Mark Evanier began his professional writing career one week after his high school graduation, and it's still going strong more than half a century later. He is widely regarded as one of the most knowledgeable and prolific chroniclers of comics history, both on his own blog, News From ME , and in the definitive Jack Kirby biography, Kirby: King of Comics . He also manages the legacy of Walt Kelly's Pogo in Fantagraphics' The Complete Syndicated Comics Strips collections. For an additional 15 minu...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 44
Issues Covered In This Episode: "The Young Warriors!" - Amazing Adventures #2, written by Gary Friedrich, art by John Buscema and John Verpoorten, ©1970 Marvel Comics "The Arms of Doctor Octopus!" - Amazing Spider-Man #88, written by Stan Lee, art by John Romita and Jim Mooney, ©1970 Marvel Comics "Lo! The Lethal Legion!" - Avengers #79, written by Roy Thomas, art by John Buscema and Tom Palmer, ©1970 Marvel Comics "A Titan Stalks the Tenements!" - Incredible Hulk #131, written by Roy Thomas, ar...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 6Ep. 43
Matt Fraction is one of comics' best humans (and writers). He's scripted virtually every Marvel character in the House of Ideas, from Iron Man to the Fantastic Four to a fella by the name of Hawkeye, whose Disney+ series Fraction served as a consulting producer on. You should also check out Fraction's creator-owned series, like Sex Criminals , Casanova , November , Adventureman , and Satellite Sam . (But because it was published by the Distinguished Competition, we're not going to mention his Ei...
Jan 19, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 6Ep. 42
Stories Covered In Detail This Episode: "Unmasked At Last!" - Amazing Spider-Man #87, written by Stan Lee, art by John Romita and Jim Mooney, ©1970 Marvel Comics "The Controller Lives!" - Iron Man #28, written by Archie Goodwin, art by Don Heck and Johnny Craig, ©1970 Marvel Comics For more than 30 additional minutes of this episode, support us on Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our super-secret bonus feed of content. The expanded edition of this episode includes our conversation ...
Jan 12, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Season 6Ep. 41
Issues Covered In This Episode: "In His Footsteps, the Huntsman of Zeus" - Ka-Zar #1, written by Allyn Brodsky, art by Frank Springer and Dick Ayers, ©1970 Marvel Comics "Again, the Glob!" - Incredible Hulk #129, written by Roy Thomas, art by Herb Trimpe, ©1970 Marvel Comics "To End In Flames!" - Thor #177, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Vince Colletta, ©1970 Marvel Comics "The Fury of the Firebrand!" - Iron Man #27, written by Archie Goodwin, art by Don Heck and Johnny Craig, ©1970 Marvel Comics ...
Dec 22, 2021•2 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 40
Stuart Wellington is the co-creator and co-host of the best podcast on the internet, Till Def Do Us Ppardy . (He also co-hosts and co-created The Flop House. ) Stu's appearance on MBTM means that we've now had all three of the Original Peaches join us, putting us in the elite company of Blank Check, Jordan, Jesse, Go!, and Sophomore Lit . Visit Stu's bars Hinterlands and Minnie's , and check out his wife Sharlene's podcast, I Know the Owner . For more than 30 additional minutes of this episode, ...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 6Ep. 39
Issues Covered In This Episode: "The Blazes of Battle... The Flames of Love!" - Avengers #76, written by Roy Thomas, art by John Buscema and Tom Palmer, ©1970 Marvel Comics "Duel In a Dark Dimension!" - Iron Man #26, written by Archie Goodwin, art by Don Heck and Johnny Craig, ©1970 Marvel Comics "And In This Corner... the Avengers!" - Incredible Hulk #128, written by Roy Thomas, art by Herb Trimpe, ©1970 Marvel Comics "In the Hands of... Mephisto!" - Silver Surfer #16, by Stan Lee and John Busc...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 6Ep. 38
Despite what he said in the episode, Noah Campbell isn't just the guest we call in when absolutely everyone else has refused to do the show. He's also the guest we call in specifically when Marvel's heroes are acting like real creeps, and boy was there a lot of that this month. For an extra 25 minutes of this episode, support us on Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our super-secret bonus feed of content. The expanded edition of this episode includes our conversation about Amazing Sp...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 6Ep. 37
Issues Covered In This Episode: "Captured -- In Viet Nam!" - Captain America #125, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and Frank Giacoia, ©1970 Marvel Comics "Mogol!" - Incredible Hulk #127, written by Roy Thomas, art by Herb Trimpe, ©1970 Marvel Comics "The Flame and the Fury!" - Silver Surfer #15, written by Stan Lee, art by John Buscema and Dan Adkins, ©1970 Marvel Comics "The Warlord and the Witch!" - Avengers #75, written by Roy Thomas, art by John Buscema and Tom Palmer, ©1970 Marvel Co...
