Our guest this week is Sean Howe, author of the terrific book Marvel Comics: The Untold Story! We’ll talk with him about whether Stan Lee and Jack Kirby get too much or not enough credit, the big personality of Jim Shooter, how he was able to stay objective through the process of writing the book, which publishers he’d like to see covered in new books, Marvel’s unsung heroes, the hidden genius of Gerry Conway, what he thinks of Marvel today, and much more! Plus, we do our first-ever War Rocket Ajax Love/Hate Inventory!
The Rundown
- Follow Sean on Twitter and be sure to check out his Tumblr!
- If you haven’t read Marvel Comics: The Untold Story yet, you should!
- That series we were talking about indeed was Steelgrip Starkey.
- Read up on your unsung Marvel heroes! Morrie Kuramoto! John Verpoorten! Danny Crespi!
- Chris has archived love of U.S. 1 and Team America.
- Behold Funky Flashman!
- Chris’ checks and recs: TNA house show/NXT, Paper Mario Sticker Star
- Matt’s checks and recs: One-star review, Dredd
- Music used: Outkast, “Da Art of Storytellin’ Part 2”
Comics Talked About:
- Fearless Defenders #1
- New Avengers #3
- All-New X-Men #7
Shameless Self Promotion:
- For all Chris’ stuff, check out his about.me page!
- For all Matt’s stuff, check out his about.me page!
- Check out all Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
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Ah, the small sense of pride I feel at having my list of names read, especially since they were challenging to decide on. Those were literally the first names that came to mind.