Make Mine Multiversity
134 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsMake Mine Multiversity focuses on both the current Marvel product and classic Marvel stories. Host Kevin Gregory invites fellow Multiversity Comics (www.multiversitycomics.com) contributors to join in on the conversation, and interviews Marvel creators.
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Make Mine Multiversity Episode 135: (Never) The End
March 15, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBMake Mine Multiversity was a twice-monthly podcast that premiered on the first and third Friday of every month. You read that right. "Make Mine Multiversity" is coming to a close in its current iteration. Jaina is moving on and the podcast is going onto an extended hiatus. Stick around until the end to hear more about that. However, we've got an episode to do! What did we read? Why, "Marvel: The End" of course. A six issue mini-series about the end of the marvel universe by Jim Sta...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 134: Castaway in Dimension JRJR
March 01, 2024 11:30 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBWe're doing it folks. We've finally read one of the bugbears in the MMM canon: 'Castaway in Dimension Z' aka the first ten issues of Rick Remender's 2012 "Captain America" run. We do a recap on all things Remender, JRJR, and Cap once more before talking about this very divisive arc. Will Elias admit it's not as good as he thought it was? Will Jaina find more worth in it (and in the art?) Listen on, true believers! And for a bit of a fun time capsule, read Elias' review off issue #1...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 133: Never Mess With Science Majors: Spider-Verse (2014)
February 16, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 84.6 MBElias has found a new pastime: griping about Dan Slott on "Spider-Man." Jaina would love to show him the good Slott books she's read. Elias caved and decided he could gripe about Slott AND read a good Slott comic by revisiting 1 of 2 arcs he's actually read: the original "Spider-Verse." Folks. If you've only seen the movies, this shit will be a wild trip. Spider-Gwen! SP//dR! Silk! The worst Silk plot point ever! Spider-Woman as a pirate? And something a little...Superior. For thos...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 132: The Hit Monkey's Paw Curls. Our 2023 Predictions REVEALED
February 02, 2024 16:00 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBLast year, Jaina and Elias once again attempted to become a precog and figure out what Marvel was going to get up to in 2023. 10 items each. 11 if you count the Secret Invasion holdover. 10 chances to find out who would win and subject the other to a comic with art they think is bad, bad, bad. Elias is competing to make them read "Major X," the "modern" Liefeld return to Marvel that was, uh, very, very odd. Jaina wants Elias to reevaluate his love of 'Castaway in Dimension Z,' the...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 130: MC Two
January 12, 2024 10:00 - 2 hours - 151 MBApparently our own snap lasted longer than anticipated (thanks winter sicknesses.) That's right folks, we're back ot talk the Phases two through four and beyond as we wrap up our time with "MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios" by Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards. How will our intrepid podcasters fair against the insidious intrusions of Ike? The wildly worrysome, patently pernicious Marvel writers program? Or Elias' own tendency to get mired, once again, in contract neg...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 129: MC Who?
December 22, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBAfter a week delay due to some personal circumstances, it's time to read the definitive (so far) book about the Marvel Cinematic Universe "MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios" by Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards. What nuggets of wisdom will we learn? How much hot goss will there be? Will Elias ever stop talking about contract negotiations!? Strap in, true believer! You're in for one heck of a ride. Next time, well, it's not quite time to wrap up 2023 but you'll just h...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 128: Look Out for the Little Guy!
December 01, 2023 13:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBElias convinced Jaina that we needed to do this book. Does she regret agreeing? Only time, and this episode, will tell. What did we read? "Look Out for the Little Guy!" aka the in-universe Scott Lang memoir that was actually written in ours by Rob Kutner. Also, as if the universe decided to laugh at me (Elias,) I finally found the author's website when putting the post together. It was not the same Robert Kuttner I thought it was. Dang. Next time, we keep on the movie and book trai...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 127: Howard. The Duck. No Way to Commentate Him.
November 17, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBLong awaited, ever since Jaina lost our 2022 predicitions episode, it's finally time to watch Howard the Duck! Yes, the 1986 film starring Lea Thompkins, Tim Robbins, and some other people we'd rather not name. Written by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, directed by Huyck and produced by George "it's like poetry, it rhymes" Lucas, it's truly something that has to be seen to be believed. Not even our well documented love of the duck's comics can save us now. To that end, this episode ...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 126: The (Hick)Man is Back in Town
November 03, 2023 16:59 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBHICKMAN! He's back and he's getting ultimate. So ultimate he's launching a brand new line of comics for the universe he helped crash into oblivion. We talk "Ultimate Invasion," "G.O.D.S." #1, and speculate wildly about the new, ultimate versions of Spider-Man, Black Panther, and X-Men. Oh and we also try to summarize what Hickman's been up to since "Inferno." Or Elias tries. "Decorum" is impenetrable, OK? Next time, we're doing something special and finally, FINALLY watching our be...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 124: Jaina and Elias Meet Frankencastle
October 06, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBWhat can we say that the words "Franken-castle" can't convey? This run is bonkers and strange with excellent art and...well, we don't know if we'd call the writing/plot GOOD but it's certainly unique. We do a dive in the career of Rick Remender at Marvel and beyond, figure out what makes the Punisher an enduring and fraught character, and yell at Disney for being spineless, corporate COWARDS with regards to white supremacist/cop usage of the logo. Of course, we also talk about "Fran...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 123: To Me, My Podcast: The Fall of X
September 15, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBThere's very little we could say here that would capture just how psyched we are for the Fall of X books. Elias was SO energized he decided to talk about act structures in the Shakespearian vein! Take that Hickman. You and your G.O.D.S. and your Makers. Next time, or at least next book club, we ring in the spooky season with Franken-Castle from Rick Remender and (mostly) Tony Moore, not Jerome Opeña; he did the first arc that we will not be reading. What we will be reading is “Dark...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 122: The Fall State of Marvel Comics
September 01, 2023 09:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBIt's been a while since the MMM crew checked in with what's going on in the current world of Marvel Comics. What can we say, we like examining the past? Still, you can't ignore the present forever and boy, oh, boy was there a lot to potentially ignore. From the Kamala Kahn debacle to the shake ups at Avengers & X-Men headquarters to the relative paucity of superheroes outside your doorstep, Jaina and Elias are swinging from one edge of the Marvel Universe to the other just for you. ...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 120: Quantumania (Derogatory.) Personality - To Be Added
August 04, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBElias convinced Jaina that they had to watch <cite>Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania</cite> and it was a decision they both regretted. Elias nearly has a melt-down at least twice and Jaina nearly loses her faith in the cinema. But we have fun slowly disintegrating adn you will too. Just don't talk about [R.E.D.A.C.T.E.D.]. Shout off in the comment section below and get the conversation started or share them on Twitter (while it still exists) using the hashtag #MakeMineMultiversity. E...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 119: Jason Aaron's All-Vengers All-Semble!
July 21, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBA few months ago, the latest "Avengers" run came to an end, capping off Jason Aaron's tenure on the title. Now that it's over, it's finally time to see how the whole thing shaped up. There were highs, there were lows, there were flaming wooly-mammoths and lots of big swings. Every arc an event! What did we think of it all? You'll just have to listen to find out. We are far more praiseworthy of it than Slott's "Fantastic Four" though.
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 118: What's Good, Marvel?
July 07, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBNote at the top: We originally recorded this BEFORE a whole lot happened in the Marvel universe, like JMS's >"Captain America" announcement or the release of "Amazing Spider-Man" #26, Just in case you were wondering. Anywho. This episode is all about what we've been reading, what we've been enjoying, and what's going on in the various corners of Marvel comics. We talk greatest hits, a couple lows, and hidden gems. Just no X books. That's for another day. Next time, we're finally r...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 117: EMERGENCY SPIDER-VERSE BROADCAST
June 16, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBFuck. Across the Spider-Verse is so good y'all, we had to scuttle our original plans to bring you this episode. Elias has seen it at least twice, and at least once since recording, and has so many more thoughts than could make it into the episode. Go watch it, then listen to our episode, then watch it again. Then, in a year, we'll do this one last time. Next time, the original 117 (which is getting less and less timely) and THEN we're retrospecting and dissecting Jason Aaron's "Ave...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 116: More Than Meets the X
June 02, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBCan you believe it's been 9 months since we last checked in with the X books? Since then, the line has exploded and the triple-M peeps may have bitten off more than they can chew. 47 books. 47! That's too many X books. Next time, we're retrospecting and dissecting Jason Aaron's "Avengers" run. Get ready for the word "all" to preface so many verbs and nouns.
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 115: Eternal Judgment or Eternals Judgement?
May 19, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBTbe reading "Avengers. X-Men. Eternals: Judgment Day" and truly bringing this chapter to a close. The reading list is as follows, not quite in reading order: “A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment,” "FCBD 2022: Avengers/X-Men" (6-page story), “A.X.E.: Judgment Day” #1-6 & Omega, “A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants” #1-3, “A.X.E.: Avengers,” “A.X.E.: X-Men,” “A.X.E.: Eternals,” & “A.X.E.: Starfox” One-Shots/ The reading order kinda, sorta, goes like this: Eve, FCBD, Judgment Day #1-2, DtM #1, Jud...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 114: Volume Five or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Eternals
May 06, 2023 15:04 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBEverything ends. But nothing ends quite how you think it will. Case and point: this is a two-parter! In part one, the Make Mine Multiversity crew tackles Kieron Gillen, Esad Ribić, Matthew Wilson, & Clayon Cowles' "Eternals," a twelve issue series with three specials ('Celestia,', 'Thanos Rises,' 'The Heretic') and a list of 101 Eternals names that was still ongoing when we started this whole thing! Can you believe that? We knew going in this would be our favorite but did it fin...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 113: Eternals: The Movie: The Podcast
April 24, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBNo big lists of issues this week! That is because we are only looking at one thing- The Eternals, the 2021 film from the House of Mouse. It was the movie that broke many of their MCU habits. After all, would anyone risk breaking Covid-19 quarantine to see this movie in a crowded theater? Apparently some would, because this movie wasn't a total bomb at the box office. But is it any good? That's what the episode is trying to sort out. Truly the end is near! Judgment Day awaits... and...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 112: Where In the World Are Jack Kirby's Eternals?
April 07, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBIt's grab bag time here at Make Mine Multiversity as we enter the home stretch of our Eternals journey. We're filling in the gap between Vol. 4 & 5 aka the fallow period known as the 2010s as well as picking up the more minor issues we've missed along the way. For those reading along, we discussed "Hulk" (Vol 2.) #49, "Thor: The Deviants Saga" #1–5, "Avengers" (vol. 8) #4, "Eternals Forever" One-shot, "Symbiote Spider-Man Crossroads" #4-5, "Silver Surfer" Annual #1 (1988) and Incred...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 111: Don't Wake the Dreamer! Eternals vol. 4
March 17, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 73 MBSpeaking of The Forgotten One. today's podcast concerns a volume of "Eternals" that a lot of people have probably never read. The fourth proper volume of "Eternals" came out in 2008. We took a look at "Eternals" #1-9 and Annual #1, which you can find those collected in "Eternals," Vol. 1: To Slay a God (#1-6) and Vol. 2: Manifest Destiny (#7-9, Annual #1). It's not much longer now, we're almost caught up to the present day. Next time, we enter the wasteland of "Eternals" conflict. ...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 110: It's About Terrifying Sausage Fingers, Innit? Gaiman & JRJR's Eternals
March 03, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBDespite our detour into the Marvel Max era with Chuck Austen's infamous and nearly impossible to track down "The Eternal" at the start, we're back to talk "Eternals" Vol. 3 #1-7 aka the one by Neil Gaiman and John Romita Jr. Digressions include the history of comics as summarized by 60 years of lawsuits, what is up with that art, and whether or not the comic worked as intended/did we like what was intended. At least we're out of the 90s, is all I (Elias) can say. Next time, we take...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 109: Oy Gevalt, These Eternals Gestalt
February 17, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBThis time, we read some seriously weird books. We started with some classic 90s "Heroes for Hire" (Vol. 1) #4-7 (from November 1997 - January 1998) and then we read the bombastic "New Eternals: Apocalypse Now" (also known as Eternals: The New Breed) #1 (from February 2000.) This is around the place where Marvel creators lose track of continuity. That means some pretty wild swings. Not all of them connect. Next time is more "Eternals," but with a more classic reading selection. We a...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 108: Who By Duck and Who By Devil; or, How Wrong Were We in 2022?
February 03, 2023 17:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MB2023 is here and that means it's time for Elias and Jaina to litigate their 2022 predictions for Marvel. Who will win? Will there be another tie? And how disappointed with this make them? Oh, and we announced what the stakes are for our 2023 predictions. If Elias wins, we're forced to read "Major X" by Rob Liefeld and if Jaina wins, we'll be forced to read the "Captain America" arc 'Castaway in Dimension Z' by Rick Remender & John Romita Jr. Next time, however, we've got more Etern...
