The Brothers Marvel

Who would have guessed that the first appearance of the Green Goblin involved him tricking Spider-Man into fighting three mob enforcers... in a cave... in New Mexico? Stan Lee and Steve Ditko trick yet another superhero into filming a fake movie in July 1964, and 56 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 100th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Amazing Spider-Man No. 14, featuring the trunk of a tank, why you should #HireTheUndead, the “power” of chest expansion, which Beatle would play the best Spider-Man and the Green Goblin’s famous flying broomstick. Also, be sure to follow us on Instagram at @thebrothersmarvel and Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site thebrothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Soundcloud!

The Mad Thinker knows when a monkey will commit arson, but not that the Puppet Master is clumsy? Stan Lee and Jack Kirby force yet another cameo upon the Fantastic Four in July 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 99th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Fantastic Four No. 28, featuring the perfect Taco Bell items to represent the Fantastic Four, pure disgust for the nickname, “The Fan Four,” Reed Richards once again becomes a ball and an uneventful trip to strictly Nowheresville, daddy-o. Also be sure to follow us on Instagram at @thebrothersmarvel and Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site thebrothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Soundcloud!

Ain't no rest for the man without fear. Stan Lee and Joe Orlando set the precedent of a sleepless Matt Murdock in June 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 98th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Daredevil No. 2, featuring Matt's non-existent sleep schedule, Reed Richards' questionable choice of legal representation, the increasingly vague powers of Shooty Lightning Man and some high-stakes counting while dangling from a helicopter. Also be sure follow us on Instagram at @thebrothersmarvel and Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site thebrothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Soundcloud!

Sour dreams are made of this. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko trapped the Master of the Mystic Arts in the Nightmare World in July 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 97th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Strange Tales No. 122, featuring a trippy return to the Nightmare World, a discussion of frightening Flintsones dreams, the unfortunately named Golgol and too many musings on James Bond. Also be sure follow us on Instagram at @thebrothersmarvel and Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site thebrothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Soundcloud!

Reed Richards is horny and mad as hell. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby made everything hotter under the water by pitting the lovestruck Namor against Reed Richards in June 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 96th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Fantastic Four No. 27, featuring all the Little Mermaid lyrics we could remember, the cruel death of Namor's shag carpet, an extreme lack of giant squids and the age old question, "Where are the tuna ribs?" Also be sure follow us on Instagram at @thebrothersmarvel and Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site thebrothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Soundcloud!

Doctor Strange gets crank called. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko sent the Master of the Mystic Arts into the much-too-silly setting of a wax museum in June 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 95th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Strange Tales No. 121, featuring the runaway Fridge of Fornicus, the Tick Tocks of Tick Tockington, the Endgame of the Elvis-verse, the must-see battle between wax Hillary Clinton and wax Gene Simmons and the surefire Broadway hit that would be Stop The Planet Of The Apes I Want To Get Off. Also be sure follow us on Instagram at @thebrothersmarvel and Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site thebrothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Soundcloud!

One ring creates darkness, another turns the lights off. The Mandarin's rings are soon to be made obsolete by The Clapper. Stan Lee and Don Heck sent Iron Man back into the dangerous clutches of the Mandarin in June and July of 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 94th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Tales Of Suspense Nos. 55 and 55, featuring the innumerable costume changes of Iron Man, the Mandarin's questionable skills as a swordsman, the misleading name of the Blacklight Beam, a laughing wolf, a proposal for a crank-powered Iron Man suit and "better luck next time, Mandy." Also be sure follow us on Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site brothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Soundcloud!

Who knew glue would play such a major role in the Marvel universe? Stan Lee and Jack Kirby terrorized the big apple with Adhesive X in July 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 93rd episode of The Brothers Marvel, in which we discuss Avengers No. 6, featuring the stickiest man in Nazi Germany, Iron Man driving a truck for some reason, one of the most unlikely super villain cameos of all time and the heretofore unknown black ops abilities of Rick Jones and the Terrible Teen Brigade Also be sure follow us on Instagram at @thebrothersmarvel and Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site thebrothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Soundcloud!

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. This is 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. Also be sure follow us on Instagram at @thebrothersmarvel and Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site thebrothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Soundcloud!

