Not a hoax, not a dream...in this episode, a podcast dies! The comics: Fantastic Four 51 (1966), and Fantastic Four: Full Circle (2022).

Episode art from Fantastic Four 51 by Jack Kirby and company

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Further reading & references:

Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby by Charles Hatfield

True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abraham Riesman

Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics by Tom Scioli

I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of the Legendary Stan Lee by Tom Scioli

How Lee took credit for "This Man This Monster" by Chris Tolworthy

The Myth of Superman by Umberto Eco

American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion by A. David Lewis

Death, Disability, and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond by Jose Alaniz

Thanks to NowThis Nerd for their video "How to Kill Dopplegangers"

Music:

Big Boi Pants by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com - used with Creative Commons license

Sound clips:

All-Star Superman (2011), Justice League Unlimited (2004 - 2006), Batman Beyond (1999 - 2001), X-Men: The Animated Series (1992 - 1997), The Dark Knight (2008), Spider-Man (2002), Superman (1978), The Transformers: The Movie (1986), Justice League (2001 - 2004), Doom Patrol (2019 - ), WandaVision (2021), X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men (1989), Spider-Man (1981 - 1982), Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends (1981 - 1983), Jack Kirby on Entertainment Tonight (1982), and Earthwatch with Robert Knight featuring Jack Kirby & Stan Lee on Kirby's 70th birthday (1987).

Clips and art used for purposes of research and criticism (Fair Use).

Yes, it would have been nice if I made the 6th episode an episode on the Sinister Six. Yes, it is bothering me.

CW: brief mentions of suicide and AIDS

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Music: Big Boi Pants by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com - used with Creative Commons license

Episode Art from the cover of Amazing Spider-Man 337, by Erik Larsen and Walt Simonson.

Sound clips from All-Star Superman (2011), Justice League Unlimited (2004 - 2006), Batman Beyond (1999 - 2001), X-Men: The Animated Series (1992 - 1997), The Dark Knight (2008), Spider-man (2002), Superman (1978), The Transformers: The Movie (1986), Justice League (2001 - 2004), and Madame Web (2024).

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Not a hoax, not a dream...in this episode, a character dies! And...gets better. Merry Christmas! My present to you: this episode. It's, uh, not holiday themed, really, except maybe in a It's A Wonderful Life kinda way as there's a story about retrospection and redemption. The comics: Amazing Spider-Man 4 (1963), Amazing Spider-Man 217 & 218 (1981), and Marvel Two-In-One 86 (1981).

Episode art by Steve Ditko, from Spider-Man 4.

Further reading & references:

All of the Marvels by Douglas Wolk (talks about how early Spider-Man villains are corrupt father figures to Peter)

Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity by Zack Kruse (yes, yes, I'm aware that Ditko was an Ayn Rand fan (ugh), but I don't go into it because this book muddles the popular conception of how this influenced his work)

Patreon: patreon.com/notadreampod

Mastodon: @bookybookman@retro.pizza

Twitter: @notadreampod

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Music:

Big Boi Pants by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com - used with Creative Commons license

Sound clips:

All-Star Superman (2011), Justice League Unlimited (2004 - 2006), Batman Beyond (1999 - 2001), X-Men: The Animated Series (1992 - 1997), The Dark Knight (2008), Spider-Man (2002), Superman (1978), The Transformers: The Movie (1986), Justice League (2001 - 2004), Doom Patrol (2019 - ), WandaVision (2021), X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men (1989), Spider-Man (1981 - 1982), and Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends (1981 - 1983). 

Clips and art used for purposes of research and criticism (Fair Use).