Spider-Man Crawlspace Podcast

In this episode we discuss the latest Spider-news. The topics include: *A Korean Spider-Man statue had to be taken down due to a "giant sized man thing." *Ever wonder how to make a Spider-Bra? *Prince George is a Spider-Man fan? *A new Spider-even called Across the Spider-verse is coming up with a new five issue mini-series *Sony's disappointment with the box office take of the Amazing Spider-Man 2. *Miles Morales joins the All New X-Men? *A Dollar General employee was fired for yelling at two allegedly shoplifters as their son dressed in a Spider-Man shirt sat in the front seat. This is one of funniest topics we've ever done thanks to JR who is hilarious in this topic. *Amazing Spider-Man 1 has sold more than 500,000 copies thanks to variants. *The third season of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon will have a Webbed Warriors arc. *A man is protesting the numerous potholes in his city by dressing up as Spidey and informing traffic to call city hall. *We also welcome Michael aka Stillanerd as a full-time panelist.

In this episode we talk to author Daniel Wallace. He wrote the book "The World According to Spider-Man." He has written a new Spider-Man book that has some very fun items in it. Those include Peter Parker's report card, Aunt May's wheatcake recipe, a firing letter from J. Jonah Jameson among many others. The book is written in Spider-Man's voice and is a fun read.

We answer your dozens of message board questions in this show. Highlights include: *What we thought of the music in the Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie *What Marvel characters would be fun to appear on the Muppet Show? *What are the best female Spider-Man villains? *What is J. Jonah Jameson's beef with Spider-Man all about? *Why is there a backlash against the Sam Raimi Spider-Man films?

Here are the topics we cover in Spider-News *Petition for Directors cut of ASM2 blu ray *Voice of 1990's Doc Ock from the Spider-Man cartoon dies. *Retailers getting a lot of damaged copies of Amazing Spider-Man # 1 *McDonalds is doing a first with Spider-Man toys. They're releasing both boy and girl Spider-Man toys. *Comixology has been purchased by Amazon and the changes that are coming with it. *Spider-Man 100th anniversary issue *Explosions of Amazing Spider-Man #1 variants and the rarest one of all. *May had a "Dress as Spider-Man At Work" Day. *Andrew Garfield got in a bit of trouble talking about Spidey's costume and was accused of being sexist. *The Mego Spider-Man is making a return.

In this episode JR takes us back to May 1984. It's a significant month for Spidey. *He receives his black suit in Amazing Spider-Man #252 *Visits the Beyonder's world in Secret Wars # 1 *That first mega crossover is a classic,but JR says it doesn't hold up that well *The Spider-Panel disagrees and it's a lively discussion on remembering our childhood.

In this episode we review seven Spider-Satellite titles. Those include *Superior Foes #11 *Superior Team-Up #12 *Guardians of the Galaxy #14 *Spider-Man Family Business Graphic Novel *Deadpool Vs Carnage # 1 and 2 *Ultimate Spider-Man # 200 George also reviews two episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. Season One, Episode 10- Freaky Season Two, Episode 24 - Sandman Returns

The Spider-Panel reviews the ending of Superior Spider-Man #31 and the first issue of Amazing Spider-Man # 1. Highlights include: *Thoughts on the reveal of who's behind the goblin mask *What this means for the future of the Goblin *Thoughts on the first issue of the third volume of the Amazing Spider-Man * We list pros and cons of each issue

Former Spider-Man editor Danny Fingeroth talks to host Brad Douglas at the Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con. Highlights of the interview include: *Beginnings of working on Spider-Man *Origins of the black suit costume in Amazing Spider-Man #252 *Venom and Carnage origins *Thoughts on reintroducing Peter Parker's parents *Death of Aunt May in Amazing Spider-Man #400 *Thoughts on editing the controversial Clone Saga.

In this months Spidey Friday Night Fight we take a look at one of the best Doc Ock battles. This takes place in Spectacular Spider-Man #79 and went down in 1983. This one starts in a hospital, ends up on a train and an abandoned construction area. Who comes out on top. Join me and George as we break this fight down.

We celebrate our 300th episode with a reunion 30 years in the making. Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends is a classic from the 1980s. Host Brad Douglas had a chance to interview Dan Gilvezan who voiced Spider-Man and Kathy Garver who voiced Firestar. Highlights of the interview include: *When the two first discovered Spider-Man *Dan shares a story about winning the role, loosing it, and getting it back *Kathy talks about helping create a character on a cartoon that lives in the comics 30 years later. *Thoughts on a reunion *Ms. Lion meets a Pound Puppy? *Thoughts on the Spider-Man movies. *Favorite episodes and lines they read from the show. *Why they think the series is still popular 30 years later.

The Spider-Panel discusses our thoughts on the Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie. Highlights include: *Our pros and cons of the movie *Favorite and least favorite scenes *Grades of the movie by George, Brad, JR, Zach and Michael aka Stillanerd *What do we want in Amazing Spider-Man 3 * Warning, there are spoilers in the podcast. If you listen to it, we assume you've seen the film.

We answers your dozens of questions from our message board. Some of the highlights include. *What villains should Spider-Man kill, or could he? *Do you read every part of a crossover if it's in books you don't currently collect? *What B list villain like Electro could be upgraded to a A lister? *Thoughts on the end of the Marvel Essential line. *Thoughts on another person getting bit by a spider in Amazing Fantasy 15.

In this episode we review Superior Spider-Man # 29 and # 30. *We break down the pros and cons and give the two issues a grade. *Brad is joined by George and Michael *Was Ock out of character in this book? *Are you a fan of Mary Jane's new boyfriend? *We recorded this before Superior 31 was released and give our thoughts about who is behind the Goblin mask.

We have a lot of Spider-News this month. Here are the topics we discuss. *Peter David Returns to Spider-Man 2099 *Spider-Verse Event *Kirsten Dunst on Gender Roles *Sinister Six Gets a Director *Amazing Spider-Man 2 Video Game Villains *Spidey robs a Subway *Spidey April Fools Joke *Baskin Robins Spidey Ice Cream *ASM #1 Breaks Records *Andrew Garfield talks about the size of Spidey's package. *Brad's Bruce Campbell story from the St. Louis Wizard World Comic Con

In this episode we tackle reviews of the Spider-Satellites and two episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. The satellites George and I review are: *Superior Spider-Man Team Up # 11 *Superior Spider-Man Annual # 2 *Superior Foes of Spider-Man # 9 and #10 *Thunderbolts # 23 *New Warriors # 3 The cartoon episodes reviewed include: Season 1 Episode 9 - 'Field Trip' Season 2 Episode 23 - 'Second Chance Hero'

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.