Marvel Versus Marvel

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

This week we head back into the MVM archives to take you behind the scenes on the making of the 2011 Thor movie! We’ll explore the failed attempts to make a Thor movie in the 90’s and 2000’s - from Sam Raimi, to Matthew Vaughan, to Guillermo del Toro! We’ll dive into Kenneth Branagh’s long fandom with Marvel Comics and the stories of Thor, and the big conflicts he had with Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios! We’ll take you inside the casting of the movie, the big name stars who nearly wielded the hammer, how Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston got their roles, and the disdain that Anthony Hopkins has for this movie! We also dig-in to just how important this movie was to the success of Marvel Studios - after the failure of Incredible Hulk, Marvel badly needed Thor to be a hit! 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 MVM takes a deep-dive into X-Men: Evolution from the year 2000! It was huge for Marvel, not only did the X-Men movie hit screens and change the game for superhero cinema, but a brand new X-Men animated series debuted on Kids' WB and transformed a whole generation of kids into X-Men fans! It was a show full of changes to Marvel’s mutants, from a goth version of Rogue, to Wolverine becoming a teacher, and the X-Men attending a regular high school! This series also introduced original X-Men characters like Storm’s nephew Spyke, and Wolverine’s clone X-23 aka Laura! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of X-Men Evolution, and what it took to become the successor to X-Men The Animated Series! We’ll dive into the creation, the network constrictions, the merchandise tie-ins and everything else! Then we’ll take you behind the page on the X-Men in the 90’s and the COLLAPSE of the greatest franchise in the history of American comic books! We’ll put the spotlight on a truly dire decade for the mutants, how it got so bad, and what it took to save the X-Men! Plus we’ll take a deep-dive into 4 episodes of X-Men Evolution, pull them apart scene-by-scene and bring you tons of Marvel history and trivia about Magneto, Nightcrawler, Havok, Spyke, and so much more! Featured episodes; Episode 1: Strategy X Episode 5: Speed & Spyke Episode 12: The Cauldron - Part 1 Episode 13: The Cauldron - Part 2 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 MVM takes a deep-dive into X-Men: Evolution from the year 2000! It was huge for Marvel, not only did the X-Men movie hit screens and change the game for superhero cinema, but a brand new X-Men animated series debuted on Kids' WB and transformed a whole generation of kids into X-Men fans! It was a show full of changes to Marvel’s mutants, from a goth version of Rogue, to Wolverine becoming a teacher, and the X-Men attending a regular high school! This series also introduced original X-Men characters like Storm’s nephew Spyke, and Wolverine’s clone X-23 aka Laura! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of X-Men Evolution, and what it took to become the successor to X-Men The Animated Series! We’ll dive into the creation, the network constrictions, the merchandise tie-ins and everything else! Then we’ll take you behind the page on the X-Men in the 90’s and the COLLAPSE of the greatest franchise in the history of American comic books! We’ll put the spotlight on a truly dire decade for the mutants, how it got so bad, and what it took to save the X-Men! Plus we’ll take a deep-dive into 4 episodes of X-Men Evolution, pull them apart scene-by-scene and bring you tons of Marvel history and trivia about Magneto, Nightcrawler, Havok, Spyke, and so much more! Featured episodes; Episode 1: Strategy X Episode 5: Speed & Spyke Episode 12: The Cauldron - Part 1 Episode 13: The Cauldron - Part 2 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

Jessica Jones is easily the darkest and edgiest Marvel project of all time! This week we head into the archives to go behind-the-scenes on the making of Jessica Jones to expose all of the secrets! 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 time for one last dance with Eddie Brock and his alien Symbiote as MVM explore Venom: The Last Dance! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the third and final Venom movie, we’ll uncover how Spider-Man was nearly included in this movie, why nothing came of Venom’s MCU crossover in No Way Home, we’ll get to the bottom of why Michelle Williams is suddenly missing from this sequel, and we’ll examine why the Venom movies were a success when the rest of the Sony Spider-Man Cinematic Universe failed so miserably! Then we’ll take you behind-the-page to look at what happened to Venom when he stopped being popular in the comic books, and the numerous times Marvel changed the character to desperately try to save the money-making concept of Venom! Plus, we’ll deep-dive the entire movie scene-by-scene to bring you the history of Knull, everything you need to know about The King In Black and his battles with Thor, Marvel’s secret Symbiote Super Soldiers, WHY Venom wants to eat brains, and what happens when there’s TOO! MANY! SYMBIOTES! 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 time for one last dance with Eddie Brock and his alien Symbiote as MVM explore Venom: The Last Dance! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the third and final Venom movie, we’ll uncover how Spider-Man was nearly included in this movie, why nothing came of Venom’s MCU crossover in No Way Home, we’ll get to the bottom of why Michelle Williams is suddenly missing from this sequel, and we’ll examine why the Venom movies were a success when the rest of the Sony Spider-Man Cinematic Universe failed so miserably! Then we’ll take you behind-the-page to look at what happened to Venom when he stopped being popular in the comic books, and the numerous times Marvel changed the character to desperately try to save the money-making concept of Venom! Plus, we’ll deep-dive the entire movie scene-by-scene to bring you the history of Knull, everything you need to know about The King In Black and his battles with Thor, Marvel’s secret Symbiote Super Soldiers, WHY Venom wants to eat brains, and what happens when there’s TOO! MANY! SYMBIOTES! 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 explore the production history of Captain Marvel and get to the bottom of why this is the most hated MCU movie ever made! We’ll go behind-the-scenes on the making the first female-led MCU movie, how it changed the game for women in superhero cinema, the 90’s setting, the billion-dollar box office success, and the shameful 4chan and Reddit organised “review bombing” that tried to damage the movie and Brie Larson’s career! 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

MVM returns to the MCU to bring you the DEFINITIVE deep-dive into Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the plans to include Shang-Chi in the original Avengers movie, how Marvel Studios had to radically change the racist history of the Shang-Chi character, how Simu Liu’s controversial comments about China cost the movie MILLIONS at the box office, and how the Communist Party of China reacted to the MCU’s first Chinese superhero! Then we’ll take you behind-the-page to explore the convoluted origins of Shang-Chi, the racism built in to every issue, the legal issues with one of the most famous literary and movie characters of all time, and why Marvel had to BURY the character for decades! Plus we’ll deep-dive the movie scene-by-scene to bring you tons of Marvel comic book 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

MVM returns to the MCU to bring you the DEFINITIVE deep-dive into Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the plans to include Shang-Chi in the original Avengers movie, how Marvel Studios had to radically change the racist history of the Shang-Chi character, how Simu Liu’s controversial comments about China cost the movie MILLIONS at the box office, and how the Communist Party of China reacted to the MCU’s first Chinese superhero! Then we’ll take you behind-the-page to explore the convoluted origins of Shang-Chi, the racism built in to every issue, the legal issues with one of the most famous literary and movie characters of all time, and why Marvel had to BURY the character for decades! Plus we’ll deep-dive the movie scene-by-scene to bring you tons of Marvel comic book 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 into the MVM archives to bring you the secret history of Nick Fury! Dive into the true story of Fury’s origins as a bet between Stan Lee and the Publisher of Marvel Comics! We explore how Nick Fury went from being a gruff, cigar-chomping, World War II soldier stereotype, to a sleek, badass, American James Bond! Learn about the car, the gadgets, the girls, and the controversy, as legendary writer / artist Jim Steranko broke all the rules and transformed Nick Fury into the coolest character in the history of Marvel 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

With the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie being re-released in cinemas to celebrate its 35th Anniversary, MVM takes a step outside the Marvel Universe to look at a landmark moment in the history of comic books, and a landmark moment in the history of superhero cinema! We bring you the CRAZY story of getting this movie made, and how it became the most successful independent film of all time! We explore the history of the Ninja Turtles comic books, their deep connections to the Marvel Universe, the “Black And White” comic book boom of the 1980s, how TMNT went from a throwaway gag into a billion dollar empire, how their creators changed the industry forever, and how Marvel Comics tried to buy the Ninja Turtles! Plus, we’ll pull the entire movie apart scene-by-scene and bring you TONS of comic book history and trivia about Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, the noble Splinter, the evil Shredder, the awesome April O'Neil, and the badass Casey Jones! 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

With the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie being re-released in cinemas to celebrate its 35th Anniversary, MVM takes a step outside the Marvel Universe to look at a landmark moment in the history of comic books, and a landmark moment in the history of superhero cinema! We bring you the CRAZY story of getting this movie made, and how it became the most successful independent film of all time! We explore the history of the Ninja Turtles comic books, their deep connections to the Marvel Universe, the “Black And White” comic book boom of the 1980s, how TMNT went from a throwaway gag into a billion dollar empire, how their creators changed the industry forever, and how Marvel Comics tried to buy the Ninja Turtles! Plus, we’ll pull the entire movie apart scene-by-scene and bring you TONS of comic book history and trivia about Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, the noble Splinter, the evil Shredder, the awesome April O'Neil, and the badass Casey Jones! 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 the MVM archives takes you behind-the-scenes on the making of The Incredible Hulk! We’ll explore one of the most important moments in the history of the MCU, the disastrous split between Marvel, Disney, and Paramount, just how badly the Ang Lee Hulk movie impacted the MCU version at the box office, the problems with Ed Norton, and the reason why we never got another Hulk 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

With Fantastic Four First Steps in cinemas, we head back to 1994 to take a deep-dive into the ORIGINAL Fantastic Four movie that has never been released! It’s the movie Marvel didn’t want ANYONE to ever see! In the Nineties a low-budget Fantastic Four movie was filmed, mostly finished, and then never released to the general public! Marvel Comics DESTROYED the film and tried to deny the movie existed, until bootleg copies began circulating the fandom and appearing online! What happened? Why was it ever made? Why did Marvel hate it? And why was it such a failure? This week Rob and Will take you on an incredible journey to an unexplored corner of the Marvel Universe! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on this wild movie-making story, and then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself scene-by-scene! Plus, we explore the SHOCKING comic book history of the Fantastic Four in the 90s! 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

With Fantastic Four First Steps in cinemas, we head back to 1994 to take a deep-dive into the ORIGINAL Fantastic Four movie that has never been released! It’s the movie Marvel didn’t want ANYONE to ever see! In the Nineties a low-budget Fantastic Four movie was filmed, mostly finished, and then never released to the general public! Marvel Comics DESTROYED the film and tried to deny the movie existed, until bootleg copies began circulating the fandom and appearing online! What happened? Why was it ever made? Why did Marvel hate it? And why was it such a failure? This week Rob and Will take you on an incredible journey to an unexplored corner of the Marvel Universe! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on this wild movie-making story, and then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself scene-by-scene! Plus, we explore the SHOCKING comic book history of the Fantastic Four in the 90s! 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

With Fantastic Four First Steps hitting screens any day now, we head back into the MVM Archives to explore the history of the 1994 Fantastic Four cartoon! Rob and Will dive into the Fantastic Four’s history in animation from the 60’s and 70’s, and how the Marvel Action Hour came about in the 90s! We look into Marvel’s parent company New World Entertainment, and the network of TV stations they owned all across America! We explore how this cartoon crossed over with The Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man The Animated Series, and how it featured major Marvel characters like Black Panther, Ghost Rider, Daredevil, and Thor! We’ll also look at the amazing toys spawned by this show, and how season one was so bad the studio was forced to make DRASTIC changes to season two! 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

With James Gunn’s Superman flying into cinemas we bring you another DC Edition of MVM and take a special look at the 2013 Man Of Steel, to ask the question - is this the worst Superman movie of all time? We’ll take you behind the scenes on why Superman Returns didn’t work, and how the Snyderverse began! From Christopher Nolan taking charge, to the hiring of Zack Snyder, the casting choices, the Christian marketing campaign, and creating the controversial scene where Superman kills! We’ll take you behind the page on the ever-changing timeline of DC Comics, how it keeps blowing up the universe and starting all over again, and what that means for Superman! Plus we’ve got a blow-by-blow deep-dive into the movie itself, pulling apart every scene and brining you tons of history and trivia on the different origins of Superman, the death and return of Superboy, the secrets of the Fortress Of Solitude, the history of General Zod, the superhero hiding in this movie, does Superman ever kill? and we’ll find out why Krypton is the planet that doesn’t shag! 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

With James Gunn’s Superman flying into cinemas we bring you another DC Edition of MVM and take a special look at the 2013 Man Of Steel, to ask the question - is this the worst Superman movie of all time? We’ll take you behind the scenes on why Superman Returns didn’t work, and how the Snyderverse began! From Christopher Nolan taking charge, to the hiring of Zack Snyder, the casting choices, the Christian marketing campaign, and creating the controversial scene where Superman kills! We’ll take you behind the page on the ever-changing timeline of DC Comics, how it keeps blowing up the universe and starting all over again, and what that means for Superman! Plus we’ve got a blow-by-blow deep-dive into the movie itself, pulling apart every scene and brining you tons of history and trivia on the different origins of Superman, the death and return of Superboy, the secrets of the Fortress Of Solitude, the history of General Zod, the superhero hiding in this movie, does Superman ever kill? and we’ll find out why Krypton is the planet that doesn’t shag! 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 25th Anniversary of the first X-Men movie, we’re bringing you a brand new episode taking a special deep-dive into the first Marvel Blockbuster! Before Iron Man, before the Avengers, before Spider-Man, there was X-Men (2000)! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the first smash-hit Marvel movie, exploring all the rewrites, the crazy casting story, the highly controversial director, and all the fights on set! We’ll also take you behind-the-page on the creation of the X-Men, what it was influenced by, what it ripped off, and how it became the number 1 comic book in the world! Plus we’ll deep-dive the movie scene by scene and bring you stories on Wolverine’s Cage Fighting history, the origin of Sabretooth, the ever-changing powers of Mystique, why they changed Magneto’s backstory and ethnicity, plus tons more Marvel 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

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the first X-Men movie, we’re bringing you a brand new episode taking a special deep-dive into the first Marvel Blockbuster! Before Iron Man, before the Avengers, before Spider-Man, there was X-Men (2000)! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the first smash-hit Marvel movie, exploring all the rewrites, the crazy casting story, the highly controversial director, and all the fights on set! We’ll also take you behind-the-page on the creation of the X-Men, what it was influenced by, what it ripped off, and how it became the number 1 comic book in the world! Plus we’ll deep-dive the movie scene by scene and bring you stories on Wolverine’s Cage Fighting history, the origin of Sabretooth, the ever-changing powers of Mystique, why they changed Magneto’s backstory and ethnicity, plus tons more Marvel 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 into the archives to explore the making of the 2023 animated movie Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse! We’ll dive into how the filmmakers transformed an obscured character like The Spot and turned him into a major villain, the cameos from Andrew Garfield and Donald Glover, the different worlds of Mumbattan and Marvel 2099, the wild art-techniques behind Hobbie Brown the Spider-Punk, the creation of the Lego universe sequence, the unique animation of the Renaissance Vulture, and so much more! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at 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

A re-release of our first ever Gamer Edition of MVM as we explore into the Insomniac Spider-Man video game from 2018! Join Rob and Will as we go behind the scenes on the making of the biggest Marvel game of all time, and then take a deep-dive into the massive storyline! We explore every different skin and costume in the game to find out which ones have a comic book history, and we explore all the backpack collectibles to discover which ones are Easter Eggs from Spider-Man’s history! Plus we’ll delve into all the Marvel trivia behind Miles Morales, Mister Negative, Doc Ock, Silver Sable, the Sinister Six and so much more! Featuring a special chat with Gaming Expert Rob Leane, video game editor at the Radio Times and host of the new gaming podcast One More Life. Check out his podcast here, and look out for his special episode with Will - https://link.chtbl.com/OneMoreLifeMarvel 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

A re-release of our first ever Gamer Edition of MVM as we explore into the Insomniac Spider-Man video game from 2018! Join Rob and Will as we go behind the scenes on the making of the biggest Marvel game of all time, and then take a deep-dive into the massive storyline! We explore every different skin and costume in the game to find out which ones have a comic book history, and we explore all the backpack collectibles to discover which ones are Easter Eggs from Spider-Man’s history! Plus we’ll delve into all the Marvel trivia behind Miles Morales, Mister Negative, Doc Ock, Silver Sable, the Sinister Six and so much more! Featuring a special chat with Gaming Expert Rob Leane, video game editor at the Radio Times and host of the new gaming podcast One More Life. Check out his podcast here, and look out for his special episode with Will - https://link.chtbl.com/OneMoreLifeMarvel 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