It's epic vs epic as we continue through 70s "Thor." Our goal is the same- to trace the story of Marvel's Eternals through every one of their major comic appearances. But I don't think anyone was prepared for how Nordic these issues get. This stuff is steeped in mythology, and we do our best to sift through the pieces of the deeply retconned Marvel continuity. Marvel maniacs aren't going to want to miss it. If you are reading along at home, you can find these issues on Marvel Unlimited and Hoopl...
Nov 18, 2022•58 min•Ep. 103
We're continuing our trek through Eternals history with the aptly named Thor and the Eternals: The Celestial Saga. Or is it Thor: The Eternals Saga? Depends on the collection! We read Thor (Vol. 1) #283-291, which is Roy Thomas' attempt at completing the story Kirby left dangling less than a year prior. Does it work? Well, we got a vampire-themed pro-wrester Eternal and a lot of Odin dunking. We also spend a lot of time flying around with Thor yelling ENOW and HIE. You decide, true believers! If...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 102
Our gargantuan book club series rolls on! This week, we finish up Jack Kirby's Eternals series, which means "Eternals" issue #11-19, plus the first annual. There's a lot that's the same in this installment, but we also see some first appearances, and some disappointing villains. Which doesn't include the Deviants, who are not villains, but the secret protagonist of Eternals comics. Join us to hear all about it! Will the Eternals ever move past their smugness? Will the Celestials ever make sense?...
Oct 21, 2022•46 min•Ep. 101
100 episodes! This is a milestone we've been thinking about for months and we wanted to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for listening this long, be this your first episode, your fifteenth, your fiftieth, or your hundredth. We've got a lot of fun things planned for the next 100 (or at least the next 15-20) and we hope you'll join us for the ride. To kick our 100th episode off, we're starting our walk through Eternals history - another mammoth book club series, though one a little less...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 100
We are about to embark on a huge reading journey, so we are checking in with our Krakoan friends one more time. Turns out, the X-Books are better than ever. New creators are shaking things up, and some familiar folks take their work in a fun new direction. We have as lot of gushing to do about books we like, and maybe a few critical things to say about a couple of books in particular. If you keep up with us, you probably know what's coming. Next time is our hundreth episode and we are starting a...
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 99
We've been talking about it for nearly 2 years and it only took the threat of the next book club for Jaina to finally convinced Elias to read the 2010 "Taskmaster" mini-series. Spoilers: I liked it! Much like the last Van Lente series. Well, maybe not quite like that one. In this episode, we discuss the series written by Fred van Lente, illustrated by Jefte Palo, colored by Jean-Francois Beaulieu and lettered by Dave Lanphear and it's many successes and oh so many flaws. It...has not aged like f...
Sep 02, 2022•58 min•Ep. 98
We talk about the Avengers a whole bunch of this podcast. And Spider-Man. We spent a long time with the Guardians of the Galaxy. But it's been too long since we've checked in on Marvel's first family. It's a fascinating run; Dan Slott's vision is brought to life by a plethora of talented artists. The series had some incredible highs, but some dreadful lows. Unfortunately, the latter probably eclipse the former, but that's what makes the conversation interesting! If you are reading along with our...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 97
It's Hawkeye time! Again! Specifically the second half of 2012's classic by Matt Fraction, David Aja, Matt Hollingsworth, and Chris Eliopoulos (with Annie Wu and Francesco Francavilla rounding out the regular artists.) Jaina and Elias are digging into the tumultuous last 12 issues (that's #12-22 and an annual, for those keeping score at home,) the contemporaneous history of the issues, and fighting to figure out what order to talk about the dang issues in. Seriously! It's nearly as complicated a...
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 96
It's Hawkeye time! Specifically 2012's classic by Matt Fraction, David Aja, Matt Hollingsworth, and Chris Eliopolous (with Annie Wu and Francesco Francivilla rounding out the regular artists.) Jaina and Elias revisit the first eleven issues of this seminal classic about a sad sack avenger, a different sad sack YOUNG avenger, and an apartment building in Bed-Stuy. Does it hold up? Yes. Duh. Is it still a perfect masterpiece? Welllllllll..... Next episode, things get coastal as we check in on the ...
Jul 15, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 95
After quite a number of episodes away, our monthly (now quarterly-ish) look at every X-book published since "House of X/Powers of X" returns with a new title and a new coat of paint. In addition, there's a small detour into one of the X one-shots we loved: "Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird" #1. Oh, and apparently Elias is British or has been reading Kieron's newsletter too much because he kept spelling Judgment as Judgement. Next time, we're digging deep legendary "Hawkeye" comic series by Matt Fra...
Jul 01, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 94
This year we've read comics, we've even read a book, but in this episode we are doing neither. This is an episode all about a TV show. A short-lived, pretty fun TV show about everybody's favorite big evil head, MODOK. You know MODOK? The Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing? George Tarelton if you're feeling nasty. Turns out Marvel released a weird animated sitcom about the guy on Hulu. Though now cancelled, we discuss the series highs and lows, as we dream of a future with more MODOK. Stil...
Jun 17, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 93
The weather is hot. The comics are gearing up for something big. And we here at Make Mine Multiversity want to answer your burning questions about the Summers family, namely: hot or not? OK. More like good or not but wouldn't that have made for a fun, steamy episode? We also talk some of the books we're enjoying and we dunk on a couple books we're not. Only a little dunking; we don't want to be mean. Still keeping up with our book club? We got a bit ahead of ourselves in last week's description ...
Jun 03, 2022•53 min•Ep. 92
This is a comic book podcast and sure, there's some talk of movies and TV shows, but a book? With no pictures!? That's right true believers! Today's episode is all about <em>All of the Marvels</em> by Douglas Wolk. The good Mr. Wolk took upon himself the great endeavor of reading every issue of a comic set in the Marvel 616 universe. Then he tried to synthesize that information into something of a coherent book. Was he successful? The two hosts can't even agree! But the discussion th...
May 20, 2022•53 min•Ep. 91
Normally on the weeks MMM doesn't do a book club, there are a couple recurring segments but, with a new era of X comics, Jaina and Elias thought they'd change things up, mostly so they weren't reading a list of over 30 comics every other week that's mostly, but not always, the same. Long time Mutantversity readers will recognize the segment as The Two resurrect the Merry Mutant Medals...with a twist! The twist is the medals are different. Next time, we get wordy as Jaina and Elias talk about "Al...
May 06, 2022•54 min•Ep. 90
It's book club time for Make Mine Multiversity. You probably remember our recent "Howard the Duck" episode; this one is the sequel to that! Now we are discussing the most recent "Howard the Duck" run, written by Chip Zdarsky and illustrated by many talented artists, mostly notable Joe Quinones. Every so often, Make Mine Multiversity reading club reads an absolute gem. This is one of those times! If you are reading along with us, we are covering "Howard the Duck" #1-5 (2015A,) #1-11 (2015B,) and ...
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 89
We're back with another book club and this time we're looking at the classic 1976 series "Howard the Duck" series by Steve Gerber & Frank Brunner/John Buscema/Gene Colan/a whole host of other colorists, letterers, inkers and another writer. Not every issue though. As much as we love being thorough, 31 issues is a LOT to read. We'll encounter space turnips, presidential ducks, megalomaniacal gingerbread creatures, Kidney Lady, and a whole host of other wacky Clevelandites and New Yorkers whil...
Apr 01, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 88
Most people read Marvel comics for the story and the artwork, or maybe a love for the characters. This episode ain't about any of that. This on is all about the decisions that happen behind the scenes, and how it changes the way we read comics. Learn about the strange reading habits of a few comic collecting weirdos! You'll also hear some talk about Marvel's plans for the future and one impassioned plea for a Marvel video game! Next time: Book club is back! We're reading the original "Howard the...
Mar 18, 2022•54 min•Ep. 87
The Hickman era of the X line is over. Long live the X line! It's no surprise we love the X line at the moment and so it should be no surprise that we wanted to celebrate the departure of the Head of X in style. It's time to talk legacy, Hickman, and the past three years of X books. Come on down and see if your list of X books lines up with Jaina or Elias' in this final Baseline X. Or about as final as anything gets with superhero comics. Don't worry: we'll have a new #1 soon enough. Next book c...
Mar 04, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 86
That's right, if you've been following the show, you know Jaina and Elias had a bet. Jaina lost, so now we are reading her least favorite comic ever, Ultimatum by Jeph Loeb and David Finch. It's not all about hate! Well OK, there was a lot to hate in this comic, but there's also tons of research, context, and a deep dive into why this story is such a disaster. In the end. it's all about the question: how does a bad comic get made? Who is to blame? The answer may shock you. Next episode will be a...
Feb 18, 2022•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 85
Last year, we (Jaina and Elias) decided that we'd predict 10 things Marvel would do in 2021. Two episodes ago, we found out just how wrong we were. But! We had so much fun, we thought we'd do it all again! We also thought we'd take a little bit of time to digest the year that was 2021 in Marvel, have a little chat on what we loved, what we didn't, and what surprised us. Mostly though we look to the future! And as with any predictions, we're probably already wrong about a couple of them. Next epi...
Feb 04, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 84
In this episode, Jaina and Elias read the classic "New Mutants" #21 from 1984. After covering runs that lasted twelve, twenty-five, or a hundred and fifty issues, this is a whole episode focusing on just a single issue! It's the shortest comic Make Mine Multiversity has ever covered, but that doesn't mean there's not a lot to say. Tune in to get a deep dive on the techniques of Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz. You'll even hear the secret history of how Ann Nocenti quietly revolutionized com...
Jan 21, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 83
Last year, Jaina and Elias decided that they'd predict 10 things Marvel would do in 2021 and, at the end of the year, they'd look back and see how many they got right. Well, that time has come. Join us for the reckoning of our precognitive abilities and find out the result of their ill-fated bet. Spoilers: we're both very, very bad at predicting things. Oh, and there's some Heavyweight and Baseline X stuff too. It's fun! But we know you're really here to see how much we're gonna suffer in Februa...
Jan 07, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 82
This week, you'll be treated to the wonder of two Jewish people talking about Marvel's Santa Claus. It's less that we do or don't believe in Santa, and more that we saw his power grid in the Marvel Handbook. We seriously did that. You won't believe how he would square up against the mighty Thor. Not that he would. Santa is a nice guy! If you are following along at home, we've got a book club book coming up. Or in this case, a single issue. We'll be reading the classic "New Mutants" #21 aka Slumb...
Dec 17, 2021•53 min•Ep. 81
The MCU was on hold for the better part of a year in theaters but a little thing like a massive and devastating pandemic won't grind the Disney machine to a halt, no no no. It just took them a little until they were ready to flood Disney+'s 2021 calendar with Marvel shows. While we try to focus on the comics, the TV and film portion of Marvel is, without a doubt, far more popular and wide-reaching. So, as we are wont to do, we waited until the end of the year to talk about them all.* Join us as ...
Dec 03, 2021•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 80
After last episode's spooky celebration we are settling into our seasonal affective disorder and discussing "Silver Surfer: Requiem" by J. Michael Straczynski and Esad Ribić. After reading a series that lasted 150 issues, it's nice to be reminded that a comic story can be told in just 4 issues. Well, nice for us anyway. As we will constantly remind you, Silver Surfer is a sad broody guy, and maybe that's what we like about him. But how does this creative team do at capturing his essence?
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 79
Autumn descends upon the land, as the temperature drops and the leaves die. The costumes may be put away but that doesn't mean the season is any less haunted. Descend with us, all who dare, to your storage lockers, to your closets and beneath your beds, where light is scarce and space is limited, and join as we crack open our longboxes to exhume the creepiest, spookiest, most horrific comics Marvel has to offer from across the decades. Then play along with our guessing games! It's a fun time. Ne...
Nov 05, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 78
Last time, on Make Mine Multiversity, we finally concluded our colossal coverage of the superhero space epic that we like to call the Annihilation Saga. After six months and over a hundred issues, we are ready to settle back into the rest of Marvel. This episode sees us playing catch up on the new titles Marvel has been putting out in 2021. We have a few strong recommendations. But we also spend a lot of time complaining about "Amazing Spider-Man." You read Marvel books so, you know how it is. N...
Oct 22, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 77
Our coverage of the titanic, gargantuan ANNIHILATION SAGA come to a universe shattering conclusion. We've fought the bugs, we've fought robots, we've fought kings, we've fought each other, we've even fought The Sphinx but now, we're fighting eldritch abominations from another universe. We're in the endgame now and it looks like we are ALL Groot. Topping off our 158(!) issue, six month look at this run is "The Thanos Imperative," an six issue mini with a prologue and epilogue issue, aptly named "...
Oct 01, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 76
Our coverage of the mind-meltingly sprawling ANNIHILATION SAGA continues! But! Not for much longer! This is the penultimate episode true believers, and next time we will reach the end of our journey. But today we are saying goodbye to our wayward protagonist Nova as we read "Nova" issues #32-35. Then we are taking a stargate to the bird quadrant of the galaxy and reading the "Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard" miniseries. There's a whole lot more sphinx stuff than you would expect. Next time is the...
Sep 17, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 75
Our coverage of the titanic, gargantuan ANNIHILATION SAGA continues. We're in double digits baybee, hitting the big 1-0, and that means we're nearing the end. It's so close, I can almost taste the space destruction. But first, we've got to get through the first half of "Realm of Kings" with "Realm of Kings" #1, "Realm of Kings: Inhumans" #1-5, "Realm of Kings: Son of Hulk" #1-4, "Nova" #29 – #31, and the final issues of Abnett & Lanning's "Guardians of the Galaxy:" #20-25. It's a lot to read...
Sep 03, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 74
