The Avenging Hour

Apr 06 2025 383 ep. 39 mins 102
The Avenging Hour Podcast artwork

Jason and John look at the Avengers, tracing the evolution of the team from its origins in 1963 up to the present! There will be synopses of issues, details, nit picking, unbridled joy, excessive curmudgeonly complaining and general tomfoolery. Plus, Jason makes fun of the Collector! Find us on Instagram at The Avenging Hour!

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Avengers: The Ultron Imperative (2001) l 363

Apr 06 2025 40 mins  
It's a giant issue with four of the most important Avengers writers to this point and bunches of artists, most of them never having touched the team before!! Oh, and it features Ultron, but not for some time.

Avengers (1998) #45-46 l 362

Mar 30 2025 32 mins  
The Kang War kicks into high gear as we see battles being fought on multiple fronts and a surprising ally (or is he?) shows his face.

Avengers Annual 2001 l 361

Mar 23 2025 33 mins  
Its the 2001 annual and this year we're solving the mystery of just what is going on with Hank Pym! And we've got three Hanks to do it with! Which Hank will control all at the end?

Avengers (1998) #43-44 l 360

Mar 16 2025 33 mins  
Its the end of the Alan Davis run (sniff, sniff) as the Kang plot continues with a threat in Russia and another master villain enters the fray!

Avengers (1998) #41-42 l 359

Mar 09 2025 37 mins  
The Avengers have beaten Diablo, but now they have to face the menace of Kang and the Scarlet Centurion! Kang wants to take over the world, but only for the best of reasons!

Avengers (1998) #39-40 l 358

Mar 02 2025 31 mins  
The Avengers have a big green problem...actually a lot of big green problems when the population of an entire town are turned into Hulks! Who's behind it? Whoever it is, Silverclaw fights them alone!

Avengers (1998) #37-38 l 357

Feb 23 2025 32 mins  
Steve Epting sticks around for one more issue as Kurt Busiek surprises us all in bringing back one of the 90'siest characters to ever 90s, Bloodwraith! And then the next art team of Alan Davis and Mark Farmer arrive to help usher in a new era for the team!

Avengers (1998) #35-36 l 356

Feb 16 2025 36 mins  
After what seems like forever, we're back to the main title, with not nearly as many side trips, since the limited series are going to be pretty...limited for the remainder of this Avengers volume. We start out by checking in on the crew from Avengers: Infinity as they collide with the current Marvel crossover, Maximum Security! And then former Avengers artist Steve Epting returns

Avenging Hour Spotlight 5: Interview with Fabian Nicieza

Feb 09 2025 80 mins  
Woo hoo! This week we are interviewing one of my favorite writers....Fabian Nicieza! We discuss a lot of his early work, which happens to include quite a few Avengers issues, as well as some Thunderbolts and his thoughts on the Avengers in general. He's a super nice man who was so gracious with his time and we hope you all enjoy the conversation

Avengers: Celestial Quest (2001) #7-8 l 355

Feb 02 2025 39 mins  
The end of the miniseries and the end of at least one character in the miniseries! Characters we thought were dead turn out to be alive and other characters who don't die, just fade into oblivion. Was the ending worth everything that led up to it?