Marvel Reread Club

MRC delves into June 1966 with our special guest, Marvel superstar penciller David Baldeón, live from Barcelona! We discuss Amazing Spider-Man 37, Daredevil 17, Thor 129, Tales to Astonish 80 with Hulk and Namor, and X-Men 21! Females! White mouth drapes! Tana Nile! Underwater fences! Tyrannoids! Dude ranchers! Check it out!

MRC finishes up May 1966 with Fantastic Four #50, Strange Tales #144 with SHIELD and Dr. Strange, Tales of Suspense #77 with Iron Man and Captain America and Avengers 28! Egg Armaments! Thero Ray! Multiple Jet Gun! Traction Nodules! And those are all in the same panel! Check it out!

MRC loots May of 1966, with Spider-Man #36, Daredevil #16, Thor #128, Tales to Astonish #79 with Namor and the Hulk, and X-Men #20! Dazzle Guns! Hydraulic Hoists! Beast-Fish! Actually decent inking on Sub-Mariner! Organic Energy Attractors! Check it out!

MRC concludes April of 1966 with returning special guest Riley Brown, featuring Fantastic Four #49, Strange Tales #143 with SHIELD and Dr. Strange, Tales of Suspense #76 with Iron Man and Captain America, and Avengers #27! Burrito-Reed! Brainwave Stimulators! The Seven Rings of Raggadorr! Ultimo! Inferno 42! The Subliminal Recall Inducer! Check it out!

MRC welcomes Marvel superstar penciller Riley Brown to help us launch April 1966, with Amazing Spider-Man #35, Daredevil #15, Tales to Astonish #78 with Namor and Hulk, Thor #127 and X-Men #19! Spider-butt modesty! And extra set of Ox garments! Off-model Puppet Master! Gray-haired Betty! Hollywood! Scott’s double! Check it out!

MRC trembles before the second half of March, 1966, with Fantastic Four #48, Strange Tales #142 with SHIELD and Dr. Strange, Tales of Suspense #75 with Iron Man and Captain America, and Avengers #26! Silver Surfer Sans Underpants! Them! Bomb-bombs! Zut Alors! Hawkeye’’s Showgirls! Check it out!

MRC dreams of March 1966 with Amazing Spider-Man #34, Daredevil #14, Thor #126, Tales to Astonish #77 with Namor and Hulk, and X-Men #18! So many blinds! Vibra-Rays! Proto-Krackle! Magnetic Attraction! Check it out!

MRC finishes up February 1966 with Fantastic Four #47, Strange Tales #141 with SHIELD and Dr. Strange, Tales of Suspense #74 with Iron Man and Captain America and Avengers #25. Atmo-guns! Bazooka drills! The Enervator! Soupy Sales! The Plasti-Dome! Check it out!

MRC struggles under the weight of February 1966 with Amazing Spider-Man #33, Daredevil #13, Journey Into Mystery #125 with Thor, Tales to Astonish #76 with Namor and the Hulk and X-Men #17! More poor photojournalism ethics! Vibrating shorts! Exploso-rays! High intensity paralyzer howitzers! Check it out!

MRC finishes up January 1966 with Fantastic Four #46, Strange Tales #140 with SHIELD and Dr. Strange, Tales of Suspense #73 with Namor and the Hulk, and Avengers #24. Universal Control Rods! Blisteringly accurate barking burp guns! Pincers of Power! Post-Heck Iron Man! Gas guns that look suspiciously like real guns! Protecto-Shields! Check it out!

MRC launches into January 1966 with Amazing Spider-Man #32, Daredevil #12, Journey Into Mystery with Thor #124, Tales to Astonish #75 with Hulk and Namor, and X-Men #16. A clean break! Cruise ships with planks! Hercules teasing! Revitalizer Rays! Perilously low ceilings! Check it out!

MRC finishes up December 1965 with a whopping five books: Fantastic Four #45, Strange Tales #139 with SHIELD and Dr. Strange, Tales of Suspense #72 with Captain America and Iron Man, X-Men #15 and Avengers #23! Iconometric Framistat! Electrified thought-waves! The concealed Spectro-Wave! Check it out!

MRC expands into December 1965 with Amazing Spider-Man #31, Daredevil #11, Journey Into Mystery with Thor #123 and Tales to Astonish #74 with the Sub-Mariner and Hulk. Gwen! Little frauds! Sheath confusion! Armored Mobile Defenso-Walls! Check it out!

