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ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Reading the Multiverse: A Marvel Comics Journey, explores the characters and the tales that built the Marvel Universe, issue by issue through Marvel’s comic history, starting with Fantastic Four #1.
Hosted by Joe from Muscles & The Multiverse, each episode blends story, commentary, and laid-back humor for a quick ride through Marvel’s ever-evolving world, from its cosmic beginnings to its modern chaos.
As a mostly first-time reader, Joe shares honest reactions to the art, writing, characters, the moments that still hold up, the ones that haven’t aged so well, and the surprises that make Marvel’s history so much fun to revisit.
Whether you’re an MCU fan who wants to know the source material or a lifelong comic reader up for a nostalgic re-read, this podcast brings you the stories, art, and chaos that shaped the Marvel Universe, one era & run at a time.
Update frequency:
every 8 days
Average audio length:
25 minutes
English
United States
18 episodes
since Nov. 15, 2025
episodic
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Send Joe a message through the Negative Zone
In this episode of Reading The Multiverse: A Marvel Comics Journey, I finish out the Dr. Doom Power Cosmic arc, Reed gets sucked into the real Negative Zone, and we have a new villain, Blastaar, from the Negative Zone.
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In this week's episode of Reading The Multiverse: A Marvel Comics Journey,…
Send Joe a message through the Negative Zone
In this episode of Reading The Multiverse: A Marvel Comics Journey, Joe covers the return of the Silver Surfer who has a face-off against The Thing, the return of Klaw who appears to be too much for the Fantastic Four, and the original Human Torch, Jim H…
Send Joe a message through the Negative Zone
In this episode of Reading The Multiverse: A Marvel Comics Journey, Joe covers the fallout of the victory against Galactus and the Fantastic Four's travel to a mysterious new land, Wakanda! We also get some progress updates on what's happening …
Send Joe a message through the Negative Zone
In this episode of Reading The Multiverse: A Marvel Comics Journey, Joe covers one of the most well-known Fantastic Four arcs in all of comics, the Galactus Trilogy. However, the episode does start off with wrapping things up, sort of, regarding meeting…
Send Joe a message through the Negative Zone
In this episode of Reading the Multiverse, I go over Fantastic Four #43-46 and Annual 3, where we have the event we've all been waiting for, the wedding of Reed and Sue. We also wrap up the Frightful Four arc we've been going over and we get t…
Send Joe a message through the Negative Zone
In this episode of Reading the Multiverse, I go over Fantastic Four #39-42, where we see the Fantastic Four lose their powers, Doctor Doom strikes when they’re most vulnerable, and Daredevil unexpectedly steps in to guide the team through chaos. Also, Be…
Send Joe a message through the Negative Zone
In this episode of Reading the Multiverse, I go over Fantastic Four #35-38, a stretch packed with big changes as Reed and Sue get engaged, new villains debut, and Marvel’s universe starts colliding in unexpected ways. From Dragon Man, to Skrull politics,…
Send Joe a message through the Negative Zone
In this episode of Reading the Multiverse, I go over Fantastic Four #31–34 where we learn about Sue and Johnny’s family history, the team faces the Invincible Man, they help Namor in his Atlantean war, and a billionaire nearly tears the team apart.
Stori…
Send Joe a message through the Negative Zone
In this episode of Reading the Multiverse, I go over Fantastic Four #28-30 and Annual #2 where the team clashes with the original X-Men, revisits old enemies, meets Diablo for the first time, and we finally uncover the tragic origin of Doctor Doom.
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