Phenomenal cosmic powers… but can’t afford his living space!
In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss the first line-wide events that crossed over into Spider-Man comics, as Marvel began to realize, in the wake of SECRET WARS, just how much attention they could bring to their entire line of characters and titles if they could find big stories to anchor them around, if only for a moment in time. In the late eighties and early nineties, the shockwaves of the X-Men event entitled INFERNO and the Avengers and Fantastic Four event entitled ACTS OF VENGEANCE hit the entire line of Spider-Man comics. It set a precedent for his inclusion in a grander Marvel story, even at the cost of reshaping the stories occurring in his book.
If you want to follow along with our conversation, we’ll be talking about the following issues:
– Amazing Spider-Man #311-313, 326-329
– Spectacular Spider-Man #146-148, 58-160
– Web of Spider-Man #47-48, 59-61, 64-65
– What If… ? #317
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #7, the entire Season 7 of the show, and the first three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can diary episodes. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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Someone uttering the words “casual dating” is Felicia Hardy’s batsignal.
In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #6, which was written by Joe Kelly. The cover and interiors feature pencils by John Romita Jr., inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Marcio Menyz, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on June 18th, 2025.
Rick Coste edited this episode. Alex Galucki edited the video version of this podcast. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #4, the first ten episodes of Season 7 of the show, and three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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Introducing the Super Freaktastic Four Brothers!
In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #5. This issue was written by Joe Kelly. The cover features artwork by Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia. The interior pages feature artwork by Pepe Larraz, colors by Marte Gracia, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on June 4th, 2025.
Rick Coste edited this episode. Alex Galucki edited the video version of this podcast. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #4, the first ten episodes of Season 7 of the show, and three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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It’s good to be the King…
In this episode, Mark and Dan talk about the return of Gerry Conway to the world of Spider-Man, as he took over writing duties on both Spectacular Spider-Man and Web of Spider-Man, after 13 years away from The Amazing Spider-Man. There, he would introduce new classic villains, like Tombstone, and tell a compelling yarn for over three years and 80 comics.
If you want to read along with their conversation, they talk specifically about Spectacular Spider-Man issues #137-174, Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #8-11, Web of Spider-Man #35-70, and Web of Spider-Man Annual #5 and 6. These haven’t been collected in many places, though there is an Omnibus collecting the first half of these stories. A smattering of them are available on the Marvel Unlimited app and in the store, but many of these will only be found, for the time being, as physical copies.
But, their discussion of these stories wouldn’t be complete without a visit from the man himself, back for his 10th appearance on the Amazing Spider-Talk, they are joined by Gerry Conway!
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All hail the porcelain gods!
In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #4. This issue was written by Joe Kelly. The cover features artwork by Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia. The interior pages feature artwork by Pepe Larraz, colors by Marte Gracia, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on May 21st, 2025.
This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #4, the first ten episodes of Season 7 of the show, and three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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Based on the Eminem song of the same name.
In this episode, Mark and Dan talk about the meteoric impact that Venom made when he first appeared in the pages of Spider-Man comics. And what better way to capture that spirit than going back into the catalog and rereleasing an older episode of the Amazing Spider-Talk from January 1988, where Mark and Dan reviewed Amazing Spider-Man #300, the first appearance of Venom, when it first appeared on the spinner racks of local supermarkets.
 
This episode was edited by Rick Coste, and the video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels animated our animated introduction to the show.
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #2, the first seven episodes of Season 7 of the show, and the first two episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can diary episodes. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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This weekend, the legendary writer Peter David passed away at the age of 68 after a series of prolonged illness and public health battles. He is best known for his 12-year run of The Incredible Hulk stories, but in the world of Spider-Man he contributed beloved stories for Spectacular Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man, and many more titles. But, he’s probably most famous for co-creating Spider-Man 2099.
In this episode, Mark and Dan pay tribute to Peter David and replay their discussion of his story “The Commuter Cometh,” which they included in their Essentials series and consider one of the funniest Spider-Man comics ever written.
https://media.blubrry.com/amazingspidertalk/content.blubrry.com/amazingspidertalk/RIP_Peter_David.mp3
Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Rockin’ the Suburbs by Ben Folds.
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #4, the first nine episodes of Season 7 of the show, and three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

The itsy-bitsy spider went up the Hudson Bridge.
Down came the spider,
And passed the f*#% out.
In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) ##3. This issue was written by Joe Kelly. The cover features artwork by Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia. The interior pages feature artwork by Pepe Larraz, colors by Marte Gracia, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on May 7th, 2025.
This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #4, the first nine episodes of Season 7 of the show, and three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

Don’t try the magic mushrooms!
In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #2. This issue was written by Joe Kelly. The cover features artwork by Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia. The interior pages feature artwork by Pepe Larraz, colors by Marte Gracia, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on April 23rd, 2025.
This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #3, the first eight episodes of Season 7 of the show, and two episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

