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Katie Pryde is the proprietrix of Books with Pictures, a comics shop in Portland, Oregon built from the ground up to prioritize inclusivity and diverse representation. She and the shop were recently …

Dave Dwonch is the co-writer and co-creator of Jenny Zero, published by Dark Horse Comics. The orphaned daughter of Japan's greatest kaiju fighter went full celebutante after her dad's death, and the…

Ibrahim Moustafa is still known to Wikipedia as a 1928 Olympic Gold Medallist wrestler, and yes, we're still making that joke on this, his fourth appearance on the program. Be sure to check out his D…

Chelsea Cain is the author of so many New York Times bestselling books, including Heartsick, Sweetheart, Evil at Heart, and The Night Season. She's also the writer of Marvel Comics' Mockingbird, as w…

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For an additional 15 minutes of this episode, support us on Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our super-secret bonus feed of content. The expanded edition of this episode includes our co…

For an additional 30 minutes of this episode, support us on Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our super-secret bonus feed of content. The expanded edition of this episode includes our co…

Our Season 6 recap covers all of these issues, more or less: Amazing Adventures #1-2, Amazing Spider-Man #67-88, Astonishing Tales #1, Avengers #58-79, Captain America #108-129, Captain Marvel #8-21,…

Mark Evanier began his professional writing career one week after his high school graduation, and it's still going strong more than half a century later. 

He is widely regarded as one of the most know…

Issues Covered In This Episode:

"The Young Warriors!" - Amazing Adventures #2, written by Gary Friedrich, art by John Buscema and John Verpoorten, ©1970 Marvel Comics

"The Arms of Doctor Octopus!" - Am…

Matt Fraction is one of comics' best humans (and writers). He's scripted virtually every Marvel character in the House of Ideas, from Iron Man to the Fantastic Four to a fella by the name of Hawkeye,…

Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:

"Unmasked At Last!" - Amazing Spider-Man #87, written by Stan Lee, art by John Romita and Jim Mooney, ©1970 Marvel Comics

"The Controller Lives!" - Iron Man #28,…

Issues Covered In This Episode:

"In His Footsteps, the Huntsman of Zeus" - Ka-Zar #1, written by Allyn Brodsky, art by Frank Springer and Dick Ayers, ©1970 Marvel Comics

"Again, the Glob!" - Incredible…

Stuart Wellington is the co-creator and co-host of the best podcast on the internet, Till Def Do Us Ppardy. (He also co-hosts and co-created The Flop House.) 

Stu's appearance on MBTM means that we've…

Issues Covered In This Episode:

"The Blazes of Battle... The Flames of Love!" - Avengers #76, written by Roy Thomas, art by John Buscema and Tom Palmer, ©1970 Marvel Comics

"Duel In a Dark Dimension!" …

Despite what he said in the episode, Noah Campbell isn't just the guest we call in when absolutely everyone else has refused to do the show. He's also the guest we call in specifically when Marvel's …

Issues Covered In This Episode:

"Captured -- In Viet Nam!" - Captain America #125, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and Frank Giacoia, ©1970 Marvel Comics

"Mogol!" - Incredible Hulk #127, written…

Corey Mintz is a freelance food reporter for the New York Times, Globe and Mail, Eater, and other presigious media outlets, so we have no idea why he's slumming with us this week. A former cook and r…

Issues Covered In This Episode:

"The Lady and the Tiger Shark!" - Sub-Mariner #24, written by Roy Thomas, art by John Buscema and Jim Mooney, ©1970 Marvel Comics

"... Where Stalks the Night-Crawler!" -…