Hooray for Hollywood! Russ from Kaiju ComicCast joins us to revisit the time the Spider-Friends took a bus to Tinseltown to film a deadly movie filled with Mysterio’s robots and traps. Thank goodness the Hulk just happens to be around! We get into director Sam Blockbuster’s hilarious love for his limo, murderous porn bots, and all those Hollywood homages.
We’re watching Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: Season 1, Episode 9: “Spidey Goes Hollywood”.
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A romantic Valentine’s Day night out at the opera and a fancy restaurant results in broken hearts and a gang war with laser tommy guns set to a performance of Rigoletto! We talk about the best-dressed characters, guest appearances by Jane Lynch and Miguel Ferrer, an homage to a real-life mafia massacre, Hammerhead’s attempted coup, Gwen’s makeover, Flash’s character development, and much more in this masterpiece of an episode!
We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 10: “Gangland”.
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Is this a ridealong or a “ridealong-ridealong”? The Midtown teens get stuck in awkward pairings on a field trip with cops, and it’s mined for all the drama it’s worth – including learning that Sally Avril’s nawt ah mawnstah! And of course, we’ve got Shocker and his New Enforcers using their new tech (and a new voice in Danny Trejo) to wreck havoc.
We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 9: “Probable Cause”.
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Things are getting hot n’ heavy thanks to the sexual tension of Silver Sable and Hammerhead beating the heck out of each other! The criminology arc begins and immediately goes hard on the impending gang war as multiple criminal elements vie for the plans to make a Rhino army. We get into the many team-ups of this episode, George Stacy dropping incredibly obvious hints about Peter’s identity, the Kingsley twins theory, why this show’s Hammerhead rocks, and more.
We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 8: “Accomplices”.
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It’s the famously bonkers, surreal, and very gay episode that broke our brains! Chris Cummins (Archie Comics, Sci-Fi Explosion) joins us to revisit the classic Amazing Friends episode we originally covered very early in our podcast, where Dr. Doom accidentally imbues a lonely down-on-his-luck man named Mr. Frump with infinite god-like powers and absolute chaos ensues. We give an in-depth queer reading of this episode and its reality-bending horror, including Mr. Frump coming freshly out of the closet, Dr. Doom as a party bottom, and Aunt May as the only good ally.
We’re watching Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: Season 1, Episode 3: “The Fantastic Mr. Frump”.
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Venom has outed Peter Parker as Spider-Man to the Daily Bugle, and we try to untangle this wildly ambitious episode that might be just a little bit TOO ambitious! We get into the complications of the news media and paparazzi chasing Peter, Flash Thompson in a Spider-Man costume saving Spider-Man twice, a weirdly giggly Gwen Stacy, and one of the best and longest fight sequences in the series between Spidey and Venom!
We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 7: “Identity Crisis”.
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Wouldst thou like to listen to this pod – a tale of both Shakespeare and Spider-Man?! In an episode framed by auditions, we explain all the Shakespeare monologues, the tragedy of one John Jameson (a Colonel Jupiter made from space sporks!) and Venom’s continued mad villainy. Are we in iambic pentameter?!
We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 6: “Growing Pains”.
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Flash Thompson's birthday party becomes the center of romance drama, psychological torment, and a neat video message narrative device in one of The Spectacular Spider-Man's all-timers! We talk about the heavier lean into the teen story while still telling a poignant character story for Sandman, the evolution into a true ensemble show, Eddie Brock’s clever manipulation of Peter’s paranoia, and Rosie Thompson being an absolute disaster of a mother.
We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 5: “First Steps”.
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Notice me, Spider-Man! A campy supervillain uses his incredible technology to raise sunken ships, steal treasure, and wreak havoc… but really, they’re all just elaborate ploys to get the attention of his crush, Spider-Man. Also, Diamonds for the Deprived is still an unhinged name for a charity.
We’re watching Spider-Man (1981): Season 1, Episode 16: “The Unfathomable Professor Gizmo”.
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Doc Ock goes full Evil Genius (it says so on his coffee mug) as he tries to infiltrate Homeland Security and take over the world’s computers! And on New Year’s Eve, no less. We’re talking about the end of the Engineering arc, which includes a tense espionage story for George Stacy, a classic comic book moment for Spider-Man, a big kiss from Liz Allen, and mixed bag of a story for unconscious-kidnapping-victim-but-also-heroic Gwen Stacy. Oh, and one very devastating ending.
We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 4: “Shear Strength”.
