From Duck Till Dark: Outside the Marvel Studios

The character that put Marvel movies officially on the map gets his big send-off in today’s episode. But was it a proper goodbye or just a “don’t let the door hit you on the way out?” Find out by listening here....

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This first sequel to the blockbuster hit Spider-Man has been called a high watermark in the comic book genre. 15 years after its release, does it hold up? Let’s find out.

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For the first time, but not the last, we have a movie that redoes what’s been done before, as Thomas Jane and John Travolta bring us the 2004 take on The Punisher.

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One of the most polarizing comic book films stomped into theaters in the summer of 2003: Ang Lee’s Hulk!

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When moviegoers are applauding several times during the movie and hugging each other afterward, that’s when you know something was done right. And that’s what we got in 2003 with Bryan Singer’s X2!

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This is much less praise for the 2003 theatrical cut of this film than it is for the 2004 Director’s Cut. Please keep that in mind and enjoy my take on the Ben Affleck-led February blockbuster.

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So much happened to get Spider-Man to the big screen, but it was definitely worth it. You’ll see what I mean when you listen.

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7 episodes in and we have our first sequel in this series of podcasts. We’re discussing Blade II, the return of Wesley Snipes to the role that gave Marvel their first big-screen success.

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Blade’s success proved to Hollywood that Marvel movies could be successful and X-Men was the true beginning of the comic book movie’s first golden age. Today’s episode looks back on that historic first chapter in the X-Universe on the big screen.

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In 1997, the comic book movie was left for dead, so of course, someone fighting the undead had to be the one to resurrect the genre in the summer of 1998. Today, we’re talking about Blade, the movie that proved Marvel could have a successful theatrical run.

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