Spider-Man Crawlspace Podcast

Here are some of the highlights of the episodes. *24 years ago Peter Parker proposed to Mary Jane. In this month in Spider-History J.R. travels back to July 1987. *Itune reviews *The gang gives some fun recommendations this month. *We begin the dozens of message board questions. *I reveal which DC titles I am picking up with the relaunch.

Here are the topics covered in the show. *Discussion of Marvel releasing spoilers to press before the Death of Spider-Man book goes on sale. *Thoughts on Ultimate Spider-Man death * Keeping with the death theme, a man donated his comics to goodwill, we discuss what we will do with our large comic collections once we die. *Review of Amazing Spider-Man # 664

In this last show for June we answer your message board questions. Here are some highlights. *What happened in a Spider- Comic that threw us for a a loop and surprised us. *Bertone gets asked who is a worse person Betty Brant or Sally Avril * We name a few of our favorite Spider-Quips

Two podcasts uploaded in two days? We have one more this month and I plan on releasing the last one before June. Highlights of this episode include: *Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 660-662 *Itune Reviews *Message Board Questions and Answers *Should Marvel reboot the universe like DC?

Here is the first show for June. Some of the topics include *Amazing Spider-Man will continue to be $3.99 and have less pages *DC Comics is going to release its books the same day to comic shops and digitally. Should Marvel do this too? * Upper Deck is tearing up old Spider-Man Ditko comics to create trading cards. * Review of Amazing Spider-Man 659

Here are some highlights of this episode: *Info on how you can donate to the Joplin,MO fun *Reviews of the Amazing Spider-Man Free Comic Book Day * Recommendations *Message Board Q and A

Here are some of the topics we tackle in this show: *Comic shops have a chance to put their store in an upcoming issue of the Amazing Spider-Man. *Marvel has started producing Marvel Lingerie, the all male panel discuss. *We discuss Tom Breevorts recent comments about the Spider-Marriage and why it doesnt work. *Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 658 and 659

We wrap up the last of your message board questions. Some of the highlights include: *Which of the Marvel villains is the most popular in pop culture? *Should Ben Reilly be resurrected after the trades wrap up? *Has Spider-Man values, ethics ever influenced us in real life?

Highlights of this episode include: *This month in Spider-History with JR. We revisit April 1985 and tackle Web of Spider-Man # 1 *Recommendations from the gang. *Michael Bailey breaks out in song! *Answering Message Board Questions one of the highlights includes JRs favorite Goblin artist.

*The gang's thoughts on the upcoming Spider-Island and the return of the Jackal. *We read four negative Itunes reviews about the show. *Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 656 and 657.

Here are some of the highlights of this episode where we wrap up the questions from our message board. *Is the Ultimate Spider-Man comic still relevant? *Why Ben Reilly does not have the staying power as some other knock off heroes like She-Hulk and War Machine? *JR answers the age old question of Kirk VS Picard. *We also answer what comics we are ashamed to own.

Here are the highlights of this show. *The gang reviews Amazing Spider-Man # 655 *This Month in Spider-History with JR we travel back to March 1984. Amazing Spider-Man #250 was released among other things. *Recommendations for the month. *We also answer message board questions from our listeners. One of the best includes us teaming up with our favorite heroes for a road trip. You'll love the answers.

The Crawlspace crew springs forward on our first show in March. Some of the topics we hit up include: *Thoughts on the second Amazing Spider-Man movie picture *CGC slabbed comics are they cool or a reminder of the ’90s speculator market *The Spider-Man Musical delayed again *Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 654 and 654.1

In this show we tackle the rest of the dozens of message board questions. Some of the highlights include: *Could Batman beat the Green Goblin? *What Clone Saga character was underused and didn’t read their full potential? *Would Ben Reilly and Felicia Hardy make a good couple? *Is Marvel or DC more progressive when it comes to gender, race, sex?

Here are some of the highlights of this show. *This Month in Spider-History with JR. We travel back to Feb 1991 and meet a hero/singer named Nightcat? * Recommendations from the Panel *Message Board Q and A *Questions include Most traumatic online experience? and What was the best decade to be a comic book fan?

Here is our Valentine edition of the Crawlspace podcast. In this episode we discuss: *Our thoughts on the new movie costume. As we recorded this we did not have the nice picture put out by Sony, we only had the stunt pictures available. *Wizard and Toyfare magazine have ended. We share out thoughts on the influential comics magazine ending and if this is a trend. *Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 651-653. *We also read pro and con itunes reviews.

In this episode we answer dozens of questions from our message board. Some of the highlights include: *What Marvel character would make the worst neighbor. *What would happen to Spider-Man if he killed a villain? *How I came up with the name Crawlspace for the site. *How Spider-Man would have been different if Ditko stayed on the title.

Here are some highlights of this episode: *Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man 650 *This Month in Spider-History With JR. We travel back to January 1990 and discuss Cosmic Spider-Man and his Acts of Vengeance crossovers. *JR, BD, Stella, Michael, George and Kevin all give their recommendations for the month. Stuff their reading, movies they have seen etc.

Some of the topics discussed this month include *Axel Alonzo being named the new Editor In Chief of Marvel Comics. *Stella gives us her review of the Spider-Man Musical that she saw in New York City. * What comics related gifts we got for Christmas *Thoughts on the first images of Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy. *Astonishing Spider-Man writer Jason Aaron telling writer Alan Moore to F-Off.

Here is the last part of the show we recorded in December. Here are some topics we hit up in this episode Review of Amazing Spider-Man # 649. Jr talks Osborn #1. Talk of casting of Richard and Mary Parker in the new Spider-Man. We also talk about the Proto Goblin. Discussion of the technical problems of the Spider-Man musical. Who discuss who we think might be the new Venom This month in Spider-History we travel back to December 1990.

The gang tackles three issues in this show. Amazing Spider-Man #647 had a ton of stories all with varying quality. We also talk about the first two issues of the new Big Time storyline. Spideydude joins us for the first time since August. George fills in for Michael and Stella. We also have JR and Kev rounding out the cast.

This is the last part of the live call in show. In this episode take live callers from around the world. Some of the highlights include: *Our thoughts on Marvels digital download service *We share odd stories of non-comic book readers asking us questions about Spider-Man *If we were in a Spider-Man comic and could get killed or saved, which would we choose.

Our first and last call-in show of 2010 was a huge success. The listeners of the Crawlspace podcast called in to ask the gang a question in real-time. The gang gets asked about Amazing Spider-Man writer Dan Slott telling a fan to F-himself. Warning for young ears, we have some swearing on this one. We also talk about the future of comics and how we get the younger generation into the mix. And the best question was about Morbius getting eaten by sharks.

The gang tackles questions from our loyal message board posters. Some of the highlights include. *What villains first appearance was our favorite? *If Spider-Man ever had a kid would he be forced to take responsiblity and hang up the webs? *What would the Hobgoblin think of the rise and fall of Norman Osborn? JR handles this one of course.

The gang reviews Amazing Spider-Man 645 and 646. We also discuss Martin Sheen being cast as Uncle Ben in the new Spider-Man movie. And the rumor of Sally Field playing Aunt May. We also travel back to November 1978 for "This Month in Spider-History" with JR. This is the month that has the first appearance of the Hypno Hustler.

Who will win the 2010 edition? Some of the highlights of questions includes: Where did we find out the name of burglar who shot Uncle Ben? What is the name of the reality show that Mary Jane appeared on during Brand New Day? Which Spider-Man villain tried to marry Gwen Stacy?

Topics this episode include: We wrap up message board questions in this episode. Some of the highlight questions includes: *What is the worst real world depiction in comics? *Favorite Spider-Man video game *We all pick a weakness in our favorite writers work. *Who is the most popular superhero of them all? *What are some suspensions of disbelief that really took you out of those comic stories?

It's time for our yearly Spidey trivia questions Jeopardy style. Josh Bertone is our Alex Trebek. Some of the highlights of the harder questions inlclude: *What made Venom stop craving brains? *What classic Ditko Spidey villain never appeared in the 90s cartoon? *Christine Sanders was once engaged to what Spidey villain? *What issue did a kiss first appear in the Amazing Spider-Man comic?

Topics this episode include: *The gang reviews "Origin of the Species" in Amazing Spider-Man # 642-644. *This Month in Spider-History with JR. We travel back to October 1991 where MJ and Spidey talk about having babies. * We get a review of the Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions video game from JR's son Spencer. * Recommendations *We also read itunes reviews. We need more of them, we'll read them on the air. *We also tackle some message board questions.

Topics this episode include: *The gang talks about Emma Stone being cast as Gwen Stacy in the Spider-Man reboot movie. *Rhys Ifans being cast as the Lizard. *DC has lowered itscomic prices to $2.99 while Marvel keeps many at $3.99. *Review of the last part of the OMIT story line in Amazing Spider-Man 641. This one has a ton of good discussion on the character of Peter and Mary Jane.

In this show we take a trip back to 1976 and talk about the demise of the Spider-Mobile. Here are some highlights of the episode: *This Month in Spider-History with JR, we review Sept 1976 * Recommendations for the month. *Message Board Q &A. We discuss if it was a good idea to kill Norman Osborn in the 1970s, what is the dumbest Spider-Cover of all time, and advice for a father on how to introduce Spidey into the kids life.

In this episode the panel tackles several topics those include: *We discuss the costume designs of the Spider-Man musical include Swiss Miss and the Grinch/ Green Goblin. *We talk about an older action figure collector is upset they are selling Dexter killer dolls in Toys R US. *We disucss artist Darywn Cook says the big two should not cater to 45 year old men. *A political candidate is trying to get votes by saying comics are bad for kids. *We then review Amazing Spider-Man # 639 and 640.

"Josh Bertone had a chance to talk to Spider-Man writer Dan Slott at the San Diego Comic Con. Slott discusses his plans for our favorite webhead and about his first arc entitled Big Time. "

"In this episode we take a trip back to August 1990 and talk about Todd McFarlanes Spider-Man #1. It was the biggest selling Spider-Man comic of all time. Its all part of This Month in Spider-History. We also give our recommendations for the month and tackle your dozens of message board questions. Some of the highlights include: *What type of Spider-Man tattoo would you get? *If we were stuck in a car on a cross country trip, what Spider-Villain would we like in the car?"

The opening of the show can't be beat. Stan Lee congradulates BD on being a new father. In this episode we tackle the news from the San Diego Comic Con. Those include *Dan Slott is the solo writer of Amazing Spider-Man *Spidey gets a new career *The Hobgoblin comes back The gang also reviews Amazing Spider-Man # 636-638. It's the wrap up of the Kraven's Grim Hunt and the first part of "One Moment In Time."

Crawl Space Reporter Josh Lapin-Bertone had a chance to talk to Marvel Editor-In-Chief Joe Quesada at the San Diego Comic Con. The two go over the One More Day/ Brand New Day and One Moment in Time storylines. The two also go over Amazing Spider-Man #638 page by page. Thanks to Joe for being a good sport and talking with us.

Here are some of the topics we hit up in the show *Aunt May Vs Anna Watson: Who wins? *What character from the cartoon and movies should appear in the Spider-Man comics *Our favorite moment at our jobs dealing with the public. This one is classic *What is a comic book completist? *What we look for in a good Spider-Man story.

Here are some of the topics we hit up in the show *Andrew Garfield cast as Peter Parker in Spider-Man 4 *Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 633-635 *ASM to be written by Dan Slott and shipping twice a month (This was recorded before it was confirmed at San Diego) *Real Life Superhero Viper patrolling the streets *The Hastings chain stores will be selling comics nationwide *This Month in Spider-History with JR. We tackle July 1972 which saw the release of Amazing Spider-Man #158

It may be a small panel this month, but we hit this one out of the park. Kevin, Stella and BD answer dozens of message board questions. Some of the highlights include which character in tv and film we'd like to have in the regular Spider-Universe. My vote is for Ms. Lion the dog. Also a poster is having a baby girl, we give our advice on Spider-related names. And in-case you missed it, Stella and I sing "We Didn't Start the Spider" in the stylings of Billy Joel.

The gang reviews Amazing Spider-Man # 630-632 in this episode. To say we all didn't like it would be an understatement. We also discuss if an African American should play Peter Parker in the upcoming movie. For "This Month in Spider-History" we journey back to June 1983. Also the gang discusses actor Dan Gilvezan from Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends coming back to voice Spider-Man after 20+ years.

The Spider-Panel goes through several pages of message board questions. Some of the highlights include: "What job should Peter get if he can't be a photographer?" There is also "Should Peter grow a spider-beard?" and we all share the embarrassing moment we cried at a movie. One of the best discussions includes our thoughts on comics going completely digital in the next five years and if comics are going the way of the CD.

The Spider-Panel has some fun topics this month. We discuss a real-life Spider-Man stopping a thief on Free Comic Book Day. We also share our thoughts on Iron Man 2. And we give our two cents on the upcoming Spider-man porn parody. We don't forget the reviews, we hit up Amazing Spider-Man # 628 and 629. And with comic book movies making billions at the box office, is it cool to be a geek? We discuss it all in this episode.

Our Crawl Space correspondent Bertone had a chance to talk to Amazing Spider -Man writer Fred Van Lente. He asks several questions from our Crawl Space message board. Some of the highlights include him talking about the controversial Chameleon/ Michelle Gonzales storyline, his love for Morbius, and what would Peter Parker be doing if he wasn't bit a spider? It's a fun interview and Van Lente gave some great answers.

We are now in the triple digits. We celebrate our special 100th episode with the spider-panel. We take live callers from around the world. With live callers you never know what to expect. We have calls from Mrs. Crawlspace, Norman Osborn and a very cool kid by the name of Aiden that rocks! He's a 14 year old kid that will give you faith that kids are still reading comic books.

The regular gang tackles a lot of content with this show before our 100th episode. In the show we review five issues of Amazing Spider-Man. Those include ASM # 523-527. We also give our two cents on the Spectacular Spider-Man animated series coming to an end. The video gamers of the bunch give our reaction to the Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions game. For "This Month in Spider-History" we travel back to April 1991.

In this episode we take questions from our message board. Some of the highlights include a discussion of changing the spider-man movie costume, we give our favorite spider-man theme song and hat our favorite spider-man theme song and JR gives his thoughts on what Marvel should have done with Norman Osborn in Dark Reign and Siege. And the best question is "If all the panel were a hair band, what would our name be and our first radio hit be?" We also give our recommendations for the month.

Who knew actress Kirsten Dunst aka Mary Jane could sing? Well the gang thinks that's a debatable topic. However, she's singing the song "Turning Japanese" and the group reviews her performance. Other topics on the show include Amazing Fantasy #15 and Action Comics going for record prices at auctions. And what type of person spends millions on a comic. Also Spider-Girl is getting a chance at a solo book again and is Ben Reilly far behind? And we present the 2009 Crawlie Awards. Which comic creators did the best and worst work? It's the academy awards of comics. For the "This Month in Spider-History" we visit March 1977 and visit Stegron the Dinosaur Man.

Writer Jason Aaron talks about his upcoming Astonishing Spider-Man/ Wolverine mini-series. We also discuss his love of Spider-Man, and how writing Spidey takes a lot of work. During the interview some topics we hit up include how he broke into comics, what it's like to work in the midwest as a comic writer, and how he'd love to write Spider-Man on a regular basis. Also Ghost Rider fans, we discuss the ORB!!! This interview was recorded at the Hurley Con in Missouri.

The spider-panel does our monthly Q and A with the Crawl Space message board. Some of the hightlights include us sharing our worst first dates, why Doc Ock always takes a back seat to the Green Goblin, and what we all feel is the saddest Spider-Man story every written.

In this episode the Crawl Space panel tackles the Spider-Man movie reboot. We also discuss why Zac Effron is a horrible choice to play the web-spinner. Another topic is examining how far is too far to take your love of Spidey. A man recently dressed up as Spidey at his wedding, is that going too far? There’s also discussion of the new Black Cat bust from Sideshow Collectibles, and we review Amazing Spider-Man # 617-619. We also examine if all the Activision Spider-Man games have sucked like their President claims. Plus in this month in Spider-History we look back at February 1996. A ton of Spider-Comics came out that month.