The complete version of this episode is available to Patrons who support us at the $4/month level at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth — join today to hear us talk about this hilarious (and shockingly gender equitable!) historical artifact. "Marvel by the Month" theme v. 3.0 written and performed by Robb Milne and sung by Barb Allen . All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on the internet (and buy some stuff) at marvelbythemonth.com , follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us o...
Jul 12, 2023•19 min•Season 8Ep. 22
Dan McCoy and Stuart Wellington are the co-creators and two-thirds of the hosts of The Flop House , which is a podcast where they watch bad movies and then talk about them (don't make it more complicated than you need to, Dan)! Stu also owns two of the best bars in Brooklyn: Hinterlands and Minnie's ! For an additional 20 minutes of bonus content — including the first appearances of Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan, and his sister, Satana, plus MORE Brother Voodoo — support us at patreon.com/m...
Jul 05, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 8Ep. 21
The complete version of this episode is available to Patrons who support us at the $4/month level at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth — join today to hear us cover all of these issues: "Death From On High!" - Incredible Hulk #170, written by Chris Claremont and Steve Englehart, art by Herb Trimpe and Jack Abel, letters by Artie Simek, colors by George Roussos, ©1973 Marvel Comics "The End of the Fantastic Four!" - Fantastic Four #141, written by Gerry Conway, art by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott, let...
Jun 28, 2023•15 min•Season 8Ep. 20
If you don't know who Matt Fraction and Brian Michael Bendis are, you probably weren't reading Marvel comics in the first decade of the 21st century, because they pretty much wrote all of the best ones. Two hundred thank-yous to Brian for making his second appearance on the pod, and to Matt for making his fifth (!!) for this milestone occasion! For an additional 45 minutes of bonus content — including the 12th part of the Avengers/Defenders War, plus our conversations about the evolution of stor...
Jun 21, 2023•2 hr 19 min•Season 8Ep. 19
Charles Soule just celebrated his 10th anniversary with Marvel Comics, where he's written critically acclaimed series like Death of Wolverine, She-Hulk, Daredevil, and Death of X, as well as more Star Wars comics than you can swing a lightsaber at. His creator-owned series Curse Words, Letter 44, and Eight Billion Genies are not to be missed, and his third original novel The Endless Vessel , just hit bookstore shelves this week -- check it out! For an additional 30 minutes of bonus content — inc...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 8Ep. 18
For an additional 40 minutes of bonus content — including the debut of the Men-Fish in Marvel Team-Up #14 and the abrupt cancellation of Warlock with issue #8 — support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth . Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains over 80 extended and exclusive episodes — with more being added every week! Stories Covered in this Episode: "Madness Is... The Miracle Man!" - Fantastic Four #138, written by Gerry Conway, art by J...
May 24, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 8Ep. 17
For an additional 30 minutes of bonus content — including our discussion of Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #13 and the soft launch of Marvel Two-In-One in the pages of Marvel Feature #11 — support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth . Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains over 80 extended and exclusive episodes — with more being added every week! Stories Covered in this Episode: "The Doom That Bloomed on Kathulos!" - Marvel Premiere #8, written ...
May 10, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 8Ep. 16
Michael Giacchino is a Tony Award away from going full EGOT, thanks to a prolific film and television soundtrack career. Seriously, check out the man's IMDB page sometime. You've had him in your ears for most of your adult life, whether you know it or not. His directorial debut was the Werewolf by Night feature on Disney+ which made us decide he was one of the coolest people in the entertainment industry even before he became one of our Patreon supporters. Speaking of Patreon, for an additional ...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 8Ep. 15
For an additional 2 0 minutes of extra content — including our discussion of Warlock #5-7 (featuring Counter-Earth's versions of Doctor Doom and Reed Richards) support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth . Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains over 80 extended and exclusive episodes — with more being added every week! Stories Covered in this Episode: "Night of the Swordsman" - Avengers #114, written by Steve Englehart, art by Bob Brown and...
Apr 12, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 8Ep. 14
C'mon, you don't really need us to tell you who Mark Waid is, do you? He's written just about every major character for Marvel and DC and collected a wall full of awards along the way (including Chip Zdarsky's Harvey Award!). And as much as we hate to break kayfabe, his Batman/Superman: World's Finest , illustrated by Dan Mora, is really good, and the first volume was just released in hardcover. They've got a Shazam! series coming out as well, which is probably also going to be excellent, dammit...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 8Ep. 13
For an additional 15 minutes of extra content — including our discussion of Astonishing Tales #17-18 (featuring Ka-Zar's battle against Gemini, Lord Plunder, and Gog for the Super-Soldier Serum) support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth . Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains over 80 extended and exclusive episodes — with more being added every week! Stories Covered in this Episode: "A Dragon Stalks the Skies!" - Fantastic Four #134, wri...
