#142: June 1970 (w/Matt Fraction) - "To Smash the Inhumans!"

Matt Fraction is one of comics' best humans (and
writers). He's scripted virtually every Marvel character in the
House of Ideas, from Iron Man to the
Fantastic Four to a fella by the name of
Hawkeye, whose Disney+ series
Fraction served as a consulting producer on.


You should also check out Fraction's creator-owned series, like
Sex Criminals,
Casanova,
November,
Adventureman, and
Satellite Sam.
(But because it was published by the Distinguished Competition,
we're not going to mention his Eisner Award-winning
Superman's Pal Jimmy
Olsen.)


For an additional 45 minutes of this episode,
support us on Patreon at the $4/month level to
get access to our super-secret bonus feed of content. The
expanded edition of this episode includes our conversations about
Thor #179 (and the mystery of who actually inked it) and
Fantastic Four #102 (featuring Namor teaming up with
Magneto), plus the behind-the-scenes dirt on Fraction's time in
Hollywood (there wasn't really any), the "masturbating Batman"
joke that was cut from Jimmy Olsen (he wasn't really), and
all of us wallowing in our love for the great John Buscema.


Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:


"Friend Against Friend!" - Amazing Adventures #2, written by Jack
Kirby, art by Jack Kirby and Chic Stone, 1970 Marvel Comics


"To Smash the Inhumans!" - Silver Surfer #18, written by Stan
Lee, art by Jack Kirby and Herb Trimpe, 1970 Marvel Comics


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