The Avenging Hour
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!
Episodes
420 episodes
Avengers (1998) #500-501 l 398
Well, we couldn't put it off any longer: this week we start the Bendis run on Avengers! But we needed some help, so we called in special guest Mike from The Nerdcave (TheNerdCaveVi...
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Season 1
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Episode 398
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1:00:30
Avengers/Thunderbolts (2004) #5-6 l 397
Its the end of the Avengers/Thunderbolts crossover but will either team, or the Earth itself, survive it? (Spoiler alert: Yes, the Earth survives.)
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Episode 397
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34:06
Avengers/Thunderbolts (2004) #3-4 l 396
The Avengers/Thunderbolts storyline continues as the Thunderbolts roust the Wizard and Cobalt man joins their ranks! Or does he?
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Episode 396
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35:12
Avengers/Thunderbolts (2004) #1-2 l 395
It's time for a crossover, before the team is destroyed! The Avengers and the Thunderbolts get together to tell a tale about trust and betrayal! We start off with the Avengers inserting one of their own members into the Thunderbolts...
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Episode 395
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37:50
Avenging Hour Spotlight 7: Interview with Kurt Busiek (mostly)
This episode we're doing an interview with Kurt Busiek! He wasn't able to come on the show in person, but he was so kind to answer a ridiculous number of questions and in some detail via email, and so Jason is going to play him, as we dis...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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36:16
Avengers (1998) #83-84 and Invaders 0 with Jason Lady l 394
The Once an Invader story ends, and Jason Lady, author of numerous books for the young (and young at heart) joins us to discuss them. Find out all about Jason Lady's work at Jason R. Lady-...
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Season 1
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Episode 394
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1:09:40
Avengers (1998) #81-82 l 393
The Lionheart of Avalon story ends with a new Captain Britain on the team, and then we begin Austen's second (and last) storyline, which introduces a new Invaders team!
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Episode 393
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53:17
Avengers (1998) #79-80 l 392
The Lionheart of Avalon story continues, as Kelsey Leigh is given the powers of Captain Britain to avenge her death. But there are some unintended consequences for her and what is going on with Thunderball from the Wrecking Crew. &nb...
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Season 1
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Episode 392
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50:35
Avengers (1998) #77-78 l 391
He's here! Chuck Austen comes on as the new writer for a short stint, and he's bringing a whole new Captain Britain with him! The Avengers fight the Wrecking Crew in London and a civilian dies!
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Episode 391
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44:27
Avengers Novel: The Man Who Stole Tomorrow (1979) l 390
It's another Avengers novel, this one written not only be someone who had read Avengers comics but even wrote them! David Michelinie, who wrote some great Avengers comics, gives us a longer and much more interesting novel, that doesn't qu...
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Season 1
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Episode 390
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54:25
Avengers Novel: Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker (1967) l 389
We're doing the first Avengers novel, written by comic veteran Otto Binder...who may be a comics veteran but perhaps had never read an Avengers comic in his life. It is a very weird thing.
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Episode 389
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45:24
FOOM (1973) #6 l 388
We're taking a break from our normally scheduled program to do a special episode focusing on an Avengers focused issue of the 1970's Marvel fab club magazine FOOM! It includes interviews with Avengers characters both fictional and real (J...
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Season 1
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Episode 388
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43:26
Avengers (1998) #75-76 l 387
The end of the Search for She-Hulk and the last Johns issue, where an Avenger dies, in one of the most confusing and confounding deaths in all Avengers lore.
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Season 1
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Episode 387
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46:02
Avengers (1998) #73-74 l 386
We continue The Search for She-Hulk, including the return of Hawkeye to the team, and discuss the decompressed storytelling of this era.
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Episode 386
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30:40
Avengers (1998) #71-72 l 385
We start with a Hank and Jan one off issue, which contained what was, at the time, an incredibly controversial sex scene, and then we begin The Search for She-Hulk, the last of Johns' multi issue storylines!
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Season 1
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Episode 385
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39:54
Avengers (1998) #69-70 l 384
It's the end of the Red Zone, as the team fights the villain behind the entire affair and stop the cloud of death from continuing to spread across the country!
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Season 1
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Episode 384
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37:01
Avengers (1998) #67-68 l 383
Red Zone continues as the Avengers deal with what this deadly virus is, why it was created and who it targeted. We also learn the true identity of Dell Rusk and the She-Hulk goes savage!
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Season 1
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Episode 383
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34:13
Avengers (1998) #65-66 l 382
It's the beginning of Geoff Johns' biggest storyline, The Red Zone! A mysterious cloud of red mist, which kills those it touches, appears in South Dakota, and it is spreading! The Avengers arrive to figure out what the cloud is, whe...
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Season 1
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Episode 382
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34:36
Avengers (1998) #63-64 l 381
This week we get the final part of a three-part storyline that features Captain America, Thor and Iron Man that sees Thor leaving the team for a long time, and then we get a Falcon spotlight and that also gives us a lot of time with Henry Peter...
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Season 1
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Episode 381
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33:10
Avengers (1998) #61-62 l 380
We finally get the official lineup for the team and a new (old) security liaison, and then an issue that focuses on Ant-Man and the Jack of Hearts! Geoff Johns is offering up some great character moments so come along and enjoy!
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Season 1
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Episode 380
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42:13
Avengers (1998) #59-60 l 379
We finish the World Trust storyline, as the team takes on Scorpio, and rescues the In-Betweener! And Thor is back!
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Season 1
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Episode 379
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40:18
Avengers (1998) #57-58 l 378
Now we welcome Geoff Johns to the regular title, as he begins his run with a story featuring a brand new Scorpio! Cities disappear, long gone Avengers return to the team and Johns writes a great Namor!
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Season 1
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Episode 378
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35:47
Avengers Icons: The Vision (2002): #1-4 l 377
We welcome Geoff Johns to the Marvel Universe with this tangentially related (but Avengers branded) four issue series about the Vision! He gets his mind wiped by a new villain from World War II and has to seek our Phineas Horton's descend...
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Episode 377
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39:52
The Ultimates (2002) #10-13 l 376
Its the end of the first Ultimates miniseries...but is it also the end of the Ultimates (the use of the word 'first' is probably a clue)? The team goes up against Nazi aliens, who are Skrulls but with the serial numbers filed off, and it ...
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Season 1
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Episode 376
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38:26