The Watchers' Guide to the Marvel Universe

News: George Perez, Captain Carter, Across the Spider-Verse Part OneWe've been off for a month for reasons, but now we come back with an episode that, personally, we've really been looking forward to: The Dark Phoenix. In case you couldn't tell from the title, the summary, the fact that JR couldn't shut the fuck up about it, or a host of other clues, we talk about the seminal event of Chris Claremont's run on X-men.

News: George Perez, Captain Carter, Across the Spider-Verse Part OneWe've been off for a month for reasons, but now we come back with an episode that, personally, we've really been looking forward to: The Dark Phoenix. In case you couldn't tell from the title, the summary, the fact that JR couldn't shut the fuck up about it, or a host of other clues, we talk about the seminal event of Chris Claremont's run on X-men.

We're in the lead-up to the one and only Dark Phoenix, which sees the X-men battling the warped son of Moira MacTaggert for their very lives. Power Man and Iron Fist help Misty get over her irrational hatred of people who blow others up, and we're all the better for it. Bruce Banner inexplicably comes out as anti-bomb, out of nowhere.

We're in the lead-up to the one and only Dark Phoenix, which sees the X-men battling the warped son of Moira MacTaggert for their very lives. Power Man and Iron Fist help Misty get over her irrational hatred of people who blow others up, and we're all the better for it. Bruce Banner inexplicably comes out as anti-bomb, out of nowhere.

News: Danny Rand quits and paper shortagesSpider-Man helps the Invisible Woman save Franklin, as Cap insults some thugs and Ghost Rider terrorizes the innocent. You know, good clean family fun.

News: Danny Rand quits and paper shortagesSpider-Man helps the Invisible Woman save Franklin, as Cap insults some thugs and Ghost Rider terrorizes the innocent. You know, good clean family fun.

News: Steven DeKnight vs. C.B. CebulskiOnce again, we're forced to talk about C.B. Cebulski, but he should be talked about. What he did was gross and wrong, and something really should be done.Other than that, Captain America saves a little girl and meets someone from his past, Thor faces the Celestials, and the X-men meet Arcade. Power Man and Iron Fist destroy antiquities.

News: Steven DeKnight vs. C.B. CebulskiOnce again, we're forced to talk about C.B. Cebulski, but he should be talked about. What he did was gross and wrong, and something really should be done.Other than that, Captain America saves a little girl and meets someone from his past, Thor faces the Celestials, and the X-men meet Arcade. Power Man and Iron Fist destroy antiquities.

News: Death of Jeffrey Huet, Black Widow settlement*A PROGRAMMING NOTE: JR uses a not-good word toward the middle, but then realizes his error and apologizes. When you hit that point, please bear with us, as an apology is forthcoming. Promise.*Defenders continues to scrape by, Thor continues to try and stop the Celestials but is sidetracked by family drama, and Her goes looking for some of that sweet sweet golden D. Good times!

News: Death of Jeffrey Huet, Black Widow settlement*A PROGRAMMING NOTE: JR uses a not-good word toward the middle, but then realizes his error and apologizes. When you hit that point, please bear with us, as an apology is forthcoming. Promise.*Defenders continues to scrape by, Thor continues to try and stop the Celestials but is sidetracked by family drama, and Her goes looking for some of that sweet sweet golden D. Good times!

News: Marvel Unlimited, Copyright terminationsThe Defenders face Mandrill! Iron Man faces his past! The Wasp faces The Talk! We return from a few weeks off to tackle the issue we avoided on September 11th, and do it with all the taste and subtlety people have come to expect from us.

News: Marvel Unlimited, Copyright terminationsThe Defenders face Mandrill! Iron Man faces his past! The Wasp faces The Talk! We return from a few weeks off to tackle the issue we avoided on September 11th, and do it with all the taste and subtlety people have come to expect from us.

News: No Way Home, Midnight Sons gameThor looks for a way to fend off the Celestial judgement, even as literally everyone around him tries to stop him. Also, Black Panther finally wraps up some dangling plot threads in the most annoying way possible.

News: No Way Home, Midnight Sons gameThor looks for a way to fend off the Celestial judgement, even as literally everyone around him tries to stop him. Also, Black Panther finally wraps up some dangling plot threads in the most annoying way possible.

Thor travels to the Trojan War and manages to keep the Olympian gods from interfering, only for Loki to interfere all over the place. Loki, as they say, gonna Loki. Plus, the Defenders break up.Oh, no.

Thor travels to the Trojan War and manages to keep the Olympian gods from interfering, only for Loki to interfere all over the place. Loki, as they say, gonna Loki. Plus, the Defenders break up.Oh, no.

News: Spider-Man NFTs, Runaways cancelled with issue 100This episode, we begin the classic Iron Man story “Demon in a Bottle”, with the introductions of a BUNCH of major figures in Tony's life. Jim Rhodes? CHECK. Bethany Cabe? CHECK. Justin Hammer? BIG OLD CHECK.

News: Scarlett Johansson sues DisneyThe Micronauts comic goes to some really dark places, as Karza ramps up his plans for Arcturus Rann and Acroyear merges with the Worldmind to protect the Acroyear from the Dog Soldiers! If that sentence made no sense to you, buckle up, because most of this episode will be nigh incomprehensible.

News: Scarlett Johansson sues DisneyThe Micronauts comic goes to some really dark places, as Karza ramps up his plans for Arcturus Rann and Acroyear merges with the Worldmind to protect the Acroyear from the Dog Soldiers! If that sentence made no sense to you, buckle up, because most of this episode will be nigh incomprehensible.

Aunt May is alive! Also, Peter confronts the burglar who killed Uncle Ben, has a heart-to-heart with Mindworm, and we talk about toys for longer than you'd probably expect given that this is a podcast about comics.

News: Loki, Black WidowIf you've not seen Loki or Black Widow, feel free to skip to the 46:25 mark to hear about this week's comics.Aunt May is alive! Also, Peter confronts the burglar who killed Uncle Ben, has a heart-to-heart with Mindworm, and we talk about toys for longer than you'd probably expect given that this is a podcast about comics.

News: What If? TrailerPeter Parker's life continues to get worse, because of course it does. The Fantastic Four races against time and their impending deaths to save Xandar and Earth from certain destruction.

News: What If? TrailerPeter Parker's life continues to get worse, because of course it does. The Fantastic Four races against time and their impending deaths to save Xandar and Earth from certain destruction.

News: Scarlet Witch and Spider-Man dyingSpider-Man's life falls apart around him, and you find yourself wondering, “Can it possibly get worse?” This is Peter Parker we're talking about here, so the answer is a resounding, “YES.”

News: Scarlet Witch and Spider-Man dyingSpider-Man's life falls apart around him, and you find yourself wondering, “Can it possibly get worse?” This is Peter Parker we're talking about here, so the answer is a resounding, “YES.”

News: Marvel: The Dark AgesCarrion appears, and we can't for the life of us figure out why. Mordo succeeds, but for some reason no one ever thought of just shutting the gates. Excitement abounds as Black Bolt and the Thing fight Graviton.Additionally, if you're curious about the controversy surrounding Lin-Manuel Miranda, these links may help: https://www.80grados.net/miranda-an-american-tragedy/https://thenewinquiry.com/disaster-act/https://remezcla.com/features/culture/lin-manuel-miranda-hamilton-in-puerto-rico-controversy/

News: Marvel: The Dark AgesCarrion appears, and we can't for the life of us figure out why. Mordo succeeds, but for some reason no one ever thought of just shutting the gates. Excitement abounds as Black Bolt and the Thing fight Graviton.Additionally, if you're curious about the controversy surrounding Lin-Manuel Miranda, these links may help: https://www.80grados.net/miranda-an-american-tragedy/https://thenewinquiry.com/disaster-act/https://remezcla.com/features/culture/lin-manuel-miranda-hamilton-in-puerto-rico-controversy/

News: Jim Starlin drawing againThis week, Man-Thing crosses over with Doctor Strange to battle Mordo, Jessica Drew gets a life, and Spider-Man moves in on a vulnerable woman in crisis. Because he's a goddamn hero.

News: Jim Starlin drawing againThis week, Man-Thing crosses over with Doctor Strange to battle Mordo, Jessica Drew gets a life, and Spider-Man moves in on a vulnerable woman in crisis. Because he's a goddamn hero.

News: Avengers Campus, another new Captain America, the death of Doctor Strange, Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley's Hulk, Marvel Multiverse RPGThere are just some deaths that should be harder to come back from.

News: Avengers Campus, another new Captain America, the death of Doctor Strange, Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley's Hulk, Marvel Multiverse RPGThere are just some deaths that should be harder to come back from.

News: The new Darkhawk, Onslaught returns, Marvel Voices: Pride introduces SomnusCaptain America thinks Sharon Carter is dead, and responds by thinking that he never really loved her anyway, which is… a choice.

News: The new Darkhawk, Onslaught returns, Marvel Voices: Pride introduces SomnusCaptain America thinks Sharon Carter is dead, and responds by thinking that he never really loved her anyway, which is… a choice.

