Disassembled: Heroes and Villains

About Disassembled: Heroes and Villains

A podcast that doesn’t just explore characters—it deconstructs them. Each week, we pull apart the most iconic, complex, and controversial figures across comics, animation, video games, and pop culture. From masked zealots to haunted warriors, fallen heroes to corrupted gods—we unravel what makes them tick… and what makes them dangerous. Blending dramatic storytelling, continuity-rich history, and philosophical analysis, Disassembled isn’t just a lore dive—it’s a breakdown of the characters we thought we knew. One that asks: When does belief become obsession? When does loyalty become a lie? When does a hero become the villain? And what lesson can we learn from the icons we grew up with? If you’re looking for more than backstories—if you want to understand the why behind the who—this is your next obsession. New episodes every Thursday. Written and hosted by Tom Bedford of Handsome Comics. Thanks for listening And as always—Stay Handsome.

Publisher

Tom Bedford of Handsome Comics

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Jul 2025

Latest episode

26 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

48 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Jun 2026

   The Slow Surrender | Why The Strongest Men In Fiction All Lose To Comfort

   A video essay exploring the one fight every man is quietly losing — not to a villain, not to the system, but to something quieter than that. You sit down at the end of the day. You had a list. The kids, the call you've been putting off, the thing that actually matters to you. And then you sit down. And you don't get up. That's not rest. Rest fills you back up. This empties you — you gave the last good hours you had to nothing, and you'll do it again tomorrow. Nobody made you. No crisis, no bo...

2. 

   18 Jun 2026

   Most Men Are Trying To Be The Wrong Kind Of Father | Optimus Prime, Kratos & Vader

   A Father's Day episode exploring what five fictional fathers actually teach us about the kind of dad your kids will remember. Your kids are not going to remember if you were strong. Most of us are killing ourselves trying to be the one thing they won't even keep. Kratos ended an entire pantheon — it wasn't his strength his son needed. Bandit was running on empty at the beach and got down in the sand anyway. Optimus Prime spent his last breath making sure the ones coming after him knew they co...

3. 

   12 Jun 2026

   Most Men Solve The Wrong Problem | Godzilla Proves It

   A character study of the Godzilla franchise exploring one pattern that runs through seventy years of films — and what it keeps proving about the way most men think. Every man has a solution he keeps reaching for. More hours. More force. More certainty. The grand gesture. The kamikaze run. Whatever his Oxygen Destroyer is. And most men never stop to ask what it will produce. Not just right now. Five years from now. In their marriage. In their kids. In the man they're becoming while they solve ...

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