Podcasts about Marvel Comics Presents

X-Factor #81, Wolverine #58, Doctor Strange #44, Captain America #404, What If? #37, Marvel Comics Presents #98, Infinity War #3, Avengers #350. Theme Music:Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Ready for the end of the Atlantis arc? Well, before we get to that- we get an eight page story about Puck! Then we move on to Alpha Flight 39-40 and Avengers 272. And spoiler: it ends in a wedding!

Excalibur #52, X-Force #12, Wolverine #57, What If? #33, Marvel Comics Presents #97, Captain America #403, Fantastic Four #367, Alpha Flight #110. Theme Music:Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

X-Factor #80, Wolverine #56, What If? #32, Marvel Comics Presents #96, Captain America #402, Infinity War #2. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

"There's always a choice. You're the one who taught me that." After giving us a glimpse of Wolverine's past in "Red Dawn," the stage was set for a full-length exploration in our very next episode. And with that, season two continues its globe-trotting, introspective character-driven features with a solo outing centered on the enigmatic Canadian X-Man. Notably, the extended flashback at the center of "Repo Man" pulls directly from Barry Windsor-Smith's 1991 Marvel Comics Presents serial, "Weapon X." Violent and atmospheric, this adaptation can't help but suffer in comparison due to the necessity of reigning in the comic's harsher elements for Saturday morning consumption. Beyond that, "Weapon X" had a tenuous relationship with the canon from its inception, with the story calling its own authenticity into question at various points. Nevertheless, "Weapon X" was so well-received that it stood for years as the most definitive account of Wolverine's origin. Later revelations and retcons would muddy the waters, but at this point, the animated series is guided by a very solid pedigree. The inclusion of Alpha Flight, while appreciated from a world-building standpoint, doesn't do this episode many favors in terms of clarity. Outside of shedding some light on Wolverine's past, the plot is concerned with linking two seemingly disparate milestones in Logan's history: how his skeleton came to be laced with adamantium, and his involvement with Alpha Flight. The shadowy, unscrupulous, ultra-militaristic Department H serves as the connective tissue, leading to an ultimately unsatisfying conclusion. If Department H was behind or had knowledge of the Weapon X Project, as the episode suggests, then Logan escaped their clutches by the skin of his teeth, only to soon thereafter coincidentally meet James Hudson, who happens to be the leader of Canada's premiere superhero team, and is brought in to join Alpha Flight, under the purview of... Department H. It begs the question as to how Wolverine was allowed to leave the team in the first place. (To say nothing for the fact that he was given the codename of the project that "created" him, a detail which makes little sense as either another absurd coincidence or as an inside joke by Department H... for the audience's benefit only.) Department H's connection to Weapon X seems like it should come as a major revelation, at least to Logan, but the script doesn't attribute any particular significance to this. Still, it's hard to fault the show for filling in logic gaps that the comics themselves had yet to address, given the time and resources allotted. Wolverine's mysterious past represents a corner of X-Men lore that somehow always manages to be more interesting in theory than in execution. Every resolution offered comes with its own set of brand new questions, and in that sense, "Repo Man" can be considered faithful to the spirit of Wolverine's role throughout the '90s. As a cohesive story, it is ultimately unsatisfying, but almost manages to stick the landing by way of momentum and novelty. It remains to be seen how sustainable that approach will be going forward. X-TRA: This episode was written by Wolverine co-creator Len Wein, his first of four such credits over the course of the series. It's a curious fit, given that Wein chronicled only Wolverine's earliest appearances when the character was effectively a blank slate. He therefore has the unenviable task of cobbling together pieces of a mythology which he had no hand in establishing. It's an admirable effort, and a credit to the production for reaching outside their usual pool of television writers.

Excalibur #51, X-Force #11, What If? #24, Marvel Comics Presents #95, Avengers #348, Infinity War #1. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Today we talk about a bunch of people (mostly Spider-Man villains) who have gone by the name Tarantula! Today's mentioned & relevant media: -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #134-135, 147-149, 233-236, 341, 343 -Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #1-3, 137-138 -Captain America (1968) #224, 411, 413 -Web of Spider-Man (1985) #35-36 -Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #88, 124 -Punisher (1987) #67-70 -Venom: Sinner Takes All (1995) #1-4 -Spider-Man: Get Kraven (2002) #1 -Agent X (2002) #6 -Heroes for Hire (2006) -Six Guns (2011) -Fearless Defenders (2013) #5-6 -Silk (2015) #17 -The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #16, 18, 20.1 -Prowler (2016) #1-2, 4-5 -The Clone Conspiracy (2016) #2-5 -The Amazing Spider-Man (2015) #23, 25 -Occupy Avengers (2016) #9 -Iron Fist (2017) #74 -Dead Man Logan (2018) #1 -The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #16-23, 70 -Amazing Mary Jane (2019) #1-5 -Sinister War (2021) -Daredevil: Black Armor (2023) #2-4 -Venom War: Lethal Protectors (2024) -Magik (2025) #1 -New Champions (2025) #1 Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

X-Factor #79, Wolverine #55, What If? #13, Marvel Comics Presents #94, Excalibur: XX Crossing. Theme Music:Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity  

Episode 39 - Murdock and Marvel: 1994 Part 2 1994 was a crazy year in the comics world, with both DC and Marvel continuing to crank out new books, even as other companies tried to claw their way into the market.  Retailers and fans were nearly helpless as the onslaught of comics overwhelmed them, leading to one of the worst years in the history of modern comics.  This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 1994.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances: Daredevil #324-335, Daredevil Man without Fear #4 and #5, Daredevil Annual #10, Real Heroes #3, What if…? #58 and #64, Marvels #2-4, Marvel Comics Presents #150 - #151, Marvel Tales #285, Spider-Man Unlimited #6, Marvel Super-Heroes Megazine #1- #3, Spider-Man Megazine #1, Spectacular Spider-Man #218 and #219, Guardians of the Galaxy #54, Amazing Spider-Man #396 plus Death of Captain Marvel novel, Punisher Ashcan Edition novel, Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts novel and Marvels novel Writing: Dan G Chichester (324-327, 329-332), Gregory Wright (328, 333-335)  Interviews: Chichester: https://www.manwithoutfear.com/daredevil-interviews/Chichester Wright: https://www.manwithoutfear.com/interviews/ddINTERVIEW.shtml?id=Wright Pencils: Scott McDaniel (324-327, 329-332), Sergio Cariello (328), Tom Grindberg (333-335) Inks: Hector Collazo and Michael Avon Oeming (324), Hector Collazo (325-327, 329, 331-332), Ariane Lenshoek-Pinharo (328), Collazo and Rich Rankin (330). Ray Kryssing (333) Don Hudson (334-335)  The year begins with the final 2 installments of the Fall from Grace story arc. In it we see the ACTUAL return of Elektra (in an all white outfit) who fights alongside Matt Murdock to kill the ninjas and the Erynys that has part of her essence inside – which see does and absorbs the essence back into herself. Murdock ends up fighting the Hellspawn and after taking the weird virus to become human, it dies in the final fight with Snakeroot. Murdock uses the body to fake his death and become Jack Batlin. Ben Urich realizes his intern Sara Harrington was the one that hacked his files and shared Murdock's secret identity (hence Murdock faking his death).  Next, we jump right into another multi-book story called Tree of Knowledge. This 6-part story with an extra interlude book (by a different creative team) starts in March with issue 326 and shows Daredevil and Captain America taking on a gang of hackers called System Crash which is being led by Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker of Hydra. Since this is the only full story this year, this will be our spotlight story for the week.  The year ends with the first half of another named storyline Fathoms of Humanity that will end in February 1995. Written by Gregory Wright and Penciled by Tom Grindberg while Chichester and McDaniel work on Elektra: Root of Evil (which was promoted extensively at the end of these books). In this story we see Daredevil follow a homeless man into the sewers where a tribe of people are living including their “King” whom Daredevil rescued Wilson Fisk's wife Vanessa from back in the original Frank Miller days. Daredevil defeats his old foe – which endears him to the rest of the community (and causes the King to seek out an altar to summon some creature to enact revenge). We also see him take on Bushwacker (another old foe with a gun for an arm). During this story we also see Kingpin who's working out of an abandoned subway car as he slowly starts working towards regaining his power and influence.  This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #326 March 1994 “Tree of Knowledge Part 1” through Daredevil #332 September 1994 “Tree of Knowledge Finale”  Recap Why We Picked This Story Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions The Takeaway A great year if you can get through the junk Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time.   

Episode 37 - Murdock and Marvel: 1993 Part 2 There are arguments to be made that this was the best year in the history of comics.  There are also a number of ways in which it may have been the worst.  In any case, it was not boring. Welcome to 1993, the year everything that has been building for the last decade or so comes to a head.  This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 1993.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances: Daredevil #312-323, Daredevil Annual #9, Daredevil: Man without Fear #1-5, Fantastic Four #373 and #378, Slapstick #4, What If…? #47, #48 and #55, Ghost Rider #36, Marvel Comics Presents #129 and #136, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #55, Thor #464, Punisher War Journal #57 and #58, Web of Spider-Man #106, Alpha Flight #127, Marc Spector: Moon Knight #57, Infinity Crusade #1-6, and Marvel Masterworks #25  Writing: Dan G. Chichester (312-323)  Pencils: Scott McDaniel (312-315, 317-323), Kevin Kobasic (316)  Inks: Bud LaRosa (312-317) LaRosa and Greg Adams (318), Hector Collazo and Harry Candelario (319), Michael Avon Oeming (320), Hector Callazo (321), Collazo and Rich Rankin (322-323)  The year starts with a mysterious fire at a Hell's Kitchen pizzeria in which a young man “Marky” is killed and his girlfriend Lisa Rizzo needs to be rescued. After, she gets arrested and goes to court as an apparent arsonist – so Matt Murdock volunteers to be her lawyer. With Lisa not talking, Daredevil looks into the various patrons the day of the fire to figure out what really happened. In the end we find out Lisa is pregnant with Marky's child and the pizza shop owners set fire to their own store to get the insurance money.  In Daredevil Annual #9, We get 3 different stories. In devouring madness, we see Daredevil break up a museum robbery. On the clock shows a typical day in the life of our fearless hero and Resurrection shows Calypso resurrect a zombie to fight Daredevil.  Next, Daredevil takes on a new incarnation of Mr. Fear… Shock who is Alan Fagan's (the original Fear) daughter. The story, however, turns a bit weird as Shock enlists Taskmaster, the Wildboys and Stiltman to go after Daredevil – with the ending in issue 318 that's played off as silly more than anything. The issue itself has a weird “That's it folks! The last issue of Daredevil Before… Daredevil #319” on the cover. I had no idea what that meant until…  Issue 319 starts the final story arch of the year… Fall from Grace. This year we get a prologue and the first 4 chapters of the story (which appears to go through issue 325 – February 1994). We'll speak in more detail about this story during our spotlight.  In Daredevil: Man without Fear we get a thorough retelling of the Daredevil origin story as well as his relationship with Elektra. This 5-book story was written by Frank Miller and penciled by John Romita Jr (Al Williamson on inks). This story goes into far more detail than what we got originally. We also see how Kingpin came into power as well as introduced to a few new characters (Mickey/Lars). Despite knowing the story well, I really enjoyed this series. It looked amazing.  This Week's Spotlight: #319 August 1993 “Fall From Grace Prologue: Temptation” through Daredevil #323 December 1993 “Fall From Grace Chapter 4: Conflict” Recap Why We Picked This Story Daredevil Rapid Fire Questions The Takeaway Garbage in, Garbage out. Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time.   

