25: The Tentacles of the Tyrant! (with Margaret Pride)

A really fun (and odd) one this week: Retired U.S. diplomat Margaret Pride joins Douglas to discuss the Doctor Doom stories in Astonishing Tales #6-7… or, rather, to touch on them rather briefly, and then discuss how the relationship between Victor Von Doom and T’Challa…

23: Unto You Is Born… The Doomsman! (with Paul Tobin)

Paul Tobin (writer of Bunny Mask, Bandette, Colder, Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil, etc.) joins Douglas Wolk to discuss the utterly wild Doctor Doom serial (by Roy Thomas, Wally Wood, Larry Lieber and George Tuska) in the first five issues of Astonishing Tales….

19: This Man… This Demon! (with Laura Hudson)

Comics critic, cultural commentator and screenwriter Laura Hudson joins Douglas to discuss Marvel Super Heroes #20–Doctor Doom’s first cover feature, and the first appearance of Valeria! Topics include the nature of the capsules that Diablo keeps in his costume, Doom’s problematic modes of thinking about…