One of my favorite strange aspects of Marvel Comics is the fact that a shocking amount of their principal characters are heads of state. There are a plethora of weird, fake countries in the Marvel Universe, and there has to be people to run those countries, […]
Every now and then I like to theme these Marvel Madness posts, often to the releases of various Marvel movies, and of course holidays. This is pretty easy for major holidays, or seasons, because Marvel certainly has a lot of Halloween or Christmas material for me to […]
Reader, if you’re anything like me you have been feeling physically ill at the distinct lack of Doctor Doom on this site lately. Yeah, we talked about him in a May Marvel Madness post, but that Damage Control issue really didn’t feature a whole lot of the good […]
I feel like at some point in every comic book lover’s life they are struck with a brilliant idea. Something they’re sure that no one has ever come up with, and that would be a great addition to any superhero world. And, after they do some […]
I’ve talked about a whole lot of silly Marvel stories over the years I’ve been doing this Marvel Madness post. But, two of the absolute goofiest I’ve had the pleasure to share with you have been a running story line between Iron Man and Doctor Doom. And […]
For the last few years I’ve spent December sharing some of the weirdest Christmas related stories that Marvel comics have ever produced. This often takes the form of looking into one of the Marvel Holiday Specials that were so prevalent in the aughts. They tended to be […]
It’s no secret that one of my favorite types of Marvel comics are ones that feature Doctor Doom dealing with superheroes who aren’t the Fantastic Four. I also love Doom when he’s dealing with Marvel’s First Family, thanks to decades of character connections and pathos, but […]
Hey, Spider-Man’s pretty hot right now, right? The PS4 game is kind of blowing up and everyone’s talking about it? At least, they were last week? It’s a great game, I really loved it, and I’ll be talking about it later. But, when people are in […]
Just last month I broke new ground in the world of Marvel Madness by sharing the first Incredible Hulk story I’ve ever tackled on the site. At the time I made a big deal about the fact that the Hulk is a bit of an odd character, because […]
Well everyone, after spending all last month regaling you with some of the most humiliating defeats ever dished out to Thanos the Mad Titan, I think it’s time to get back to the real reason this whole Marvel Madness exists. Talking about the exploits of my all-time […]
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