Shortbox Summary

FINALLY! The origin of Spider-Woman as told by Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Reed, Jonathan and Joshua Luna, and VC's Cory Petit. In this episode we learn about Jessica Drew's complicated childhood, her bizarre adolescence, and the moment she decided to be a hero. Originally a a disaffected HYDRA youth, she sees the world as presented by Nick Fury and ultimately chooses what kind of person she wants to be in the world. We talk about her origin, the art, the questionable narrative choices, and women's portrayal in comics all here - get it while it's hot!

(also, go Celtics ☘️)

The film crew is back to discuss the first sequel on Shortbox Summary - Blade 2! Marty, Aaron, Kyle, and George bark down what this movie meant for the greater comic book adaptation sub-genre that was really about to pop off, what this movie managed to accomplish coming out between the first two Matrix films, and so much more.

Aleah is back in the studio to record a show about the New Avengers! One of the criminals who broke out of the Raft is back in Japan, and he's been chosen by The Hand and Hydra to be their new leader! The Avengers can't let that stand so they enlist the help of a new hero named Ronin to help them out.

Meanwhile, who is Spider-woman really working for? How can she be trusted? Get ready as we answer those questions and more!

A bonus episode! Where we talk about something that happened this week! Marvel dropped a teaser trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder, and friends of the show Seth and Austin stopped by to share how excited they are about it. I explain the general summary of the comic it's based on, and we all get hyped about how hyped we are. Enjoy!

Sean is back to Shortbox Summary to discuss the second arc from Astonishing X-Men (2004), a story called Danger. What do the X-Men really know about the Danger Room, something that's been in their lives forever? It turns out, not as much as they thought they did and BOY does that problem come home to roost our favorite mutants this time. Get ready for a complete breakdown on exactly how screwed the X-Men are, and which X-Man (or X-Woman) just straight up cannot be trusted.

And just like that, we're back on New Avengers. Please welcome Aleah to a very special episode where we dive into the re-introduction of the Sentry to the Marvel Universe! Caught between a rock and a dark place, Bob Reynolds must turn to heroes who have forgotten him to help conquer his archnemesis, the Void! But not everything is as it seems, and after digging into the pop culture of Summer 2005, we dig into this mystery at the center of the Marvel Universe! Strap in, fam, this story gets weird!

Holy smokes, people sent in questions! Fabio and George sit down to sift through a series of questions we've gotten from some very kind fans. Shout outs to listeners Pank, Jehan, John, and El Matador.

Afterwards we go over a very loose roadmap of some major stories that are coming up in the Shortbox pipeline. We talk about big beats and the stories we're most looking forward to diving into.

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How did Iron Man go from C-list character to the most important box office figure of the last 20 years? Honestly, it's this story, Extremis by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov. Fabio and George dive into what makes this book special, what makes Warren Ellis a tough name to get excited about these days, and if you listen closely enough you can hear them pray to the old gods for more Adi Granov interior art in the future. Strap in for a deep dive into one of the most important comics of the century as we dissect THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN 1-6 (2004), now in stereo!