The Epic Marvel Podcast

There are only a few people still alive who were there at the beginning of the Marvel Age of comics. Larry Lieber is one of them! Larry wrote many stories and scripted many of Stan’s plots in the early days and for the past 30 years has been writing and drawing the Spider-Man newspaper comic […]

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Kurtis and Chris proudly present the first episode in a series spotlighting the Punisher! In this episode, they explore Frank’s European adventures brought to you be the winning combination of Abnett and Lanning! Plus, Punisher in space! Punisher buried alive! And Punisher teaming up with the Black Widow! Issues discussed: Punisher #63-75, Punisher: G-Force, Punisher: […]

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Children of the 90s more than likely read a lot of comics written by Fabian Nicieza whether they know it or not! He is one of the key players in some of the biggest X-Men crossovers of the era and played a role in the success of X-Force! Kurtis talks to Fabian all about X-Force, […]

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Kurtis and Adam return to the Amazing Spider-Man to discuss the dynamic pairing of writer David Michelinie and artist Erik Larsen! The Return of the Sinister Six, Venom, and the Black Fox, plus the debut of Cardiac! Also, Spidey battles Doctor Doom, loses his powers and goes to Scotland (but not all in the same […]

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Part two of our giant-size episode about Ant-Man/Giant-Man! Kurtis and Eric pick up right where they left off with Ant-Man making his transition to the larger than life hero known as Giant-Man! Hank and Jan face returning villains like The Porcupine, and new villains like The Human Top! Spider-Man and the Hulk also stop by […]

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Examining the humble beginnings of Marvel’s tiniest hero, the Ant-Man, Kurtis and Eric discuss what makes Ant-Man so great, the highlights and shortfalls of this Silver Age classic, the many obscure villains, and why the Hank/Jan relationship is so toxic even from the very start. The episode is no small feat. In fact, it became […]

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Mark Pacella isn’t a household name like Rob Liefeld or Todd McFarlane, but he made an impact on X-Force taking over the penciling chores after Liefeld’s departure. He talks about getting in a fight with Larry Hama, the time when Bob Harras put masking tape all over his X-Force pages, when he was told not […]

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Beginning a series that examines the comic that defined the 90s, James and Kurtis discuss X-Force in all its glory to find out what made it so popular with the disgruntled youth of the the grunge era! You’ll see guns! You’ll see pouches! You’ll see Rob Liefeld at his best! Plus, Deadpool! Spider-Man! Wolverine! More excitement than […]

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Talking with Larry Hama and Adam Kubert about their time working together on Wolverine was something I’ll never forget, and I’m glad I can share it with you! You will gain some insights of key moments in bone claw-era Wolverine, and learn more about creating comics in this one episode than you would in most […]

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A new era begins for Wolverine after Magneto rips the adamantium from his bones! How does this affect his mutant healing factor? What does this mean for the X-Men? And how does Apocalypse play into all of this? Drew and Kurtis tackle these tough questions as they plow their way through the bone claws years! […]

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