Marvel Versus Marvel

The untold Marvel story behind Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1982 Conan The Barbarian movie! We’ll explore the tragic life of Robert E Howard, the creation of the Sword & Sorcery genre, and how Conan The Cimmerian came to be! We'll take you behind-the-page on how Marvel Comics got hold of Conan and how he became one of the BIGGEST comic book success stories of the Seventies, and one of Marvel’s most popular characters! Plus, we'll go behind-the-scenes on the making of the 1982 movie, to examine all the influence Marvel Comics had on the film, and find out what it takes to bri...

The untold Marvel story behind Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1982 Conan The Barbarian movie! We’ll explore the tragic life of Robert E Howard, the creation of the Sword & Sorcery genre, and how Conan The Cimmerian came to be! We'll take you behind-the-page on how Marvel Comics got hold of Conan and how he became one of the BIGGEST comic book success stories of the Seventies, and one of Marvel’s most popular characters! Plus, we'll go behind-the-scenes on the making of the 1982 movie, to examine all the influence Marvel Comics had on the film, and find out what it takes to bri...

The 90's were a bad decade for Marvel's Mutants, and it took some seismic changes and bold creative risks to save the franchise, the biggest being the 2001 reboot of the franchise - Ultimate X-Men! Marvel Comics hit the reset button and created a brand new imagining of Xavier, Magneto, Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean Grey, and the rest of the X-Men’s huge cast of characters. Mark Millar and Andy Kubert re-imagined Marvel’s mutants and positioned them in the middle of a world in the shadow of the 9/11 attacks and waging a war that violated a lot of personal rights. Soci...

Sam Raimi is back and it's the 6th MVM Anniversary so we’re bringing you damn-near 6 hours of Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on how all the plans for this MCU sequel changed radically, why the original director and writer left the project, how Sam Raimi returned to direct his first movie in a decade and why he came back to the Marvel Universe after FIFTEEN YEARS! We’ll dig into the 33 rapid re-writes of the script, the conflicts and synergy between the movie and WandaVision, and how the MCU brought together The Il...

Sam Raimi is back and it's the 6th MVM Anniversary so we’re bringing you damn-near 6 hours of Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on how all the plans for this MCU sequel changed radically, why the original director and writer left the project, how Sam Raimi returned to direct his first movie in a decade and why he came back to the Marvel Universe after FIFTEEN YEARS! We’ll dig into the 33 rapid re-writes of the script, the conflicts and synergy between the movie and WandaVision, and how the MCU brought together The Il...

To celebrate our 6th Anniversary we’re taking a special look at one of the most absurd Marvel Comics of all time featuring The Avengers and Dr Doom! Since Avengers Doomsday is happening in a few months we went back to 1968 to explore the very first time Dr Doom faced down The Avengers!

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It’s 1978 and in The New Fantastic Four cartoon Johnny Storm has been replaced by an RDD2 knockoff - was the Human Torch too dangerous for TV? Were children really at risk of setting themselves on fire? We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the DISASTROUS making of this infamous Seventies cartoon and everything that went wrong, including TWO legal battles over the right to Marvel’s characters! We’ll also take you behind-the-page on the Fantastic Four in the Seventies to look at the seismic split between Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, the split between Sue Storm and Reed Richards...

It’s 1978 and in The New Fantastic Four cartoon Johnny Storm has been replaced by an RDD2 knockoff - was the Human Torch too dangerous for TV? Were children really at risk of setting themselves on fire? We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the DISASTROUS making of this infamous Seventies cartoon and everything that went wrong, including TWO legal battles over the right to Marvel’s characters! We’ll also take you behind-the-page on the Fantastic Four in the Seventies to look at the seismic split between Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, the split between Sue Storm and Reed Richards...

