Month: April 2018

Episode 3: Why Should I Want To Be Human?

Welcome to Make Ours Marvel, the weekly show where Michael Kaiser and Jon M. Wilson read chronologically through Marvel Comics’ spandex adventures and discuss their thoughts with little to no authority.

In this episode…

  • The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962)
  • The Fantastic Four #5 (Jul 1962)

Images from Discussion:

Incredible Hulk #1 The Hulk! A monster of mostly regular stature... ...and screaming...and screaming...and screaming... The first iThumbnail! Smarter than the Leader? Fantastic Four #5 Johnny loves reading the Hulk, too! Thing loves Sue! (Reed? Not so much...) Cool time travel tech. It is forbidden for you to interfere with human history! Doom escapes again for the first time.

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Episode 2: A Greater Scientist Than Any of You

Welcome to Make Ours Marvel, the weekly show where Michael Kaiser and Jon M. Wilson read chronologically through Marvel Comics’ spandex adventures and discuss their thoughts with little to no authority.

In this episode…

  • Tales to Astonish #27 (Jan 1962)
  • The Fantastic Four #3 (Mar 1962)
  • The Fantastic Four #4 (May 1962)

Images from Discussion:

Tales to Astonish #27 Put the antidote on the floor first...arghtoolate! Fantastic Four #3 New fantastical car and building! Abandoned panels from FF #3. Masks are for kids! The Human Torch! Enter the Thrantastic Three! Fantastic Four #4 Real smooth shave! Mister Fantastic! Giganto! (And his awkwardly placed arms...)

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Episode 1: The Time Has Come

Welcome to Make Ours Marvel, the weekly show where Michael Kaiser and Jon M. Wilson read chronologically through Marvel Comics’ spandex adventures and discuss their thoughts with little to no authority.

In this episode…

  • The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov 1961)
  • The Fantastic Four #2 (Jan 1962)

Images from Discussion:

Fantastic Four #1 The Marvel Universe is born! Page one of the Fantastic Four bible. Page two of the Fantastic Four bible. Meh. Fantastic Four #2 Better cover on the inside! The Thing! We HATE being Skrulls!

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