News: The Trial of Magneto, Jean Paul Leon, Phase 4 teaser, Let There Be Carnage trailer, What If?We're trying something new, this week. Every week, we fight with the uploader over file size, and sometimes the only way to make it work is cut the audio quality or butcher the episode. So, this time, we're splitting the episode in two.You still get the same amount of episode, just in two chunks, and JR gets to avoid a rage-induced embolism. It's win-win-win!

News: The Trial of Magneto, Jean Paul Leon, Phase 4 teaser, Let There Be Carnage trailer, What If?We're trying something new, this week. Every week, we fight with the uploader over file size, and sometimes the only way to make it work is cut the audio quality or butcher the episode. So, this time, we're splitting the episode in two.You still get the same amount of episode, just in two chunks, and JR gets to avoid a rage-induced embolism. It's win-win-win!

News: Shang-Chi trailer, Polaris wins the vote, Captain America 4, and Russel Crowe as ZeusThere is a spoiler warning during news that JR recorded after the fact. It sounds terrible, because it was taped several days later on the built-in microphone on his laptop. We're aware, but it does the job.Also, what happens when you make the stars of Super-Villain Team-Up's final issues a Nazi and LITERAL HITLER? Nothing good! And by nothing good, we mean not only in-universe, but also as a book. It's just awful.

No news this week, but a fun episode about what's both really great and really dumb about comics: The fact that interesting character insights will often be hidden in the dumbest, most annoying places! We bring you…Brynocki.

News: Marvel drops Diamond as distributorWe check in once again with Shang-Chi as he spends some time with Leiko and the worst secret agent of all time. Also, the X-men fight Alpha Flight, Nova and the Thing fight some random aliens, and Spider-Man save Doctor Strange from a curse.

News: Wedding of Doctor Doom, the gay Captain AmericaWho could have thought that piecing Doctor Spectrum's gem back together could lead to danger to the Avengers? Sure as f*ck not Hank Pym, apparently.

News: Infinite Destinies, Shang-Chi ongoing, Korvac in Captain Marvel 2This week, we get one of the most realistic issues of Marvel Team-Up yet, as John Belushi gets loaded up on pills and tries to fight the Silver Samurai.

News: Spider-Man 3 has a name, MODOK teaserSpider-Woman's relationship implodes, Ms. Marvel gets saddled with another responsibility, and the Defenders get a ton of new members, then immediately lose every single one of them.

News: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur castRoy Thomas is here to shove some classical mythology into your uncultured brain, as Ragnarok comes for the gods of Asgard! As if that isn't enough, a red-haired pretender has stolen away Thor's greatest love, and taken Sif, too!

News: Joe Bennett's anit-Semitic problem, that WandaVision ending.Iron Man faces an unknown foe, Jack of Hearts faces some asshole, and Machine Man continues being really, really stupid.

News: X-men Vote, Heroes RebornBruce gets cured again, but again it's only for a minute, as The Leader has taken over Gamma Base. Spider-Man visits Uncle Ben's grave. Mole Man builds a new society. Thor and Iron Man fight a seemingly-malevolent AI. A good time is had by all.

News: Everything old is new again, as Marvel gears up for Heroes to be Reborn and another Clone SagaThis week, we wrap up the Korvac Saga and are introduced to Mystique for the first time. The X-men are presumed dead after a run in with Magneto, and visit the Savage Land for prehistoric fun with Sauron and Garrok.

News: One More Day gets retconned, Krakoa gets an influx of omega-level mutantsThis week, we begin the Korvac Saga for reals! Also, what the hell is going on with Thor? Why can't anyone stay at Avengers Mansion like they're supposed to? What the fuck is Tiger Shark's problem? And why would someone name themselves “Damocles”?

News: Buttload of MCU movies and shows that we missed.We have returned! JR is healed up and pain free, and we're back to scream into the void! Join us as we laugh at Captain America's pain and offer advice to would-be supervillains.

News: Shuri in Black Panther 2, Dan Slot in a Twitter boogaloo, Claremont a's some q'sWe return for a week before potentially disappearing again in a puff of smoke and lukewarm takes!

News: Marvelous Ms. Marvel ending, King Black: Return of the Valkyries

News: NoneA lot happened this week, reading-wise. Kirby exited Marvel (again), meaning the end of Eternals and his run on Black Panther. The Mad Titan is back, and a lot of dangling plot threads are wrapped up. Eternals kind of just… ends. And your hosts discuss a term that many white people don't realize is SUPER racist as best they can.

News: Eternals, King in Black, MODOK, Spider-Man 3This week, we lose all the fans we've gained as we dump on the most sacred name in comics.