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#043: March 1965 (w/Noah Campbell) - "The Frightful Four!"

Episode Summary

New characters! New teams! New costumes! The Absorbing Man, the Frightful Four (featuring Medusa), Ka-Zar, and The Clown and his Masters of Menace make their Silver Age Marvel Comics debuts! Captain America gets an origin story! And a certain Fab Foursome meets half of another Fantastic Foursome. All this, and Noah Campbell too!

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 1964/January 1965.

Reading List: Journey Into Mystery #114, Tales to Astonish #65, Amazing Spider-Man #22, Avengers #14, Tales of Suspense #63, Sgt. Fury #16, Fantastic Four #36, Strange Tales #130, X-Men #10, ©1965 Marvel Comics

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