Make Mine Multiversity, Episode 107: Totally X-Treme E-Ternals
January 20, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 81.7 MB90s Eternals got dark! But maybe that's a good thing? At least dark is a tone; it's better to be dark than bland. Or is it? We talk about some very tacky comics that have a bit of life to them. But if you were looking for the point the "Eternals" comics fell off a cliff, this episode will have the answers you seek. Next time we are reading a truly eclectic collection of books. Feel free to follow along with "Heroes for Hire" (Vol.1 ) #4-7 (from November 1997, January 1998) and "The...
Make Mine Multiversity, Episode 106: Dream a Second Volume of Eternals
January 06, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBIt's a new year but we're not nearly done with our read through of all of The Eternals. Join us as we dig into the twelve-issue maxi-series "The Eternals" (Vol. 2) and discover why Ikaris really shouldn't be the poster boy for these characters with digressions into the Royal Rumble, Simonson NOT on "Thor," and Kieron Gillen's first tenure on "X-Men." Give us a Vampirio and Kro issue you cowards! Next time, we're reading Avengers (Vol. 1 ) #308-310 (October 1989- November 1989); Ete...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 105: How Wrong We Will Be in 2023
December 28, 2022 14:14 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBIt's the end of the year holiday season, so we are taking a break from our regularly scheduled program. The Eternals are forever, that's kind of the point of them (but will anyone care?) This week's episode takes a look back at the year in Marvel. The MCU may feel like it's going off the rails, but there are still some fun comics, even beyond the world of "X-Men." Find out which comics we think we'll find ourselves returning to again and again. We also have our annual predictions b...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 104: What If...The Eternals Were Good?
December 02, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBWe saw the genesis of the Eternals. We saw the reinterpretation of the Eternals (with a side order of TOO MUCH RING CYCLE.) Now we get the reinvention of the Eternals in the pages of "What If..." (Vol. 1) #23-30, a modern adventure spotlighting the Deviants in "Iron Man" Annual #6, and a fun story with Starfox of all people in "Avengers" (Vol. 1) #246-248. Vision is the creepiest one there, and they meet the President in the 80s! If you are reading along at home, you can find these...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 103: Thor: The Eternals Saga, Part 2: Gotterdammerung
November 18, 2022 16:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBIt's epic vs epic as we continue through 70s "Thor." Our goal is the same- to trace the story of Marvel's Eternals through every one of their major comic appearances. But I don't think anyone was prepared for how Nordic these issues get. This stuff is steeped in mythology, and we do our best to sift through the pieces of the deeply retconned Marvel continuity. Marvel maniacs aren't going to want to miss it. If you are reading along at home, you can find these issues on Marvel Unlim...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 102: Thor: The Eternals Saga, Part 1: Vampiro Lives
November 07, 2022 11:42 - 1 hour - 55 MBWe're continuing our trek through Eternals history with the aptly named Thor and the Eternals: The Celestial Saga. Or is it Thor: The Eternals Saga? Depends on the collection! We read Thor (Vol. 1) #283-291, which is Roy Thomas' attempt at completing the story Kirby left dangling less than a year prior. Does it work? Well, we got a vampire-themed pro-wrester Eternal and a lot of Odin dunking. We also spend a lot of time flying around with Thor yelling ENOW and HIE. You decide, true ...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 101: Jack Kirby’s Eternals Are a Girl’s Worst Enemy, Part 2
October 21, 2022 14:00 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBOur gargantuan book club series rolls on! This week, we finish up Jack Kirby's Eternals series, which means "Eternals" issue #11-19, plus the first annual. There's a lot that's the same in this installment, but we also see some first appearances, and some disappointing villains. Which doesn't include the Deviants, who are not villains, but the secret protagonist of Eternals comics. Join us to hear all about it! Will the Eternals ever move past their smugness? Will the Celestials ev...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 100: Jack Kirby’s Eternals Are a Girl’s Worst Enemy, Part 1
October 07, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 57 MB100 episodes! This is a milestone we've been thinking about for months and we wanted to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for listening this long, be this your first episode, your fifteenth, your fiftieth, or your hundredth. We've got a lot of fun things planned for the next 100 (or at least the next 15-20) and we hope you'll join us for the ride. To kick our 100th episode off, we're starting our walk through Eternals history - another mammoth book club series, though one...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 99: The Judgment of X
September 16, 2022 15:30 - 1 hour - 87.7 MBWe are about to embark on a huge reading journey, so we are checking in with our Krakoan friends one more time. Turns out, the X-Books are better than ever. New creators are shaking things up, and some familiar folks take their work in a fun new direction. We have as lot of gushing to do about books we like, and maybe a few critical things to say about a couple of books in particular. If you keep up with us, you probably know what's coming. Next time is our hundreth episode and we ...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 98: Taking Us to Task(master)
September 02, 2022 16:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBWe've been talking about it for nearly 2 years and it only took the threat of the next book club for Jaina to finally convinced Elias to read the 2010 "Taskmaster" mini-series. Spoilers: I liked it! Much like the last Van Lente series. Well, maybe not quite like that one. In this episode, we discuss the series written by Fred van Lente, illustrated by Jefte Palo, colored by Jean-Francois Beaulieu and lettered by Dave Lanphear and it's many successes and oh so many flaws. It...has no...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 97: Is Dan Slott's Fantastic Four Any Good?
