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In this episode we take a look at the Fantastic Four, not just as superheroes, but as a time capsule of a specific moment in history. I examine how their timeliness makes them iconic, but also acts as a shackle to the past. How the norms, hopes, and tropes they embodied reflect an age that was grappling with the Space Race, Cold War anxieties, and shifting gender dynamics. Marvel's First Family wasn't created to be political, but their very existence couldn't help but capture the spirit of early 1960's America

Show image: Bagel Boy Arts -- https://bsky.app/profile/bagelboyy.bsky.social

Music sourced:

Track: Moon Landing by Finval

Track: Modern Nostalgia by Squares MP

Track: Laboratory by Finval

Track: Memories by Romanov_Studio

Track: Sunny California by uhanoffski

Media sourced:

Fantastic Four (Film) (2005)

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Film) (2007)

Fantastic Four (Film) (2015)

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Film) (2025)

The Wild One (Film) (1953)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Myster (Film) (2022)

Fantastic Four Audio Drama (1975)

Fantastic Four (Cartoon) (1967)

Norm Macdonald, Ridiculous (Album) (2006)

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