M6p: Marvel 616 Politics

Over the countless hours that we have given to Marvel, we often feel like we deserve some sort of compensation. Do we want blood and treasure? No...nooooo. Keep your bloody treasure away from my face and hands. All we really want is good stories. (Now if they're bloody, we can't help that. We just read them.) But as of late, we feel that Marvel is listening, and listening GOOD! Did you see Schism #1? I mean, come on!!! How can you beat that. There wasn't a single retcon in the whole issue, that I know of. And that Cap. WOW!! He's just so hot right now. Steve is back in the costume and ready to go. Sure it may seem like I'm laying it on thick, but if we ever want to get Marvel as a sponsor we need to start sucking up a litte, right? The point is, this week's stories were downright FANTASTIC! They are great jumping on points and where better to get these stories than DCBService.com? That's right. Discount Comic Book Service where you can get these issues and several hundreds more for up to 4

Why does it always have to be about me? Is it my fault that I talk a lot, or have a lot to say? And yet, Jarid doesn't think so...what's that guy's deal anyway? Oh don't drink during the show...oh don't eat your ramen...oh you don't like your ice cream...oh you need to go drown in an ocean of ice cream... Anyway, join us for issue 32 where we discuss the in's and out's of X-Men First Class, the Uncanny relaunch, and Fear Itself #3. We also argue about water and swimming as well as other mundane and trivial things. And yes, of course, I get to call Jarid a "jerk." BUT I DID NOT SAY "ASTRAY" this episode, even though Jarid desperately tried to get me to say it...over and over and over again. This episode was and is brought to you by DCBService.com. The best and only place to pre-order your comics at up to 40% off cover price. That's right! I said 40% off....40....four zero. I mean, really, what else do you need? Until next time, make yours Marvel 616 Politics!

ow I don't know about you, but when Jarid starts hounding me about the 'ol demon drink, I get a little defensive. See here, I'm no boy scout Captain America, but I'm no Tony Stark neither. So can't we just leave the topic and move on to comics? Or are we going to have a Schism here? (You see what I did there? Uh huh! That's right. I'm THAT good!) Regardless of your, mine, and his alcoholistical tendencies, the lords of the Body Politic jump into the X-Men full force. What's going on? Where have they come from and where are they going? We give you our two cents on the new team of Legacy, the numbering on Adjectiveless, and the skinny on Astonishing--TWO CREATIVE TEAMS!?!?!? Give me a break. But wait...there's more! Voicemails and the Sultry Surfer abound as we tackle a few choice questions from the Body Politic as well as a good old fashioned role play...eh, nevermind. Just essing listen! Sponsored by DCBService.com. Discount Comic Book Service is where you can fulfill all your comic needs and

I don't know what was up with this past week's comics, but they were a stretch...to say the least. A stretch for us...to tell you...that they actually relate to the AMAZINGLY AWESOME event Fear Itself. So this issue we talk Invincible Iron Man #503 and how (half of) it really relates to Fear Itself. Then we go into Journey into Mystery #622 to find out how exactly Loki and his evil big self, Loki, fit into the Fear Itself. I mean...he's Asgardian...Skadi is Asgardian. They are obviously lovers that were separated at birth then transmigrated into a frog, then a hammer, and finally a girl that is the incarnation of Sin itself. Hey, I could write this event. Jarid!!! Get me my inkwell and feather! And don't forget our sponsors!! DCBService.com (Discount Comic Book Service) Get all your single issues, trades, and preorders up to 40% off. I use them...why don't you? Until next time, make yours Marvel 616 Politics!

