Marveling At Marvel's Marvels

The Marveling team heads to the movies for this episode's review of Black Panther! This is a full spoiler review, so we highly recommend seeing the film before listening.

We're keeping it weird in 2018 with Devil Dinosaur! In addition to Jack Kirby's big red T-Rex, we bring you Moon Boy and Moon Girl. And your favorite podcasting team weighs in on the Black Panther review controversy, so you know this isn't an episode to miss!

We've reached #100! For this landmark episode, we proudly present maybe the greatest Avenger, The Wasp! Our discussion includes weird super villains, Josef's memory, and redundancy of super powers on a team. As a heads up, this character's history has some legit ugliness that we discuss in detail. Those wishing to avoid talk on sexual assault and domestic violence in comics should skip the last half of this episode.

We've got a very special guest this week: Friend of the podcast, Joseph! And he's brought with him one of the most underappreciated Avengers, the Black Knight! We'll discuss his long Marvel history and why he's one of Joseph's (not Josef's) favorite characters.

We're proud to present one of Marvel's oldest characters, Patsy Walker! We'll discuss her entire history, including her 1940s comic origins, her transition into Hellcat, and the excellent recent series.

This week, we proudly present the co-star of the two most recent Silver Surfer series, Dawn Greenwood! We cover her adventures, their relationship, and the magic of wishes. This episode includes heavy spoilers for the Slott/Allred 2014-2017 Silver Surfer comics. They're awesome enough that I think this won't ruin your enjoyment of them, but you've been warned...

As the Year of the Mutant comes to a close, we've got one founding member of the New Mutants: Rahne Sinclair, Wolfsbane! We talk about wolves in Scotland, frozen deserts, and birthing practices of the gods. Starting this week, Marveling is moving to bi-weekly. We'll be back with a new episode Dec. 27th. 

Last week, we claimed that Howard the Duck is one of Marvel's strangest characters. This week, we prove it by presenting some of his bizarre foes! Play along with Josef to see if you can guess which are actually villains from Howard's classic 70s run!

Trapped in a world he never made, it's Howard the Duck! We talk about his movie appearances, chewing gum, and duck genitalia. Yeah, this episode is as weird as Howard...

This week we do something a little different. After watching the Thor movies, we felt there was still a lot of discussion to be had around Asgard & Norse mythology as they exist in the Marvel comic universe. We talk about the Nine Realms, the Warriors Three, and what counts as a good viking death.  This episode is completely free of Thor: Ragnarok spoilers, so if you haven't seen the movie yet, this is a perfect primer! (Although there are a few spoilers for Thor: Dark World). 

We're back at the movies with Marvel's latest, Thor: Ragnarok. Lots of folks are saying this is Marvel's best movie yet- listen to find out what the Marveling team thinks! This will be an extremely spoiler-heavy episode. We highly recommend you see the movie before listening.

Join us this week for a dig into Marvel's merc with the mouth, Deadpool! You just might learn something about U.S. presidents, Will Ferrell, and Deadpool's dark history. 

It's Marvel's reigning Disco Queen, Dazzler! This bright & shiny episode is packed with Grace Jones, rollerskating, and principles of energy conversion!

Happy Hallowe'en, Marvelers! For this spookiest of seasons, we have a very special episode: Jack Russel, the Werewolf By Night! We talk about how one becomes a monster, classic creatures, and our favorite movies to enjoy on Hallow's Eve!

This episode, we present what may be Marvel's most underrated superhero team, Power Pack! Topics for discussion include latchkey kids, heroes as monsters, and The Bogeyman.

Leave your expectations at the door for this one! Josef and Allen have created some comic characters and Jonathan must decide if each is worthy of getting their own comic. Needless to say, it gets real weird.

It's the episode Josef never wanted: Hawkeye! Jonathan tries to convince our resident skeptic that a bow is a viable weapon for a superhero and that Clint deserves to be an avenger. Strap in- this isn't a gentle conversation. 

It's a twofer, as we present Cypher and Warlock! Learn all about these best friends- one a mutant translator and the other an alien robot. Also including discussion on NFL protests, dance moves, and the power of language.

In the second part of our Incredible Hulk special, we discuss the 2006 comic event, Planet Hulk (with a splash of World War Hulk)! Why would Earth's heroes send Hulk into space? Why does Hulk need armor? And will this episode convince Josef that Hulk is a truly great hero? The answers these questions and more on this week's episode! 

Heroes don't get much bigger that The Hulk. You'll hear about lazy pants, chocolate bars, and what calms the savage beast in this extra-large episode!