Katie Pryde is the proprietrix of Books with Pictures, the Will Eisner Comic Industry 2022 Spirit of Comics Retailer Award-winning comics shop, conveniently located in Portland, Oregon's southeast. It's our home base and a truly welcoming and inclusive environment, particularly for kids and those who have traditionally not felt welcome in other comics shops. She is also on the board for the Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts, which opens its doors later this year — visit nwmoca.org to learn more and find out how you can help to bring it to life!

Douglas Wolk is the author of All of the Marvels, the Eisner Award-winning Best Comics-Related Book of 2022, in which he graciously included us in the acknowledgments. Douglas is also the founder of the 616 Society, a Patreon-supported message board and daily Marvel Unlimited book club. If you like what we do, you will love Douglas's much smarter and more coherent versions of it.

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Stories Covered in this Episode: 

"Shanna the She-Devil!" - Shanna the She-Devil #1, written by Carole Seuling and Steve Gerber, art by George Tuska and Vince Colletta, ©1972 Marvel Comics

"The Making of a Nurse!" - Night Nurse #1, written by Jean Thomas, art by Winslow Mortimer, ©1972 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 3.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen. All incidental music by Robb Milne.

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