"What Is... the Power?" - X-Men #56, written by Roy Thomas, art by Neal Adams and Tom Palmer, ©1969 Marvel Comics "The Eve of... Annihilation!" - Incredible Hulk #116, written by Stan Lee, art by Herb Trimpe and Dan Adkins, ©1969 Marvel Comics "Burn, Namor... Burn!" - Sub-Mariner #14, written by Roy Thomas, art by Marie Severin and "Joe Gaudioso" (Mike Esposito), ©1969 Marvel Comics "When a Galaxy Beckons..." - Captain Marvel #14, written by Gary Friedrich, art by Frank Springer and Vince Collet...
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 6Ep. 14
Chelsea Cain is the six-time New York Times bestselling author of the Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell thriller series, two of which made Stephen King’s “best ten books of the year” lists. She’s the Eisner Award-nominated writer of Man-Eaters (published by Image Comics) as well as Marvel Comics’ Mockingbird . Her latest comics series, Spy Island , was just published as a trade paperback by Dark Horse Comics, and Man-Eaters: The Cursed is being solicited in Previews right now (order code MAY...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 13
"Eternity, Eternity" - Doctor Strange #180, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer, ©1969 Marvel Comics "And In This Corner... Goliath!" - Avengers #63, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and George Klein, ©1969 Marvel Comics "Captives of the Controller!" - Iron Man #13, written by Archie Goodwin, art by George Tuska and Johnny Craig, ©1969 Marvel Comics "Traitors or Heroes?" - Captain Marvel #13, written by Gary Friedrich, art by Frank Springer and Vince Colletta, ©1969 M...
Jun 09, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 6Ep. 12
Douglas Wolk is the host of our favorite Doctor Doom-centric podcast, Voice of Latveria , which you should all be listening to even if Lord Doom hadn't already ordered you to do so under pain of death. Robb has guested on an episode , and Bryan is super jelly about it. Douglas is also the author of All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told , for which he read every single Marvel superhero comic. It will be published in October 2021 by Penguin Random House, and you ...
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 6Ep. 11
"The Speedster and the Spider!" - Amazing Spider-Man #71, written by Stan Lee, art by John Romita and Jim Mooney, ©1969 Marvel Comics "Lest We Forget!" - Captain America #112, written by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby and George Tuska, ©1969 Marvel Comics "The Moment of -- the Man-Slayer!" - Captain Marvel #12, written by Arnold Drake, art by Dick Ayers and Syd Shores, ©1969 Marvel Comics "If In Battle I Fall --- !" - Daredevil #50, written by Stan Lee, art by Barry Smith and Johnny Craig, ©1969 Ma...
May 26, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Jordan Morris is one-half of Jordan, Jesse, Go! , one of the longest-running and funniest podcasts on the interwaves. He's also a brilliant comedy writer whose work can be most recently seen in Disney+'s Earth to Ned , which you should treat yourself to if you haven't already. Tony Cliff is the creator of the Delilah Dirk series of graphic novels and the Eisner-nominated short story, Old Oak Trees . Tony and Jordan have combined their considerable talents, along with those of co-writer Sarah Mor...
May 26, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 6Ep. 9
Clint McElroy is a radio legend in Huntington, West Virginia, a host and co-creator of The Adventure Zone podcast , and a comics writer whose credits include The Green Hornet, War of the Realms: Journey Into Mystery , and 3 Ninjas Kick Back . And he's got another graphic novel coming out in July! The Adventure Zone vol. 4: The Crystal Kingdom is co-written by Clint and his kids, illustrated by Carey Pietsch, and published by First Second Books. Ask your local comics shop order you a copy of the ...
May 19, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 7
"Spider-Man Wanted!" - Amazing Spider-Man #70, written by Stan Lee, art by John Romita and Jim Mooney, ©1968 Marvel Comics "Some Say the World Will End In Fire..." - Avengers #61, written by Roy Thomas, art by John Buscema and George Klein, ©1968 Marvel Comics "Rebirth!" - Captain Marvel #11, written by Arnold Drake, art by Dick Ayers and Vince Colletta, ©1968 Marvel Comics "Daredevil Drops Out" - Daredevil #49, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and George Klein, ©1968 Marvel Comics "... Wi...
May 19, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 8
Jennifer aka Comics Will Break Your Heart is the host of the Casually Comics Sunday Chat . We're pretty sure she reads more comics than anyone we know, and she's a must-follow on Instagram . Contribute to our Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our bonus feed, which contains an extended version of this episode that contains more than 35 minutes of extra content, including our conversations about Fantastic Four #83 and Captain America #110. That same pledge level gets you access to our...
May 12, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 6Ep. 5
"Mission: Crush the Kingpin!" - Amazing Spider-Man #69, written by Stan Lee, art by John Romita and Jim Mooney, ©1968 Marvel Comics "Die, Traitor!" - Captain Marvel #10, written by Arnold Drake, art by Don Heck and Vince Colletta, ©1968 Marvel Comics "Farewell to Foggy!" - Daredevil #48, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and George Klein, ©1968 Marvel Comics "The Cult and the Curse" - Doctor Strange #177, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer, ©1968 Marvel Comics "The Brut...
