Episode 92: “Captain America needs some better friends”

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Time for the Avengers to kick some lava ass!

Stan Lee and Jack Kirby threatened the planet with a lava men invasion in May 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the 92nd episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Avengers No. 5, featuring Captain America’s teenage chums, the iconic Avengers-copter, Thor wading neck-deep into lava, the cinderization process, Gi-Ant Man’s use of a Gi-Ant Fan, the reappearance of the pest that is the Hulk and why you should never watch Chicken Little.

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Episode 86: “Dead cat and Charlie, here to save the day again”

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Are you a member of your local chapter of the Giant Man and Wasp fan club?

Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Dick Ayers reminded us all of the pernicious Porcupine in March 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the 86th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Tales To Astonish No. 53, featuring the convoluted plan of the Porcupine, a bunch of lads who love Giant Man dressed as those who have tried to kill him, the Wasp gleefully visiting a stranger’s car and a discussion over the ineffectiveness of Giant Man versus Ant Man.

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Episode 84: “I can’t keep making only the minimum payments on this eagle’s blood”

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(Insert cartoon sound effects here.)

Stan Lee and Dick Ayers spun a goofy tale of revenge starring the Black Knight (Martin Lawrence) in February 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the 84th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Tales To Astonish No. 52, featuring the intricacies of the horse immune system, interest payments on eagle’s blood, Martin Lawrence’s mirror vision, the bite of my flying bolo balls and our pitch for “Bad Boys 3: Bad Boys 4 Life.”

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MCU Special: “The Marvel Age of Movies!”

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We are truly living in the Marvel Age of Movies!

With “Avengers: Infinity War” arriving in theaters this week (!), we decided to do a special blow-out episode going through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, picking out the silliest parts and our favorite parts from every Marvel Studios movie and comparing them to the 1960s comics we talk about on our podcast.

Click on the player below to listen to a special Infinity-sized episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss the first 18 movies in the MCU, featuring a box of scraps, Tim Roth getting kicked into a tree, salmon carpaccio, a dog large enough to ride, “Captain America! I am a great fan of your films!,” the last time I was in Germany, the toast of Croydon, those elves you forgot, Barack Obama’s book, a talking raccoon, a giant cuttlefish, Garrett Morris for some reason, walnut date loaves, the Vaulting Boots of Valtorr, Kurt Russell’s out-of-sync singing, instant-kill mode and ARMORED RHINOS!

Plus, we assemble our own Infinity Gauntlets by picking an Infinity everyday object for each movie, reveal our MCU rankings and make all kinds of sure-to-be-wrong predictions for “Avengers: Infinity War” — including who we think the Skrull is!

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Episode 61: “Now he’s roughly the size of a barge!”

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Hank Pym has apparently increased his egg intake.

Stan Lee and Jack Kirby changed Ant Man into Gi-Ant Man in November 1963, and 54 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the 61st episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Tales To Astonish No. 49, featuring a man selling loose hot dogs in the woods, a better version of this story that takes place in Epcot and Hank Pym’s continual vulnerability to being trapped in a glass box.

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Episode 56: “Nothing to see here, no porcupine-like man coming through”

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The Porcupine truly is a villain you’ll never forget.

Stan Lee, H.E. Huntley and Don Heck pitted Ant Man and the Wasp against a villain based on nature’s perfect fighting machine in October 1963, and 54 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the 56th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Tales To Astonish No. 48, featuring a burglar-proof bank, too many tubes, the poorly written Wasp, Hank Pym nearly drowning in a bathtub and … BLIPF!

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Episode 53: “So Hulk and Iron Man are in a Detroit tire factory”

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And there came a day unlike any other, when Earth’s mightiest heroes were united against a common threat! On that day the Avengers were born! To fight the foes no single hero could withstand!

In this case, a seal-juggling Hulk disguised as a clown!

I don’t remember that from the movie.

Stan Lee and Jack Kirby assembled the Avengers in September 1963, and 54 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the 53rd episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Avengers No. 1, featuring yet another use of invisible dynamite, yet another appearance of Rick Jones’ accursed Teen Brigade, using a net to stop the Hulk, the most visibly upsetting troll of all-time and a convenient — and perhaps physics-defying — trap door in a Detroit tire factory.

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Episode 44: “I bet you didn’t think an anteater could look that evil”

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Perhaps the only time in history an anteater has been referred to as “the ultimate weapon.”

Stan Lee, H.E. Huntley and Don Heck sent Ant-Man and the Wasp to the zoo in July 1963 — and 54 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the 44th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Tales To Astonish No. 45, featuring Ant-Man’s stabbing of an iguana, debate whether a human could twirl an anteater around a room and honor the illustrious if brief career of Professor Carl Striker, Zoologist.

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Episode 41: “The adventures of Lee Kearns and Mortal Ken, crimefighting duo”

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Welcome … the Wasp!

Stan Lee, H.E. Huntley and Jack Kirby gave Ant-Man a partner in June 1963 — and 54 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the 41st episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Tales To Astonish No. 44, featuring Hank Pym’s stupid desktop-computer helmet, Janet Van Dyne’s new wasp DNA and the worst plan to defeat a snot monster ever.

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Episode 31: “And so he got the worst toupee in the world — in the dimension!”

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Any day is a good day for an ELECTRO DEATH RAY!

Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Don Heck employed a villainous window washer to whisk Henry Pym away to another dimension in March 1963 — and 53 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the 31st episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Tales To Astonish No. 41, featuring the terrible toupee of the warlord Kulla, express skepticism over Dr. Pym being able to communicate with insects from another dimension and revel in repeating the phrase “ELECTRO DEATH RAY.”

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