The Fantasticast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 78: Amazing Spider-Man Annual #4 - The Web And The Flame
26 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Ayn Rand Simile Or Metaphor Theme Song Annual season continues and concludes here at the Fantasticast. Steve and Andy get to grips with Amazing S...
Episode 77: Fantastic Four Annual #5 - Divide And Conquer
19 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
KERPLUNK - Spelt K-E-R-P-L-U-N-K It's annual season once again at the Fantasticast. 1967 served up two annuals featuring members of the Fantastic Fou...
Episode 76: Fantastic Four #67 - When Opens The Cocoon
12 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Great Latverian Bake-Off! It's muffin week here in the Fantasticast tent. Will Mary Berry be impressed by Victor's blueberry surprise muffins? An...
Episode 75: Fantastic Four #66 - What Lurks Behind The Beehive?
05 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Sgt Fury's Lonely Hearts Club Band Hello, and welcome to our special 75th episode* spectacular. To celebrate 75 episodes* of The Fantasticast, Steve ...
Episode 74: Fantastic Four #65 - From Beyond This Planet Earth!
29 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Definitely Not Not Brand Echh! It's really not. What it is, though, is the 74th episode of The Fantasticast, hosted by Steve Lacey and Andrew Leylan...
Episode 73: Fantastic Four #64 - The Sentry Sinister
22 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Draws Us In With His Synopsis A little twitter-based humour for you there... It's been a while since Steve and Andy invited a guest onto the sh...
Episode 72: Fantastic Four #63 - Blastarr, The Living Bomb-Burst!
15 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
BLAST It, I Need A Funny Subtitle Episode #72 of The Fantasticast is here, ready to BLAST you with a BLAST of audio goodness, BLASTing from your spea...
Episode 71: Fantastic Four #62 - And One Shall Save Him
08 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Punch A Submarine To Death It's episode 71 of The Fantasticast and, in a rush to get the episode released so Steve can go watch Monty Python, he forg...
Episode 70: Fantastic Four #61 - Where Stalks The Sandman
01 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The summer sun is fading as the year grows old And darker days are drawing near The winter winds will be much colder But The Fantasticast is here! ...
Episode 69: Fantastic Four #60 - The Peril And The Power
22 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
After nearly two-and-a-half years, Steve and Andy reach the conclusion of their journey. With their coverage of Fantastic Four #60, they have exhauste...
Episode 68: Fantastic Four #59 - Doomsday!
15 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, and welcome to the 68th episode of the show! Your hosts, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland, are all fired up and ready to look at Fantastic Four #59...
Episode 67: Fantastic Four #58 - The Dismal Dregs Of Defeat
08 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Silver Surfer: Imprisoned and drained. Doctor Doom: Enhanced with the power cosmic. The Inhumans: Still trapped. The Fantastic Four: Blissfully un...
Episode 66: Fantastic Four #57 - Enter… Doctor Doom!
01 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
So, who like Latverian monarchs? Who likes cosmically-powered ex-world-eater heralds? Who likes surfing? Who would like to see all three combined, and...
Episode 65: Fantastic Four Annual #4 - The Torch That Was
25 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to dust off a character whose copyright is about to expire, deliver a resounding beat-down to a litigious creator, and welcome back the orig...
Episode 64: Fantastic Four #56 - Klaw, The Murderous Master Of Sound
18 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
I'll give you three guesses as to which villain makes a return in this issue, and the other two guesses just don't count. Yes, Klaw is back, and he's ...
Episode 63: Fantastic Four #55 - When Strikes The Silver Surfer
11 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It's our shortest ever episode as Steve and Andy see what happens when the Silver Surfer returns to the lives of the Fantastic Four in issue #55. It's...
Episode 62: Fantastic Four #54 - Whosoever Finds The Evil Eye...
04 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Year Three of The Fantasticast is here! If we were Batman, we'd be introducing our kid sidekick right about now... But as we legally can't do that, in...
Episode 61: Fred Hembeck's Fantastic Four Roast
28 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The World's Silliest Comic Podcast! As our listeners rouse themselves from the annual turkey coma, we head back in time 31 years to celebr...
Episode 60: Marvel Two-In-One #74
22 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Christmas, and welcome to the first of our two end-of-year special episodes of The Fantasticast. Once again, Steve and Andy are throwing the Lee...
Episode 59: Fantastic Four #53 - The Way It Began
14 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
No, it's not another origin song - your ears are safe! Instead, it's an origin story, as Stan and Jack tell the tale of the Black Panther, and the tra...
Episode 58: Fantastic Four #52 - Introducing The Sensational Black Panther
07 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
We've been back in, re-tooled, and fixed the audio. We're back, re-recorded and 100% kinder on your ears than the original episode would have been. Th...
Episode 57.5: We've Made A Terrible Mistake All Over Again
30 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, and welcome to the 58th episode of the Fantasticast, your guide to the Fantastic Four from the very beginning. Your hosts - Andrew Leyland (Hey...
Episode 57: Fantastic Four #51 - This Man, This Monster
23 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This special episode of The Fantasticast statistically has a high chance of something magical happening if you listen to it on the day of release. For...
Episode 56: Fantastic Four #50 - The Startling Saga Of The Silver Surfer
16 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Guided by The Watcher, The Human Torch ventures into sub-space to seek the only weapon useable against Galactus. Meanwhile, cowed by The Punisher, The...
Episode 55.5: We've Made A Huge Mistake
09 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Or, as this episode proves, rather a lot of mistakes, both huge and small. Yes, it's another fill-in show, and we can promise you no singing this tim...
Episode 55: Fantastic Four #49 - If This Be Doomsday
02 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Jack Kirby Collector has this to say about page 2 of Fantastic Four #49: "[it's] the exact point when the 1960s super-hero comics peaked." The En...
Episode 54.5: A Brief, Musical Interlude
26 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
With real life getting in the way of editing a podcast, Steve has thrown together a brief filler episode to keep you all going for the next seven days...
Episode 54: Fantastic Four #48 - The Coming Of Galactus
19 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
MY JOURNEY HAS ENDED THIS PLANET SHALL SUSTAIN ME UNTIL IT HAS BEEN DRAINED OF ALL ELEMENTAL LIFE SO SPEAKS... GALACTUS! With these words, so ends ...
Episode 53: Fantastic Four #47 - Beware The Hidden Land
12 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Sue's Inappropriate Haircut When would be the least-appropriate time to get a haircut? 10 minutes before you're expected to walk up the aisle? Halfway...
Episode 52: Fantastic Four #46 - Those Who Would Destroy Us
05 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Who Seeks The Seeker? Hello and welcome to the 52nd episode of The Fantasticast. There are now enough episodes for you to listen to one a week for an...
Episode 51: Fantastic Four #45 - Among Us Hide… The Inhumans!
28 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Agents Of F.O.U.R. Yes, the episode title is a blatant piece of attention-grabbing, what with the release of the TV show. This week, we welcome ba...
Episode 50: Fantastic Four #44 - The Gentleman's Name Is Gorgon
21 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Gentleman's Name Is... Niemeyer! Hello and welcome to the landmark milestone never-to-be-reached-again-unless-we-restart-the-numbering fiftieth e...
Episode 49: Fantastic Four Annual #3 - Bedlam At The Baxter Building
14 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
You Are Cordially Invited... Andrew Leyland and Stephen Lacey would like to invite you, the listener, to the wedding of Reed Richards and Susan Storm...
Episode 48: Fantastic Four #43 - Lo, There Shall Be An Ending
07 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Lo, There Shall be An Episode Lo, there shall be a cover image. Redesigned by Sam Savage (more on him later) to better show off both the glorious Kir...
Episode 47: Fantastic Four #43 & X-Men #13
24 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Because Once Just Isn't Enough Hello and welcome to the 47th episode of The Fantasticast. There's a strong sense of deja vu in the air today, as than...
Episode 46: Fantastic Four #41 - The Brutal Betrayal Of Ben Grimm
10 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Change, My Dear, And Not A Moment Too Soon After 19 months and 46 episodes, Steve and Andy have decided to call it a day. Join us at the start of thi...
Episode 45: Fantastic Four #40 & Strange Tales #134
27 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Final Strange Tales Hello and welcome to the 45th episode of the show. This time around, Steve and Andy are once again joined by Christine Hanefa...
Episode 44: Fantastic Four #39 & Strange Tales #133
13 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Other Other Murdock Papers Podcast Podcast Hello and welcome to the 44th episode of the show. This week, Andy and Steve are joined by Christine H...
Episode 43: Fantastic Four #38 & Strange Tales #132
29 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
From Rorschach To Father Jack Hello and welcome to the new look for the Fantasticast. The wonderful Mike Georgiou has designed a band-spanking new im...
Episode 42: Fantastic Four #37 & Strange Tales #131
17 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Birthday Us Hello and welcome to the latest Fantasticast episode. Steve has just turned 30, and Andy has just turned a little-bit more, so it's...
Episode 41: Fantastic Four #36 & Strange Tales #130
01 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Andy's Amazingly Awesomely Authentic American Accent It's challenge week over at The Fantasticast, as a surprising e-mail to the show leads Andy into ...
Episode 40: Fantastic Four #35 & Strange Tales #129
25 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Love (And A Sodding Big Dragon) Is In The Air In the second half of our coverage of books cover-dated February 1965, love blossoms unexpectedly. Stev...
Episode 39: Amazing Spider-Man #21 & Avengers #13
18 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Amazing Spider-Man Classic Today, we throw the rules out of the window and staunchly refuse to read any issue of Fantastic Four or Strange Tales. Ins...
Episode 38: Fantastic Four #34, Strange Tales #128 & Avengers #12
03 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Two Not-That-Fat Men On Fantastic Four Well, that was a different way to open the show... This week sees a slightly-shorter-than-usual episode, for ...
Episode 37: Fantastic Four #33, Strange Tales #127 & Amazing Spider-Man #19
20 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, Mr Lister, Sir! Hello and welcome to another episode of The Fantasticast! This time around, Steve Lacey (20 Minute Longbox) and Andrew Leyland (...
Episode 36: Fantastic Four #32, Strange Tales #126 & Amazing Spider-Man #18
06 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
John Byrne Quits Comics Hello and welcome to the 36th episode of the show! This time, Steve and Andy journey into Fantastic Four #32, where a mystery...
Episode 35: Fantastic Four #31, Strange Tales #125 & Amazing Spider-Man #17
23 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
House Of The Fallen Storm Ooh, a cryptic title! On this episode of the Fantasticast, Steve Lacey and Andrew Leyland see the Fantastic Four title lea...
Episode 34: Fantastic Four Annual #2 & Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1
09 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Doomcast Hello, and welcome to the first episode of the Doomcast, hosted by Professor Alan. Joining him this week are Steve Lacey and Andrew Leyl...
Episode 33: Fantastic Four #30 & Strange Tales #124
23 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Bad Horse, Bad Horse He rides across the nation, the thoroughbred of sin, and when you eat that burger you'll be eating him. The food contamination s...
Episode 32: Fantastic Four #29, Strange Tales #123 & Tales of Suspense #55
08 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Now With Genuine People Personalities The 32nd episode of the Fantasticast is here, and Steve and Andy are ready to guide you through three Silver Ag...
Episode 31: Fantastic Four #28 & Strange Tales #122
26 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Just Three Of The Guys It's time for another episode of the Fantasticast. This time around, Steve and Andy are joined by the mighty Shawn Engel, host...
Episode 30: Fantastic Four #27, Strange Tales #121 & Daredevil #2
12 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Horny Namor It's the 30th episode of The Fantasticast, and our first episode of 2013. To kick off the new year, we start with one of the longest run...
Episode 29: The Thing #2 & Fantastic Four #524
28 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Steve And Andy Throw Their Normal Format Out Of Window, Choose Some Comics To Review, And Have An Unfeasibly Long Episode Title Hey everybody! We did...
Episode 28: Strange Tales #120
22 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Bailey's Iceman Podcast And... we're back. Special guest-host Michael Bailey brings to a close his record-breaking run on the Fantasticast by joining...
Episode 27: Fantastic Four #26
15 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hulk Goes Home And Plays With His Trains We're back, and we're bringing Michael Bailey with us! Once again, we drag Michael into our business as we ...
Episode 26: Strange Tales #119
08 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Ha! Not So Different After All! Welcome to the 26th episode of the show. This episode is the second half of our coverage of the comics released in Ja...
Episode 25: Fantastic Four #25
01 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
December is here, and to celebrate, the Fantasticast has a special guest. We're also going weekly for the month. This week's episode focuses on Fantas...
Episode 24: Fantastic Four #24 & Strange Tales #118
18 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
An Enfant Terrible Is Not Literally A Terrible Infant No, it really isn't. Welcome to the twenty-fourth episode of The Fantasticast. This time aroun...
Episode 23: Fantastic Four #23 & Strange Tales #117
03 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
(Asbestos) Grease Is The Word In the twenty-third episode of The Fantasticast, Steve and Andrew do the following: Cover Fantastic Four #23 - The M...
Episode 22: Fantastic Four #22, Strange Tales #116, Avengers #3 & Amazing Spider-Man #8
19 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Going Underground Hello and welcome to the twenty-second episode of The Fantasticast! This week, Steve and Andy have their biggest haul of comics to ...
Episode 21: Fantastic Four #21 & Strange Tales #115
06 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Powered By Hateful Hate From A Hate Raygun Joining Steve and Andrew today is the marvellously wonderful and hairy David Wynne, co-creator and artist ...
Episode 20: Fantastic Four #20 & Strange Tales #114
22 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The (Pre-Emtpive) Return Of Captain America (Secret Wars II Continues In This Episode) Landmark! Record Breaker! We Never Thought You'd Get There! Ju...
Episode 19: Fantastic Four (2005) Commentary
08 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
NOW It's Time For A Move Commentary! Greetings from the Olympic Park in Stratford, London! Steve is away helping people with mobility issues to move ...
Episode 18: Fantastic Four #19, Strange Tales #113 & Amazing Spider-Man #5
25 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Pharoahs and Plants, Spiders and Soldiers Welcome to the Eighteenth episode of the Fantasticast, where Andrew and Steve take you through the Fantasti...
Episode 17: Fantastic Four #18, Strange Tales #112 & Avengers #1
11 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
No Funny Episode Title Springs To Mind Damn my alcohol-fueled lack of imagination! Welcome to the 17th episode of The Fantasticast. This week, Andre...
Episode 16: Fantastic Four Annual #1 & Strange Tales Annual #2
28 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The Best Of Annuals, The Wost Of Annuals This is the 16th episode of The Fantasticast, and it's our biggest one yet. Which is appropriate, considerin...
Episode 15: Fantastic Four #17 & Strange Tales #111
15 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Whence Came The Man Of Asbestos! Dedicated to the memory of the great Ernest Borgnine, without whom Airwolf would never have flown. The fifteenth ep...
Episode 14: Fantastic Four #16, Strange Tales #110 & Amazing Spider-Man #2
30 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The Return of Doctor Doom! Cower, mortals, for this episode of the Fantasticast sees Doom return in all his gloriousness, and at only a fraction of hi...
Episode 13: Fantastic Four #15 & Strange Tales #109
16 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The Thinker's Fantastical Predictions Hello and welcome to a very special episode of The Fantasticast! Not only are we celebrating half a year's worth...
Episode 12: Fantastic Four #14 & Strange Tales #108
02 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
HYPNOFISH!!! Twelve episodes into the Fantasticast and Andrew and Stephen find themselves confronted by the titanic not-quite-a-team-up of Namor and P...
Episode 11: Fantastic Four #13 & Strange Tales #107
18 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Red? Yes! Communist? Yes! Russian? No! Just to be clear, Ivan Kragoff, the Red Ghost, is not Russian at all. Oh no. Welcome to the 11th episode of the...
Episode 10: Fantastic Four #12, Strange Tales #106 & Amazing Spider-Man #1
04 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Hulk? Smash! Hurrah, it's another Weter-iffic episode of the Fantasticast! But why is it Weter-iffic? Well, dear listner, it is Weter-iffic due to the...
Episode 9: Fantastic Four #11 & Strange Tales #106
20 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Patriotic Pedestrians Proceeding from Planet Poppup Prefer Poorly Produced Podcasts I don't consider our show poorly produced, but we have been experi...
Episode 8: Fantastic Four #10 & Strange Tales #104
07 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Don! Don! Don! Don-Don-Don! Don-Don-Don! (It's the Imperial March) Welcome to Episode Eight of the Fantasticast! I can't believe we've been doing this...
Episode 7: Fantastic Four #9 & Strange Tales #103
25 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
S(&)M Studios! Stephen and Andrew are (mostly) going it alone this week, taking a look at Fantastic Four #9, which gave us the first appearance of the...
Episode 6: Fantastic Four #8 & Strange Tales #102
10 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Like A Puppet On A String This week, Andrew and Steve are joined by veteran podcaster Joshua Lapin-Bertone, formerly of Amazing Spider-Man Classics an...
Episode 5: Fantastic Four #7 & Strange Tales #101
24 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The Strangest Tales Of All Hello and welcome to the fifth episode of the Fantasticast. Andrew Leyland and Steve Lacey are your guides today as we jou...
Episode 4: E-mails and Fantastic Four #6
11 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Super-Villain Team Up Welcome to the fourth episode of the Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey (20 Minute Longbox) and Andrew Leyland (Heykids Comic...
Episode 3: Fantastic Four #4 & #5
28 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Super-Villain Cavalcade Welcome to the third episode of The Fantasticast, the fortnightly show where Steve Lacey and Andrew Leyland take a look at ev...
Episode 2: Fantastic Four #2 & #3
14 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Secret Invasion Tie-In No, really. Fantastic Four #2 was included in the Secret Invasion: The Infiltration trade paperback. So it counts. Hello, and w...
Episode 1: Introductions, Origins, and Fantastic Four #1
01 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
And So It Begins... Hello, and welcome to episode 1 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-...
Fantasticast Trailer
13 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, and welcome to the trailer for the Fantasticast, a new podcast cover the Fantastic Four from the very beginning. The show will go live in Janua...
The Fantasticast
11 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Coming soon, to a podcast feed near you... The Fantasticast Trailer!