Spider-man Crawlspace Podcast

We are celebrating our 500th podcast with Spider-royalty. Paul Soles, the original voice actor of Spider-Man in the 1967 cartoon, is our guest. Paul talks about his time on the first cartoon to ever feature Spider-Man. He also talks about voicing Hermy, the elf who wanted to be a dentist in the classic Rudolph Christmas special. Feel free to celebrate this Crawlspace podcast milestone by checking out this very amazing interview.

JR takes us back 46 years in Spider-History for this episode. In March of 1972 Spider-Man got his first ongoing spin-off title. It was a trend that continues to this day. In this episode JR takes a look at *Amazing Spider-Man #106 *Marvel Team Up #1

The Crawlspace panel tackles a lot of issues on this King Sized Special. The group reviews the following books *Amazing Spider-Man # 796 *Amazing Spider-Man #797 *Spectacular Spider-Man #300 *Scarlet Spider # 13, #14 *The Poison X crossover with X-Men Blue and Venom We also read iTunes reviews and discuss our thoughts on Nick Spencer taking over the Amazing Spider-Man title.

The Crawlspace panel tackles several topics in this Spider-News episode. Topics include -Reaction to the new Venom movie trailer -Reaction to the new Avengers movie trailer with Spidey -Thoughts on Iron Spider in the new movie -The newstand sales end and Diamond brings back the spinner rack for comic shops -DC Comics has instituted a new online policy for its creators. Should Marvel do the same? -JR has the fun topic of discussion a new smart shirt that acts like a symbiote.

Spidey had a lot of memorable fights on public television back in the 1970s and not many people have heard of them. George is joined by Cobwebs author Mark Alford for this episode that looks at Spideys Super Stories from the Electric Company television show. Spidey takes on the Queen Bee, Spoiler and the Thumper. This is a fun episode and stick around until the closing song for some fun flashbacks.

JR takes us back to February 1974 for this month in Spider-History. Only one issue of Spider-Man came out this but it was a big one. It is the first appearance of Frank Castle as the Punisher. The Jackal also made his first appearance in the book who would go on for decades by tormenting Spidey with clone, after clone, after clone. So check out JRs history lesson of Amazing Spider-Man 129, it's a good one.

In this Friday Night Fight we take a trip back to the 1970's and visit the Hostess ads. Spider-Man takes on Hostess, June Jitsu and the Fly. Will Spidey come out on top? Will baked goods beat the villain or will Spidey grow mold. This is a fun episode where our front page Cobwebs writer Mark Alford joins George, JR, Zach and Brad for this unique fight.

The Spider-Panel tackles a lot of books in this review podcast. We list pros, cons and give it a grade. The books reviewed are: Venom 160 Venom Inc: Omega Amazing Spider-Man 794 Amazing Spider-Man 795 Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man 299

The Spider-Panel answers your dozens of message board questions. Some highlights include: *What would a child between Felicia and Peter be like? *Who is the Red Goblin? *Great Spidey writer that isn't Stan Lee? *What is the best career for Peter Parker?

We tackle spider-news in this episode. News topics include: *Disney Buys Fox-Zach *Who is the Red Goblin? -JR *Slott's run ending with ASM 800? -George *Mile's new name? Ghost Spider for Gwen? -MIke *PS4 Spider-Man Video-Ashley *Spider-Verse Movie trailer-Ashley *Stan Lee's money stolen-George *What if Spidey had to commute?-JR

The spider-panel discusses Dan Slott leaving the Amazing Spider-Man after a record breaking 10 year run. We take live callers from around the world and get their reaction. Some topics we discuss: *Where does Slott land in our list of best Amazing Spider-Man writers? *What was his best and worst story? *Was Slott fired or did he want to walk away from Spider-Man? *What Slott creation should stick around after he's gone?

The spider-panel tackles the Venom Inc. arc in this review podcast. The issue we tackle include: *Venom Inc Alpha *Amazing Spider-Man #792 *Amazing Spider-Man #793 *Venom # 159 *Spectacular Spider-Man #298

We start off Friday Night Fights with a classic. George is joined by JR, Zach and Michael Bailey as we discuss Amazing Spider-Man #14. This is the first time Spidey meets and takes on the Green Goblin and the Hulk.

We end 2017 with a Spider-History podcast that takes us back to December 2002. JR takes a look at the following books: *Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2 # 46 *Peter Parker: Spider-Man # 49 *Spider-Man Blue *Spider-Man Get Kraven *Marvel Treasury Marvel Superhero Holiday Grab Bag

This one was billed as The Battle of the Century back in the 1970s, and it is still a classic. Spider-Man takes on Superman. How can our web-head compete? Is there a clear cut winner besides the sales DC and Marvel got from this book? We are joined by Superman expert Michael Bailey on this episode.

It is a fun yearly end of year show where the Crawlspace panel exchange Christmas gifts. We look for the fun, the cool and the downright strange to give each other. You will not believe some of the gifts this year. Be sure to watch our youtube channel to see images of the gifts.

Who will come out on top this year? Our yearly Spider-Jeopardy game show is now online. George is the host and the categories he wrote this year include: Team Up Bad Villains Potpurri Whitman's Sampler Webs on Film Hold the Peter Please Keep Calm and Stegron Electric Spidey Super Stories Annuals

The Spider-Panel tackles the following topics in this episode where we tackle Spider-News. *Bendis leaves Spider-Man and Marvel for DC *Amazing Spider-Man writer Len Wein dies *Jonah knows Spidey's identity again. *Moribus movie coming? *A guy in a Spider-suit wins a free car by collecting the most youtube views.

The spider-panel reviews four issues in this episode. Those include: Amazing Spider-Man #32 Amazing Spider-Man #489 Amazing Spider-Man # 490 Amazing Spider-Man # 491 We list pros, cons and give a grade for each book.

JR is back with his Spider-history segment. This month we travel back 42 years and look at November 1975. JR looks at *Amazing Spider-Man #150 *Marvel Team Up #39 *Spidey Super Stories # 14. This story is so trippy and JR delivers the funny.