Chelsea Gaia–co-host of “Experience: A Career Stories Podcast,” and a former wedding photographer–joins Douglas Wolk to discuss Fantastic Four Annual #3, Marvel Heroes & Legends ’96, and Fantastic Four 40th Wedding Anniversary Special. Topics include Roz Kirby’s possible influence on Susan Storm’s wedding outfit, Stan…
Kian Ross of the 616 Society joins Douglas Wolk to discuss 2005’s Spider-Man/Human Torch #1. Topics include the evolving relationship between Peter Parker and Johnny Storm, which mutant is best prepared to do the bookkeeping for X-Corp, Doom’s surprising credulousness when it comes to Spider-Man…
Jay Edidin of Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men joins Douglas to discuss the X-Men/Doctor Doom ’98 Annual, a.k.a. (as Jay puts it) “Victor Von Doom and the Mystery of Where Babies Come From.” Topics include the peculiar beard of the Onslaught homunculus, Jean Grey’s…
Katie Pryde of Books with Pictures joins us to discuss Avengers #1 1/2–which was published in 1999, but purports to be from 1963. Topics include the secret origin of Teflon, Doctor Doom’s economical reuse of failed death-traps, Bruce Timm’s stellar Jack Kirby pastiche, and Hank…
ScreenCrush.com editor (and Spider-Man expert) Matt Singer joins us to discuss Amazing Spider-Man #5, the vanity of Doom’s death-traps, Flash Thompson’s man-crush on Spidey, the Fantastic Four’s callous disregard for Peter Parker’s life, the glories of Steve Ditko’s fight choreography, and why Doom would have…
Alex Ross, the author of “Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music,” joins us to discuss Invaders #32-33, in which Adolf Hitler opens a dimensional portal to Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold (more or less) to retrieve Thor in order to convince him to…
This week, Arthur Wyatt (of 2000 AD and FutureQuake) joins us for a conversation about Fantastic Four #16 and 17, the earliest sighting of the Microverse, the excellence of Jack Kirby-designed helmets, Doctor Doom’s little-known mastery of disguise, how Doom might be like Pete Buttigieg,…
Dr. Ben Saunders, the director of Comics and Cartoon Studies at the University of Oregon, joins us to discuss Fantastic Four #10, Jack Kirby’s expressive command of design and gesture, the debut appearance of Kirby and Lee on panel, and the relationship between the way…