Spidey came to this board meeting to spin webs and kick ass, and he’s all out of web fluid!
In this episode, we’ll be looking at all the corporate “BAD GUYS” introduced into the world of Spider-Man during the first half of the Michelinie run, including some notable figures from the adjoining runs in Web of, Spectacular, and Adjectiveless Spider-Man.
Make and share your own Tier List of the various “Greed is Good” Guys alongside the show!
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If you want to read along with our conversation, we are covering all of the comics that we detailed in the introductory episode of this season, if only to talk about The Bad Guys that are introduced and featured in this run. But, as per usual, we won’t be doing so alone, no, back by popular demand from the only other comic book podcast on the Internet, directly from the “Screw it, we’re just gonna talk about comics” podcast, it is Kevin and Will Hines!
This episode was edited by Rick Coste, and the video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels animated our animated introduction to the show.
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #2, the first seven episodes of Season 7 of the show, and the first two episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can diary episodes. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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“Look how they drew my boy.”
In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss the artistic contributions of the father of spaghetti webbing, who longtime listeners of this show may know as Dan’s “bosom buddy” and the man who reinvented the look of Spider-Man and his world by utterly destroying the house-style that John Romita Sr. had defined for two decades of Spider-Man comics, it’s Todd McFarlane.
If you want to read along with their conversation, they’ll be talking specifically about Amazing Spider-Man issues #298-325 and 328, and Spider-Man #1-14 and 16. And, if you would like to hear Dan’s interview with Todd McFarlane, you can listen to his conversation with him at a press event for the release of the “Venom” Blu-Ray: https://youtu.be/XA5l65uWPCQ?si=bAC6fXeuXSyYNB_S
This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #1, the first seven episodes of Season 7 of the show, and the first two episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can diary episodes. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

Joe Kelly begins to answer the question, “Should billionaires exist?”
In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #1. This issue was written by Joe Kelly. The cover features artwork by Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia. The interior pages feature artwork by Pepe Larraz, colors by Marte Gracia, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. It also includes backup stories written by Joe Kelly, with art by John Romita Jr., inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Marcio Menyz, and letters by VC’s Joe Caramanga. This issue was first released on April 9th, 2025.
This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include the first seven episodes of Season 7 of the show, and two episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

It turns out that the only thing that could stop the Juggernaut was the friends we made along the way.
In this review, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #70. This issue was written by Joe Kelly. The cover features artwork by Ed McGuinness, Cliff Rathburn, and Marcio Menyz. The interior pages feature pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Mark Farmer and Cliff Rathburn, colors by Marcio Menyz and Alex Sinclair, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. It also includes a backup story written Joe Kelly, with art by Cafu, colors by Frank D’Armata, and letters by VC’s Joe Caramanga. This issue was first released on March 26th, 2025.
This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #1, the first seven episodes of Season 7 of the show, and two episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

“I’M THE SPIDER-NAUT, B*TCH!”
In this review episode, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #69. This issue was written by Joe Kelly. The cover features artwork by Ed McGuinness and Marcio Menyz. The interior pages feature pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Mark Farmer, colors by Marcio Menyz, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on March 12th, 2025.
This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #1, the first seven episodes of Season 7 of the show, and two episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

“Take yourself a bow, Peter Parker. I think you just became an adult.”
In this episode, Dan and Mark discuss David Michelinie’s writing stylings and stories during his unique pairings with Todd McFarlane and Erik Larsen. They discuss how he wrote Peter Parker, his marriage to Mary Jane, many of the ongoing storylines that defined this half of his run, and what made his contributions as a writer unique.
If you want to read along with their conversation, they talk specifically about Amazing Spider-Man issues #298-350. Which are collected in many different formats and digitally through the Marvel Unlimited app.
This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
Watch the show on YouTube:
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #70, the first seven episodes of Season 7 of the show, and the first two episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can diary episodes. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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Read our B-Title reviews, collecting memories, and more in the Amazing Spider-Talk Substack!
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You can email questions to our show at amazingspidertalk@gmail.com or by clicking here.
You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

“Stop me if you’ve heard this one before… ‘With Great Power, there must also come Great Responsibility.'”
In this review episode, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #68. This issue was written by Justina Ireland. The cover features artwork by Patrick Gleason and Richard Isanove. The interior pages feature pencils by Andrea Broccardo, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Marcio Menyz, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on February 19th, 2025.
This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #70, the first six episodes of Season 7 of the show, and two episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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Read our B-Title reviews, collecting memories, and more in the Amazing Spider-Talk Substack!
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You can email questions to our show at amazingspidertalk@gmail.com or by clicking here.
You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

