Author: Steve Raker

Marvel Noise Episode 424 – Treasury Edition Holiday Grab-Bags & Recent Reads Roundtable

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Steve bends Kevin & Andrew’s ear to wax eloquent about the Marvel Treasury Edition Giant Super-Hero Holiday Grab Bags of the Bronze-Age, kicking off a Recent Reads Roundtable that includes the new Daredevil series, Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars Battleworld #1, the Marvel Black-Light Notecard set, the new Thunderbolts #1, the 1st 4 issues of the new Captain America series, What if Marv Wolfman returned to Tomb of Dracula?, the Superior Spider-Man one-shot, Deadpool – Seven Slaughters, Silver Surfer Rebirth – Legacy #4, and Moon Knight’s series finale in issues #28-30! #MN242

Marvel Noise Episode 423 – Moon Knight’s Stained-Glass Scarlett

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Steve, Kevin and Andrew explore Super-Villain Classics with Stained-Glass Scarlett from Moon Knight #14 & 24, Marc Spector – Moon Knight #26-31, and Moon Knight – Resurrection War #1-4! #MN423

Marvel Noise Episode 422 – Recent Reads Roundtable

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A Roundtable featuring more than just Recent Reads: Steve at the AlbanyComicCon, Kevin fresh from seeing The Marvels in the theater, Andrew questioning his grading acumen, plus Marvel Zombies: Black, White & Blood #1, Captain Marvel #1, Captain America #169-170, Warlock: Rebirth #1-6, Avengers Inc #1, Immortal Thor #1-3, G.O.D.S. #1, Avengers #1-6, White Widow #1, and Steve trying his hand at Marvel’s Midnight Suns video game! #MN422

Marvel Noise Episode 421 – Frankenstein’s Monster

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It’s our Halloween Episode with Steve examining the current state of horror in the Marvel Universe with a look at the current Moon Knight, Ghost Rider, Incredible Hulk, and Guardians of the Galaxy titles as well as Marvel’s 2023 Halloween Specials, A Cap-Wolf limited series and Crypt of Shadows anthology one-shot! Then wwxKevin and Andrew the L.A.rabbit join Steve to cover the 18-issue Bronze-Age Monster of Frankenstein series, along with epilogue issues Iron Man #101-102 and Doctor Strange Sorcerer Supreme #37! #MN421

Marvel Noise Episode 420 – Space Punisher & The Silver Dagger Strikes!

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It’s our loosely themed 4/20 episode as our host serves up a few recent reads from 2023 with Amazing Spider-Man #34, Uncanny Spider-Man #1 and the 1st 4 issues of the latest Black Panther series, then Steve, Andrew & Kevin get surreal with Space: Punisher #1-4 (2012), Doctor Strange #1-2, 4-5 (1974) with the Silver Dagger menacing Doc & Clea, and Captain Marvel #37-38 (1974-75) where Rick Jones accidently dopes Mar-vell when he ‘turns on’ in the Negative Zone! #MN420

Marvel Noise Episode 419 – Done-In-Ones & The Trial(s) of Venom

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Steve catches up on the current Doctor Strange series through issue #7 before being joined by Andrew and Kevin for a round of Done-In-Ones featuring Spider-Man, Captain America, Daredevil, and the Thunderbolts?!?! Then it’s the Trial of Venom (both of them!)! #MN419

Marvel Noise Episode 418 – Solo Namor IV, Dr Faustus, and Recent Reads!

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Steve’s 4th dive into solo Sub-Mariner stories, this time with Tales to Astonish #95-99 from 1967 as Namor encounters The Plunderer! Then Kevin and Andrew join Steve for a Super-Villain Classic from Captain America #231-236 featuring Doctor Faustus and guest-starring Daredevil! We wrap up with overflow from last episode’s summertime reading Recent Reads Roundtable, including an update on the X-Books, their close association to the current Iron Man series, Blade’s new book, another send-off for Nick Fury, Spider-Man Manga, Daredevil, G.I. Joe, The Scarlet Witch, a new Moon Knight limited series, and a golden-age Sub-Mariner tale from the pages of Blonde Phantom #17! #MN418

Marvel Noise Episode 417 – Giant-Size Recent Reads Roundtable

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It’s the first part of our what’cha-been-reading-this-summer Giant-Size Recent Reads Summer Spectacular, featuring What If…?, The Incredible Hulk, Thunderbolts, The Punisher, The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Ultimate Invasion, The X-Books, Alien, and more! #MN417

Marvel Noise Episode 416 – Solo Namor III & DD’s Tree of Knowledge

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Steve’s catch of the day is a 3rd installment of Solo Sub-Mariner stories, from Tales to Astonish #88-94. Then WwxKevin & Andrew the LArabbit join Steve to re-live the ‘Tree of Knowledge’ arc from Daredevil 326-332 (we covered the previous ‘Fall From Grace’ storyline of issues #319-325 back in 2020 on Marvel Noise Episode 349!). We round this episode out with a Multi-Media Recent Reads/Talking About Marvel segment featuring Andrew & Kevin that takes us from Secret Invasion to Atlas at War! #MN416

Marvel Noise Episode 415 – The Celestial Madonna Saga

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This episode Steve, Kevin & Andrew service our Bronze-Age Binge, Super-Villian Classics, & Kang-Fu segments with one classic story arc, the Celestial Madonna Saga from Avengers #128-135 & Giant-Size Avengers #2-4! Lots of Marvel Lore in this tale, don’t go for second best! #MN415