Marvel Versus Marvel

This week we reach into the MVM Archives to bring you all the behind-the-scenes stories from the making of 2018’s Ant-Man And The Wasp! How did Marvel fill the void after the shocking Infinity War? And how did the MCU plan out crucial plot-points that would become vital in Avengers Endgame? 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 the MCU in the 1940s to deep-dive into the 2015 Agent Carter series! We’ll take you behind the scenes on how Peggy Carter became the MCU’s first breakout star, and the strange case of Marvel Studios taking charge of Marvel Television to make this show! We’ll explore the continuity issues with the Agent Carter Timeline and how it fits into the MCU, the improvised techniques used to film the show like it was the 1940s, and the history of LA’s real world “Dollhouse” complex! Then we’ll deep-dive into the first two episodes of Agent Carter and pull them apart scene-by-scene, to bring you all of our thoughts, reactions, and that patented MVM Analysis! We explore tons of Marvel history and trivia from the 1940s to the modern day - including The Whizzer’s crime-fighting adventures, the reason Vita Rays were invented for Captain America, the fighting capabilities of Edwin Jarvis, the secrets of the two Anton Vankos, the history of Leviathan, and what happens if you French Kiss a cockroach! Plus we’ve got all Marvel Connections, no matter how obscure or tenuous, collated and collected from the personal history files of every actor on the screen! 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 the MCU in the 1940s to deep-dive into the 2015 Agent Carter series! We’ll take you behind the scenes on how Peggy Carter became the MCU’s first breakout star, and the strange case of Marvel Studios taking charge of Marvel Television to make this show! We’ll explore the continuity issues with the Agent Carter Timeline and how it fits into the MCU, the improvised techniques used to film the show like it was the 1940s, and the history of LA’s real world “Dollhouse” complex! Then we’ll deep-dive into the first two episodes of Agent Carter and pull them apart scene-by-scene, to bring you all of our thoughts, reactions, and that patented MVM Analysis! We explore tons of Marvel history and trivia from the 1940s to the modern day - including The Whizzer’s crime-fighting adventures, the reason Vita Rays were invented for Captain America, the fighting capabilities of Edwin Jarvis, the secrets of the two Anton Vankos, the history of Leviathan, and what happens if you French Kiss a cockroach! Plus we’ve got all Marvel Connections, no matter how obscure or tenuous, collated and collected from the personal history files of every actor on the screen! 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 bring you the behind-the-scenes story of the making of The Shadow in 1994 - a true superhero box office bomb! The history of The Shadow in film and TV dating back to the 1930s, the involvement of Sam Raimi and Robert Zemeckis, and how Universal Pictures were hoping to make another Batman franchise! We'll explore the full roll-out of action figures, merchandise, lunchboxes, and video games! Then we'll get into the mixed reviews and the box office figures that didn't result in a blockbuster! 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

Season 2 of X-Men 97 arrives on July 1st, so we’re re-releasing our deep-dive into the entirety of X-Men 97 Season 1! We explore the history and trivia behind Magneto leading the X-Men, the relationship between Rogue and Gambit, just how overlooked Cyclops has been as a character and leader, the Sinister story of Jean Grey and her clone The Goblin Queen, Forge’s relationship with Storm, the genocide of Genosha, and so much more! We pull apart X-Men 97 Season 1 scene-by-scene to get into all the trivia, all the Easter Eggs, and give you all of our reactions! In Part Four we deep-dive into; Episode 8 - Tolerance Is Extinction Part One Episode 9 - Tolerance Is Extinction Part Two Episode 10 - Tolerance Is Extinction Part Three 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

Season 2 of X-Men 97 arrives on July 1st, so we’re re-releasing our deep-dive into the entirety of X-Men 97 Season 1! We explore the history and trivia behind Magneto leading the X-Men, the relationship between Rogue and Gambit, just how overlooked Cyclops has been as a character and leader, the Sinister story of Jean Grey and her clone The Goblin Queen, Forge’s relationship with Storm, the genocide of Genosha, and so much more! We pull apart X-Men 97 Season 1 scene-by-scene to get into all the trivia, all the Easter Eggs, and give you all of our reactions! In Part Three we deep-dive into; Episode 5 - Remember It Episode 6 - Lifedeath – Part 2 Episode 7 - Bright Eyes 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

Season 2 of X-Men 97 arrives on July 1st, so we’re re-releasing our deep-dive into the entirety of X-Men 97 Season 1! We explore the history and trivia behind Magneto leading the X-Men, the relationship between Rogue and Gambit, just how overlooked Cyclops has been as a character and leader, the Sinister story of Jean Grey and her clone The Goblin Queen, Forge’s relationship with Storm, the genocide of Genosha, and so much more! We pull apart X-Men 97 Season 1 scene-by-scene to get into all the trivia, all the Easter Eggs, and give you all of our reactions! In Part Two we deep-dive into; Episode 2 - Mutant Liberation Begins Episode 3 - Fire Made Flesh Episode 4 - Motendo / Lifedeath – Part 1 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

Season 2 of X-Men 97 arrives on July 1st, so we’re re-releasing our deep-dive into the entirety of X-Men 97 Season 1! We explore the history and trivia behind Magneto leading the X-Men, the relationship between Rogue and Gambit, just how overlooked Cyclops has been as a character and leader, the Sinister story of Jean Grey and her clone The Goblin Queen, Forge’s relationship with Storm, the genocide of Genosha, and so much more! We pull apart X-Men 97 Season 1 scene-by-scene to get into all the trivia, all the Easter Eggs, and give you all of our reactions! In Part One we take you behind the scenes on the making of this series, how and why a revival of the classic X-Men cartoon from the 90’s was needed, and what this series does BETTER than the X-Men movies! Plus, we deep-dive Episode 1 - To Me, My X-Men 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

As Milly Alcock brings Supergirl to the big screen for the first time in over 40 years, we examine the original Supergirl film from 1984 to cover the full story behind the disastrous first female superhero movie! We’ll take you behind-the-page on the creation of Supergirl, her origins with Captain Marvel, her immense popularity, and how this terrible movie helped to seal her fate in the 1980s! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of this landmark event in Superhero Cinema, the budget cuts, the in-fighting between the cast, the Supergirl producer who QUIT the movie, why Superman himself REFUSED TO BE IN THE FILM, and how this 1984 movie lead to the END of the Superman franchise! Then we’ll deep-dive the 1984 movie itself to bring you TONS of DC Comics history and trivia, the origins of Supergirl, the history of Argo City, Lucy Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and the time Supergirl kissed a horse! 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

As Milly Alcock brings Supergirl to the big screen for the first time in over 40 years, we examine the original Supergirl film from 1984 to cover the full story behind the disastrous first female superhero movie! We’ll take you behind-the-page on the creation of Supergirl, her origins with Captain Marvel, her immense popularity, and how this terrible movie helped to seal her fate in the 1980s! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of this landmark event in Superhero Cinema, the budget cuts, the in-fighting between the cast, the Supergirl producer who QUIT the movie, why Superman himself REFUSED TO BE IN THE FILM, and how this 1984 movie lead to the END of the Superman franchise! Then we’ll deep-dive the 1984 movie itself to bring you TONS of DC Comics history and trivia, the origins of Supergirl, the history of Argo City, Lucy Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and the time Supergirl kissed a horse! 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 Season 2 of X-Men 97 premiering in July, we head back into the MVM archives to take you behind-the-scenes on the success story of X-Men 97! Join Rob and Will as they explore how why the 90s animated X-Men series still has so much cultural relevance, how Disney put the whole deal together, the involvement of the original creatives from the 90s, and tons more behind-the-scenes facts and trivia about the making of X-Men 97! 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

As He-Man returns to the big screen this month in Masters Of The Universe, we head back to 1987 to examine the original MOTU movie and ask the question - was He-Man the biggest superhero of the 80s? We’ll explore everything that ties the Masters Of The Universe and this movie to Marvel Comics, dig into how Marvel's Conan sparked off the Sword & Sorcery pop culture boom of the 70's and 80's! We'll uncover the ORIGINAL Masters Of The Universe stories, the toy craze, the MOTU Marvel Comics, the animated series, and how it all led to dizzying highs and crushing lows! Then we'll get into the crazy story of the making of this movie that everything involved seemed to hate ... except for Skeletor! Canon Films comes to the brink of collapse, the financing runs out BEFORE THE MOVIE IS FINISHED, and ultimately how the financial failure of Masters Of The Universe robbed us of getting a 90's Spider-Man movie! Then we’ll pull apart the 1987 He-Man movie scene-by-scene, deliver all of our thoughts and reactions on what works, what doesn't work, and what sucks! We’ll deliver TONS of history and trivia on the Masters Of The Universe characters, and the big differences between the original comic books, the animated series, and the movie versions of the characters! Plus, we've got all the Marvel Connections that listeners demand, AND the single CRAZIEST Marvel Connection in history! You cannot believe where one of these actors leads us and how it's connected to Marvel! 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

As He-Man returns to the big screen this month in Masters Of The Universe, we head back to 1987 to examine the original MOTU movie and ask the question - was He-Man the biggest superhero of the 80s? We’ll explore everything that ties the Masters Of The Universe and this movie to Marvel Comics, dig into how Marvel's Conan sparked off the Sword & Sorcery pop culture boom of the 70's and 80's! We'll uncover the ORIGINAL Masters Of The Universe stories, the toy craze, the MOTU Marvel Comics, the animated series, and how it all led to dizzying highs and crushing lows! Then we'll get into the crazy story of the making of this movie that everything involved seemed to hate ... except for Skeletor! Canon Films comes to the brink of collapse, the financing runs out BEFORE THE MOVIE IS FINISHED, and ultimately how the financial failure of Masters Of The Universe robbed us of getting a 90's Spider-Man movie! Then we’ll pull apart the 1987 He-Man movie scene-by-scene, deliver all of our thoughts and reactions on what works, what doesn't work, and what sucks! We’ll deliver TONS of history and trivia on the Masters Of The Universe characters, and the big differences between the original comic books, the animated series, and the movie versions of the characters! Plus, we've got all the Marvel Connections that listeners demand, AND the single CRAZIEST Marvel Connection in history! You cannot believe where one of these actors leads us and how it's connected to Marvel! 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