Thank goodness for our sponsorship (Discount Comic Book Service, DCBService.com) because without their 40% off regular issues I think we would have called it quits this go round. I just mean, PLEASE, that Jarid guy is soooo stubborn with his smug little responses to my Tina guesses, and the way he talks about how he could write Age of X way better, and how he doesn't have to take a shower because he wakes up smelling clean. GRRR!!! It makes me so angry! So I am giving Fear Itself a chance...So I like the concept behind Onslaught Unleashed...So I think Age of X isn't that bad--Call me Mr. Positive. But really, what can you do? It's not like can turn to our beautiful wives to discuss these things. (I mean, let's face it...if they knew how geeky we truly are, they would never speak to us again.) Well, I guess all we can do is stick with the show. I mean, it's not really that bad, right? It's not like he said I was a wuss for not liking to fly...WHAT?!?!? He DID??? I'LL KILL YOU!!

Have you ever wondered who would be the best leader of the X-Men? Have you ever wondered what the worst X-Men stories are? Have you ever...Have you ever? Well you can stop your wondering. That's right! Now Jarid and Andy come at you full force (well, maybe not full force because it's late, and I'm tired and I just may not care anymore...)--like I was saying: FULL FORCE. Coming at you with our Top 5! Sure there are 10 of them...so Top 10 Top 5! This could get a little hairy, but we are all over it. Of course with the help of our fearless sponsor: DCBService.com. With our commentary, our prowess, and our distinct AWESOMENESS (and their 40% off) we will tell you what you need to know. To live, to survive, to read. Enjoy!! (DO IT! Enjoy it... or else!)

Today is a new day (with DCBService.com!!). Today is the day that M6P and you connect. Today is the new Horrific Age. It's that time whe--wait...what? Horrific has already been taken? THOSE MARVEL SLEEZE BA--wait...what? OHHH, the "Heroic Age." Got it...no, I got it. NO I got it. Jeezum Petes...For the Love of... Alright, well I'm past that anyway. We don't even talk about the Heroic Age in this episode. Why? Because we are doing the Vampire thing....we're not? Wait, I thought that we were still doing vampires and Frankencastle and stuff. Oh, that's over? Alright, so we are now in the new Heroic Age...what now? Just the X-Men? The rest of the Marvel Universe has moved on? Now we are doing the Point One program? Well, why are the X-Men so far behind? Screw it!! Welcome to Marvel 616 Politics, where the news is fresh and Tina is in full swing. (She's still cool, right? Okay, okay! I got it.) So in this shining gem of an episode, we have Professor X and Magneto stop by for a while, whil

It was a cold day that Andy's mouth swelled up...and an even colder day when Jarid's heater went out....mwuahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! But let's be serious for one second. My heart goes out to the guy...well, not that much (because he makes fun of me ALL THE TIME). But in this show, I got the last laugh. I finally beat Jarid Mayo at his own game: The Tina Awards. That's right. Oh, he'll deny me that quarter point I earned in the very beginning, but his deceit can only take him so far. His uppins will come. Mark my words!! That dastardly devient of destruction will not don the dark of dusk this day. Now besides the magnificent Tina Awards, we discuss the Promotions at Marvel, Black Panther coming to New York, the point of X-Men Legacy, and the Osborn mystery. And who can forget about our sponsor, DCBService.com? Get all your issues at heavily discounted prices, up to 40% off!!! So that about wraps up this merry time of fun and pizaz...(is that spelled right?) Oh, one more thing. Feel sorry for us. Seriousl

Voicemails, Top 5's and the Hobgoblin...you can't get this anywhere else. Well, I guess that's not really true. Because, let's face it: we have another website or iTunes...or even Facebook. But enough with the shameless plugging. This episode we talk about the new Venom series and who will wear the chocolate eating, adrenaline sucking monster! We also discuss next year's villains to watch for and the possible scenarios in which they would TAKE OVER THE WORLD. Furthermore, this brand new and improved episode features the voice stylings of Jarid Mayo (not on the phone but in REAL LIFE)!!! Along with the announcement of a new sponsor, DCBService.com. Get all your issues at heavily discounted prices, up to 40% off!!! That's right. Fall in love. (Hey, we gotta pay the bills somehow.) Enjoy and send us your feedback! Until next time, make yours Marvel 616 Politics!!

