Avengers Begins

Pencil Us In

In which we discuss some team that venges or something! Who's ever heard of them?? Marvel's biggest property is our focus for this episode! We're gonna talk about how they came to be and many other stories! This is the big one!
Oddly enough, I wasn't joking in the episode. This one actually came about because we had to switch another topic out. So, our 20th (!) official episode focuses on Earth's Mightiest Heroes! What do you think? How are we doing? Tell us! We has the social media. We has the email. We even accept comments and ratings wherever you download the podcast from! Let's hear from you! (Also, to correct myself from the episode, our first episode was on Harley Quinn, not Jean Grey. Past me is dumb.)
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Phil here: So, you may think that I had to do all sorts of digging to figure out how to talk about the Avengers here. Not true! The most valuable resource for me continues to be the magazines from TwoMorrows publishing! The first thing I do when I think of a topic is I see if they have something to say about it. Not joking! Which specific title and issues did I use?? Well, let's find out!
Alter Ego (TwoMorrows Publishing): 13, 42, 118, 170
Just so's you know, Alter Ego is a pretty darn fantastic source of info about the Gold and Silver Age of American comics. There's even some stuff on international releases on occasion. Roy Thomas (yes, the same one who wrote the Avengers) edits a heck of a magazine!
Also, here's a link to an article by a guy who would know, Mark Evanier, about the origins of the Avengers:
https://www.newsfromme.com/2013/09/15/blind-dates/
Finally, what comics did we read? Well, that's pretty straight-forward!
Avengers vol 1 (Marvel): 1-35