Excalibur #50, X-Force #10, Dr Strange #41, What If? #12, Marvel Comics Presents #93, Operation Galactic Storm Part 5. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Episode 35 - Murdock and Marvel: 1992 Part 2 Well, here we are.  Image starts a new creator-owned era, even as the man who created the superhero sensation dies, along with one of his creators. 1992 was a very big year for changes.  This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 1992.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances: Daredevil #300-311, Daredevil Annual #8, Punisher Annual #5, Web of Spider-Man Annual #8, Infinity War #1-4, Death's Head 2 #4, Fantastic Four #367-368 and #370, Alpha Flight #111, Marc Spector: Moon Knight #41 and #43, Marvel Comics Presents #113, Spider-Man Special Edition #1, What if…? #44, Daredevil Gangwar and Infinity Gauntlet graphic novels and Marvel Masterworks #21 and #22  Writing: Dan G Chichester (300-309) , Glenn Herdling (310-311)  Pencils: Lee Weeks (300), M.C. Wyman (301-303), Ron Garney (304), Scott McDaniel (305-311)  Inks: Al Williamson (300), Chris Ivy (301-303, 305), Bud LaRosa (304, 306-311),   The year begins with the huge double issue that concludes the Last Rites storyline that began late in 1991. Daredevil has been enlisted by SHIELD to take down Kingpin and by extension Hydra who is bankrolling his media empire. Last week we saw the pieces get put in place and during our spotlight this week, we'll see how this terrific story ends.  Next, we see Daredevil take on one of his oldest foes, the Owl, in a solid 3-book story arc. Outside of the spotlight book, “34 Hours” from May 1992 is one of the best single-story books in the last few years. In it we see Daredevil saving lives across a 34-hour timeframe.   We are then introduced to a new villain, Surgeon General, who's picking up men in clubs, drugging them and then operating on them to steal body parts for the black market. To set a trap for the Surgeon General, Daredevil sets a trap using Peter Parker as bait. Fortunately for Peter, the trap worked with the help of Parker's secret identity, Spider-Man.  Next, we get another multi-book story arc involving the Nomad and Punisher called Dead Man's Hand. This 7-part story arc that takes place in Las Vegas shows various crime factions all trying to get a piece of the Kingpin's empire now that he's not there to lead it. During this event we also see what has happened to the kingpin. Among the groups fighting for Kingpin's empire include – The Hand, Yakuza, the Maggia, Hydra, Hammer Industries, Andreas and Andrea Strucker (Known as Fenris?). This story was hard to follow as several parts of the story appear in other books (parts 3&4 were in Nomad & Punisher books) and part 6 was somewhere else but was communicated to the reader.   After Vegas, Matt Murdock returns to New York and we finish out the year with a multi-book story arc with Calypso, the Nameless One and a Daredevil doppelganger known as Hellspawn from the Infinity War Crossover. This story centers around a Haitian refugee named Yves Chapoteau who is seeking asylum in the U.S. During the story Calypso performs a voodoo ritual on Daredevil and enslaves him to her. He is able to escape by destroying her magic soul-possessing jars which also free some other zombie refugees who attack her. In an epilogue of this story, we see two people digging up someone's grave.  New Powers, Toys or Places: Back in Vegas for the Dead Man's Hand story arc. New Supporting Characters: Yves Chapoteau (Haitian refugee who seeks out Matt Murdock for his asylum case) New Villains: Surgeon General (woman seducing men and then stealing organs for the black market), Hellspawn (Daredevil doppleganger from Infinity War crossover who's killed by Calyspo) This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #300 January 1992 “Last Rites Part 4: Long Live the King” Recap Why We Picked This Story The Takeaway Writers still matter! Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  Man Without Fear: Kuljit Mithra's Daredevil site contains a staggering collection of resources about our hero, including news, interviews and comic details.    The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time.  Joshua and Jamie Do Daredevil: A fantastic podcast that does a deep-dive into Daredevil comics.  This ran from 2018-2020, and covered most of the first volume of Daredevil, and was a fun way to get an in-depth look at each issue of Daredevil from 1-377.  My Marvelous Year: This is a reading-club style podcast where Dave Buesing and friends chose important or interesting books from a particular year to read and discuss.  This helped me remember some fun and crazy stories, and would be a great companion piece to Murdock and Marvel for those who want more comic-story-specific coverage.  BOOKLIST  The following books have been frequently used as reference while preparing summaries of the comic history segments of our show.  Each and every one comes recommended by Dan for fans wanting to read more about it!  Licari, Fabio and Marco Rizzo.  Marvel: The First 80 Years: The True Story of a Pop-Culture Phenomenon.  London: Titan Books, 2020.  This book is sort of a mess, as the print quality is terrible, and Titan doesn't even credit the authors unless you check the fine print.  It's like this was published by Marvel in the early 60s! But the information is good, and it is presented in an entertaining fashion.  So its decent, but I would recommend you see if you can just borrow it from the library instead of purchasing.  Wells, John.  American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960-1964.  Raleigh: Two Morrows, 2015.  Not cheap, but a fantastic series that is informative and fun to read.  Wright, Bradford.  Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America.  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.  This is the revised edition.  Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History.  New York: DK Publishing, 2022.  The academic in my rails at using information from any work that doesn't have an author credit, but this is a decent (if very surface) look at each year in the history of Timely / Marvel from 1939 to 2021.    Cowsill, Alan et al.  DC Comics Year by Year: A Visual History.  New York: DK Publishing, 2010.  Because its nice to occasionally take a peek at what the Distinguished Competition is up to.  Dauber, Jeremy.  American Comics: A History.  New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2022.  An excellent, relatively compact history of the domestic comic industry from its 19th century origins through to recent 21st century developments.  An excellent successor to Bradford Wright's Comic Book Nation. 

X-Factor #78, Wolverine #54, What If? #9, Marvel Comics Presents #92, Operation Galactic Storm Part 4. Theme Music:Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity  

Episode 29 - Murdock and Marvel: 1989 Part 2 This week we finish up the 80s, and see what another round of Batmania can do to and for the comics world.  This is part 2 of the podcast. that will feature the year in Daredevil, the Spotlight story and the Takeaway for 1989.   The Year in Daredevil  Appearances: Daredevil #262- 275, Marvel Tales #222, Marvel Comics Presents #19, Saga of the Sub-Mariner #9, What if…? #1-2, Excalibur #14, Wolverine #17   Writing credits: Ann Nocenti (262-275) Nocenti & Romita Jr (266 - Plot by Nocenti and Romita Jr., script by Nocenti)  Pencilers: John Romita Jr (262-263, 265-275), Steve Ditko (264)  Inks: Al Williamson (262-263, 265-275), Mike Manley and Williamson (264)  As the year begins, Daredevil is still missing and presumed dead. Though Daredevil is coached (taunted) by to live by his old mentor Stick. Meanwhile NYC is seeing objects come to life and attacking humans (Think Maximum Overdrive) – which seems to be part of the inferno event.  Upon going to the hospital, Karen and Mary show up to visit and Karen learns Matt has been cheating on her.  After an issue hiatus featuring the Owl and the Bombers because John Romita Jr was getting married and wasn't available to draw, we see a resolution of sorts with Daredevil taking down a demon onslaught.  After spending Christmas in a bar with Mephisto as Daredevil, Matt burns all his belongings and leaves NYC.  What followings is a string of stories about Murdock being a loner and helping out as Daredevil when he can. He saves a man from a crashed plane, helps a man get out of an illegal loansharking business, saves a mutant girl from Blob and Pyro.   In September we see Daredevil and Spider-Man team up. This will be our spotlight story for the week.  Next Daredevil helps Brandy Ash expose her father's inhumane animal farm – which leads to release of young woman who was being experimented on known as number 9. This led to a multi-book story arch that finished out the year by introduced a new villain, Shotgun, and brought in the inhumans.   The year ends with a second December book that was part of the Acts of Vengeance event and shows Doctor Doom reviving Ultron and orders it to destroy Daredevil but it is conflicted by all the previous versions of itself and meeting Number 9.  New Powers, Toys or Places: half the year takes place outside of New York city, but seemly not outside New York state – in various small towns. New Supporting Characters: Amanda (young mutant saved from Freedom Force), Brandy Ash (young ecologist who doesn't like her father's farm), Number 9 (young woman experimented on by Skip Ash), inhumans (Black Bolt, Medusa, Gorgon Petragon, Karnak Mander-Azur) New Villains: Mephisto (demon lord who has drinks with Daredevil in a bar as a young woman), Blackheart (Mephisto's “son”), Freedom Force (Blob, Pyro and Spiral), Skip Ash (terrible human to animals and young women), Shotgun (special forces in the military and member of the CIA called on by Skip Ash) This Week's Spotlight: Daredevil #270 September 1989 “Blackheart” Recap Why We Picked This Story The Takeaway So how is that “comics are dying” idea going a decade later?  Questions or comments We'd love to hear from you!  Email us at questions@comicsovertime.com or find us on Twitter @comicsoftime. ------------------ THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING CREATORS AND RESOURCES  Music: Our theme music is by the very talented Lesfm.  You can find more about them and their music at https://pixabay.com/users/lesfm-22579021/.  The Grand Comics Database: Dan uses custom queries against a downloadable copy of the GCD to construct his publisher, title and creator charts.  Comichron: Our source for comic book sales data.  Man Without Fear: Kuljit Mithra's Daredevil site contains a staggering collection of resources about our hero, including news, interviews and comic details.    The American Comic Book Chronicles: Published by TwoMorrows, these volumes provide an excellent analysis of American comics through the years.  Because these volumes break down comic history by year and decade they are a great place to get a basic orientation on what is happening across the comic industry at a particular point in time.  Joshua and Jamie Do Daredevil: A fantastic podcast that does a deep-dive into Daredevil comics.  This ran from 2018-2020, and covered most of the first volume of Daredevil, and was a fun way to get an in-depth look at each issue of Daredevil from 1-377.  My Marvelous Year: This is a reading-club style podcast where Dave Buesing and friends chose important or interesting books from a particular year to read and discuss.  This helped me remember some fun and crazy stories, and would be a great companion piece to Murdock and Marvel for those who want more comic-story-specific coverage.  BOOKLIST  The following books have been frequently used as reference while preparing summaries of the comic history segments of our show.  Each and every one comes recommended by Dan for fans wanting to read more about it!  Licari, Fabio and Marco Rizzo.  Marvel: The First 80 Years: The True Story of a Pop-Culture Phenomenon.  London: Titan Books, 2020.  This book is sort of a mess, as the print quality is terrible, and Titan doesn't even credit the authors unless you check the fine print.  It's like this was published by Marvel in the early 60s! But the information is good, and it is presented in an entertaining fashion.  So its decent, but I would recommend you see if you can just borrow it from the library instead of purchasing.  Wells, John.  American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960-1964.  Raleigh: Two Morrows, 2015.  Not cheap, but a fantastic series that is informative and fun to read.  Wright, Bradford.  Comic Book Nation: The Transformation of Youth Culture in America.  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.  This is the revised edition.  Marvel Year By Year: A Visual History.  New York: DK Publishing, 2022.  The academic in my rails at using information from any work that doesn't have an author credit, but this is a decent (if very surface) look at each year in the history of Timely / Marvel from 1939 to 2021.    Cowsill, Alan et al.  DC Comics Year by Year: A Visual History.  New York: DK Publishing, 2010.  Because its nice to occasionally take a peek at what the Distinguished Competition is up to.  Dauber, Jeremy.  American Comics: A History.  New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2022.  An excellent, relatively compact history of the domestic comic industry from its 19th century origins through to recent 21st century developments.  An excellent successor to Bradford Wright's Comic Book Nation. 

