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/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

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/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

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 [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

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 [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

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_Bpw Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] 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 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? Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

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/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

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/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

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 For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

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 Support the show and get awesome bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

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/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

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/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

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 [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

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/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

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/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

The new trailer for next year’s Thunderbolts movie has got everyone talking! Rob and Will weigh in on how good the trailer looks and whether this movie means that the MCU is back! We discuss Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan and David Harbour fronting a Marvel movie, how excited we are for the return of characters like Yelena Belova, Bucky, and John Walker. We pull apart the Easter Eggs in the trailer, how this film is related to Captain America, and try to figure out who the new character “Bob” is? Is he The Sentry? Is he Marvel’s answer to Superman? And what the hell does the asterisk in the movie title mean? If you haven’t seen the trailer, you can catch it here https://youtu.be/v-94Snw-H4o?si=dRqgs97JZ_QWqQ3f For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we take a special look at the Ultimate Marvel Universe, the reboot that inspired the MCU! In the year 2000 Marvel Comics gave gritty, modern reboots to Spider-Man, X-Men and The Avengers, creating brand new versions of the characters in a brand new universe. Ultimate Marvel was a huge hit, and laid the blueprint for how to modernise the characters for the cinema screen and inspired the MCU! This episode is taken from our massive episode that deep-dives into Ultimate Avengers the animated movie https://open.spotify.com/episode/2l2GhIWPBWTPdtVZi5c5zq?si=8dUPNYUeTiuz7hCl9C6UNg For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Join Rob & Will as they examine the world’s first superhero, The Shadow! We travel back to a world before Superman, before Batman and before the Marvel Universe, to explore the world’s first costumed vigilante hero! We’ll take you behind the page to a time before comic books, we’ll look at the history of Pulp Fiction, and how The Shadow inspired virtually every superhero that came later (especially Batman)! We’ll go behind the scenes to learn about the Orson Welles radio show that introduced the world to the first-ever superhero, the forgotten Shadow movies, and how Hollywood hoped the 1994 Alec Baldwin film would be the start of a new franchise! Plus, we’ll investigate why it failed at the box office! We’ll also explore The Shadow’s different identities and origins, his powers, his gadgets and sidekicks, and his crazy comic book history! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Join Rob & Will as they examine the world’s first superhero, The Shadow! We travel back to a world before Superman, before Batman and before the Marvel Universe, to explore the world’s first costumed vigilante hero! We’ll take you behind the page to a time before comic books, we’ll look at the history of Pulp Fiction, and how The Shadow inspired virtually every superhero that came later (especially Batman)! We’ll go behind the scenes to learn about the Orson Welles radio show that introduced the world to the first-ever superhero, the forgotten Shadow movies, and how Hollywood hoped the 1994 Alec Baldwin film would be the start of a new franchise! Plus, we’ll investigate why it failed at the box office! We’ll also explore The Shadow’s different identities and origins, his powers, his gadgets and sidekicks, and his crazy comic book history! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] 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 making of Venom: Let There Be Carnage! We dive into the huge popularity of Venom and Carnage and how they spawned the MAXIMUM CARNAGE video game in the 90s! We’ll explore the ORIGINAL plans for Carnage in the Venom franchise and why they changed, the movie’s connections to Spider-Man and the MCU, the delays that kept knocking the film back, plus we’ll explore all the money the movie made at the box office! This clips is taken from our huge episode covering Venom: Let There Be Carnage https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YFQyPqhvlw3JtsNX6Hh1L For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

In this special studio show, Rob and Will reflect back on the Infinity Saga, from Iron Man to Endgame, and discuss how Marvel impacted and changed the entertainment industry. A discussion that looks at how the Infinity Saga changed the MCU, Marvel Comics, and Hollywood itself. We also explore Justice League and the DCEU, Fast And The Furious, the Universal Pictures Dark Universe, Dr Who, and all the cinematic universes that have come to follow in Marvel's footsteps. Recorded at the Leicester Podcast Studios, this is the last chapter in the Infinity Saga. To watch the full video of this studio show, visit our youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@marvelversusmarvel7016 For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

With the Infinity Saga put to bed on MVM, we head back into the archives to uncover the true history of Marvel Comics. From the Great Depression of the 1930’s through the Second World War and into the Swinging Sixties! How was the company founded? What was in the very first issue of Marvel Comics? Who were the first Marvel characters? How did they find success? From Timely Comics in the 1940’s with Captain America, The Human Torch and Namor The Submariner, to Atlas Comics in the Fifties, before finally becoming Marvel Comics with the Fantastic Four in 1961. This clips is taken from our special 100th Episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/6YZwG7dkppWU7hBPT2SBkQ For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

After four and a half years MVM has finally arrived at Avengers: Endgame! Rob and Will explore this seminal movie in great detail, taking you behind-the-scenes on the making of the film, how it closed out the Infinity Saga, the end of Iron Man and Captain America and how Robert Downey Jr. is now returning to the MCU as Iron Man! We’ll explore the original versions of the script and how BIG changes were made! We’ll take you behind-the-page to explore the history of the superhero crossover event in both Marvel and DC Comics and how the Infinity Gauntlet changed it all! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself, pulling it apart scene-by-scene to give you our reactions and analysis, plus Rob digs up loads of cool trivia and history from the Marvel Comics about Thanos, Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America and tons more!! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

After four and a half years MVM has finally arrived at Avengers: Endgame! Rob and Will explore this seminal movie in great detail, taking you behind-the-scenes on the making of the film, how it closed out the Infinity Saga, the end of Iron Man and Captain America and how Robert Downey Jr. is now returning to the MCU as Iron Man! We’ll explore the original versions of the script and how BIG changes were made! We’ll take you behind-the-page to explore the history of the superhero crossover event in both Marvel and DC Comics and how the Infinity Gauntlet changed it all! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself, pulling it apart scene-by-scene to give you our reactions and analysis, plus Rob digs up loads of cool trivia and history from the Marvel Comics about Thanos, Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America and tons more!! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

After four and a half years MVM has finally arrived at Avengers: Endgame! Rob and Will explore this seminal movie in great detail, taking you behind-the-scenes on the making of the film, how it closed out the Infinity Saga, the end of Iron Man and Captain America and how Robert Downey Jr. is now returning to the MCU as Iron Man! We’ll explore the original versions of the script and how BIG changes were made! We’ll take you behind-the-page to explore the history of the superhero crossover event in both Marvel and DC Comics and how the Infinity Gauntlet changed it all! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie itself, pulling it apart scene-by-scene to give you our reactions and analysis, plus Rob digs up loads of cool trivia and history from the Marvel Comics about Thanos, Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America and tons more!! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

As we gear up for our massive Endgame episode next week, we take a trip into the archives and go behind the scenes on the the making of Avengers: Infinity War! We’ll explore how plans for Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet came together, the vital role that James Gunn played, the insane writing process, how the Russo brothers liaised with all the other directors in Phase 3 of the MCU, the planned involvement of Daredevil and Jessica Jones, and the incredible box office performance of this movie! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

In a shocking revelation at the San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that Robert Downey Jr will return to the MCU in a new role as Doctor Doom! Marvel announced RDJ will replace Jonthan Majors’ Kang and play the MCU’s big new villain in upcoming films The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Avengers: Doomsday, and Avengers: Secret Wars. We’ve had tons of requests to deal with this huge news ASAP, so we’ve taken this except from our upcoming episode on Avengers: Endgame and we’re releasing it for you as soon as possible! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

With the release of Deadpool & Wolverine and its farewell to the Fox Marvel Movies, we head back to 2005 to examine Elektra - the very WORST the Fox movies gave us! Is it worse than X-Men Last Stand, Ghost Rider, or Fantastic Four? Rob and Will are gonna find out! We take you behind-the-scenes on how and why this movie is so bad, including which star was FORCED to make the film! We’ll also take you behind-the-page to learn about the incredible history of Elektra and how she’s one of Marvel’s most groundbreaking characters! Then Rob and Will punish themselves by deep-diving the movie scene by scene and explore the comic book history of Daredevil, The Hand, Wilson Fisk, Wolverine, and tons more! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

With the release of Deadpool & Wolverine and its farewell to the Fox Marvel Movies, we head back to 2005 to examine Elektra - the very WORST the Fox movies gave us! Is it worse than X-Men Last Stand, Ghost Rider, or Fantastic Four? Rob and Will are gonna find out! We take you behind-the-scenes on how and why this movie is so bad, including which star was FORCED to make the film! We’ll also take you behind-the-page to learn about the incredible history of Elektra and how she’s one of Marvel’s most groundbreaking characters! Then Rob and Will punish themselves by deep-diving the movie scene by scene and explore the comic book history of Daredevil, The Hand, Wilson Fisk, Wolverine, and tons more! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

