UltiversalQ #002: Horrific Face Mask

Luke and Devin return to watch Spider-Man take down the Kingpin, get sexually shamed, meets the Enforcers, helps a Iron Man who will be erased from reality, and also Devin hasn’t seen Hudson Hawk! Also there are a lot of Simpsons references in this episode so that should help the analytics.

Issues Covered:

  • Ultimate Spider-Man #9-13
  • Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #4-5

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Episode 129.6: Iron Man NOIR


This time Luke and film critic Dominic Griffin are here to talk about Iron Man Noir, a Scott Snyder comic that isn’t really noir and isn’t really much beyond the surface, but the discussion is good and there is some good stuff about story and plot development. Check it out!

Universes and Comics Covered:

  • Earth-90214 – Iron Man Noir #1-4

You can find Dominic here on Twitter.

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Episode 108: Impossible Man Builds, Jameson Wins, and Iron Man Sucks


This week Luke and Devin cover the last Gregg Schigiel What If issues, look at some Spider-man Daydream Worlds, and visit the unfinished Iron Man Viva Las Vegas comic – and come up with endings for it. They also may nominate themselves for a Pulitzer. Comics!

Universes and Issues Explored:

  • Earth-95397 – What If Vol 2 #104
  • Earth-? – Amazing Spider-man Vol 1 #246
  • Earth-80734 – Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas

Our theme music is by Vibe Leviathan and our cover art is by Kyle Latino

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Episode 104: Heroes Reborn: Part 1: Truths and Liefelds


This week Luke and Devin start their long journey into the world of Heroes Reborn – what happens when two artists who left Marvel for their own lines of comics come back and are given top tier books. The guys take on one of the most maligned comic events ever – and find that it isn’t as bad as the reputation.

Universes and Issues Explored:

  • Counter-Earth – Captain America #1-6, The Avengers #1-6, Fantastic Four #1-6, Iron Man #1-6

Our theme music is by Vibe Leviathan and our cover art is by Kyle Latino

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Episode 75: A House Of M Divided


Luke and Devin discuss all of the tie-ins for The House of M and try to construct some variety of logic around what happened.

Universes and Issues Explored: 

  • Earth58163 – House of M: Spider-Man, House of M: Iron Man, House of M: Fantastic Four, Incredible Hulk #83-86, Hulk: Broken Worlds – Punnyville, Uncanny X-men #462-465, New Thunderbolts #11, House of M: Mutopia, Wolverine #33-35, New X-men: Academy X #16-19, Cable & Deadpool #17, Black Panther #7, Civil War: House of M, House of M: Avengers, House of M: Masters of Evil

Notes

  • Luke’s sister was nice enough to edit this episode.

Our theme music is by Vibe Leviathan and our cover art is by Kyle Latino.

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Episode 59: You’re Pretty Civil Looking (For A War)

Luke and Devin tackle four What If’s related to the Civil War – including the actual American Civil War, a world where Henry Peter Gyrich becomes president, a world where the relative size of the Civil War is measured against the Annihilation wave and more as our good friend Cemetery Trenchcoat Man returns.

Our cover art is by Kyle Latino and our theme song is by Vibe Leviathan.

Universes and Issues Explored: 

  • Earth-717 – What If? Featuring Captain America #1
  • Earth-2108 – What If? Civil War #1
  • Earth-10208 What If? Civil War #1
  • Earth-9230 – What If? Fallen Son #1
  • Earth-14026 – What If? Annihilation #1

Notes

  • Journey Into Misery did an episode on the Winter Soldier that is helpful setup for most of what we cover here.
  • They also did a primer episode on Guardians of the Galaxy/Annihilation that helps with the Annihilation What If.

Our theme music is by Vibe Leviathan and our cover art is by Kyle Latino.

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Episode 28: Oh The Iron Age!


This week Luke and Devin join Tony Stark as he travels through time to resist the urge to drink with his past selves and I guess stop the Dark Phoenix from destroying the world. Little Column A, Little Column B.

Universes and Issues Explored: 

  1. Earth-81191 – Iron Age Alpha #1, Iron Age #1-3, Iron Age Omega #1

Notes:

Our cover is by Noél Villay and our theme music is by Vibe Leviathan.

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Episode 17: The Strange Magic Special

Luke and Devin have to suffer through a disappointing What If with Daredevil and Doctor Strange but then things get amazing with Tony Stark, Sorcerer Supreme. And Kamala Khan’s fanfiction universe shows up!

Universes and Issues Explored:

  1. Earth-3971 – What If Vol 2 #83

  2. Earth-9810 – What If Vol 2 #113

  3. Earth-? – Ms Marvel Vol 3 #1

Notes:

  • Send stuff in to us!

  • Crowdfunding Patreon next week!

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Our cover is by Noél Villay and our theme music is by Vibe Leviathan.

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Episode 16: Water Fowl

Luke and Devin talk about Weapon X (not the Canadian ones), Sasquatch (not the Alpha Flight one) and then actual Namor vs Doctor Doom. Also check under the fold for an image gallery!

Universes and Issues Explored:

  1. Earth-2600 – Exiles Vol 1 #12-13

  2. Earth-1016 – Exiles Vol 1 #14-15

  3. Earth 12 – Exiles Vol 1 #14-15

Notes:

  • Sasquatch is normally Roger Langowski but Alpha Flight is something that I haven’t gotten into.

  • Luke meant telekinesis not telepathy. Jean Gray and Mimic would float around with telekinesis.

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Our cover is by Noél Villay and our theme music is by Vibe Leviathan.

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