The Avenging Hour
Episodes
438 episodes
New Avengers #3-4 (2005) l 416
SPOILER WARNING: About 8 minutes in, Jason spoils a plot point from the first trade of Matt Fraction's Batman run. Just FYI! I know we spoil comics all the time (its kind of what we do) but they're usually MUCH older than that.<...
New Avengers #1-2 (2005) with Mike from the Nerdcave l 415
We're finally here! We begin Bendis' run on New Avengers and we have Mike from the Nerdcave with us again to help us through them! There's two good issues here as the heroes try to stop the villains from breaking out of the Raft! &n...
Young Avengers #5-6 (2005) l 414
Its an episode where we spend more time not talking about the Avengers then we do talking about the issues! The issues aren't bad, they're just mostly fighting, so we spend time talking about Gerry Conway and Atlas Seaborn and all k...
Young Avengers #3-4 (2005) l 413
We continue with Young Avengers, as we are reintroduced to the Vision, find out that Cassie Lang is now a superhero, and Kang drops by to clean up the mess he created.
Young Avengers #1-2 (2005) l 412
We're getting so close to New Avengers, but first we have one more series before the team reformed, and that's the first storyline in Young Avengers, which introduces some amazing new characters. Here we meet characters like Asgardian (wh...
G.L.A. #3-4 (2005) l 411
We finish up the GLA miniseries this week with more death, a surprise villain appearance and the heroes manage to defeat a villain that's given the main team a lot of trouble in the past!
G.L.A. #1-2 (2005) l 410
We're back in current continuity with the first two issues of the GLA miniseries from 2005! We learn more about the team, which loses some members and gains some members, as they try to step in to fill the void left by the absence of the ...
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes II (2007) #7-8 l 409
We finish up the second series of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, where the Avengers face their most fearsome villains...the Circus of Crime!
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes II (2007) #5-6 l 408
We continue through Earth's Mightiest Heroes II, coming to perhaps the most nonsensical plotline in Avengers history, the introduction of Yellowjacket! Joe Casey does his best to force some logic on this fever dream, but at least he keeps...
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes II (2007) #3-4 l 407
Its issues 3-4 of Earth's Mightiest Heroes II, as we see the team fight AIM and some Adaptoids and we begin to see the first cracks in Hank Pym's facade.
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes II (2007) #1-2 l 406
We're back with Joe Casey's follow up to Earth's Mightiest Heroes, this time looking at the issues where Hank Pym had his first mental breakdown and became Yellowjacket! Joe Casey does his level best to make that plotline make sense, but ...
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2005): #7-8 l 405
We finish off the miniseries this week as Cap's Kooky Quartet is formed! And we ask, who was this miniseries for? Plus, we talk about the Dark Phoenix Saga, which is definitely Avengers related!
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2005): #5-6 l 404
We continue talking about the Earth's Mightiest Heroes series, as we move toward the big fight between Cap and Zemo and the changing of the guard.
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2005): #3-4 l 403
We continue our look at Joe Casey's Avengers: Year One project, and we also talk about Wonder Man and John shows he's a pretentious prat. Listen along!
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2005) #1-2 l 402
We begin to discuss a limited series this week! Fresh off the success of X-Men: Children of the Atom, Joe Casey comes to the Avengers and gives us a story during the first year and change of the original 1963 title. These two issues...
What If Avengers Disassembled (2007) l 401
We skip a few years into the future to discuss the What If that reimagined Avengers Disassembled if the Scarlet Witch hadn't acted alone. We then discuss why we won't be discussing Avengers AAFES in detail on the podcast.
Avengers: Finale (2005) and Volume 3 wrap up l 400
This week we're talking about the Avengers: Finale, which tries to put a bow on Avengers Disassembled and then we take a quick stroll through everything we read during Volume of the Avengers!
Avengers (1998) #502-503 l 399
We finish Avengers Disassembled this week, as the team is destroyed. Yeah, yeah, I know they've done that trick before, but this time they mean it!
Avengers (1998) #500-501 with Mike from the Nerdcave l 398
Well, we couldn't put it off any longer: this week we start the Bendis run on Avengers! But we needed some help, so we called in special guest Mike from The Nerdcave (TheNerdCaveVi...
Avengers/Thunderbolts (2004) #5-6 l 397
Its the end of the Avengers/Thunderbolts crossover but will either team, or the Earth itself, survive it? (Spoiler alert: Yes, the Earth survives.)
Avengers/Thunderbolts (2004) #3-4 l 396
The Avengers/Thunderbolts storyline continues as the Thunderbolts roust the Wizard and Cobalt man joins their ranks! Or does he?
Avengers/Thunderbolts (2004) #1-2 l 395
It's time for a crossover, before the team is destroyed! The Avengers and the Thunderbolts get together to tell a tale about trust and betrayal! We start off with the Avengers inserting one of their own members into the Thunderbolts...
Avenging Hour Spotlight 7: Interview with Kurt Busiek (mostly)
This episode we're doing an interview with Kurt Busiek! He wasn't able to come on the show in person, but he was so kind to answer a ridiculous number of questions and in some detail via email, and so Jason is going to play him, as we dis...