The DoomBots Marvel Podcast

Spider-Man webbing up red coats? Check. The Hulk fighting King Arthur's greatest villain during the American revolution? Check. Ben Franklin and a wizard using time travel to get help from Iron Man? Check. Yes, J. Michael Straczynski's '1776' miniseries really does have it all when it comes to random mad libs-like crazy weirdness.

X-Men! Onslaught! Generation X! Superboy! Superman! Teen Titans! He's written them all, and we want to know about 'em. This week, Scott Lobdell joins the Doombots for a discussion on how some of the stranger stories of his career came to be. He spills all the beans! No beans are safe. Was Iceman always intended to be gay? Why is M (Monet St. Croix) two twins and also Penance? What was it like working with editorial during DC's the New 52? What is the origin of Onslaught? What's Scott up to these days? All this and more on this very special episode of the Doombots Marvel Podcast!

Venom has been through many hosts and iterations during the years, but no transformation has been as extreme as what Al Ewing put him through over the past 5 years. Once Venom inherited the mantle of King of Black, he immediately began a time-traveling journey that turned him into 6 different people and took himContinue reading "Ep. 161: What Happened During Venom War? (And How Did Venom Become a Time-Traveling God?)"

Did you know that Isaac Newton was kind of a dick? Well, it turns out that was probably true in real life, and it's definitely true in the Marvel Universe. On this week's episode of The Doombots Marvel Podcast, we're taking a look at Jonathan Hickman's "S.H.I.E.L.D." comics, which details the secret occult origins of one of Marvel's most iconic organizations.

It’s been awhile since we’ve talked about Spider-Man’s current status quo, and there have been some major shifts. In this episode, we’ll discuss the 8 Deaths of Spider-Man, and how Peter became the Juggernaut. We’ll talk about Hellgate who (spoiler alert) punched Spider-Man into space. We’ll talk about what Norman Osborn and Ben Reilly areContinue reading "Ep. 159: Who Punched Spider-Man Into Space? (And why does he have such a weird axe?)"

Popular TCG MTG (that's "Trading Card Game" "Magic the Gathering") just released a new set featuring Marvel superheroes. Zach and Searnold use this episode to examine those cards together. They give a basic summary of what playing Magic is like, and talk about how the new cards affect the playing experience. They also make determinations about whether or not this is a cash-grab crossover, or an honest loving homage to Marvel. Even if you have no experience with Magic (or Marvel), join us this episode for a rousing discussion!

On this week's episode of The Doombots Marvel Podcast, we're actually talking about Marvel! Specifically, we're talking about Al Ewing's amazing series "The Immortal Thor," his follow up to his acclaimed "The Immortal Hulk" run.

Hey fans and listeners! It’s that’s time of the year again! The time to look back through old content that was too random, tangential, or vulgar to include in previous episodes, and bring it back into the spotlight to celebrate yet another year of madness! Thanks for sticking around for six years thusfar, and here’s to the next years to come!

It’s fan theories, part two! The internet is full of people making up their own ideas about properties they love. We do that all the time on this very podcast! In this episode, Zach will do a deep dive on his theory that Bert is Mr. Dawes’s son in the beloved film “Mary Poppins.” We’llContinue reading "Ep. 155: Was Mary Poppins Bert’s Nanny? (And will any of these other fan theories blow your mind?)"

On today’s Doombots “Marvel” Podcast, we’ll be diving deep into the nature of fan theories and how they affect stories like Pinky and the Brain, Zelda, and Mario. We’ll examine the relationship between Pinky and the Brain to figure out which one is really insane. We’ll discuss if there is secretly a 4th Triforce inContinue reading "Ep. 154: How Do Fan Theories Affect Your Favorite Stories? (And who is more insane, Pinky or the Brain?)"