Marvel by the Month

#041: February 1965 - "The Origin of the Mandarin"

Episode Summary

Love is in the air in this month of Marvel Comics! Reed Richards and Sue Storm finally get engaged! Dorrie Evans considers trading up from Johnny Storm to Peter Parker! Mandarin tells the story of how he put a ring (or ten) on it! And then Giant-Man ruins it all by treating the Wasp like dirt, because he's a garbage person.

Episode Notes

Note: We started out by titling these episodes with the cover date (the date that's printed on the cover), but we switched to their newsstand dates (the dates they went on sale) around episode #50. The newsstand date for this episode is November/December 1964.

Reading List: Fantastic Four #35, Sgt. Fury #15, Amazing Spider-Man #21, Avengers #13, Daredevil #6, Tales to Astonish #64, Journey Into Mystery #113, Tales of Suspense #62, Strange Tales #129, ©1965 Marvel Comics.

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