Episode 87: “Go fetch him, my X-Men! We must bring The Frog to our team!”

Magneto is definitely winning the competition for most hilariously evil lair in the Marvel Universe.

Stan Lee and Jack Kirby once again pitted the X-Men against Magneto and his evil mutants in May 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the 87th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss X-Men No. 5, featuring Walt Disney’s contributions to the 1964 World’s Fair, how realistic a snow key would be, Magneto’s absolutely incredible asteroid base, one of those classic track-meet riots from the 1960s, a scientifically unlikely but very successful ice tunnel and a continuing suspicion that Professor X is a bad guy.

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Episode 77: “BUUUUUUUURRRN HER!”

In what other story would you find multiple groups of mutants seated at a table?

Stan Lee and Jack Kirby had the X-Men duke it out with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants in March 1964, and 54 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the 77th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss X-Men No. 4, featuring Magneto’s evil inference with shipping bids, Professor X and Magneto awesomely meeting in mind-space, the odd public-relations concerns of Magneto’s overthrow of Santo Marco and the origin of the Scarlet Witch, who turned someone into a newt.

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Episode 73: “The grim baldness is really throwing me off”

Hey, Blob. Put a shirt on.

Stan Lee and Jack Kirby had the X-Men abduct a carnival employee in January 1964, and 54 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the 73rd episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss X-Men No. 3, featuring the Flying Zamboobas, a hungry giraffe, Cyclops rudely blasting an elephant and the X-Men probably as bad guys.

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Episode 69: “He says, twirling his new mustache”

Turning evil obviously means you have to grow a new, evil mustache.

Stan Lee and Steve Ditko forced Iron Man into an entirely unnecessary conflict with the Angel in January 1964, and 53 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the 69th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Tales Of Suspense No. 49, featuring a personality-altering nuclear bomb, the Angel’s horrible plan to contact the evil mutants and far too much talk of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

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Episode 58: “My only crime … was vanishing”

Apparently vanishing earns you a mind-wipe these days.

Stan Lee and Jack Kirby sent the X-Men after the Vanisher in November 1963, and 54 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the 58th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss X-Men No. 2, featuring the Merry Moppet ice cream truck, special agent Fred Duncan, the FBI’s insanely awesome plane-copter and one all-powerful mind wipe.

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Episode 50: “Of course we have to talk about Iceman’s boots”

The Uncanny X-Men, led by the undying power of White Circle Face, battle Magneto!

Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduced the World’s Strangest Superheroes in September 1963, and 54 years later, we decided to talk about it.

Click on the player below to listen to the fabulous 50th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss X-Men No. 1, featuring the disappointing reasoning behind the name X-Men, the awesome early-days Danger Room, the Beast’s original power of having large feet, some more pristine super-villain penmanship and Iceman’s seemingly unnecessary boots.

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