Best Duane Eckholm and Dan Newland Podcasts (2024)

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Murdock and Marvel: 1983 1:41:05

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Episode 21 - Murdock and Marvel: 1983 This year things really start to accelerate in the comics world, as the direct market kicks into high gear. Marvel leads the way again, with a truly astounding number of new books. Welcome to the crazy years, folks. Its time to talk 1983. Convergence Con: https://www.convergence-con.org/ The Year in Comics Nota…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1982 1:37:30

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Episode 20 - Murdock and Marvel: 1982 Have you noticed that every year for about a decade we have been recounting the impending death of the comic industry, with sales seemly slipping another 10% and publishers falling to the wayside? I am happy to say that at least for Marvel this is the year that things started to turn around. Its 1982, and the D…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1981 1:50:12

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Episode 19 - Murdock and Marvel: 1981 Welcome, my friends, to the dawning of a new Golden Age for Marvel Comics! Researching this episode was also a trip down memory lane for for Dan, because this was the summer when he first pulled a comic book off the spinner rack. Let's take a look back at the wonder that was 1981 in comics! Announcement: This W…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1980 1:36:06

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Episode 18 - Murdock and Marvel: 1980 It’s a rough time for America and for comics in general, but big things are happening at Marvel this year, and it’s a great time to be a Daredevil fan. Let’s talk a bit about the start of a new decade, and a new era for this podcast’s featured hero – welcome to 1980! Announcement: Duane screwed up... That's why…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1979 1:38:02

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Episode 17 - Murdock and Marvel: 1979 This week the industry tries to pick itself back up after the disastrous DC implosion, the Direct Market starts to take on its modern look, and sales and hope are dwindling with retailers, publishers and creators. Its time to see if the 70s go out with a whimper or a bang (hint: it’s a whimper). Lets look at 19…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1978 1:37:06

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Episode 16 - Murdock and Marvel: 1978 This week Marvel starts to steady the ship, even as the Distinguished Competition is kneecapped by their corporate overlords. Prices go up! Prices go down! Great new companies sprout up! Established companies die! And as usual there are predictions about the impending death of comics. Welcome to 1978, everyone.…

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MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for May 19-25 28:41

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Marvel Unlimited for May 19-25 Dan and Siena return after a month away, and immediately dig into a number of new first issues, including the constantly rebooting Scarlet Witch, a new Spider-Punk mini-series, and Ultimate X-Men. QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/ 20 total new comics 5 are Infinity Comics 15 are regula…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1977 1:37:03

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Episode 15 - Murdock and Marvel: 1977 Its 1977, and this week we see the dawn of a number of very influential independent titles, and Marvel and DC continue to try to bash each other into the ground. Comics are gaining in popularity on TV, with THREE superhero shows now on the small screen, and Marvel catches a tiger by the tail as it agrees to do …

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Murdock and Marvel: 1976 1:32:17

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Episode 14 - Murdock and Marvel: 1976 Another year of Marvel and DC vying for minds and coins of comic book readers which is consolidating the industry despite some up and coming indie publishers. To that end, Marvel is now publishing over a 3rd of all comics in the U.S. But is it sustainable and at what cost? This week we'll look at all that, the …

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Murdock and Marvel: 1975 1:40:16

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Episode 13 - Murdock and Marvel: 1975 It's 1975. Things are improving a bit in the world but in comics the race continues to fill up newsstands. With that, we start seeing more company causalities if you weren't D.C. or Marvel. We have 2 comic gods duking it out in the rookie of the year and in the spotlight this week, we see Daredevil take on... A…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1974 1:36:43

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Episode 12 - Murdock and Marvel: 1974 Well, here we are in 1974, when Richard Nixon leaves the White House in shame in real life even as he is shown to be leading a secret criminal organization in the Marvel universe. The economy is a mess, crime is up, and comics are affected in all sorts of ways. Preshow Reminder about Dan and Sienna's C2E2 Panel…

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MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for April 7 - 13 22:35

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Marvel Unlimited for April 7 - 13 Siena was puzzled about the way the Captain America storyline was set up, questioned why Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1 did not have Moon Knight in it, and appears to have reached her saturation point with Marvel Zombies. On the bright side, Beware of the Planet of the Apes, Kid Venom and the Fantastic Four provid…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1973 1:30:44

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Episode 11 - Murdock and Marvel: 1973 Its 1973, which was a tumultuous and eventful year for America. We left Vietnam without winning, VP Spiro Agnew resigned in disgrace and the US dollar was devalued, while momentous events such as Roe v Wade, Nixon visiting China and Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs. By end of year Nixon has resigned and the US …

