He's been a gorilla. a werewolf, Elastic Lad, and the Red Headed Beatle of 1,000 B.C.; he's Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen. Join Gary Rolin and his teenage daughter, Ella Plum Rolin, as they explore the amazing, the absurd and the literally unbelievable adventures of The Daily Planet's favorite cub reporter.
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Stephen Lacey and Andrew Leyland are your guide to Marvel's First Family, The Fantastic Four. Starting at the very beginning of the Marvel Age of Comics, they cover every issue of The Fantastic Four, every spinoff title (Strange Tales, Marvel Two-In-One, FF, and more), every guest appearance and every cameo, all in order of publication.
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Episode 368: Marvel Two-in-One #77 - Only The Swamp Survives
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Cancelled Comic Cavalcade Hello, and welcome to episode 367 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. After an extended break, Steve is back to continue his journey through the latter issues of Marvel Two-in-One. What happens if a team-up books doesn't involve a …
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Episode 367: Fantastic Four #232 - Back To The Basics
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John Byrne Doesn't Play Well With Others Hello, and welcome to episode 367 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. We're finally here, the start of the 1980s renaissance of the Fantastic Four. John Byrne is here as writer and artist, and the Fantastic Four will…
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Episode 366: Steve Further Fan-'Splains The FF
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A Veritable Everything Bagel of 1970s Fantastic Four Hello, and welcome to episode 358 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This time around, the Fantasticast is taking a short breather between the end of the Moench/Sienkiewicz run, and the start of the Byrn…
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Episode 365: Marvel Two-in-One #76 - The Big Top Bandits
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We Need To Talk About Sue's... Uh... Hello, and welcome to episode 365 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This week, we're taking a well-earned break, both in the real world and in the podcast. Steve's travelling to Los Angeles to attend the Gallifrey One …
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Episode 364: Fantastic Four #231 - In All The Gathered Gloom
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He Is Styggor, And He Is Not Important Hello, and welcome to episode 364 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. The end has arrived, and, well, it's probably about time. The creative team are departing the book to make way for a fresh start, but they've got so…
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Episode 363: Marvel Two-in-One #75 - By Blastarr -- Betrayed!
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Ah, Fuck Me Dead, I've Got To Draw All This Shit Hello, and welcome to episode 363 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. For the second week in a row, the Avengers nose their way into the podcast, but to greater narrative effect. Blastarr and Annihilus are te…
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Episode 362: Fantastic Four #230 - Firefrost and the Ebon Seeker
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Hello, and welcome to episode 362 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This time on the Fantasticast, we discover what happens after an all-action issue. Yes, it's the inevitable exposition, and there's plenty of it. From decaying cultures in the far future …
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Episode 361: Marvel Two-in-One #74 - A Christmas Peril
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Festive Clay Snuffling Hello, and welcome to episode 361 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This week, the Fantasticast hits a new milestone - the first comic covered twice by the show. We looked at Marvel Two-in-One #74 almost an entire decade ago, and it…
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Episode 360: Fantastic Four #229 - The Thing From The Black Hole
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Reed's Tool Hello, and welcome to episode 360 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. It's a bumper episode of The Fantasticast this week, as we cover no less than five comics! From visitors from the inside of a black hole, to scientific handwaves, from the dis…
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Episode 359: Marvel Two-in-One #73 - Pipeline Through Infinity
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Direct Nipple Strike Hello, and welcome to episode 359 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This week, we're jumping through the dimensions with Ben Grimm and Wendell Vaughan. A dangling plot thread needs to be tied up, and it leads our heroes to a world und…
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Episode 358: Fantastic Four #228 - Ego-Spawn
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Reed Richards: Master of Ethics Hello, and welcome to episode 358 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This time on the Fantasticast, we must, we must uncover the mysteries of Franklin's powers, by dressing him up as Professor X (with handy replica Cerebro) …
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Episode 357: Marvel Two-in-One #72 - The Might of Maelstrom
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A 'Masterclass' In Solo 'Podcasting' Hello, and welcome to episode 357 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. The show is back after a 2-ish week break, and this time, there's a dire need to wrap some things up. There's an unfinished three-part storyline in Ma…
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Episode 356: Fantastic Four #227 - The Brain Parasites
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A Punk With A Tie Hello, and welcome to episode 355 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. The show is back after a 19-ish month break, and it's bringing with it yet another issue from the infamous Moench/Sienkiewicz run on the Fantastic Four. A meteor falls t…
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Episode 355: Marvel Two-in-One #71 - The Cure
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Let's Play Sportsball! Hello, and welcome to episode 355 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. It's time to wrap up one of the longer-running plot lines in the Marvel Universe. It's time to brew a potion, it's time to put things right, it's time to cure the g…
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Episode 354: Fantastic Four #226 - The Samurai Destroyer
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And We're Back Hello, and welcome to episode 354 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. So we're back. Well, one of us is, at least. After eight months off the air and four months of social isolation, the urge to podcast got a bit too much for Steve, and he's …
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Issue #91 - Gary and Ella Plum ride with the "The Dragon Delinquent" and "Jimmy Olsen Magic Manacles" - Plus: Perry White, Senator? Bring back the fink and MORE!!