Mar 29, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 8Ep. 12
David F. Walker is one of the most prolific writers working in comics today. His Marvel/20th Century Planet of the Apes series (drawn by David Wachter) launches in April, and his Eisner Award-winning Bitter Root (co-written with Chuck Brown and illustrated by Sanford Greene) just got a beautiful omnibus edition of its first arc, published by Image Comics. And his other Eisner-winning book, The Black Panther Party (with artist Marcus Kwame Anderson), continues to generate critical and commercial ...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 8Ep. 11
Jordan Morris is the creator of the hilarious sci-fi gig-economy dystopia podcast Bubble , which he adapted into an Eisner-nominated graphic novel with co-writer Sarah Morgan, artist Tony Cliff, and colorist Natalie Riess for First Second. He's also slightly less than one-half (by height) of the long-running, premise-less, and equally hilarious podcast Jordan Jesse GO! which he's been making with fellow UC Santa Cruz alum Jesse Thorn for longer than some of their listeners have been alive. For m...
Mar 15, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 8Ep. 10
For more than 15 minutes of extra content, including our discussion of Fantastic Four #133 (in which Thundra and Ben Grimm duke it out at Shea Stadium) , support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth . Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains nearly 80 extended and exclusive episodes — with more being added every week! Stories Covered in this Episode: "Spawn of the Flesh-Eater!" - Incredible Hulk #162, written by Steve Englehart, art by Herb Tr...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 8Ep. 9
Clint McElroy , the All-Father of Podcasting, is one-quarter of the hosts of The Adventure Zone let's-play podcast on the Maximum Fun network. He's also the co-author of the TAZ graphic novel adaptations, along with three other guys you probably haven't heard of. The Adventure Zone vol. 5: The Eleventh Hour is on the shelves of better comics shops and bookstores everywhere right now! Make sure to pick up up, along with the other four volumes, and tell 'em MBTM sent you! For more than 35 minutes ...
Mar 01, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Season 8Ep. 8
For more than 20 minutes of extra content, including our discussion of Amazing Adventures #15 - 16 (in which Ka-Zar trades the Savage Land for an urban jungle in a story that is just... yikes), support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth . Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains over 70 extended and exclusive episodes — with more being added every week! Stories Covered in this Episode: "Knights and White Satin!" - Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #6...
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 8Ep. 7
Author, editor, and probable 1950s time traveler Joe Keatinge has been on Marvel by the Month more than any other guest, and with this episode, he's the first to reach double digits! You'd think that might come with some sort of recognition, and you'd be right — you're reading it right now. Thanks, Joe! For more than 50 minutes of extra content, including our discussions of Thor #206 (the prequel to the infamous Rutland Halloween crossover) , the secret origin of Jim Starlin (and why he's one of...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Season 8Ep. 6
Senior Florida Correspondent Jennifer aka Comics Will Break Your Heart not only owns a copy of House of Secrets #92 (featuring the first appearance of Man-Thing knockoff Swamp Thing), she also talks comics on the internet every weekend on the Casually Comics Sunday Chat . Support her on Patreon and Follow her on Instagram! For 55 minutes of extra content, including our discussions of Tomb of Dracula #4-5 (so many black mirrors!) and Werewolf by Night #1-2 (werewolf vs. shark! werewolf vs. helico...
Feb 08, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 8Ep. 5
For 35 minutes of extra content, including our discussions of Incredible Hulk #157-158 (featuring the return of the Rhino and an unplanned side-trip to Counter-Earth) and our "Astonishing Takes" recommendations , support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth . Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains over 70 extended and exclusive episodes — with more being added every week! Stories Covered in this Episode: "Spidey Cops Out!" - Amazing Spider-M...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 8Ep. 4
Katie Pryde is the proprietrix of Books with Pictures , the Will Eisner Comic Industry 2022 Spirit of Comics Retailer Award-winning comics shop, conveniently located in Portland, Oregon's southeast. It's our home base and a truly welcoming and inclusive environment, particularly for kids and those who have traditionally not felt welcome in other comics shops. She is also on the board for the Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts , which opens its doors later this year — visit nwmoca.org to learn more...
