Marvel by the Month

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 e...

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 n...

For 25 more minutes of this episode, which includes our discussion of Iron Man #47 and Fantastic Four #123 , 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!   Issues Discussed in this Episode:  "Enter: Dr. Strange!" - Amazing Spi...

The Comics Canon is the podcast that rates, reviews, and renders judgment on the greatest comic book stories of yesterday and today. If you like what we do, treat yourself to a podcast where two extremely knowledgable hosts usually only talk about comics that they stand a good chance of either liking or loving! For 45 more minutes of this episode, which includes our discussion of Sub-Mariner #50 a...

Stephen Bissette is a legend of comics and horror and horror comics. In 1984, he penciled a little story in Saga of the Swamp Thing #21 called “The Anatomy Lesson” and, with Alan Moore, Rick Veitch, and John Totleben, proceeded to turn the comics world on its ear. His Eisner Award-winning horror anthology Taboo featured a who’s who of ‘80s and ‘90s independent creators, including Moebius, Neil Gai...

SEE MBTM AND MORE LIVE AT BOOKS WITH PICTURES!  From 6 - 10 pm on Saturday, September 10th, the Eisner Award-winning Books with Pictures will host Block with Party , an official Rose City Comic Con afterparty. Four of Portland's hometown Marvel-themed podcasts — Miles from Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men , Voice of Latveria, Werewolf by Night Podcast, and Marvel by the Month — will team up for Fan-C...

SEE MBTM AND MORE LIVE AT BOOKS WITH PICTURES!  From 6 - 10 pm on Saturday, September 10th, the Eisner Award-winning Books with Pictures will host Block with Party , an official Rose City Comic Con afterparty. Four of Portland's hometown Marvel-themed podcasts — Miles from Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men , Voice of Latveria, Werewolf by Night Podcast, and Marvel by the Month — will team up for Fan-C...

Miles Stokes is one-half of the podcasting duo behind Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men , the Marvel history show that's basically what we do, except: they only cover mutant-adjacent Marvel books, they've been doing it for more than twice as long as we have, and they actually have some idea of what they're talking about. Also very much worth checking out is Miles' Thor podcast, The Lightning and the S...

For an extra 45 minutes of this episode, including Bendis's behind-the-scenes commentary on how Marvel approaches producing comics events, how Secret Invasion came about, Roy Thomas's underrated contributions to the concept of a "shared universe," the fundamentals of good collaboration, the pros and cons of the Marvel Method, and NEAL FREAKIN' ADAMS' pitch for a Secret Invasion follow-up, in his O...

In addition to being the voice of our favorite Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing in Marvel's Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show! , Hal Lublin is the multi-talented writer, actor, and host of the Good Morning Night Vale, We Got This, and Tights and Fights podcasts. For an additional 20 minutes of this episode, which includes our discussion of Incredible Hulk #148, support us at patreo...

*except for that one jerk on Twitter. For an additional 30 minutes of this episode, including recaps of Fantastic Four #118 and Sub-Mariner #45, support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth . Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains over 50 extended and exclusive episodes — with more being added every week!   Deep Dives in this Episode:  "Armage...

For an additional 22 minutes of this episode, including recaps of Incredible Hulk #46, Sub-Mariner #44, and Thor #194, support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth . Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains nearly 50 extended and exclusive episodes — with more being added every week!   Stories Covered In This Episode: "Walk the Savage Land!" - A...

Jacob Balcom and Matt Howell are just about to kick off the third season of their podcast devoted to Marvel's #1 lycanthrope. Listen and subscribe to the Werewolf by Night Podcast wherever you get your audio entertainment. For an additional 45 minutes of this episode — including our deep dives into the second half of the debut of Morbius the Living Vampire in Amazing Spider-Man #102 and the first(...

In addition to being the only person with an @marvel.com address who doesn't immediately flag our emails as spam, Tom Brevoort is Marvel Comics' longest-tenured editor. His official titles are Executive Editor and Senior Vice President of Publishing, but he's basically been shepherding Marvel comics to our local shops for more than two decades, and he's an integral part of charting the editorial d...

In this episode, Elliott Kalan begins his Rocky- style training montage to prepare for The Flop House 's first LIVE show in over two years! If you're going to be anywhere near Brooklyn, NY on Sunday, August 7th, you owe it to yourself to buy a ticket today and see The Original Peaches live at The Bell House! And hey, while you're on the internet, how about leaving a five-star review for The Flop H...

Douglas Wolk is the brilliant but twisted comics scientist behind All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told , the best book ever written about Marvel Comics, ever. He's also the Eisner Award-winning author of Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean , as well as the host of Voice of Latveria , the best podcast ever recorded about Doctor Doom. Partak...

Elana Levin is the host of the outstanding Graphic Policy Radio podcast, which talks about comics, genre movies and television all through the lens of politics and social change. Bryan recently guested on a roundtable tribute to the great Neal Adams and didn't mention Expanding Earth Theory even once. For an additional 40 minutes of this episode, including Doctor Doom's invasion of Wakanda in Asto...

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 (w...

For an additional 35 minutes of this episode, including the first appearance of Doc Samson in Incredible Hulk #141 and the death (?) of Thor in Thor #189, support us at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth . Subscribers at the $4/month level get instant access to our bonus feed of content that contains over 40 extended and exclusive episodes — with more being added every week.   Stories Covered In Detail...

As the founder of Kitchen Sink Press, Denis Kitchen published some of the most important independent and underground comics of the last 50 years, including Bizarre Sex, Gay Comix, Omaha the Cat Dancer, Will Eisner’s Quarterly, The Crow, and From Hell. He has also been a lifelong defender of the First Amendment rights of comics retailers, creators, and readers, and is the founder of the Comic Book...

Seanbaby launched what was probably the first comedy website on the internet, and he's the co-founder of what might be the last one: 1900HOTDOG . Sample their savory processed humor for free, and then support them on Patreon for even more naturally cased hilarity. For 60 more minutes of this episode — including our deep dives into Thor #188 ("The End of Infinity!") and the second half of Harlan El...

Writer Joe Keatinge has been our most frequent guest, and with good reason: no one appreciates early Marvel weirdness more than him! His entire life has been leading up to this episode. For an additional 40 minutes of this episode — including our deep dives into the Neal Adams story from Tower of Shadows #2 ("One Hungers") and our MONSTER by the Minute speed round covering eight Silver and Bronze...

Nick Orr is a brilliant multimedia artist whose Prince and the Pea is available at Books with Pictures , where he ensures that only the finest funnybooks make it into our hands each and every week. We salute his service. For an additional 50 minutes of this episode — including our deep dives into Incredible Hulk #139 ("Many Foes Has the Hulk!") and Avengers #87 ("Look Homeward, Avenger!") — suppor...

Katie Pryde is the proprietrix of Books with Pictures , a comics shop in Portland, Oregon built from the ground up to prioritize inclusivity and diverse representation. She and the shop were recently featured in Mark Trail! You'll find at least one of us there most Wednesdays, and we'll also be there on Free Comic Book Day (Saturday, May 7th)! For an additional 35 minutes of this episode — includi...

Dave Dwonch is the co-writer and co-creator of Jenny Zero , published by Dark Horse Comics. The orphaned daughter of Japan's greatest kaiju fighter went full celebutante after her dad's death, and then she discovers she's inherited his powers and his mission. It's great! And you won't run out of it anytime soon, because Jenny Zero II is about to hit the stands in a couple of weeks! For an addition...