This week we head back into the MVM Archives to bring you the story of the making of Marvel’s first ever X-Men movie - Generation X! Before Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart reinvented the superhero movie in the year 2000, Marvel teamed up with the Fox Network to make this low budget 1996 TV movie. Jubilee, Emma Frost, Banshee, and a whole host of young X-Men characters were brought to live-action for the very first time, but with a budget so low the action and special effects became painful to watch.

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To celebrate the 85th Anniversary of Captain America, we’re exploring Cap’s 1979 TV movie, and Marvel’s 70s Cinematic Universe! We’ll dig into the deal between Marvel Comics, Universal Television, and CBS that brought us TV movies and TV shows starring The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Dr Strange, and Captain America! We'll get into how the deal began and how it all fell apart, how the Captain America TV movie was made, why Reb Brown was cast as Steve Rogers, and how the film nearly ended the career of the director before it had ever begun! We'll al...

To celebrate the 85th Anniversary of Captain America, we’re exploring Cap’s 1979 TV movie, and Marvel’s 70s Cinematic Universe! We’ll dig into the deal between Marvel Comics, Universal Television, and CBS that brought us TV movies and TV shows starring The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Dr Strange, and Captain America! We'll get into how the deal began and how it all fell apart, how the Captain America TV movie was made, why Reb Brown was cast as Steve Rogers, and how the film nearly ended the career of the director before it had ever begun! We'll al...

This week we head into the MVM archives to take you behind the scenes on the making of Wolverine’s last stand in the 2017 Logan movie! We’ll take you through all the Box Office numbers for every movie Wolverine has fronted, and then explore James Mangold’s process for creating one of the best Marvel movies of all time! We’ll look into Mangold’s influences, from classic Westerns like “Shane” to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy. We’ll explore Hugh Jackman’s decision to never play Wolverine ever again … and why that didn’t last long. We’ll also find out how...

ct the terrible wigs, the special effects, the script, the acting, and everything else! We'll get to the bottom of what this show did right and what it did so terribly wrong! Plus we'll bring you TONS of Marvel history and trivia on Black Bolt, Medusa, Maximus, the Terrigen Mists, the city of Attilan, and the secret history of every single Marvel superhero!

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ct the terrible wigs, the special effects, the script, the acting, and everything else! We'll get to the bottom of what this show did right and what it did so terribly wrong! Plus we'll bring you TONS of Marvel history and trivia on Black Bolt, Medusa, Maximus, the Terrigen Mists, the city of Attilan, and the secret history of every single Marvel superhero!

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This week we head into the MVM Archives to find out what happened to Edgar Wright's Ant-Man movie? The acclaimed "Shaun Of The Dead" writer/director was attached to the Marvel project for 8 years, and was the entire reason Paul Rudd was cast as the superhero. So what was Edgar's vision for Ant-Man, and why did it never happen?

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This week we take you for a wild ride uncovering the forgotten Marvel TV show from 1997 - Nightman! A jazz playing superhero that Marvel absorbed into the Marvel Universe when they purchased their rivals, Malibu Comics! We’ll explore the history of Malibu Comics and the creation of “The Ultraverse”. We’ll dig into the relationship between Marvel and famed TV producer Glen A. Larson, the man behind hits like Knight Rider, Buck Rogers, and Magnum PI! Then we’ll pull apart this low budget action-adventure TV show scene-by-scene to break down all of its bad acting, terrible special effects, a...

This week we take you for a wild ride uncovering the forgotten Marvel TV show from 1997 - Nightman! A jazz playing superhero that Marvel absorbed into the Marvel Universe when they purchased their rivals, Malibu Comics! We’ll explore the history of Malibu Comics and the creation of “The Ultraverse”. We’ll dig into the relationship between Marvel and famed TV producer Glen A. Larson, the man behind hits like Knight Rider, Buck Rogers, and Magnum PI! Then we’ll pull apart this low budget action-adventure TV show scene-by-scene to break down all of its bad acting, terrible special effects, a...

