Marvel by the Month

#032: June 1964 - "The Menace of... Mysterio!"

Episode Summary

In this month of Marvel Comics, Spider-Man's roundest-headed villain makes his debut! Plus, Daredevil faces Electro in his second issue, Iron Man rivets himself a new facemask, and Sue Storm finally chooses between Namor and Reed (spoiler: she goes with the guy who hasn't kidnapped her three times).

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 March/April 1964.

Reading list: Journey Into Mystery #105, Amazing Spider-Man #13, Tales to Astonish #56, Fantastic Four #27, Tales of Suspense #54, Daredevil #2, Strange Tales #121, ©1964 Marvel Comics.

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