If you’ve ever read any of these Marvel Madness posts, it becomes quite clear that there are certain things that will almost guarantee I choose a story to highlight. I generally am working through the various runs of the big Marvel characters, and seeing certain elements will […]
If you’ve read many of these Marvel Madness posts, one thing becomes abundantly clear. The 1970’s were a wild time at Marvel Comics. It seems like anything went, and all sorts of truly insane stories were being pumped out, full of appearances by real celebrities, cameos of […]
A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of sharing a ridiculous story with you all that involved the Avengers getting to go on the Late Show with David Letterman. It was an incredibly goofy story, and it opened up the idea of various Marvel superheroes taking part in […]
One of the things that I find most fascinating about plunging the depth of Marvel Comics history is when I come across strange repetitions. Things that they just seem to do a lot of, over and over. In the extreme there’s the fact that they seem to […]
When finding the stories to feature here on Marvel Madness, I generally try to plan things out a bit. You know, theme months, maybe pick specific stories to coincide with movies or TV shows featuring the characters. Or if I notice it’s been too long since I’ve […]
One of my favorite strange aspects of Marvel Comics is the fact that a shocking amount of their principal characters are heads of state. There are a plethora of weird, fake countries in the Marvel Universe, and there has to be people to run those countries, […]
The way that the public has embraced the Avengers over the last decade, entirely due to the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has really been fascinating. Because, for decades, the Avengers weren’t exactly the biggest thing going on at Marvel. The Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and […]
Well folks, we’ve made it into year another decade. Welcome to the first post of 2020 here on Puzzled Pagan Presents! And, what better way to start things off than by taking another trip into the weird world of Marvel comics, specifically a story revolving around New […]
Well folks, we’ve done it. This is the final installment of my Cinematic Century project. Over the past two years we’ve discussed one hundred films, one for every year between 1918 and 2018, and entire century of favorite films. We’ve seen the ebbs and flows of cinema, […]
It’s Christmas, folks, which means that it’s time to get downright jolly here on Marvel Madness. Earlier this month I shared a story with you all that was a little more heartwarming and schmaltzy than the ones I usually highlight on this site, giving us a […]