#135: February 1970 (w/Corey Mintz) - "The Doomed Land - The Dying Sea!"
Food journalist Corey Mintz (The Next Supper) joins us to talk about the Marvel Comics of February 1970, including an eerily prescient Iron Man story and our latest attempt to rationalize why the world's smartest man is the world's worst husband. Plus: what is the best Marvel Comic for a 10-year old Canadian boy?
Marvel by the Month · Bryan Stratton, Sara Stratton, Corey Mintz, Robb Milne
Show Notes
Corey Mintz is a freelance food reporter for the New York Times, Globe and Mail, Eater, and other presigious media outlets, so we have no idea why he's slumming with us this week. A former cook and restaurant critic, he's the author of two and a half books, the latest of which is The Next Supper: The End of Restaurants as We Knew Them, and What Comes After. We cannot recommend it highly enough. Come for the insightful revelations about the restaurant industry, stay for the references to Advanced Idea Mechanics.
For an extra 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 #175 and Amazing Spider-Man #84, in which we talk about the similarities between Loki and celebrity chefs, why Kingpin is a better husband than Reed Richards, and what the best Iron Man stories of the 70's are. (Spoiler: we don't know.)
Stories Covered In Detail This Episode:
"The Doomed Land - The Dying Sea!" - Iron Man #25, written by Archie Goodwin, art by Johnny Craig and Sam Grainger, ©1970 Marvel Comics
"Mystery on the Moon!" - Fantastic Four #98, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby w/Joe Sinnott, ©1970 Marvel Comics
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