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Rob is a Marvel Comic Book Fan of over 30 years - Will is a MCU Fan who has never read a Marvel Comic! Together they’re re-watching Marvel movies & TV shows and comparing the original comic books to the movies that become a global phenomenon! In this podcast you’ll got lots of fun, lots of laughs, and more Marvel trivia than you’ll know what to do with!
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Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
With Season 2 of Loki out now on Disney Plus, we take a look at the comic book origins of this fascinating Thor character. There is no character in the MCU that is so wildly different from their original Marvel Comics version, so join us as we explore Loki’s history! From his beginnings as a simple prankster, to how he accidentally formed the Avengers by gathering Iron Man, Hulk and Thor together, to his transformation into a truly evil villain! A clip from the MVM Archives that gives you all you need to know about Loki!
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Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Jessica Jones is easily the most controversial and edgy Marvel character, and one of the greatest female characters in the history of comic books! Dive into the creation of this groundbreaking character, and find out how Marvel Comics threw out the rulebook to create stories full of sex and swearing that pushed them into more adult and mature themes. Find out how Jessica relates to Spider-Man and the Avengers, and how she changed Marvel Comics forever!
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Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Now we know how to do a podcast we’re bringing you a bigger, better, supercharged and remastered version of the third episode we ever did, Iron Man 2! We head back to 2010 to investigate the most troubled and difficult MCU movie in history! Why was Terrence Howard fired? Did Robert Downey Jr. have too much power? Why did Jon Favreau never make another Marvel movie? We take you behind the scenes on the movie that really starts The Avengers and the MCU!
We also dive into the comic book history and trivia of Tony Stark, Black Widow, War Machine, Thor, and tons more! How powerful is the War Machine armour? What is the most powerful version of Iron Man? Is Justin Hammer the greatest Iron Man Villain of all time? Why is Mjolnir in the desert? Get all these answers and more from Rob and Will!
For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel
What are your top 10 movies of all time? Let us know via https://everlist.me
marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com
https://twitter.com/marvelversus
https://twitter.com/robhalden
https://robhalden.com
https://will-preston.co.uk
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Now we know how to do a podcast we’re bringing you a bigger, better, supercharged and remastered version of the third episode we ever did, Iron Man 2! We head back to 2010 to investigate the most troubled and difficult MCU movie in history! Why was Terrence Howard fired? Did Robert Downey Jr. have too much power? Why did Jon Favreau never make another Marvel movie? We take you behind the scenes on the movie that really starts The Avengers and the MCU!
We also dive into the comic book history and trivia of Tony Stark, Black Widow, War Machine, Thor, and tons more! How powerful is the War Machine armour? What is the most powerful version of Iron Man? Is Justin Hammer the greatest Iron Man Villain of all time? Why is Mjolnir in the desert? Get all these answers and more from Rob and Will!
For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel
What are your top 10 movies of all time? Let us know via https://everlist.me
marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com
https://twitter.com/marvelversus
https://twitter.com/robhalden
https://robhalden.com
https://will-preston.co.uk
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Join us as we investigate one of the most important moments in the history of Marvel - The Marvel Rebellion Of 1991! A time when ALL of Marvel’s top stars quit and started a rival company called Image Comics! We’ll take you behind the page to find out why these stars left, how they started their own company, and the HUGE impact it had on Marvel! We’ll explore the creation of Spawn, YoungBlood, Savage Dragon and even The Walking Dead! Plus we’ll examine how this rebellion badly damaged Marvel Comics and saw it slide into bankruptcy and collapse in the 90’s!
For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel
marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com
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https://robhalden.com
https://will-preston.co.uk
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
This was the original Avengers movie! Before the MCU, Marvel created amazing animated movies that adapted some of their greatest comic books! These Direct To DVD films were intended for a more mature audience than Saturday morning cartoons, and gave fans a full movie experience before the MCU even existed!
This movie adapts THE ULTIMATES, a comic book series that rebooted the Avengers, presenting dark and edgy versions of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor , Nick Fury and the Hulk! The Ultimates changed the comic book industry forever, and laid the exact blueprint for the MCU!
Join Rob and Will as we go behind the scenes on the making of Marvel movies before the MCU, and behind the page on the history of the Ultimate Marvel Universe! Learn all about the comic book series that saved the comic book industry in 2001! Plus, we deep-dive the movie to bring you tons of history and trivia about Tony Stark and The Avengers!
For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel
What are your top 10 movies of all time? Let us know via https://everlist.me
marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com
https://twitter.com/marvelversus
https://twitter.com/willpreston
https://twitter.com/robhalden
https://robhalden.com
https://will-preston.co.uk
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
This was the original Avengers movie! Before the MCU, Marvel created amazing animated movies that adapted some of their greatest comic books! These Direct To DVD films were intended for a more mature audience than Saturday morning cartoons, and gave fans a full movie experience before the MCU even existed!
This movie adapts THE ULTIMATES, a comic book series that rebooted the Avengers, presenting dark and edgy versions of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor , Nick Fury and the Hulk! The Ultimates changed the comic book industry forever, and laid the exact blueprint for the MCU!
Join Rob and Will as we go behind the scenes on the making of Marvel movies before the MCU, and behind the page on the history of the Ultimate Marvel Universe! Learn all about the comic book series that saved the comic book industry in 2001! Plus, we deep-dive the movie to bring you tons of history and trivia about Tony Stark and The Avengers!
For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel
What are your top 10 movies of all time? Let us know via https://everlist.me
marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com
https://twitter.com/marvelversus
https://twitter.com/willpreston
https://twitter.com/robhalden
https://robhalden.com
https://will-preston.co.uk
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Carnage was easily the BIGGEST supervillain of the 90’s! The crazy red symbiote killer not only battled Spider-Man and Venom, he exploded out of Marvel Comics and became a multimedia star, with his own theme park ride and his own Sega / Nintendo video game. Rob and Will explore this retro 16 bit Beat 'em up classic that adapted the Maximum Carnage comic book event, and the HUGE publicity campaign that included Carnage TV adverts and Carnage cinema trailers!
For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel
marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com
https://twitter.com/marvelversus
https://twitter.com/willpreston
https://twitter.com/robhalden
https://robhalden.com
https://will-preston.co.uk
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Before the smash-hit success of X-Men The Animated Series in 1992, Marvel made a pilot for an Eighties X-Men cartoon series … which failed! Join Rob and Will for a deep-dive into the original mutant cartoon “Pryde Of The X-Men”! We explore why this cartoon FAILED and how it’s so different to the 90’s series! Where did Marvel get the money to make this pilot? Is this 1989 theme song better than the iconic one from the 90’s? Should Stan Lee be involved? And why is Wolverine Australian?! Plus we’ll dig into tons of classic comic book trivia about Magneto, Wolverine, Cyclops, Kitty Pryde, Emma Frost, Professor X and tons more! Would the MCU still have happened if THIS pilot had been a success?!
For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel
https://twitter.com/marvelversus
https://twitter.com/willpreston
https://twitter.com/robhalden
https://robhalden.com
https://will-preston.co.uk
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Before the smash-hit success of X-Men The Animated Series in 1992, Marvel made a pilot for an Eighties X-Men cartoon series … which failed! Join Rob and Will for a deep-dive into the original mutant cartoon “Pryde Of The X-Men”! We explore why this cartoon FAILED and how it’s so different to the 90’s series! Where did Marvel get the money to make this pilot? Is this 1989 theme song better than the iconic one from the 90’s? Should Stan Lee be involved? And why is Wolverine Australian?! Plus we’ll dig into tons of classic comic book trivia about Magneto, Wolverine, Cyclops, Kitty Pryde, Emma Frost, Professor X and tons more! Would the MCU still have happened if THIS pilot had been a success?!
For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel
https://twitter.com/marvelversus
https://twitter.com/willpreston
https://twitter.com/robhalden
https://robhalden.com
https://will-preston.co.uk