Nov 24, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 6Ep. 36
Corey Mintz is a freelance food reporter for the New York Times, Globe and Mail, Eater , and other presigious media outlets, so we have no idea why he's slumming with us this week. A former cook and restaurant critic, he's the author of two and a half books, the latest of which is The Next Supper: The End of Restaurants as We Knew Them, and What Comes After . We cannot recommend it highly enough. Come for the insightful revelations about the restaurant industry, stay for the references to Advanc...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 6Ep. 35
Issues Covered In This Episode: "The Lady and the Tiger Shark!" - Sub-Mariner #24, written by Roy Thomas, art by John Buscema and Jim Mooney, ©1970 Marvel Comics "... Where Stalks the Night-Crawler!" - Incredible Hulk #126, written by Roy Thomas, art by Herb Trimpe, ©1970 Marvel Comics "Quoth the Nighthawk, 'Nevermore!'" - Daredevil #62, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores, ©1970 Marvel Comics "My Son... the Minotaur!" - Iron Man #24, written by Archie Goodwin, art by Johnny ...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 6Ep. 34
Joe Keatinge has forgotten more about Marvel Comics than you've ever known. And he's even written a few, like What If...? Age of Ultron and Morbius: The Living Vampire . When he's not crafting the stories that serve as the cornerstones of Marvel's 2021-22 TV and movie slate, he's delivering great creator-owned yarns like Ringside and Shutter . For an extra 45 minutes of this episode, s upport us on Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our super-secret bonus feed of content. The expande...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 6Ep. 33
Issues Covered In This Episode: "Suprema, the Deadliest of the Species!" - Captain America #123, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics "The Man Who Killed Tony Stark!!" - Iron Man #23, written by Archie Goodwin, art by George Tuska and Joe Gaudioso (Mike Esposito), ©1969 Marvel Comics "The Coming of... Orka!" - Sub-Mariner #23, written by Roy Thomas, art by Marie Severin and Johnny Craig, ©1969 Marvel Comics "Trapped -- By the Trio of Doom!" - Daredevil #61,...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 6Ep. 32
Douglas Wolk is 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's available now, and if you're listening to this podcast, you are the target audience! Get yourself a copy today wherever books are sold (like Books with Pictures ). Douglas is also the host of the Cold War-era Doctor Doom podcast, Voice of Latveria , which Lord Doom commands you to listen to under pain of death. Robb has guested on an...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 31
Issues Covered In This Episode: "From this Conflict... Death!" - Iron Man #22, written by Archie Goodwin, art by George Tuska and "Joe Gaudioso" (Mike Esposito), ©1969 Marvel Comics "The Sting of the Scorpion!" - Captain America #122, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics "Showdown at Sea!" - Daredevil #60, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores, ©1969 Marvel Comics "The Rhino Says No!" - Incredible Hulk #124, written by Roy Thomas, art by H...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 6Ep. 30
Will and Kevin Hines are brothers. They are kind of comedians. And they are the only two guys to host a podcast about a thing that they like. That podcast is the extremely good Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About Comics , which is sort of like what we do except they only talk about their favorite comics. We've wasted hundreds of hours of our lives. For more than an extra hour of this episode, s upport us on Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our super-secret bonus feed of content. ...
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 29
Episodes Covered In This Issue: "The Coming of... the Man-Brute!" - Captain America #121, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott, © November 1969 Marvel Comics "The Torpedo Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out!" - Daredevil #59, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores, © November 1969 Marvel Comics "O, Bitter Victory!" - Silver Surfer #11, by Stan Lee and John Buscema w/Dan Adkins, © November 1969 Marvel Comics "No More the Monster!" - Incredible Hulk #123, written...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 6Ep. 28
Levi Buchanan is the co-creator of the karaoke comic PiNKHEARTS . His latest project is the horror experience — a movie AND a videogame — SITRA ACHRA , which is being Kickstarted right now. It's like 99.9% of the way to its funding goal; be the hero who puts it over the top! For an extra 30 minutes of this episode, s upport us on Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our super-secret bonus feed of content, which includes the expanded edition of this episode, including our conversations ...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 27
"At the Mercy of Torgo!" - Fantastic Four #93, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Frank Giacoia, ©1969 Marvel Comics "The Hulk's Last Fight!" - Incredible Hulk #122, written by Roy Thomas, art by Herb Trimpe, ©1969 Marvel Comics "The Thunder God and the Thermal Man!" - Thor #170, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Bill Everett, ©1969 Marvel Comics "Spin-Out on Fifth Avenue!" - Daredevil #58, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores, ©1969 Marvel Comics "Who Serves Lucifer?" - Iron Man #20, wr...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 26
Elliott Kalan is the co-host of the world's greatest podcast, The Flop House . Buy your tickets today for their virtual live show on Saturday, September 25th at 9 pm ET / 6 pm Pacific where they'll be revisiting Super Mario Bros for a special 28th Anniversary celebration! He's also the writer of the slasher movie social commentary comic Maniac of New York , illustrated by Andrea Mutti and published by Aftershock Comics. Pre-order yourself a copy from your local comic book shop or independent boo...
