Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey – Episode 31: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Ben & Matt continue their Marvel-lous (and never-ending) Journey through the history of the MCU.

Who wants to hear a surprising amount of talk about Iron Fist? Nobody? Well too bad! You also get to hear us gush about Tony Leung and open up the old wounds of Marvel’s third act problem… So there’s that!

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Marvel Mondays – Moon Knight: Episode 5

Plot summary: Steven and Marc must reconcile their troubled past in order to navigate the Egyptian underworld.

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Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey – Episode 30: Black Widow

Ben & Matt continue their Marvel-lous (and never-ending) Journey through the history of the MCU.

Black Widow FINALLY came out after extensive Covid-delays but was simply too addicted to drama, giving your hosts a wealth to dig into. Not that there’s much time after all the gushing about Florence Pugh…

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Marvel Mondays – Moon Knight: Episode 4

Plot summary: Steven, Layla and Arthur Harrow race to find the secrets of Ammit’s tomb with personal complications and strange creatures making things difficult.

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Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey – Episode 29: Loki

Ben & Matt continue their Marvel-lous (and never-ending) Journey through the history of the MCU.

At last, a television show that knows it’s a television show. Bizarrely, we think it’s better for it! Your hosts discuss the tight-knit cast, the consistent quality, the bombastic guest appearance and what it all means for the future.

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Marvel Mondays – Moon Knight: Episode 3

Plot summary: In Egypt, Khonshu pleads for the other gods to stop Arthur Harrow, while Marc, Steven and Layla contend with dangerous locals in an effort to find Ammit’s tomb.

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Ben & Matt’s Marvellous Journey – Episode 28: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

Ben & Matt continue their Marvel-lous (and never-ending) Journey through the history of the MCU.

Urghhhh. We all knew this day would come, but that doesn’t make your hosts any happier about it. Gather around one and all to hear about the woeful handling of John Walker, the passivity of the leads and how ill-equipped the show as to tackle racism, as well as the few high points.

At least Loki is next week!

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Marvel Mondays – Moon Knight: Episode 2

Plot summary: Steven meets Layla, the wife of his alter ego, and is thrown into the lion’s den of Arthur Harrow’s cult and their mystical war.

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The Matt Signal Beyond – Batman Beyond Comics: Part 4 (The Rebirth Era)

Contrary to my original claim I wouldn’t be covering the Batman Beyond comics because there are so many more of them than their BTAS/TNBA equivalents… let’s take a look at Terry McGinnis’ comic book exploits over the years.

These books can be divided into four distinct eras, and we’ll finish up with the longest and most recent, Dan Jurgens’ Rebirth Era.

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The Matt Signal Beyond – Batman Beyond Comics: Part 3 (The Tim Drake Era)

Contrary to my original claim I wouldn’t be covering the Batman Beyond comics because there are so many more of them than their BTAS/TNBA equivalents… let’s take a look at Terry McGinnis’ comic book exploits over the years.

These books can be divided into four distinct eras, and the worst of them is finally upon us, as Dan Jurgens takes the helm for… The Tim Drake Era.

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