May 12, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 6Ep. 6
Katie Pryde is the proprietrix of our comic book home base, Books with Pictures in Portland, Oregon. She's also a board member of ComicsPro , the Comics Professional Retail Organization and an all-around Force For Good in the comics industry. Contribute to our Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our bonus feed, which contains an extended version of this episode that contains more than 20 minutes of extra content, including our conversations about Captain America #109 and Thor #159 Tha...
May 05, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 6Ep. 3
"Between Hammer and Anvil!" - Captain Marvel #9, written by Arnold Drake, art by Don Heck and Vince Colletta, ©1968 Marvel Comics "Brother, Take My Hand!" - Daredevil #47, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and George Klein, ©1968 Marvel Comics "O Grave Where Is Thy Victory?" - Doctor Strange #176, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer, ©1968 Marvel Comics "The Mark of -- the Madman!" - Fantastic Four #82, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Joe Sinnott, ©1968 Marvel Comics "Shang...
May 05, 2021•55 min•Season 6Ep. 4
Issues Covered in This Episode: "The Snares of the Trapster!" - Captain America #108, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Syd Shores, ©1968 Marvel Comics "And Fear Shall Follow!" - Captain Marvel #8, written by Arnold Drake, art by Don Heck and Vince Colletta, ©1968 Marvel Comics "... The Final Jest!" - Daredevil #46, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and George Klein, ©1968 Marvel Comics "Unto Us... the Sons of Satannish!" - Doctor Strange #175, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Tom Pa...
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 2
Mike Allred is one of the greatest and most prolific comics creators in the history of the industry. From his creator-owned work like Madman (celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2022), Red Rocket 7, The Golden Plates, iZombie, and Bowie, to critically acclaimed runs on Marvel titles, including FF (with Matt Fraction ), X-Statix (with Peter Milligan ), and the Eisner Award-winning Silver Surfer (with Dan Slott ), Mike has repeatedly redefined the medium and himself as an artist. His latest work, ...
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 1
A huge THANK YOU to Daniel, Jack, David, Jamie, Matt('s lawyer), and everyone who sent in emails and audio for our 100th episode. We are so grateful to all y'all, and we'll keep making this stuff as long as you want to hear it. (No thanks to Noah.) Our Season 5 recap covers all of these issues, more or less: Amazing Spider-Man #53-66 and Annuals #4 and 5, Avengers #44-57 and Annuals #1 and 2, Captain America #100-107, Captain Marvel #1-7, Captain Savage #1-7, Daredevil #32-45, Doctor Strange #17...
Apr 21, 2021•2 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Dan McCoy is the co-host and co-creator of The Flop House , a podcast we kinda like — fans of bad movies, witty banter, and friends dunking on each other will agree. Dan has also won two more Emmys than most of us, as a writer for The Daily Show With Trevor Noah . And his Twitter account is 🔥🔥🔥, no matter what Elliott Kalan says. Stories Covered In Detail This Episode: Avengers #57: "Behold... The Vision!" - written by Roy Thomas, art by John Buscema w/George Klein, ©1968 Marvel Comics Amazin...
Mar 24, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Season 5Ep. 14
We can't imagine there's someone out there who's interested in this podcast and hasn't heard of Mark Waid , but just in case: he's written just about every major Marvel and Brand Echh character over the course of a 35+ year career in comics. He created the Elseworlds imprint for DC Comics, and his and Alex Ross' s Kingdom Come continues to be critically and commercially regarded as one of the greatest comics stories ever, nearly 25 years after publication. At Marvel, he co-created the Age of Apo...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Matt Fraction has a new puppy. The fourth and final volume of November , the crime drama graphic novel he wrote with artist Elsa Charretier , was just released a couple of weeks ago. It's great. Stories Covered In Detail This Episode: Captain Marvel #5: “The Mark of the Metazoid” - written by Arnold Drake, art by Don Heck w/John Tartaglione, ©1968 Marvel Comics X-Men #47: “The Warlock Wears Three Faces” - written by Gary Friedrich and Arnold Drake, art by Werner Roth w/John Tartaglione, ©1968 Ma...
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Tony Fleecs has spent much of the last 10 years illustrating IDW's My Little Pony and has drawn some of the biggest icons in licensed kids' comics, including the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, Care Bears, and Grumpy Cat . His latest creator-owned comic — Stray Dogs , published by Image Comics — is basically Lady and the Tramp meets The Silence of the Lambs . It's really, really good, but holy moley, don't let your kids read it. You can find Tony on Twitter and Instagram . He's a gre...
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Joe Keatinge is tied for our most frequent guest as of this episode. He's also a very good writer whose work you should check out, especially Shutter, Ringside, Stellar, Glory, Flavor, and Evolution. His next story, "Skull Man: Man of a Thousand Skulls," appears in The BeBop #1 , coming to you soon from Bird's Eye Comics . Stories Covered In Detail This Episode: Daredevil #41: “The Death of Mike Murdock!” - written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan w/John Tartaglione, ©1968 Marvel Comics X-Men #45:...
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Stories Covered In Detail This Episode: Incredible Hulk #104: “Ring Around the Rhino!” - written by Gary Friedrich, art by Marie Severin w/Frank Giacoia, ©1968 Marvel Comics Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #1: “Who is Scorpio?” - written by Jim Steranko, art by Jim Steranko w/Joe Sinnott, ©1968 Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #61: “What a Tangled Web We Weave!” - written by Stan Lee, layouts by John Romita, art by Don Heck w/”Mickey Demeo” (Mike Esposito), ©1968 Marvel Comics Avengers #52: “Death Ca...
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Dave Dwonch is the co-writer and co-creator behind the upcoming Jenny Zero , which will be published by Dark Horse Comics this April. You can preorder it NOW from your favorite local or online comics shop with the Diamond order code FEB210259 . Also! Dave and Santiago Guillen's Kickstarter for SPORES: The Broken Circle , the sequel to Prom of the Dead , is live right now and chock-full of great rewards — including a stretch goal that includes a print copy of their Mind Palace webcomic for backer...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 48 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Joe Keatinge is the Eisner Award-winning editor and writer behind so much good stuff, including Popgun, Shutter, Glory, Ringside, Stellar, Marvel Knights: Hulk , and Morbius: The Living Vampire. Find him at joekeatinge.com and support the Kickstarter for The BeBop #1 , which includes his story, "Skull-Man: Man of a Thousand Skulls." Howard the Duck (©1986 Universal Pictures) was directed by Willard Huyck, with a screenplay by Huyck and Gloria Katz. It stars Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, and Tim R...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Douglas Wolk is the Eisner Award-winning author of Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean and the forthcoming All of the Marvels from Penguin Books. And if you are not a member of his 616 Society , a one-issue-per-day Marvel Unlimited-friendly book club, you are doing all of this all wrong! One dollar a month instantly makes your MU subscription about ten times as valuable. Stories Covered In Detail This Episode: Strange Tales #167: "This Dream -- This Doom!" - written by Den...
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Jamie Wenger is a heck of a nice guy, and we're delighted to have him back for a fourth appearance on the show. Stories Covered In Detail This Episode: Marvel Super-Heroes #13: “Where Stalks the Sentry” - written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan w/Paul Reinman, ©1967 Marvel Comics Daredevil #37: “Don’t Look Now, But It’s -- Dr. Doom!” - written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan w/John Tartaglione, ©1967 Marvel Comics Amazing Spider-Man #58: “To Kill a Spider-Man” - written by Stan Lee, art by Don H...
Jan 20, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Noah Campbell has been a guest on the show seven times, and none of us is quite sure how that happened. Stories Covered In Detail This Episode: Daredevil #36: “The Name of the Game Is Mayhem!” - written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan w/Frank Giacoia, ©1967 Marvel Comics Thor #148: “Let There Be… Chaos” - written by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby w/Vince Colletta; “... and Finally: Black Bolt” - written by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby w/Joe Sinnott, ©1967 Marvel Comics Uncanny X-Men #40: “The Mark of...
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Tom Brevoort is Marvel Comics' Senior Vice-President of Publishing and Executive Editor, not to mention Marvel's current longest-serving editor. Honestly, we're a little nervous about the fact that he knows we exist, but the flerkin's out of the bag now. His blog, The Tom Brevoort Experience , is an absolute must-read for anyone who loves the history and craft of comics. (And, of course, please purchase and read every issue of every Marvel Comic that he edits, and tell him that we asked you to d...
Jan 06, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Whatever you celebrate in these cold, dark times, we hope this makes them a little warmer and lighter. Thank you for listening in 2020, and we'll see you in 2021. Stories Covered In Detail This Episode: Spider-Man’s Tangled Web #21 - “'Twas the Fight Before Xmas” by writer/inker Darwyn Cooke and penciler J. Bone, ©2002 Marvel Comics Uncanny X-Men #143 - “Demon” by John Byrne, Chris Claremont and Terry Austin, ©1980 Marvel Comics Incredible Hulk #378 - “Rhino Plastered” by Peter David (with an as...
Dec 25, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Hal Lublin is a prolific podcaster, actor, and improv comedian who you've heard on Thrilling Adventure Hour , Welcome to Night Vale , Good Morning Night Vale , We Got This With Mark and Hal , and Tights and Fights . Want to laugh until your face hurts for a great cause? Check out the We Got This! Public Domain Winter Spectacular featuring special guest, Paget Brewster , and musical guests The Doubleclicks, Molly Lewis, Mike Phirman, Carter Parton Rogers , and MORE! This pay-what-you-can show is ...
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Season 5Ep. 3
James Arthur M. is the host of Minority Korner , which takes an introspective look at the world through an intersectional lens. You might have also seen him on Marvel.com's THWIP! The Big Marvel Show and Marvel’s Premiere Red Carpet Specials . Stories Covered In Detail This Episode: Thor #145: “Abandoned on Earth!” - written by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby w/Vince Colletta X-Men #37: “We, the Jury…” - written by Roy Thomas, art by Ross Andru w/Don Heck Fantastic Four Annual #5: “Divide and Conque...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Season 5Ep. 2
