Strange Academy | Nerdologists https://nerdologists.com Where to jump in on board games, anime, books, and movies as a Nerd Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:37:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://nerdologists.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/nerdologists-favicon.png Strange Academy | Nerdologists https://nerdologists.com 32 32 What Marvel Characters Should Get a TV Show? – 10MinMarvel S4E14 https://nerdologists.com/2025/10/what-marvel-characters-should-get-a-tv-show-10minmarvel-s4e14/ https://nerdologists.com/2025/10/what-marvel-characters-should-get-a-tv-show-10minmarvel-s4e14/#respond Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:27:03 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=9871 What Marvel character should get their own show? We discuss that and news and rumors that came up in this weeks #10MinMarvel podcast.

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Marvel has given us a lot of characters in the MCU. Not all of them have gotten a ton of screen time. What are some Marvel characters who need more screen time, whether that’s on the big or small screen? But in this episode of the #10MinMarvel podcast we’re talking about mainly those characters who we think would be fun to have a great show of. Whether they were already in a show or in a movie. Plus rumors around a new Jessica Jones show, Spider-Man, and more.

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Comments or Questions: What Marvel Character Should Get a Show?

Which show idea do you like best? Or do you think that there is a fun Marvel character who has already been in the MCU that should get a show?

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What Will Marvel Have at D23? – 10MinMarvel S4E5 https://nerdologists.com/2025/08/what-will-marvel-have-at-d23-10minmarvel-s4e5/ https://nerdologists.com/2025/08/what-will-marvel-have-at-d23-10minmarvel-s4e5/#respond Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:14:46 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=9776 Is Marvel going to have much of a presence at D23 this year? We look at what might happen at Destination D23.

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It’s an interesting time at Marvel and with D23 Destination coming up. This is not the normal D23, but there is still a Disney Studios Event kicking off D23. Is Marvel going to have a presence there at all? And if so what could it be? In the past we’ve generally gotten a tiny tease and then as part of the Disney+ sizzle reel some Marvel teases for upcoming shows. Is Marvel going to give us that again this year? Plus the news and rumors for the week.

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Doomsday Teams

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Let us know what you think Marvel might have at D23? Is it going to be much this year with it being the D23 Destination in Orlando?

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Eyes of Wakanda Review – #10MinMarvel S4E2 https://nerdologists.com/2025/08/eyes-of-wakanda-review-10minmarvel-s4e2/ https://nerdologists.com/2025/08/eyes-of-wakanda-review-10minmarvel-s4e2/#respond Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:40:21 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=9743 Eyes of Wakanda dropped last weeks on August 1st. So we've watched all the episodes for this weeks #10MinMarvel topic.

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Marvel did decide to surprise us by dropping all of Eyes of Wakanda at once on August 1st. It would have been great if they had let us know. I think they are adopting Netflix strategy and just dropping projects without much advertising and fanfare now. But did that work? And should they have tried to get more people excited for Eyes of Wakanda? We take a look at all four episodes, what worked, what didn’t and do we want more?

Plus news and rumors. Now that Spider-Man Brand New Day is filming we are getting reveals and teases of things to come. We are going to try and avoid giving you any leaks with that though. And Doomsday is also filming so more rumors from that for sure.

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Eyes of Wakanda Initial Review

Spider-Man Magic the Gathering Welcome Decks (Green, Blue, and Red)

Spider-Man Magic the Gathering Welcome Decks (Black and White)

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We also run a Patreon and that is another way you can help support. The Patreon, found here, goes to help improve the quality of the 10 Minute Marvel Podcast, pay for advertising and more. It also helps improve the Malts and Meeples YouTube Channel and Nerdologists.com website. Thank you, again, for listening and for considering supporting us financially.

Comments or Questions: Did you watch Eyes of Wakanda?

Did you watch Eyes of Wakanda? Which was your favorite episode? And do you want a second season of Eyes of Wakanda or the whole show to tie more into the MCU?