It truly is a feat to be able to talk about comics for two hours. Sure, we may throw in a Tina reference here and there...but then there are also political references as well. Politics. That's right. That's what we do. We are your agents out to deconstruct our favorite medium: The comic book. We look, observe, and examine. This is what we do. We talk about the story, the art, the covers, the characters, the writers, and the editors. Comics may seem all fun and games to you but to us...to us, comics are serious biz. It's hard a hard life. It's hard to be read comics that we love. It's hard to talk about our favorite characters. It's hard to record our opinions and hear ourselves talk. It's hard. It's hard. ANNNNNNDDDDD that's what Tina is for!! Oh thank God for Tina Turner: The goddess of all that cool and hip, the wonder of the golden age, the songsmith of the new world. How could we make it through Uncanny #529 and Fraction's jumpiness. As well as the new Generation Hope team and continu

So, Jarid doesn't like the Young Allies. Whatever, no big deal. Right? It's not a problem, per se..in general..I guess. WAIT!!! No! Jarid is wrong. I can't help it if the guy is in love with Mystique or knows every name to every Cuckoo quin, but I won't stand by and have him bad mouthing Arana and Nomad and Gravity and all those other heroes that I can't remember their names. (I care--what? Don't judge.) Alright, everyone needs to just calm down. We have bigger fish to fry: Chaos War for one. And I'll be derned if my co-host's dispicable nature takes away the joy I feel for this matriarch of comic satire. Hey......Hercules is in this piece of BEEEP. BEEEP BEEEP BEEEPING BEEEPED BEEEP BEEEPING BEEEPING BEEEP I MOTHER-FATHER SWEAR my BEEEP. I'm sorry. I get a little emotion when it comes to the Greek Pantheon. Well, enjoy the ride as much as we did!

Episode 022 - From the halls of Shadowland, To the shores of Wakanda, We fight our Marvel's battles in the issues and sagas; First to fight 'gainst vamps and ninjas, and to keep our memmories clean; We are proud to claim the titles, Of the 616 stories. (OMIT the rest for content.)

Episode 021 - I'm sure we can all understand that miscommunications just happen…and why wouldn't they when you are talking to a macho, sarcastic, sexist superhero? Wait, you misunderstood me. I wasn't talking about Dr. Doom and his Vibranium fixation, or Daredevil and the heartless killing of our favorite Dark Avenger (no, not Sentry) Bullseye. I'm not even talking about that drunk womanizing miscreant that parades around in his super-dee-duper armor–which he's naked underneath, don't know if you knew that or not. I'm talking about the misunderstanding that Jarid is cool and not just one more comic nerd fixated on an African weather goddess. But, let's face it, Andy's no better with all the allusions to fluffy girls with tales and the weird toothy necklace and his obsession with that Cadillac of Men, the Sentry. I guess….well, I guess it is easy now to see how misunderstanding can occur. If only because we can't understand these people to begin with. What weirdos. Really. Seriously. I'm outta here. I'm s

Episode 020 - As Andy goes off into lala land about the metaphors of Spider-Man and how he can't sleep unless he figures out the most intricate details of Spidey's mythos and the people who tell us, Jarid seeps into a lull of doldrums madness. The" X-Men…meh," he says. Gischler can bite it (get it…tee hee) over his new vampire-twilight X-Men run. Sure X-Men #1 didn't blow up Jarid's skirt, but there's always Shadowland. OH wait. Jarid doesn't like THAT EITHER!! Well another miserable show of grumbling and complaining. WHAT!! Naaahhh. That's insane. Andy is a fun-loving, lovable, squeezable guy. He would never let it go that far. That's why the metaphors of life tangled into the Spider's web comfort him on the cold lonely days at the office. Enough of this nonsense. Take it easy!

Episode 019 - Ah yes, Kaine. We knew him well. Wait, no we didn't. Who said that? Who said we knew him well? I didn't know him well at all. And who said he died? I didn't. If anyone should perish it should be that Arana chick. I don't know why that bozo Andy is so on fire for these hip young superheroes. The ones that are caring a new generation to glory and wonder—my generation. I can't fathom the ineptitude of the mentally challenged lunatic that likes the new Spider-Family better than the old. And what's the point of meshing the two together? What's going on with the intent to make life contiguous and gloriously better by emphasizing the young upstart superheroes? Why empower the female population with crud like the "Young Allies?" If it were up to me we'd have Tina Turner riding around on Storm's shoulders while driving a motorcycle through bumpy fire. You know what I'm talking about!! Roll tape!

