Shortbox Summary

Sean is back to Shortbox Summary to discuss the second arc from Astonishing X-Men (2004), a story called Danger. What do the X-Men really know about the Danger Room, something that's been in their lives forever? It turns out, not as much as they thought they did and BOY does that problem come home to roost our favorite mutants this time. Get ready for a complete breakdown on exactly how screwed th...

this episode is really f’n good.

And just like that, we're back on New Avengers. Please welcome Aleah to a very special episode where we dive into the re-introduction of the Sentry to the Marvel Universe! Caught between a rock and a dark place, Bob Reynolds must turn to heroes who have forgotten him to help conquer his archnemesis, the Void! But not everything is as it seems, and after digging into the pop culture of Summer 2005,...

Holy smokes, people sent in questions! Fabio and George sit down to sift through a series of questions we've gotten from some very kind fans. Shout outs to listeners Pank, Jehan, John, and El Matador. Afterwards we go over a very loose roadmap of some major stories that are coming up in the Shortbox pipeline. We talk about big beats and the stories we're most looking forward to diving into. Thank...

How did Iron Man go from C-list character to the most important box office figure of the last 20 years? Honestly, it's this story, Extremis by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov. Fabio and George dive into what makes this book special, what makes Warren Ellis a tough name to get excited about these days, and if you listen closely enough you can hear them pray to the old gods for more Adi Granov interior...

It's July 14, 2000 and the X-MEN have finally reached the box office. George hosts a roundtable discussion with Fabio, Marty, Aaron, and Kyle to reflect on the debut of Marvel's favorite Mutants on the big screen! Join us as we discuss what we liked, what we didn't like, what could've been, the movie's best moments, and so much more!

The X-Men already had their big 2000's punch-you-in-the-face run thanks to Grant Morrison and co's New X-Men run from 2001, so, what comes next? A sequel! Picking up on some of the biggest threads from that seminal run, writer Joss Whedon (boo) and artist John Cassaday (yay) put together one of the most important comics Marvel printed in the 2000's. Who is Ord? What is Breakworld? Why does that wo...

You know Shortbox Summary loves the 2000's and we got one of Marvel's most decorated writers of the early aughts to stop by and talk about their work! Sean McKeever, comics writer extraordinaire comes on Shortbox to talk about the following books: Mary Jane (2004) 1-4 Mary Jane: Homecoming (2005) 1-4 Spider-man Loves Mary Jane (2005) 1-20 Sentinel (2003) 1-12 Sentinel Vol. 2 (2005) 1-5 Inhumans Vo...

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Covering material from Marvel’s New Avengers (2004), issues 1-6

Covering material from Marvel’s Secret War (2004), issues 1-5

Covering Material from Marvel Enterprise and New Line Cinema’s film Blade (1998).

George recorded with the right mic this time, friggin’ rocket surgeon

Covering material from Marvel’s Avengers (1963), issues 500-503 and Avengers Finale (2004). This was the first episode produced and George recorded with the wrong microphone because he’s a dumb-dumb.

Shortbox Summary was created to go into detail of the most influential comics of the 2000's. Between major storylines, tie-in's, random one-shots, mini-series, mega-events, series debuts, and everything in between, we'll be covering the books, the movies, the games, and the comics that made up a wild decade of nerdy things before they became some of the biggest properties in the world.