In this special episode we take a look at the SCANDAL that has recently ROCKED Marvel Versus Marvel - Will Preston hasn't been doing his job! The truth leaked out during MULTIPLE episodes where Will Preston revealed that he has been FAKING the Top 5 Video Game Charts that he brings to every episode! It's a saga that has been running for MONTHS at MVM and today for the very first time we bring you the FULL STORY of corruption at the heart of this podcast! The Scandal Begins - Captain America (1979) The Lies Continue - The New Fantastic Four (1978) The Conspiracy Deepens - Conan The Barbarian (1982) The Plot Goes Deeper Than We Thought - Runaways (2017) 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 explore a cartoon series that introduced an entire generation to Spider-Man and the Marvel Universe in 1981 - Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends! We'll take you behind the scenes on Marvel attempting to copy the success of DC Comics’ Super Friends with Spider-Man, Iceman, and Firestar! We'll dive into NBC’s weird demands and the contractual rights issues that led to the creation of Firestar and her dog Ms. Lion! We’ll also take you behind the page on the era of Spider-Man in the 1980’s, a decade of amazing change that turned Spidey's status quo completely upside down! Then we’ll deep-dive three episodes of Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, pull them all apart scene by scene, and jam-pack you with Marvel history and trivia on The Green Goblin, Shanna The She-Devil, Swarm, Namor, Firestar, Iceman, and tons more! Episodes include; Episode 1 - Triumph Of The Green Goblin Episode 5 - Swarm! Episode 6: Seven Little Superheroes 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 explore a cartoon series that introduced an entire generation to Spider-Man and the Marvel Universe in 1981 - Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends! We'll take you behind the scenes on Marvel attempting to copy the success of DC Comics’ Super Friends with Spider-Man, Iceman, and Firestar! We'll dive into NBC’s weird demands and the contractual rights issues that led to the creation of Firestar and her dog Ms. Lion! We’ll also take you behind the page on the era of Spider-Man in the 1980’s, a decade of amazing change that turned Spidey's status quo completely upside down! Then we’ll deep-dive three episodes of Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, pull them all apart scene by scene, and jam-pack you with Marvel history and trivia on The Green Goblin, Shanna The She-Devil, Swarm, Namor, Firestar, Iceman, and tons more! Episodes include; Episode 1 - Triumph Of The Green Goblin Episode 5 - Swarm! Episode 6: Seven Little Superheroes 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 Marvel Versus Marvel Archive to explore the history of The Punisher, and how he went from a one-off Spider-Man villain to becoming one of Marvel’s BIGGEST stars! We’ll dive into all the different influences that came together to create The Punisher - from The Godfather, to Death Wish, to Don Pendleton’s “The Executioner”! We’ll take you through his first-ever appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man, his history with Daredevil, and how the army-of-one action movies of the 1980’s led to a HUGE surge in popularity for Frank Castle, resulting in The Punisher having THREE monthly comic books at the same time! 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 explore Marvel's Runaways, the critically acclaimed comic book that was called "Marvel's best original concept in 30 years" and then became a 3 season teen drama in 2017! We’ll take you Behind The Page on Marvel chasing the teen Anime and Manga readers in the early 2000's, the creation of Marvel's Tsunami publishing imprint, and how Brian K Vaughan created The Runaways! We'll also take you behind the page on Runaways NEARLY becoming an MCU movie, and how Marvel Television teamed up with the producers behind The OC and Gossip Girl to create a superhero teen drama for Hulu. Then we’ll deep-dive the show itself, pull apart every scene of the first two episodes to bring you all of our reactions and thoughts, the contrasts and similarities to the comic book source material, AND explore all those hidden and evasive Marvel Connections hiding in the past careers of every actor on the screen no matter how obscure or tenuous! We've also got tons of Marvel comic book history and trivia and we bring you the comic book history behind the superheroes and supervillains of California, the secrets of the the most SUCCESSFUL villains in Marvel Comics, the superpowers of the Runaways, the romantic entanglements and vampire kissing exploits of the teens, and just how EVIL the parents of the Runaways truly are! Included In The Deep Dive; Episode 1 - Reunion Episode 2 - Rewind 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 explore Marvel's Runaways, the critically acclaimed comic book that was called "Marvel's best original concept in 30 years" and then became a 3 season teen drama in 2017! We’ll take you Behind The Page on Marvel chasing the teen Anime and Manga readers in the early 2000's, the creation of Marvel's Tsunami publishing imprint, and how Brian K Vaughan created The Runaways! We'll also take you behind the page on Runaways NEARLY becoming an MCU movie, and how Marvel Television teamed up with the producers behind The OC and Gossip Girl to create a superhero teen drama for Hulu. Then we’ll deep-dive the show itself, pull apart every scene of the first two episodes to bring you all of our reactions and thoughts, the contrasts and similarities to the comic book source material, AND explore all those hidden and evasive Marvel Connections hiding in the past careers of every actor on the screen no matter how obscure or tenuous! We've also got tons of Marvel comic book history and trivia and we bring you the comic book history behind the superheroes and supervillains of California, the secrets of the the most SUCCESSFUL villains in Marvel Comics, the superpowers of the Runaways, the romantic entanglements and vampire kissing exploits of the teens, and just how EVIL the parents of the Runaways truly are! Included In The Deep Dive; Episode 1 - Reunion Episode 2 - Rewind 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 explore a Marvel Movie That Never Happened but nearly did - James Cameron’s Spider-Man! Back in 1993 Carolco Pictures hired James Cameron to write the screenplay for their upcoming Spider-Man movie! We’ll take you through all the plans that Cameron had for different Spider-Man villains like Electro, Sandman, and Doctor Octopus! We’ll explore the casting choices being discussed, from Leonardo DiCaprio to Arnold Schwarzenegger! We’ll also dig into why the movie never happened, and the complicated legal cases that exploded and resulted in a direct stand-off between Spider-Man and James Bond! 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

