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 of Suspense #57 (Sept 1964)
- Strange Tales #124 (Sept 1964)
- The Fantastic Four #30 (Sept 1964)
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Wow, I finished writing half of the response below, and realized it sounds MUCH snarkier and negative than I like. Honest, it’s all in the name of fun. But proceed at your own risk.
Here he is, Hawkeye! I also loved it when Daniel Day-Lewis played him, but boy, that version of the costume was not on model at all.
Somewhere after this issue and before Avengers #16, Hawkeye appears in Untold Tales of Spider-Man #17. That story really played up Hawkeye as being a reluctant villain, just going along with Black Widow for love, and not having his heart in it. The UToSM series is all so good, I just had to share that.
Hmm, the arrogant archers. Overcompensating much? Clint has definitely admitted to that, not sure if Oliver has. “I’m surrounded by gods and I have … a bow and arrows. Of course I’m going to act confident and cocky. How else can I hold my own?”
The Black Widow-Hawkeye relationship, at this time, is exactly the same as Enchantress and Executioner. Natasha leads him around by the nose. Did anybody make a “couple” name for them? ClinTasha? WidEye?
So the Watcher is the most powerful being in the galaxy, but he can’t grow hair. Like, at all. I don’t care if none of the Watchers have hair. If Uatu or Roger are that powerful, they should be able to give themselves some boss hair, maybe rock a Van Dyke or something. Does that mean Uatu chooses to be bald? Sorry, Captain Picard he ain’t.
Dr Strange’s powers are so tough to define. When Cuddlebunch’s movie came out, a co-worker asked that question. I said “magic”. And he reasonably followed with “but what does that mean?” “He can do anything as long as it rhymes.” I know that’s not accurate, but I thought it funny, and how is that less accurate than what we have in the comics?
60 episodes!! WOO! With 30 comics per ominbus, that’s 2 podcast omnibuses, right? Omnibuses? Omnibi? Omnibast?
Until Hawkeye trades in his costume for one with … a skirt … make mine Make Ours Marvel.