SUCH A BIG MAN! WHY DON’T YOU GO GET A PACK OF GUM - I’LL SHOW YOU HOW TO CHEW IT. Big Man is long-dead(ish) Spider-Man villain that in some ways served as a terrible bodyguard for J. Jonah Jameson, seeing that the Big Man is dead and all. But he did

Not sure if you knew this but as of 1986-ish, Mysterio was in jail like FIVE TIMES and somehow keeps walking the streets. In this ep, we learn about his humble beginnings as a stuntman that just wanted to kill a superhero to his storied career of crime, t

As it turns out, despite the contrary that I express in this episode, “Lemuel” is a somewhat common name, especially amongst doctors. That’s one thing this Namor villain had going for him before he died (but he got better because of starfish). But our man

Is it Jean Grey? Is it Rachel Summers? IS IT BOTH? Join us for deep dive into the Phoenix and the human meat sacks its possessed over the years. We finally get closure about Rachel’s facial scars plus we find a way to correlate the Phoenix Force to frater

Join Shawn for a new ROHOTMU as we learn about one of the Elders of the Universe — The Contemplator! If we’re being perfectly honest here, there’s not much to go on in this entry as this dude is just content to sit around and, well, contemplate. He is lyi

Our stuff is all apart on our end so its another ROHOTMU this week and probably for a few weeks. Hope you guys are digging these. This time around, we catch up with Marvel’s most famous dead uncle, Ben Parker, as we find out the convoluted reason why

ROHOTMU makes an unexpected return this week as we embrace the hirsute greatness that is Jack Russell aka Werewolf By Night. Let’s go on a journey and learn about his affiliation to a Henry Winkler movie, cultists after his blood and Werewolf’s standing a

Superman #282 (1974) In this predictably insane Bronze Age tale, Superman gets young via a Lex Luthor ray and starts doing improv with Perry White. He then goes on an acid trip and imagines Lex Luger’s face in the sky challenging him to a fight. In th

ROHOTMU stands for Random Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. This will be an occasional entry into our podcast lore where I (Shawn) open up to a random page of said OHOTMU and discuss the character that I see. Maybe its someone cool, maybe it’s som

Phantom Stranger [Vol 2] #37 (1975) A hapless cabbie is forced by an escaping crook to run over Phantom Stranger and his skinny legs. When that goes awry, the poor lady gets shot, forcing her loud husband to take an unethical gig faking a sarcophagus.