Spider-man Crawlspace Podcast

Spider-Man's co-creator has passed away. The Crawlspace crew takes time to remember legendary artist Steve Ditko. Highlights of the episode include *Live callers discuss their favorite Ditko work. *Best Ditko issues of Spider-Man. *List of all the characters Ditko designed. *Was Ditko happy? *How the panelists found out the news. *What would Spider-Man be like if Ditko stayed on for 100 issues? *The panel reads tweets and Facebook posts from comic creators discussing their memories of Ditko.

In this episode we have a lively discussion with editor Bruce Canwell. He works for the Library of American Comics and is in charge of putting the Spider-Man newspaper strip collection together. Since 2015 the group has put out four volumes out through IDW. A fifth volume is coming early next year. We talk about what it was like tracking down comic strips that were first printed 40 years ago. Other highlights include talking about the lost Spider-Man girlfriends like Carole Jennings. How about villains like the Protector and the Cult of Loomis. Canwell also has some fun stories about interviewing Stan Lee, John Romita and Larry Lieber.

Back in 1982 the very first Marvel video game was produced. It was Spider-Man on the Atari 2600. Laura Nikolich worked for Parker Brothers at the time and designed the game. Modern games have movie style credits at the end of them with hundreds of people working on them. Laura's job was to design it herself and in just a few months. Let's take a trip back 36 years ago to the beginning of Marvel video games.

The Crawlspace panel tackles the following news topics in this episode. *Jake Gyllenhol has been cast as Mysterio in the next Spider-Man movie. *Thoughts on the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movie trailer *A student incorporates Spider-Man into his promposal. Zach looses his mind on this topic. *Silver and Black movie has been pulled from Sony's schedule. *Gamestop has started selling comics *Chinese Spider-Man saves child *Spidergeddon mini series.

The Crawlspace panel tackles the following reviews in this episode. *Amazing Spider-Man #800 *Spectacular Spider-Man #304 The panel also ranks their Amazing anniversary issues. Where does 800 land on the list?

Jr takes us back 30 years to look at May 1988 in this episode of Spider-history. This is the big appearance of Venom. The issues JR looks at in this episode include: *Amazing Spider-Man #300 *Web of Spider-Man 38 *Spectacular Spider-Man # 138

We tackle your dozens of message board question on this episode. Highlights include: *The best non-Superior Spider-Man Dan Slott story. *What makes an A, B or C list villain? *Who's Spider-Voice do you hear when you read comics? *Does the value of your comic factor into your enjoyment and review? *Why does Brad love the Hulk and when he teams up with Spidey? *If you could only have one alternate reality Spider-Man who would it be?

The Crawlspace panel reviews the following issues: *Amazing Spider-Man #799 *Spectacular Spider-Man #303 *Free Comic Book Day Amazing Spider-Man with the first story written by Nick Spencer.

The Crawlspace crew assembles for their review of Avengers: Infinity War. We give the pro's and con's of Spider-Man's appearance. We also review the movie as a whole. The group is pretty divided on certain aspects of the film and it leads to a good debate. Warning, there are massive spoilers in the review.

In this episode we're headed to a wedding with boxing gloves. A fight breaks out at the wedding of Betty Brant and Ned Leeds. Mirage takes on Spider-Man. Who comes out on top? Check out this fun fight with George.

JR's Spider-History focuses on April 1992. The books he talks about include: *Amazing Spider-Man #361 featuring the first appearance of Carnage. *Spider-Man #21 *Web of Spider-Man # 87 *Spectacular Spider-Man # 187

Here are the Spider-News topics we tackle in this episode. *Discussion about the release date of the PS4 Spider-Man game. *Woody Harelson is rumored to play Carnage in the new Venom movie. *Marvel Comics will have duel numbering again. *Discussion on Stan Lee's health *JR does an epic Spider-Man push up that Jennifer Lopez says firms things up. ( You have to watch the youtube clip. It cracks everyone up! it comes in around the 1hour and 11 min mark of the video) *Creepy farmers market Spider-Man *Spidey is going back in black? *Matt Damon passes on a villain role in upcoming Spider-Man movie.

The power of love may be the extra push in this fight. George takes us back to 1986 and looks at Amazing Spider-Man #286. The Absorbing Man and his girlfriend Titania take on Spider-Man. Can Spidey come out on top against these two heavy hitters? Find out and download the episode.

The Crawlspace podcast crew is back to review several issues. In this episode we tackle: *Amazing Spider-Man #798 *Spectacular Spider-Man #301 *Spectacular Spider-Man #302

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.