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Finale https://nerdologists.com/2025/02/your-friendly-neighborhood-spider-man-finale/ https://nerdologists.com/2025/02/your-friendly-neighborhood-spider-man-finale/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:18:08 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=9445 We're talking Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man this week on 10MinMarvel. Plus news and rumors around possible castings.

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The first Marvel show of the year wrapped up with the two final episodes of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. How did this show do as a whole compared to our expectations. And with two more seasons happening, what do we think could be coming up later in the series, like some of the characters and villains we maybe expected to see. Plus news and rumors from Marvel around actors who could show up in Spider-Man 4, Doomsday, and Secret Wars.

Catch Up On Last Weeks Videos

Marvel Anime Vol 1

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Thoughts and Impressions

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Season 2 Theories

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Comments or Questions: Thoughts on Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

What did you think of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man? Which characters were your favorite and which ones do you want to see more of in the upcoming seasons?

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Daredevil Born Again Trailer – 10MinMarvel S3E104 https://nerdologists.com/2025/01/daredevil-born-again-trailer-10minmarvel-s3e104/ https://nerdologists.com/2025/01/daredevil-born-again-trailer-10minmarvel-s3e104/#respond Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:48:20 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=9380 A Daredevil Born Again trailer is out. What are our thoughts on the trailer and show plus news and rumors on this weeks #10MinMarvel.

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We have a new trailer to talk about, and since it’s the first one for the show we’re diving into it further and asking the question, how much do you need to know about Daredevil Born Again to watch the show? Do you need to the Netflix Defenders “Saga” much at all or not?

Plus news and rumors including a number of actors that Marvel has been rumored to be talking to. And more on Nova and Anhillus. And the really odd release schedule and why it might be happening for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

Catch Up on Videos From Last Week

Daredevil Born Again Trailer Impressions and Reaction

Fantastic Four Johnathan Hickman Omnibus Thoughts

Big Marvel ePack Trading Card Arrival

Opening Marvel Masterpieces 92 Platinum Blaster Box

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On a scale of 1 to 10 how excited are you for the show? Let me know that, and other things that we maybe missed from the trailer that we should come back and talk about.

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The Marvel 2024 Awards – 10MinMarvel S3E103 https://nerdologists.com/2025/01/the-marvel-2024-awards-10minmarvel-s3e103/ https://nerdologists.com/2025/01/the-marvel-2024-awards-10minmarvel-s3e103/#respond Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:33:35 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=9366 It's awards time for Marvel for 2024. We're going through 8 categories and handing out our top acting and more.

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We’re doing a fun topic this week. Last year we did an awards show for all of Marvel. So from the very beginning all the way through What If Season 2 at that point. This year that plan is a little bit more focused, because, well, we’ve done them all. So it’s for 2024 and going forward, we plan on doing award shows at the start of each year. Let’s see what the categories are.

  • Best Hero
  • Best Villain
  • Best Episode
  • Best Fight
  • Best Supporting Character
  • Best Non-Powered Charaacter
  • Best Writing
  • Best Overall

Plus we of course have our news and rumors to talk about. From what the release schedule of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is, possible recasting of T’Challa, Strange Academy being set-up in Ironheart and more.

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A New T’Challa in Black Panther 3?

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Szerdy Comic Covers

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Comments or Questions: What Is Your Top Show/Movie from 2024 For Marvel?

How did we do on our awards? Did we miss any obvious ones that we should have put in?

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Marvel Predictions for 2025 – 10MinMarvel S3E101 https://nerdologists.com/2024/12/marvel-predictions-for-2025-10minmarvel-s3e101/ https://nerdologists.com/2024/12/marvel-predictions-for-2025-10minmarvel-s3e101/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:55:03 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=9344 What crazy predictions do we have for Marvel in 2025? Plus a bunch of news and rumors around Spider-Man 4.

