Abomb to Zzzax: My Favourite Marvel Character with Colin Hoult

BOOMERANG, SCORPION, TARANTULA, TOMBSTONEWe've got an incoming MCU film on the horizon so Colin and Nick are taking a look at the villains of SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY and asking the important questions:- what is Scorpion's tail supposed to be? Why does Boomerang's original suit not have any boomerangs on it? And is Tarantula's power just having really really pointy shoes?(NB - We'll be taking a little break over Easter and will be back in April with new episodes!)285. ScorpionAmazing Spider-Man (1964) #20286. Tarantula Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #1178. Boomerang Superior Foes Of Spider-Man (2013) #1Tales To Astonish (1958) #81 (B story [first]) 985. Tombstone Spectacular Spider-Man (1988) #142

BATROC, WHIRLWIND, LIVING LASER, ZARAN, MACHETEBonjour, mes amis! Join your jovial hosts Colin and Nick as they take a look at one of the few Marvel characters who has his own brigade - yes, it's the probably racially-insensitively named Batroc The Leaper (a man skilled in the noble French art of feet boxing). Who are the rest of his brigade? Are they supervillains to be taken seriously? And are any of them actually any good? These questions and fewer might be answered in this week's episode....264. BatrocTales Of Suspense 75 (B story)Captain America #105 Captain America #130,  176. Living LaserAvengers (1966) #34 1966265. Whirlwind Avengers (1966) #46266. Zaran Captain America #303

BATTERING RAM, ANARCHIST, ORPHAN, BLOKE, DOOP, DEAD GIRL, U GO GIRL, LA NUIT, VIVISECTOR, VENUS DEE MILOIt's a frankly ridiculous number of marvellously media-savvy (if mortally-challenged) mutants this week as Colin and Nick take a look at X-Statix. Who were the X-Statix? Did anyone make it through the revolving door of death? Was Princess Diana really on the team? And what is Doop saying? Some of these questions may be answered...255. Battering Ram 256. The Anarchist257. Orphan258. BlokeLa Nuit 259. DoopX-Force (2002) #116 - 118260. Dead GirlX-Force (2002) #125261. U-Go GirlX-Force (2002) #128262. Vivisector X-Force (2002) #129263. Venus Dee MiloX-Statix (2002) #1

Colin and Nick are back to answer that age old question:- "How many Buckys is too many Buckys?" as they take a look at the inexplicably high number of people who have decided to take on the mantle of child sidekick. We're talking Nomad (Jack Monroe), Nomad (Rikki Barnes), Battlestar (surprisingly not Nomad) and Sharon Carter (sister-niece of Peggy). Reckless endangerment ahoy!250. Battlestar Captain America (1968) #341 (pages 10-17)252. Nomad (Jack Monroe)Captain America (1968) #282 (from page 9) 253. Nomad (Rikki Barnes)Nomad: Girl Without World 2009 #2254. Sharon Carter Captain America (1968) #103

WONDER MAN, GRIM REAPER, DOORMANLook, up in the sky... oh no, hang on, that's someone else. Join Colin and Nick as they take a look at a hero neither of them has paid much attention to before, Simon Williams AKA Wonder Man as they ask the question:- is it worth bothering with the comics or should you just watch the excellent series instead (what do you mean, "leading question"?) Also they take a look at his brother, the Grim Reaper and Doorman (who is generally unrelated to Wonder Man with the exception of the series). Enjoy!Issues Read1045. Wonder Man Avengers (1963) #9 (first)Avengers (1963) #194 (just the Beast / Wonder Man bits- very much an ensemble piece)Avengers (1998) #11 (lot of words - skip non-Wondy bits)Wonder Man (2006) #1628. Grim Reaper  Avengers (1963) #52 (first)319. DoormanGreat Lakes Avengers (2016) #2

Bastion, Sentinels, Master Mold, Bolivar TraskLook out, the machines are taking over! In what feels like a very timely episode, Colin and Nick take a look at the man-made machines menacing the mutants of the Marvel universe (yeah, maybe all this Stan and Jack has been rubbing off on us, alliteratively speaking). Are the Sentinels a terrifying look at the future of robotics or another 60s misunderstanding of how robots work? Is it OK to just do the Iron Giant but with a sentinel? What is a Siege Perilous? And does Bastion's origin make any sense at all? Listen and find out!Issues Read:-244. Bastion Machine Man / Bastion Annual '98245. Bolivar TraskUncanny X-Men (1963) #14246. MastermoldUncanny X-Men (1963) 15247. Sentinels Uncanny X-Men (1963) 98248. SentinelSentinel (2003) #4

Bart Rozum, Wrecker, Thunderball, Piledriver, BulldozerLet's get wrecked! This week, Colin and Nick are taking a look at Damage Control and the Wrecking Crew as next on the list is Bart Rozum (no, us neither). It's thumping, smashing, head-butting frenzy of destruction (and mildly incompetent clean-up)Issues Read:-Bart Rozum & Damage Control (group) Damage Control #1 (Sept 1989)Wrecking Crew Defenders (1974) #18-19413. WreckerThor (1967) #148412. Bulldozer 414. Pile DriverRunaways (2005) #1 (only up to page 14)415. ThunderballAmazing Spider-Man (1963) #248 (A-story)

KRAVEN THE HUNTER, CALYPSO, RHINO, CHAMELEONColin and Nick are joined by returning and (hopefully) recurring pal James O'Donoghue to take a look at Spidey's animal-tracking foe, Kraven The Hunter. It's also a chance to (mercifully) finish off our look at the SPUMC movies with a bit of chat about Kraven's inexplicable movie. Plus, given that they also feature in the film, we'll dive into Rhino, Chameleon and Calypso too.Kraven the hunter - on Netflix Kraven & ChameleonAmazing Spider-Man (1963) #15, #294, 389CalypsoAmazing Spider-Man (1963) #209RhinoAmazing Spider-Man (1963) #41Spider-Man's tangled web #5-6