This week we head back into the archives to bring you the story behind X-Men: Days Of Future Past to find out why it’s the darkest Marvel stories of all time! We’ll take you behind the page on the Golden Age of the X-Men and the incredibly creative partnership between Chris Claremont and John Byrne! We’ll explore how killing off famous characters changed the X-Men, Marvel Comics, and the entire comic book industry itself! And we’ll take a look at the history of dystopian futures, and just how innovative and influential Days Of Future Past ended up being to the sci-fi culture of the 1980s! This clip is taken from our massive episode exploring the animated adaptation of “Days Of Future Past” which you can listen to, in full, below. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6OPnR2S5VTsSlWvtFJYQXX?si=cf81a04d19a84b72https://open.spotify.com/episode/6rZmS5bqesKosQu1Fd0h1F?si=2T1SmmffRduXfbSf6wJCGQ For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

This week we take a deep-dive into the 2021 MCU movie Eternals, and put in the work of res-assessing Marvel’s BIGGEST failure! A failure at the box office, a failure with movie critics, but does Eternals deserve its bad reputation? We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of one of the most divisive Marvel Movie, and film that critics did not like! We’ll investigate the box-office takings to find out what went wrong! Plus we’re gonna take you behind the page on the creation of The Eternals themselves and their origins, and then we’ll deep dive the movie scene by scene to bring you TONS of Marvel history and trivia about the Eternals, the Celestials, the origins of earth itself, The Black Knight, Pip The Troll, Starfox, Thanos, and so much more! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

This week we take a deep-dive into the 2021 MCU movie Eternals, and put in the work of res-assessing Marvel’s BIGGEST failure! A failure at the box office, a failure with movie critics, but does Eternals deserve its bad reputation? We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of one of the most divisive Marvel Movie, and film that critics did not like! We’ll investigate the box-office takings to find out what went wrong! Plus we’re gonna take you behind the page on the creation of The Eternals themselves and their origins, and then we’ll deep dive the movie scene by scene to bring you TONS of Marvel history and trivia about the Eternals, the Celestials, the origins of earth itself, The Black Knight, Pip The Troll, Starfox, Thanos, and so much more! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head back into the archives to explore the behind-the-scenes story of Captain America: The First Avenger. We’ll explore the unique investment deal that allowed Marvel Studios to launch the MCU, Jon Favreau’s original pitch to make Captain America a COMEDY MOVIE(!), the list of actors who were nearly cast in the title role, Joss Whedon's involvement in the movie, the ties to the imminent Avengers film, the special effects used for Cap’s body transformation, and tons more! This clip is taken from our massive episode covering the entire movie “Captain America: First Avenger - Remastered” For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

This week we dive into a special Marvel Halloween movie from 2016 - Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell! We’ll explore how Marvel and Disney made this Halloween monster movie, the amazing Marvel talents involved in the production, and we’ll explore whether the Hulk is the most BANKABLE star of the home video market! We’ll take you into the history of Marvel Monsters, from horror comics of the 50’s, to the monsters of Atlas Comics, the proto-Marvel Age, through to the Bronze Age revival of the undead! Plus, we’ll take a deep-dive into the movie itself, HULK: WHERE MONSTERS DWELL, we’ll pull it apart scene-by-scene and give you TONS of history and trivia about Marvel zombies, vampires, and werewolves, SHIELD’s history with the supernatural, the omnipotent being that is Nightmare, what happens when the Hulk loses his mind, and the many magnificent Marvel monsters in this movie! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

This week we dive into a special Marvel Halloween movie from 2016 - Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell! We’ll explore how Marvel and Disney made this Halloween monster movie, the amazing Marvel talents involved in the production, and we’ll explore whether the Hulk is the most BANKABLE star of the home video market! We’ll take you into the history of Marvel Monsters, from horror comics of the 50’s, to the monsters of Atlas Comics, the proto-Marvel Age, through to the Bronze Age revival of the undead! Plus, we’ll take a deep-dive into the movie itself, HULK: WHERE MONSTERS DWELL, we’ll pull it apart scene-by-scene and give you TONS of history and trivia about Marvel zombies, vampires, and werewolves, SHIELD’s history with the supernatural, the omnipotent being that is Nightmare, what happens when the Hulk loses his mind, and the many magnificent Marvel monsters in this movie! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

We’re celebrating Halloween with a re-release of our deep-dive into 2005’s Man-Thing! We’ll bring you the comprehensive guide to the ONLY horror Movie Marvel ever made! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of a movie SO BAD the production company didn’t want to release it! We’ll take you behind the page on the Bronze Age of Marvel Comics, the strange tale of Man-Thing’s creation, and the true connection between Marvel’s Man-Thing and DC’s Swamp-Thing! Then we’ll deep-dive into this truly terrible horror movie and bring you Marvel history and trivia on witchcraft, demon-worship, werewolves, talking ducks, and the Super Soldier Serum! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

After a long journey on MVM covering Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, we finally arrive at The Defenders! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the Marvel / Netflix TV deal, the making of The Defenders show, and find out whether or not it was a hit! Then we’ll take you behind the page on the team-that’s-not-a-team, from its crazy sci-fi 70’s origins with Dr Strange, Prince Namor, and the Hulk, and how they're connected to Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Elektra! We’ll take a deep-dive into the first two episodes of The Defenders, and pull them apart scene-by-scene in the way that only MVM can! We'll explore whether Daredevil and Luke Cage count as "official" members of the original Defenders, we'll find out about the supporting cast member of this TV show that definitely IS a member of the original Defenders, we'll dig into the tragic story of Elektra's resurrection, the deadly leaders of The Hand, and what happened the first time Luke Cage met Iron Fist! The two episodes we deep-dive for the podcast are:Episode 1 - The H WordEpisode 2 - Mean Right Hook For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

After a long journey on MVM covering Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, we finally arrive at The Defenders! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the Marvel / Netflix TV deal, the making of The Defenders show, and find out whether or not it was a hit! Then we’ll take you behind the page on the team-that’s-not-a-team, from its crazy sci-fi 70’s origins with Dr Strange, Prince Namor, and the Hulk, and how they're connected to Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and Elektra! We’ll take a deep-dive into the first two episodes of The Defenders, and pull them apart scene-by-scene in the way that only MVM can! We'll explore whether Daredevil and Luke Cage count as "official" members of the original Defenders, we'll find out about the supporting cast member of this TV show that definitely IS a member of the original Defenders, we'll dig into the tragic story of Elektra's resurrection, the deadly leaders of The Hand, and what happened the first time Luke Cage met Iron Fist! The two episodes we deep-dive for the podcast are:Episode 1 - The H WordEpisode 2 - Mean Right Hook For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

An MVM Bonus Episode Special Release for Spooktober, bringing you a deep-dive into Marvel Zombies and the comic books that inspired the animated series! In this episode we’ll take you behind the page on The Great Zombie Revival, from Resident Evil to 28 Days Later, to The Walking Dead - and how that influenced Marvel Comics and the Fantastic Four! We’ll bring you the history of the Marvel Zombies and the bizarre universe where every great superhero and superhero is battling against a plague of zombies, one infection at a time! We’ll take you to a world where Spider-Man, Wolverine, Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, and the X-Men have all been transformed into brain-eating zombies! What happens when zombies have all the super-powers of the Avengers and X-Men? Is there any super science that can save the world? Every month on Patreon we release Bonus Episode Deep Dives just like this. For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

This week we dive into the 2012 animated series Ultimate Spider-Man and try to work out if this is the funniest Marvel show of all time! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the creation of Marvel Television, the cancellation of the popular Spectacular Spider-Man show, and how Disney buying Marvel changed ALL their TV shows! We’ll also explore the absolute dream team of comic book writers and animators that came together to create Ultimate Spider-Man! We’ll take you behind-the-page on the Ultimate Spider-Man comic books, how they helped to save Marvel at a VITAL moment in its history, and how they changed comic books FOREVER! Then we’ll deep-dive into 4 episodes of the animated series, pull them apart scene-by-scene and bring you Marvel history and trivia on the Frightful Four, Paste Pot Pete, the Living Laser, Nova, the White Tiger, Tony Stark and the Iron Spider, and so much more! The 4 episodes covered in the deep-dive are;Episode 1: Great PowerEpisode 2: Great ResponsibilityEpisode 5: Flight of the Iron SpiderEpisode 10: Freaky For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

This week we dive into the 2012 animated series Ultimate Spider-Man and try to work out if this is the funniest Marvel show of all time! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the creation of Marvel Television, the cancellation of the popular Spectacular Spider-Man show, and how Disney buying Marvel changed ALL their TV shows! We’ll also explore the absolute dream team of comic book writers and animators that came together to create Ultimate Spider-Man! We’ll take you behind-the-page on the Ultimate Spider-Man comic books, how they helped to save Marvel at a VITAL moment in its history, and how they changed comic books FOREVER! Then we’ll deep-dive into 4 episodes of the animated series, pull them apart scene-by-scene and bring you Marvel history and trivia on the Frightful Four, Paste Pot Pete, the Living Laser, Nova, the White Tiger, Tony Stark and the Iron Spider, and so much more! The 4 episodes covered in the deep-dive are;Episode 1: Great PowerEpisode 2: Great ResponsibilityEpisode 5: Flight of the Iron SpiderEpisode 10: Freaky For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head back into the MVM archives to take you behind the scenes on the making of the 2011 Thor movie! We’ll explore the failed attempts to make a Thor movie in the 90’s and 2000’s - from Sam Raimi, to Matthew Vaughan, to Guillermo del Toro! We’ll dive into Kenneth Branagh’s long fandom with Marvel Comics and the stories of Thor, and the big conflicts he had with Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios! We’ll take you inside the casting of the movie, the big name stars who nearly wielded the hammer, how Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston got their roles, and the disdain that Anthony Hopkins has for this movie! We also dig-in to just how important this movie was to the success of Marvel Studios - after the failure of Incredible Hulk, Marvel badly needed Thor to be a hit! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

This week MVM takes a deep-dive into X-Men: Evolution from the year 2000! It was huge for Marvel, not only did the X-Men movie hit screens and change the game for superhero cinema, but a brand new X-Men animated series debuted on Kids' WB and transformed a whole generation of kids into X-Men fans! It was a show full of changes to Marvel’s mutants, from a goth version of Rogue, to Wolverine becoming a teacher, and the X-Men attending a regular high school! This series also introduced original X-Men characters like Storm’s nephew Spyke, and Wolverine’s clone X-23 aka Laura! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of X-Men Evolution, and what it took to become the successor to X-Men The Animated Series! We’ll dive into the creation, the network constrictions, the merchandise tie-ins and everything else! Then we’ll take you behind the page on the X-Men in the 90’s and the COLLAPSE of the greatest franchise in the history of American comic books! We’ll put the spotlight on a truly dire decade for the mutants, how it got so bad, and what it took to save the X-Men! Plus we’ll take a deep-dive into 4 episodes of X-Men Evolution, pull them apart scene-by-scene and bring you tons of Marvel history and trivia about Magneto, Nightcrawler, Havok, Spyke, and so much more! Featured episodes;Episode 1: Strategy XEpisode 5: Speed & SpykeEpisode 12: The Cauldron - Part 1Episode 13: The Cauldron - Part 2 For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

This week MVM takes a deep-dive into X-Men: Evolution from the year 2000! It was huge for Marvel, not only did the X-Men movie hit screens and change the game for superhero cinema, but a brand new X-Men animated series debuted on Kids' WB and transformed a whole generation of kids into X-Men fans! It was a show full of changes to Marvel’s mutants, from a goth version of Rogue, to Wolverine becoming a teacher, and the X-Men attending a regular high school! This series also introduced original X-Men characters like Storm’s nephew Spyke, and Wolverine’s clone X-23 aka Laura! We’ll take you behind the scenes on the making of X-Men Evolution, and what it took to become the successor to X-Men The Animated Series! We’ll dive into the creation, the network constrictions, the merchandise tie-ins and everything else! Then we’ll take you behind the page on the X-Men in the 90’s and the COLLAPSE of the greatest franchise in the history of American comic books! We’ll put the spotlight on a truly dire decade for the mutants, how it got so bad, and what it took to save the X-Men! Plus we’ll take a deep-dive into 4 episodes of X-Men Evolution, pull them apart scene-by-scene and bring you tons of Marvel history and trivia about Magneto, Nightcrawler, Havok, Spyke, and so much more! Featured episodes;Episode 1: Strategy XEpisode 5: Speed & SpykeEpisode 12: The Cauldron - Part 1Episode 13: The Cauldron - Part 2 For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

Jessica Jones is easily the darkest and edgiest Marvel project of all time! This week we head into the archives to go behind-the-scenes on the making of Jessica Jones to expose all of the secrets! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

It’s time for one last dance with Eddie Brock and his alien Symbiote as MVM explore Venom: The Last Dance! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the third and final Venom movie, we’ll uncover how Spider-Man was nearly included in this movie, why nothing came of Venom’s MCU crossover in No Way Home, we’ll get to the bottom of why Michelle Williams is suddenly missing from this sequel, and we’ll examine why the Venom movies were a success when the rest of the Sony Spider-Man Cinematic Universe failed so miserably! Then we’ll take you behind-the-page to look at what happened to Venom when he stopped being popular in the comic books, and the numerous times Marvel changed the character to desperately try to save the money-making concept of Venom! Plus, we’ll deep-dive the entire movie scene-by-scene to bring you the history of Knull, everything you need to know about The King In Black and his battles with Thor, Marvel’s secret Symbiote Super Soldiers, WHY Venom wants to eat brains, and what happens when there’s TOO! MANY! SYMBIOTES! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

It’s time for one last dance with Eddie Brock and his alien Symbiote as MVM explore Venom: The Last Dance! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the third and final Venom movie, we’ll uncover how Spider-Man was nearly included in this movie, why nothing came of Venom’s MCU crossover in No Way Home, we’ll get to the bottom of why Michelle Williams is suddenly missing from this sequel, and we’ll examine why the Venom movies were a success when the rest of the Sony Spider-Man Cinematic Universe failed so miserably! Then we’ll take you behind-the-page to look at what happened to Venom when he stopped being popular in the comic books, and the numerous times Marvel changed the character to desperately try to save the money-making concept of Venom! Plus, we’ll deep-dive the entire movie scene-by-scene to bring you the history of Knull, everything you need to know about The King In Black and his battles with Thor, Marvel’s secret Symbiote Super Soldiers, WHY Venom wants to eat brains, and what happens when there’s TOO! MANY! SYMBIOTES! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head back into the MVM archives to explore the production history of Captain Marvel and get to the bottom of why this is the most hated MCU movie ever made! We’ll go behind-the-scenes on the making the first female-led MCU movie, how it changed the game for women in superhero cinema, the 90’s setting, the billion-dollar box office success, and the shameful 4chan and Reddit organised “review bombing” that tried to damage the movie and Brie Larson’s career! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk

MVM returns to the MCU to bring you the DEFINITIVE deep-dive into Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the plans to include Shang-Chi in the original Avengers movie, how Marvel Studios had to radically change the racist history of the Shang-Chi character, how Simu Liu’s controversial comments about China cost the movie MILLIONS at the box office, and how the Communist Party of China reacted to the MCU’s first Chinese superhero! Then we’ll take you behind-the-page to explore the convoluted origins of Shang-Chi, the racism built in to every issue, the legal issues with one of the most famous literary and movie characters of all time, and why Marvel had to BURY the character for decades! Plus we’ll deep-dive the movie scene-by-scene to bring you tons of Marvel comic book history and trivia! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.comhttps://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvelhttps://twitter.com/marvelversushttps://twitter.com/robhaldenhttps://robhalden.comhttps://will-preston.co.uk