The Avenging Hour

Mar 09 2025 379 ep. 39 mins 102
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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 (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?

Avengers: Celestial Quest (2001) #5-6 l 354

Jan 26 2025 30 mins  
It's random Eternals! It's the plant Swordsman! It's the living (?) embodiment of Death! Face it True Believer: this miniseries has it all!

Avengers: Celestial Quest (2001) #3-4 l 353

Jan 19 2025 36 mins  
We're back for more of the Celestial Quest, as things get even weirder and we wonder....is that the real Thanos?

Avengers: Celestial Quest (2001) #1-2 l 352

Jan 12 2025 35 mins  
It begins here! The eight issue Celestial Quest miniseries from epic Avengers scribe Steve Englehart, which surprisingly, features Mantis (who'd thunk it?)! If you listened to our interview with Tom Brevoort, you already know how we feel about it, but why not find out in detail?

Avenging Hour Spotlight 4: Interview with Tom Brevoort Part 2

Jan 05 2025 71 mins  
We finish off our discussion with Tim Brevoort, getting more into Volume 3 of the Avengers and all of the miniseries that from early in that run that we've discussed on the show! As I said last week, Tom Brevoort is a prince of a man, generous with his time and his intimate knowledge of Marvel Comics. We can't thank him enough and we encourage everyone to check out any title he mig