Marvel Versus Marvel

To celebrate our 5th Anniversary we asked listeners to vote for the five best episodes we’ve done in the last five years, so throughout April we’re releasing The Year 5 Top 5! Rob and Will take a deep-dive into the smash-hit Marvel animated series X-Men 97 and ask the question - is this the greatest X-Men project of all time? Should the MCU learn lessons from this cartoon show?! 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! We’ll 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, the origins of Morph, Storm, Forge, Mojo, Jubilee, Bastion, and so much more! In part four we explore the episodes; "Tolerance Is Extinction Part One” "Tolerance Is Extinction Part Two” "Tolerance Is Extinction Part Three” Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

To celebrate our 5th Anniversary we asked listeners to vote for the five best episodes we’ve done in the last five years, so throughout April we’re releasing The Year 5 Top 5! Rob and Will take a deep-dive into the smash-hit Marvel animated series X-Men 97 and ask the question - is this the greatest X-Men project of all time? Should the MCU learn lessons from this cartoon show?! 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! We’ll 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, the origins of Morph, Storm, Forge, Mojo, Jubilee, Bastion, and so much more! In part three we explore the episodes; "Remember It" "Lifedeath – Part 2" "Bright Eyes" Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

To celebrate our 5th Anniversary we asked listeners to vote for the five best episodes we’ve done in the last five years, so throughout April we’re releasing The Year 5 Top 5! Rob and Will take a deep-dive into the smash-hit Marvel animated series X-Men 97 and ask the question - is this the greatest X-Men project of all time? Should the MCU learn lessons from this cartoon show?! 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! We’ll 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, the origins of Morph, Storm, Forge, Mojo, Jubilee, Bastion, and so much more! In part two we explore the episodes; To Me, My X-Men Mutant Liberation Begins Fire Made Flesh Motendo / Lifedeath – Part 1 Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

To celebrate our 5th Anniversary we asked listeners to vote for the five best episodes we’ve done in the last five years, so throughout April we’re releasing The Year 5 Top 5! Rob and Will take a deep-dive into the smash-hit Marvel animated series X-Men 97 and ask the question - is this the greatest X-Men project of all time? Should the MCU learn lessons from this cartoon show?! 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! We’ll 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, the origins of Morph, Storm, Forge, Mojo, Jubilee, Bastion, and so much more! In part one we explore the history of the original X-Men Animated Series from the 90’s, and the story behind how and why Marvel have returned to this animated universe so many years later! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

To celebrate our 5th anniversary we’re turning the whole month of April over to the X-Men’s greatest villain - Apocalypse! Apocalypse April continues with our MASSIVE scene-by-scene deep-dive into X-Men: Apocalypse - the most controversial X-Men movie of all time! We'll examine all the problems and faults with this movie, the time-jump and continuity issues that hold it back, as well as all the scenes it does really well. And we explore tons of Marvel history and trivia on the origins of Apocalypse and his powers, and his connection to other Marvel villains! We’ll find out just how powerful Apocalypse really is, dive into the twisted history of Psylocke, expose Marvel’s first mutants, the tragedy of Magneto, and bring you the secrets of THE PUNCH DIMENSION! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

To celebrate our 5th Anniversary we asked listeners to vote for the five best episodes we’ve done in the last five years, so throughout April we’re releasing The Year 5 Top 5! Our journey through the Infinity Saga started in 2020 and finally came to its conclusion in August 2024 with our 6 hour deep-dive into Avengers Endgame. The longest edition we’ve ever done, our first 3 parter, and in the words of listener Phoenix Phil “MVM simply operating several leagues beyond other podcasts.” Joins Rob and Will as they explore the production history, the comic book origins of Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet, and then our scene-by-scene deep-dive into the movie, packed with tons of Marvel history and trivia. Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

To celebrate our 5th Anniversary we asked listeners to vote for the five best episodes we’ve done in the last five years, so throughout April we’re releasing The Year 5 Top 5! Our journey through the Infinity Saga started in 2020 and finally came to its conclusion in August 2024 with our 6 hour deep-dive into Avengers Endgame. The longest edition we’ve ever done, our first 3 parter, and in the words of listener Phoenix Phil “MVM simply operating several leagues beyond other podcasts.” Joins Rob and Will as they explore the production history, the comic book origins of Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet, and then our scene-by-scene deep-dive into the movie, packed with tons of Marvel history and trivia. Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

