Marvel by the Month

#013: March 1963 (w/Jamie Lewis) - "Iron Man Is Born!"

Episode Summary

HUGE EPISODE! Iron Man emerges from the jungles of Southeast Asia! J. Jonah Jameson introduces Fake News to the Marvel Universe! The Hulk and the Thing throw down for the first time (but definitely not the last)! And the Human Torch finally stops pretending that he has a secret identity! Jamie Lewis, frontman for HELL PRIEST and Made In Iron, helps us break it all down for you, True Believers!

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 December 1962/January 1963.

Reading List: Amazing Spider-Man #1, Fantastic Four #12, Tales of Suspense #39, Incredible Hulk #6, Strange Tales #106, Tales to Astonish #41, Journey Into Mystery #90, ©1963 Marvel Comics.

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