metallo drills his way out of the ground 353 00:33:01,484 --> 00:33:06,394 into Radioactive Man, who he was able to track underground. due to radioactive man's heat 354 00:33:06,434 --> 00:33:12,456 signature. Okay, so, Matalo bursts from the ground and drills into radioactive man, or 355 00:33:12,516 --> 00:33:18,478 rather who he thought was radioactive man, because it was really just a radioactive duplicate. 356 00:33:18,498 --> 00:33:26,520 Duh. And as Matalo drills into this radioactive copy, it's gonna explode in a flash of light 357 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:32,674 that just blinds Matalo, leaving him open for attack. He has no eyes, or like... You know, 358 00:33:32,694 --> 00:33:37,438 none that will be affected like human eyes since he can see on multiple wavelengths. That's 359 00:33:37,618 --> 00:33:44,044 right. What I meant to say is that the radioactive duplicate exploded like a small nuclear bomb 360 00:33:44,164 --> 00:33:50,610 and just vaporized Metello. But the Metello alloy is durable enough to withstand a nuclear 361 00:33:50,650 --> 00:33:55,554 blast. So Metello is just walking through the fallout like a badass, just scanning for the 362 00:33:55,594 --> 00:34:01,326 real radioactive man. OK. And when he spots him, uh... his systems are just going to shut 363 00:34:01,366 --> 00:34:09,670 down because Radioactive Man at that point unleashes an EMP blast that renders Mattello inert. So 364 00:34:10,150 --> 00:34:16,112 he's done match over. I know. I mean, because Mattello still has his kryptonite power source. 365 00:34:16,592 --> 00:34:21,554 So, you know, that'll just trigger his backup systems that get him back up and running in 366 00:34:21,594 --> 00:34:28,097 like no time. And at that point, Mattello is going to catch Radioactive Man off guard because 367 00:34:28,117 --> 00:34:33,201 he thought he was. you know, shut down and he's going to fire this massive blast from his open 368 00:34:33,241 --> 00:34:40,286 chest panel along with beams from his energy cannon arms and eye blasts just overloading 369 00:34:40,426 --> 00:34:45,249 radioactive man with kryptonite radiation and that's going to cause him to self detonate, 370 00:34:45,709 --> 00:34:51,293 just explode and die. No no, radioactive man does not overload, okay? There's no limit to 371 00:34:51,333 --> 00:34:56,857 the amount of energy that he can absorb. There is with kryptonite radiation! Oh really? Why? 372 00:34:57,998 --> 00:35:03,180 Because like, it's an exotic form of radiation that's probably not even on the electromagnetic 373 00:35:03,220 --> 00:35:10,183 spectrum. Why? Well, because I said! You're just making shit up now. I say Radioactive 374 00:35:10,223 --> 00:35:16,246 Man absorbs Metallo's energy attack, and not only that, but Radioactive Man also absorbs 375 00:35:16,586 --> 00:35:22,148 all of the energy from Metallo's kryptonite heart, which is going to depower him, and that's 376 00:35:22,188 --> 00:35:28,287 how Radioactive Man wins. But we can leave it there. So in one scenario, radioactive man 377 00:35:28,468 --> 00:35:33,671 absorbs the radiation from metallo's kryptonite heart, depowering him. And in the other scenario, 378 00:35:34,212 --> 00:35:39,896 metallo overloads radioactive man with kryptonite energy, causing him to explode. We'll go ahead 379 00:35:39,916 --> 00:35:44,759 and input the stats and run the simulations on this matchup and come back with a winner. 380 00:35:44,959 --> 00:35:53,345 AG9K, hit it! Inputting data, running calculations, processing results, simulations complete. So 381 00:35:53,405 --> 00:35:57,207 this was a... Really interesting matchup. I know that when we went into it, we weren't 382 00:35:57,227 --> 00:36:01,910 entirely sure if this was gonna be even or not because I didn't know much about Matalo. You 383 00:36:01,930 --> 00:36:06,532 didn't know much about Radioactive Man, but in inputting the stats, it was really interesting 384 00:36:06,572 --> 00:36:12,816 to see how the characters went back and forth because like, Matalo is faster, but Radioactive 385 00:36:12,836 --> 00:36:17,899 Man is more evasive because of his force field shielding. We said that they're about equally 386 00:36:17,979 --> 00:36:24,162 durable and they're actually very durable, but we said that Matalo is sh- stronger ultimately 387 00:36:24,182 --> 00:36:30,225 because this guy could hurl buses and Radioactive Man for some reason can only lift two tons. 388 00:36:30,585 --> 00:36:35,667 Yeah, you think he'd be stronger than that, but he's not. However, Radioactive Man's damage 389 00:36:35,707 --> 00:36:40,989 level is almost off the charts because he's like a nuclear bomb. Yeah, Mattello's not quite 390 00:36:41,029 --> 00:36:46,392 at that level, but he is a better fighter than Radioactive Man because he has military training. 391 00:36:46,792 --> 00:36:52,315 We said they have similar range, but Radioactive Man is smarter. because he's a scientist, although 392 00:36:52,335 --> 00:36:58,341 Mattello has greater perception due to his robotic brain. Surprisingly, they were pretty evenly 393 00:36:58,401 --> 00:37:02,765 matched when it came to versatility. I thought Mattello was going to have the edge here because 394 00:37:02,805 --> 00:37:07,089 for a lot of iterations, he's kind of like a transformer, or at least parts of him are. 395 00:37:07,510 --> 00:37:12,535 But really when it came down to it, he's only working with one form of radiation, whereas 396 00:37:12,915 --> 00:37:17,667 Radioactive Man is kind of working with all of them. For the most part, their stats were 397 00:37:17,727 --> 00:37:22,530 very much like back and forth. And these guys did differ stat wise more than I thought they 398 00:37:22,570 --> 00:37:27,093 would. Yeah, the stats weren't similar, but they're still pretty even. Considering that, 399 00:37:27,133 --> 00:37:32,097 Jonathan, who do you think is actually going to win this? That's a great question. I'm hoping 400 00:37:32,137 --> 00:37:36,960 Mattello is going to take the win. And it's kind of hard to say who our Instagram followers 401 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:41,604 think is going to win, considering I put up the poll just like an hour ago before this 402 00:37:41,644 --> 00:37:51,972 recording. But right now it looks like Radioactive Man is in the lead at 53%. So that sucks. Makes 403 00:37:52,012 --> 00:37:57,113 sense to me, though. No, it makes zero sense to me. Mattel is way more popular than Radioactive 404 00:37:57,133 --> 00:38:03,835 Man. Why is that? Because he's in the freaking cartoons and like Smallville and like all the 405 00:38:03,875 --> 00:38:09,577 Superman stuff. Mattel is a really popular Superman villain. Who the hell is Radioactive Man? I 406 00:38:09,597 --> 00:38:13,523 would say before listening to this episode. Well, I mean, Radioactive Man's been in the 407 00:38:13,563 --> 00:38:19,247 cartoons, too. He was in Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes cartoon and Avengers Assemble. Yeah, 408 00:38:19,347 --> 00:38:25,951 no one watches those cartoons just because you didn't. Yeah. Like if it didn't happen in the 409 00:38:25,991 --> 00:38:32,576 90s, it doesn't count. All right, let's go out and get the winner for this match. AJ 9K, the 410 00:38:32,616 --> 00:38:41,414 results, please. Hey, you are, sir. All right. The winner of the matchup between Matalo. and 411 00:38:41,474 --> 00:38:52,097 Radioactive Man is... Metallo. YES! And it was really close. Out of the 1000 simulated matches, 412 00:38:52,517 --> 00:39:03,160 Metallo won 514 matches, whereas Radioactive Man won 486, so it was 51.4% over 48.6%. Holy 413 00:39:03,180 --> 00:39:09,239 crap! That is way closer than I thought it was going to be. Yeah, really no character had 414 00:39:09,459 --> 00:39:14,441 a massive advantage over the other. They both just had so much going for them. And basically, 415 00:39:14,501 --> 00:39:19,003 Metallo got lucky is what I'm thinking. It almost kind of looks that way. I guess when it comes 416 00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:24,985 down to perception and fighting and speed, it really helped push Metallo over the edge. Yeah. 417 00:39:25,025 --> 00:39:30,708 So however these guys fight, it seems like a majority of the wins for Metallo happened due 418 00:39:30,748 --> 00:39:35,346 to like hand to hand stuff, which makes sense because really they can't. hurt each other 419 00:39:35,366 --> 00:39:41,490 too much with their energy attacks. Yeah, no, Metellus is just too protected against radiation 420 00:39:42,171 --> 00:39:47,494 and radioactive man is too good at absorbing radiation. Though apparently not kryptonite 421 00:39:47,534 --> 00:39:54,479 radiation as we've learned. Okay. Now I think a majority of these wins happen due to physical 422 00:39:54,519 --> 00:40:00,844 combat. I guess that makes sense. So I'm not happy about it, but damn, do I respect the 423 00:40:00,864 --> 00:40:05,774 math. Hell yeah. 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Please 430 00:40:37,824 --> 00:40:42,947 don't forget guys to rate the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, or on our website. 431 00:40:43,507 --> 00:40:51,391 Our next episode is going to be a review. We're going to discuss the 2003 Ang Lee movie, Hulk, 432 00:40:51,791 --> 00:40:57,514 which I love and I cannot wait to talk about. The film gets way too much hate. The reason 433 00:40:57,554 --> 00:41:03,258 we're reviewing that film is because Absorbing Man is the primary villain of that movie and 434 00:41:03,278 --> 00:41:08,181 he's also going to be on the Masters of Evil roster for the team duel in the subsequent 435 00:41:08,221 --> 00:41:13,805 episode. And also, you know, like Hulk deals with gamma radiation and both characters in 436 00:41:13,825 --> 00:41:18,068 this episode dealt with radiation, so it just fits. Now I think is the time to review this 437 00:41:18,088 --> 00:41:22,659 film. So look forward to that! But that does it for this episode, we want to give a big 438 00:41:22,699 --> 00:41:27,642 thanks to our executive producers Ken Johnson, John Storosky, Zachary Hepburn, Dustin Balcom, 439 00:41:27,823 --> 00:41:33,386 Miggy Mathengian, Brandon Estregard, Nathaniel Wagner, Levi Yeaton, Nick Abonto, Austin Wisselowski, 440 00:41:33,566 --> 00:41:39,751 AJ Dunkerley, Scott Camacho, Adam Spies, Andrew Shunk, and Dean Mielewski for helping to make 441 00:41:39,771 --> 00:41:44,814 this podcast possible. We'll talk to you guys next week. Up up and away, true believers. 442 00:41:45,374 --> 00:41:46,575 Watch out radioactive man.