Marvel by the Month

Ibrahim Moustafa is still known to Wikipedia as a 1928 Olympic Gold Medallist wrestler, and yes, we're still making that joke on this, his fourth appearance on the program. Be sure to check out his Doctor Strange: Nexus of Nightmares #1 , which hits the stands the same day this issue is released, as well as his second Humanoids original graphic novel, RetroActive , which comes out NEXT week (4/26)...

Chelsea Cain is the author of so many New York Times bestselling books, including Heartsick , Sweetheart , Evil at Heart , and The Night Season . She's also the writer of Marvel Comics' Mockingbird , as well as Man-Eaters (published by Image Comics) and Spy Island (published by Dark Horse Comics). The latest volume of Man-Eaters , The Cursed , was just released in trade paperback. Buy it! For an a...

For an additional 15 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 Daredevil #71 ("If an Eye Offend Thee...!").   Stories Covered In Detail This Episode: "Their Mission: Destroy Stark Industries!!" - Iron Man #33, written by Allyn Brodsky, art by Don...

For an additional 30 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 conversations about Captain America #132 ("The Fearful Secret of Bucky Barnes!") and Astonishing Tales #3 ("Doom Must Die!").   Stories Covered In Detail This Episode: "The Prisoner -- The Power -- and -...

For an additional 15 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 Daredevil #69 ("A Life On the Line"), in which Black Panther reveals his secret identity to the Man Without Fear... and reveals that he's known his for a while now!   Stories Covered I...

For an additional 30 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 conversations about Amazing Spider-Man #89 ("The Return of Doctor Octopus") and Fantastic Four #103 ("At War With Atlantis," the first Jack Kirby-less FF issue ever).   Stories Covered In Detail This Epi...

Our Season 6 recap covers all of these issues, more or less: Amazing Adventures #1-2, Amazing Spider-Man #67-88, Astonishing Tales #1, Avengers #58-79, Captain America #108-129, Captain Marvel #8-21, Daredevil #46-67, Doctor Strange #175-183, Fantastic Four #81-102, Incredible Hulk #110-131, Iron Man #8-29, Marvel Super-Heroes #18, Not Brand Echh #11-13, Silver Surfer #3-18, Sub-Mariner #8-29, Tho...

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'...

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, ©...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Trimp...

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 bo...

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 th...

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....

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, ©19...

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 o...

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 Ma...

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...

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 Shor...

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...

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 Buscem...

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 bonu...