#237: November 1974 (w/Ben Saunders) - "The Mark of Madness!"

Ben Saunders is an academic expert in comic and
cartoon studies, pop culture and English literature who
co-founded and directs the University of Oregon's minor in Comic
and Cartoon Studies, the first undergraduate minor of its kind in
the country. He's also the series editor of the Penguin
Classics Marvel Collection and the curator of the
Marvel: University of Super Heroes exhibition,
which has appeared at museums in Portland, OR; Charlotte, NC;
Dearborn, MI; Seattle, WA; and Basel, Switzerland.


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Stories Covered in this Episode: 


"The Mark of Madness!" - Captain America #181, written by Steve
Englehart, art by Sal Buscema and Vince Colletta, letters by
Artie Simek, colors by Linda Lessmann, 1974 Marvel Comics


"Inferno!" - Captain America #182, written by Steve Englehart,
art by Frank Robbins and Joe Giella, letters by Tom Orzechowski,
colors by Bill Mantlo, 1974 Marvel Comics


 


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