Episode 018 - Blah Blah Blah! We all know it is an new era with heroes and villains clearly defined with little or no guesswork. Great. But what does this mean for ME?!? t means that we will know exactly what evil is and what evil looks like. And really, what's more evil than vampires? And I'm not talking about any sissy glittery grey "kiss me kill me" vampires either. We're talking DRACULA and the rest of his merry men. Sure we saw a precursor in a little title called "Captain Britain and the MI:13, but no one read that craptacular book...did they? SAYS WHO!?! I read it, dang it! I read it and hated every minute of it. I suffered and agonized and nearly enjoyed it too. Eh, well...whatever. I guess we all have our own crosses to bear. (Tee Hee. I cracked a funny) But aside from the waxing undead, we have bigger fish to fry. The Avengers are jumping from rooftop to rooftop celebrating their much needed rest from the past couple years...only to find Kang...making empty promises with candy-flavored doomsday d

Episode 017 - It is the End of an Era. We all know this. We all mourn this. We all celebrate this. It is a time of jubilation, a time of mourning, a time of singing and merriment, a time of gnashing of teeth. A time where we can't even recognize the Hulk universe; where the X-Men are fighting for survival, where mega-events are overshadowed by smaller, tightly compacted story events; where Spider-Man is immature and hated; where the space opera is uncertain but continual; where younger heroes are being trained to uphold the ideas of the previous generation; where no one knows or cares what is happening to Ghost Rider and the Immortal Iron Fist. Wait--this is...this is just like the last era. This so-called Heroic Age is a crock!! How much for the book?!? There's one...two...three different titles I have to buy to kick this off? Cheese and Rice! Alright. Breathe. Just breathe. I'm not focusing on that. I'm here to talk about the END of the era. Dark Reign, Siege, Dark Avengers, New Avengers. All these thing

Episode 016 - There comes a time in every super hero's life where they need to fish or cut bait. Crap or get off the pot. Put their money where there mouth is. Practice what you preach. Turn or burn. Believe or deny. I--I think I'm getting off track here. The question then boils down do you believe in Hope or don't you? Would you give your life for the life of the Savior of Mutanity? Sure, we all feel this way. I know I'd give my sixth two on my left foot and my fourth eye and even smision (that's my seventh sense) for a chance to protect Hope. All that being said, however, the last question still remains: WHY WHY WHY Nightcrawler!?!?!?!?!?! Yyle (Kyle and Yost), you torment us with doubt anguish and the salty discharge that are my tears. We--we care. And even though we couldn't really ask them our question, Jarid lent us his uncanny ability to channel the writers so that we could get extremely close to the truth...well, close enough. Hope you enjoy. Until next time, Make yours Marvel 616 Politics!

Episode 015 - Do we really have to get into how we name the episodes? I mean, it's not that complicated. I edit them, then you listen and you say, "Oh, that's what he meant when he named this stinky little number." (I know you don't really say that thing about the stinkiness of the show. I know you are more respectful than that, but....nevertheless, I digress.) My point is that you should take careful notice of this title. I could have named it any number of titles that would most likely offend myself, my co-host, or most likely any number of minority AND majority groups out there. The bottom line is that whether you're Democrat, Republican, the Green Hulk, the Red Hulk, or some blue guy that is made up by Loeb's daughter--you may find yourself leaving our fan base. We loved to have you and well, you can at least walk away knowing some of our deepest darkest fears and desires. WHAT!!??!! NAHHH, I'm just joshin' ya! Everything is pat. Go on and enjoy the episode. And until next time, make yours: Marvel

Episode 014 (pt2) - Black Panther and the Tina's