Marvel Reread Club

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!

It’s a very special episode of Marvel Reread Club, as we welcome an insider who knows the real deal. We discuss two of the greatest Marvel comics of all time, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 and Fantastic Four Annual #2, with Steve Bunche, who worked at Marvel and DC back in the day and knows everybody with one or two degrees of separation, from Ditko to Bob Kane! Check it out!

MRC takes aim at the second half of September, 1964 with Tales of Suspense #57 with Iron Man and the Watcher, Tales to Astonish #59 with Giant-Man, the Wasp and Hulk, X-Men #7 and Avengers #8. Powerful gloved hands! Standick! Cyberno! Righto!

MRC stalks the first half of August 1964, with Spider-Man #15, Daredevil #3, Fantastic Four #29, and Journey Into Mystery #107 with Thor. Petey-Wetey! Whee! Several surrenders that get voided by a change in location! Paper-airplane-folding powers! Check it out!

MRC burrows into the second half of August, 1963, checking out Strange Tales 123 with The Human Torch and Dr. Strange, Tales of Suspense 56 with Iron Man and the Watcher, Tales to Astonish 58 with Giant-Man and the Wasp, and Avengers 7. Beetle grippers! Evil thong slivers! Little black books! Pesky escalators! Enchantress slacks!