#155: MONSTER by the Month 01 (w/Joe Keatinge) - "...Man-Thing!"

Writer Joe Keatinge has been our most frequent
guest, and with good reason: no one appreciates early Marvel
weirdness more than him! His entire life has been leading up to
this episode.


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Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:


"At the Stroke of Midnight" - Tower of Shadows #1, written and
drawn by Jim Steranko, 1969 Marvel Comics


"...Man-Thing!" - Savage Tales #1, by Roy Thomas and Gerry
Conway, art by Gray Morrow, 1971 Marvel Comics


 


"MONSTER by the Month" theme and all incidental music by
Robb Milne.


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