When I was six, I decided that I wanted to go as Spiderman for Halloween. No princesses or fairies for me, thank you very much.

A week before the day, mother presented me with a cape to go wit my costume. It was, in retrospect, a lovely cape. It was made of heavy material to keep me warm in the chill October evening and it had a secure strap to keep it in place. There was just one problem.

“Spiderman doesn’t wear a cape,” I told her with all the authority I could muster. At six, worrying about other people’s feelings wasn’t exactly second nature (Sorry, Mom!).

Not a lot has changed. I’m still a brat and I still like movies and TV shows about guys in tights.

But this isn’t the story about my insensitive youth – it’s simply a recap of this week’s show: 2008, The Summer of the Superhero.

If you want detailed info on the entire run of The Incredible Hulk Pete’s your guy. If you want someone to don a cape and proclaim everlasting lust for Gary Oldman, I’m your gal. With four movies and less than 28 minutes, we tried our best to hit a CFMH record in speed babble.

The verdicts (where Kate talks about them both in the third person to make things sound much more dramatic)

Iron Man

Flawlessly cast. Robert Downey Jr. was the perfect Tony Stark. Nice direction and some great action scenes. Pete lusted after Iron Man’s suit while Kate lusted after what was underneath. Of all four movies this gets top banana for overall execution.

The Incredible Hulk

While Kate gave the film props for the Bill Bixby-ish poster she was none too thrilled with the movie itself. Neither was fanboy Pete who’s read every issue of the comic. There wasn’t much that could be said about the movie other than “go see something else”. They both agreed that, just for once, they’d like to see the Hulk getting his superpowers saving a small child from a nuclear blast rather than through his own stupidity.

The highlight (at least for Kate) was Tony Stark’s cameo.

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

Guillermo del Toro knows how to bring the pretty and he seemed to have more free reign this time around. He seemed a bit confused as to whether he was making a sequel to Hellboy or to Pan’s Labyrinth but we were okay with that as we got the best of both worlds. Kate’s faith in Ron Perlman remains unchallenged and she wants all Beauty and the Beast fans to keep an eye out for Father (Roy Dotrice) in a small role. Of the three movies still in theaters, this one is most deserving of your cash.

The Dark Knight

While neither of our radio heroes were impressed with the Dark Knight, they both agreed that Heath Ledger was quite good (okay, Pete said brilliant and Kate liked him but still prefers Jack Nicholson). Unfortunately, Heath was the only thing the movie had going for it. Both came down hard on Nolan’s directing and pacing and both felt that the movie tried to tie in too many subplots. Kate also voiced her dislike of Christian Bale in the lead, pointing out that the qualities which made him an excellent Patrick Bateman worked against him as Bruce Wayne. Neither expects to remember many details of the movie after a week or two; it’s like that bowl of granola you ate three days ago for breakfast, it met all the requirements but it’s not something that you’re going to think about the next day.

Both, however, really liked Gary Oldman (though Kate suspects for entirely different reasons).

A note for all fanboys: The trailer for The Watchmen is playing ahead of Dark Night.

A note for the rest of you: Go early. Kate and Pete went a half hour early and still had to sit in the front row. Kate’s neck was not impressed.