Marvel Reread Club Episode 53: February 1965, Part 2

Steve and Matt Bird · 053 Marvel Reread Club February 1965 (part 2) featuring Rob Salkowitz

MRC welcomes back special guest Rob Salkowitz who was nice enough to stick around and mop up the rest of February 1965 with Strange Tales 129 with Human Torch and Dr Strange, Tales of Suspense 62 with Iron Man and Captain America, Tales to Astonish 64 with Giant-Man and the Hulk and Avengers 13. Just add a back seat, Dick! Tension, unrest, war and anarchy! Knee suction cups! Suspiciously sinister eyebrows! Must oil my W! All the Way with LBJ! Non-physical chemicals! Check it out!

Marvel Reread Club Episode 52: February 1965, Part 1

Steve and Matt Bird · 052 Marvel Reread Club February 1965 (part 1) featuring Rob Salkowitz

MRC welcomes special guest Rob Salkowitz, comics columnist for Forbes Magazine and author of “Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture”. Rob helps us struggle through the first half of February, 1965, featuring Amazing Spider-Man #21, Daredevil #6, Fantastic Four #35, and Journey Into Mystery #113 with Thor. The great Human Torch villain exodus! Actors playing Ox are always just Ox! High school boys striking out with college girls! Cow-sized helmet wings! Check it out!

Marvel Reread Club Episode 51: January 1965, Part 2

Steve and Matt Bird · 051 Marvel Reread Club January 1965 (Part 2)

MRC wrestles with the second half of January 1965, featuring Tales of Suspense 61 with Iron Man and Captain America, Tales to Astonish 63 with Giant Man and the Hulk, X-Men 9 and Avengers 12! Continued confusion about which Asian country has which martial art! Distended foreheads! Put-upon tourists! Disappointingly ape-less Red Ghosts!