Marvel Versus Marvel

This week the MVM archives takes you behind-the-scenes on the making of The Incredible Hulk! We’ll explore one of the most important moments in the history of the MCU, the disastrous split between Marvel, Disney, and Paramount, just how badly the Ang Lee Hulk movie impacted the MCU version at the box office, the problems with Ed Norton, and the reason why we never got another Hulk movie! For aweso...

With Fantastic Four First Steps in cinemas, we head back to 1994 to take a deep-dive into the ORIGINAL Fantastic Four movie that has never been released! It’s the movie Marvel didn’t want ANYONE to ever see! In the Nineties a low-budget Fantastic Four movie was filmed, mostly finished, and then never released to the general public! Marvel Comics DESTROYED the film and tried to deny the movie exist...

With Fantastic Four First Steps in cinemas, we head back to 1994 to take a deep-dive into the ORIGINAL Fantastic Four movie that has never been released! It’s the movie Marvel didn’t want ANYONE to ever see! In the Nineties a low-budget Fantastic Four movie was filmed, mostly finished, and then never released to the general public! Marvel Comics DESTROYED the film and tried to deny the movie exist...

With Fantastic Four First Steps hitting screens any day now, we head back into the MVM Archives to explore the history of the 1994 Fantastic Four cartoon! Rob and Will dive into the Fantastic Four’s history in animation from the 60’s and 70’s, and how the Marvel Action Hour came about in the 90s! We look into Marvel’s parent company New World Entertainment, and the network of TV stations they owne...

With James Gunn’s Superman flying into cinemas we bring you another DC Edition of MVM and take a special look at the 2013 Man Of Steel, to ask the question - is this the worst Superman movie of all time? We’ll take you behind the scenes on why Superman Returns didn’t work, and how the Snyderverse began! From Christopher Nolan taking charge, to the hiring of Zack Snyder, the casting choices, the Ch...

With James Gunn’s Superman flying into cinemas we bring you another DC Edition of MVM and take a special look at the 2013 Man Of Steel, to ask the question - is this the worst Superman movie of all time? We’ll take you behind the scenes on why Superman Returns didn’t work, and how the Snyderverse began! From Christopher Nolan taking charge, to the hiring of Zack Snyder, the casting choices, the Ch...

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the first X-Men movie, we’re bringing you a brand new episode taking a special deep-dive into the first Marvel Blockbuster! Before Iron Man, before the Avengers, before Spider-Man, there was X-Men (2000)! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the first smash-hit Marvel movie, exploring all the rewrites, the crazy casting story, the highly controvers...

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the first X-Men movie, we’re bringing you a brand new episode taking a special deep-dive into the first Marvel Blockbuster! Before Iron Man, before the Avengers, before Spider-Man, there was X-Men (2000)! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the first smash-hit Marvel movie, exploring all the rewrites, the crazy casting story, the highly controvers...

This week we head back into the archives to explore the making of the 2023 animated movie Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse! We’ll dive into how the filmmakers transformed an obscured character like The Spot and turned him into a major villain, the cameos from Andrew Garfield and Donald Glover, the different worlds of Mumbattan and Marvel 2099, the wild art-techniques behind Hobbie Brown the Spi...

A re-release of our first ever Gamer Edition of MVM as we explore into the Insomniac Spider-Man video game from 2018! Join Rob and Will as we go behind the scenes on the making of the biggest Marvel game of all time, and then take a deep-dive into the massive storyline! We explore every different skin and costume in the game to find out which ones have a comic book history, and we explore all the...

A re-release of our first ever Gamer Edition of MVM as we explore into the Insomniac Spider-Man video game from 2018! Join Rob and Will as we go behind the scenes on the making of the biggest Marvel game of all time, and then take a deep-dive into the massive storyline! We explore every different skin and costume in the game to find out which ones have a comic book history, and we explore all the...

It’s another Gamer Edition of Marvel Versus Marvel, as we dive into the 2021 Guardians Of The Galaxy video game from Eidos-Montréal and Square Enix. We go behind the scenes on the making of GOTG The Game to explore its critically-acclaimed narrative, its amazing soundtrack, and the comedy and the tragedy of its story! Plus, we dive into the failed relationship between Marvel and Square Enix which...

It’s another Gamer Edition of Marvel Versus Marvel, as we dive into the 2021 Guardians Of The Galaxy video game from Eidos-Montréal and Square Enix. We go behind the scenes on the making of GOTG The Game to explore its critically-acclaimed narrative, its amazing soundtrack, and the comedy and the tragedy of its story! Plus, we dive into the failed relationship between Marvel and Square Enix which...

