Spider-Man Crawlspace Podcast

In this Friday Night Fight we have a classic battle between Spider-Man and Doc Ock from 1983. George takes a look at Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man # 75 and #76 *Hear how takes on Ock's army of minions. Sound familiar? *As if that weren't enough, he takes on an army of the Owl's men *The Black Cat helps a bit but is nearly fatally wounded. *It's a brutal fight that has Spidey pushed to the edge and ripping Ock's arms out of their sockets. *Ock doesn't let the injured arms stop him from hurting Spidey where it hurts.

Highlights of this episode include answering questions from the message board posters. *Michael Bailey does a killer rendition of the Fat Albert Theme with a Crawlspace twist. *Mysterio death storyline needed an editor? *Is there too much footage being released for Amazing Spider-Man 2? *Phil Urich better as a hero or villain? *Ghost Chicken meets Stegron? *Best Spidey villain that could be used with another hero? *Top supporting character?

In this episodes we have *Reviews of Superior Spider-Man # 27 and #28 *JR's This Month in Spider-History. He takes us back to March 1973. *Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 118 *Marvel Team Up # 7 *Sub Mariner #69

We tackle Spider-related news in this episode. We have a lot of topics that are literally off the wall. Here are the topics. *Ultimate Spider-Man actor Drake Bell is broke *Ditko does 2099 *McFarlane open to Spidey work *Andrew Garfield and Batkid Dropped from Academy Awards *Spider-Butterflies released in parliament *Superior Foes ending with #15 *Learning to Crawlspace mini series *Blaming Spidey and Soap Operas for violence in Venezuela *Sony wants Spidey movies every year *Update on Lost Spidey graphic novel *Spec Spidey coming to Blu Ray

In this episode we talk to author Sean Howe who wrote the book Marvel Comics: The Untold Story. In the examine the history of Marvel comics, with a Spider-Man emphasis. *The riff between Stan Lee and Steve Ditko *John Romita's contribution and what if he penciled Amazing Fantasy #15 *Jack Kirby's original Spider character *The origins of the black costume *Secret Wars and selling toys *Origins of McFarlane's bagged variant *One More Day and the aging of characters *Message Board Questions from the listeners.

In this episode we review seven Spider-Satellite titles.It breaks down like this: *Superior Foes # 8- GB *MK Spider-Man #5-BD *Superior Team up # 10-GB *Superior Carnage Annual # 1- BD *New Warriors # 1 and 2-GB *Ultimate Cataclysm #5-BD Ultimate Spider-Man Cartoon Reviews - Season One, Episode Eight - 'Back in Black' Season Two, Episodes Twenty-One and Twenty-Two - 'Blade and the Howling Commandos'

In this Spidey Friday Night Fight we take you back to 1990 and look at Web of Spider-Man # 64 and 65. It's a little known classic fight that shows off Spidey's fighting abilities. He takes on Gravitron, Titania, Brothers Grimm, Trapster and Goliath. This is a crazy fight where Spidey has to avoid the sewer, cement and flying baked goods?

George and Brad tackle five Spider-Satellite reviews. We tackle the following books in the show. *Cataclysm: Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #3 *Marvel Knights: Spider-Man #4 *Inhumanity: Superior Spider-Man #1 *Mighty Avengers #5 *Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #9 George also reviews two episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. *Season 1 - Episode 07 'Exclusive' (Spidey, MJ, Hulk) *Season 2 - Episode 20 'Game Over' (Cap, Wolverine Arcade)

Take a trip back in time with JR as we go back to February 2001. JR reviews the following comics *Spider-Man V2 #26 Daredevil/ Spider-Man #2 Mysterio Manifesto #2 Spider-Man/ Marrow #1 Sentry/ Spider-Man #1

We answer your dozens of message board questions on this episode. Hightlights include: *What if Uncle Ben had lived and Spidey stopped the burglar? *Hilarious Paul Jenkins story about him getting hit on by a Playboy Playmate at a convention. *Will Marvel ever produce another issue 100 when books keep getting rebooted? *High hopes for a title that eventually fell flat.

Highlights include: *Review of Superior Spider-Man # 24 *Review of Superior Spider-Man # 25 *Discussion on who is Spider-Man's biggest foe,Norman or Otto *Theories on who is behind the Green Goblin mask.

Highlights of the episode: *Michael Bailey and George Berryman return to the show *New review staff announcements *Itune Reviews *New Amazing Spider-Man digital series *Amazing Spider-Man comic returns with a new number one issue. *Naked Spider-Man rock climber *Spider-Man in the Avengers movie? *Movie news roundup *Lost Spider-Man story by Peter David, Ron Frenz and John Romita *Ditko redrawn by Kirby?

We travel to back to October 1985 for this Friday Night Fight. Spider-Man takes on Firelord. Spidey has the proportionate strength of a spider. Firelord has the power cosmic and a glow stick. How can our hero possibly come out on top?

George takes us back to 1966 where he spotlights the third Amazing Spider-Man annual. *The Avengers tell Spidey he can join if he can take down the Hulk *Does Spidey get in some good shots? *Does Hulk smash the Spider?

Highlights of the show include: *Jr's Spider-History takes us back to January 1980 and the release of Amazing Spider-Man 200 *Bertone's Bio of Billy Connors *We answer your dozens of Message board Questions

This is one of my favorite fights of the 1980s. George takes us back to the summer of 1984 and this fight took place in Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars # 3. Spider-Man takes on the whole team of X-Men and wipes the floor with them in essentially under a minute. *Listen to Spider-Man bitch slap Wolverine *Do the X-Men get in any blows? *Surely Rogue, Storm, Colossus and Nightcrawler could help Wolverine take on Spider-Man.

The gang recognizes the best of the best of 2013. The Spider-Panel lists their favorites and we also tally the votes from the listeners. Here are the 10 categories we spotlighted. *BEST LEAD CHARACTER *BEST SUPPORTING CHARACTER *BEST VILLAIN *BEST NEW CHARACTER *BEST WRITER *BEST ARTIST *BEST COVER *BEST SINGLE ISSUE, EPISODE, ETC. *BEST STORY *BEST SERIES

In this fight we take travel back to September and October 1986 for this Friday Night Fight. Spider-Man and Silver Sable take on the Sinister Syndicate. George takes us to this vicious fight. Will Spidey come out on top? It's interesting to note that several members on the team are now in the Superior Foes of Spider-Man comic.

Kevin and George do a team up to review a lot of Spider-Man's world in print and television. This month Kevin and I review. *Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man #2 *Mighty Avengers #4 *Scarlet Spider #25 *Superior Foes #6 *Superior Foes #7 *Superior Team-Up #8 *Amazing Spider-Man 700.2 *Amazing Spider-Man 700.3 *Amazing Spider-Man 700.4 *Amazing Spider-Man 700.5 George reviews the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon and discusses *Season One Episode Six - 'Why I Hate The Gym' (Taskmaster, Batroc) *Season Two Episode Eighteen - 'The Parent Trap' (Zodiac)

Highlights include: *Review of Superior Spider-Man # 24 *Will Peter David or Matt Fraction take over Superior Spider-Man? *Thought on new Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailers and posters *JR Recognized on Cracked.com *Steve Wacker leaving the Spider-Office

In case you didnt know its Stegron Saturday. This edition of Friday Night Fights on Saturday spotlights Stegron fighting Spider-Man. George takes us March and April of 1973 in Marvel Team Up # 19 and #20. Spidey can dodge bullets but cant dodge the might of Stegrons tail. Also Spidey is at a disadvantage by being in the Savage Land. Spidey doesnt have tall buildings to swing from in this one. Also a side battle involves Kevin and George fighting over the coolness of Stegron.

We answer your dozens of message board questions in this episode. Highlights include: *Do we like Spidey with web arm pits? *Who is the best modern Spider-Villain? *What is the next character to support a Spider-Satellite title? *What were our reactions in the 1980's to the reveal of who is the Hobgoblin?

JR takes us back to a milestone month for Spidey. We take a look at December 2003 where Amazing Spider-Man #4 500 was released. Hear JR's thoughts on the epic issue. Bertone also tackles a biography of Doc Ock's ex, Stunner.

George reviews two episode of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. We look at: *Season 1 episode "Flight of the Iron Spider." *Season 2 episode "Guardians of the Galaxy."

In this podcast we tackle one of the most brutal fights Spidey has ever faced. We travel back to October 1979 where a one-armed Spidey takes on the Kingpin in Amazing Spider-Man # 197. Wilson Fisk takes Spidey on in his own home gym and you will laugh at what he keeps stocked there to work out. Listen as George Berryman takes us through this incredible fight.

