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…
- Strange Tales #115 (Dec 1963)
- The Fantastic Four #21 (Dec 1963)
- Tales of Suspense #48 (Dec 1963)
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Strange Tales #115- Just a thought about how different Johnny seems to be treated here (likes he’s just a kid) as opposed to in the main FF series (like a full member). Since he is the solo star of Strange Tales, what if they are all from his point of view. His angsty teen-age point of view? He isn’t really being treated that bad by the other members of the FF but the 16 year old thinks he is. When Reed suggests he find Spider-Man to help against the Sandman, Reed isn’t being disrespectful. To him, both Johnny and Spidey are “youngsters” and it would make sense for them to spend time together. Simple enough. Johnny just hears that as “you suck”.