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MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for March 31-April 6 21:55

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Marvel Unlimited for March 31-April 6, 2024 Welcome back to What’s New in Marvel Unlimited! This is Dan, and each week my daughter Siena and I are looking at which Marvel comics are releasing digitally through the Marvel Unlimited app. QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/ 21 total new comics 5 are Infinity Comics 15 ar…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1972 1:38:23

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Episode 10 - Murdock and Marvel: 1972 This week it seems everything is coming up Marvel, as Stan Lee and his expanding young team seem to be flooding the market, but a lot of other interesting things happened around the comic world. Preshow Marvel Snap new season: Thunderbolts https://www.marvelsnap.com/newsdetail?id=7296765558303775494 The Year in…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1971 1:23:47

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Episode 8 - Murdock and Marvel: 1971 We have a fun show this week, with Marvel being a critical part of a couple big changes that happen in 1971. We also see a new character swinging into Daredevil this year, who is going be a big part of Matt Murdock’s life for the next few years! Preshow Note from Amanda The Year in Comics 1971 was a year of tran…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1970 1:25:37

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Episode 8 - Murdock and Marvel: 1970 We have made it to the second decade of the Marvel era! The 1970s saw significant changes and challenges for comics, and we start to see them immediately as we take a look at the very first year of this eventful decade! Preshow Steve Ditko is now a “Disney Legend.” https://d23.com/disney-legends-2024/ Dan and Si…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1969 1:24:14

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Episode 7 - Murdock and Marvel: 1969 Its 1969, and comics are returning to normal after the disruptions of the Marvel Age and Batmania. Small publishers continue to fail, even as Marvel and DC expand their offerings, and small independent publishers begin to test the waters. Marvel continues its expansion, but does so in some new directions, and Da…

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MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for March 3rd to 9th 23:05

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Marvel Unlimited for March 3rd - 9th, 2024 Welcome back to What’s New in Marvel Unlimited! This is Dan, and each week my daughter Siena and I are looking at which Marvel comics are releasing digitally through the Marvel Unlimited app. For this week we are focusing on the week of March 3-9 QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK https://www.marvel.com/comics/cal…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1968 1:28:40

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Episode 6 - Murdock and Marvel: 1968 Marvel had been a dominant force in the comics world through most of the early and mid 1960s, which is all the more amazing when you realize that they made all the noise they did while limited to publishing only 8 -14 comics a month. The Marvel contract with their distributor (essentially DC Comics) was up for r…

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MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for Feb 25 - Mar 2 24:24

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Marvel Unlimited for February 25th-March 2nd, 2024 Welcome back to What’s New in Marvel Unlimited! This is Dan, and each week my daughter Siena and I are looking at which Marvel comics are releasing digitally through the Marvel Unlimited app. For this week we are focusing on the week February 25th-Mar 02nd, 2024 QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK https://w…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1967 1:20:39

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Episode 5 - Murdock and Marvel: 1967 This year we begin to see the backlash against superheroes as the Batman TV show enters its 3rd and final season, and many comic companies began to feel the effects of a contracting market and superhero fatigue. Preshow Announcement: Murdock and Marvel moves back to Wednesday Starting Next Week Marvel Unlimited …

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MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for Feb 19th 25:25

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Marvel Unlimited for February 18th-24th, 2024 Welcome back to What’s New in Marvel Unlimited! This is Dan, and each week my daughter Siena and I are looking at which Marvel comics are releasing digitally through the Marvel Unlimited app. For this week we are focusing on the week February 18th-24th, 2024 QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK https://www.marvel…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1966 1:17:37

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Episode 4 - Murdock and Marvel: 1966 1966 saw America sink even deeper into Vietnam, with war deaths tripling from 1965 to 1966, Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California, and the first artificial heart surgery was performed. It was a big year in American pop culture as well, with both Star Trek and the Batman TV show debuting and the Beach …

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Murdock and Marvel: 1965 1:12:21

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Episode 3 - Murdock and Marvel: 1965 Daredevil swings into his first full year, and for both the comics industry and America at large it is a time filled with transformation and more than a bit of fear for what the future holds. Marvel is ascendant. Other companies are trying to adjust, and the world outside the window seems to be on fire. Welcome …

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Murdock and Marvel: 1964 59:21

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Episode 2 - Murdock and Marvel: 1964 On last week’s show we discussed the long history of Marvel Comics from 1939 to 1963. This week we finally see where Stan, Jack and the rest of the Marvel bullpen had been leading up to. It's time to talk about 1964, and the debut of the World's Most Interesting Superhero – Daredevil! Listener Feedback Let us kn…

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MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for Feb 5th 21:23

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Marvel Unlimited for February 5th, 2024 Welcome back to What’s New in Marvel Unlimited! Dan and Siena visit about the Marvel Unlimited releases for the week of February 4th – 10th, 2024. Dan wonders when heroes got so murder-y, and Siena binges on Doctor Strange. QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/ 22 total new items …

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MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for Jan 29th 26:00

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Marvel Unlimited for January 29th, 2024 Welcome back to What’s New in Marvel Unlimited! This is Dan, and each week my daughter Siena and I are looking at which Marvel comics are releasing digitally through the Marvel Unlimited app. For this week we are focusing on the week January 28 – Feb 3, 2024 QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK https://www.marvel.com/c…

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Murdock and Marvel: 1961-1963 55:30

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Episode 1 - Murdock and Marvel: 1961-1963 Normally we will be moving a year at a time, starting with Daredevil’s introduction in 1964. But this week we want to set the stage, with a quick look at the early years of the Marvel Universe, from 1961-1963. Reintroducing Ourselves The Year in Comics Comic books in the early 1960s were selling at levels t…

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MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for Jan 22th 26:12

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Marvel Unlimited for January 22th, 2024 Welcome back to What’s New in Marvel Unlimited! This is Dan, and each week my daughter Siena and I are taking a look at which Marvel comics are releasing digitally through the Marvel Unlimited app. For this week we are focusing on the week January 21 – 27, 2024 QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK https://www.marvel.co…

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MCU REVIEW: Moon Knight TV Show Episode 5-6 1:20:10

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Episode 77 - Moon Knight TV Show Episode 5-6 This week we get a chance to finish our review of the last 2 or so years of Moon Knight in print and on TV. Its been quite a ride, and all that is left now is to take a look at the trippy last two episodes of the Disney+ show, and talk a bit about where things might go from here, and settle that small is…

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MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for Jan 15th 30:56

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Marvel Unlimited for January 15th, 2024 Welcome back to What’s New in Marvel Unlimited! This is Dan, and each week my daughter Siena and I are taking a look at which Marvel comics are releasing digitally through the Marvel Unlimited app. For this week we are focusing on the week of January 14th – 20th, 2024 QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK https://www.ma…

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MCU REVIEW: Moon Knight TV Show Episode 1-4 1:12:10

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Episode 76 - Moon Knight TV Show Episode 1-4 This week we are taking a look back at the Disney + Moon Knight series that was the inspiration for the crazy podcast adventure that Duane and I have now been on for over two years! Did it hold up? Is it even better? Or would it have been better left buried in the Egyptian sands? Let's discuss... Episode…

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MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for Jan 8th 21:59

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Marvel Unlimited for January 8th, 2024 Welcome back to What’s New in Marvel Unlimited! This is Dan, and each week my daughter Siena and I are taking a look at which Marvel comics are releasing digitally through the Marvel Unlimited app. For this week we are focusing on the week January 7th – 13th, 2024 QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK https://www.marvel.…

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MARVEL UNLIMITED: New Comics for Jan 1st 22:47

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What's New in Marvel Unlimited for January 1st, 2024 It’s the start of a new year, and the first episode of our Comics Over Time spinoff podcast – What’s New in Marvel Unlimited! Each week Dan and Siena will take a look at which Marvel comics are releasing digitally through the Marvel Unlimited app. For this week we are focusing on the week of Dece…

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COMIC CONNECTIONS: Moon Knight - Last Days of Moon Knight 1:12:44

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Episode 75 - Moon Knight - Last Days of Moon Knight We have known this day was coming, but it still seems like it snuck up on me. Issue 30 of Moon Knight came out this past Wednesday, meaning that we not only got the final issue of this run, but also saw the Last Days of Moon Knight come to a close with him suffering a fiery and heroic death. **Spo…

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COMIC CONNECTIONS: Moon Knight - City of the Dead 1:09:17

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Episode 74 - Moon Knight - City of the Dead This week we are continue our look at recent Moon Knight series. First up we dive into issues number 21-24 of the currently Moon Knight comic, and then its on to the 5-issue limited series City of the Dead, where we see the comic debut of a character fans of the TV show are already very familiar with. Thi…

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COMIC CONNECTIONS: Moon Knight - Mission and Purpose 1:20:08

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Episode 73 - Moon Knight - Mission and Purpose This week we head back to our roots as we start a special multi-week comparison between the current Moon Knight run written by Jed MacKay and drawn by Alessandro Cappuccio and the Marvel Studios adaptation we got in 2022 to close out our season 2. We've looked at some of these books previously, but rat…