Sep 08, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 6Ep. 25
"Spin-Out on Fifth Avenue!" - Daredevil #58, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores, ©1969 Marvel Comics "At the Mercy of Torgo!" - Fantastic Four #93, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Frank Giacoia, ©1969 Marvel Comics "The Hulk's Last Fight!" - Incredible Hulk #122, written by Roy Thomas, art by Herb Trimpe, ©1969 Marvel Comics "Who Serves Lucifer?" - Iron Man #20, written by Archie Goodwin, art by George Tuska and "Joe Gaudioso" (Mike Esposito), ©1969 Marvel Comics "A World He Ne...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 24
Tom Brevoort is the Senior Vice-President of Publishing and Executive Editor of Marvel Comics. He spends his days helping to chart the narrative direction of Marvel's greatest heroes and villains, and then he spends the occasional evening trying to smarten us up about Marvel history. And this time, he did it in the aftermath of a massive thunderstorm that knocked out his power, so he ran his router off of a generator in order to speak with us. Tom was kind enough to speak with us for two hours, ...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 6Ep. 23
"In the Blaze of Battle!" - Amazing Spider-Man #77, written by Stan Lee, art by John Buscema and Jim Mooney, ©1969 Marvel Comics "... And We Battle For the Earth!" - Avengers #68, written by Roy Thomas, art by Sal Buscema and Sam Grainger, ©1969 Marvel Comics "The Falcon Fights On!" - Captain America #118, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics "And a Child Shall Lead You!" - Captain Marvel #17, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gil Kane and Dan Adkins, ©1969 Mar...
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 6Ep. 22
Miles Stokes is the co-host (with Jay Edidin) of Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men , which you are almost certainly aware of. If not, it's basically what we do, except it's X-specific, better-researched, and co-hosted by someone who wrote the best dang Cyclops story we can remember reading. Miles also co-hosted THOR: The Lightning and the Storm , a podcast love letter to Walt Simonson's legendary run on Thor . Want more Miles in your ears? Support us on Patreon at the $4/month level to get access ...
Aug 11, 2021•58 min•Season 6Ep. 21
"The Lizard Lives!" - Amazing Spider-Man #76, written by Stan Lee, art by John Buscema and Jim Mooney, ©1969 Marvel Comics "We Stand At... Armageddon!" - Avengers #67, written by Roy Thomas, art by Barry Smith and George Klein, ©1969 Marvel Comics "Cry Coward!" - Daredevil #55, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores, ©1969 Marvel Comics "And Juggernaut Makes Three!" - Doctor Strange #182, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer, ©1969 Marvel Comics "At the Mercy ...
Aug 04, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 20
Elana Levin is the host of the Graphic Policy Radio podcast , where they talk about about comics, genre movies and television through the lens of politics and social change. They’ve written about Jack Kirby for The Daily Beast and talked about him on SyFy and Jack Kirby Museum livestreams, so you can imagine how excited we were to be able to have them join us! Contribute to our Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our bonus feed, which contains an extended version of this episode with ...
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 6Ep. 19
"Death Without Warning!" - Amazing Spider-Man #75, written by Stan Lee, art by John Romita and Jim Mooney, ©1969 Marvel Comics "Betrayal!" - Avengers #66, written by Roy Thomas, art by Barry Smith and Syd Shores, ©1969 Marvel Comics "Far Worse Than Death!" - Captain America #116, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics "That Zo Might Live... a Galaxy Must Die!" - Captain Marvel #15, written by Gary Friedrich, art by Gary Friedrich, Tom Sutton, and Dan Adkins, ...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 6Ep. 18
Paul Kupperberg was a longtime writer and editor for DC Comics in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, working on Superman, Doom Patrol, Vigilante, Arion Lord of Atlantis , and many others. And he wrote a couple of books about it — I Never Write for the Money... But I Always Turn In the Manuscript for a Check and Paul Kupperberg's Illustrated Guide to Writing Comics . Find out what else he's up to at paulkupperberg.com . Contribute to our Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our bonus feed, which ...
Jul 14, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 17
"As It Was In the Beginning..." - Daredevil #53, written by Stan Lee and Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and George Klein, ©1969 Marvel Comics "If a World Should Die Before I Wake..." - Doctor Strange #181, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer, ©1969 Marvel Comics "A House There Was!" - Fantastic Four #88, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics "World's End?" - Incredible Hulk #117, written by Stan Lee, art by Herb Trimpe, ©1969 Marvel Comics "Said the Uni...
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 6Ep. 16
Kirk Chritton is a comics writer, book publisher, former employee of Jim Steranko (!!) and friend of the show. His latest book, Comics Career: Tales From the Titans is available at comicscareer.com , along with a ton of great resources for how to make a career in comics. 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 half an hour of extra content , including our detailed discussion of Tho...
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 6Ep. 15
