Phil Sheldon is just your average man on the street—except that his career as a freelance photographer uniquely positions him to chronicle several key events in the history of the Marvel Universe, as depicted in the 1994 miniseries Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross, published by Marvel Comics!

Can our workaday shutterbug overcome his feelings of inferiority in the face of superpowered beings? Can he rise above a wave of anti-mutant hysteria, survive the Coming of Galactus and work through the tragic death of young Gwen Stacy? And can he make it onto that Front Page of funnybook excellence known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:

• We linger on the artwork of Alex Ross
• Jolene by Dolly Parton
• Sex and the City
• Phil Sheldon's journalistic objectivity
• The Black Cat
• The Old Guard
• Avengers #16-28
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• The Marvels Project
• A Killing in Comics

Join us in two weeks as we dive into the Kree-Skrull War!

Until then: Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Twitter or Facebook! And as always, thanks for listening!