Rolled Spine Podcasts

Face Front, True Believer! The world renowned San Diego Comic-Con International held its 2014 gathering this past weekend, and our vociferous speakers Diabolu Frank and Illegal Machine have graciously spent a half an hour discussing the scintillating revelations of this momentous occasion in a bonus second episode of the week for the comic book faithful, totally free of charge to you! Now you can't complain that you have nothing to do while standing in line during the Thursday "midnight" debut showing of the most magnificent motion picture in film history, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxt! How's that for service, effendi?

• 00:30 Star Wars returns to Marvel Comics. Whoopee.
• 03:13 Ant-Man urge to watch... drooping.
• 05:30 The Vision & Avengers: Age of Ultron.
• 06:05 Angela: Asgard's Assassin.
• 07:10 Captain America & the Mighty Avengers. And by "Mighty" they mean "Black." And anyway, we mostly just talk about this lady...
• 09:31 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter.
• 11:19 Batman v Superman * Wonder Woman. If I'd heard about Gal Gadot's Facebook post, this would have run longer. This bleeds into DC Comics on TV talk, including Arrow, The Flash and Constantine. Of the lot, found this the most exciting...
• 21:02 Joaquin Phoenix in Doctor Strange and Marvel's race gap
• 26:53 How about that Mad Max: Fury Road trailer, eh?
• Jeez, we went a whole episode without Mister Fixit? That would be the first time that's happened since we recorded our first session on June 27, 2014...

• 02:02 Talking the Marvel Cosmic Comics with Diabolu Frank, Illegal Machine & Mr. Fixit, with a specific interest in the work of James P. Starlin. Episode art tumblr here
• 13:45 A rare (for us) spoiler-light look at the 2004 Warlock mini-series by Greg Pak & Charlie Adlard with covers by J.H. Williams III. 
• 21:57 Marvel Mail Bag!

Face Front, True Believers! It's our double-sized debut edition of The Marvel Super Heroes Podcast, featuring the very first Marvel character, Namor the Sub-Mariner! We'll also be looking at Marvel NOW! announcements, the cartoon from which the podcast takes its name, and Entertainment Weekly's Comic-Con 2014 special's early photos from the future blockbuster film Avengers: Age of Ultron! Fasten your seat belt, faithful friends, for Diabolu Frank, Illegal Machine and Mister Fixit are the madmen at the wheel!

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

• 00:30 Our chromium collector's special starts with the hosts' personal experience with the Prince of the Blood. Episode art tumblr here.
• 06:44 The View and fear of a menstruating Thor. More here.
• 13:36 The Avenging Son under withering criticism.
• 18:30 The Superior Iron Man NOW! More here.
• 20:12 Fearsome berth of the Sub-Mariner! The origin story synopsis & commentary.
• 28:06 The Falcon takes over as Captain America NOW! More here.
• 30:40 Time for school! Learn the basics about Namor writer/artist/creator Bill Everett and the pre-history of Marvel Comics.
• 35:27 2014 Avengers NOW! More here.
• 40:43 The Marvel Super Heroes TV show 101, plus our review of Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner Episode One- "Peril in the Surface World"/ "So Spreads the Net" / "The Unveiling"
• 46:16 Thoughts on EW's Avengers: Age of Ultron pics. More here.
• 50:09 The Sub-Mariner's future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? More here.
• 53:16 Frank's final thoughts on Namor and looking forward to further episodes, including the subject for next week. Jump to 57:14 for the Marvel Mail Bag, where we respond to (we hope!) every single comment left by listeners of our #0 introductory podcast.

Presenting the "#0" issue of our brand new Marvel Comics podcast! Meet your hosts Diabolu Frank, Illegal Machine and Mister Fixit as they discuss how they got into comics and their relationships with their totemic super heroes Captain America, Iron Man and the Hulk! This is an extra-length first episode, with a projected weekly schedule of offering one 30 minute or so podcast every Tuesday! Feel free to follow us for regular updates, and enjoy a breakdown of this week's episode below...

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

01:00 "Mac" tells how he got caught on the spinner rack.
04:44 "Mister Fixit" journeys to comics from the wrong side of the tracks.
08:07 Frank doesn't have a good story, but that never stopped him droning on.
09:57 Illegal Machine talks Iron Man meeting.
19:43 Why Hulk, Mr. Fixit?
27:03 Like the Star Spangled Avenger, Frank speechifies.
37:32 Frank apologizes for the lousy audio quality as we bumble through the process of learning how to record this junk. He doesn't sound like he's in a bucket here. There may be a stinger after the credits. It's a Marvel podcast, after all.