MRC welcomes back special guest Rob Salkowitz who was nice enough to stick around and mop up the rest of February 1965 with Strange Tales 129 with Human Torch and Dr Strange, Tales of Suspense 62 with Iron Man and Captain America, Tales to Astonish 64 with Giant-Man and the Hulk and Avengers 13. Just add a back seat, Dick! Tension, unrest, war and anarchy! Knee suction cups! Suspiciously sinister eyebrows! Must oil my W! All the Way with LBJ! Non-physical chemicals! Check it out!

MRC welcomes special guest Rob Salkowitz, comics columnist for Forbes Magazine and author of “Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture”. Rob helps us struggle through the first half of February, 1965, featuring Amazing Spider-Man 21, Daredevil 6, Fantastic Four 35, and Journey Into Mystery 113 with Thor. The great Human Torch villain exodus! Actors playing Ox are always just Ox! High school boys striking out with college girls! Cow sized helmet wings! Check it out!

MRC wrestles with the second half of January 1965, featuring Tales of Suspense 61 with Iron Man and Captain America, Tales to Astonish 63 with Giant Man and the Hulk, X-Men 9 and Avengers 12! Continued confusion about which Asian country has which martial art! Distended foreheads! Put-upon tourists! Disappointingly ape-less Red Ghosts!

Our 50th episode! MRC hurtles into January 1965 with Amazing Spider-Man #20, Fantastic Four #34, Journey Into Mystery with Thor #112 and Strange Tales with Human Torch and Dr. Strange #128. Hooray! Beatles Wigs! Colletta’s infamous eraser! Better than average pinups! Pants with no-one inside ‘em! Check it out!

MRC finally finishes December 1964 featuring Strange Tales #127 with Human Torch and Dr. Strange, Tales of Suspense #60 with Iron Man and Captain America, Tales to Astonish #62 with Giant-Man and the Hulk, and Avengers #11. Fake mustaches! Mindless Ones! Uranus! Great relish! Second Story Sammy! Nuclear grenades! The royal we! Check it out!

MRC wades into the first half of December 1964 with Amazing Spider-Man #19, Daredevil #5, Fantastic Four #33, and Journey Into Mystery #111 with Thor. Crestfallen Jonah! The great how-does-DD-get-around conundrum! Nutro-nuclear dissolvo-bombs! Love at first sight of huge headgear! Check it out!

MRC gets in the ring with the second half of November, 1964 with Tales of Suspense #59 featuring Iron Man and Captain America, Tales to Astonish #61 featuring Giant-Man and the Hulk, X-Men #8 and Avengers #10. Hard-luck Jarvis! The Converti-car! Mixed-up Bettys! Menorah trunks! Super power coupons! Check it out!

MRC cowers before the might of November, 1964, featuring Amazing Spider-Man #18, Fantastic Four #32, Journey Into Mystery #110 with Thor, and Strange Tales #126 with Human Torch and Dr. Strange. JJJ jeers! Kirby Kollages! Twig TVs! Ditko Dark Dimension derangement! Check it out!

MRC cannot interfere with the second half of October 1964, featuring Strange Tales #125 with Human Torch and Doctor Strange, Tales of Suspense #58 with Iron Man and the Watcher, Tales to Astonish #60 with Giant-Man and the Hulk, and Avengers #9. The U-Car! The jungles of the Himalayas! President Johnson’s favorite motto! Commie Gorillas! The ludicrously easy to capture Wasp! Check it out!

MRC falls under the sway of October, 1964, with Amazing Spider-Man #17, Daredevil #4, Fantastic Four #31 and Journey Into Mystery #109, starring Thor! Frog bombs! Boomerangs with tape recorders inside of them! More criminal family members! Submarines disguised as trees! Check it out!