August 19, 2022 13:42 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBWe talk about the Avengers a whole bunch of this podcast. And Spider-Man. We spent a long time with the Guardians of the Galaxy. But it's been too long since we've checked in on Marvel's first family. It's a fascinating run; Dan Slott's vision is brought to life by a plethora of talented artists. The series had some incredible highs, but some dreadful lows. Unfortunately, the latter probably eclipse the former, but that's what makes the conversation interesting! If you are reading ...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 96: "Hawkeye" by Fraction and Aja Part 2: Rio Bravo Bro
August 05, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBIt's Hawkeye time! Again! Specifically the second half of 2012's classic by Matt Fraction, David Aja, Matt Hollingsworth, and Chris Eliopoulos (with Annie Wu and Francesco Francavilla rounding out the regular artists.) Jaina and Elias are digging into the tumultuous last 12 issues (that's #12-22 and an annual, for those keeping score at home,) the contemporaneous history of the issues, and fighting to figure out what order to talk about the dang issues in. Seriously! It's nearly as ...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 95: "Hawkeye" By Fraction & Aja Part 1: Hawkguy Meet Hawkeye
July 15, 2022 10:46 - 1 hour - 92.9 MBIt's Hawkeye time! Specifically 2012's classic by Matt Fraction, David Aja, Matt Hollingsworth, and Chris Eliopolous (with Annie Wu and Francesco Francivilla rounding out the regular artists.) Jaina and Elias revisit the first eleven issues of this seminal classic about a sad sack avenger, a different sad sack YOUNG avenger, and an apartment building in Bed-Stuy. Does it hold up? Yes. Duh. Is it still a perfect masterpiece? Welllllllll..... Next episode, things get coastal as we ch...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 94: Judgment of X
July 01, 2022 15:30 - 1 hour - 70 MBAfter quite a number of episodes away, our monthly (now quarterly-ish) look at every X-book published since "House of X/Powers of X" returns with a new title and a new coat of paint. In addition, there's a small detour into one of the X one-shots we loved: "Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird" #1. Oh, and apparently Elias is British or has been reading Kieron's newsletter too much because he kept spelling Judgment as Judgement. Next time, we're digging deep legendary "Hawkeye" comic seri...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 93: Mental Organism Designed Only for Kritiquing
June 17, 2022 15:07 - 1 hour - 55 MBThis year we've read comics, we've even read a book, but in this episode we are doing neither. This is an episode all about a TV show. A short-lived, pretty fun TV show about everybody's favorite big evil head, MODOK. You know MODOK? The Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing? George Tarelton if you're feeling nasty. Turns out Marvel released a weird animated sitcom about the guy on Hulu. Though now cancelled, we discuss the series highs and lows, as we dream of a future with mor...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 92: Summers Lovin'
June 03, 2022 15:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBThe weather is hot. The comics are gearing up for something big. And we here at Make Mine Multiversity want to answer your burning questions about the Summers family, namely: hot or not? OK. More like good or not but wouldn't that have made for a fun, steamy episode? We also talk some of the books we're enjoying and we dunk on a couple books we're not. Only a little dunking; we don't want to be mean. Still keeping up with our book club? We got a bit ahead of ourselves in last week'...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 91: All of the Marvels
May 20, 2022 04:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBThis is a comic book podcast and sure, there's some talk of movies and TV shows, but a book? With no pictures!? That's right true believers! Today's episode is all about <em>All of the Marvels</em> by Douglas Wolk. The good Mr. Wolk took upon himself the great endeavor of reading every issue of a comic set in the Marvel 616 universe. Then he tried to synthesize that information into something of a coherent book. Was he successful? The two hosts can't even agree! But the discussion t...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 90: And the X Goes To...