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The holidays are upon us. So that means we’re just about ready for a new year of Marvel content, starting with What If, the final season, starting last night. What are some of our predictions about what Marvel is going to announce, how movies and shows are going to do, and more for 2025? We come up with an interesting list on that.

Plus in the news we have Spider-Man 4 rumors galore as that is expected to film in 2025. And Beyond the Spider-Verse has some familiar names as directors. Plus is Jeff the Land Shark coming to the MCU, what Brad Winderbaum has to say about it.

Finally, just a reminder, 10 Minute Marvel will be on a break for the holiday week. We’ll be back to start the new year with our rankings of the final season of What If.

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What If Titles Revealed

Who Is Marvel’s Front Runner to Play Jean Grey?

Spider-Man’s Homecoming to Marvel?

How to Fit Spider-Man into the MCU Fulltime

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Comments or Questions: What Are Your Marvel Predictions?

What do you think are going to be the standout or important moments for Marvel in 2025? And is there a prediction that you think is going to be spot on that Greg and I tossed out, even one of the crazier ones?

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10 Minute Marvel S3E49: Multi-season Disney+ Shows https://nerdologists.com/2023/12/10-minute-marvel-s3e49-multi-season-disney-shows/ https://nerdologists.com/2023/12/10-minute-marvel-s3e49-multi-season-disney-shows/#respond Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:27:47 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=8573 What Marvel storyline or character would you like to see get a multiple season run on Disney+? That's the topic and news for #10MinMarvel.

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This weeks #10MinMarvel is going back to some news that came out during or just before the start of Loki. Marvel and Disney were looking at changing up how Disney+ shows were done. Marvel did not have a traditional method for doing television shows, and now, they want to move towards more of a standard way. This is to create a more sustainable path to successful shows and visions on those shows. Now between weeks while waiting for new shows, we tackle the topic, what are some we’d want to have multiple seasons?

Plus #10MinMarvel has news as well. In the news we have Deadpool 3 teases. Plus what is coming to Disney+ in 2024 and early impressions of Echo. Is Echo lookin like a positive show? And there is more to the news as well this week.

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We also run a Patreon and that is another way you can help support. The Patreon, found here, goes to help improve the quality of the 10 Minute Marvel Podcast, pay for advertising and more. It also helps improve the Malts and Meeples YouTube Channel and Nerdologists.com website. Thank you, again, for listening and for considering supporting us financially.

Comments or Questions: What Disney+ Marvel Show should get Multiple Seasons?

Is there a Marvel comic run or character that you’d like to see get multiple seasons on Disney+? And what do you think of the news, do you like the Deadpool 3 teases and spoilers? Or do you want to see less of them out there in the wild?

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10 Minute Marvel S3E6: Marvel Comic Events To the MCU https://nerdologists.com/2023/02/10-minute-marvel-s3e6-marvel-comic-events-to-the-mcu/ https://nerdologists.com/2023/02/10-minute-marvel-s3e6-marvel-comic-events-to-the-mcu/#respond Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:26:41 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=7761 There's not much Marvel news as they prep for Super Bowl trailers. But what comic events do we want in the MCU is the big #10MinMarvel topic.

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News is light this week as we lead up to getting a bunch, potentially, of trailers during the Super Bowl. We go over those trailers plus a few pieces of other minor news. But then for the main topic, we’re diving into the comics and looking for bigger storylines that we want to see in the MCU. Which stories are in our top and how would we like to see them show up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? There are a lot of stories out there, but which ones might work best?

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Comments or Questions

As we looked at comic events this week, did you have a favorite? Is there one that you want to see the MCU tackle, or one that didn’t even make our list that you’d like to see?

And which Super Bowl trailer are you most excited for?

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Top 5 Books – 2021 Edition https://nerdologists.com/2021/12/top-5-books-2021-edition/ https://nerdologists.com/2021/12/top-5-books-2021-edition/#respond Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:12:28 +0000 https://nerdologists.com/?p=6449 We're onto the last Top 5 year in review where I look back at books I read. This year it's combined with comics as I read a lot of those.

