September 1963 - 1st appearance of The Avengers, X-Men, Super-Skrull, Sandman

Marvel by the Month

English - September 18, 2019 16:41 - 1 hour - 60.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 122 ratings
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Previous Episode: #019: ESSENTIAL MBTM Vol. 1: The Marvel Age of Comics (November 1961 - August 1963)

Next Episode: #021: October 1963 - "Iron Man Faces the Crimson Dynamo"

Our second season opens with the one-two punch of X-Men #1 and Avengers #1, and the Marvel Universe will never be the same! Plus, the Skrulls return in the super-est way possible, The Sandman rubs Spidey the wrong way, Nick Fury meets the 1940's version of a 1960's hero, "Tales of Asgard" debuts, and Ant-Man suffers the tragic loss of an ant. Hey, they can't all be winners!

Reading List: Avengers #1, X-Men #1, Amazing Spider-Man #4, Fantastic Four #18, Journey Into Mystery #96, Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #3, Strange Tales #112, Tales of Suspense #45, Tales to Astonish #47, ©1963 Marvel Comics.

"Marvel by the Month" theme by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen. All incidental music by Robb Milne.

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