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 8Ep. 3
For 45+ minutes of extra content, including our discussions of Incredible Hulk #156 (Hulk reunites with his teeny green queen, Jarella) and our Marvel by the Minute rundown of every other superhero comic that Marvel published in July 1972 , support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth . Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains over 70 extended and exclusive episodes — with more being added every week! Stories Covered in this Episode: "Mark of ...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 8Ep. 2
Paul Levitz is a legend of modern superhero comics, authoring fan-favorite and critically acclaimed runs on Legion of Super-Heroes, World's Finest , and the Justice Society of America before rising through the executive ranks, ultimately becoming President and Publisher of DC Comics from 2002 - 2009. During his tenure at DC, he was responsible for hiring some of the company's most important creators and editors, including Alan Moore, George Pérez, Karen Berger, Marv Wolfman, and John Byrne. Stay...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 8Ep. 1
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About Comics is the only podcast in human history where two brothers talk about a thing that they like, in this case, comic books. Will and Kevin Hines are those two brothers, who are also kind of comedians and so much more. They're currently alternating between episodes about John Byrne's legendary Fantastic Four run, and episodes about the first appearances of some of Marvel's most famous characters, and they're all great. For an extra 30 minutes of content abou...
Jan 04, 2023•1 hr 55 min
Our Season 7 recap covers all of these issues, more or less: Amazing Adventures #3 - 13; Amazing Spider-Man #89 - 111; Astonishing Tales #2 - 13; Avengers #80 - 102; Captain America #130 - 152; Daredevil #68 - 90; Chamber of Darkness #3, 7; Creatures on the Loose #10, 13; Defenders #1; Fantastic Four #103 - 125; Fear #1 - 2, 4 - 5; Incredible Hulk #132 - 154; Iron Man #30 - 49; Luke Cage, Hero For Hire #1 - 2; Marvel Feature #2 - 3; Marvel Premiere #1 - 2; Marvel Spotlight #2 - 5; Marvel Team-Up...
Dec 31, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Season 7Ep. 34
Alonso Duralde is the undisputed king of Christmas movies, having authored Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas and co-authored I'll Be Home for Christmas Movies: The Deck the Hallmark Podcast's Guide to Your Holiday TV Obsession . You can hear him talk about movies (holiday and otherwise) on just about any film podcast you tune into, but especially Maximum Film! , Linoleum Knife , Breakfast All Day , and Deck the Hallmark . This episode fits in chronologically with our December 1971 episode (...
Dec 25, 2022•59 min
For 40+ minutes of extra content , including our discussions of Astonishing Tales #12 -13 (the second Man-Thing story) and Marvel Team-Up #3 (the return of Morbius), support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth . Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains more than 60 extended and exclusive episodes! This is the last episode appearing in the public feed until January 2023, but the Patreon feed will continue to be updated regularly with exclusive...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 7Ep. 33
No writer had a greater impact on 1970s Marvel than "Stainless" Steve Englehart . From a four-year stint on the Avengers that included the Avengers/Defenders War, to the redefinition of Captain America and the original Secret Empire storyline, to a Doctor Strange run that is still considered among the character's best, Englehart entered just as Marvel pulled ahead of DC Comics in sales and helped to ensure they wouldn't look back for decades. For MORE THAN AN HOUR of extra content, including our...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 7Ep. 32
For 30 more minutes of this episode, which includes our discussions of Marvel's early attempts to tackle racial issues in their stories, as well as Bryan's book report on David F. Walker's BadAzz MoFo , support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth . Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains over 60 extended and exclusive episodes — with more being added every week! Stories Covered in this Episode: "Out of Hell -- A Hero!" - Luke Cage, Hero for ...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 31
For 55 more minutes of this episode, which includes our discussion of Avengers #101 and Amazing Adventures #13 , as well as our HOT TAKES about Jonathan Hickman and Mike Huddleston's Decorum, support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth . Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains nearly 60 extended and exclusive episodes — with more being added every week! Deep Dives in this Episode: "The Birth of... the Gibbon!" - Amazing Spider-Man #110, writ...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 7Ep. 30
Jennifer aka Comics Will Break Your Heart not only saved our butts at the last minute when this show almost fell apart, she also talks comics on the internet every weekend on the Casually Comics Sunday Chat . She's a certified punk rock comics genius who's way too good at what she does to waste her time on our nonsense — and yet she does, and we're very grateful. Follow her on Instagram! There's no extended version of this episode, but you can support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth at the $4...
Oct 05, 2022•57 min•Season 7Ep. 29