This week we head into the archives to deep-dive into the making of Marvel’s first billion dollar movie - The Avengers! We’ll explore the 4 year process that started with Iron Man in 2008, from the script changes, the casting problems, the Avengers characters that were cut out, Ed Norton’s feud with Marvel Studios, the huge marketing campaign to promote the film, the official Avengers PERFUMES that was created, and the full Box Office breakdown!

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Rob and Will take a deep-dive into what is easily the worst X-Men movie ever made, the 2019 Dark Phoenix! The 19 year Fox X-Men saga comes to a sad end as we explore the disastrous production process of this movie - from the plans to the executions, from the disagreements with the studio, to the painful test screenings, the re-writes and the re-shoots, all through to the god-awful reviews! We'll also go behind-the-page on the history of the Dark Phoenix comics, and what makes it the greatest Marvel story of all time! Then we take a deep-dive into the Dark...

Rob and Will take a deep-dive into what is easily the worst X-Men movie ever made, the 2019 Dark Phoenix! The 19 year Fox X-Men saga comes to a sad end as we explore the disastrous production process of this movie - from the plans to the executions, from the disagreements with the studio, to the painful test screenings, the re-writes and the re-shoots, all through to the god-awful reviews! We'll also go behind-the-page on the history of the Dark Phoenix comics, and what makes it the greatest Marvel story of all time! Then we take a deep-dive into the Dark...

This week we head back into the archives to dig into the history of the comic book superteam and find out how the Avengers were created! From DC Comics putting together The Flash, Green Lantern, and their other heroes and creating the Justice Society Of America, to Marvel borrowing the concept and creating Captain America’s All Winners Squad during World War II. We’ll chart the debut of the Justice League and the Fantastic Four, the rise of Marvel Comics, and how that all led to the creation of The Avengers!

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Strap in for a mega episode as Rob and Will deep-dive into the 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home! It’s the biggest Marvel movie since Avengers Endgame, so we leave no stone unturned in this huge episode! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the divorce between Marvel & Sony and how they got back into bed, and what it took to unite 3 generations of Spider-Men and their villains! We’ll take you behind the page on ONE MORE DAY the comic book story that inspired this movie and has become the most controversial and hated...

Strap in for a mega episode as Rob and Will deep-dive into the 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home! It’s the biggest Marvel movie since Avengers Endgame, so we leave no stone unturned in this huge episode! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the divorce between Marvel & Sony and how they got back into bed, and what it took to unite 3 generations of Spider-Men and their villains! We’ll take you behind the page on ONE MORE DAY the comic book story that inspired this movie and has become the most controversial and hated...

This week we head back to 2005 to go behind the scenes on the Elektra movie, and find out how it became the WORST Fox Marvel offering! We’ll explore the terrible box office performance, the terrible movie reviews, the major stars who didn’t want to make the movie at all, the Daredevil appearance that was CUT from the movie(!), and we’ll debate whether this movie deserves the 11% it has on Rotten Tomatoes!

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Kicking off 2026 with a truly epic edition of MVM - a special look at how Star Wars, the movie that saved Marvel Comics! We bring you the incredible Hollywood story of how George Lucas and his team poured blood, sweat, and tears into making the first sci-fi blockbuster, and how it changed cinema forever! Then we'll take you behind-the-page to look at the close relationship between George Lucas and comic books, the financial quicksand Marvel Comics was drowning in in the Seventies, how Marvel became the very first people to ever tell the Star Wars story, and how Star...

Kicking off 2026 with a truly epic edition of MVM - a special look at how Star Wars, the movie that saved Marvel Comics! We bring you the incredible Hollywood story of how George Lucas and his team poured blood, sweat, and tears into making the first sci-fi blockbuster, and how it changed cinema forever! Then we'll take you behind-the-page to look at the close relationship between George Lucas and comic books, the financial quicksand Marvel Comics was drowning in in the Seventies, how Marvel became the very first people to ever tell the Star Wars story, and how Star...

This week we head back to a time before Marvel Comics, before Superman and Batman, to a world before superheroes, and bring you a history of The Shadow! Before Superman exploded onto the pages of Action Comics, the world of action-adventure was a very different place, full of detectives, gangsters, Science Fiction and the supernatural - the world of Pulp Fiction! In a world of Tarzan, Zorro and Conan The Barbarian, The Shadow emerged completely by accident and ended up becoming the world’s first superhero! We’ll track the tale from pulp magazines to radio adventures to cliffhanger movi...

Batman Returns is the movie that nearly SUNK superhero cinema, so this Christmas season we're heading back to 1992 for another DC Edition. A crucial moment that effected both DC and Marvel movies in the years and decades to come! The first Batman movie was a smash-hit success both on and off the screens, but things were very different in 1992 with the sequel! In part one we'll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the movie, the inflating budget, why this movie became highly controversial, the backlash and BOYCOTTS from parents and teacher groups, and how the controversy damaged box...

Batman Returns is the movie that nearly SUNK superhero cinema, so this Christmas season we're heading back to 1992 for another DC Edition. A crucial moment that effected both DC and Marvel movies in the years and decades to come! The first Batman movie was a smash-hit success both on and off the screens, but things were very different in 1992 with the sequel! In part one we'll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the movie, the inflating budget, why this movie became highly controversial, the backlash and BOYCOTTS from parents and teacher groups, and how the controversy damaged box...

This week we head back into the archives to look at a Marvel Movie That Never Happened - Gambit! Made famous by the Deadpool & Wolverine movie, the Gambit movie spent over 10 years in development! We’ll take a look at all the actors that were considered for the role, and how Channing Tatum became the frontrunner, the different directors and producers involved, all the attempts to get the Gambit movie made, and what went wrong!

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Join us for a deep-dive into Marvel’s ORIGINAL Iron Man movie, the 2007 animated feature film “Invincible Iron Man”! The year before the MCU began, the year before Robert Downey Jr, Jon Favreau, and Kevin Feige brought Tony Stark to the big screen, Marvel partnered up with Lionsgate to create the first and original Iron Man movie - a feature length animated film on DVD. We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the Marvel / Lionsgate deal, the talent of the writers and animators involved, the different animation styles, and everything it took to make this movie. We'll also go behind-the-page on Iron...

Join us for a deep-dive into Marvel’s ORIGINAL Iron Man movie, the 2007 animated feature film “Invincible Iron Man”! The year before the MCU began, the year before Robert Downey Jr, Jon Favreau, and Kevin Feige brought Tony Stark to the big screen, Marvel partnered up with Lionsgate to create the first and original Iron Man movie - a feature length animated film on DVD. We’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the Marvel / Lionsgate deal, the talent of the writers and animators involved, the different animation styles, and everything it took to make this movie. We'll also go behind-the-page on Iron...

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, the financial problems that hit the studio, and why it never reached cinema screens in America! Why did this movie sit on a shelf fo...

To tell the full story of Marvel, this week we head back to 1996 to take a deep-dive into the world’s first superhero - The Phantom! In this episode we’ll take you behind-the-page to a time before Superman, before Batman, to discover the CREATION OF THE SUPERHERO! We’ll explore the creation of the first ever superhero costume, the invention of the first ever superhero mask, and how these designs influenced every single superhero that followed, and all the elements that were heavily ripped off by Batman a few years later! We’ll also take you behind-the-scenes on the 1996...

To tell the full story of Marvel, this week we head back to 1996 to take a deep-dive into the world’s first superhero - The Phantom! In this episode we’ll take you behind-the-page to a time before Superman, before Batman, to discover the CREATION OF THE SUPERHERO! We’ll explore the creation of the first ever superhero costume, the invention of the first ever superhero mask, and how these designs influenced every single superhero that followed, and all the elements that were heavily ripped off by Batman a few years later! We’ll also take you behind-the-scenes on the 1996...

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...

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 di...

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 di...

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!

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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 D...