Category: marvel tales

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 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

Marvel Noise Episode 412 – Done-In-Ones & New Warriors XXII

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Andrew & Kevin forge forward with our penultimate segment covering the original New Warriors series with issues #67-71, but not before Steve, Kevin & Andrew offer up a selection of self-contained, done-in-one issues from all corners of the House of Ideas featuring Thanos, Spider-Man, Captain America, Jabba’s Palace from Star Wars, the Ghost Rider, and more! #MN412 @marvelnoise

Marvel Noise Episode 411 – Recent Reads & New Warriors XXI

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Kevin, Andrew & Steve spew forth a Recent Reads Roundtable that includes Fantastic Four #1, Doctor Strange #1, The X-Cellent (2nd series) #1, The Sins of Sinister, Avengers Assemble, and even Andrew’s trip to WonderCon! Then Kevin & Andrew dive into our 21st segment featuring the New Warriors 1st series with issues #61-66: Maximum Clonage! #MN411 @marvelnoise

Marvel Noise Episode 408 – Sub-Mariner II + New Warriors XX (aka Nova VII!)

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Steve gets the reaction of today’s youth to Ant-Man Quantamania before diving into our second installment of classic solo Sub-Mariner stories with Tales To Astonish #81-87 from 1966. Then Andrew leads Kevin & Steve through Nova’s second series (1994) and New Warriors #60, which is both our 7th segment covering Nova’s publishing history and our 20th of New Warriors coverage! #MN408

Marvel Noise Episode 406 – Nebula vs. The Avengers

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It’s a wild goose chase through the Marvel Universe of the mid-to-late ’80s as Nebula is introduced in the pages of The Avengers and then pursued for years (and years!) by Starfox, Firelord, and Super-Nova?!?! #MN406 @marvelnoise