MRC finishes up November 1965 with Tales of Suspense #71 with Iron Man and Captain America, Tales to Astonish #73 with Namor and the Hulk, X-Men #14 and Avengers #22. More Sinnott! Titanium burping! Revolting peasants! Watcher cocktails! Terrifying ice slides! Masks on masks!

MRC delves into November 1965 with Amazing Spider-Man #30, Fantastic Four #44, Journey Into Mystery #122 featuring Thor and Strange Tales #138 featuring SHIELD and Dr. Strange. Cat confusion! Squiggly eyeballs! Blackmailing the wrong god! Overseas! Eternity! Check it out!

It’s our King-Size 1965 Annuals episode! Veteran Marvel penciller Georges Jeanty joins us to discuss Journey Into Mystery Annual #1 featuring Thor, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2, featuring Dr. Strange, and Fantastic Four Annual #3, featuring the wedding of Reed and Sue! Check it out!

MRC finishes up October 1965 with Strange Tales #137 with SHIELD and Dr. Strange, Tales of Suspense #70 with Iron Man and Captain America, Tales to Astonish #72 with Sub-Mariner and Hulk and Avengers 21. Betatron Bombs! Forehead beams! Hotel labs! Bombers under bridges! Underwater vapors! Humanoid eggs! Hello Dolly! Check it out!

MRC dives into October 1965 with Amazing Spider-Man #29, Daredevil #10, Fantastic Four #43 and Journey into Mystery featuring Thor #121. Aw, shuddup! The most contentious Marvel Comic ever! Id takeout! Cliffhanger-o-rama! Check it out!

MRC finishes up September 1965 with Tales of Suspense #69 with Iron Man and Captain America, Tales to Astonish #71 with Namor and Thor, X-Men #13 and Avengers #20. A 2nd Kirby-pocalypse! More underwater crying! Awkward mouth-to-mouth resuscitation! Brightness! Wood fails to save Heck! Check it out!

MRC espies the first half of September 1965 with Amazing Spider-Man #28, Fantastic Four #42, Journey Into Mystery #120 and Strange Tales #136 with SHIELD and Dr. Strange. Real time! Hair that can see around corners! Disloyal patients! Terrible tradecraft! Especially splayed fingers! Check it out!

MRC infiltrates August 1965 with Strange Tales with Dr. Strange and introducing Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD, Tales of Suspense 68 with Iron Man and Captain America, Tales to Astonish 70 with Hulk and introducing the Sub-Mariner, and Avengers 19! Helicarriers! Whammies! Moonmen! Unsearched armpits! Fluid meets scratchy! Boomerang swords! Check it out!

MRC shoulders its way into August 1965 with Amazing Spider-Man #27, Daredevil #9, Fantastic Four #41, and Journey Into Mystery with Thor #119. The World’s Worst Mystery Solver! More Dictator Dorm Buddies! Reed Won’t Make Room in the Two-Seater! Volstagg’s Round Muscles! Check it out!

MRC finishes up the rest of July 1965 with Tales of Suspense #67 with Iron Man and Captain America, Tales to Astonish #69 with Giant-Man and the Hulk, X-Men #12 and Avengers #18. Glam rock Nefaria! Undersized Dummkopfs! More bad-book-apocaplyse! A trillion concentrated molecules! Winning track meets with mind-reading! Safes plummeting from the skies! Check it out!

MRC destroys the first half of July 1965 with Amazing Spider-Man 26, Fantastic Four #40, Journey Into Mystery with Thor #118 and Strange Tales #134 with Doctor Strange and the final Human Torch! Big Betty! Intensified Molecules! Odin’s Footie PJs! Horse-tossing! Ahead-of-Their-Time Shoulder Pads! Check it out!

MRC finishes June 1965 with Strange Tales #133 with Human Torch and Dr. Strange, Tales of Suspense #66 with Iron Man and Captain America, Tales to Astonish #68 with Giant-Man and Hulk, and Avengers #17. Getting plastic surgery to look like Uncle Fester! Sploosh! Nautilium! Hateful bellboys! Boopsie! Leaping from passing plane to passing plane! Ultrasonic Vibro-Waves! Check it out!