This week we head back into the archives to bring you the history behind Spider-Woman, Spider-Girl, and Madame Web! The secret story behind how and why Marvel Comics RUSHED to create Spider-Woman, the battle with their competitors, and the Spider-Woman TV show that suddenly found itself in legal trouble! We also unravel the tale of Mayday Parker, Spider-Man’s daughter from the future, and how she...

This week we explore the origins of Iron Fist, from the Kung Fu explosion of the 1970's, Marvel going all-in on martial arts characters, teaming with Luke Cage, the most shocking death in Marvel history(!), and how Danny found his place on the Avengers! Plus, we go behind-the-scenes on the making of the Disney Iron Fist TV show! Our deep-dive into the first two episodes of the Iron Fist TV show ex...

This week we explore the origins of Iron Fist, from the Kung Fu explosion of the 1970's, Marvel going all-in on martial arts characters, teaming with Luke Cage, the most shocking death in Marvel history(!), and how Danny found his place on the Avengers! Plus, we go behind-the-scenes on the making of the Disney Iron Fist TV show! Our deep-dive into the first two episodes of the Iron Fist TV show ex...

Sweet Christmas! This week we bring you a deep-dive Marvel’s first black star - Luke Cage! One of the most controversial characters in the history of Marvel Comics, we’ll take you behind-the-page to examine Shaft and the blaxploitation movies of the 1970’s that inspired Luke’s creation, his status as the black Marvel character to have their own series, as well as the controversial real-world medic...

With Yelena Belova back in cinemas in The Thunderbolts (AKA The New Avengers), we take a deep-dive into the 2021 Marvel movie, Black Widow! An underrated and overlooked MCU entry that truly deserves recognition! We explore all the controversy surrounding this movie’s release, the pay disputes between Scarlett Johansson and Disney, the legal battle over the movie’s box office, and how this movie ch...

With Yelena Belova back in cinemas in The Thunderbolts (AKA The New Avengers), we take a deep-dive into the 2021 Marvel movie, Black Widow! An underrated and overlooked MCU entry that truly deserves recognition! We explore all the controversy surrounding this movie’s release, the pay disputes between Scarlett Johansson and Disney, the legal battle over the movie’s box office, and how this movie ch...

With The Sentry AKA Bob making a splash in The Thunderbolts / New Avengers movie, we head back into the archive to bring you the Secret History Of The Sentry! An amazing story about how Marvel Comics discovered a forgotten superhero, one that Stan Lee created BEFORE the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man and every other Marvel character! Is The Sentry the original Marvel hero? Why did he not appear unt...

As Yelena and The Thunderbolts explode into cinemas, MVM takes a look at the ORIGINAL Thunderbolts and what the team means in the Marvel Universe! In this episode we bring you the history of The Thunderbolts, one of the best Marvel Comics of the 90's, how it evolved over 20 years and led to the latest MCU movie! In this episode we explore a time when the Avengers and the Fantastic Four were DEAD a...

As Yelena and The Thunderbolts explode into cinemas, MVM takes a look at the ORIGINAL Thunderbolts and what the team means in the Marvel Universe! In this episode we bring you the history of The Thunderbolts, one of the best Marvel Comics of the 90's, how it evolved over 20 years and led to the latest MCU movie! In this episode we explore a time when the Avengers and the Fantastic Four were DEAD a...

To celebrate our 5th Anniversary we asked listeners to vote for the five best episodes we’ve done in the last five years, so throughout April we’re releasing The Year 5 Top 5! The runaway winner of our Year 5 Top 5 with more votes than any other episode on the list, is our episode looking at the 1978 Superman episode. From September 2021, this was the first time we ever looked at a DC character an...

We continue our Apocalypse Takeover month with a Special Release of one of our Bonus Episodes from 2022, featuring Cable And Apocalypse! We take a deep-dive into the twisted timeline of Cable, and the horrific future he comes from, where the Marvel Universe is ruled by Apocalypse! We explore the despotic leaders who serve Apocalypse, the rebels who fight against him, and we meet one of the most EV...

To celebrate our 5th Anniversary we asked listeners to vote for the five best episodes we’ve done in the last five years, so throughout April we’re releasing The Year 5 Top 5! Our deep-dive into the failed 90’s Captain America movie is the most recent episode to feature in the Year 5 Top 5, from February of 2025. Listener Graddlecakes said “the behind the scenes section is maybe the very best you’...