Episode 044: Roberto da Costa (feat. Alex Segura)
CEREBRO
Connor Goldsmith
4.8 • 815 Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2021
⏱️ 125 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 44 of CEREBRO, Connor and writer Alex Segura soak up the sun with Roberto da Costa, the sensational Sunspot! An original New Mutant, biracial Brazilian babe Beto inherited his father's fortune and continued into X-Force in the 90s. After a stint as Lord Imperial of the Hellfire Club, he eventually joined the Avengers under writer Jonathan Hickman.
The CEREBRO character file on Sunspot begins at 53:42.
(Content Advisory: Beto's story includes racism and brainwashing.)
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| 0:00.0 | He was supposed to be an evil sunspot from the future, and instead he turns out to be a protoplasmic entity that copies sunspots, DNA. |
| 0:08.4 | Don't worry, we're going to get into it. It's fine. |
| 0:10.9 | X-Men, X-Men. |
| 0:14.0 | In the 21st century, evil mutants led by Magneto aimed to destroy the world. |
| 0:22.8 | Only hope is X-Men. |
| 0:28.9 | Welcome to Cerebro, the X-Men podcast, where a homo and his friends dig deep into the history of Homo Superior. |
| 0:35.3 | I'm your host, Connor Goldsmith. |
| 0:37.2 | And with me today is Alex |
| 0:38.4 | Seguura, a novelist and comic writer, author of Star Wars Poe Damarin Freefall, the Pete Fernandez |
| 0:44.3 | mystery series and the upcoming secret identity from Flatiron Books publishing in March of next year. |
| 0:50.7 | He has also written a number of comics, including some fun work in the Archie universe, |
| 0:57.7 | and he is currently the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Oni Press. |
| 1:02.3 | So in the comics pro world, when not writing, which is kind of a fun day job to have if you're a comics person, right? |
| 1:10.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:10.8 | He is one of many writers contributing to the upcoming anthology issue Marvel's Voices |
| 1:16.4 | Communidades, number one, which will spotlight Latinic characters and creators. |
| 1:22.2 | We cannot talk about his story in it yet because it hasn't been announced, but I suggest you pre-order it now. |
| 1:29.7 | Alex, how are you doing today? |
| 1:32.1 | I am good. I'm so excited to be here. I think I've been fanning about your podcast for a while now, |
| 1:38.7 | so to be on it is a treat. Yeah, you were an early adopter. |
| 1:43.2 | That's good. |
| 1:48.8 | We talked some time ago about you coming on to do this, and Sunspot was your first pick, is my recollection. |
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