The Avengers crash the World's Greatest Comic Magazine! And argue about who has jurisdiction over the Hulk. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby gave us the titanic clash between the Thing and the Hulk before engineering a Fantastic Four-Avengers team up of sorts in April and May of 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 91st episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Fantastic Four Nos. 25 and 26, featuring the Hulk hitching a ride in a truck, world-renowned scientist Bob (?) Banner, Reed Richards' unexplained death, the incredibly effective Hulk-defeating methods of the Yancy Street Gang, Johnny Storm's worthlessness, Johnny Storm's asbestos pajamas, Captain America fighting (and kind of beating) the Hulk, what the Wasp should have done with Rick Jones' "gamma pill" and the Thing's huge, rocky heart. Also be sure follow us on Instagram at @thebrothersmarvel and Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site thebrothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Soundcloud!

Foggy Fishbowl loves a parade! Stan Lee and Steve Ditko introduced us to the mysterious and absolutely ridiculous-looking Mysterio in June 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 90th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Amazing Spider-Man No. 13, featuring night crimes, Peter Parker's career as a journophotoist, an endless supply of smoke bombs, a new thing to shout at parades, whether or not Spider-Man would lose a fight to a dolphin and a human-sized, human-handed spider. Also be sure follow us on Instagram at @thebrothersmarvel and Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site thebrothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Soundcloud!

Doctor Strange is a real master of the bargaining arts. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko gave us a glimpse at how awful 1960s TV was in May 1964, and 54 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 89th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Strange Tales No. 120, featuring fearless and intrepid reporter Allan Stevens, a floating lamp full of whale oil, Doctor Strange's first two albums -- the super fun "Misty Business" and the far more depressing "Misty Prison" -- and the twelve moons of Munnapor! Also be sure follow us on Instagram at @thebrothersmarvel and Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site thebrothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play and Soundcloud!

She's got red in her ledger ... and she also has the super powerful Box That Lifts Tanks. Stan Lee, Don Rico and Don Heck introduced Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, as Soviet Russia's latest attempt to destroy Iron Man in April and May of 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 88th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Tales Of Suspense Nos. 52 and 53, featuring the Laser Light Ray Gun, another one of Boris and Natasha's failed efforts to take down Moose and Squirrel, the patented "Russian poke," Tony Stark's dumb mistake of an invention, the Don Knotts security guard and the incompetence of Stansky. Also be sure follow us on Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site brothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Soundcloud!

If you lived in the 1960s, you'd be part of a riot at a track meet, too. 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. This is 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. Also be sure to follow us on Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site brothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Soundcloud!

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. This is 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. Also be sure follow us on Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site brothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Soundcloud!

Iron Man, one of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, gets hogtied by two crows. Stan Lee and Don Heck bombarded Tony Stark with some unbeatable crows in March 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 85th episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Tales Of Suspense No. 51, featuring crows getting stolen, crows recognizing a man's voice, crows understanding a man's hand motions, crows hogtying Iron Man, crows fooling Iron Man, crows carrying a full-grown man through the air, crows dragging a man to Cuban shores and just so many crows that you'll never want to hear about crows ever again. Also be sure follow us on Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site brothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Soundcloud!

(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. This is 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." Also be sure follow us on Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site brothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Soundcloud!

Here comes Daredevil! Stan Lee and Bill Everett introduced the Man Without Fear in April 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 83rd episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Daredevil No. 1, featuring Matt Murdock's various superpowers: the ability to hear height, the ability to feel color and the ability to taste the number of grains of salt on a pretzel! Also be sure follow us on Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site brothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Soundcloud!

Spider-Man's greatest foe yet: minor ailments! Stan Lee and Steve Ditko saddled Peter Parker with a sprained ankle and a cold in April and May of 1964, and 55 years later, we decided to talk about it. This is the 82nd episode of The Brothers Marvel podcast, in which we discuss Amazing Spider-Man Nos. 11 and 12, featuring a "Far From Home" trip to Philly, the collapse of John Oates' criminal empire, Betty Brant and Bennett Brant being bothered by bullets, National Flagpole Appreciation Week and, of course, animals being released from the zoo. Also be sure follow us on Twitter at @BrothersMarvel, visit our Wordpress site brothersmarvel.wordpress.com and rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Soundcloud!

The Brothers Marvel at Tales of Suspense No. 50, featuring the most powerful man in China, an unnecessary cloth strip and a bath robe with an "M" on it.