To celebrate our 5th Anniversary we asked listeners to vote for the five best episodes we’ve done in the last five years, so throughout April we’re releasing The Year 5 Top 5! Our journey through the Infinity Saga started in 2020 and finally came to its conclusion in August 2024 with our 6 hour deep-dive into Avengers Endgame. The longest edition we’ve ever done, our first 3 parter, and in the words of listener Phoenix Phil “MVM simply operating several leagues beyond other podcasts.” Joins Rob and Will as they explore the production history, the comic book origins of Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet, and then our scene-by-scene deep-dive into the movie, packed with tons of Marvel history and trivia. Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

To celebrate our 5th anniversary we’re turning the whole month of April over to the X-Men’s greatest villain - Apocalypse! In Part One, we kick off Apocalypse April with a deep-dive into the backstory behind the creation of one of Marvel's greatest villains! We'll bring you the history of X-Factor, how Apocalypse was nearly a lame Daredevil villain, and the wild changes that turned En Sabah Nur into arguably the most powerful Marvel villain of all time! Plus, we'll take your behind-the-scenes on the controversial production of the 2016 X-Men: Apocalypse movie, so that you're ready for next week's deep-dive! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

To celebrate our 5th Anniversary we asked listeners to vote for the five best episodes we’ve done in the last five years, so throughout April we’ll be releasing The Year 5 Top 5! We’re starting out with our deep-dive into George Lucas’s Howard The Duck, a massive Marvel bomb at the box office! Before Spider-Man, before the X-Men, before the MCU, there was only Howard - the first ever Marvel movie! We’ll guide you through the bizarre production history of this super kitsch 80’s movie to find out what went so wrong! We’ll also explore the history of Marvel's most subversive character of all time, the crazy Howard The Duck! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we look at 2024’s Kraven The Hunter movie, and what turned out to be the final film for the Sony Spider-Man Universe! Rob and Will explore what went so wrong with Sony’s Spider-Man franchise and WHY this is the end of the SSU! We’ll guide you through the comic book history of Kraven, his intense relationship with Spider-Man, Kraven’s Last Hunt, and why he’s a character that’s better off dead! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of this movie, and then we’ll deliver our scene-by-scene deep-dive into the movie itself to find out what this movie got wrong and why Russel Crowe would make a much better Kraven The Hunter! Plus, we’ve got tons of history and trivia on Spider-Man, voodoo jungle powers, Kraven, the Chameleon, the Rhino, the Foreigner, and so much more! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we look at 2024’s Kraven The Hunter movie, and what turned out to be the final film for the Sony Spider-Man Universe! Rob and Will explore what went so wrong with Sony’s Spider-Man franchise and WHY this is the end of the SSU! We’ll guide you through the comic book history of Kraven, his intense relationship with Spider-Man, Kraven’s Last Hunt, and why he’s a character that’s better off dead! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of this movie, and then we’ll deliver our scene-by-scene deep-dive into the movie itself to find out what this movie got wrong and why Russel Crowe would make a much better Kraven The Hunter! Plus, we’ve got tons of history and trivia on Spider-Man, voodoo jungle powers, Kraven, the Chameleon, the Rhino, the Foreigner, and so much more! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

The Ultraverse is a forgotten corner of the Marvel Universe, packed with hidden superheroes from the 90s! Forget about Iron Man, Spider-Man, Wolverine and The Avengers, it’s time to learn about Prime, Prototype, Nightman and The Ultraforce! Before the MCU, Hollywood went through a massive comic book boom in the early 90’s, as comics like The Mask, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Crow became big hits! Marvel Comics bought out one of their competitors, Malibu Comics, and merged their Ultraverse into the Marvel Universe! This launched Ultraforce the animated series, a video game and even a line of action figures! But it wasn’t long before Marvel cancelled Ultraforce and all the other Ultra-Heroes, making sure they’d never be seen ever again! Who were Ultraforce? Why did Marvel buy Malibu Comics only to shut them down? And why has Marvel tried to forget they ever existed? Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

MVM heads back to 1989 to deep-dive into The Trial Of The Incredible Hulk - the first ever Daredevil and Kingpin movie! The first Stan Lee cameo! The first Daredevil corridor fight! This movie has got it all! Join Rob and Will as they uncover the secrets of Marvel’s FIRST shared universe, a full 20 years before the MCU began! We find out about Marvel using the Hulk TV movies of the 80’s to launch characters like Thor, Daredevil, Kingpin, She-Hulk and even Iron Man onto screens for the very first time! We’ll explore the comic book histories of both Daredevil and the Hulk, and how both characters struggled to find popularity for decades! We’ll also bring you comic book history and trivia like how Daredevil’s powers work, the history of the Kingpin, the comic book writer that revolutionised Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk, and what happened the TWO TIMES that the Incredible Hulk was put on trial! Plus, we’ll deep-dive into this bizarre TV movie to bring you scene-by-scene reactions and trivia! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