We head back to 1992 to learn how the popularity of Venom and Image Comics resulted in Marvel creating the most violent Spider-Man villain of all-time, CARNAGE! From comic books to toys to video games and even a theme park ride at Universal Studios - Carnage goes down in history as one of Marvel’s most popular villains!   This clip is taken from our massive episode on Venom: Let There Be Carnage https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YFQyPqhvlw3JtsNX6Hh1L   For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

With the release of Marvel’s new movie Deadpool & Wolverine, we’re re-releasing our early episodes on both Deadpool & Wolverine! In this episode we’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the 2016 Deadpool movie, and the incredible marketing campaign that helped make it a smash-hit! We’ll explore the origins and history of Wade Wilson from X-Men to X-Force to Wolverine and beyond! We’ll get to the bottom of Deadpool’s 4th wall breaking and his crazy sense of humour, we’ll dig into Weapon X, the history of Weasel and Blind Al, and just how powerful Deadpool’s healing factor is! This episode was originally release in October 2020 For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

With the release of Marvel’s new movie Deadpool & Wolverine, we’re re-releasing our early episodes on both Deadpool & Wolverine! In this episode we’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the 2009 movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine, what went wrong, how this movie ended up being so badly received, and WHY it involves a terrible version of Deadpool! Then we’ll take you behind-the-page to learn about the creation of Wolverine and his history with the X-Men! We’ll explore Logan’s healing factor, his long-life, how he got his adamantium, Gambit, Weapon X, and how Sabretooth might be the most EVIL character in the history of Marvel! This episode was originally release in March 2021 For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Our Phase One Remastered project comes to a close as we head back to 2012 and re-examine The Avengers - Marvel’s first billion dollar hit! Rob and Will take you behind-the-scenes on the production of the movie to learn about how Marvel kept all the MCU characters co-ordinated, how the original version of the movie featured a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VILLAIN, why Mark Ruffalo replaced Ed Norton as the Hulk, and how Thanos was only added at the very last minute! Plus we’ll go behind-the-page to learn about the history of the superhero team, how Marvel borrowed heavily from the Justice League, and how the creation of the Avengers was all due to a big mistake at Marvel! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie to bring you our reactions to every scene, examine why this movie was such a success and what makes it so great, and we’ll bring you stories from the Marvel Comics like who tried to catch the Hulk in a net, what happens when Iron Man tries to fight Thor, what happened when the Black Widow tried to assassinate Nick Fury, who was missing from the original Avengers line-up, plus tons more Marvel history and trivia! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Our Phase One Remastered project comes to a close as we head back to 2012 and re-examine The Avengers - Marvel’s first billion dollar hit! Rob and Will take you behind-the-scenes on the production of the movie to learn about how Marvel kept all the MCU characters co-ordinated, how the original version of the movie featured a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VILLAIN, why Mark Ruffalo replaced Ed Norton as the Hulk, and how Thanos was only added at the very last minute! Plus we’ll go behind-the-page to learn about the history of the superhero team, how Marvel borrowed heavily from the Justice League, and how the creation of the Avengers was all due to a big mistake at Marvel! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie to bring you our reactions to every scene, examine why this movie was such a success and what makes it so great, and we’ll bring you stories from the Marvel Comics like who tried to catch the Hulk in a net, what happens when Iron Man tries to fight Thor, what happened when the Black Widow tried to assassinate Nick Fury, who was missing from the original Avengers line-up, plus tons more Marvel history and trivia! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Rob and Will take you into the production history of one of the most troubled Marvel movies ever made! Script re-writes, delays, directors quitting, this new one has got it all! What went wrong with the worst X-Men movie ever made?   For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Before Tim Burton’s Batman 1989 was released, Marvel Comics got into the Action Movie business with Dolph Lundgren and The Punisher! Join Rob and Will as they explore the most violent Marvel Movie ever made! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes to learn about the 80’s Action Movie, and the impact made by Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dolph Lundgren! We’ll examine the production of this film, why it was BANNED from several countries, and why it never reached cinema screens in America! We’ll also take you behind-the-page to learn about the history of The Punisher and how his popularity in the 1980’s rivalled Spider-Man, Superman and Batman! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie scene by scene to bring you all the trivia and comic book history you know you need! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel For information about Jérémie Damoiseau and his book “Punisher ‘89: The Untold Story” visit https://linktr.ee/punisher_book [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Before Tim Burton’s Batman 1989 was released, Marvel Comics got into the Action Movie business with Dolph Lundgren and The Punisher! Join Rob and Will as they explore the most violent Marvel Movie ever made! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes to learn about the 80’s Action Movie, and the impact made by Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dolph Lundgren! We’ll examine the production of this film, why it was BANNED from several countries, and why it never reached cinema screens in America! We’ll also take you behind-the-page to learn about the history of The Punisher and how his popularity in the 1980’s rivalled Spider-Man, Superman and Batman! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie scene by scene to bring you all the trivia and comic book history you know you need! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel For information about Jérémie Damoiseau and his book “Punisher ‘89: The Untold Story” visit https://linktr.ee/punisher_book [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Head into the MVM Archives as Rob and Will explore the history of the first aliens in the Marvel Universe, the Skrulls! From the suspicion and paranoia of the 1960’s, to the secret rings of Communist spies in America, MVM delves into everything that inspired the creation of these shapeshifting villains! Then we explore the incredible Secret Invasion comic book event, the huge marketing campaign that Marvel launched and the sneaky guerilla tactics they used to get EVERYONE talking about the Skrulls in 2008. For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Join Rob and Will for a deep-dive into Across The Spider-Verse as we ask “is this the best Spider-Man movie ever made?” We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of this incredible animated movie, and we’ll take you behind-the-page to look at Marvel Comics creating Miguel O’Hara, the Spider-Man of Marvel 2099! Then we’ll explore the movie scene by scene, pulling apart all the incredible moments, exploring all the cameos and Easter Eggs, and diving into the comic book history and trivia behind Miles Morales, Gwen Stacy, Spider-Punk Hobbie Brown, The Spot, and the many crazy Spider-Men from across the spider-verse! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Join Rob and Will for a deep-dive into Across The Spider-Verse as we ask “is this the best Spider-Man movie ever made?” We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of this incredible animated movie, and we’ll take you behind-the-page to look at Marvel Comics creating Miguel O’Hara, the Spider-Man of Marvel 2099! Then we’ll explore the movie scene by scene, pulling apart all the incredible moments, exploring all the cameos and Easter Eggs, and diving into the comic book history and trivia behind Miles Morales, Gwen Stacy, Spider-Punk Hobbie Brown, The Spot, and the many crazy Spider-Men from across the spider-verse! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

We take you back to Saturday mornings in the 90s with the Marvel Action Hour and Iron Man The Animated Series! Rob and Will explore Marvel’s attempts to become a “mini-Disney” in the Nineties, how they merged with huge toy company ToyBiz, founded an animation studio and how Marvel ended up OWNING TV stations all across America! We’ll also learn that the Nineties were a time when Iron Man wasn’t exciting enough to front a series on his own, so Marvel packed the cartoon with FORCE WORKS, an extreme version of The Avengers that featured Hawkeye, Spider-Woman and Wanda! This clip is taken from our full episode deep-diving into Iron Man The Animated Series https://open.spotify.com/episode/4bW6ujqQPhcfBBpi1XYmi5?si=NlKj7d-lQBGHxQfGHJuUDg For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

As we finish off our look at the amazing X-Men 97 series, we’re re-releasing this episode from January 2021 where we explore how it all began in 1992 with Night Of The Sentinels! Join Rob and Will as they go behind-the-scenes on the making of the ORIGINAL X-Men Animated Series from the 90’s and examine just how wildly popular this cartoon was! Plus we’ll deep-dive into the first 2 episodes of the series “Night Of The Sentinels” as we meet Rogue, Gambit, Cyclops, Beast, Jubilee, Jean Grey and Wolverine for the very first time! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Strap in as we return to the best Marvel project in YEARS and bring you a deep-dive into Episodes 8 to 10 of X-Men 97! Earlier this year we covered the first 4 episodes of X-Men 97 and ever since then we’ve had nothing but requests, pleas and demands for us to cover the rest of the show - so here it is! There’s no behind-the-scenes segment, there’s no behind-the-page segment, this is PURE deep-dive! We’ll bring you our reactions and thoughts on every scene in every episode, pull apart all the cameos and Easter Eggs, and also explore TONS of X-Men comic book history and trivia! In this show we cover the episodes; "Tolerance Is Extinction Part One” "Tolerance Is Extinction Part Two” "Tolerance Is Extinction Part Three” Needless to say this one contains spoilers for X-Men 97, and it’s insane we have to add this disclaimed but apparently we do! For our deep-dive into episodes 1 to 4 go to this episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/5EPpDpX9j6gqm2OFSTfYBK?si=ItEyv6eAShmYXdX9ZRcZqA For the Behind The Scenes segment on the making of X-Men 97 go to this episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/1n1WxaLvjFiIc2zyKQrhU1?si=iOnk6j20Tu6YUat7eAxwhQ For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Strap in as we return to the best Marvel project in YEARS and bring you a deep-dive into Episodes 5 to 7 of X-Men 97! Earlier this year we covered the first 4 episodes of X-Men 97 and ever since then we’ve had nothing but requests, pleas and demands for us to cover the rest of the show - so here it is! There’s no behind-the-scenes segment, there’s no behind-the-page segment, this is PURE deep-dive! We’ll bring you our reactions and thoughts on every scene in every episode, pull apart all the cameos and Easter Eggs, and also explore TONS of X-Men comic book history and trivia! In this show we cover the episodes; "Remember It" "Lifedeath – Part 2" "Bright Eyes" Needless to say this one contains spoilers for X-Men 97, and it’s insane we have to add this disclaimed but apparently we do! For our deep-dive into episodes 1 to 4 go to this episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/5EPpDpX9j6gqm2OFSTfYBK?si=ItEyv6eAShmYXdX9ZRcZqA For the Behind The Scenes segment on the making of X-Men 97 go to this episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/1n1WxaLvjFiIc2zyKQrhU1?si=iOnk6j20Tu6YUat7eAxwhQ For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Hulk Smash Or Hulk Fail? Exploring The Crazy Creation Of Marvel’s Big Green Monster We head back into the archives to discover the creation of the Hulk and how the big green monster was an utter failure for Marvel Comics! This clip is taken from our massive episode called The Incredible Hulk Remastered, where we take a deep-dive into the complete history of Bruce Banner and his alter ego. Join Rob and Will as they explore the creation of Marvel’s jolly green giant and the many problems and failures that led to the Hulk being cancelled! A story about the beginning of The Hulk, and how it nearly all ended in 1962! For the full episode on The Incredible Hulk head to https://open.spotify.com/episode/7dlN8vEdeHNdOkZfBRPK5t For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Join Rob and Will for a deep-dive into Sony’s latest failed attempt at a Marvel Universe - Madame Web! Why is a bit-part character in the life of Spider-Man getting their own movie? Why isn’t this a Spider-Woman film? Just how badly did this movie bomb at the box office? And how many more failed attempts are Sony gonna make at recreating the MCU? We’ll take you behind the scenes on the disastrous production and marketing of Madame Web, and the press tour from hell! We’ll give you our blow-by-blow reaction to everything in the movie, and then explore the comic book history and trivia behind Madame Web, Spider-Woman, Spider-Girl, the Secret Spider Society, and whether Spider-Man has magic powers! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Join Rob and Will for a deep-dive into Sony’s latest failed attempt at a Marvel Universe - Madame Web! Why is a bit-part character in the life of Spider-Man getting their own movie? Why isn’t this a Spider-Woman film? Just how badly did this movie bomb at the box office? And how many more failed attempts are Sony gonna make at recreating the MCU? We’ll take you behind the scenes on the disastrous production and marketing of Madame Web, and the press tour from hell! We’ll give you our blow-by-blow reaction to everything in the movie, and then explore the comic book history and trivia behind Madame Web, Spider-Woman, Spider-Girl, the Secret Spider Society, and whether Spider-Man has magic powers! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] 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 making of Thor: Ragnarok - the movie that reinvented the Thor franchise! After the disappointment of Thor: The Dark World, Marvel Studios hired Taika Waititi to completely change the tone and style of the Thor movies! We’ll explore Chris Hemsworth’s new approach to the character, the process of turning Thor into a comedy lead, the Marvel Comics that influenced the film, and the Odd Couple pairing of Thor and Hulk that made this movie a success!   For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel [email protected] https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk