1969

Episodes Covered In This Issue:

"The Coming of... the Man-Brute!" - Captain America #121, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott, © November 1969 Marvel Comics

"The Torpedo Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out!" - Daredevil #59, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores, © November 1969 Marvel Comics

"O, Bitter Victory!" - Silver Surfer #11, by Stan Lee and John Buscema w/Dan Adkins, © November 1969 Marvel Comics

"No More the Monster!" - Incredible Hulk #123, written by Roy Thomas, art by Herb Trimpe, © November 1969 Marvel Comics

"Invasion From the Ocean Floor!" - Sub-Mariner #21, written by Roy Thomas, art by Marie Severin and Johnny Craig, © November 1969 Marvel Comics

"War In the World Below!" - X-Men #63, written by  Roy Thomas, art by Neal Adams and Tom Palmer, © November 1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

Levi Buchanan is the co-creator of the karaoke comic PiNKHEARTS. His latest project is the horror experience — a movie AND a videogame — SITRA ACHRA, which is being Kickstarted right now. It's like 99.9% of the way to its funding goal; be the hero who puts it over the top!

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Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:

"The Wrath of the Wrecker!" - Thor #171, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Bill Everett, © November 1969 Marvel Comics

"The Return of the Frightful Four!" - Fantastic Four #94, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Joe Sinnott, © November 1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

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"At the Mercy of Torgo!" - Fantastic Four #93, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Frank Giacoia, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Hulk's Last Fight!" - Incredible Hulk #122, written by Roy Thomas, art by Herb Trimpe, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Thunder God and the Thermal Man!" - Thor #170, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Bill Everett, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Spin-Out on Fifth Avenue!" - Daredevil #58, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Who Serves Lucifer?" - Iron Man #20, written by Archie Goodwin, art by George Tuska and "Joe Gaudioso" (Mike Esposito), ©1969 Marvel Comics

"A World He Never Made!" - Silver Surfer #10, by Stan Lee and John Buscema w/Dan Adkins, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

Elliott Kalan is the co-host of the world's greatest podcast, The Flop House. Buy your tickets today for their virtual live show on Saturday, September 25th at 9 pm ET / 6 pm Pacific where they'll be revisiting Super Mario Bros for a special 28th Anniversary celebration!

He's also the writer of the slasher movie social commentary comic Maniac of New York, illustrated by Andrea Mutti and published by Aftershock Comics. Pre-order yourself a copy from your local comic book shop or independent bookstore before its October 19th release!

And if gruesome supernatural murder fiction isn't your bag, Elliott has also written two kids' books, Horse Meets Dog and Sharko and Hippo. There are virtually no decapitations in those.

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Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:

"Strangers In a Savage Land!" - X-Men #62, written by Roy Thomas, art by Neal Adams and Tom Palmer, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Crack-Up on Campus!" - Captain America #120, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Mad Master of the Murder Maze!" - Captain Marvel #19, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gil Kane and Dan Adkins, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

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Jess Franco's exploitation classic "99 Women" had nearly 30 minutes of footage censored in some countries when it was released in 1969. Amy, Andrew and Kate take a look at the film often credited as kicking off the "women in prison" movie trend that lasted well into the next two decades.

Jess Franco's exploitation classic "99 Women" had nearly 30 minutes of footage censored in some countries when it was released in 1969. Amy, Andrew and Kate take a look at the film often credited as kicking off the "women in prison" movie trend that lasted well into the next two decades.

"Spin-Out on Fifth Avenue!" - Daredevil #58, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"At the Mercy of Torgo!" - Fantastic Four #93, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Frank Giacoia, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Hulk's Last Fight!" - Incredible Hulk #122, written by Roy Thomas, art by Herb Trimpe, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Who Serves Lucifer?" - Iron Man #20, written by Archie Goodwin, art by George Tuska and "Joe Gaudioso" (Mike Esposito), ©1969 Marvel Comics

"A World He Never Made!" - Silver Surfer #10, by Stan Lee and John Buscema w/Dan Adkins, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Thunder God and the Thermal Man!" - Thor #170, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Bill Everett, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

Tom Brevoort is the Senior Vice-President of Publishing and Executive Editor of Marvel Comics. He spends his days helping to chart the narrative direction of Marvel's greatest heroes and villains, and then he spends the occasional evening trying to smarten us up about Marvel history. And this time, he did it in the aftermath of a massive thunderstorm that knocked out his power, so he ran his router off of a generator in order to speak with us.

Tom was kind enough to speak with us for two hours, one of which is included in this episode. Support us on Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our super-secret bonus feed of content, which includes an expanded edition of this episode with an hour of additional content, including our conversations about Fantastic Four #92, Captain America #119, and Amazing Spider-Man #78.

Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:

"Monsters Also Weep!" - X-Men #61, written by Roy Thomas, art by Neal Adams and Tom Palmer, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Awesome Answer!" - Thor #169, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/George Klein, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

Much of our historical context information comes from Wikipedia. Please join us in supporting them at wikimediafoundation.org.

"In the Blaze of Battle!" - Amazing Spider-Man #77, written by Stan Lee, art by John Buscema and Jim Mooney, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"... And We Battle For the Earth!" - Avengers #68, written by Roy Thomas, art by Sal Buscema and Sam Grainger, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Falcon Fights On!" - Captain America #118, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"And a Child Shall Lead You!" - Captain Marvel #17, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gil Kane and Dan Adkins, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"And Death Came Riding!" - Daredevil #56, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Thing -- Enslaved!" - Fantastic Four #91, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"On the Side of... the Evil Inhumans!" - Incredible Hulk #120, written by Roy Thomas, art by Herb Trimpe, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Even Heroes Die!" - Iron Man #18, written by Archie Goodwin, art by George Tuska and Johnny Craig, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Now Strikes the Ghost!" - Silver Surfer #8, written by Stan Lee, art by John Buscema and Dan Adkins, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Side by Side With... Triton!" - Sub-Mariner #18, written by Roy Thomas, art by Marie Severin and "Joe Gaudioso" (Mike Esposito), ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Galactus Found!" - Thor #168, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/George Klein, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

Miles Stokes is the co-host (with Jay Edidin) of Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men, which you are almost certainly aware of. If not, it's basically what we do, except it's X-specific, better-researched, and co-hosted by someone who wrote the best dang Cyclops story we can remember reading.

Miles also co-hosted THOR: The Lightning and the Storm, a podcast love letter to Walt Simonson's legendary run on Thor.

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Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:

"In the Shadow of... Sauron!" - X-Men #60, written by Roy Thomas, art by Neal Adams and Tom Palmer, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

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"The Lizard Lives!" - Amazing Spider-Man #76, written by Stan Lee, art by John Buscema and Jim Mooney, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"We Stand At... Armageddon!" - Avengers #67, written by Roy Thomas, art by Barry Smith and George Klein, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Cry Coward!" - Daredevil #55, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Syd Shores, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"And Juggernaut Makes Three!" - Doctor Strange #182, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"At the Mercy of -- Maximus the Mad!" - Incredible Hulk #119, written by Stan Lee, art by Herb Trimpe, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Beginning of the End!" - Iron Man #17, written by Archie Goodwin, art by George Tuska and Johnny Craig, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"From the Stars -- The Stalker!" - Sub-Mariner #17, written by Roy Thomas, art by Marie Severin and "Jay Hawk" (Jack Katz), ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

Elana Levin is the host of the Graphic Policy Radio podcast, where they talk about about comics, genre movies and television through the lens of politics and social change. They’ve written about Jack Kirby for The Daily Beast and talked about him on SyFy and Jack Kirby Museum livestreams, so you can imagine how excited we were to be able to have them join us!

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Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:

"The Skrull Takes a Slave!" - Fantastic Four #90, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"This World Renounced!" - Thor #167, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Vince Colletta, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Coming of... the Falcon!" - Captain America #117, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

Much of our historical context information comes from Wikipedia. Please join us in supporting them at wikimediafoundation.org.

"Death Without Warning!" - Amazing Spider-Man #75, written by Stan Lee, art by John Romita and Jim Mooney, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Betrayal!" - Avengers #66, written by Roy Thomas, art by Barry Smith and Syd Shores, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Far Worse Than Death!" - Captain America #116, written by Stan Lee, art by Gene Colan and Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"That Zo Might Live... a Galaxy Must Die!" - Captain Marvel #15, written by Gary Friedrich, art by Gary Friedrich, Tom Sutton, and Dan Adkins, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Call Him... Fear!" - Daredevil #54, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and George Klein, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"A Clash of Titans" - Incredible Hulk #118, written by Stan Lee, art by Herb Trimpe, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Of Beasts and Men!" - Iron Man #16, written by Archie Goodwin, art by George Tuska and Johnny Craig, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Heir of Frankenstein!" - Silver Surfer #7, written by Stan Lee, art by John Buscema and Sal Buscema, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Sea That Time Forgot!" - Sub-Mariner #16, written by Roy Thomas, art by Marie Severin and "Joe Gaudioso" (Mike Esposito), ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Mission: Murder!" - X-Men #58, written by Roy Thomas, art by Neal Adams and Tom Palmer, ©1969 Marvel Comics

Paul Kupperberg was a longtime writer and editor for DC Comics in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, working on Superman, Doom Patrol, Vigilante, Arion Lord of Atlantis, and many others. And he wrote a couple of books about it — I Never Write for the Money... But I Always Turn In the Manuscript for a Check and Paul Kupperberg's Illustrated Guide to Writing Comics. Find out what else he's up to at paulkupperberg.com.

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Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:

"The Madness of the Mole Man!" - Fantastic Four #89, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"A God Berserk!" - Thor #166, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Vince Colletta, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

Much of our historical context information comes from Wikipedia. Please join us in supporting them at wikimediafoundation.org.

"As It Was In the Beginning..." - Daredevil #53, written by Stan Lee and Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and George Klein, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"If a World Should Die Before I Wake..." - Doctor Strange #181, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"A House There Was!" - Fantastic Four #88, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"World's End?" - Incredible Hulk #117, written by Stan Lee, art by Herb Trimpe, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Said the Unicorn to the Ghost --- !" - Iron Man #15, written by Archie Goodwin, art by George Tuska and Johnny Craig, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Day of the Dragon!" - Sub-Mariner #15, written by Roy Thomas, art by Marie Severin and Vince Colletta, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Sentinels Live!" - X-Men #57, written by Roy Thomas, art by Neal Adams and Tom Palmer, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

Kirk Chritton is a comics writer, book publisher, former employee of Jim Steranko (!!) and friend of the show. His latest book, Comics Career: Tales From the Titans is available at comicscareer.com, along with a ton of great resources for how to make a career in comics.

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Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:

"If This Be Bedlam!" - Amazing Spider-Man #74, written by Stan Lee, art by John Romita and Jim Mooney, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Now Begins the Nightmare!" - Captain America #115, written by Stan Lee, art by John Buscema and Sal Buscema, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Mightier Than the Sword?" - Avengers #65, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and Sam Grainger, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

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"What Is... the Power?" - X-Men #56, written by Roy Thomas, art by Neal Adams and Tom Palmer, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Eve of... Annihilation!" - Incredible Hulk #116, written by Stan Lee, art by Herb Trimpe and Dan Adkins, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Burn, Namor... Burn!" - Sub-Mariner #14, written by Roy Thomas, art by Marie Severin and "Joe Gaudioso" (Mike Esposito), ©1969 Marvel Comics

"When a Galaxy Beckons..." - Captain Marvel #14, written by Gary Friedrich, art by Frank Springer and Vince Colletta, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Like a Death Ray From the Sky!" - Avengers #64, written by Roy Thomas, art by Gene Colan and George Klein, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Worlds Without End!" - Silver Surfer #6, written by Stan Lee, art by John Buscema and Sal Buscema, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Night of the Panther!" - Daredevil #52, written by Roy Thomas, art by Barry Smith and Johnny Craig, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Lest Mankind Fall!" - Thor #164, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Vince Colletta, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

Instrumental music from episode 1! 

Chelsea Cain is the six-time New York Times bestselling author of the Archie Sheridan & Gretchen Lowell thriller series, two of which made Stephen King’s “best ten books of the year” lists.

She’s the Eisner Award-nominated writer of Man-Eaters (published by Image Comics) as well as Marvel Comics’ Mockingbird. Her latest comics series, Spy Island, was just published as a trade paperback by Dark Horse Comics, and Man-Eaters: The Cursed is being solicited in Previews right now (order code MAY210055) — tell your local comics store you want it!

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Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:

"The Web Closes!" - Amazing Spider-Man #73, written by Stan Lee, art by John Buscema, John Romita, and Jim Mooney, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"The Power and the Pride!" - Fantastic Four #87, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Joe Sinnott, ©1969 Marvel Comics

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 2.0 by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen, with bass by Ryan ‘Biff’ Dudder. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com, follow us on Instagram at @marvelbythemonth and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/marvelbythemonth.

Much of our historical context information comes from Wikipedia. Please join us in supporting them at wikimediafoundation.org.