We tackle four book in this episode. Listen to reviews of: *Superior Spider-Man # 21 *Superior Spider-Man # 22 *Superior Spider-Man # 23 *Superior Spider-Man Annual # 1

In this Friday Night Fight we take you back to May of 1988. We have Jason Macendale as the Hobgoblin fighting a drunk Peter Parker Spider-Man. Who will win in this battle of the booze? It's one of the best Web of Spider-Man issues and is an often over-looked classic. Listen as George breaks the fight down.

In this Friday Night Fight we head back to 1975 and look at Spider-Man taking on the Scorpion. This fight took place in Amazing Spider-Man # 145 and 146. Will Spidey win? Will the Scorpion win by a tail? George examines the classic fight and announces the winner.

Topics of the show include: *The Spider-Panel discusses their thoughts on the new Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailer *Thoughts on the Rhino outfit and Harry Osborn in a Goblin suit *We read iTunes reviews *Nomination information on the 2013 Crawlie Awards with Chris *Venom is joining the Guardians of the Galaxy. *The Spider-Man Musical is ending in New York. Will it survive in Las Vegas? *Writer David Morrell is upset about the story that appeared in Amazing Spider-Man 700.2.

This month Kevin and Brad review 14 Spider-Satellite reviews. Also listen for Kevin use his sexy tones to seduce our lady listeners. It's hysterical. The books reviews are: *A+X #11 *A+X #14 *Cataclysm #1 *Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man #1 *Cataclysm #2 *Mighty Avengers #3 *Scarlet Spider #24 *Superior Foes #5 *Superior Team-Up #6 *Superior Team-Up #7 *Superior Carnage #5 *Marvel Knights Spider-Man #2 *Marvel Knights Spider-Man #3 *Amazing Spider-Man 700.1

We are starting a new podcast segment for the Crawlspace called Friday Night Fights. Each Friday I will release a mini-podcast episode that lasts about 15-20 minutes. Our friend George Berryman will spotlight some of the best fights in Spider-Man's 50 plus year history. The fight features our webhead in one corner and in the other corner a Nazi scientist covered in bees. This fight is from The Spectacular Spider-Man 37 and went down in December 1979. This is a hilarious episode and is a great way to start the segment.

In this episode Kevin and Brad review 11 books. Those include: *All-New X-Men Special *Indestructible Hulk Special *Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Special *Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1 *Mighty Avengers #2 *Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #4 *Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #5 *Venom #42 *Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #28 *Scarlet Spider #23 *Superior Carnage #4

In this episode George reviews two episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. *He reviews the season one episode Venom. *He also reviews the season two episode Venom Bomb. *Learn about an interesting drink called mead *Find out Venom origin involves coming out of the toilet.

Highlights include JR's Spider-History. *JR looks back at all the Spider-books released in November 1989. *Hear JR's hilarious take on Banjo and Skinhead, two embarrassing Spider-Villains. *Chris does a biography of Lonesome Pinky. The man who tormented Spidey with country music in the early 1980s. *Donovan looks at Josh, one of the first African American cast members in Spidey's supporting cast.

The gang tackles Spider-News in this episode. *Kevin and Brad have a very good debate about the Spider-Girl Halloween costume and if it's sexist. *Are your comics worthless? *Gene Simmons from Kiss is up for the Green Goblin role in the Spider-Man musical. *Amazing Spider-Man 2 will feature Jamie Foxx, Pharrell and Hans Zimmer. *Would you buy a $10,000 Todd McFarlane sketch comic? *Anime Avengers cartoon coming soon to Japan that will feature Spider-Man.

The gang reviews Superior Spider-Man # 19 and 20. *We discuss the pros and cons and give it a grade *Thoughts on the end of Horizon *Was Mary Jane out of character? *Thoughts on Spock getting accused of stealing Ock's ideas for his thesis.

Our yearly tradition continues with this years annual Spider-Jeopardy. The categories this year are, BLACK CAT SPIDER-MAN KILLED A GUY TV AND FILM SPIDER SATELLITES (not just the current ones) SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN SO FAR Will Kevin win another year or will Don surprise us? Will Brad win for the first time after multiple attempts? Will Chris spank JR in Spider-Knowledge? Find out by downloading the show.

JR takes us back nearly a decade to tackle one of the most controversial Spider-Man stories of all times. He looks at Amazing Spider-Man 511 which featured the Sins Past storyline. *Did JR like idea of Norman Osborn having an affair with Gwen Stacy? *As that storyline was going on in Amazing, in Spectacular Spider-Man he was gaining organic web shooters with another controversial storyline with the Queen. *Another major storyline was going on in Marvel Knights Spider-Man where he fought a dozen of his biggest villains and Venom received a new host.

Highlights include: *George reviews two episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. He tackles season one, episode three called Doomed. He also reviews the season season, episode 16 called Ultimate Deadpool. *Spider-Satellites with Kevin and Brad. The two review ten issues. Those include: Superior Foes #3 Venom #40-41 Mighty Avengers #1 Morbius #9 Scarlet Spider #22 Superior Team-Up #3 Ultimate Spider-Man #27 Superior Carnage # 2 and #3

Topics include:*We continue to answer your message board questions. *Should Flash Thompson continue to wear the Venom symbiote? *What was the absolute worst Clone Saga storyline? *Pros and cons of digital downloads *What character from other Spider-Media should be included in the comics? *Stories you didn't like, but liked how they were told.

Topics include: *Bertone Bio of the Jackal. He takes him from his first appearance up to his most recent appearance in Superior Team Up. *Message Board question and answers. * What Dan Slott storyline would make a good movie? * If marijuana were legalize would Marvel let Spidey smoke it in a comic? Yes, that was an actual question. lol *How did the Ben Reilly phone relationship start with Aunt May? *Best Spider-Man prose novel. *What Spider-Man character that is in other media be brought into the comics? *Thoughts on the Denny O'Neil Spider-Man run.

Topics include: *Willam Dafoe not Dafan of Amazing Spider-Man movie *Alice Cooper could soon play the Green Goblin in the Spider-Man Musical *The Venezuela President is blaming Spider-Man for the violence in his country. *Thoughts on Dan Slott taking on the Silver Surfer and the "end" teaser. We recorded this a few days before it was released what the projects are, but it's a good discussion. *Review of Superior Spider-Man #18

The panel shares their top 10 greatest Spider-Man artists of all time. Newsarama recently put out a top ten list of it's own and there were some glaring omissions from it, namely Sal Buscema. In this episode Brad, Kevin, Chris, Josh, Don, George and JR all share their lists. Is Ditko on top or Romita? Find out in this show.There are even some names on the lists that you would never think would make a top ten list.

We answer your dozens of message board questions in this episode. Highlights include, *Is Spider-Man still Marvel's flagship character or has he been moved aside for the Avengers? *Writer Roger Stern has an omnibus coming out of his time on Spider-Man. The panel ranks where Stern ranks on their list of favorites. *There have been several Goblin mysteries over the years, which ones were the best? *Most overrated Spider-Creators

JR takes us back to September 1993 for this month in Spider-History. Spidey takes on the Hulk in Amazing. He takes on Tombstone in Spectacular. In Web JR reviews one of the worst Spider-stories in history. Bertones Bio this month tackles Liz Allan. She recently appeared in an issue of Superior Spider-Man. Bertone takes us through her 50 years history with Spidey. She first appeared in Amazing Fantasy 15.

Topics discussed on this episode include: *Scarlet Spider and Venom both being canceled *A man sells his Amazing Spider-Man #1 comic to pay for the catering for his daughters wedding. *Amazing Spider-Man returns for #700.1 to .5 *A tell all book is being written about the Spider-Man musical * Wolverine almost made a cameo in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 1 *More Sinister Six talk in the Amazing Spider-Man #2. *Dan Slott is writing a second title?

Highlights of the episode include: *Reviews of Superior Spider-Man # 16 and #17. *Thoughts on Liz Allan's return *Discussion on Spider-Man 2099's return *Was Robbie Robertson out of character in the recent issues? *Ethics of firing Norah Winters * Crawlspace ranks high on Itune downloads *Itune reviews

In this episode George reviews two episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. He tackles: Season 1: Great Responsibility Season 2: Stan By Me He gives the pros and cons and a grade. Kevin is tagging along for the ride.

This is a record breaking podcast with Spider-Satellites with Kevin. We review 15 books in this episode. The books reviewed include : Superior Carnage 1 Morbius 7-8 Scarlet Spider 19-21 Superior Foes of Spider-Man 1-2 Superior Spider-Man Team-Up 1-2 Ultimate Spider-Man 25-26 Venom 37-39

Highlights of the episode include: *Review of Superior Spider-Man 15 *JR's This Month in Spider-History tackles August 2000 *Bertone Bio of Daniel Kingsley aka the recently deceased brother of Roderick Kingsley aka the Hobgoblin.