The untold Marvel story behind Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1982 Conan The Barbarian movie! We’ll explore the tragic life of Robert E Howard, the creation of the Sword & Sorcery genre, and how Conan The Cimmerian came to be! We'll take you behind-the-page on how Marvel Comics got hold of Conan and how he became one of the BIGGEST comic book success stories of the Seventies, and one of Marvel’s most popular characters! Plus, we'll go behind-the-scenes on the making of the 1982 movie, to examine all the influence Marvel Comics had on the film, and find out what it takes to bring The Hyborian Age to life! Then we’ll pull apart the original Conan movie scene-by-scene to bring you all our reactions and opinions! This deep-dive also has some of the BEST Marvel Connections we've ever found in a movie! And it’s jam-packed with tons of trivia and history about Conan in the Marvel Universe, from the monsters to the magic, the fall of Atlantis, the Crimmerian god Crom, and how exactly Mary Jane Watson is involved! 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

The untold Marvel story behind Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1982 Conan The Barbarian movie! We’ll explore the tragic life of Robert E Howard, the creation of the Sword & Sorcery genre, and how Conan The Cimmerian came to be! We'll take you behind-the-page on how Marvel Comics got hold of Conan and how he became one of the BIGGEST comic book success stories of the Seventies, and one of Marvel’s most popular characters! Plus, we'll go behind-the-scenes on the making of the 1982 movie, to examine all the influence Marvel Comics had on the film, and find out what it takes to bring The Hyborian Age to life! Then we’ll pull apart the original Conan movie scene-by-scene to bring you all our reactions and opinions! This deep-dive also has some of the BEST Marvel Connections we've ever found in a movie! And it’s jam-packed with tons of trivia and history about Conan in the Marvel Universe, from the monsters to the magic, the fall of Atlantis, the Crimmerian god Crom, and how exactly Mary Jane Watson is involved! 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

The 90's were a bad decade for Marvel's Mutants, and it took some seismic changes and bold creative risks to save the franchise, the biggest being the 2001 reboot of the franchise - Ultimate X-Men! Marvel Comics hit the reset button and created a brand new imagining of Xavier, Magneto, Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean Grey, and the rest of the X-Men’s huge cast of characters. Mark Millar and Andy Kubert re-imagined Marvel’s mutants and positioned them in the middle of a world in the shadow of the 9/11 attacks and waging a war that violated a lot of personal rights. Social and political satire wrapped up in a sci-fi package! Every month on Patreon we take a special deep-dive into a Marvel comic book, event, or timeline to examine all the highs and lows of the Marvel Universe. To celebrate our 6th Anniversary we’re releasing this episode from behind the paywall. 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

Sam Raimi is back and it's the 6th MVM Anniversary so we’re bringing you damn-near 6 hours of Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on how all the plans for this MCU sequel changed radically, why the original director and writer left the project, how Sam Raimi returned to direct his first movie in a decade and why he came back to the Marvel Universe after FIFTEEN YEARS! We’ll dig into the 33 rapid re-writes of the script, the conflicts and synergy between the movie and WandaVision, and how the MCU brought together The Illuminati in live-action! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself, we'll pull the movie apart scene-by-scene to bring you all of our reactions and reflections on all the good and the bad! Plus the movie is jam-packed with deeeeep cut Marvel Connections, and we'll explore the Marvel comic book history and trivia behind Wanda’s insane and ever-changing origins, her spectacular fall from grace, her greatest crimes, the history of the Darkhold, what the hell is Wundagore Mountain, and what happens when Dr Strange goes to war?! 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

Sam Raimi is back and it's the 6th MVM Anniversary so we’re bringing you damn-near 6 hours of Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on how all the plans for this MCU sequel changed radically, why the original director and writer left the project, how Sam Raimi returned to direct his first movie in a decade and why he came back to the Marvel Universe after FIFTEEN YEARS! We’ll dig into the 33 rapid re-writes of the script, the conflicts and synergy between the movie and WandaVision, and how the MCU brought together The Illuminati in live-action! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself, we'll pull the movie apart scene-by-scene to bring you all of our reactions and reflections on all the good and the bad! Plus the movie is jam-packed with deeeeep cut Marvel Connections, and we'll explore the Marvel comic book history and trivia behind Wanda’s insane and ever-changing origins, her spectacular fall from grace, her greatest crimes, the history of the Darkhold, what the hell is Wundagore Mountain, and what happens when Dr Strange goes to war?! 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 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