I am the spider.
In this episode, Mark and Dan will discuss how somewhere deep within the Marvel offices an idea was floated that, “Hey, we just married off Spider-Man. What do you think about killing him off in a dark Kraven story?” And the answer that came back was. “Yes.”
That’s right; it’s time for Amazing Spider-Talk to finally talk about the critically beloved “Kraven’s Last Hunt” by writer JM DeMatteis and artist Mike Zeck, as well as its many sequels. Or are they just homages? Legasequels? Honestly, there are so many they can be almost impossible to categorize.
Joining us for this conversation is Neil Kleid. Neil is a cartoonist and writer who, in 2014, adapted Kraven’s Last Hunt into a novel published by Marvel and Titan Books. He’ll help us drill down into what makes this story so special to comics readers the world over and talk about his process of adapting such a revered text.
This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
Watch the show on YouTube:
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We also would love to see you join our Amazing Spider-Slack community board. If you’d like to join in on our amazing conversations, click this link to get started:
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #69, the first six episodes of Season 7 of the show, and the first two episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can diary episodes. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
https://www.patreon.com/superiorspidertalk
Read our B-Title reviews, collecting memories, and more in the Amazing Spider-Talk Substack!
http://www.amazingspider.substack.com
You can email questions to our show at amazingspidertalk@gmail.com or by clicking here.
You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

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Dapper Dan Gvozden is writing a book and this episode is a preview of a new series that follows the book’s creation, Dan’s thoughts, and exclusive interviews that are a part of that process. In this episode, Dan details the subject of the book, his journey to DC to see the original art pages for Amazing Fantasy #15, and his interview with Sara Duke, the curator of the Prints and Photography Division of the Library of Congress.
To listen to the full episode and more, check out our Patreon:
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This episode was edited by Dan Gvozden. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj.
This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #69, the first six episodes of Season 7 of the show, and the first two episodes of the “Whatever a Spider Can” Diaries episodes. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
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Watch the show on YouTube:
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Read our B-Title reviews, collecting memories, and more in the Amazing Spider-Talk Substack!
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You can email questions to our show at amazingspidertalk@gmail.com or by clicking here.
You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

T̶h̶e̶ N̶o̶n̶-̶M̶u̶t̶a̶n̶t̶ S̶u̶p̶e̶r̶h̶e̶r̶o̶.
Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #67. This issue was written by Justina Ireland. The cover features artwork by Patrick Gleason and Richard Isanove. The interior pages feature artwork by Andrea Broccardo, colors by Marcio Menyz, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on February 12th, 2025.
This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
Watch the show on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPCnjzQZNViyEnoOuckaVQ
We also would love to see you join our Amazing Spider-Slack community board. If you’d like to join in on our amazing conversations, click this link to get started:
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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) ##68, the first five episodes of Season 7 of the show, and the first Whatever a Spider Can Diary, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man, his visit to the Library of Congress to see the original art pages of Amazing Fantasy #15, and his interview with the exhibit’s curator Sara Duke. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
https://www.patreon.com/superiorspidertalk
Read our B-Title reviews, collecting memories, and more in the Amazing Spider-Talk Substack!
http://www.amazingspider.substack.com
You can email questions to our show at amazingspidertalk@gmail.com or by clicking here.
You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

“Until editorial mandate, do you part…”
In this episode, we are going to be doing something very different. In a typical episode of Amazing Spider-Talk we would find a topic and feature a light discussion between Dan and Mark, but that’s not what we are going to be doing here.
No, this time, we will be doing a debate about a topic that has been the center of debate since 1987: the Spider-Marriage between Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson. We covered the story of their relationship and marriage in some detail last season and in our “Wedding Special” episode from Valentine’s Day 2017, joined by our wives to discuss the event, so we wanted to do something different.
Joining us for this debate, we wanted a Marriage-Truther to push back against our decidedly lukewarm takes about the Spider-Marriage in the form of a debate. We didn’t want to invite on a dime-a-dozen troll from social media to get into a loud argument with us, but someone who could articulately argue for the marriage and how it is essential to the story of Spider-Man. So, we decided that the best person to do so is our friend, who you may remember from our Race in Spider-Man episode, none other than the co-host of the “Questions: We Don’t Have Answers” podcast, Donovan Morgan Grant!
Vote on who won the debate and listen to the next two episodes of Season 7 on our Patreon:
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Listen to Donovan’s “Questions: We Don’t Have Answers” podcast:
https://qnoanswers.com
This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
Watch the show on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPCnjzQZNViyEnoOuckaVQ
We also would love to see you join our Amazing Spider-Slack community board. If you’d like to join in on our amazing conversations, click this link to get started:
https://join.slack.com/t/amazingspider/shared_invite/zt-42tsfhs2-yBaH6KkRmOWiW_8gCf9SmQ
This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #67, and the first five episodes of Season 7 of the show. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:
https://www.patreon.com/superiorspidertalk
Read our B-Title reviews, collecting memories, and more in the Amazing Spider-Talk Substack!
http://www.amazingspider.substack.com
You can email questions to our show at amazingspidertalk@gmail.com or by clicking here.
You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.