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MCU REVIEW: That’s a Wrap 1:38:09

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Episode 72 - That's a Wrap: Our All MCU Review For almost two years now we have been looking at Marvel Comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe films they inspired. Today, with Endgame behind us and a new comics focus coming up soon, we are going to wrap up this phase of Comics Over Time as we take a look back at the entire MCU, with its dozens of …

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MCU REVIEW: The Marvels 1:30:25

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Episode 71 - The Marvels Movie Review Just a couple of weeks ago we took a look at Captain Marvel’s solo MCU film, and now we are moving forward 4 years to the sequel, co-starring her marvelous friends Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau. This Week In Comics Comics are dying (again): https://www.comicsbeat.com/retailer-warns-that-comics-are-dying-again/…

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COMIC CONNECTIONS: The Marvels - Mist and Rhymes 1:08:58

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Episode 70 - The Marvels - Mist and Rhymes This week we get ready for the last Marvel offering of 2023 – the much anticipated and oft maligned The Marvels. This movie figures to have a ton of new or new-ish faces, and we are here to help you know a bit more about their comics history before you head to the theater. This Week In Comics Marvel Introd…

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MCU REVIEW: Avengers: Endgame 1:37:39

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Episode 69 - Avengers: Endgame Movie Review This week we finally see the conclusion to the massive story arch started a year prior in Avengers: Infinity War as we watch the longest movie in the MCU, Avengers: Endgame. Get ready for time heists, another epic battle with Thanos and bittersweet goodbyes to some longstanding MCU characters. This Week I…

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PotMK: The End Phase 1:24:04

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Episode 28 - The End Phase This week we wrap it all up, as we reflect on Moon Knight’s forty-five year history and let you know who our favorite creators were, what the most memorable storylines were, and which villains we most loved to hate. We also will take a bit of time to talk about the joys and sorrows of starting a podcast, and will let you …

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PotMK: Haunted Houses & Bars with No Name 1:08:15

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Episode 29 - Haunted Houses & Bars with No Name This week we are finishing up our look at Moon Knight volume 9, which premiered in summer of 2021 and is still ongoing. When we last saw our hero he had returned to the burned-out remains of his Midnight Mission, even as his therapist received an unexpected visit from Zodiac. Topics Moon Knight News O…

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PotMK: Moon Knight Season 1 Recap 1:43:42

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Moon Knight Season 1 Recap Welcome to a special edition of the Phases of the Moon Knight podcast. We have covered almost 300 Moon Knight comics since the start of the year, and have searched out and discussed dozens of spoilers, trailers, articles and rumors about the TV show. So today we will talk about all six episodes. Moon Knight really has bee…

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PotMK: The Midnight Mission 59:04

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Episode 25 - The Midnight Mission This week we arrive at present day, and take a look at Moon Knight volume 9, which premiered in summer of 2021 and is still ongoing. Mr. Knight sets up shop in New York again, this time in the Midnight Mission, from where he talks to locals and protects the travelers of the night in his territory. Topics Moon Knigh…

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PotMK: Moon Knight Episode 6 - Gods & Monsters 48:12

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Moon Knight Episode 6 - Gods & Monsters Welcome to a special edition of the Phases of the Moon Knight podcast. We have covered almost 300 Moon Knight comics since the start of the year, and have searched out and discussed dozens of spoilers, trailers, articles and rumors about the TV show. Now, we finally get to put it all together, and actually se…

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PotMK: The Age of Khonshu 1:14:28

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Episode 23 - The Age of Khonshu While we wait just 1 more day for the final episode of the TV Show, Dan and I dive into the Avengers and story that sets Khonshu and Moon Knight at odds with the Avengers. We’ll also take a look at an annual story that sends Moon Knight through time to recover some artifacts that will stop Kang the Conqueror. We will…

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PotMK: Moon Knight Episode 5 - Asylum 43:33

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Moon Knight Episode 5 - Asylum Welcome to a special edition of the Phases of the Moon Knight podcast. We have covered almost 300 Moon Knight comics since the start of the year, and have searched out and discussed dozens of spoilers, trailers, articles and rumors about the TV show. Now, we finally get to put it all together, and actually see what Ma…

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PotMK: Happy Crazy Family 1:09:36

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Episode 21 - Happy Crazy Family Still reeling from what we saw this week in episode 4 of the TV Show, we dive into books that came right after the Lemire/Smallwood run that served as inspiration for the show called Moon Knight Legacy. These books featured a battle with Ra the Sun King, a horrific origin story that starts to explain how Marc Spector…

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