Capped Crusaders
From The Tinker Tank by Jacob Slivka
December 10, 2025 · 29 min · Season 1 · Episode 4
About this episode
This episode explores unusual historical headgear and the origins of the comic book character Deadpool.
In this offbeat episode, we tip our hats to history’s strangest headgear inventions, before diving into the comic book chaos that birthed Deadpool, the wisecracking “Merc with a Mouth.”
People in this episode
Host: Jacob Slivka
Topics covered
- history
- headgear
- comic books
- Deadpool
- inventions
Keywords
- headgear inventions
- comic book history
- Deadpool
- Merc with a Mouth
- strange hats
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Deadpool
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