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 Avengers #21 (Oct 1965)
- Amazing Spider-Man #30 (Nov 1965)
- The Fantastic Four #44 (Nov 1965)
- Journey into Mystery #122 (Oct 1965)
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Argh! I’m a week behind! Dad-gum “stay at home” order means no commute, which was my podcast listening time! #NerdWorldProblems
Avengers #21: The public’s off-and-on mistrust of the team begins here, which is cool and not surprising as Cap’s Koo-Qua is ex-villains. Pretty great tactic to use against the team.
So Power Man. He is ionic-powered, but the energy starts to fade over time so he becomes not as strong. He gets the Pym particles to make him grow larger as Goliath, then becomes Atlas, loses the ions but still grows with Pym-Pars, eventually swaps to no Pym-ers just growing via ions. Science is amazing!
Amazing Spider-Man #30: I liked quite a bit of this story, and sad to see Peter-Betty really over. But yeah, I read this before listening to the show, and the story made no sense trying to explain the purple guys as Cat-minions. That’s even more sad, so I’m hoping it’ll improve a little in the next issues.
The Cat has lots of similarities to the Fox. I also remember Black Cat’s dad was a burglar, and I haven’t read any stories featuring him (if there are any), but could swear Felicia would say his alias was “the Cat”. Something to look into.
Fantastic Four #44: Wow, Gorgon’s hooves are much more powerful than in the stories I’ve seen! Taking out city blocks is hella intense. I have to think they nerf him later without any explanation.
I find the Inhumans interesting only when there’s a “fish out of water” character involved. Either the Inhumans away from Attilan, or an outsider being part of the story. Without a contrasting element, there’s no “In-“, just “humans.” Just my take.
Thor #122: So Harris Hobbs thinks “I’ll kidnap this nurse in the hopes she can help me learn Thor’s human identity, cuz that’s journalism! And sure, kidnapping is a crime, but JOURNALISM!” Yikes. Oh, and you made me curious, so I went back to skim thru his previous appearance for signs of him linking Thor to Don or Jane. No… no… not here…. that’s a big nope-a-roonio.
Jane Thor was THE BEST! I am so on board with a movie version of that. Yes, yes, yes, yes, etc. etc.
And the Tales of Asgard. HUZZAH! ADVENTURE! Volstagg was totally on point in this issue, which is delightful. And I think this was his first time called “the Lion of Asgard.” Yay!
That’s about it. Here’s hoping I can catch up on the new episodes. Until next time, or until Volstagg’s children beat Thor in a snowball fight, make mine Make Ours Marvel.