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Comic Geek Speak Podcast - The Best Comic Book Podcast

1396 - Spotlight on The Avengers in the Copper Age

Comic Geek Speak Podcast - The Best Comic Book Podcast

Speakers of Geek

Comic Book, Comic Books, Superhero, Arts, Comic, Comicbook, Graphic Novel, Comics, Comicbooks, Arts & Entertainment

4.3668 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2013

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

Our fiftieth-anniversary Avengers retrospective marches on into the Eighties, with honorary Geek grand-marshal Chris Eberle at the head of the parade. Listen and learn how the Avengers cope with the disgrace and betrayal of founding member Hank Pym; emotional fallout from Avengers #200; new friends and foes stemming from the twisted family heritage of Thanos; the Vision gone haywire; the royal rivalry of Namor and Hercules; and a fateful appearance on Late Night with David Letterman! Plus, the foundation of the West Coast Avengers, and an extended recap of one of the greatest Avengers stories (and THE greatest Masters of Evil story) ever told: 'Under Siege'! (1:56:33)

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0:00.0

This is Comic Geeks Peak.

0:01.9

Episode 1396, Spotlight, Avengers in the Copper Age.

0:12.3

You got it on Wednesday, and it was like to about going to the volume above.

0:17.3

These guys will talk about it, everything that keeps love.

0:19.9

From case a laser beat, the things like the seas, there you read And comic, boogie, game, Toys, artist, come Come on, come on, come on, come on, deep speak, come, come, come, come, come, Come on, come, come, keep speak, come, come, come, keep. Come, come, come, keep. Uniting the world's mightiest heroes, this is...

0:40.2

I'm Brian Christman.

0:41.2

I'm G.B.D. I'm Shane Kelly.

0:43.0

I'm Adamurdo. And I'm Chris Everland.

0:45.9

And welcome to the show. Yes, if you heard our most recent previews, you know, Chris was in studio all week.

0:55.6

Spotly Adventures was not too far behind, was it?

0:57.4

Indeed, sir.

0:58.7

Yep, he's been here seven days.

1:00.5

Yeah, we've locked him in the...

1:02.0

Appreciate these homey, comfortable accommodations.

1:06.0

So, yes, for the purposes of this episode, we are defining the copper Age as more or less the 1980s, correct there, Chris?

1:14.7

Yeah, we're going to go through 1987.

1:20.2

There's so much, just like with the previous Bronze Age episodes, there's so much that goes on for the Avengers in the 1980s.

1:26.4

It's very hard to skip any issues.

1:28.7

I skipped over a couple, but a lot of significant stuff, especially when Roger Stern really gets going with his legendary arc, or run, I should say.

1:37.4

So we're going to take it right up to near the end of the decade.

1:40.3

The last few years of the 80s, I think we can easily fold into our discussion of the

1:44.4

1990s. And I figured between this episode and the next one, we can kind of throw the

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