Word Balloons
A weekly dose of Geeky Questions answered and a touch of trying to stump our own in-house expert.
About the show
The Aeronauts, Zac and Tyler, drop in to answer Geeky Questions and try to pry loose some of Zac's deep down genre knowledge before taking back off on their adventures through Nerdery.
Episodes
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Embrace the Hate
May 21st, 2026 | 25 mins 2 secs
clone saga, dc comics, doctor double x, ultimate universe, widening gyre
What critically hated comic to the Aeronauts like? Who is Doctor Double X?
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Cry Little Reader
May 14th, 2026 | 25 mins 32 secs
absolute wonder woman, nimona, orbital, saga, superman, transmetropolitan, zebra-man
What comic book made you cry the most? Who is Zebra-Man?
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Fear Itself
May 7th, 2026 | 23 mins 36 secs
comic book, did you hear what eddie gein done, films to be buried with, hellsing, junji ito, locke and key, luthor strode, swamp thing, volthoom
What comic book scared the Aeronauts the most? Who is Volthoom?
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Comics to be Cremated With
April 23rd, 2026 | Season 16 | 27 mins 8 secs
1st comic book, comic books, films to be buried with, king kraken, spider-man, superman
The Aeronauts have died, again. Back in Heaven they are having to answer a bunch of questions about themselves through the lens of comic books. So what was the first comic the Aeronauts remember reading? Who is King Kraken?
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Baxter (Building) Stock(ing)Men
March 26th, 2026 | 1 hr 23 mins
anthrax, big 4, fantastic four, marvel, megadeth, metallica, slayer, thrash metal
The Aeronauts have finally made it to the Baxter Building and being the end of this journey means it's time for Zac to make up for all his misses and mistake in our Season Finale!
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Future Beef
March 13th, 2026 | 19 mins 59 secs
annihilus, fantastic four, marvel, skrulls
Did Mr Fantastic feed people to other people? Who is Annihilus?
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Fully Loaded
March 5th, 2026 | 14 mins 9 secs
apocalypse beast, fantastic four, herbie, marvel
What is the origin of H.E.R.B.I.E.? Who is the Apocalypse Beast?
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Doom in a Bottle
February 27th, 2026 | 22 mins 50 secs
doctor doom, fantastic four, iron man, marvel, robert downey jr, the delinquent
What is the relationship between Dr. Doom and Iron Man? Who is The Delinquent?
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The Fantastic More?
February 13th, 2026 | 24 mins 34 secs
fantastic force, fantastic four, future foundation, marvel, modulus
Have there been any Fantastic Four Spin-off teams? Who is Modulus?
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1,2,3,4...?
February 6th, 2026 | 27 mins 41 secs
fantastic five, fantastic four, marvel, salem seven, what if
Is there a Fantastic Fifth? Who are the Salem Seven?
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...and His Amazing Friends
January 29th, 2026 | 23 mins 14 secs
fantastic four, human torch, marvel, molecule man, spider-man
When did the Human Torch and Spider-man become friends? Who is Molecule Man?
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Go Team Richards!
January 8th, 2026 | 40 mins 23 secs
android, dragon man, fantastic four, franklin richards, marvel, nathaniel richards, reed richards
Can you explain the Richards' family tree? Who is Dragon Man?
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Fantasticly Messy
January 1st, 2026 | 15 mins 1 sec
alicia masters, fantastic four, human torch, lyja, skrull, skrull egg, the thing, yancy street gang
Did the Human Torch marry the Thing's girlfriend? Who is the Yancy Street Gang?
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On the Bench
December 17th, 2025 | 15 mins 17 secs
awesome andy, fantastic four, fox, ike perlmutter, inhumans, marvel
Why were the Fantastic Four sidelined? Who is Awesome Andy?
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Fantastic Father(s)
December 4th, 2025 | 18 mins 58 secs
challengers of the unknown, fantastic four, jack kirby, mark evanier, marvel, marvel method, stan lee
Who created the Fantastic Four? Who is Thundra?
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Free Play
October 30th, 2025 | 1 hr 13 mins
arcade, marvel rivals, marvel snap, murder world
After a video game inspired trip, the Aeronauts have finally made their way to Arcade's Murder World, so it's time for a season finale!