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This is a tougher list to do, I’m have read five, at least, new books to me, but that encompasses two series. So it’s a bit less like I’ve read five new books. So I’m throwing some comic books into this as well. Some of why my reading of books is down a little bit is that my reading of comic books has been up so let’s get into it.

5. The Great Library

One of the book series that I’ve read, I’ve talked about this one before. This is a very solid young adult series. I still need to finish up the last book, but the series as a whole works. The basic concept is cool, when the library of Alexandria was burned, it was rebuilt and became the haven for all books. But it was taken to a logical end of protecting books so much that it started to seek to control knowledge.

It is also a nice book that has a diverse cast of characters where you don’t notice it so much. That sounds odd to say, but fairly often in stories authors will like to call out what they are doing. This is integrated into the story in a way that it all makes sense and it flows together with the narrative. And that adds a depth and richness to the story that you don’t get if the author is pointing it out or if the diverseness of the cast of characters isn’t there.

4. Strange Academy

The first of the Marvel series, and this one is an ongoing series. And I somewhat have a soft spot for it because it’s a magical school. There’s one in The Great Library series, and there’s one in the next item on my list. The idea of kids learning that they have magical abilities or how to use them just works.

And here you have a unique cast of characters from Dormammu’s son to some Asgardians and a Frost Giant, and then just normal people. Plus teachers being Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch, Baron Voodoo and more, it is goofier than some comics, but works for me. And while it’s been more short little stories, I’ve enjoyed that I don’t need to wait as long to find out what is happening.

Secret Invasion
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3. Keeper of the Lost Cities

Another set in a school, and another person who didn’t know they were magical getting sent to a school. Now, they knew they weren’t normal because they were telepathic, but they didn’t know what that meant. And it’s fun because it means that there is a whole other world around/intertwined with ours where magical creatures, elves, gnomes, and more exist.

This reminds me over Harry Potter, though, I think the early book writing is better done. And I think the series, thus far, hasn’t tried to do too much. The scope feels focused and while the world is big, there are a lot of interesting storylines. It isn’t limiting itself to just one story, but a lot of them that I’m sure will eventually come together. And the characters are fun to be around.

2. House of X/Power of X

This might be the top comic for a lot of people in 2020, when it came out. I didn’t get it on Marvel Unlimited until this year, and it’s really good. This is an X-Men or X reboot. It’s now, I believe, just called X. And it’s about Charles Xavier trying to create a utopia where mutants can live and exist outside of the struggles of the world and what it has provided for them.

But of course things don’t work like he expects and there is trial and error. But it’s less of an issue between mutants, he brings all the major players in, but with people as well, with nations. It feels like a side of Xavier that we don’t really see all that often. Him throwing his weight around as a personality and as well as his powers.

1. Secret Invasion

Finally, I read through all of Secret Invasion. I’ve read through the main storyline before, but when you get into the depths of Secret Invasion, there are so many comics. Are they required reading, not really, but it fleshes out the story and world that is being created.

Secret Invasion is one of my favorite storylines with the Skrull infiltrating every part of society, and especially super heroes. And it is fascinating because you are wondering, how is a Skrull. We’re starting to see that get set-up in the MCU and possibly coming up in 2022, late 2022 is my guess, we’ll get a Secret Invasion show. Now not all Skrull are evil, and in the MCU they definitely aren’t, but the question of who is a Skrull is a great on.

So that’s what I’ve read this year. I read some Dr Strange, Fantastic Four, and other comics as well this year. I’ve started on Secret Wars, and I think it was all in 2020, but maybe early 2021 where I read the Age of Apocalypse massive X-Men storyline. And I’m going through Wheel of Time on audiobook, but I’ve done that before.

What is your favorite thing you’ve read this year?

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