Rolled Spine Podcasts

Fantasy as you like it! The strangest man of all time!! Is he Man or Monster or... is he both? It's "The Coming of the Hulk" as we look at The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962,) its faithful adaptation on the 1966 The Marvel Super Heroes animated series, plus the 1982 and 1996 takes from two separate series of The Incredible Hulk cartoons. Added value bonus at no additional cost to our treasured listeners: Hulk related commentary, anecdotes, and tunes as part of our biggest show yet! This is the last early episode length audio recorded using the Graphophone system onto cardboard tubes covered in wax as overseen by Alexander Graham Bell himself, so please excuse the low audio quality, awkward chemistry, jokes that miss like a troop run by Major Glenn Talbot, excess of needless recapping rather than essential commentary, and Frank hogging too much of the narration.

Face Front, True Believers! This week #Frank'sAgenda is in full flower as we revisit Marvel Comics' 1972 stab at drafting a feminist super-heroine, The Cat! First Illegal Machine & Frank dissect the debut issue, then Mr. Fixit & Frank dive into #2 (32:00,) with the Diabolical One ranting a bit about #3-4. Stan Lee and Marie Severin get the creation credit, while Linda Fite writes (with editor Roy Thomas,) and there's fill-ins galore throughout the brief experiment. We finally reopen the mighty Marvel mail bag (44:58,) with Fixit & the Ill Mac taking the fore 'fer once! Frank probably would have preferred if things had turned out more P.C., but the show is entertaining, which is the paramount concern. Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers!

The Marvel Super Heroes Podcast Episode 011

Face Front, True Believers! This week we return to the Annihilation event, with a (thankfully) more self-contained mini-series starring the classic Fantastic Four foe Super-Skrull!

FRANK FREE PODCAST!

Since our old buddy has been banished to the Negative Zone, Mac and Fixit decide to take a shot at this whole “podcasting” thing on their own.
The two guys break down the only Fixit/Iron Man crossover they could find. Iron Man #247 (October 1989) and Incredible Hulk #361 (November 1989) is a quick, caper style story bringing together not only two of our favorite characters, butICONIC creative teams of Dave Michelinie/Bob Layton for Iron Man and Peter David/Jeff Pervis for Hulk.

Mostly, we just needed something that Frank wouldn’t be pissed at us for covering. LOVE YOU, BRO!

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here. 

The Marvel Super Heroes Podcast Episode 009

Face Front, True Believers! This week, we look at the 1963 first appearance of Iron Man from Tales of Suspense #39, then compare it to 1994's The Marvel Action Hour: Iron Man episodes 11 & 12, "Origin of Iron Man: Part 1 & 2!"

Face Front, True Believers! We're back to lean, mean fighting form with our latest episode! Following our looks at Marvel Cosmic and Drax the Destroyer: Earthfall, we're ready to attack the epic Annihilation story arc of 2006 in earnest. The seeds for Guardians of the Galaxy were planted by this exciting event!

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here... 

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Face Front, True Believers! We're setting the Time Platform back to the dawn of Timely Comics with the Golden Age Ka-Zar and the Masked Raider! Also, the biggest, fattest Marvel Mail Bag ever! Episode art tumblr here.

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• 01:10 A look at the predecessors of the comic book, pulp fiction.
• 02:45 The origin of David Rand, better known as the original Ka-Zar.
• 07:35 Comments on The Marvel Super Heroes Podcast Episodes #1-2, Namor the First Marvel and Marvel Cosmics & Warlock
• 14:28 The continuing adventures of Ka-Zar, spanning through Marvel Mystery Comics #15 and notes on his final appearances.
• 20:23 Comments on The Marvel Super Heroes Podcast Episode 003, SDCC 2014 FYI.
• 43:10 The Masked Raider's entire Golden Age career gets our jaundiced gaze.
• 51:15 Oh, we're still not done with the mail, but at least Mr. Fixit retroactively contributes to the SDCC episode.

• The Holloway Pages text reproduction of "King of Fang and Claw" by Bob Byrd complete with chapter breaks & illustrations.
• Project Gutenberg Australia version, pure text on a single web page.

Face Front, True Believers! The universe's most polyphallicetious Marvel Comics podcast returns to discuss the biggest hit film of the summer not associated with Michael Bay, Guardians of the Galaxy! Join Illegal Machine, Mr. Fixit and Diabolu Frank as they debate the highs and lows of Marvel Studios' latest blockbuster franchise! While we tried to keep spoilers to a minimum, you'd probably ought to have seen the movie before listening, or at least skip the podcast "chapter" beginning at 16:01, where the majority of plot landmines lie. In the second half, we open up the floor to all the Marvel Studios movies, and then a few quick draws out of the Mail Bag!

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers...

• 01:15 The Ill Mac gives his concise overall review.
• 03:22 Fixit chimes in with his take. Mac might take off on a tangent at some point.
• 11:19 So, there were some dumb parts, fanboys? Wait, Fryhole? Did I hear that right?
• 14:00 Star Wars gets a Millennium Falcon Punch.
• 16:33 We haven't heard much from Frank and we're a quarter of the way through a double length episode. I have a bad feeling about this...
• 29:28 We offer our individual lists of Marvel Studios movies to date ranked by preference.
• 31:00 Here's where the train derails folks, as we jump off the lists and into a mini-review of the Thor & Hulk movies.
• 33:43 Mr. Fixit's list swiftly turns into a discussion of Iron Man 2 and 3.
• 36:38 Oh yeah, Fixit's still trying to nail that list down. So, Cap?
• 38:54 Mac brings it back to GotG.
• 44:22 Can we see the reboots/recasting from here?
• 58:05 The Mini-Marvel Mail Bag!

Face Front, True Believers! This week we look at Drax the Destroyer, a prelude mini-series to the Annihilation event the brought us the 21st century incarnation of the Guardians of the Galaxy featured in this month's hit film! Also the Mail Bag! Episode art tumblr here.

Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here...