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A No-Prize winning podcast about the history of Marvel Comics and the events that shaped them, one month at a time. By @bryanstratton.com (who posts here), @robbkm.bsky.social, and @jamiejameswenger.bsky.social.

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We apologize for the lack of shark content in this image, but c'mon, how can we not show you this panel of Ghost Rider GHOST RIDING A DOLPHIN?

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December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This month in MARVEL TEAM-UP: Ghost Rider and a bunch of dolphins!

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December 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Due to an urgent family situation, Marvel by the Month will not be posting episodes in December. We expect to resume the podcast in January.
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Sharks are immune to Ghost Rider's hellfire because sharks are tools of the devil. Probably.

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December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Can Ghost Rider save a dolphin assassin from a great white shark? More importantly, should he?

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December 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Warlock defeats the space shark with its only natural predator: a flaming comet.

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November 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Warlock arch-nemesis power rankings:

1) Thanos
2) Space shark

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(Warlock #14: "Homecoming!" – written by Jim Starlin, art by Jim Starlin, with Steve Leialoha, letters by Tom Orzechowski, colors by Steve Leialoha, edited by Marv Wolfman.)
November 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Is there anything more romantic than a flying shark ride over a lava river?

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November 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hey buddy, we have leash laws in this weird alternate reality. Be sure to tether your flying shark when you're not riding it.

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November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
For one brief shining moment in the 1970s, everybody was shark-fu fighting.

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November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
KA-ZAR realizes that the only thing that JAWS was missing was *flying* sharks.

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November 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Don't try this at home, kids: no matter how many teeth you knock out of a shark's mouth, they're always growing back.

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November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Cap leaps out of the Great Chicago Fire and into the... shark... pan?

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November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
What do these four issues have in common? They all came out after JAWS blew up movie screens in 1975! And this week's LIVE episode talks about 'em all!
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NEW EP! In June of '75, JAWS hit theaters, defining the template for the summer blockbuster. 50 years later, we revisited four ham-fisted attempts to shoehorn sharks into Marvel comics! Plus: a bonus conversation with @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social proprietrix, @omgkatiep.bsky.social! bit.ly/MBTMshark
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
HOWARD THE DUCK #16 ends with a cartoon predicting the response to the issue and a critical fan letter written by Steve Gerber... to Steve Gerber.

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November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Grand Canyon becomes a metaphor for Steve Gerber's mindset: "the world's biggest, most convoluted rut."

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November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Gerber skewers the "obligatory comic book fight scene" by pitting a Vegas showgirl and ostrich against an anthropomorphic lamp.

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November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
After blowing the deadline for HOWARD THE DUCK #16 for a variety of reasons, Steve Gerber throws a last-second hail mary to avoid an unscheduled reprint, with mixed results!

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November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Peter Criss discovers furry culture.

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November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Note that this scene takes place a full seven years before KISS released "Heaven's On Fire."

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November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
As KISS-Blood-Ink Truthers, we're skeptical whether or not their hemoglobin actually made it into the issues that hit the stands. But when the legend becomes fact, print the legend (with or without rock star blood).

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November 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The rest of the Marvel Universe doesn't quite know what to make of KISS.

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November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Doctor Doom and Gene Simmons in the same comic?! What is this, an issue of SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP?

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November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Love them or hate them, there's no denying that KISS knows how to make an entrance!

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November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM