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Episode 330: Fantastic Four #216 - Where There Be Gods
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Daniel Bedingfield Is Ultron!
Hello, and welcome to episode 330 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four.
This week, we loiter in the aftermath of the Wolfman run on the Fantastic Four. Following all the high-stakes cosmic drama, it's time for something a little more grounded. Well, as grounded as a hyper-evolved scientist and an incursion from the Negative Zone by Blastarr can possibly be. Can our favourite blasting baddie twist the next stage of man's evolution to his will?
Marv Wolfman, Bill Mantlo, John Byrne, Pablo Marcos, Carl Gafford, Irv Watanabe, Michael Higgins, Mark Gruenwald, Rich Buckler, and Al Milgrom present Fantastic Four #216 - Where There Be Gods! Featuring an arse-less Ben Grimm (no, really - those rocky buns are definitely missing in action), and the realisation that it can't really be Franklin's fault that he's badly written...
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Episode 331: Marvel Two-in-One #61 - The Coming Of Her56:12
Er... Yeah... Fnarr? Hello, and welcome to episode 331 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This week, we're doing our best not to snigger in a smutty manner at the title of Marvel Two-in-One #61. Because there's nothing to laugh at, at all, ...…
Episode 330: Fantastic Four #216 - Where There Be Gods49:48
Daniel Bedingfield Is Ultron! Hello, and welcome to episode 330 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. This week, we loiter in the aftermath of the Wolfman run on the Fantastic Four. Following all the high-stakes cosmic drama, it's time for so ...…
Episode 329: Marvel Two-in-One #60 - Happiness Is A Warm Alien51:45
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Episode 327: Marvel Two-in-One #59 - Trial And Error52:37
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Episode 320: Marvel Two-in-One #57 - When Walks Wundarr45:24
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Episode 318: Marvel Two-in-One #56 - The Deadlier Of The Species52:50
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Episode 317: Fantastic Four #211 - If This Be Terrax...54:59
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Episode 316: Marvel Two-in-One #55 - Giants In The Earth42:27
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Episode 288: Marvel Two-in-One #43 - The Day The World Winds Down46:35
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