The Avenging Hour

We're back and this week we're going to talk about the years of Roy Thomas and Steve Englehart!  These two wrote a lot of Avengers comics and made a lot of changes, so come along and listen as we dis…

Well, we've done!  We've read all the Avengers issues published from 1963 through 1996, all of Volume 1!  But before we move on, we're going to spend some time talking about what Volume 1 was all abo…

Happy New Year!  We finished all of the Avengers issues in Volume 1, so we're skipping back one year to check out this two issue limited series from Peter David and Ariel Olivetti!  They're going to …

Merry Christmas!  Jason and John got up early Christmas morning to record this episode just for our fans!  We're finishing up the end of Volume 1 at our 300th episode and at the end of the year!  It'…

Its the wrap up to the Benedict plotline (at least until Kurt Busiek comes along to actually finish it) and the big 400th anniversary issue by new writer Mark Waid!  Enjoy your tenure on the book Mr.…

We're barreling toward the end of the original run and this week we discuss a crossover with the Incredible Hulk and then the beginning of the last two parter at the Mansion.  Come join us!

We go from one crossover to another, as we explore First Sign, a crossover between Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and the Avengers!  The team goes up against the new Zodiac who have taken over New Y…

It's the end of The Crossing!  Everything comes to a head here, as the Avengers get a younger Tony Stark from an alternate reality so they can kill the current evil older Tony Stark!  This will chang…

Happy Thanksgiving!  Jason and John know that we are most thankful for our amazing listeners!  As a thank you, here's some extra listening for your holiday weekend....a long podcast we recorded over …

We're at Part V of the Crossing, and things are getting serious!  We debut the new Wasp and also discuss Iron Man 324, Force Works 20 and War Machine 23.

Now we're in the thick of it!  Our villains have been revealed and its a full run to the finish!  This episode is a biggie, with a deep dive into Avengers 393 and recaps of War Machine 21-22, Iron Ma…

We start out this week with a deep dive into Avengers 392, and then we recap War Machine 20, Iron Man 322 and Force Works 18.  The plot of this crossover begins to come together and the action ratche…

We continue our delve into The Crossing!  We spend most of our time on Avengers 391, while also touching on Iron Man 321 and Force Works 17.  Is there an actual plot here, or just more and more issue…

It starts here!  We've teased it for the last few episodes, but now we actually start reading the giant Avengers crossover, the Crossing!  This episode we touch on Iron Man 319-320 and Force Works 16…

We're getting closer and closer to the next big crossover, The Crossing!  First we have a spotlight on Deathcry, but then it's a Crossing prelude, full of portents and foreshadowing (and hot bods in …

It's the Taking A.I.M. crossover with Captain America, as the team goes to an island of Adaptoids so that they can try to stop the Red Skull from getting the powers of a Cosmic Cube!

We're doing two issues that set the stage for an upcoming crossover.  But who cares about that?  These issues spotlight the Black Widow!  Its about time!  It also features the first time the Avengers…

We're talking about the six-issue series, Avengers Unplugged.  We'll do an overview of the series and then do a deep dive into issue #5!

The Taylor Madison plot finally comes to its conclusion!  It's not been quite as long as the Gatherers, but it's been almost fourty issues (so maybe it has been as long as the Gatherers!),  Then we'r…

This episode we finish up the High Evolutionary storyline and then get an entire issue that's an advertisement for the very 90's comic series Fantastic Force!