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This week we explore a series of major Marvel movies that NEARLY happened but never did! On the heels of Avengers Kang Dynasty being cancelled, and the Gambit buzz following Wolverine & Deadpool, Rob and Will take you for a deep-dive through movie history! We uncover how close the X-Men franchise were to making a Channing Tatum Gambit movie, and what went wrong! We’ll investigate the attempts to make a Spider-Man movie in the 80’s and 90’s and how we nearly got James Cameron’s Spider-Man! We’ll uncover the truth behind Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man, the movie that predated the MCU, and how it all fell apart! We’ll also find out about the Spider-Man horror movie, the Marvel disco film, and Silver Surfer The Rock Opera! This episode is different to our regular format, but PACKED with tons of cool Marvel movie history and trivia!
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Back in the 90's Marvel Comics and the NFL teamed up to create one of the WORST superheros of all time - NFL SuperPro! A character with maybe the worst origin story of all time!
To celebrate the festive season we bring you one of our bonus episodes from Patreon! Every month in "Obscure Marvel" we dig into the most ridiculous characters and craziest moments from the history of Marvel Comics.
With over 100 bonus episodes on our Patreon, you can support the show and get awesome bonus episodes https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel
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This week we join Spider-Man on his trip far from home, and investigate what the death of Tony Stark means in the first MCU movie post Endgame! This deep-dive explores the secrets, lies, and illusions of Mysterio, and the dozens of cons he’s pulled over the years! We also bring you tons of Marvel history and trivia on Nick Fury, the Secret War, Spider-Man’s Stealth Suits, the tragic relationship of Ned and Betty, Wolverine’s future, and Peter Parker’s secret identity!
Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel
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This week we join Spider-Man on his trip far from home, and investigate what the death of Tony Stark means in the first MCU movie post Endgame! This deep-dive explores the secrets, lies, and illusions of Mysterio, and the dozens of cons he’s pulled over the years! We also bring you tons of Marvel history and trivia on Nick Fury, the Secret War, Spider-Man’s Stealth Suits, the tragic relationship of Ned and Betty, Wolverine’s future, and Peter Parker’s secret identity!
Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel
https://twitter.com/marvelversus
https://twitter.com/robhalden
https://robhalden.com
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This week we head into the archives to expose the secrets of Spider-Man 2099! Miquel O’Hara became the complicated adversary to Miles Morales in Across The Spider-Verse, so join us in exploring the creation of this Marvel character from a twisted cyberpunk future! Back in the 90’s Marvel Comics wanted to create a brand new line of comic books featuring futuristic spins on their most popular superheroes - and leading the charge was a brand new Spider-Man! We’ll explore how and why Miguel is SO different from Peter Parker, and how the popularity of the character led to videos games and a potential animated series!
This clip is taken from our massive episode covering Across The Spider-Verse https://open.spotify.com/episode/21oAaLcnRWmT3Dagoylit6?si=AufTvwnrRiKCooX5XTJ-hg
Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/[email protected]://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk
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A deep-dive into the very first X-Men movie ever made, and the WEIRDEST Marvel comic of the 90s! We'll take you behind-the-scenes on how Fox Kids took the leap from X-Men The Animated Series, to making a live-action TV movie based on the X-Men - and what went wrong! We'll also explore the wild success of the X-Men comics in the 90's, Jubilee leaving the X-Men, the creation of Generation X, and their battle with Aerosmith! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself to pull apart the dodgy special effects, the wonky script, and the most awful Marvel villain of all time! Plus we’ll also bring you TONS of X-Men trivia and history about Banshee, Jubilee, Emma Frost, and weird new mutants like Skin, Mondo, Husk, Chamber, Emplate, Synch and more!
Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/[email protected]://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk
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A deep-dive into the very first X-Men movie ever made, and the WEIRDEST Marvel comic of the 90s! We'll take you behind-the-scenes on how Fox Kids took the leap from X-Men The Animated Series, to making a live-action TV movie based on the X-Men - and what went wrong! We'll also explore the wild success of the X-Men comics in the 90's, Jubilee leaving the X-Men, the creation of Generation X, and their battle with Aerosmith! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself to pull apart the dodgy special effects, the wonky script, and the most awful Marvel villain of all time! Plus we’ll also bring you TONS of X-Men trivia and history about Banshee, Jubilee, Emma Frost, and weird new mutants like Skin, Mondo, Husk, Chamber, Emplate, Synch and more!
Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/[email protected]://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk
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Rob and Will take a deep-dive into Marvel’s forgotten 1998 Silver Surfer animated series! A TV show that brought to life Galactus, Thanos, Drax, Gamora, Nova, The Kree and the Skrulls way before the MCU! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of this incredible show and try to uncover the reasons why it was suddenly cancelled out of the blue! We’ll take you behind the page on the creation of Galactus and the Silver Surfer, their origins with the Fantastic Four, why they’re so important to the history of Marvel Comics, and how the Surfer became influential in pop culture! Plus we’ll dive into tons of history and trivia about Cosmic Marvel!
Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel
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Rob and Will take a deep-dive into Marvel’s forgotten 1998 Silver Surfer animated series! A TV show that brought to life Galactus, Thanos, Drax, Gamora, Nova, The Kree and the Skrulls way before the MCU! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of this incredible show and try to uncover the reasons why it was suddenly cancelled out of the blue! We’ll take you behind the page on the creation of Galactus and the Silver Surfer, their origins with the Fantastic Four, why they’re so important to the history of Marvel Comics, and how the Surfer became influential in pop culture! Plus we’ll dive into tons of history and trivia about Cosmic Marvel!
Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/[email protected]://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk
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This week we take you behind the page to explore the true life story of creating Captain America! Before Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the Avengers, and back before the MCU was even a possibility! We’ll dive into WWII and explore a time before America joined the war, and how controversial it was to have an Anti-Nazi superhero! We’ll look at the controversy that surrounded Cap’s first appearance, punching Hiter in the face, how the American Nazis retaliated! We’ll examine the patriotic superhero that Marvel Comics completely RIPPED OFF to bring Cap to life, and the litany of superheroes that followed in Cap’s wake! We’ll also look at how quickly Captain America’s popularity faded, and how Marvel had to completely change the comic book just to try and survive being cancelled!This episode is taken from our full-length show exploring Captain America: The First Avenger, which you can listen to here https://open.spotify.com/episode/5FA21uN2hZ4elARSzBzJdr?si=TIxQN5BQQECxr4E1fb_BpwSupport the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/[email protected]
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This week we take you behind the scenes on the making of the 2015 Fantastic Four movie - easily Marvel’s BIGGEST disaster! We’ll pick apart the financial details, the budget and the box-office, and compare this movie to the other Fantastic Four movies Fox made! We’ll dive into the controversial and troubled casting, the disputes between the writer and director, and the problems between the director and the movie studio! We’ll explore how this movie NEARLY joined another Marvel Cinematic Universe, the problems with Dr Doom, and we’ll get to the bottom of how this movie BOMBED at the box office and sits on a terrible 9% on Rotten Tomatoes! And what does this mean for the MCU Fantastic Four movie coming in 2025?
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To celebrate Halloween we dive into all the blood and gore of Blade 2, and examine the crazy history of Marvel’s vampires! In this episode Rob and Will take an extended look at the making of Blade 1 and 2, the rocky road to bringing the character to life on the screen, and how there’d be no MCU without it! We’ll explore the pop culture phenomenon that was vampire in the 1990s, and the movies and TV shows that paved the way for Blade! We’ll also examine the history of vampires in comic books - from book burnings to Senate Hearings to vampires being completely BANNED in comic books for nearly 20 years! And we’ll deep-dive Blade 2 scene-by-scene to find out exactly how Guillermo del Toro brought us the bloodiest and goriest Marvel movie of all time! Packed with tons of Marvel history and trivia for your Spooktober listening!
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To celebrate Halloween we dive into all the blood and gore of Blade 2, and examine the crazy history of Marvel’s vampires! In this episode Rob and Will take an extended look at the making of Blade 1 and 2, the rocky road to bringing the character to life on the screen, and how there’d be no MCU without it! We’ll explore the pop culture phenomenon that was vampire in the 1990s, and the movies and TV shows that paved the way for Blade! We’ll also examine the history of vampires in comic books - from book burnings to Senate Hearings to vampires being completely BANNED in comic books for nearly 20 years! And we’ll deep-dive Blade 2 scene-by-scene to find out exactly how Guillermo del Toro brought us the bloodiest and goriest Marvel movie of all time! Packed with tons of Marvel history and trivia for your Spooktober listening!
Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/[email protected]://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk
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To celebrate the release of Venom: The Last Dance, we’ve compiled this supershow featuring our biggest Venom episodes to bring the full secret history of the character! We’ll explore Secret Wars and how Marvel created a brand new black-and-white costume for Spider-Man! We’ll uncover the fan who designed the new costume and sold the idea to Marvel! We’ll dive into the original plans for Venom, how the character was going to be a woman, the creation of Eddie Brock, his transition from villain to anti-hero, his huge popularity, and then the creation of his nemesis Carnage! A Venom supershow to dig into the history of one of Marvel’s biggest break-out characters of all time!
The clips are taken from our much bigger episodes on Venom;Spider-Man 3 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6hBrrGsYgmHGnQLanA4xJ2?si=7e8a8f8c96d34469
Venom https://open.spotify.com/episode/5KThprnxcfvFwHr1YgXvYO?si=b169ad2a14cd4075
Venom: Let There Be Carnage https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YFQyPqhvlw3JtsNX6Hh1L?si=6e705677ba0a4e76
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This week we head into the archives to explore the creation of What If? and the history of the Marvel Multiverse! Rob and Will examine the history of alternate timelines in comic books, and how DC Comics once shunted all their classic characters like Superman, Batman, Green Lantern and the Flash into a parallel universe! Then we take a look at how Marvel Comics used Kang The Conqueror to introduce the Marvel Multiverse, when the Avengers fought the Avengers! And we’ll find out how Marvel created the What If? comics by using the Fantastic Four’s Uatu The Watcher!
This clip is taken from our full-length 2023 Live Show, recorded at the Wolverhampton Arena Theatre https://open.spotify.com/episode/7LIj3o6iP1LHUy6SM6eNv4
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With Venom The Last Dance in cinemas, MVM heads back to 1994 and Spider-Man The Animated Series, to take a Deep Dive into “The Alien Costume Saga” - the very first time Venom was adapted for the screen! Before the movies, THIS was the world’s first introduction to Eddie Brock and the symbiote! We’ll explore a time when Venom was more popular than Spider-Man and why he was VITAL to this cartoon series! We’ll dig into how these 3 episodes changed Venom and Spider-Man FOREVER and influenced the movies and the comic books! We’ll take you behind the page to look at how Spider-Man’s black costume became a deadly new villain, almost by accident! Plus we’ll deep-dive the cartoon saga itself to bring you tons of Marvel history and trivia on Eddie Brock, Venom, the symbiote, and Spider-Man!
For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/[email protected]
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With Venom The Last Dance in cinemas, MVM heads back to 1994 and Spider-Man The Animated Series, to take a Deep Dive into “The Alien Costume Saga” - the very first time Venom was adapted for the screen! Before the movies, THIS was the world’s first introduction to Eddie Brock and the symbiote! We’ll explore a time when Venom was more popular than Spider-Man and why he was VITAL to this cartoon series! We’ll dig into how these 3 episodes changed Venom and Spider-Man FOREVER and influenced the movies and the comic books! We’ll take you behind the page to look at how Spider-Man’s black costume became a deadly new villain, almost by accident! Plus we’ll deep-dive the cartoon saga itself to bring you tons of Marvel history and trivia on Eddie Brock, Venom, the symbiote, and Spider-Man!For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/[email protected]://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk
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This week we head into the archives to bring you the history of Adam Warlock - the most powerful character in the Marvel Universe! At one point in time Adam Warlock was THE most important character Marvel had, and the only person capable of beating Thanos! We’ll track his history from strange sci-fi experiment, to being Marvel’s answer to Jesus, to becoming part of the Guardians Of The Galaxy.This clips is taken from our bigger episode on Adam Warlock and the Guardians Of The Galaxy https://open.spotify.com/episode/1nNqH894Mj6zyzN8L9rqZP
For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel
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Join Rob and Will for a deep-dive into what might be the best X-Men movie ever made - Days Of Future Past! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of DOFP, explore the movie that was SUPPOSED to happen, and why major characters like Storm and Rogue were reduced to short cameos! We’ll take you behind the page on the history of the groundbreaking comic book story that inspired this movie and how it TERRIFIED readers in the 1980’s! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself and bring you Marvel history and trivia on characters like Blink, Warpath, and Bishop, we’ll learn about the history of the Sentinels, the horrifying future for mutants, we’ll explain the complicated different timelines for the Fox X-Men Movie Universe, and we’ll try to answer the question - is this the BEST X-Men movie ever made?
For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/[email protected]://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk
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Join Rob and Will for a deep-dive into what might be the best X-Men movie ever made - Days Of Future Past! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of DOFP, explore the movie that was SUPPOSED to happen, and why major characters like Storm and Rogue were reduced to short cameos! We’ll take you behind the page on the history of the groundbreaking comic book story that inspired this movie and how it TERRIFIED readers in the 1980’s! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself and bring you Marvel history and trivia on characters like Blink, Warpath, and Bishop, we’ll learn about the history of the Sentinels, the horrifying future for mutants, we’ll explain the complicated different timelines for the Fox X-Men Movie Universe, and we’ll try to answer the question - is this the BEST X-Men movie ever made?
For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/[email protected]://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk
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