Welcome back to Marvel Tales! This time, Phil and Justin review part 2 of the 1989 Marvel Universe crossover “Atlantis Attacks”, this time from Marvel Comics Presents #26 and X-Men Annual #13 as the gray Hulk aka Joe Fixit defends San Diego from a killer whale and an Atlantean secret weapon and X-Men Annual #13 as the X-Men battle the Serpent Society on behalf of Mr Jip in an attempt to keep ancient artifacts out of the hands of Ghaur and Llyra.   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Marvel Tales Links  → Twitter http://www.twitter.com/MarvelTalesPod → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MarvelTalesPod → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================  

Excalibur #49, X-Force #9, Namor #25, What If? #7, Marvel Comics Presents #91, Operation Galactic Storm Part 3. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Barry Windsor-Smith finally reveals the secret origin of Wolverine! Well…kind of. The biweekly anthology comic Marvel Comics Presents got a shot in the arm when it ran the serialized saga of Weapon X from issues #72-84 in 1991, and although the story has an amusing origin story of its own, it's fairly light on actual details about Logan's past. Instead, BWS wrote, drew, and colored an intensely voyeuristic, occasionally psychedelic, and shockingly violent exploration of man's inhumanity to man. We tell the story of how Weapon X (the serial) came to be and offer our own interpretations and impressions of the story, where its true interests lie, and what we think is actually happening (maybe) in the last few chapters. Support the podcast at patreon.com/ironageofcomics

