Spider-man Crawlspace Podcast

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.