Me & my friend, Pete

In this bonus episode breakdown of Moon Knight Vol. IX #17, we explore how Jed MacKay and Alessandro Cappuccio turn the Midnight Mission into a weaponized panopticon where surveillance, architecture, and psychological theater become deadlier than fists. After The Structure murders Hunter’s Moon, Moon Knight doesn’t seek only retaliation; he stages judgment, trapping Grand Mal and Nemean inside a living institution that sees everything and controls the narrative. Drawing on Jeremy Bentham’s original prison design and Michel Foucault’s theory of disciplinary power, this episode argues that Moon Knight wins not through brute force, but by mastering invisibility itself, proving that in the Marvel Comics universe, the most dangerous weapon isn’t violence… It’s being watched. Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found @patreon.com/hspp

Moon Knight’s path to self-acceptance has never been clean... or quiet. In this “WAY? Here!” chapter, Marc Spector confronts his Dissociative Identity Disorder head-on, burns vampires off rooftops, cuts dangerous deals in Chinatown, and suffers the devastating loss of Hunter’s Moon. And if that ain't bad enough: a brutal two-on-one against Nemean and Grand Mal. Bonus Episodes can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP Sign up now!

Turns out, the whole world really is a stage. In this updated Moon Knight spotlight, we use Erving Goffman’s dramaturgical analysis to explore how Marc Spector, through Steven Grant and Jake Lockley, embodies identity as performance, front stage and backstage behavior, and the masks we all wear. Bonus Episode coming soon @ Donuts & Dimes Productions Sign up now!

The Kingpin's back and he's better than ever! For Christmas this year, The Kingpin's here! Hess Trucks, am I right? The Kingpin's been hijacking the minds of some of New York City's most powerful men in this instant classic. Spidey would be there to stop him, but he's got his own problems, namely the Stacy family, specifically George's cane! While Pete tries to explain to Gwen that he doesn't beat up the elderly, we yap about what makes a "Strongman" and how they use structural domination to consolidate their control. This is one you don't wanna miss... I promise you'll learn a thing or two about a thing or two! Bonus episodes exploring stories from all over the Omniverse of Comics (Marvel, DC, and all points in between) can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP

Here's a preview of "The Crucible of Want," our 9th Bonus Episode of Season III, covering Image Comics' "Eight Billion Genies" #4, The First Eight Weeks. How many sociological ideas can we cram into one bonus episode? Sign up and find out! Sign up here!

In this Season I Bonus Episode, Batman's found love again and an ally in his war on crime, but something's off, and the worst thing a Batman can do in a city like Gotham is trust. Oh, well, at least he still has his journal.

Spidey likes the nightlife, Spidey likes to boogie, Spidey likes to lay hands on any gangster spoiling the fun for his Silver Spoon Gang! We've got MJ shaking a tailfeather! We've got Pete and Aunt May reunited! We've got Gwen and Pete finally admitting their feelings for each other, and love is in the air! But on the flipside? We've got the Brainwasher, New York's newest (?) would-be Kingpin, using his nightclub as a front and MJ an unwitting accomplice to his criminal shenanigans! And if we're talking nightclubs? You know we're talking paradoxes... Namely, how they have become both safe spaces for women in many instances and a structure that upholds the male gaze. Put on ya dancing shoes and let's go! There's only one rule... Ya gotta come in FEET FIRST! Sign up at Patreon.com/HSPP for Bonus Episode access now! Sources: Pini, Maria. Club Cultures and Female Subjectivity: The Move from Home to House. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001 Savard, D.M., Kelley, T.M., & Merolla, D.M. Routine Activities and Criminal Victimization: The Significance of Gendered Spaces. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35(23-24), 5425-5447. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517721170 Kodak Vigilant Six-20

Spider-Man vs. Spider Slayer 2.0! Smythe vs. J. Jonah Jameson! Aunt May vs. the pressed linen sheets of her hospital bed! Harry Osborn vs. Male Pattern Baldness at such a young age! All that and more as we dive deeper into the power the media wields and what happens when that power is subverted. Sign up @patreon.com/hspp for all our bonus content!

Spider-Man vs. Ka-Zar! What is anomie? What makes a person deviant? Who has the authority to control, correct, and police this deviance? Who controls what's perceived as deviance? With Spidey still running around as an amnesiac, we explore all these questions while Ka-Zar, with a little help from his sabretooth tiger, Zabu, does his best to take down the King of Swing from Forest Hills, Queens! *** Also included in this episode: "The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Ka-Zar" and "The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Zabu" *** Bonus Episodes can be found @ Patreon.com/HSPP - sign up now! *** Instagram: @mnmfp_podcast TikTok: @menmyfriendpete *** Questions? Send 'em to: [email protected]

Spider-Man and Dr. Octopus vs. The US Military? What a wonky world we're living in when nullifiers erase memories and foes turn friends turn foes again! We've got John Jameson, Spidey stealing *checks notes* air, the first appearance of a one Captain Stacey, and more infighting than The Temptations on a David Ruffin Ego Trip! "Ain't nobody comin' to see you, Otto!" I bet that's what Pete's thinkin'! Bonus Episodes can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP

Moon Knight vs. Dr. Doom! In this Season 1 Bonus Episode, we find the Latverian Lion holed up in his Kip Bay Consulate, but that isn't stopping him from sending the greatest 90's hit squad this side of... well... there are a lot better hit squads... But still! They're sent to deal with a certain Right Fist of Khonshu. Beneath the Crescent Moon, we've got action, we've got drama, we've got Dr. Doom doing damage! Bring your thesauruses... Thesauri? Who knows anymore?! Bonus Episodes can be found @ Patreon.com/hspp

Doctor Octopus vs. Spider-Man... AGAIN! We’ve got Spidey crashin’ out We’ve got John Jameson We’ve got a heist that would make Vulture proud and Ock cashin' in we’ve got a rumble at Stark Industries and nullifiers galore Yeah, Spidey and Ock were enemies but now? Something more? And We’ve got me! We’ve got you We’ve got… no further ado... We’ve got The Amazing Spider-Man #55 Doc Ock Wins or Rumble, Young Man, Rumble II: The Inside Man! Bonus Episodes can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP sign up now!

In this episode, we talk tariff conspiracies, charismatic authority, and pontificate something fierce on the need to find your lane and put the pedal through the floor... Somewhere in there Namor and The Invaders put fascists in the only place they ever should be, on their backs. Bonus Episodes contain curses, we apologize for nothin'! And this Bonus Episode's a freebie... Sorry for the wait! Bonus Episodes can be found @ Patreon.com/HSPP! Correction: In the intro, I say this is Namor: The Sub-Mariner Vol. I #11 in actuality it's #12... oopsie!

Doctor Octopus, fresh off his victory against The King of Swing does the only thing any self-respecting would-be Kingpin of Crime should... subleases a room in the Forest Hills Queens section of New York City. What are the odds Spidey's not dead and the room belongs to his loving Aunt May? I mean it's comic books, sooooooo 100%! We've got Pete Parker vs. Otto Octavius... We've got Spider-Man vs. The Master Planner Gang... We've got the Golden Liability vs. The Hateful Eight... We've got windows and walls and alleys destroyed! The only thing missing is you, friend!

We've waited over twenty issues for our favorite Monologuing Madman's return and 008 doesn't disappoint! Rooftop battle? Check! Pontification? Check! Paris Hilton? Check! That's Hot Explosions, flirtations, subleasing agreements? Check! Check! Check! All we seem to be missing is you! Bonus episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP sign up now... please? These student loans ain't no joke!

We've got the Amazing Spider-Man's fourth annual. The Wingless Wizard teaming up with the Master of Monologues himself... MYSTERIO! But no worries, Spidey ain't come alone! He's teaming up with the one and only-- well, the third and best Human Torch -The Long Island Igniter- himself, Jonathan Lowell Spencer Storm! Sign up for Bonus Episodes @ Patreon.com/HSPP now!

Question: What would you do if you lost a one-on-one bout with New York's newest Kingpin of Crime and woke up in a death chamber strapped to the one man who spends his life making yours a living hell? If you're Spidey, you get up, you get goin' and you get your rematch! Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP

Season 3 is here and that means Spidey takes on the newly crowned Big Boss of New York... The Kingpin! Our hero thinks he's got this one in the bag, but turns out the 6'7, 450 lb. man mountain won't roll over so easy! WELCOME BACK AND WELCOME TO SEASON 3! Sign up now for Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete @patreon.com/HSPP!

We've come to our second season finale and Pete's been put through the ringer. Sometimes the pressure becomes too much and this is one of those times for the King of Swing. This episode's got a little more "Me" than normal, but after two years, a failed relationship, a Master's Degree, and an 8th-grade graduation, I figured I should say something about some things... namely, Jed Bartlett and Corinthians! Either way-- We've got me! We've got you! We've got no further ado! We've got Amazing Spider-Man #50, Spider-Man No More! Bonus Episodes can be found at High Society Publishing exclusive to the Key Keeper and High Council Tiers. Sign up now!

Spidey's been taking his lumps lately... A loss to Kraven The Hunter... A loss to The Vulture... That pesky virus plot device used to give new villains a fighting chance... Now, when he's finally feeling better? He's got Kraven and the Vulture vying for top menace of the city we know and love just in time for him to be caught in the middle. The penultimate episode of Me & my friend, Pete Season 2 is here and we've got action! The Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP! We guarantee you'll love 'em... 'nuff said!