Today we talk about Simon Williams, who got ionic energy powers to become Wonder Man, almost died, woke up to find his brain was imprinted on an android, died, came back as pure energy, had a crisis, but he's okay now we think. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Avengers (1963) #9, 58, 131-132, 151-182, 187-189, 192-211, 231, 239, 250, 253-255, 302-308, 313-314, 329, 332-333, 345, 347, 675-690 -Giant-Size Avengers (1974) #3 -Avengers Annual (1967) #6, 8-10, 15-16, 18-19, 21 -Defenders (1972) #47-48, 98, 104 -Captain Marvel (1968) #54 -Ms. Marvel (1977) #18 -Iron Man (1968) #114-115, 226, 229, 231, 263, 284, 288, 313 -Marvel Team-Up (1972) #78, 136 -Marvel Two-In-One (1974) #51, 78, 92, 96 -Marvel Premiere (1972) #55 -Incredible Hulk (1962) #278-279, 316, 320-323, 380 -Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1982) #3 -Thing (1983) #5-6 -West Coast Avengers (1984) -Iron Man Annual (1976) #7 -Beauty and the Beast (1985) #1 -West Coast Avengers (1985) -Vision and the Scarlet Witch (1985) #2, 12 -Wonder Man (1986) #1 -Fantastic Four (1961) #293-294, 304, 315, 322, 333, 367-370, 556, 562 -West Coast Avengers Annual (1986) -Solo Avengers (1987) #1, 8, 12-13 -Fantastic Four Annual (1963) #22 -Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #38-45, 119 -Avengers Spotlight (1989) #28-30, 32, 38 -Quasar (1989) #11-12, 28-29, 32-33, 38-39 -Marvel Super Heroes (1990) #4, 9 -Excalibur (1988) #37-39 -Damage Control (1991) #3-4 -Wonder Man (1991) -Thor (1966) #445-446 -Infinity War (1992) -Cage (1992) #6-8 -Infinity Crusade (1993) -Silver Surfer (1987) #85 -Scarlet Witch (1994) #1, 4 -Force Works (1994) #1, 4 -Tales of the Marvels: Wonder Years (1995) (tpb) -Avengers (1998) #2-59, 501-503 -Cable (1993) #66-68 -Thunderbolts (1997) #25, 34, 42-44, 55-57, 65, 107, 125 -Avengers Forever (1998) #8, 11-12 -Galactus the Devourer (1999) -Avengers Two: Wonder Man and Beast (2000) (reprint) -Avengers: The Ultron Imperative (2001) #1 -The Order (2002) #3, 5-6 -Marvel Universe: The End (2003) #5 -Avengers Finale (2004) #1 -House of M (2005) #1-2, 8 -The Thing (2005) #1, 6, 8 -Civil War (2006) #3-4, 6-7 -Civil War: Front Line (2006) #4-8 -Ms. Marvel (2006) #6-8, 12-17, 21-25, 27 -New Avengers (2004) #24, 28-30, 34-36, 38, 40-41, 51, Annual 3 -Wonder Man (2006) -Ms. Marvel Special (2007) #1 -The Mighty Avengers (2007) #1-9, 11, 14, 20 -Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #1-4, Annual 1, 8, 11-12 -Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America (2007) #2, 5 -World War Hulk (2007) #1-2, 5 -Giant Size Avengers (2007) #1 -Incredible Hercules (2008) #113-114 -Avengers Classic (2007) #9 -World War Hulk: Aftersmash! - Damage Control (2008) #2 -Secret Invasion (2008) #1-2, 4, 6-8 -Avengers/Invaders (2008) #2, 4-8, 12 -Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? (2008) #1 -Dark Reign: Lethal Legion (2009) -War Machine (2008) #8-10 -Avengers (2010) #1-2, 7, 25, 31-32, 34 -Avengers: The Children's Crusade (2010) #3-9 -New Avengers Annual (2011) #1 -Avengers Annual (2012) #1 -Hulk Smash Avengers (2011) #4-5 -Uncanny Avengers (2012) #5, 7, 9-13, Annual 1, 21, 23 -A+X (2012) #12 -Avengers Assemble (2012) #20 -Vision (2015) #&, 11 -Uncanny Avengers (2015) #22-23, 27-28, 30 -Secret Empire (2017) #1-2, 5, 7 -Secret Empire: Brave New World (2017) #2 -Occupy Avengers (2016) #8 -Secret Warriors (2017) #5 -Avengers (2016) #675-690 -War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery (2019) -Tony Stark: Iron Man (2018) #15-19 -Empyre: Avengers (2020) -Invincible Iron Man (2022) #6 -Avengers Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #55-57 -X-Force (2019) #49-50 -Incredible Hercules Complete Collection Vol. 1 -Absolute Power (June/July titles) Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Longshot who is a guy created specifically to fight in a gladiator ring with Luck powers but he can NOT stop getting his memory erased. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Longshot (1985) -X-Men Annual (1970) #10-13, 16 -Fantastic Four vs The X-Men (1987) -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #215-248 -Mephisto Vs. (1987) #3-4 -Incredible Hulk (1962) #340 -X-Factor (1986) #38-39 -Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #16 -X-Men (1991) #5-7, 10-11 -X-Factor Annual (1986) #7 -X-Force Annual (1992) #1 -Wolverine (1988) #102.5 -X-Force (1991) #59-61 -Marvel Fanfare (1996) #4-5 -X-Men Unlimited (1993) #32 -Exiles (2001) #19, 74-99; Annual 1 -X-Men: Die by the Sword (2007) #2, 4-5 -X-Factor (2005) #35-50, 200-259 -Nation X: X-Factor (2010) #1 -Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe (2013) -All-New X-Factor (2014) #16-17 -X-Men: Blue (2017) #13-15 -Cable (2017) #150-154 -X-Men: Gold (2017) #14-15 -Domino (2018) #9-10 -X-Men Legends (2022) #3-4 -Marvel announces Dazzler solo series -Books of Magic (2018) -X-Men Forever (2024) #3 -The Boy Wonder (2024) #1 Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Wolverine #53, Incredible Hulk #392, X-Factor #77, Alpha Flight #107, Marvel Comics Presents #90, Operation Galactic Storm Part 2. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Today we talk about Julia Carpenter, who was unethically experimented on to get spider powers, ended up on the Avengers, was given psychic powers, and really just was on the run from the government a LOT. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Secret Wars (1984) #6-12 -Uncanny X-Men (1963) #206, 307 -X-Factor (1986) #8-9 -Avengers Annual (1967) #15 -Iron Man (1968) #214, 284, 288, 311-312, 317, 319, 324 -Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #125-126 -West Coast Avengers (1985) #70-102 -Wonder Man (1991) #2, 12, 16-18 -Avengers (1963) #345, 368 -Captain America (1968) #400-401, 437 -Infinity War (1992) #1, 3 -Secret Defenders (1993) #1-3, 20-21 -Infinity Crusade (1993) -Warlock and the Infinity Watch (1992) #18-20 -Spider-Woman (1993) -Scarlet Witch (1994) -Force Works (1994) -War Machine (1994) #4, 9-10, 22 -Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #159, 166-172 -Avengers (1998) #1-4, 14 -Amazing Spider-Man (1999) #5, 634-637, 664-673, 678-679, 689-691, 695-697 -She-Hulk (2004) #10 -Ms. Marvel (2006) #6-8, 13-14 -Civil War: The Initiative (2007) #1 -Omega Flight (2007) -Marvel Comics Presents (2007) #3-4, 6-9, 12 -The Mighty Avengers (2007) #21, 23 -Spider-Island (2011) -Scarlet Spider (2011) #6, 15 -The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #4, 15 -Daredevil (2014) #16-18 -Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars (2015) #3-4 -Prowler (2016) -The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #44, 48-57 -Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn (2020) #1 -Edge of Spider-Verse (2022) -Spider-Man (2022) #1-4, 6-7 -Spider-Verse Unlimited Infinity Comic (2022) #31, 49-53 -Edge of Spider-Verse (2023) #4 -The Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #31 -Spider-Woman (2023) #1, 3-4 -Women of Marvel (2024) #1 -Web of Spider-Man (2024) #1 Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

