Unstable Molecules

Treasury Edition 01 – Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics

In this special Treasury Edition we take a break from looking at comics to review the first episode of Robert Kirkman’s new documentary series...

Panel Breakouts Episode 010: Jack Kirby & the end of war!

This episode briefly looks at war comics and Jack Kirby’s work for the final issues of Battle at the end of the fifties. We take a look at Kirby’s covers and stories in Battle issues 64-70 (June 1959 to June 1960). Accompanying information:

Panel Breakouts Episode 009: Love Romances #85

We take a quick peek at the type of Romance anthology comic that the Marvel team was producing just before they created the superhero universe.

Panel Breakouts Episode 008: Teen-age Crossovers

How the idea of the Marvel interconnected universe - where heroes would crossover or “guest star” in each other’s books - first occurred in the teen comics for girls - with characters like Patsy Walker, Millie the Model, Kathy Carter and others.

Panel Breakouts Episode 007: Young Romance #1 (1947)

Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Young Romance #1 (1947) launched the genre of the Romance comic which, at one point in the 1950s, sold more than any other genre. It's influence was felt in the early Marvel superhero comics,