May 06, 2022 16:14 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBNormally on the weeks MMM doesn't do a book club, there are a couple recurring segments but, with a new era of X comics, Jaina and Elias thought they'd change things up, mostly so they weren't reading a list of over 30 comics every other week that's mostly, but not always, the same. Long time Mutantversity readers will recognize the segment as The Two resurrect the Merry Mutant Medals...with a twist! The twist is the medals are different. Next time, we get wordy as Jaina and Elias...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 89: Of Ducks and Squirrels
April 15, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBIt's book club time for Make Mine Multiversity. You probably remember our recent "Howard the Duck" episode; this one is the sequel to that! Now we are discussing the most recent "Howard the Duck" run, written by Chip Zdarsky and illustrated by many talented artists, mostly notable Joe Quinones. Every so often, Make Mine Multiversity reading club reads an absolute gem. This is one of those times! If you are reading along with us, we are covering "Howard the Duck" #1-5 (2015A,) #1-11...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 88: Howard Vs. Space Turnip
April 01, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBWe're back with another book club and this time we're looking at the classic 1976 series "Howard the Duck" series by Steve Gerber & Frank Brunner/John Buscema/Gene Colan/a whole host of other colorists, letterers, inkers and another writer. Not every issue though. As much as we love being thorough, 31 issues is a LOT to read. We'll encounter space turnips, presidential ducks, megalomaniacal gingerbread creatures, Kidney Lady, and a whole host of other wacky Clevelandites and New Yor...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 87: The Marvel Way
March 18, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBMost people read Marvel comics for the story and the artwork, or maybe a love for the characters. This episode ain't about any of that. This on is all about the decisions that happen behind the scenes, and how it changes the way we read comics. Learn about the strange reading habits of a few comic collecting weirdos! You'll also hear some talk about Marvel's plans for the future and one impassioned plea for a Marvel video game! Next time: Book club is back! We're reading the origin...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 88: The Marvel Way
March 18, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBMost people read Marvel comics for the story and the artwork, or maybe a love for the characters. This episode ain't about any of that. This on is all about the decisions that happen behind the scenes, and how it changes the way we read comics. Learn about the strange reading habits of a few comic collecting weirdos! You'll also hear some talk about Marvel's plans for the future and one impassioned plea for a Marvel video game! Next time: Book club is back! We're reading the origin...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 86: All Your Baseline Is Belong to X!
March 04, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 87 MBThe Hickman era of the X line is over. Long live the X line! It's no surprise we love the X line at the moment and so it should be no surprise that we wanted to celebrate the departure of the Head of X in style. It's time to talk legacy, Hickman, and the past three years of X books. Come on down and see if your list of X books lines up with Jaina or Elias' in this final Baseline X. Or about as final as anything gets with superhero comics. Don't worry: we'll have a new #1 soon enough...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 85: Losers Pick Ultimatum
February 18, 2022 10:00 - 2 hours - 111 MBThat's right, if you've been following the show, you know Jaina and Elias had a bet. Jaina lost, so now we are reading her least favorite comic ever, Ultimatum by Jeph Loeb and David Finch. It's not all about hate! Well OK, there was a lot to hate in this comic, but there's also tons of research, context, and a deep dive into why this story is such a disaster. In the end. it's all about the question: how does a bad comic get made? Who is to blame? The answer may shock you. Next epi...
Make Mine Multiversity Episode 84: Darkhold of DOOM
February 04, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBLast year, we (Jaina and Elias) decided that we'd predict 10 things Marvel would do in 2021. Two episodes ago, we found out just how wrong we were. But! We had so much fun, we thought we'd do it all again! We also thought we'd take a little bit of time to digest the year that was 2021 in Marvel, have a little chat on what we loved, what we didn't, and what surprised us. Mostly though we look to the future! And as with any predictions, we're probably already wrong about a couple of t...