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Ho ho ho! Put on your winter coats and strap on your ice skates for a very special Christmas episode of The Spectacular Spider-Man featuring the New Sinister Six! We tackle the beautifully animated fight sequences – and the not-so-beautifully rendered CGI Christmas tree – along with the Muzak covers of Christmas songs, Spider-Man’s burnt tongue, and Peter Parker navigating his girl problems like a dating sim (derogatory).
We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 3: “Reinforcement”.
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Kitty Kraven is on the prowl in an episode that mashes together a classical take on Sergei Kravinoff with a mutant furry catboi Kraven! We try to comb through all that hair to understand the little lion man’s motivations as he intersects with the real big bad of the episode – a very creepy sociopathic manipulator Miles Warren. Plus, we untangle the Peter/Liz/Gwen triangle and the curious case of Peter’s black eye.
We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 2: “Destructive Testing”.
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We’re back and revisiting The Spectacular Spider-Man’s Engineering arc, which kicks off with a perfect season opener. Eddie Brock is missing, Peter can’t fend Liz Allen off long enough to have a conversation with Gwen about that kiss, Mysterio is casting spells and causing chaos throughout the city, and Martha Connors attends one of the worst dinner parties a woman in STEM could possibly imagine.
We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 1: “Blueprints”.
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We’re releasing another Patreon episode on Greg Weisman's The Spectacular Spider-Men, and this time we finish up the first arc! They're lighter on Weisman's impeccable character work, but there's still plenty of action to love and dig into. We talk all about Hammerhead's power fantasy, break down some Warren brothers family drama, and throw out several possibilities for how K.N.A.I.V.E., the self-proclaimed evil A.I., could come back in the future.
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The Spectacular Spider-Men #5-7 by Greg Weisman
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While we’re on break from our coverage of The Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon, we’re releasing our Patreon episode on the recent comics by its creator Greg Weisman that team up Peter Parker and Miles Morales! We talk all about what makes this comic feel like Weisman's work immediately, what makes Weisman's stories so appealing to us, and where we think this virtual reality-focused mystery may (or may not!) go.
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The Spectacular Spider-Men #1-4 by Greg Weisman
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The first season of The Spectacular Spider-Man comes to a conclusion when Peter has to face his angry ex and cook a Thanksgiving dinner! As Venom stalks Peter’s loved ones, we take one last conclusive look at our revisit of this season – from tracking Eddie Brock as a DEEPLY messed up guy, to the use of Tombstone, to Gwen hanging from a gorilla balloon (and getting the big ending kiss), to the final lesson Peter learns. Also, Aunt May is publishing a cookbook?!
We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 1, Episode 13: “Nature vs. Nurture”.
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A battle inside the mind gives us a surreal, beautiful take on the classic Spidey origin while turning the symbiote story into a poignant metaphor for depression and mental health! We’re talking about The Spectacular Spider-Man’s most creative and emotionally affecting episode, including Ed Asner as Uncle Ben, Flash Thompson’s big moment of depth, a brilliant use of black and white, and a great example of this show finding clever ways to retell familiar stories.
We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 1, Episode 12: “Intervention”.
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The Sinister Six ushers in one of the most intense and jaw-dropping episodes of The Spectacular Spider-Man, which includes a full symbiote takeover of Peter’s body and mind, a heart attack, and THAT frightening motorcycle sequence with Mary Jane and a monstrous Eddie Brock before he’s even become Venom. We talk about the incredible action from the returning villains alongside the eerieness of a silent symbiote Spidey, and how it comes together to deliver one of the show’s best.
We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 1, Episode 11: “Group Therapy”.
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It’s the black-suited Psychology arc of The Spectacular Spider-Man, and boy is that title meaningful! We get into the head of Peter Parker and his new inner voice when the alien symbiote joins with his costume, just in time for him to encounter Tricia Helfer’s ultra sexy take on Black Cat and Chameleon impersonating the old red and blue Spidey! We dig into the psychology behind Eddie Brock’s dark turn – and why his character arc is frighteningly realistic – and all the smart choices in this jam-packed episode.
We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 1, Episode 10: “Persona”.
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Spidey is shrunk down teeny tiny and has to face cats, spiders, action figures, giant pay phones, and getting stepped on by J. Jonah Jameson! We loom over one of this show’s best episodes, and get into how fun and sympathetic the villain Gadgeteer is – and how monstrous his boss (and maybe dad?) is – along with all the creative situations the increasingly dwindling Spidey is shoved into.
We’re watching Spider-Man (1981): Season 1, Episode 15: “The Incredible Shrinking Spider-Man”.
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