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 #146 (Jul 1966)
- Amazing Spider-Man #38 (Jul 1966)
- Daredevil #18 (Jul 1966)
- Thor #130 (Jul 1966)
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Strange Tales #146: Fury and SHIELD facing THEM, and that name cannot go away soon enough. It’s actually fun to say they/them when you don’t know who the bad guys are. But as an actual name, awkward and annoying!
Hey look, Fury and his team wearing purple scuba gear! Did they save those from the time the Howlers wore that? (Covered just last episode, 122!) Or is there only one supplier of scuba gear in the Marvel Universe? “Can we get this in black?” “Nope, we got purple.” “You … don’t have any other color?” “What are you, a wise guy? We gots purple! Everyone knows purple is best for being sneaky underwater!” “Um…”
Dr Strange and “The End At Last!” Seriously, did Stan write that caption because even he was tired of this arc? And it wrapped things up nicely … because … wrapping up.
Yes, love the art. I was stunned to see the 2 full-page spreads. And they were amazing! So if you’re gonna go, Ditko must’ve thought, “story-shmory, I’m drawing what I want.”
Amazing Spider-Man #38: So Joe gets his big break as an actor because his super strength let him do some amazing fight scenes. Now his strength is gone. How long is his new career going to last? Do I have to read Captain America #246 to find out? Argh!
I do appreciate Peter/MJ always missing each other. It’s a cute running gag, and not frustrating because I already know what she looks like and she’s been a big part of Peter’s life for a long time. If I was a reader back then, I might have been getting tired of the near misses by now, so yeah, it’ll be fun to see the big reveal soon.
Daredevil #18: Gladiator the costume maker: “I’ll defeat all the superheroes thru the power of CLOTHES!” Right. Got it. Can’t imagine why no one has tried this before. And then, his pants don’t fit right, so many baggy parts. I have to think that was on purpose by Romita, and hilarious!
Foggy pretending to be Daredevil when better than Flash Thompson dressing as Spider-Man. At least Foggy wasn’t captured by Doctor Doom. Is it me, or is this twisting a Silver Age trope on its ear? The love interest trying to figure out the hero’s identity? If so, it’s executed really well, and Foggy’s behavior is correctly cringe-worthy.
Thor #130: Saving Hercules from Pluto. There was lots of great fight-fight, really great! And I hardly remember any of it. Seriously, it was more just a great experience, so I’ll take it.
So Jane’s about to disappear again?! Come on!!
Now I want to see Disney’s Hercules meet Disney’s Pluto (the dog), much to the displeasure of the movie’s Hades and Pegasus, because Herc and Pluto would be *best* friends!
That’s enough for this week. Until next time, or until Gladiator lifts the Baxter Building off the ground, or is that a different Gladiator, make mine Make Ours Marvel.