Marvel Versus Marvel

The deep-dive into X-Men 97 Season 2 starts here! After setting the scene in part one, Rob and Will pull apart the first 4 episodes of Season 2! We go scene-by-scene and deliver TONS of X-Men history and trivia about the future ruled by Apocalypse, the Clan Askani, the spin-off teams of X-Force and X-Factor, the Rise of Apocalypse, Rama Tut and Kang, Ozymandias, the Celestials, and so much more! In Part 2 we explore; Episode 1 - Days of Past Future Episode 2 - A Force to Be Reckoned With Episode 3 - Rise of Apocalypse Part 1 Episode 4 - Rise of Apocalypse Part 2 For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

We take a break from looking at Marvel projects from decades ago to deliver the most up-to-date episode of MVM possible - an exhaustive deep-dive into X-Men 97 Season 2! In part 1 we explore the highs of season one and the expectations the fandom had for the second season! We dig into the tumultuous production issues that exploded at Marvel Animation between season 1 and season 2, and what happened with Beau DeMayo to cause Marvel to FIRE the creator of X-Men 97! This episode is everything you need to know before we start pulling apart all the episodes of Season 2! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head back into the archives to bring you a behind the scenes DC Supershow that shines the spotlight on both the 1978 Superman movie, AND the 1989 Batman movie! Join Rob and Will as they explore the incredible production history of the ORIGINAL superhero movies, and find out how DC Comics and Warner Bros laid the foundations for Superhero Cinema and the MCU! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

For the first time ever we take a deep dive into a historic milestone in the history of Marvel Comics, the first appearance of Wolverine in 1974! We explore the huge power and influence of Wolverine as a multi-media character, his huge popularity from the movies to TV shows, from video games, toys and merchandise, to his comic book sales! Then we’ll take you through the controversial history of WHO CREATED WOLVERINE! We’ll not only pin down exactly WHO created WHAT aspects of Logan, but we’ll dig up the hidden history, the original sketches, the stolen ideas, the lawsuits, the money at stake, and what caused a grieving widow to say “seeing his name as co-creator makes me sick to my stomach!” And then, instead of taking a deep dive into a movie or TV show, we take a deep dive into a comic book! We’ll explore Wolverine’s earliest appearances in the pages of The Incredible Hulk in 1974! The costume and the claws, the powers and the personality - we’ll examine just how much of the Wolverine WE KNOW is there at the very beginning! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

For the first time ever we take a deep dive into a historic milestone in the history of Marvel Comics, the first appearance of Wolverine in 1974! We explore the huge power and influence of Wolverine as a multi-media character, his huge popularity from the movies to TV shows, from video games, toys and merchandise, to his comic book sales! Then we’ll take you through the controversial history of WHO CREATED WOLVERINE! We’ll not only pin down exactly WHO created WHAT aspects of Logan, but we’ll dig up the hidden history, the original sketches, the stolen ideas, the lawsuits, the money at stake, and what caused a grieving widow to say “seeing his name as co-creator makes me sick to my stomach!” And then, instead of taking a deep dive into a movie or TV show, we take a deep dive into a comic book! We’ll explore Wolverine’s earliest appearances in the pages of The Incredible Hulk in 1974! The costume and the claws, the powers and the personality - we’ll examine just how much of the Wolverine WE KNOW is there at the very beginning! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head back into the MVM Archives to take you behind the scenes on the making of Avengers Endgame! We’ll pull apart the financial budgets and box office performances of every Avengers movie, and how Endgame became the highest grossing superhero film of all time! We’ll explore the versions of the script that never made it to the screen, which character was originally going to die, why the Hulk didn’t have a bigger role, why Thor became depressed and fat, and how many box office records the move smashed! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

With the Hulk back in cinema screens thanks to Spider-Man Brand New Day, we're taking our first ever look at Ang Lee’s dark, psychological Marvel movie from 2003! In this huge edition we’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the 2003 Hulk movie from celebrated director Ang Lee, the casting, the CGI issues, and how the movie failed both at the box-office and in the minds of fans! Then we'll take you behind-the-page on the dark psychology of the Hulk comics from the 1980's, the hugely controversial story that inspired this film, and the history of theft at Marvel Comics! Then we’ll deliver the patented MVM deep-dive into the movie, pull it apart scene-by-scen to bring you tons of Hulk history and trivia on The Absorbing Man, The Leader, Zzzax, the secrets hidden inside Bruce Banner's mind, and the DARKEST most EVIL character in Hulk comics! Plus all the strenuous Marvel Connections hiding in this film! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

With the Hulk back in cinema screens thanks to Spider-Man Brand New Day, we're taking our first ever look at Ang Lee’s dark, psychological Marvel movie from 2003! In this huge edition we’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of the 2003 Hulk movie from celebrated director Ang Lee, the casting, the CGI issues, and how the movie failed both at the box-office and in the minds of fans! Then we'll take you behind-the-page on the dark psychology of the Hulk comics from the 1980's, the hugely controversial story that inspired this film, and the history of theft at Marvel Comics! Then we’ll deliver the patented MVM deep-dive into the movie, pull it apart scene-by-scen to bring you tons of Hulk history and trivia on The Absorbing Man, The Leader, Zzzax, the secrets hidden inside Bruce Banner's mind, and the DARKEST most EVIL character in Hulk comics! Plus all the strenuous Marvel Connections hiding in this film! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

With The Punisher back in cinemas for the first time in EIGHTEEN YEARS in Spider-Man Brand New Day, we’ve got a re-release of our deep-dive into the ORIGINAL Punisher movie from 1989! Before Tim Burton’s Batman was released, Marvel Comics got into the Action Movie business with Dolph Lundgren and The Punisher! Join Rob and Will as they explore the most violent Marvel Movie ever made! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes to learn about the 80’s Action Movie, and the impact made by Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dolph Lundgren! We’ll examine the production of this film, why it was BANNED from several countries, and why it never reached cinema screens in America! We’ll also take you behind-the-page to learn about the history of The Punisher and how his popularity in the 1980’s rivalled Spider-Man, Superman and Batman! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie scene by scene to bring you all the trivia and comic book history you know you need! For information about Jérémie Damoiseau and his book “Punisher ‘89: The Untold Story” visit https://linktr.ee/punisher_book For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

With The Punisher back in cinemas for the first time in EIGHTEEN YEARS in Spider-Man Brand New Day, we’ve got a re-release of our deep-dive into the ORIGINAL Punisher movie from 1989! Before Tim Burton’s Batman was released, Marvel Comics got into the Action Movie business with Dolph Lundgren and The Punisher! Join Rob and Will as they explore the most violent Marvel Movie ever made! We’ll take you behind-the-scenes to learn about the 80’s Action Movie, and the impact made by Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dolph Lundgren! We’ll examine the production of this film, why it was BANNED from several countries, and why it never reached cinema screens in America! We’ll also take you behind-the-page to learn about the history of The Punisher and how his popularity in the 1980’s rivalled Spider-Man, Superman and Batman! Then we’ll deep-dive the movie scene by scene to bring you all the trivia and comic book history you know you need! For information about Jérémie Damoiseau and his book “Punisher ‘89: The Untold Story” visit https://linktr.ee/punisher_book For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

With Spider-Man Brand New Day in cinemas, we’re taking a special Remastered look at the Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire classic from 2002! The naysayers will ask "why? why do an episode you've already done?" BECAUSE WE AIM FOR PERFECTION! We know in our hearts that 6 years ago we didn't give you EVERYTHING you needed on this movie! So we now bring you the BIGGEST MVM episode in history! We’ve got a behind-the-page segment packed with info we've NEVER touched before, the incredible story of who TRULY created Spider-Man - not a single word of which was part of the original MVM Spider-Man episode! We got a behind-the-scenes segment that ENTIRELY MISSING when we did this film 6 years ago - packed with Hollywood stories of on-set fighting, love triangles, cancelled trailers, and battles with the age certification authorities! And then we bring you an EPIC deep-dive into the movie itself, we pull it apart scene-by-scene to bring you all our insights and opinions, tons of Spider-Man history and lore, as well as all the Marvel Connections and brilliant Hollywood trivia of the movie! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

With Spider-Man Brand New Day in cinemas, we’re taking a special Remastered look at the Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire classic from 2002! The naysayers will ask "why? why do an episode you've already done?" BECAUSE WE AIM FOR PERFECTION! We know in our hearts that 6 years ago we didn't give you EVERYTHING you needed on this movie! So we now bring you the BIGGEST MVM episode in history! We’ve got a behind-the-page segment packed with info we've NEVER touched before, the incredible story of who TRULY created Spider-Man - not a single word of which was part of the original MVM Spider-Man episode! We got a behind-the-scenes segment that ENTIRELY MISSING when we did this film 6 years ago - packed with Hollywood stories of on-set fighting, love triangles, cancelled trailers, and battles with the age certification authorities! And then we bring you an EPIC deep-dive into the movie itself, we pull it apart scene-by-scene to bring you all our insights and opinions, tons of Spider-Man history and lore, as well as all the Marvel Connections and brilliant Hollywood trivia of the movie! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

X-Men 97 Season 2 is packed full of characters from X-Force, the New Mutants, and Generation X, so this week we’re bringing you the story of how Marvel went from the smash-hit success of the 90s X-Men and created a team of the weirdest Marvel Mutants of all time! Since the 80s Marvel had been working on a comic book series that focused on Professor X teaching children how to use their mutant powers. But when Cable turned The New Mutants into X-Force, Marvel decided to create a new comic book and refocus on the idea of Mutants being weird body-horror monsters that were rejected by the rest of the world - a comic book called Generation X! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we seek to answer the fundamental question about Thor: Love And Thunder - is it CRINGE or is it FUN? To do this we’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of Love & Thunder, how Marvel Studio healed the rift with Natalie Portman, the HUGE salary pocketed by Chris Hemsworth, the characters and scenes cut from the movie, the Anti-Gay Axis Powers that banned the film, Matt Damon breaking COVID rules to take his family on an Australian holiday, and how the world reacted to the 4th Thor film! Then we'll take you behind-the-page on Thor's waning comic book popularity over the years, and how the character was shot back to relevance by Jason Aaron's incredible 8 year run on the character that featured Gorr The God Butcher, and Jane Foster becoming The Mighty Thor! Then it’s time to get ready for a FIIIIIIIIIIGHT! This movie has split Rob and WIll right down the middle, so it's time for us to go 10 Rounds as we pull the movie apart scene-by-scene and deliver all our reactions and opinions! We’ll also bring you tons of Marvel history and trivia on Zeus, Hercules, the Gods Of Olympus, the backstory of Gorr The God Butcher, the Necrosword, how it's all tied to Knull The King In Black, the time-spanning adventures of The Three Thors, the multiverse-wrecking God Bomb, how Thor became unworthy, and how Jane Foster gained the powers of a god! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we seek to answer the fundamental question about Thor: Love And Thunder - is it CRINGE or is it FUN? To do this we’ll take you behind-the-scenes on the making of Love & Thunder, how Marvel Studio healed the rift with Natalie Portman, the HUGE salary pocketed by Chris Hemsworth, the characters and scenes cut from the movie, the Anti-Gay Axis Powers that banned the film, Matt Damon breaking COVID rules to take his family on an Australian holiday, and how the world reacted to the 4th Thor film! Then we'll take you behind-the-page on Thor's waning comic book popularity over the years, and how the character was shot back to relevance by Jason Aaron's incredible 8 year run on the character that featured Gorr The God Butcher, and Jane Foster becoming The Mighty Thor! Then it’s time to get ready for a FIIIIIIIIIIGHT! This movie has split Rob and WIll right down the middle, so it's time for us to go 10 Rounds as we pull the movie apart scene-by-scene and deliver all our reactions and opinions! We’ll also bring you tons of Marvel history and trivia on Zeus, Hercules, the Gods Of Olympus, the backstory of Gorr The God Butcher, the Necrosword, how it's all tied to Knull The King In Black, the time-spanning adventures of The Three Thors, the multiverse-wrecking God Bomb, how Thor became unworthy, and how Jane Foster gained the powers of a god! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we reach into the MVM Archives to bring you all the behind-the-scenes stories from the making of 2018’s Ant-Man And The Wasp! How did Marvel fill the void after the shocking Infinity War? And how did the MCU plan out crucial plot-points that would become vital in Avengers Endgame? For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head back to the MCU in the 1940s to deep-dive into the 2015 Agent Carter series! We’ll take you behind the scenes on how Peggy Carter became the MCU’s first breakout star, and the strange case of Marvel Studios taking charge of Marvel Television to make this show! We’ll explore the continuity issues with the Agent Carter Timeline and how it fits into the MCU, the improvised techniques used to film the show like it was the 1940s, and the history of LA’s real world “Dollhouse” complex! Then we’ll deep-dive into the first two episodes of Agent Carter and pull them apart scene-by-scene, to bring you all of our thoughts, reactions, and that patented MVM Analysis! We explore tons of Marvel history and trivia from the 1940s to the modern day - including The Whizzer’s crime-fighting adventures, the reason Vita Rays were invented for Captain America, the fighting capabilities of Edwin Jarvis, the secrets of the two Anton Vankos, the history of Leviathan, and what happens if you French Kiss a cockroach! Plus we’ve got all Marvel Connections, no matter how obscure or tenuous, collated and collected from the personal history files of every actor on the screen! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head back to the MCU in the 1940s to deep-dive into the 2015 Agent Carter series! We’ll take you behind the scenes on how Peggy Carter became the MCU’s first breakout star, and the strange case of Marvel Studios taking charge of Marvel Television to make this show! We’ll explore the continuity issues with the Agent Carter Timeline and how it fits into the MCU, the improvised techniques used to film the show like it was the 1940s, and the history of LA’s real world “Dollhouse” complex! Then we’ll deep-dive into the first two episodes of Agent Carter and pull them apart scene-by-scene, to bring you all of our thoughts, reactions, and that patented MVM Analysis! We explore tons of Marvel history and trivia from the 1940s to the modern day - including The Whizzer’s crime-fighting adventures, the reason Vita Rays were invented for Captain America, the fighting capabilities of Edwin Jarvis, the secrets of the two Anton Vankos, the history of Leviathan, and what happens if you French Kiss a cockroach! Plus we’ve got all Marvel Connections, no matter how obscure or tenuous, collated and collected from the personal history files of every actor on the screen! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

This week we head into the MVM Archives to bring you the behind-the-scenes story of the making of The Shadow in 1994 - a true superhero box office bomb! The history of The Shadow in film and TV dating back to the 1930s, the involvement of Sam Raimi and Robert Zemeckis, and how Universal Pictures were hoping to make another Batman franchise! We'll explore the full roll-out of action figures, merchandise, lunchboxes, and video games! Then we'll get into the mixed reviews and the box office figures that didn't result in a blockbuster! For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk

Season 2 of X-Men 97 arrives on July 1st, so we’re re-releasing our deep-dive into the entirety of X-Men 97 Season 1! We explore the history and trivia behind Magneto leading the X-Men, the relationship between Rogue and Gambit, just how overlooked Cyclops has been as a character and leader, the Sinister story of Jean Grey and her clone The Goblin Queen, Forge’s relationship with Storm, the genocide of Genosha, and so much more! We pull apart X-Men 97 Season 1 scene-by-scene to get into all the trivia, all the Easter Eggs, and give you all of our reactions! In Part Four we deep-dive into; Episode 8 - Tolerance Is Extinction Part One Episode 9 - Tolerance Is Extinction Part Two Episode 10 - Tolerance Is Extinction Part Three For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel marvelversusmarvel@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/marvelversusmarvel https://twitter.com/marvelversus https://twitter.com/robhalden https://robhalden.com https://will-preston.co.uk