#155: MONSTER by the Month 01 (w/Joe Keatinge) - "...Man-Thing!"
Welcome boils and ghouls to the debut of MONSTER by the Month, featuring special horror host Joe Cryptinge! In this episode, the Man-Thing shambles his way into the spotlight, leaving a brackish trail for the Marvel Age of Monsters to follow! But before we get to the first appearance of Marvel's main muck-monster, we talk through the 20+ year tradition of horror comics that led up to this moment!
Marvel by the Month · Joe Keatinge, Robb Milne, Bryan Stratton, Jamie Wenger
Show Notes
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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