The Avenging Hour
Jason and John look at the Avengers, tracing the evolution of the team from its origins in 1963 up to the present! There will be synopses of issues, details, nit picking, unbridled joy, excessive curmudgeonly complaining and general tomfoolery. Plus, Jason makes fun of the Collector! Find us on Instagram at The Avenging Hour!
Episodes
388 episodes
Avengers (1998) #55-56 l 368
<sniff, sniff> We are sad, as we examine the last two issues of Kurt Busiek's historic run on the book, one finishing up the Kang War and the other showing the inner workings of the Maria Stark Foundation (Avengers vs accountants!)!...
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Episode 368
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51:13
Avengers (1998) #53-54 l 367
The Kang War ends at last! The heroes win (no surprise) but is Kang punished for what he has done? And what is the final fate of the Scarlet Centurion?
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Episode 367
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46:05
Avengers (1998) #51-52 l 366
This episode we start with a pseudo-Astro City issue, with Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson teaming up to tell a story together about Wonder Man and the Scarlet Witch! And then the heroes gather to fight Kang for the final time!
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Episode 366
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30:29
Avengers (1998) #49-50 l 365
It's the silent issue from Nuff Said month, and then we finally get to move into the pay off for the Triune Understanding storyline!
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Episode 365
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39:29
Avengers (1998) #47-48 l 364
We start with a Carol Danvers focused issue before jumping back into the Kang War with both feet!
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Episode 364
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29:49
Avengers: The Ultron Imperative (2001) l 363
It's a giant issue with four of the most important Avengers writers to this point and bunches of artists, most of them never having touched the team before!! Oh, and it features Ultron, but not for some time.
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Episode 363
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40:36
Avengers (1998) #45-46 l 362
The Kang War kicks into high gear as we see battles being fought on multiple fronts and a surprising ally (or is he?) shows his face.
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Episode 362
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32:39
Avengers Annual 2001 l 361
Its the 2001 annual and this year we're solving the mystery of just what is going on with Hank Pym! And we've got three Hanks to do it with! Which Hank will control all at the end?
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Episode 361
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33:29
Avengers (1998) #43-44 l 360
Its the end of the Alan Davis run (sniff, sniff) as the Kang plot continues with a threat in Russia and another master villain enters the fray!
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Episode 360
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33:50
Avengers (1998) #41-42 l 359
The Avengers have beaten Diablo, but now they have to face the menace of Kang and the Scarlet Centurion! Kang wants to take over the world, but only for the best of reasons!
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Episode 359
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37:44
Avengers (1998) #39-40 l 358
The Avengers have a big green problem...actually a lot of big green problems when the population of an entire town are turned into Hulks! Who's behind it? Whoever it is, Silverclaw fights them alone!
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Episode 358
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31:45
Avengers (1998) #37-38 l 357
Steve Epting sticks around for one more issue as Kurt Busiek surprises us all in bringing back one of the 90'siest characters to ever 90s, Bloodwraith! And then the next art team of Alan Davis and Mark Farmer arrive to help usher in a new...
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Episode 357
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32:00
Avengers (1998) #35-36 l 356
After what seems like forever, we're back to the main title, with not nearly as many side trips, since the limited series are going to be pretty...limited for the remainder of this Avengers volume. We start out by checking in on the crew ...
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Episode 356
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36:42
Avenging Hour Spotlight 5: Interview with Fabian Nicieza
Woo hoo! This week we are interviewing one of my favorite writers....Fabian Nicieza! We discuss a lot of his early work, which happens to include quite a few Avengers issues, as well as some Thunderbolts and his thoughts on the Aven...
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1:20:09
Avengers: Celestial Quest (2001) #7-8 l 355
The end of the miniseries and the end of at least one character in the miniseries! Characters we thought were dead turn out to be alive and other characters who don't die, just fade into oblivion. Was the ending worth everything that led ...
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Episode 355
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39:57
Avengers: Celestial Quest (2001) #5-6 l 354
It's random Eternals! It's the plant Swordsman! It's the living (?) embodiment of Death! Face it True Believer: this miniseries has it all!
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Episode 354
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30:19
Avengers: Celestial Quest (2001) #3-4 l 353
We're back for more of the Celestial Quest, as things get even weirder and we wonder....is that the real Thanos?
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Episode 353
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36:31
Avengers: Celestial Quest (2001) #1-2 l 352
It begins here! The eight issue Celestial Quest miniseries from epic Avengers scribe Steve Englehart, which surprisingly, features Mantis (who'd thunk it?)! If you listened to our interview with Tom Brevoort, you already know how we...
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Episode 352
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35:17
Avenging Hour Spotlight 4: Interview with Tom Brevoort Part 2
We finish off our discussion with Tim Brevoort, getting more into Volume 3 of the Avengers and all of the miniseries that from early in that run that we've discussed on the show! As I said last week, Tom Brevoort is a prince of a man, gen...
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Avenging Hour Spotlight 3: Interview with Tom Brevoort Part 1
If you're a fan of a Marvel comic published in the last few decades that isn't about a mutant, chances are that Tom Brevoort had a hand in it. He's Marvel's Executive Editor and Senior VP of Publishing and he stewarded the Avengers from H...
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52:58
Avengers: Infinity (2000) #3-4 l 351
We're finishing up the Avengers: Infinity miniseries this week, where we finally get to meet the Infinites and set this cosmic team of characters on a path to come back to Earth in time for a line wide crossover! Lucky them!
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Episode 351
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27:34
Avengers Infinity (2000) #1-2 l 350
We start off an Avengers miniseries that features a great cast of Avengers, with fan favorite Roger Stern in the writer's chair! The cosmic storyline isn't great but the characterization is top notch!
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Episode 350
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25:09
Avenging Hour Spotlight 2: Interview with Alex Segura
Hokey smokes! We have a real live professional on the podcast this week, and an incredibly talented one at that! Alex Segura has written an Avengers story exclusively for Marvel Unlimited and we discuss it, but he has written so muc...
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55:52
Avengers (1998) #33-34 w/Jason Lady l 349
We talk about the end of the Nefaria Protocols, the big Avengers/Thunderbolts crossover! And we are joined by author Jason Lady who helps us talk about these last Avengers issues by George Perez.You can find more information about...
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Episode 349
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59:06
Avengers (1998) #31-32 l 348
It's the beginning of the Nefaria Protocols storyline, which begins the last storyline of George Perez's run on the title (sniff, sniff) and features so many fun characters! Besides the Avengers we have the Thunderbolts, Count Nefaria, Ma...
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Episode 348
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36:55