Marvel Versus Marvel

Creating Captain America! The True Story Of Fighting Nazis, Punching Hitler, And Smashing Communists!

This week we take you behind the page to explore the true life story of creating Captain America! Before Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the Avengers, and back before the MCU was even a possibility! We’ll dive into WWII and explore a time before America joined the war, and how controversial it was to have an Anti-Nazi superhero! We’ll look at the controversy that surrounded Cap’s first appearance, punching Hiter in the face, how the American Nazis retaliated! We’ll examine the patriotic superhero that Marvel Comics completely RIPPED OFF to bring Cap to life, and the litany of superheroes that followed in Cap’s wake! We’ll also look at how quickly Captain America’s popularity faded, and how Marvel had to completely change the comic book just to try and survive being cancelled!

This episode is taken from our full-length show exploring Captain America: The First Avenger, which you can listen to here https://open.spotify.com/episode/5FA21uN2hZ4elARSzBzJdr?si=TIxQN5BQQECxr4E1fb_Bpw

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Marvel’s Biggest Ever Disaster! Behind The Scenes On Fantastic Four (2015)

This week we take you behind the scenes on the making of the 2015 Fantastic Four movie - easily Marvel’s BIGGEST disaster! We’ll pick apart the financial details, the budget and the box-office, and compare this movie to the other Fantastic Four movies Fox made! We’ll dive into the controversial and troubled casting, the disputes between the writer and director, and the problems between the director and the movie studio! We’ll explore how this movie NEARLY joined another Marvel Cinematic Universe, the problems with Dr Doom, and we’ll get to the bottom of how this movie BOMBED at the box office and sits on a terrible 9% on Rotten Tomatoes! And what does this mean for the MCU Fantastic Four movie coming in 2025?

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Blade 2 (2002) - Blood, Gore And The History Of Marvel Vampires! Part Two

To celebrate Halloween we dive into all the blood and gore of Blade 2, and examine the crazy history of Marvel’s vampires! In this episode Rob and Will take an extended look at the making of Blade 1 and 2, the rocky road to bringing the character to life on the screen, and how there’d be no MCU without it! We’ll explore the pop culture phenomenon that was vampire in the 1990s, and the movies and TV shows that paved the way for Blade! We’ll also examine the history of vampires in comic books - from book burnings to Senate Hearings to vampires being completely BANNED in comic books for nearly 20 years! And we’ll deep-dive Blade 2 scene-by-scene to find out exactly how Guillermo del Toro brought us the bloodiest and goriest Marvel movie of all time! Packed with tons of Marvel history and trivia for your Spooktober listening!

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Blade 2 (2002) - Blood, Gore And The History Of Marvel Vampires! Part One

To celebrate Halloween we dive into all the blood and gore of Blade 2, and examine the crazy history of Marvel’s vampires! In this episode Rob and Will take an extended look at the making of Blade 1 and 2, the rocky road to bringing the character to life on the screen, and how there’d be no MCU without it! We’ll explore the pop culture phenomenon that was vampire in the 1990s, and the movies and TV shows that paved the way for Blade! We’ll also examine the history of vampires in comic books - from book burnings to Senate Hearings to vampires being completely BANNED in comic books for nearly 20 years! And we’ll deep-dive Blade 2 scene-by-scene to find out exactly how Guillermo del Toro brought us the bloodiest and goriest Marvel movie of all time! Packed with tons of Marvel history and trivia for your Spooktober listening!

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The History Of Venom - From Secret Wars To Spider-Man To Eddie Brock To Carnage!

To celebrate the release of Venom: The Last Dance, we’ve compiled this supershow featuring our biggest Venom episodes to bring the full secret history of the character! We’ll explore Secret Wars and how Marvel created a brand new black-and-white costume for Spider-Man! We’ll uncover the fan who designed the new costume and sold the idea to Marvel! We’ll dive into the original plans for Venom, how the character was going to be a woman, the creation of Eddie Brock, his transition from villain to anti-hero, his huge popularity, and then the creation of his nemesis Carnage! A Venom supershow to dig into the history of one of Marvel’s biggest break-out characters of all time!

The clips are taken from our much bigger episodes on Venom;
Spider-Man 3 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6hBrrGsYgmHGnQLanA4xJ2?si=7e8a8f8c96d34469

Venom https://open.spotify.com/episode/5KThprnxcfvFwHr1YgXvYO?si=b169ad2a14cd4075

Venom: Let There Be Carnage https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YFQyPqhvlw3JtsNX6Hh1L?si=6e705677ba0a4e76

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What If? And The History Of The Marvel Multiverse!

This week we head into the archives to explore the creation of What If? and the history of the Marvel Multiverse! Rob and Will examine the history of alternate timelines in comic books, and how DC Comics once shunted all their classic characters like Superman, Batman, Green Lantern and the Flash into a parallel universe! Then we take a look at how Marvel Comics used Kang The Conqueror to introduce the Marvel Multiverse, when the Avengers fought the Avengers! And we’ll find out how Marvel created the What If? comics by using the Fantastic Four’s Uatu The Watcher!

This clip is taken from our full-length 2023 Live Show, recorded at the Wolverhampton Arena Theatre https://open.spotify.com/episode/7LIj3o6iP1LHUy6SM6eNv4

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Venom & Spider-Man: The Alien Costume Saga (1994) - The First Time Venom Was Adapted For The Screen! Part Two

With Venom The Last Dance in cinemas, MVM heads back to 1994 and Spider-Man The Animated Series, to take a Deep Dive into “The Alien Costume Saga” - the very first time Venom was adapted for the screen! Before the movies, THIS was the world’s first introduction to Eddie Brock and the symbiote! We’ll explore a time when Venom was more popular than Spider-Man and why he was VITAL to this cartoon series! We’ll dig into how these 3 episodes changed Venom and Spider-Man FOREVER and influenced the movies and the comic books! We’ll take you behind the page to look at how Spider-Man’s black costume became a deadly new villain, almost by accident! Plus we’ll deep-dive the cartoon saga itself to bring you tons of Marvel history and trivia on Eddie Brock, Venom, the symbiote, and Spider-Man!

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Venom & Spider-Man: The Alien Costume Saga (1994) - The First Time Venom Was Adapted For The Screen! Part One

With Venom The Last Dance in cinemas, MVM heads back to 1994 and Spider-Man The Animated Series, to take a Deep Dive into “The Alien Costume Saga” - the very first time Venom was adapted for the screen! Before the movies, THIS was the world’s first introduction to Eddie Brock and the symbiote! We’ll explore a time when Venom was more popular than Spider-Man and why he was VITAL to this cartoon series! We’ll dig into how these 3 episodes changed Venom and Spider-Man FOREVER and influenced the movies and the comic books! We’ll take you behind the page to look at how Spider-Man’s black costume became a deadly new villain, almost by accident! Plus we’ll deep-dive the cartoon saga itself to bring you tons of Marvel history and trivia on Eddie Brock, Venom, the symbiote, and Spider-Man!

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The History Of Adam Warlock - The Most Powerful Character In The Marvel Universe!

This week we head into the archives to bring you the history of Adam Warlock - the most powerful character in the Marvel Universe! At one point in time Adam Warlock was THE most important character Marvel had, and the only person capable of beating Thanos! We’ll track his history from strange sci-fi experiment, to being Marvel’s answer to Jesus, to becoming part of the Guardians Of The Galaxy.

This clips is taken from our bigger episode on Adam Warlock and the Guardians Of The Galaxy https://open.spotify.com/episode/1nNqH894Mj6zyzN8L9rqZP

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X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014) - Is This The Best X-Men Movie Ever Made? Part Two

Join Rob and Will for a deep-dive into what might be the best X-Men movie ever made - Days Of Future Past! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of DOFP, explore the movie that was SUPPOSED to happen, and why major characters like Storm and Rogue were reduced to short cameos!  We’ll take you behind the page on the history of the groundbreaking comic book story that inspired this movie and how it TERRIFIED readers in the 1980’s! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself and bring you Marvel history and trivia on characters like Blink, Warpath, and Bishop, we’ll learn about the history of the Sentinels, the horrifying future for mutants, we’ll explain the complicated different timelines for the Fox X-Men Movie Universe, and we’ll try to answer the question - is this the BEST X-Men movie ever made?

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