Marvel Reread Club

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!

MRC smashes headlong into October of 1966, with Amazing Spider-Man #41, Daredevil #21, Thor #133, Tales to Astonish #84 with Namor and the Hulk, and X-Men #25! Biker Pete! Forbidden Chambers! Fluid Bio-Verses! Paging Dr. Namor! The Whole Blamed Bullpen! Kukulcan! Check it out!

MRC finishes up the ninth month of the year of Soupy Sales, 1966, with Fantastic Four #54, Strange Tales #148 with SHIELD and Dr Strange, Tales of Suspense #81 with Iron Man and Captain America, and Avengers #32! Prester on the John! The Tri-Di-Roentgen Hand-Gun! Jogging borders! Small-of-the-Back-Kicking! Excessive Irony! Check it out!

MRC launches into September 1966 with Amazing Spider-Man #40, Daredevil #20, Thor #132, Tales to Astonish #83 with Namor and Hulk and X-Men #24! Sun Blast! Sonic Vortex! Power Borer! And those are all in the same panel! Check it out!

MRC finishes up August 1966, which means X-Men #23, Tales to Astonish #82 with Namor and Hulk, Strange Tales #147 with SHIELD and Dr. Strange, and Avengers #31! More bickering! Kirby record-scratch! Sheer coincidence! Steel Skull Cap! A Boss Bunch’a Threads! By Wavy Hair Betrayed! Check it out!

MRC returns with the first half of August, 1966! That means Amazing Spider-Man #39, Daredevil #19, Thor #131, and then, because Marvel published the books out of order this month, Tales of Suspense #80! Romita times 2! One of those avant-garde New York happenings! Br’er Tony! Full Simek! Check it out!