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Issue #90 - The Brainwashing of Big Jimmy
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Issue #90 - Ella Plum and Gary talking about "The Brainwashing of Big Jimmy" and "Mr. Mxyzptlk's Partner in Crime" - Plus goodbye Flying Newsroom! Faux pranksters! and MORE!
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Issue #89 - Part 2 - Olsen's Super Survival Kit
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Issue #89 - Gary and Ella Plum get caught up in the intrigue or "Olsen's Super-Survival Kit." Plus! - Bow and arrow superheroes are terrible, never trust a boutonniere, and MORE!!
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Issue #89 - Part 1 - Gary and Ella Plum catch "The Infamous Four" - Plus Hannah Barbera a woman? Physics of parachutes! and MORE!!
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Issue #88 - Gary and Ella Plum get down with "The Swinging Superman," "The Riddle of the Olsen Statue" and "Jimmy Olsen, World's Heavyweight Champ" - Plus Frogman, Bathyscapes and MORE!
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Issue #87 - Gary and Ella Plum enter "The Arena of Doom," "Bizarro Jimmy, Rock 'N' Roll Star" and "Oracle Olsen's Future Scoops!" - PLUS! Hullabashin? Head Trauma does not give you superpowers and MORE!
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Bonus Episode! 86a - "Jimmy's D-Day Adventure"
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Episode #86 - The Team of Olsen & Braniac
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Issue #85 - King Olsen's Private Island
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The Fantasticast: An Ending, And A Farewell
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The Moment Has Been Prepared For Hello, and welcome to The Fantasticast. This episode was originally released as our final episode. We discuss why the show reached a conclusion at the end of 2019, and look back over 8 years of podcasting together. The Fantasticast has since continued to release episodes sporadically, so this episode now functions m…
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The Fantasticast Presents... Fantastic Four (2015) Commentary
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43 Confirmed Kills Hello, and welcome to a special epsiode of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This week, we're releasing something from our Patreon archive. Previously Patreon-exclusive, the time has come to share with you all our commentary o…
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Episode 353: Marvel Two-in-One #70 - A Moving Experience
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Fantastic Butts And Where To Find Them Hello, and welcome to episode 353 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This week, we're off to Yancy Street for a romantic reunion, a change in living arrangements, and a set of suspicious removal men who r…
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Issue #84 - Jimmy Olsen's Monster Movie
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Episode 352: Marvel Team-Up #100 - And Introducing - Karma! She Possesses People!
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Spidey vs Nightwing - The Great Superhero Buttock-Off Hello, and welcome to episode 352 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. The Fantastic Four head off to the world of Marvel Team-Up to help the title celebrate its 100th issue. There's a new mu…
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Episode 351: Fantastic Four #225 - The Blind God's Experience
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Mjolnir (Not) On A Spin Cycle Hello, and welcome to episode 351 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This week, we're back in the Arctic once again, as the Fantastic Four find themselves battling to save the blind Viking god from losing his powe…
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