Marvel Versus Marvel

To celebrate our 6th Anniversary we’re taking a special look at one of the most absurd Marvel Comics of all time featuring The Avengers and Dr Doom! Since Avengers Doomsday is happening in a few months we went back to 1968 to explore the very first time Dr Doom faced down The Avengers! This is an episode of our “Obscure Marvel” bonus show that happens every month on Patreon for our supporters - released from behind the paywall to celebrate the 6th Anniversary of MVM. For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

It’s 1978 and in The New Fantastic Four cartoon Johnny Storm has been replaced by an RDD2 knockoff - was the Human Torch too dangerous for TV? Were children really at risk of setting themselves on fire? We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the DISASTROUS making of this infamous Seventies cartoon and everything that went wrong, including TWO legal battles over the right to Marvel’s characters! We’ll also take you behind-the-page on the Fantastic Four in the Seventies to look at the seismic split between Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, the split between Sue Storm and Reed Richards, and how the FF came to reflect the rise of feminism and divorce rates in America! Then we’ll deep-dive 3 episodes of the series to bring you all our reactions and thoughts, all the history and trivia, and all the Marvel Connections hiding in the IMDB pages of the cast! Plus we'll spend time with the Impossible Man, the strange death of Galactus, the darkest Human Torch story ever told, the last comic book Stan Lee and Jack Kirby ever did "together", and the worst Magneto ever committed to page or screen! Episodes In The Deep Dive Include; Ep. 2 - The Menace of Magneto Ep. 9 - The Frightful Four Ep. 11 - The Impossible Man For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

It’s 1978 and in The New Fantastic Four cartoon Johnny Storm has been replaced by an RDD2 knockoff - was the Human Torch too dangerous for TV? Were children really at risk of setting themselves on fire? We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the DISASTROUS making of this infamous Seventies cartoon and everything that went wrong, including TWO legal battles over the right to Marvel’s characters! We’ll also take you behind-the-page on the Fantastic Four in the Seventies to look at the seismic split between Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, the split between Sue Storm and Reed Richards, and how the FF came to reflect the rise of feminism and divorce rates in America! Then we’ll deep-dive 3 episodes of the series to bring you all our reactions and thoughts, all the history and trivia, and all the Marvel Connections hiding in the IMDB pages of the cast! Plus we'll spend time with the Impossible Man, the strange death of Galactus, the darkest Human Torch story ever told, the last comic book Stan Lee and Jack Kirby ever did "together", and the worst Magneto ever committed to page or screen! Episodes In The Deep Dive Include; Ep. 2 - The Menace of Magneto Ep. 9 - The Frightful Four Ep. 11 - The Impossible Man For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head back into the MVM Archives to bring you the story of the making of Marvel’s first ever X-Men movie - Generation X! Before Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart reinvented the superhero movie in the year 2000, Marvel teamed up with the Fox Network to make this low budget 1996 TV movie. Jubilee, Emma Frost, Banshee, and a whole host of young X-Men characters were brought to live-action for the very first time, but with a budget so low the action and special effects became painful to watch. For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

To celebrate the 85th Anniversary of Captain America, we’re exploring Cap’s 1979 TV movie, and Marvel’s 70s Cinematic Universe! We’ll dig into the deal between Marvel Comics, Universal Television, and CBS that brought us TV movies and TV shows starring The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Dr Strange, and Captain America! We'll get into how the deal began and how it all fell apart, how the Captain America TV movie was made, why Reb Brown was cast as Steve Rogers, and how the film nearly ended the career of the director before it had ever begun! We'll also pay special attention to the Captain America comic books of the 1970's, how they took influence from the shifting sands of America's social and political climate, and how the Seventies transformed Captain America into a true rebel! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself, pull it apart scene-by-scene and dig into everything this movie got right (the bike) and everything it got wrong! Plus we've packed the episode with tons of unexplored Marvel history and trivia about the Super Soldier Serum, the SECOND origin of Captain America, the Super Soldiers who also got powers in the war, how Marvel tied their Golden Age characters into their Silver Age characters, and tons more! Plus we've got all the Marvel Connections of every actor in this movie, no matter how tenuous or strenuous they may be! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

To celebrate the 85th Anniversary of Captain America, we’re exploring Cap’s 1979 TV movie, and Marvel’s 70s Cinematic Universe! We’ll dig into the deal between Marvel Comics, Universal Television, and CBS that brought us TV movies and TV shows starring The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Dr Strange, and Captain America! We'll get into how the deal began and how it all fell apart, how the Captain America TV movie was made, why Reb Brown was cast as Steve Rogers, and how the film nearly ended the career of the director before it had ever begun! We'll also pay special attention to the Captain America comic books of the 1970's, how they took influence from the shifting sands of America's social and political climate, and how the Seventies transformed Captain America into a true rebel! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself, pull it apart scene-by-scene and dig into everything this movie got right (the bike) and everything it got wrong! Plus we've packed the episode with tons of unexplored Marvel history and trivia about the Super Soldier Serum, the SECOND origin of Captain America, the Super Soldiers who also got powers in the war, how Marvel tied their Golden Age characters into their Silver Age characters, and tons more! Plus we've got all the Marvel Connections of every actor in this movie, no matter how tenuous or strenuous they may be! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head into the MVM archives to take you behind the scenes on the making of Wolverine’s last stand in the 2017 Logan movie! We’ll take you through all the Box Office numbers for every movie Wolverine has fronted, and then explore James Mangold’s process for creating one of the best Marvel movies of all time! We’ll look into Mangold’s influences, from classic Westerns like “Shane” to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy. We’ll explore Hugh Jackman’s decision to never play Wolverine ever again … and why that didn’t last long. We’ll also find out how and why the movie got an R rating, how it made history at the Academy Awards, and which classic villain was meant to play a big role before cut from the final draft of the screenplay! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

ct the terrible wigs, the special effects, the script, the acting, and everything else! We'll get to the bottom of what this show did right and what it did so terribly wrong! Plus we'll bring you TONS of Marvel history and trivia on Black Bolt, Medusa, Maximus, the Terrigen Mists, the city of Attilan, and the secret history of every single Marvel superhero! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

ct the terrible wigs, the special effects, the script, the acting, and everything else! We'll get to the bottom of what this show did right and what it did so terribly wrong! Plus we'll bring you TONS of Marvel history and trivia on Black Bolt, Medusa, Maximus, the Terrigen Mists, the city of Attilan, and the secret history of every single Marvel superhero! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head into the MVM Archives to find out what happened to Edgar Wright's Ant-Man movie? The acclaimed "Shaun Of The Dead" writer/director was attached to the Marvel project for 8 years, and was the entire reason Paul Rudd was cast as the superhero. So what was Edgar's vision for Ant-Man, and why did it never happen? For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we take you for a wild ride uncovering the forgotten Marvel TV show from 1997 - Nightman! A jazz playing superhero that Marvel absorbed into the Marvel Universe when they purchased their rivals, Malibu Comics! We’ll explore the history of Malibu Comics and the creation of “The Ultraverse”. We’ll dig into the relationship between Marvel and famed TV producer Glen A. Larson, the man behind hits like Knight Rider, Buck Rogers, and Magnum PI! Then we’ll pull apart this low budget action-adventure TV show scene-by-scene to break down all of its bad acting, terrible special effects, and saxophone playing! Plus, we’ll bring you the history of Nightman and the Ultraverse, his crazy origins and powers, and the wild Marvel crossovers where Nightman fights Loki, Gambit, and Wolverine! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we take you for a wild ride uncovering the forgotten Marvel TV show from 1997 - Nightman! A jazz playing superhero that Marvel absorbed into the Marvel Universe when they purchased their rivals, Malibu Comics! We’ll explore the history of Malibu Comics and the creation of “The Ultraverse”. We’ll dig into the relationship between Marvel and famed TV producer Glen A. Larson, the man behind hits like Knight Rider, Buck Rogers, and Magnum PI! Then we’ll pull apart this low budget action-adventure TV show scene-by-scene to break down all of its bad acting, terrible special effects, and saxophone playing! Plus, we’ll bring you the history of Nightman and the Ultraverse, his crazy origins and powers, and the wild Marvel crossovers where Nightman fights Loki, Gambit, and Wolverine! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head into the archives to deep-dive into the making of Marvel’s first billion dollar movie - The Avengers! We’ll explore the 4 year process that started with Iron Man in 2008, from the script changes, the casting problems, the Avengers characters that were cut out, Ed Norton’s feud with Marvel Studios, the huge marketing campaign to promote the film, the official Avengers PERFUMES that was created, and the full Box Office breakdown! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Rob and Will take a deep-dive into what is easily the worst X-Men movie ever made, the 2019 Dark Phoenix! The 19 year Fox X-Men saga comes to a sad end as we explore the disastrous production process of this movie - from the plans to the executions, from the disagreements with the studio, to the painful test screenings, the re-writes and the re-shoots, all through to the god-awful reviews! We'll also go behind-the-page on the history of the Dark Phoenix comics, and what makes it the greatest Marvel story of all time! Then we take a deep-dive into the Dark Phoenix movie, pull it apart scene-by-scene, bring you all the obscure Marvel Connections, debate everything good and everything crappy about the film, see how it compares to X-Men Last Stand, bring you tons of X-Men history and trivia, and FINALLY decide on what is the WORST Marvel movie we've ever covered on the podcast! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Rob and Will take a deep-dive into what is easily the worst X-Men movie ever made, the 2019 Dark Phoenix! The 19 year Fox X-Men saga comes to a sad end as we explore the disastrous production process of this movie - from the plans to the executions, from the disagreements with the studio, to the painful test screenings, the re-writes and the re-shoots, all through to the god-awful reviews! We'll also go behind-the-page on the history of the Dark Phoenix comics, and what makes it the greatest Marvel story of all time! Then we take a deep-dive into the Dark Phoenix movie, pull it apart scene-by-scene, bring you all the obscure Marvel Connections, debate everything good and everything crappy about the film, see how it compares to X-Men Last Stand, bring you tons of X-Men history and trivia, and FINALLY decide on what is the WORST Marvel movie we've ever covered on the podcast! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head back into the archives to dig into the history of the comic book superteam and find out how the Avengers were created! From DC Comics putting together The Flash, Green Lantern, and their other heroes and creating the Justice Society Of America, to Marvel borrowing the concept and creating Captain America’s All Winners Squad during World War II. We’ll chart the debut of the Justice League and the Fantastic Four, the rise of Marvel Comics, and how that all led to the creation of The Avengers! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Strap in for a mega episode as Rob and Will deep-dive into the 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home! It’s the biggest Marvel movie since Avengers Endgame, so we leave no stone unturned in this huge episode! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the divorce between Marvel & Sony and how they got back into bed, and what it took to unite 3 generations of Spider-Men and their villains! We’ll take you behind the page on ONE MORE DAY the comic book story that inspired this movie and has become the most controversial and hated Spider-Man story of all time! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself, pulling it apart scene-by-scene to bring you tons of history and trivia! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Strap in for a mega episode as Rob and Will deep-dive into the 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home! It’s the biggest Marvel movie since Avengers Endgame, so we leave no stone unturned in this huge episode! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the divorce between Marvel & Sony and how they got back into bed, and what it took to unite 3 generations of Spider-Men and their villains! We’ll take you behind the page on ONE MORE DAY the comic book story that inspired this movie and has become the most controversial and hated Spider-Man story of all time! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself, pulling it apart scene-by-scene to bring you tons of history and trivia! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head back to 2005 to go behind the scenes on the Elektra movie, and find out how it became the WORST Fox Marvel offering! We’ll explore the terrible box office performance, the terrible movie reviews, the major stars who didn’t want to make the movie at all, the Daredevil appearance that was CUT from the movie(!), and we’ll debate whether this movie deserves the 11% it has on Rotten Tomatoes! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Kicking off 2026 with a truly epic edition of MVM - a special look at how Star Wars, the movie that saved Marvel Comics! We bring you the incredible Hollywood story of how George Lucas and his team poured blood, sweat, and tears into making the first sci-fi blockbuster, and how it changed cinema forever! Then we'll take you behind-the-page to look at the close relationship between George Lucas and comic books, the financial quicksand Marvel Comics was drowning in in the Seventies, how Marvel became the very first people to ever tell the Star Wars story, and how Star Wars saved the company! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself, pull it apart scene by scene to bring you all our reactions, plus tons of wild trivia, and compare the Star Wars movie to the Marvel Star Wars Comics! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Kicking off 2026 with a truly epic edition of MVM - a special look at how Star Wars, the movie that saved Marvel Comics! We bring you the incredible Hollywood story of how George Lucas and his team poured blood, sweat, and tears into making the first sci-fi blockbuster, and how it changed cinema forever! Then we'll take you behind-the-page to look at the close relationship between George Lucas and comic books, the financial quicksand Marvel Comics was drowning in in the Seventies, how Marvel became the very first people to ever tell the Star Wars story, and how Star Wars saved the company! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself, pull it apart scene by scene to bring you all our reactions, plus tons of wild trivia, and compare the Star Wars movie to the Marvel Star Wars Comics! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head back to a time before Marvel Comics, before Superman and Batman, to a world before superheroes, and bring you a history of The Shadow! Before Superman exploded onto the pages of Action Comics, the world of action-adventure was a very different place, full of detectives, gangsters, Science Fiction and the supernatural - the world of Pulp Fiction! In a world of Tarzan, Zorro and Conan The Barbarian, The Shadow emerged completely by accident and ended up becoming the world’s first superhero! We’ll track the tale from pulp magazines to radio adventures to cliffhanger movie serials and beyond! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Batman Returns is the movie that nearly SUNK superhero cinema, so this Christmas season we're heading back to 1992 for another DC Edition. A crucial moment that effected both DC and Marvel movies in the years and decades to come! The first Batman movie was a smash-hit success both on and off the screens, but things were very different in 1992 with the sequel! In part one we'll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the movie, the inflating budget, why this movie became highly controversial, the backlash and BOYCOTTS from parents and teacher groups, and how the controversy damaged box office and toy sales! Plus, we'll take you behind-the-page on what kind of impact the 1989 movie had on the Batman comics, and what happened in the early 90's to make Batman and Robin one of the hottest commodities in the business! Then we deep-dive Batman Returns, pull it apart scene-by-scene for our thoughts and reactions, and bring you tons of comic book connections, and DC history and trivia behind Batman, Robin, the Penguin, and Catwoman! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Batman Returns is the movie that nearly SUNK superhero cinema, so this Christmas season we're heading back to 1992 for another DC Edition. A crucial moment that effected both DC and Marvel movies in the years and decades to come! The first Batman movie was a smash-hit success both on and off the screens, but things were very different in 1992 with the sequel! In part one we'll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the movie, the inflating budget, why this movie became highly controversial, the backlash and BOYCOTTS from parents and teacher groups, and how the controversy damaged box office and toy sales! Plus, we'll take you behind-the-page on what kind of impact the 1989 movie had on the Batman comics, and what happened in the early 90's to make Batman and Robin one of the hottest commodities in the business! Then we deep-dive Batman Returns, pull it apart scene-by-scene for our thoughts and reactions, and bring you tons of comic book connections, and DC history and trivia behind Batman, Robin, the Penguin, and Catwoman! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head back into the archives to look at a Marvel Movie That Never Happened - Gambit! Made famous by the Deadpool & Wolverine movie, the Gambit movie spent over 10 years in development! We’ll take a look at all the actors that were considered for the role, and how Channing Tatum became the frontrunner, the different directors and producers involved, all the attempts to get the Gambit movie made, and what went wrong! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Join us for a deep-dive into Marvel’s ORIGINAL Iron Man movie, the 2007 animated feature film “Invincible Iron Man”! The year before the MCU began, the year before Robert Downey Jr, Jon Favreau, and Kevin Feige brought Tony Stark to the big screen, Marvel partnered up with Lionsgate to create the first and original Iron Man movie - a feature length animated film on DVD. We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the Marvel / Lionsgate deal, the talent of the writers and animators involved, the different animation styles, and everything it took to make this movie. We'll also go behind-the-page on Iron Man in the 2000's, how a series of terrible creative decisions at Marvel were ruining the character, and what it took to make the character relevant again in time for the birth of the MCU! And then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself, to explore what it got right, what it got VERY wrong, all the things it changed about Iron Man, and all the differences with the live-action movie that would come out the following year! Plus there's tons of history and trivia about Tony Stark's childhood, his different armours, the Mandarin, the Jade Dragon, Fin Fang Foom, and so much more! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Join us for a deep-dive into Marvel’s ORIGINAL Iron Man movie, the 2007 animated feature film “Invincible Iron Man”! The year before the MCU began, the year before Robert Downey Jr, Jon Favreau, and Kevin Feige brought Tony Stark to the big screen, Marvel partnered up with Lionsgate to create the first and original Iron Man movie - a feature length animated film on DVD. We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the Marvel / Lionsgate deal, the talent of the writers and animators involved, the different animation styles, and everything it took to make this movie. We'll also go behind-the-page on Iron Man in the 2000's, how a series of terrible creative decisions at Marvel were ruining the character, and what it took to make the character relevant again in time for the birth of the MCU! And then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself, to explore what it got right, what it got VERY wrong, all the things it changed about Iron Man, and all the differences with the live-action movie that would come out the following year! Plus there's tons of history and trivia about Tony Stark's childhood, his different armours, the Mandarin, the Jade Dragon, Fin Fang Foom, and so much more! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Before Tim Burton’s Batman 1989 was released, Marvel Comics got into the Action Movie business with Dolph Lundgren and The Punisher! Join Rob and Will as they explore the most violent Marvel Movie ever made! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes to learn about the 80’s Action Movie, and the impact made by Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dolph Lundgren! We’ll examine the production of this film, why it was BANNED from several countries, the financial problems that hit the studio, and why it never reached cinema screens in America! Why did this movie sit on a shelf for TWO YEARS before getting any kind of release?! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel For information about Jérémie Damoiseau and his book “Punisher ‘89: The Untold Story” visit https://linktr.ee/punisher_book [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

To tell the full story of Marvel, this week we head back to 1996 to take a deep-dive into the world’s first superhero - The Phantom! In this episode we’ll take you behind-the-page to a time before Superman, before Batman, to discover the CREATION OF THE SUPERHERO! We’ll explore the creation of the first ever superhero costume, the invention of the first ever superhero mask, and how these designs influenced every single superhero that followed, and all the elements that were heavily ripped off by Batman a few years later! We’ll also take you behind-the-scenes on the 1996 Phantom movie, find out the cinematic history of The Ghost Who Walks, and why the movie BOMBED at the box office! We’ll explore the Phantom’s HUGE popularity all around the world, including his very own theme park(!), and then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself and bring you the history, trivia and mythology of The Phantom! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

To tell the full story of Marvel, this week we head back to 1996 to take a deep-dive into the world’s first superhero - The Phantom! In this episode we’ll take you behind-the-page to a time before Superman, before Batman, to discover the CREATION OF THE SUPERHERO! We’ll explore the creation of the first ever superhero costume, the invention of the first ever superhero mask, and how these designs influenced every single superhero that followed, and all the elements that were heavily ripped off by Batman a few years later! We’ll also take you behind-the-scenes on the 1996 Phantom movie, find out the cinematic history of The Ghost Who Walks, and why the movie BOMBED at the box office! We’ll explore the Phantom’s HUGE popularity all around the world, including his very own theme park(!), and then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself and bring you the history, trivia and mythology of The Phantom! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head back into the archives to bring you the story behind X-Men: Days Of Future Past to find out why it’s the darkest Marvel stories of all time! We’ll take you behind the page on the Golden Age of the X-Men and the incredibly creative partnership between Chris Claremont and John Byrne! We’ll explore how killing off famous characters changed the X-Men, Marvel Comics, and the entire comic book industry itself! And we’ll take a look at the history of dystopian futures, and just how innovative and influential Days Of Future Past ended up being to the sci-fi culture of the 1980s! This clip is taken from our massive episode exploring the animated adaptation of “Days Of Future Past” which you can listen to, in full, below. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6OPnR2S5VTsSlWvtFJYQXX?si=cf81a04d19a84b72 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6rZmS5bqesKosQu1Fd0h1F?si=2T1SmmffRduXfbSf6wJCGQ For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we take a deep-dive into the 2021 MCU movie Eternals, and put in the work of res-assessing Marvel’s BIGGEST failure! A failure at the box office, a failure with movie critics, but does Eternals deserve its bad reputation? We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of one of the most divisive Marvel Movie, and film that critics did not like! We’ll investigate the box-office takings to find out what went wrong! Plus we’re gonna take you behind the page on the creation of The Eternals themselves and their origins, and then we’ll deep dive the movie scene by scene to bring you TONS of Marvel history and trivia about the Eternals, the Celestials, the origins of earth itself, The Black Knight, Pip The Troll, Starfox, Thanos, and so much more! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we take a deep-dive into the 2021 MCU movie Eternals, and put in the work of res-assessing Marvel’s BIGGEST failure! A failure at the box office, a failure with movie critics, but does Eternals deserve its bad reputation? We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of one of the most divisive Marvel Movie, and film that critics did not like! We’ll investigate the box-office takings to find out what went wrong! Plus we’re gonna take you behind the page on the creation of The Eternals themselves and their origins, and then we’ll deep dive the movie scene by scene to bring you TONS of Marvel history and trivia about the Eternals, the Celestials, the origins of earth itself, The Black Knight, Pip The Troll, Starfox, Thanos, and so much more! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head back into the archives to explore the behind-the-scenes story of Captain America: The First Avenger. We’ll explore the unique investment deal that allowed Marvel Studios to launch the MCU, Jon Favreau’s original pitch to make Captain America a COMEDY MOVIE(!), the list of actors who were nearly cast in the title role, Joss Whedon's involvement in the movie, the ties to the imminent Avengers film, the special effects used for Cap’s body transformation, and tons more! This clip is taken from our massive episode covering the entire movie “Captain America: First Avenger - Remastered” For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we dive into a special Marvel Halloween movie from 2016 - Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell! We’ll explore how Marvel and Disney made this Halloween monster movie, the amazing Marvel talents involved in the production, and we’ll explore whether the Hulk is the most BANKABLE star of the home video market! We’ll take you into the history of Marvel Monsters, from horror comics of the 50’s, to the monsters of Atlas Comics, the proto-Marvel Age, through to the Bronze Age revival of the undead! Plus, we’ll take a deep-dive into the movie itself, HULK: WHERE MONSTERS DWELL, we’ll pull it apart scene-by-scene and give you TONS of history and trivia about Marvel zombies, vampires, and werewolves, SHIELD’s history with the supernatural, the omnipotent being that is Nightmare, what happens when the Hulk loses his mind, and the many magnificent Marvel monsters in this movie! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we dive into a special Marvel Halloween movie from 2016 - Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell! We’ll explore how Marvel and Disney made this Halloween monster movie, the amazing Marvel talents involved in the production, and we’ll explore whether the Hulk is the most BANKABLE star of the home video market! We’ll take you into the history of Marvel Monsters, from horror comics of the 50’s, to the monsters of Atlas Comics, the proto-Marvel Age, through to the Bronze Age revival of the undead! Plus, we’ll take a deep-dive into the movie itself, HULK: WHERE MONSTERS DWELL, we’ll pull it apart scene-by-scene and give you TONS of history and trivia about Marvel zombies, vampires, and werewolves, SHIELD’s history with the supernatural, the omnipotent being that is Nightmare, what happens when the Hulk loses his mind, and the many magnificent Marvel monsters in this movie! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

We’re celebrating Halloween with a re-release of our deep-dive into 2005’s Man-Thing! We’ll bring you the comprehensive guide to the ONLY horror Movie Marvel ever made! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of a movie SO BAD the production company didn’t want to release it! We’ll take you behind the page on the Bronze Age of Marvel Comics, the strange tale of Man-Thing’s creation, and the true connection between Marvel’s Man-Thing and DC’s Swamp-Thing! Then we’ll deep-dive into this truly terrible horror movie and bring you Marvel history and trivia on witchcraft, demon-worship, werewolves, talking ducks, and the Super Soldier Serum! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

After a long journey on MVM covering Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, we finally arrive at The Defenders! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the Marvel / Netflix TV deal, the making of The Defenders show, and find out whether or not it was a hit! Then we’ll take you behind the page on the team-that’s-not-a-team, from its crazy sci-fi 70’s origins with Dr Strange, Prince Namor, and the Hulk, and how they're connected to Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Elektra! We’ll take a deep-dive into the first two episodes of The Defenders, and pull them apart scene-by-scene in the way that only MVM can! We'll explore whether Daredevil and Luke Cage count as "official" members of the original Defenders, we'll find out about the supporting cast member of this TV show that definitely IS a member of the original Defenders, we'll dig into the tragic story of Elektra's resurrection, the deadly leaders of The Hand, and what happened the first time Luke Cage met Iron Fist! The two episodes we deep-dive for the podcast are: Episode 1 - The H Word Episode 2 - Mean Right Hook For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

After a long journey on MVM covering Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, we finally arrive at The Defenders! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the Marvel / Netflix TV deal, the making of The Defenders show, and find out whether or not it was a hit! Then we’ll take you behind the page on the team-that’s-not-a-team, from its crazy sci-fi 70’s origins with Dr Strange, Prince Namor, and the Hulk, and how they're connected to Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Elektra! We’ll take a deep-dive into the first two episodes of The Defenders, and pull them apart scene-by-scene in the way that only MVM can! We'll explore whether Daredevil and Luke Cage count as "official" members of the original Defenders, we'll find out about the supporting cast member of this TV show that definitely IS a member of the original Defenders, we'll dig into the tragic story of Elektra's resurrection, the deadly leaders of The Hand, and what happened the first time Luke Cage met Iron Fist! The two episodes we deep-dive for the podcast are: Episode 1 - The H Word Episode 2 - Mean Right Hook For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

An MVM Bonus Episode Special Release for Spooktober, bringing you a deep-dive into Marvel Zombies and the comic books that inspired the animated series! In this episode we’ll take you behind the page on The Great Zombie Revival, from Resident Evil to 28 Days Later, to The Walking Dead - and how that influenced Marvel Comics and the Fantastic Four! We’ll bring you the history of the Marvel Zombies and the bizarre universe where every great superhero and superhero is battling against a plague of zombies, one infection at a time! We’ll take you to a world where Spider-Man, Wolverine, Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, and the X-Men have all been transformed into brain-eating zombies! What happens when zombies have all the super-powers of the Avengers and X-Men? Is there any super science that can save the world? Every month on Patreon we release Bonus Episode Deep Dives just like this. For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we dive into the 2012 animated series Ultimate Spider-Man and try to work out if this is the funniest Marvel show of all time! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the creation of Marvel Television, the cancellation of the popular Spectacular Spider-Man show, and how Disney buying Marvel changed ALL their TV shows! We’ll also explore the absolute dream team of comic book writers and animators that came together to create Ultimate Spider-Man! We’ll take you behind-the-page on the Ultimate Spider-Man comic books, how they helped to save Marvel at a VITAL moment in its history, and how they changed comic books FOREVER! Then we’ll deep-dive into 4 episodes of the animated series, pull them apart scene-by-scene and bring you Marvel history and trivia on the Frightful Four, Paste Pot Pete, the Living Laser, Nova, the White Tiger, Tony Stark and the Iron Spider, and so much more! The 4 episodes covered in the deep-dive are; Episode 1: Great Power Episode 2: Great Responsibility Episode 5: Flight of the Iron Spider Episode 10: Freaky For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we dive into the 2012 animated series Ultimate Spider-Man and try to work out if this is the funniest Marvel show of all time! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the creation of Marvel Television, the cancellation of the popular Spectacular Spider-Man show, and how Disney buying Marvel changed ALL their TV shows! We’ll also explore the absolute dream team of comic book writers and animators that came together to create Ultimate Spider-Man! We’ll take you behind-the-page on the Ultimate Spider-Man comic books, how they helped to save Marvel at a VITAL moment in its history, and how they changed comic books FOREVER! Then we’ll deep-dive into 4 episodes of the animated series, pull them apart scene-by-scene and bring you Marvel history and trivia on the Frightful Four, Paste Pot Pete, the Living Laser, Nova, the White Tiger, Tony Stark and the Iron Spider, and so much more! The 4 episodes covered in the deep-dive are; Episode 1: Great Power Episode 2: Great Responsibility Episode 5: Flight of the Iron Spider Episode 10: Freaky For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk