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Make Mine Multiversity Episode 44: A Pandemic-Inspired Journey Through Marvel’s Relaunches

By | April 17th, 2020
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Welcome to Make Mine Multiversity: A Marvel Podcast! Each episode we will look at the pressing Marvel news, review some current titles, television shows, or movies, or take a look at celebrated stories from Marvel’s past.

Make Mine Multiversity is now a twice-monthly podcast! Join us going forward the first and third Friday of every month for our new twice-monthly news-filled, mutant-packed program!

With no new comics still this month due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, the trio of Kevin, Jake, and Elias wade through all seven of Marvel’s relaunches from the 2010s. Journey with them as they try to pick the objectively best book of the eras plus their personal favorites and underrated choices. The episode goes chronologically from Marvel NOW! (2012), All-New Marvel NOW! (2014), All-New, All-Different Marvel NOW! (2015), Marvel NOW! 2.0 (2016), Marvel Legacy (2017), and the current Fresh Start era (2018-).

You can find all of our picks listed below so you can check them out on Marvel or comiXology Unlimited or from your local comic book shop.

Thoughts on the show, or about Marvel Comics in general? Shout off in the comment section below and get the conversation started or share them on Twitter using the hashtag #MakeMineMultiversity. Elias can be found on Twitter @Quetzelish and Jake @Rambling_Moose.

The show is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and other places so please subscribe! You can also listen above or download it here.

Marvel NOW!:
Consensus picks – “Thor: God of Thunder” by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic and “Avengers”/”New Avengers” by Jonathan Hickman, Jerome Opeña, Steve Epting, et. al.
Favorites – “Avengers”/”New Avengers” and “Avengers Arena” by Dennis “Hopeless” Hallum and Kev Walker
Underrated – “Captain America” by Rick Remender and John Romita, Jr., “Avengers Assemble” by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Stefano Caselli, and “Superior Foes of Spider-Man” by Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber

All-New Marvel NOW!:
Consensus picks – “Ms. Marvel” by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona and “Daredevil” by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee
Favorites – “Ms. Marvel,” “She-Hulk,” by Charles Soule and Javier Pulido, and “Loki: Agent of Asgard” by Al Ewing and Lee Garbett
Underrated – “Elektra” by W. Haden Blackman and Mike del Mundo, “Moon Knight” by Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey, and “Secret Wars” by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic

All-New, All-Different Marvel NOW!:
Consensus – “The Vision” by Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta
Favorites – “Moon Knight” by Jeff Lemire and Greg Smallwood, “Doctor Strange” by Jason Aaron and Chris Bachelo, “Black Panther” by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze, and “X-Men ’92” by Chris Sims, Chad Bowers, and Alti Firmansyah
Underrated – “Ultimates,” by Al Ewing and Kenneth Rocafort, “Contest of Champions” by Al Ewing and Paco Medina, and “Howard the Duck” by Chip Zdarsky and Joe Joe Quinones

Marvel NOW! 2.0:
Consensus – “Black Bolt” by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward, “The Mighty Thor” by Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman, and “Runaways” by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka
Favorites – “Black Bolt,” “Runaways,” and “Unbeatable Squirrel Girl” by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
Underrated – “The Unstoppable Wasp” by Jeremy Whitely and Elsa Charretier, “Nick Fury” by James Robinson and ACO, “CAGE!” by Genndy Tartakovsky, “Generation X” by Christina Strain and Amilcar Pinna

Marvel Legacy:
Consensus – “The Mighty Thor,” by Aaron and Dauterman, “X-Men: Red” by Tom Taylor and Mahmud Asrar
Favorites – “X-Men: Red,” “Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man,” by Chip Zdarsky and Adam Kubert, and “All-New Wolverine” by Tom Taylor and Juann Cabal, “Exiles” by Saladin Ahmed and Javier Rodriguez
Underrated – “X-Men: Red,” “Exiles,” and “Runaways” by Rowell and Anka,

Fresh Start:
Consensus – “House of X”/”Powers of X” by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, and R.B. Silva (and the other Dawn of X books), and “Immortal Hulk” by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett
Favorites – “Immortal Hulk,’ and “Daredevil” by Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto
Underrated – “West Coast Avengers” by Kelly Thompson and Stefano Caselli, “Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider” by Seanan McGuire and Rosi Kampe, and “Superior Spider-Man” by Christos Gage and Mike Hawthorne


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