Marvel Reread Club

MRC finishes up February of 1967 with Fantastic Four #59, Strange Tales #153 with SHIELD and Dr. Strange, Tales of Suspense #86 with Iron Man and Captain America, and Avengers #36. Solar-Beam guns! Ultra-Magnetic Stabilizers! The Pillar of Peril! A Good Ol’ American One-Two to the Kisser! Beeper Dogs! Ixar! Check it out!

MRC swings into February 1967 with Amazing Spider-Man #45, Daredevil #25, Thor #137, Tales to Astonish #88 with Namor and Hulk and X-Men #29. Fights atop trains! Mike Murdoch! Spear skills! Alien littering! Revolutionary War Underground Throne-rooms! Check it out!

MRC finishes up January 1967 with Fantastic Four #58, Strange Tales with SHIELD and Dr. Strange #152, Tales of Suspense with Iron Man and Captain America #85 and Avengers #36! The Dismal Dregs of Defeat! White Knuckles! Cunning and Guile! Note-taking! Name of a Name! Burgomeisters! Check it out!

MRC slithers into January 1967 with Amazing Spider-Man #44, Daredevil #24, Thor #136, Tales to Astonish #87 with Namor and the Hulk, and X-Men #28. One Last Glimpse of Penn Station! Armed Brigands! Him Who Is Unknown! Mysterious Paste-Ups! Thews! Pliers! Check it out!

It’s our landmark 100th episode, with very special guest, National Book Award winner Dan Santat! We discuss the 1966 Annuals: Amazing Spider-Man Annual #3, Fantastic Four Annual #4, and Giant-Size Thor #2! Testiness! Anguish! Brawling! Check it out!

MRC and guest comics journalist Rob Salkowitz finish up December 1966 with Fantastic Four #57, Strange Tales #151 with SHIELD and Dr. Strange, Tales of Suspense #84 with Iron Man and Captain America, and Avengers #35! High Intensity Inductors! Steranko! (with commentary from Steranko himself, who Steve just interviewed!) Lots of Ditko swipes! Another villain with all the powers of the heroes! Cap’s disintegrated shield! Check it out!

Eisner-nominated comics journalist Rob Salkowitz rejoins us to discuss December 1966, featuring Amazing Spider-Man #43, Daredevil #23, Thor #135, Tales to Astonish #86 with Namor and the Hulk, and X-Men #27. The draft! Splashes! Genetic Accelerators! Grandenetti! Red belts! Check it out!

MRC welcomes back special guest Rachel Gluckstern to finish up the comics from November of 1966 with Fantastic Four #56, Strange Tales #150 with SHIELD and Doctor Strange, Tales of Suspense #83 with Iron Man and Captain America, and Avengers #34! The Space-Time-Research-Visi-Phone! The Overkill Horn! Umar! McNamara! Not the Acrobat! Laser people representation! Check it out!

MRC welcomes veteran comics editor Rachel Gluckstern to talk about November 1966, starting with Amazing Spider-Man 42, Daredevil 22, Thor 134, Tales to Astonish 85 with Namor and Hulk and X-Men 26! Mary Jane! Mafia FaceTime interviews! The High Evolutionary! Tartaglione ruins Buscema! Proto-Frogger! Check it out!

MRC finishes up October 1966 with Fantastic Four #55, Strange Tales #149 with SHIELD and Doctor Strange, Tales of Suspense #82 with Iron Man and Captain America, and Avengers #33! Whitey! Whitney! Good Samaritans! One-Wheeler Wubble Roller-Skates! The Adaptoid! Outside Agitators! Check it out!