Marvel Standom: Recent Episodes
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Marvel Standom continues its Special Edition series with an interview with Zeb Wells. At San Diego Comic Con, Mike sat down with Zeb to discuss Spider-Man: Gang Wars, and everything that goes into writing a comic about the world famous web slinger! —————————— This episode of Marvel Standom is Powered by ebay. https://www.ebay.com/ —————————— 0:00 - Introduction 1:19 - Powered By eBay 5:21 - Interview with Jackson & Collin 15:34 - Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the last ever episode of Marvel Standom, the OG trio chat about the end of Secret Invasion, and say goodbye to Mike. Thank you to everyone who has watched, listened, and subscribed to Standom. Your support has meant the world to us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Marvelous podcast host Matthew Vose joins the ragtag Standom gang to chat about the fourth episode of Marvel’s Secret Invasion, but no one knows quite what to make of it except Mike, who remains uncharacteristically enthusiastic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The third episode of Secret Invasion has arrived, and no one knows quite what to make of it. Writer and Marvel stan Tom Chapman dials into Standom to have a good old fashioned chinwag about everything that went down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The second episode of Secret Invasion makes the Skrull refugee conflict even more complex, and unpicks the legacy of Nick Fury as the hero who once promised to save them, but can Marvel be trusted to explore the political and social issues of the show in a satisfying and thoughtful way? Media critic Mic Wright joins the team to discuss this and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Marvel Studios are BACK on Disney+ with a brand new six-episode event series that is set to shake up the MCU with some massive twists and reveals! The Standom lot are on the case, reacting to the first episode of the season, and all the shocks that came with it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Standom gang have discovered a Secret Invasion primer ahead of the series premiere on Disney+! Not the Secret Invasion comic, but Meet the Skrulls, an excellent and underrated book launched after the Captain Marvel MCU movie. It has more ties to the TV show than you’d think! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s time for a spoiler-filled chat about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse! Is this the greatest superhero movie ever made? What were the standout moments? And what do we think will happen in the final part of the trilogy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(She-Hulk Ep. 102) Mike’s away, and the cats will play! And by play, we mean “have a rigid show structure, stick to it, and be done on time.” But it’s not all business, as Kirstie talks to Marvel and DC writer Alex Paknadel about his upcoming projects, and the gang discuss She-Hulk episode 2 and Daredevil: Born Again. Will the show change its title before release? What can we even expect a Daredevil series on Disney+ to look like? And were Mike, Alec, and Joe wrong about the public’s post-Endgame fan favorite character? Poll results reveal the truth! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As a new superhero joins the MCU on Disney+, the Standom gang return to take a look at the first episode of She-Hulk, and it looks like they’re divided on whether the show achieves what it has set out to accomplish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Ms. Marvel finale did what it promised to do and changed the MCU forever, but the Marvel Standom team questions whether that was always the plan for Kamala Khan, or whether Marvel Studios decided to change course at the last minute to set up other projects. Episode 6 was full of action and wonderful moments for the characters on this show, but pacing issues and the MCU Disney+ formula made it a rocky road for some of the gang. Nevertheless, they shall continue to protect Kamala with their lives!Special guest: Rosie Knight [X-Ray Vision/Nerdist] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Marvel’s latest cinematic blockbuster Thor: Love and Thunder has now arrived, so of course the Standom crew are ready to argue about it! With the team and their special guests, including Elana Levin (Graphic Policy Podcast) split into different camps, it ends up being a very interesting discussion. Plus, they’re breaking down all those new MCU surprises! What do those post-credits scenes really mean for Thor’s MCU future? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ms. Marvel episode 5 is a divisive one for Marvel Standom! The show finally reveals Aisha’s backstory in some wonderful flashbacks, and we get to see the delightful Fawad Khan onscreen, but the back half of the episode doesn’t work for Mike and Kirstie, especially its sudden ending and the underdeveloped villains of the series overall. Meanwhile, Maznah Shehzad returns to dish up some interesting time travel theories for anyone who might be confused about how Ms. Marvel’s time-bending rules could work! As for special guest Joe George, he’s here to tell us “screw the rules!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ms. Marvel episode 4 is a standout moment for the MCU, and special guests Kristen Maldonado and Maznah Shehzad are here to help Mike and Kirstie break down the impact of the latest installment of the Disney+ series. The gang also try to get to grips with those headache-inducing MCU time travel rules, as they chat about why Kamala Khan’s transportation to Partition at the end of the episode may not make a difference to the outcome of Aisha’s mysterious disappearance all those years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ms. Marvel episode 3 is another delightful installment of the latest MCU show, and it’s also the midway point. That means we’re starting to see how Kamala Khan fits into the endgame of Phase 4 with both a Shang-Chi and a Captain Marvel connection set deep in her family history! But in the world of Marvel Standom, Alec is sick of old people, Mike is obsessed with the Nega Bands, Maznah isn’t happy about the djinn direction the show seems to be taking, and Kirsten is ready to explain why Ms. Marvel’s viewing figures are so low compared to other MCU shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The second episode of Ms. Marvel runs at a less frenetic pace than the premiere, allowing us to get to know Kamala’s friends a little bit better. Episode 2 of the Disney+ show also introduces a key new character in Kamran, who quickly becomes Kamala’s crush. It’s safe to say that BFF Bruno is not happy about it! The Standom team breaks down all the major Ms. Marvel easter eggs and important comics lore for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kamala Khan has arrived to wrestle the teen Marvel superhero spotlight away from Peter Parker in the fantastic first episode of her Disney+ series, and the Standom gang, joined by special guest Maznah Shehzad, are breaking down what they did (and didn’t) love about it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May has been a Marvel Phase 4 trailer-o-rama, and the Standom crew is getting tentatively excited for a summer of good MCU vibes ahead with Thor: Love and Thunder, She-Hulk, and Ms. Marvel on the horizon. Having seen a couple of the Ms. Marvel screeners, they’re also able to offer their spoiler-free social reactions to the upcoming Disney+ show! 0:00 - Introduction 1:21 - Thor: Love and Thunder 26:05 - She-Hulk 35:07 - Ms. Marvel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After slogging through Moon Knight and six straight weeks of discourse, leave it to Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange, once heavily maligned on Marvel Standom, to bring the crew together. Enter Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the latest project in the MCU to dive into alternate realities, but does the film live up to its title? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Moon Knight Ep. 106) Welp, it’s the finale of Marvel’s Moon Knight, and the Standom foursome are weary. Mike feels bad, Alec is overjoyed (that it’s over), Joe finally breaks, and Kirsten overthinks everything. But there’s one thing that everyone agrees on: Jake Lockely kicking Harrow’s wheelchair needs to take its rightful place in the iconic Marvel Studios ident. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Moon Knight Ep. 105) Can a powerful penultimate episode of Marvel’s Moon Knight bring Alec and Mike back in from the cold? The Standom crew get to grips with the WandaVision-esque installment, talk about all the ways that the show has set up a third identity yet to be revealed, and make their series finale predictions. Meanwhile, a new identity is born live on air as Alec unveils his own bone-chillingly English commentator: “Mr. C.G. Bollocks.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Moon Knight Ep. 104) The Marvel Standom team are thrilled by a first look at Thor: Love and Thunder, but emotions are soon running high as Mike and Alec reach boiling point with Marvel’s Moon Knight episode 4. Meanwhile, Joe and Kirsten reckon with their love for the character and the show as they unpack what is (and isn’t) working about Marc Spector’s unfolding MCU journey. This episode is also vieweable on YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Moon Knight Ep. 103) The Marvel Standom team is back to breakdown Moon Knight Episode 3! Would Layla be introduced as Moon Knight in the future? Was the CGI and aesthetic in the episode on par with what superhero movies should look like? Is Marc Spector’s ruthlessness being downplayed in the show? Why Moon Knight’s costume looks artificial and the fight sequences aren’t as well-choreographed as Netflix’s Daredevil and DC’s Arrow? Mike, Joe, and Alec discuss all this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Moon Knight Ep. 102) Den of Geek contributor Joe George joins the Marvel Standom crew to talk about Moon Knight episode 2, and opinions shift back and forth on topics like Khonshu's female avatars in the comics and the "not werewolves," among other CGI effects. As an added bonus, movies editor David Crow joins editor-in-chief Mike Cecchini for a discussion of Morbius. Why wait for the podcast? Join the Marvel Standom livestream to participate in the discussion! Follow us at twitch.tv/denofgeektv. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Moon Knight Ep. 101) The Marvel Standom gang are back from hiatus and ready to talk about all things Moon Knight! What was really going on in episode 1? What were some of the easter eggs you might have missed? Was Oscar Isaac’s accent really that bad? Is Steven Grant annoying, or is that just all English people? And in a twist truly worthy of the new MCU show, we discover that Alec is about to hate Moon Knight more than the entire internet put together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our experts at Marvel Standom talk about the biggest Marvel reveals including a new Captain Carter comic series, update you on what’s next for Daredevil, and discuss Doctor Strange and The Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder, which will be the biggest releases for the Marvel Cinematic Universe this year. Are we expecting Professor Xavier to make an appearance in Doctor Strange 2? Was that Captain Carter’s Shield and Deadpool in the Doctor Strange 2 poster? When is the Thor 4 trailer going to come out and what do we know so far about the movie? How excited are you for Thor 4 and Doctor Strange 2? This episode is also viewable on YouTube. 0:00 - Introduction 1:31 - Netflix Marvel Shows 12:11 - Thor: Love and Thunder 16:35 - Doctor Strange Multiverse Prediction 52:47 - New Captain Carter Comic 55:31 - Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This is it folks! The final ranking, the top 10, the absolute best Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. We held a vote to rank all 27 Marvel movies from worst to best! We counted votes from our audience and the Den of Geek Staff, and the results are now in. This is the ultimate Marvel Cinematic Universe movie ranking, and our experts at Marvel Standom are ready to offer their take on it all. In Part 2, we rank the top 10 MCU movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We held a vote to rank all 27 Marvel movies from worst to best! We counted votes from our audience and the Den of Geek Staff, and the results are now in. This is the ultimate Marvel Cinematic Universe movie ranking, and our experts at Marvel Standom are ready to offer their take on it all. Part 1 includes the MCU movies that placed 27 till 11! Join us next week as we reveal our top 10! 0:00 - Introduction 1:59 - #27 6:55 - #26 12:12 - #25 18:14 - #24 23:28 - #23 29:58 - #22 33:38 - #21 38:49 - #20 44:56 - #19 49:16 - #18 54:29 - #17 57:11 - #16 1:02:27 - #15 1:08:29 - #14 1:13:32 - #13 1:20:34 - #12 1:25:49 - #11 1:34:41 - Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode of Marvel Standom, our experts take a trip down memory lane and discuss Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy, starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, and so many more. What sets Raimi’s adaptation of Spider-Man apart from all the other movies? What are some of the best moments in the trilogy? Did Tobey Maguire do the role justice? And what went wrong with Spider-Man 3? We discuss all this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From release dates, cast, and story details, our Marvel Standom experts at Den of Geek break down all the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and TV shows. Does Oscar Isaac’s Moon Knight have werewolves? What can we expect from Kit Harington as the Black Knight? Will we ever get to watch Morbius? What do we know about Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness? Can Thor: Love and Thunder be as epic as Thor: Ragnarok? How will the MCU handle Ms. Marvel’s origin story? Will Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse be able to surpass the success that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse had? Who will take the Black Panther mantle in Wakanda Forever? Is Tatiana Maslany the right candidate to portray She-Hulk? Is Drax going to be celebrating Christmas in the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special?! Here's our take on the biggest releases for MCU Phase 4! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand in new and different directions, this time with their first TV series dedicated to a new character in Moon Knight! But who exactly is the mysterious man with the dodgy accent who can't seem to remember exactly who he is? Our Marvel Standom experts break down the comic origins of Moon Knight, his connections to ancient Egypt, take a closer look at the trailer for the show, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As the year ends and a new one begins, Marvel Standom host Kirsten Howard puts Kayti and Alec to the test in a Marvel Trivia competition! Do you know the answers? Do WE know the answers? Who will win the coveted title of Marvel Standom Supreme? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Hawkeye Ep. 106) The Hawkeye finale sticks its landing to the relief of just about everyone, but the internet is raging after being disappointed with the treatment of a certain late arrival. Meanwhile, the post-credits scene becomes Marvel's latest troll on the fandom, and Kayti, Alec and Kirsten all miss Jack so much already. Is it time to cast Tony Dalton as a live-action Seahawk in a She-Ra movie? Yes, absolutely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As boatloads of cash and praise are heaped on Spider-Man: No Way Home, Kayti, Kirsten and Alec discuss what worked (and didn't work) for them about the Peter Parker threequel. They also chat about the film's post-credits scenes and wonder whether there will be any connective tissue between this movie and Marvel's Hawkeye, which is preparing to deliver it's finale later in the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Hawkeye Ep. 105) The penultimate episode of Hawkeye is determined to make us wait for a showdown between all the series’ major players, but that’s just fine because no one on the Marvel Standom team hates spending time with Florence Pugh. They’re only human! With Mike away, Kirsten, Kayti and Alec ramble on uninterrupted, and somehow start positioning Con Air as the baseline for realistic violence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Hawkeye Ep. 104) Hawkeye pumps the brakes after last week’s high octane action to spend some quality time with Clint, Kate, Eleanor and Jack, and to do some serious investigative legwork, bringing back the largely abandoned watch MacGuffin from the premiere. Everyone is delighted that Linda Cardellini’s long-suffering Laura seems to be getting an intriguing backstory, but the gang soon descends into making wild predictions about various X-Men that could be introduced in the final episodes of the show. Oh no! It’s happening again! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Hawkeye Ep. 103) Hawkeye delivers a near-flawless slice of MCU TV in its third episode, and Mike, Alec and Kirsten are all hyped for the second half of the series. As news reaches Marvel fans that the show is the least-watched live-action MCU Disney+ project to date, the team break down why it's probably becoming the best of them all. Plus: why Echo's "uncle" means huge things for the MCU going forward! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Hawkeye Ep. 101 & 102) It’s a banner day at the Marvel Standom house when the entire gang agrees that the Hawkeye spinoff series is just perfect. Everyone believes in Kate Bishop supremacy and nobody really has any complaints after watching the first two episodes of Marvel’s latest MCU series, but Pizza Dog’s limited screen time almost tips Mike over the edge. Kirsten lost her Christmas spirit, possibly forever, after Den of Geek made them watch all Dean Cain’s seasonal movies for an article years ago, but Kayti is ready to start jingling bells. Alec pitches a version of Seinfeld where they replace Jerry with Hailee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The crew breaks down Eternals, Marvel Studios’ most divisive movie to date! After being enraged by everything he’d seen of Eternals up until its release, Jack Kirby enthusiast Mike finally got a chance to watch it and see if it was as bad as he feared. Kayti and Alec mull the story itself and the future of the film’s characters after its critical mauling and slightly disappointing box office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With Mike MIA, Kirsten takes over hosting duties as the Marvel Standom gang look back at the best MCU trailers to date, picking two of their favorite Marvel teasers and articulating why they worked as pure hype - even if the film itself failed to live up to that hype. Did your fave make the cut? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(What If...? Ep. 9) Kayti has some issues with the moral messaging in Marvel’s What If…?, as The Watcher intervenes in Ultron’s multiversal shenanigans without fully explaining why he took an oath not to in the first place, and as Arnim Zola (a literal Nazi) saves the day. Mike digs into some Marvel Comics history with The Illuminati, and Alec wants to know why no one is talking about the sexual tension between Peggy and Natasha. Kirsten declines to comment, but wrote an extremely horny review of the episode at Den of Geek just hours earlier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(What If...? Ep. 8) Gone are the celebratory ales and quickie Vegas weddings; it’s Ultron time! Everyone’s favorite murder bot with a god complex trashes the universe and isn’t scared that his mom will find out. Because, y’know, he doesn’t have one. And even if he did, he’d probably kill her. In this episode, Kayti is back from holiday and gets tonal whiplash catching up with the last two installments of What If…?, while Mike and Kirsten remember the time Marvel Comics toyed with the idea of making Steve Rogers president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(What If...? Ep. 5) What If…? embraces Marvel Zombies and the Standom gang are here for it. As they break down their favorite moments from the episode, Kayti admits she’s had enough of obsessive romance tropes, and Alec questions whether Mark Ruffalo forced the animation team to slap his cartoon Bruce Banner incarnation with the Tom Cruise beauty filter. Meanwhile, Kirsten insists the Marvel Zombies comics aren’t all bad, but Mike remains unconvinced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mike and Kayti are joined by special guests Bernard Boo and Kung Fu Magazine publisher Gene Ching to discuss Marvel’s phenomenal Shang-Chi, which introduces a brand-new superhero to the MCU and delivers a smorgasbord of Easter eggs on top. The team discuss the knockout fight sequences and how Phase 4 is really coming together while attempting to stay cool around Gene, who is probably the coolest person alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(What If...? Ep. 4) For one of the darkest episodes of What If...? yet, our Marvel Standom experts share their impressions and look into the role of Doctor Strange, what went down with Shuma Gorath, and the Multiverse of Madness... and they definitely don't agree on everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Marvel Standom foursome train their eyes on the Spider-Man: No Way Home teaser trailer. Will Tobey and Andrew show up? Is Doctor Strange acting, well, strange? And how many of the team cracked and watched the leaked version online before the real trailer was released?! Plus, the crew explain why a Spidey and Strange multiverse duo is pure destiny. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(What If...? Ep. 3) Hank Pym goes to the dark side and murders most of the OG Avengers in a Nick Fury-centric episode of Marvel’s What If…? Everyone loves Agent Coulson’s crush on Thor and Captain America, but the Marvel Standom crew experience their own ominous real-life twist when it becomes clear that Kayti hasn’t read any of Kirsten’s Captain Carter fanfiction, despite being sent the link on multiple platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(What If...? Ep. 2) Marvel’s What If…? ponders just how good T’Challa would be as Star-Lord (very good) and just how sexy Nebula would be as Jessica Rabbit (very sexy). The team are near speechless when Kirsten finally delivers an episode synopsis that Mike approves of (by reading it off a piece of paper) and Alec compares Peter Quill to Hitler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(What If...? Ep. 101) Marvel drops the first episode of What If…? and the team has a frank discussion about the show’s animation style. Mike fanboys out on the fight scenes, Kayti posits that Peggy Carter was always kind of a What If? character, and everyone struggles to remember how the Hydra Stomper works. The shambles you’ve come to expect! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Marvel Standom crew decide to tackle Howard the Duck, an 80s movie celebrating its 35th anniversary that Kayti and Alec have never seen before. Mike discusses the important differences between the comics and the film as Kirsten tries (and fails) to defend George Lucas’ pricey passion project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Loki Ep. 106) There are big ramifications for the MCU as Marvel’s Loki rips the condom off the multiverse, but not everyone is hyped about barebacking reality. Alec is ready to break down a divisive finale performance from a brand-new villain, while Kayti mulls the future of the TVA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Marvel Standom team takes a deep dive into Black Widow, which continues to set up the MCU’s version of the Thunderbolts. The Bond vibes are strong, but Natasha Romanoff’s belated swan song may not have really done her justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Loki Ep. 105) Kirsten loses the plot when the possibility of a Doctor Doom appearance emerges, Mike admits he’s romantically cynical, and everyone argues over the inevitable upcoming villain reveal as Alec reluctantly climbs back on the WandaVision hype train. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Loki Ep. 104) As Loki gets his own post-credits scene, Kayti wonders if you can fall in love under “Speed rules.” In the same timeline, Mike forces Kirsten to break down the MCU’s unfolding Young Avengers Nexus event in a world where vampires now exist and nothing makes sense anymore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Loki Ep. 103) The Standom gang get headaches thinking about the show’s timeline as the third episode of Marvel’s Loki decides to go full Snowpiercer. Kayti is excited to see a real onscreen apocalypse, but Alec starts throwing wild accusations around in his burgeoning role as The Time Travel Explainer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Loki Ep. 102) In the second episode of Loki, its Rick & Morty writing team begin forging the most internet-embracing Marvel series to date. Unfortunately, the internet decides to embrace subtitle credits instead. Kirsten is ready to get hurt again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Loki Ep. 101) Loki goes back to the future in the first episode of his Disney+ series, so the Marvel Standom crew puts Alec in charge of explaining time travel forever. Meanwhile, Mike somehow finds a way to talk about H.E.R.B.I.E. from Fantastic Four. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices