#168: December 1971 (w/Miles Stokes) - "The Beast!"

Miles Stokes is one-half of the podcasting duo
behind Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men,
the Marvel history show that's basically what we do, except: they
only cover mutant-adjacent Marvel books, they've been doing it
for more than twice as long as we have, and they actually have
some idea of what they're talking about. Also very much worth
checking out is Miles' Thor podcast,
The Lightning and the
Storm, which he co-hosted
with Elisabeth Allie.


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Deep Dives in this Episode: 


"The Horror That Walks On Air!" - Fantastic Four #120, by Stan
Lee and John Buscema w/Joe Sinnott, 1971 Marvel Comics


"The Beast!" - Amazing Adventures #11, written by Gerry Conway,
art by Tom Sutton and Syd Shores, 1971 Marvel Comics


 


Quick Summaries in this Episode:


"And Behind the Hordes of Hydra..." - Captain America #147,
written by Gary Friedrich, art by Sal Buscema and John
Verpoorten, 1971 Marvel Comics


"Night Flight!" - Daredevil #85, written by Gerry Conway, art by
Gene Colan and Syd Shores, 1971 Marvel Comics


"The Inheritor!" - Incredible Hulk #149, written by Archie
Goodwin, art by Herb Trimpe and John Severin, 1971 Marvel Comics


"Doomsmasque!" - Sub-Mariner #47, written by Gerry Conway, art by
Gene Colan and Mike Esposito, 1971 Marvel Comics


"The Well At the Edge of the World!" - Thor #197, written by
Gerry Conway, art by John Buscema and Vince Colletta, 1971 Marvel
Comics


 


"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 3.0 by Robb
Milne, sung by Barb Allen. All
incidental music by Robb Milne.


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Mike's Amazing World of Comics, an invaluable
resource for release dates and issue information.