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#260: September 1975 (w/Will and Kevin Hines) - "The End of a Vampire!"
Season 9 · Episode 5

#260: September 1975 (w/Will and Kevin Hines) - "The End of a Vampire!"

Pour out a little irradiated bat blood – the Living Vampire's series has come to an end! Will and Kevin Hines (Screw It We're Just Gonna Talk About Comics) join us to give Morbius the send-off he deserves, and, more importantly, talk about the Enforcers for half an hour!

Marvel by the Month · Jamie Wenger, Bryan Stratton, Kevin Hines, Robb Milne, Will Hines

March 26, 20251h 30m

Show Notes

Will and Kevin Hines are brothers, lifelong comics fans, and kind of comedians who host the Screw It, We’re Just Gonna Talk About Comics podcast, the only podcast in human history where two brothers talk about a thing that they like. 

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Stories Covered in this Episode: 

"Any Number Can Slay!" - Marvel Team-Up #39, written by Bill Mantlo, art by Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito, letters by Karen Mantlo, colors by Don Warfield, edited by Marv Wolfman, ©1975 Marvel Comics

"Murder's Better the Second Time Around!" - Marvel Team-Up #40, written by Bill Mantlo, art by Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito, letters by Karen Mantlo, colors by Janice Cohen, edited by Marv Wolfman, ©1975 Marvel Comics

"The End of a Vampire!" - Adventure Into Fear #31, written by Bill Mantlo, art by Frank Robbins and Vince Colletta, letters by Karen Mantlo, colors by Phil Rachelson, edited by Marv Wolfman, ©1975 Marvel Comics

 

"Marvel by the Month" theme v. 4 written by Robb Milne and performed by Robb Milne and Barb Allen. All incidental music by Robb Milne.

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