AP Marvel

Izzy leads the show’s deep dive into teen MCU, accompanied by Chris and future Marvel Film & Media Studies teacher Sabrina Clarke (@sabsclarke). The crew discusses everything they love about Freeform’s Cloak & Dagger, even with its hokey music choices and its total lack of subtlety in depicting real-life issues. Somehow, someway, the episode gets […]

In discussing the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first proper scandal, the core AP Marvel crew of Chris, Izzy and Anthony take a deep dive in the career of Guardians of the Galaxy writer-director James Gunn. We discuss Gunn’s past filmography, what constitutes as acceptable content and satire in film, the content in the Guardians films themselves, […]

With the Disney-Fox deal looking to be inevitable, Izzy, Chris, and Anthony invite their friend and colleague Thomas Rasmussen to speculate on what Feige and co. will do with these new properties. The crew debates on what to do with our fourth wall-breaking friend Deadpool, how to make mutants make sense in the larger MCU, […]

While the MCU isn’t necessarily known for being violent, weapons have a large role in the universe and its characters. Chris brings their former fellow Paste Magazine intern and ScreenRant writer Eric McAdams (@EdaciouslyYours), along with the usual team of Anthony and Izzy to discuss Iron Man and The Punisher in particular. Does the Tony […]

Join the core AP Marvel trio, as Ant-hony makes his triumph-ant return to the show to lead Chris and Izzy in a discussion about Ant-Man and the Wasp. It was a funny, creative and very necessary movie that just lacked things like, you know, character arcs. But hey, at least everyone was happy and wholesome […]

With Anthony out sick, Chris and Izzy bring in MND’s own Adam Barnhardt (@adambarnhardt) to talk about a subject that surely no one will get upset about! This trio of two Asians and a white guy dive straight into the casting controversy over Finn Jones as Iron Fist, and discuss the origins of the comic’s […]

Izzy and Anthony may be audibly sick during this episode, but they muster the strength to discuss Avengers: Infinity War with Chris and their special guest, game writer Sam Riordan (@justsamplease). Before jumping into the movie itself, the AP Marvel crew talk about their respective experiences and hype levels going into this ambitious crossover. Then, […]

The AP Marvel trio is joined by their first guest, ScreenRant writer and MCUExchange alum Cooper Hood (@moviecooper) in discussing the connections—or lack thereof—between the MCU movies and television shows. Without taking the difficult logistics into consideration, how would any sort of crossover work between the movies and shows like Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and The […]

AP Marvel wasted no time in making a second test episode, Chris, Izzy and Anthony immediately jumping into a discussion about Hawkeye. With the MCU’s general underuse of Jeremy Renner, reduced role in The Avengers, the lack of any big character moments until Age of Ultron, and his total absence in Avengers: Infinity War, what […]

In AP Marvel’s inaugural episode, Chris, Izzy and Anthony discuss Captain America: The Winter Soldier and its use of issues of contemporary American politics for its story. Did the movie have something profound to say about surveillance and our intelligence agencies, or is it just masquerading as a “political thriller?” Topics include: systemic accountability, libertarianism […]

 We at Marvel News Desk are proud to introduce the newest podcast in our network—AP Marvel!  This show will be hosted by myself (Chris Compendio, @Compenderizer), MND’s Izzy Sio (@delirilyn) and our friend Anthony Paone (@thepizzataco). The mission of this podcast is to create a new space in the podcast realm, away from the usual […]