Powered By Hateful Hate From A Hate Raygun Joining Steve and Andrew today is the marvellously wonderful and hairy David Wynne, co-creator and artist of Hypergirl, creator of Ideasman, and all-round nice bloke. Oh, he also created the Fantastic-Arse joke, but we forgive him for that. David joins us to look at Fantastic Four #21, featuring the hateful Hate-Monger, Colonel Nick Fury, and a surprise guest-star on the final page. We then move onto Strange Tales #115, featuring the Sandman and... not ...
Oct 06, 2012•2 hr 3 min
The (Pre-Emtpive) Return Of Captain America (Secret Wars II Continues In This Episode) Landmark! Record Breaker! We Never Thought You'd Get There! Just some of the comments made about this episode before it was even listened to by human ears! Steve and Andrew re-unite once more to continue their trek through all things Fantastic. This episode they cover one of the less-good issues of the Fantastic Four, featuring the first appearence of the Molecule Man. They then move on to one of the less-bad ...
Sep 22, 2012•1 hr 25 min
NOW It's Time For A Move Commentary! Greetings from the Olympic Park in Stratford, London! Steve is away helping people with mobility issues to move around the park, sneaking into events, and meeting Oscar Pistorius. Andrew's enjoying the last dregs of his holiday. Between us, we've had minimal editing time, so we thought we'd take a different tack with this week's show. Instead of working through a couple of issues of Fantastic Four and Strange Tales, we thought we'd sit down and watch Fantasti...
Sep 08, 2012•2 hr 1 min
Pharoahs and Plants, Spiders and Soldiers Welcome to the Eighteenth episode of the Fantasticast, where Andrew and Steve take you through the Fantastic Four from the very beginning. This time around, we have a monster episode with four issues to cover. In Fantastic Four #19, we meet Rama-Tut/Kang/Immortus for the very first time in a time-travelling romp to Ancient Egypt. Then in Strange Tales #113, Jerry Siegel regales us with the saga of the Plant Man. We then move over to Amazing Spider-Man #5...
Aug 25, 2012•1 hr 47 min
No Funny Episode Title Springs To Mind Damn my alcohol-fueled lack of imagination! Welcome to the 17th episode of The Fantasticast. This week, Andrew and Stephen take a look at Fantastic Four #18, featuring the first appearance of the Super-Skrull and formulaic plotting. We then dive into Strange Tales #112, where an unexpected guest-scripter takes the series to new heights. Just with lots of words. And a very casual attitude to atomic explosions. Ah well. Finally we take a brief look at Avenger...
Aug 11, 2012•1 hr 30 min
The Best Of Annuals, The Wost Of Annuals This is the 16th episode of The Fantasticast, and it's our biggest one yet. Which is appropriate, considering we're looking at the largest amount of story pages yet on the show. To help us out with this massive task, we invited podcaster extraordinaire Jon M. Wilson (New 52 Adventures of Superman, Golden Age Superman, Xavier's Podcast For Gifted Children, The Mighty Shield, Amazing Spider-Man Classics, Teenage Wasteland: An Ultimate Spider-Man Podcast) to...
Jul 28, 2012•3 hr 1 min
Whence Came The Man Of Asbestos! Dedicated to the memory of the great Ernest Borgnine, without whom Airwolf would never have flown. The fifteenth episode of The Fantasticast! BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! Featuring the return of Doctor Doom! BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! The deadly attack of the Asbestos Man! BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! The voice of Professor Alan! BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! Spoiling the end of Quantum Leap! BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! Quit demanding stuff, it's making our episodes too random! Se...
Jul 15, 2012•1 hr 26 min
The Return of Doctor Doom! Cower, mortals, for this episode of the Fantasticast sees Doom return in all his gloriousness, and at only a fraction of his original size! Featuring a special guest appearance from Ant Man and possibly the first appearance of the Microverse! But we don't end there! Both the Wizard and Paste Pot Pete team up in the latest issue of Strange Tales. But we don't end there! See how Johnny Storm helps Peter Parker in his first battle with Doctor Octopus... without even knowi...
Jun 30, 2012•1 hr 19 min
The Thinker's Fantastical Predictions Hello and welcome to a very special episode of The Fantasticast! Not only are we celebrating half a year's worth of the show (we're aiming for 26 a year), but we're also celebrating the birthdays of both Andrew and Stephen, born only 24 hours (and a handful of years) apart. Not that we realised this when recording the show, but I thought I'd put some metaphorical balloons up anyway! So, this time around, we get to grip with The Mad Thinker and his Awesome An...
Jun 16, 2012•1 hr 26 min
HYPNOFISH!!! Twelve episodes into the Fantasticast and Andrew and Stephen find themselves confronted by the titanic not-quite-a-team-up of Namor and Puppet Master, followed by the worst forger (and moustache) in the world, The Painter. Discover the joys of the Hypnofish, marvel at Alicia Masters' uncanny ability to resolve the plot in time for the end of the book, and cower before the meance of Wilhelm van Vile. Send in your feedback to fantastic4podcast@gmail.com , or leave it over at the libsy...
Jun 02, 2012•1 hr 28 min
Red? Yes! Communist? Yes! Russian? No! Just to be clear, Ivan Kragoff, the Red Ghost, is not Russian at all. Oh no. Welcome to the 11th episode of the Mighty Fantasticast. This week, your hosts - Andrew Leyland and Steve Lacey - take a deep breath and dive into one of Stan and Jack's kookier concepts, the Red Ghost and his super-apes. It's not all crazy super-simians though, as we encounter a mysterious being who embodies the concept of non-interference (unless it suits the writer to have him in...
May 18, 2012•1 hr 21 min
Hulk? Smash! Hurrah, it's another Weter-iffic episode of the Fantasticast! But why is it Weter-iffic? Well, dear listner, it is Weter-iffic due to the presence of our latest guest-host. You may have heard him on Superman Forever Radio, Green Lantern's Light, The New 52 Adventures of Superman, or PADSMASH: An Incredible Hulk Podcast. He is J. David Weter, and he joins us for the seminal Fantastic Four #12, featuring ol' jade-jaws himself, The Incredible Hulk. Following this, we stop off in Strang...
May 04, 2012•2 hr 43 min
Patriotic Pedestrians Proceeding from Planet Poppup Prefer Poorly Produced Podcasts I don't consider our show poorly produced, but we have been experiencing sound quality issues that do affect this episode. Sorry! This week Steve and Andy are on their own, and they're taking a look at two slices of Silver age scrumptiousness. First up is Fantastic Four #11, featuring the first appearances of Willie Lumpkin and The Impossible Man. And then, to finish off, there's Strange Tales #106, featuring the...
Apr 20, 2012•1 hr 20 min
Don! Don! Don! Don-Don-Don! Don-Don-Don! (It's the Imperial March) Welcome to Episode Eight of the Fantasticast! I can't believe we've been doing this for more hours than there are of television and film set in the world of Firefly! This episode sees veteran podcaster Donovan Morgan Grant ( Amazing Spider-Man Classics , The Next Dimension: A Dragonball Z Podcast ) jump aboard for two hours of mind-swapping madness and sticky goodness as we take a look at Fantastic Four #10 and Strange Tales #104...
Apr 07, 2012•2 hr 9 min
S(&)M Studios! Stephen and Andrew are (mostly) going it alone this week, taking a look at Fantastic Four #9, which gave us the first appearance of the classic Silver Age Marvel trope, the use of a film shoot to cover the plans of a nefarious ne'er-do-well! There's fun galore as the signal flare is used and abused, as Stan and Jack cram in a bunch of celebrity cameos, as the Human Torch faces off against a fire-proof tribe, and Ben and Namor get down to business in one of the best fight scene...
Mar 25, 2012•1 hr 20 min
Like A Puppet On A String This week, Andrew and Steve are joined by veteran podcaster Joshua Lapin-Bertone, formerly of Amazing Spider-Man Classics and currently of Clone Saga Chronicles, The Spider-Man Crawlspace and Bertone Beatle Bonanza, amongst others. Josh is a veteran of the Silver Age, despite not having lived through it, and was also the voice for Namor in our amazing trailer, so we couldn't wait to get him onto the show. This time, we cover the first appearance of Philip and Alicia Mas...
Mar 10, 2012•1 hr 55 min
The Strangest Tales Of All Hello and welcome to the fifth episode of the Fantasticast. Andrew Leyland and Steve Lacey are your guides today as we journey through Fantastic Four #7 and Strange Tales #101, the first issue of that title to feature the (almost) solo adventures of The Human Torch. Along the way, we nearly redo a gag from a previous episode, get highly distracted by anything shiny nearby, and, almost by accident, manage to provide some commentary on the issues! Send in your feedback t...
Feb 24, 2012•1 hr 28 min
Super-Villain Team Up Welcome to the fourth episode of the Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey (20 Minute Longbox) and Andrew Leyland (Heykids Comics) team up every two weeks to examine the Fantastic Four from the very beginning. This week we take some time out from the series to take a look at the feedback sent in by our listeners, before spending some time with Fantastic Four #6, featuring the first team up of Namor and Doctor Doom! Send in your feedback to fantastic4podcast@gmail.com or leav...
Feb 11, 2012•1 hr 31 min
Super-Villain Cavalcade Welcome to the third episode of The Fantasticast, the fortnightly show where Steve Lacey and Andrew Leyland take a look at every issue of the Fantastic Four from the very beginning. This time out, we take a look at Fantastic Four #4 and #5, featuring the first appearances of two of the greatest antagonists for the team: Namor, the Sub-Mariner, and Doctor Doom. Oh, and we reveal the truth about the hosts: Our well-crafted outer appearance of mature and responsible adults c...
Jan 28, 2012•1 hr 26 min
Secret Invasion Tie-In No, really. Fantastic Four #2 was included in the Secret Invasion: The Infiltration trade paperback. So it counts. Hello, and welcome to the special edition of episode 2 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This week, we're taking the tentative second steps on our journey through the lives and times of The Fantastic Four by taking a look at the second and third issues o...
Jan 14, 2012•1 hr 31 min
And So It Begins... Hello, and welcome to episode 1 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This is our special edition of our first episode. The audio is a bit cleaner, we've found some outtakes, there's a special producer's commentary, and Andy now shoots first. We hope you enjoy this episode but, as the commentary points out, the show has come a long way since this first recording. We have a ...
Jan 01, 2012•1 hr 31 min
Hello, and welcome to the trailer for the Fantasticast, a new podcast cover the Fantastic Four from the very beginning. The show will go live in January 2012, with the trailer making a splash in December 2011. Please feel free to download and use the trailer in your shows. Let us know if you have done so at fantastic4podcast@gmail.com so that we can return the favour. The Fantasicast is brought to you by Steve Lacey ( World of Superman , 20 Minute Longbox ) and Andrew Leyland ( Heykids Comics )....
Nov 13, 2011•2 min