MVM heads back to 1989 to deep-dive into The Trial Of The Incredible Hulk - the first ever Daredevil and Kingpin movie! The first Stan Lee cameo! The first Daredevil corridor fight! This movie has got it all! Join Rob and Will as they uncover the secrets of Marvel’s FIRST shared universe, a full 20 years before the MCU began! We find out about Marvel using the Hulk TV movies of the 80’s to launch characters like Thor, Daredevil, Kingpin, She-Hulk and even Iron Man onto screens for the very first time! We’ll explore the comic book histories of both Daredevil and the Hulk, and how both characters struggled to find popularity for decades! We’ll also bring you comic book history and trivia like how Daredevil’s powers work, the history of the Kingpin, the comic book writer that revolutionised Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk, and what happened the TWO TIMES that the Incredible Hulk was put on trial! Plus, we’ll deep-dive into this bizarre TV movie to bring you scene-by-scene reactions and trivia! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com 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 bring you the story of how Marvel Comics created Thor and Loki in 1962! Containing all the behind-the-scenes secrets of the Marvel Asgardians, like; how Jack Kirby had created TWO different versions of Thor YEARS before the Marvel Universe began! How Thor is heavily inspired by one of the biggest superheroes of the Golden Age, Captain Marvel! The complicated secret identity of Thor - who is Dr Donald Blake?! And how Thor went from being a copycat Superman story, to a wild tale of Norse mythology, cosmic Shakespearean drama, and Asgardian politics! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

With Captain America Brave New World bringing the Red Hulk to cinemas all over the world, we take a deep-dive into the history of the RULK and explore his first-ever appearance in the series Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! We’ll explore the creation and history of the Red Hulk, and the mystery surrounding his real identity! We’ll find out just how powerful the Red Hulk truly is, as we explore his fights with the Green Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, the Silver Surfer and Galactus himself! Then we’ll take you through the 3 episode arc in Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes from 2012 that marks the first ever on-screen appearance of the Red Hulk! 3 episodes that also feature a really cool Avengers story with Sam Wilson, the Black Panther, and the Red Skull! Plus, we’ll let Rob answer the question - is the Red Hulk the WORST Marvel character ever made? Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com

With Captain America Brave New World bringing the Red Hulk to cinemas all over the world, we take a deep-dive into the history of the RULK and explore his first-ever appearance in the series Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! We’ll explore the creation and history of the Red Hulk, and the mystery surrounding his real identity! We’ll find out just how powerful the Red Hulk truly is, as we explore his fights with the Green Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, the Silver Surfer and Galactus himself! Then we’ll take you through the 3 episode arc in Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes from 2012 that marks the first ever on-screen appearance of the Red Hulk! 3 episodes that also feature a really cool Avengers story with Sam Wilson, the Black Panther, and the Red Skull! Plus, we’ll let Rob answer the question - is the Red Hulk the WORST Marvel character ever made? Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com 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 behind the scenes on the Madame Web movie and explore Sony’s FAILED Marvel Universe! We’ll ask all the big questions like; why is this Z-list Spider-Man character getting her own movie? Why ISN’T this a Spider-Woman film? And just how badly did this movie BOMB at the box office?! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the disastrous production and marketing of Madame Web, the press tour from hell, and whether stars like Sydney Sweeney and Dakota Johnson regret being in this lacklustre Marvel bomb! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

With the MCU’s Captain America Brave New World in cinemas, we head back to 1990 to look at the first-ever Captain America cinematic movie. How and why did this Marvel movie become a complete low budget disaster? We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on how Cannon Films got into the Marvel movie business, how JD Salinger’s son was cast as Steve Rogers, and how the whole production lost its entire six million dollar budget right before filming! It’s a crazy story of a film being re-written on the fly, cameras running out of film, and the studio hating the finished movie so much they re-edited the entire thing … and made it worse! We’ll also explore Captain America in the 1980’s to uncover perhaps the most interesting and political time in the history of the character. And we’ll deep-dive the movie scene-by-scene as only MVM can! Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk