The Fantasticast

21/05/2023

Attention, True Believers, The Fantasticast is on the air!

This episode, our coverage of John Byrne’s run on The Fantastic Four begins! Diablo is back in town, and he’s intent on causing elemental chaos with the Fantastic Four.

He’s not the only one back encountering the FF - returning to help kick off our look at the Byrne run is former Fantasticast co-host Andrew Leyland!

Go on, what are you waiting for?

John Byrne Doesn't Play Well With Others Hello, and welcome to episode 367 of The Fantasticast. Each episode, Steve Lacey guides you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. We're finally here, the start of the 1980s renaissance of the Fantastic Four. John Byrne is

20/05/2023

Coming tonight…

14/05/2022

The Fantasticast Episode 358

Fantastic Four #228 - Ego-Spawn

https://www.thefantasticast.com/podcast/358

17/04/2022

Well, looky here, if it isn't a new episode of the show!

The show is back after a 19-ish month break, and it's bringing with it yet another issue from the infamous Moench/Sienkiewicz run on the Fantastic Four. A meteor falls to Earth, and what it contains could spell disaster and ruin for the petrochemical industry! Only the Fantastic Four can stop it, as

21/12/2019

The Fantasticast : The Fantasticast

The Moment Has Been Prepared For Hello, and welcome to The Fantasticast.  Original artwork by Michael Georgiou. Check out his work at mikedraws.co.uk Episode cover design by Samuel Savage.

14/12/2019

The Fantasticast : The Fantasticast Presents... Fantastic Four (2015) Commentary

43 Confirmed Kills Hello, and welcome to a special epsiode 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 releasing something from our Patreon archive. Previously Patreon-exclusive, the ti...

23/11/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 353: Marvel Two-in-One #70 - A Moving Experience

Fantastic Butts And Where To Find Them Hello, and welcome to episode 353 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 off to Yancy Street for a romantic reunion, a change in living arran...

16/11/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 352: Marvel Team-Up #100 - And Introducing - Karma! She Possesses People!

Spidey vs Nightwing - The Great Superhero Buttock-Off Hello, and welcome to episode 352 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. The Fantastic Four head off to the world of Marvel Team-Up to help the...

02/11/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 350: Marvel Two-in-One #69 - Homecoming

Foggy McFogFace Hello, and welcome to episode 350 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 on the hunt for the elusive 'third-time lucky' effect. Members of the original Guardians of...

26/10/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 349: Fantastic Four #224 - The Darkfield Illumination

Space Viking: Norseman In Disguise Hello, and welcome to episode 349 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 paying a return visit to the Arctic wilderness (not that the Fantastic F...

19/10/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 348: Marvel Two-in-One #68 - Discos and Dungeons

Get More With The Fever On The Dance Floor Hello, and welcome to episode 348 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 jumping onto the disco zeitgeist, a mere year after the cultural...

12/10/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 347: Fantastic Four Annual #15 - Time for the Prime Ten

Stolen From Rimmerworld Hello, and welcome to episode 347 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 stray once again into Annual territory. Reed Richards and Captain Marvel find themselv...

05/10/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 346: Fantastic Four #223 - That A Child May Live

Brutacus Is Silly But He Really Illustrates, etc. Hello, and welcome to episode 346 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. If you had bet money against The Salem Seven (as the cover has them) retur...

28/09/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 345: Marvel Two-in-One Annual #5 - When A Stranger Calls

No! Not The N-Neuron Beam! Hello, and welcome to episode 345 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. Our latest episode sees Steve and Andy linger longer in September 1980, leafing through the pages...

21/09/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 344: Marvel Two-in-One #67 - Passport to Oblivion

This Fantasticast Could Be Worth $2500 To You! Hello, and welcome to episode 344 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 bid a fond farewell to one of our favourite supporting characte...

14/09/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 343: Fantastic Four #222 - The Possession of Franklin Richards

Mr Fantastic Meets Scratchman Hello, and welcome to episode 343 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, the much-discussed Doug Moench/Bill Sienkiewicz Fantastic Four run gets underway pr...

07/09/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 342: Marvel Two-in-One #66 - A Congress of Crowns

The Bad Guy Is Called Hugh Hello, and welcome to episode 342 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, a packed episode sees us don matching hats to dominate the entire- wait, these aren't....

31/08/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 341: Fantastic Four #221 - Tower Of Crystal... Dreams Of Glass

Powered by Coke Hello, and welcome to episode 341 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 on the Fantasticast, we bid a temporary farewell to John Byrne, as he wraps up his re-purposed ...

24/08/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 340: Marvel Two-in-One #65 - Serpents From The Sea

Superfluous Triton Hello, and welcome to episode 340 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 tackle the middle chapter of the Serpent Crown Affair. The Serpent Soci- uh, Squad are here...

17/08/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 339: Fantastic Four #220 - And The Lights Went Out All Over The World

Gratuitous Vindicator Hello, and welcome to episode 339 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. In a taste of things to come that will dominate the Fantastic Four for years, this week sees John Byrn...

10/08/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 338: What If? #21 - What If... Sub-Mariner Had Married the Invisible Girl?

Pregnancy Blind Spot Hello, and welcome to episode 338 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 return to both the Marvel multiverse and Earth 772 as we take a look at how Reed Richards...

03/08/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 337: Marvel Two-in-One #64 - The Serpent Crown Affair Part 1 - From the Depths

Wind-Generated Oil Rigs Hello, and welcome to episode 337 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. We're at the start of another big storyline for Marvel Two-in-One, as abandoned plotlines from Namor...

27/07/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 336: Fantastic Four #219 - Leviathans

Much Ago About Namor's Horn Hello, and welcome to episode 336 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. When is a fill-in not a fill-in? When it's the first issue of an ongoing run that immediately g...

20/07/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 335: Marvel Two-in-One #63 - Suffer Not A Warlock To Live

Everybody Hates Starhawk Hello, and welcome to episode 335 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 returning to outer space to hunt down those who have stolen Counter-Earth, discove...

13/07/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 334: Fantastic Four #218 - When A Spider-Man Comes Calling

Steve's Eternal Spider-Disappointment Hello, and welcome to episode 334 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 sees us firmly in fill-in crossover team-up territory. In a shared story ...

06/07/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 333: Marvel Two-in-One #62 - The Taking of Counter-Earth

It's Spankin' Time Hello, and welcome to episode 333 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 back in the realms of Marvel Two-in-One, as an extended cast (including Starhawk, Moondra...

29/06/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 332: Fantastic Four #217 - Masquerade!

This Little Robot Tramp Hello, and welcome to episode 332 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. Ah, Humanoid Experimental Robot, B-type, Integrated Electronics, we barely knew ye. Actually, we kn...

15/06/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 331: Marvel Two-in-One #61 - The Coming Of Her

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...

08/06/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 330: Fantastic Four #216 - Where There Be Gods

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....

01/06/2019

The Fantasticast : Episode 329: Marvel Two-in-One #60 - Happiness Is A Warm Alien

Laptop Or Cigar Box? Hello, and welcome to episode 329 of The Fantasticast. Each week, Steve Lacey and Andy Leyland guide you through every issue, guest-appearance and cameo of The Fantastic Four. How many issues of downtime do you need following one of the greatest stories of the late-1970s? We're....