Monday, June 30, 2025

QBP #225 - Chapions 14 & 15

Quarter-Bin Podcast #225

Champions 14 & 15, Marvel Comics, cover-dated July & September 1977.


"The Creature Called Swarm!" by Bill Mantlo & John Byrne, with art by John Byrne and Mike Esposito

and

"Death Drone" by Bill Mantlo, with art by John Byrne and Mike Esposito

 

What happens when Paul Spataro returns for his every-25th episode visit, and he and the Professor discuss two issues of The Champions? Is "big dumb fun" actually a compliment? And what childhood trauma is tapped into by this storyline?


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Link: Paul's Back to the Bins Podcast

Next Episode: Adam-12 #4, Gold Key, cover-dated August 1974.

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2 comments:

  1. I am of the age where I remember the concern of the swarm of killer bees from South America! I also first ran across Swarm in the Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends cartoon. So how interesting to see him in this book!

    Great discussion!

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