X-Men Classics Ep #4: Marvel Comics Presents - Weapon X Welcome to X-Men Classics! For this episode, Phil and Justin review Marvel Comics Presents #72-#84 (March 1991-September 1991) featuring the classic Weapon X storyline that revealed the secret details of how the man named Logan became the weapon known as Wolverine.   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Marvel Tales Links  → Twitter http://www.twitter.com/XMenClassicsPod → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/x.men.classics.podcast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================  

Ultimate Spider-Cast Ep #268: Spider-Man/Wolverine - Life's End Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast! In this episode, Phil and Lilith continue the celebration of Wolverine's 50th anniversary with a review of Marvel Comics Presents #48-#50 (April & May 1990) featuring Spider-Man and Wolverine battling Critical Mass and his “Band of Baddies” to save a young mutant girl. PLUS: reviews of NEW issues Spider-Punk: Arms Race #1, What If?: Venom #1, Miles Morales: Spider-Man #17, Amazing Spider-Man #44 and MORE!   Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can!     Ultimate Spider-Cast's Links  → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/UltSpidercast → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/capeslunatics/ → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UltimateSpiderCast → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics   ==================  

Excalibur #48, X-Force #8, Namor #24, Marvel Comics Presents #89, What If? #6. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

He's back! And this time, he's solo. That's right, editor/writer Terry Kavanagh jumps back into the hot seat to reminisce about his career at Marvel Comics. During his time as editor there, from 1985 to 1997, Terry oversaw titles like the anthology Marvel Comics Presents and Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD. Like many editors do, he also did some writing of his own, starting with a story in Kickers, Inc., and followed by longer runs on Marc Spector: Moon Knight, X-Man and the Spider-Man/Punisher/Sabretooth one-shot Designer Genes. Along with Alex Saviuk, Terry was responsible for introducing Spidey's Spider-Armor during his Web of Spider-Man run as well as writing issues of the infamous "Maximum Carnage" storyline. _____________________Check out a video version of this episode on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/dollarbinbandits.If you like this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts. And if you really like this podcast, support what we do as a member of the Dollar Bin Boosters: buzzsprout.com/1817176/support.Looking for more ways to express your undying DBB love and devotion? Email us at dollarbinbandits@gmail.com. Follow us @dollarbinbandits on Facebook and Instagram, and @DBBandits on X._____________________Dollar Bin Bandits is the official podcast of TwoMorrows Publishing. Check out their fine publications at twomorrows.com.Support the show

Wolverine #52, Incredible Hulk #391, X-Factor #76, Marvel Comics Presents #88, Operation Galactic Storm Part 1. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Today we talk about Doc Samson, who is a psychiatrist but also got semi-Hulk powers, and seemingly takes a turn from psychiatry to curing the Hulk and also other Hulk-adjacent heroes not necessarily with their consent? Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Incredible Hulk (1962) #141-147, 192-238, 246-257, 277-279, 314-337, 265-380, 393, 402-407-418, 425-426, 433, 440-442, 462-471, 600, 607-610, 619-620 -Marvel Team-Up (1972) #102 -X-Factor (1986) #87 -The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #381-382 -Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #137-142, 170-171, 174-175 -Savage Hulk (1996) #1 -Hulk (1999) #11, 16-44, 60-76, 106, 109-110 -Hulk: Gray (2003) -She-Hulk (2004) #11-12 -She-Hulk (2005) #1, 4-5, 7-9, 15, 19 -Doc Samson (2006) -Civil War (2006) -X-Factor (2005) #13-14 -World War Hulk (2007) -Thunderbolts (2006) #117-121, 128-129 -Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2007) #23-27 -Hulk (2008) #1, 3, 6, 14-23, 30, 50-52 -Fantastic Four (1998) #556-557, 562 -Avengers: The Initiative (2007) #20-23 -Fall of the Hulks (2009) -World War Hulks (2010) #1 -Civil War II (2016) #0 -Winter Soldier (2018) #3 -Immortal Hulk (2018) #14-47 -Gamma Flight (2021) -Hulk (2021) #9, 12-14 -Daredevil (2022) #4-6, 9 -Miles Morales: Spider-Man (2022) #10 -Um, Actually -Superman #10 Jamal Campbell Cover Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Comics of My Youth Part 67 of 100.  In this chapter, I take a look at Marvel Comics Presents #11-15.  Also, to start off the episode, I share my Black Friday comic shopping experience from last November. (38:39) (584)

Excalibur #47, X-Force #7, New Warriors #20, Namor #23, Incredible Hulk #390, Marvel Comics Presents #87, Ghost Rider/Wolverine/Punisher: Hearts of Darkness. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

X-Factor #75, Wolverine #51, Marvel Comics Presents #85 & #86, Avengers Death Trap: The Vault. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Excalibur #46, X-Force #6, New Warriors #19, Namor #22, Marvel Comics Presents #85. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Wolverine #50, X-Factor #74, Sensational She-Hulk #35, Wonder Man #5, Wolverine: Bloody Choices, Marvel Comics Presents #84. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Excalibur #45, X-Force #5, Namor #21, Quasar #28, Excalibur: Air Apparent, Marvel Comics Presents #83. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Today we talk about Shanna O'Hara, who doesn't like guns, does like leopards, and lives in the Savage Land where she got married, got plant powers, and got possessed multiple times. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -Shanna the She-Devil (1972) -Ka-Zar (1974) #1-2 -Daredevil (1964) #109-113, 117 -Ka-Zar (1981) -X-Men Annual (1970) #12 -Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #68-77 -Namor the Sub-Mariner (1990) #16-21 -Sensational Spider-Man (1996) #13-15 -Ka-Zar (1997) -Hercules (2005) #3, 5 -Shanna, the She-Devil (2005) -Marvel Comics Presents (2007) #5-7 -Klaws of the Panther (2010) #1-2 -Skaar: King of the Savage Land (2011) -Ka-Zar (2011) -Savage Wolverine (2013) #1-5 -Empyre: Avengers (2020) -Avengers (2018) #40-44 -Ka-Zar Lord of the Savage Land (2021) -X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2023) #1 Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

