Dan, Layney and Matt chat about Kamala Khan's Ms. Marvel (2014) and the joy she brought to the Marvel universe. While talking about the comic we discuss the Disney+ adaptation, Iman Vellani, The Marvels and the power of representation.
Dan, Layney, and Matt chat with Sebastian Fazio about Marvel's nuttiest hero, the unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Marvel's funniest and funnest addition to the roster of their mightiest heroes. That's a lot of adjectives in one paragraph. Is it justified? Tippy would say yes, listen to find out for yourself.
Dan, Layney and Matt chat about one of the most trippy and existential runs of Spider-Man Kraven's Last Hunt. The run is set in a dark and broken New York where life is cheap and pants are optional.
The Detecting the Marvelous crew get together to get a little Freaudian and talk about Vertigo's Sandman covering the first half of Volume 1 Preludes & Nocturnes. We talk about Neil Gaiman's early work, the inspirations and the plot threads setup in this first series.
We go to the big house along with Matt Murdock to one of the world's most notorious prisons, Rikers Island. We explore Ed Brubaker's run of Daredevil with The Devil In Cell Block D.
Dan, Layney and Matt sit with Ashley Cooper writer for Gotham Knights and the upcoming Iron Man video game to discuss Nightwing. We get into the history of the character, its origins and his growth from boy wonder into young adult wonder.
We let the Court of Owls build a little birdhouse in our souls as Layney brings us through The Court of Owls New 52 reboot on this episode of Detecting The Marvelous.
Dan and Layney follow Matt and the X-Men on an X-cellent adventure to space and beyond. This episode we chat about 1991's X-Men reboot. The episode has angst, it has X-Men X-Position, and pouches... so many pouches.
*Editors note: Matt was wrong; Proteus is not Charles' love child.
Dan, Layney, and Matt talk about the first four issues of Marvel's First Family, the interesting history of its creators, and how Ben Grimm would likely be in trouble with HR.
Theme by Glen Beauchamp and art by Ben Steamroller.
Dan, Layney, and Matt get together talk about the inspiration for the new podcast, Detecting the Marvelous: what inspired them, where their love of comics comes from, and why they chose what they chose.
Theme by Glen Beauchamp and art by Ben Steamroller.
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