Today we talk about Kevin Reginald Plunder, who changed his name to Ka-Zar when he was adopted by a Sabre Tooth Tiger in the Savage Lands, which he has now sworn to protect. Sometimes he fights heroes, sometimes he fights villains, and sometimes he goes back in time and ends up in space. Today's mentioned & relevant media: -X-Men (1963) #10 -Daredevil (1964) #12-14, 24 -Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) #19 -Astonishing Tales (1970) #1-20 -Ka-Zar (1974) -Ka-Zar (1981) -Ka-Zar (1997) -Marvel Comics Presents (2007) #5-7 -New Avengers (2004) #41-43 -Ka-Zar (2011) -Avengers (2018) #12, 19-20, 50, 66 -Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda (2019) -Empyre (2020) -Ka-Zar Lord of the Savage Land (2021) -Knight Terrors: Nightwing (2023) #1 -Tales of the Teen Titans (2023) #1 -My Adventures with Superman Thanks to Victoria Watkins for our icon! Support Capes and Japes by: Checking out our Patreon or donating to the Tip jar Find out more on the Capes and Japes website.

X-Factor #73, Excalibur #44, Wolverine #49, Excalibur: The Possession, Marvel Comics Presents #82. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Excalibur #43, Spider-Man #16, X-Force #4, Deathlok #5, Excalibur: Weird War III, Marvel Comics Presents #79. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

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X-Factor #72, Wolverine #48, Nick Fury Agent of Shield #29, Marvel Comics Presents #78. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Excalibur #42, Wolverine #47, Avengers #339, Nick Fury Agent of Shield #28, Spider-Man #15, Deathlok #4, Marvel Comics Presents #75. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

X-Factor #71, Wolverine #46, Avengers #338, Captain America #392, Silver Surfer #55, Infinity Gauntlet #4, Marvel Comics Presents #74. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Marvel Comics Presents #72-84. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Jay has exciting news, Rick Leonardo draws an impressively creepy mad scientist's lair, the clouds are purple and so is the prose, Powers of X gets a subtle prequel 21 years early, Cable's own tolerance has finally reached zero, and we summarize Bastion's backstory way, way faster than Bastion does. X-PLAINED: Machine Man (X-51) (Aaron Stack) Operation Zero Tolerance (more) (again) Jay's upcoming parental leave Bastion (Sebastion Gilberti) M-Tech Powerman 5000 Cable & Machine Man Annual 1998 Hobgits and their sound effects Street Fighter: the Roleplaying Game Batroc ze Lepair Jack Kirby's 2001: A Space Odyssey X-51 / X-23 overlaps Classic Summers Family Bullshit Psionic soapboxes What makes Bastion a compelling villain The necessity of companions Master Mold 3.0 & Nimrod 2.0 Machine Man & Bastion Annual 1998 Terrible font choices ZORCH Cable vs. floors The carbon footprint of robotic fascism Marvel Comics Presents #17-24 (just a little) Incredible Hulk Annual #7 (just a tad) The Siege Perilous The future of Machine Man The hypothetical 2022 version of Bastion Historical events in which we'd love to see long-lived mutants take part NEXT WEEK: We take a break for the holidays! IN TWO WEEKS: The Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men 2022 Giant-Size Winter Special! Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! Buy rad swag at our TeePublic shop!

We're joined by Marvel by the Month's Jamie Wenger for the 2nd half of Marvel Comics Presents' "Children of the Beast" story from issues 57-59. Jack Russell's life (both diurnal and nocturnal) will be forever changed after the events of this tale. He walked into this story the Jack Russell we've known and loved, but he rides out of it a man...a '90s man.

We talk Werewolf by Night with Leonardo Nam, the talented actor who played the hunter Liorn in the WbN Disney+ special. We review the first 3 chapters in the story "Children of the Beast" that appeared in Marvel Comics Presents #54-56. There's a startling revelation about the nature of Jack's curse and it changes the who he was, is, and shall be forever. (so...a retcon)

X-Factor #69, Wolverine #43, Excalibur #40, X-Force #1, Deathlok #2, Avengers #335, Nick Fury, Agent of Shield #26, Marvel Comics Presents #71. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

X-Factor #68, Wolverine #41, Excalibur #39, New Warriors #13, Spider-Man #12, Nick Fury, Agent of Shield #25, Marvel Comics Presents #70. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Episode Notes Battle of the Atom present some Marvel Comics Presents. Are these comics good? Must they be? Ranked This Week: Marvel Comics Presents #109-116 (Typhoid's Kiss) Marvel Comics Presents #117-122 (Claws & Webs) Marvel Comics Presents #1-9 (Vigil) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

X-Factor #67, Wolverine #40, Wolverine: Rahne of Terra, Marvel Comics Presents #69. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Marvel Super Heroes Summer Special 1991, Marvel Super Heroes Fall Special 1991, Marvel Super Heroes Winter Special 1991, Avengers #333, Marvel Fanfare #56, Marvel Comics Presents #68. Theme Music: Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity