Here Comes The Spider-Cast
Books & Literature
A weekly podcast dedicated to Spider-Man comic books in the 1980s. We start with Roger Stern's debut on 'Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man' #43, then continue on with virtually every chronological Spidey appearance for the rest of the decade.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Books & Literature
Description:
A weekly podcast dedicated to Spider-Man comic books in the 1980s. We start with Roger Stern's debut on 'Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man' #43, then continue on with virtually every chronological Spidey appearance for the rest of the decade.
Language:
English
Episodes
Episode #176 | Spider-Man In December 1989
1/16/2023
The FINAL episode of Spider-Cast! The World's Greatest Bronze Age Spider-Man Podcast closes out the 1980s with a bang. Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #59 (by Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #327 (by David Michelinie, Erik Larsen, Al Gordon), Amazing Spider-Man #328 (by Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), Spectacular Spider-Man #159 (by Conway, Sal Buscema). www.ComicBookSyndicate.com
Duration:01:45:20
Episode #175 | Spider-Man 3 (movie review)
1/9/2023
Dan MacDonald guest stars in our review of the 2007 classic. With great hair, comes great responsibility. The much-maligned Spidey Sequel holds up surprisingly well...for most of the Spider-Friends.
Duration:01:02:37
Episode #174 | Spidey Goes Cosmic
1/2/2023
Paul Zettel joins the Spider-Friends for another Friendly Neighbourhood Discussion! Acts of Vengeance is here! Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #58 (by Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #326 (by David Michelinie, Colleen Doran, Andy Mushynsky), Spectacular Spider-Man #158 (Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito). www.ComicBookSyndicate.com
Duration:01:12:53
Episode #173 | Animated Clone Saga
12/26/2022
Andrew "Barry" Helmer joins the Spider-Friends for a record-breaking 7th time! We Really, Really Hate Clones. Reviewing the final episodes of the 90s animated series: Doom, I Really, Really Hate Clones, and Farewell, Spider-Man, by Bob Richardson, Mark Hoffmeier and James Krieg.
Duration:01:12:54
Episode #172 | Sucked In By Skin-Head!
12/19/2022
Erika joins Josh and Mike for another Spidery discussion. Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #57 (by Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #325 (by David Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), Spectacular Spider-Man #157 (by Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito). www.ComicBookSyndicate.com
Duration:01:20:43
Episode #171 | Animated Secret Wars
12/12/2022
Reviewing three episodes of the 90s animated series: 'The Return of Hydro-Man: Part Two', 'Secret Wars: Chapter One - Arrival', and 'Chapter Two - The Gauntlet of the Red Skull'. www.ComicBookSyndicate.com
Duration:00:44:39
Episode #170 | Atlantis Attacks
12/5/2022
Reviewing Amazing Spider-Man Annual #23 (David Michelinie, Gerry Conway, Rob Liefeld, Mark Bagley, Tom DeFalco, Peter Sanderson and Fred Hembeck), Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #9 (Conway, David Ross, Glenn Herdling, Scott McDaniel, Sanderson, Bagley, and Hembeck), Web of Spider-Man Annual #5 (Conway, Javier Saltares, Fabian Nicieza, Mark Probst, Sanderson, Bagley, Hembeck). www.ComicBookSyndicate.com
Duration:01:09:29
Episode #169 | The Return of Hydro-Man
11/28/2022
'Six Forgotten Warriors' wraps up and Hydro-Man returns! Reviewing 3 episodes from Season 5 of the 90s animated series: The Six Fight Again (by John Semper Jr., Bob Richardson), The Price Of Heroism (Semper Jr. and Richardson), and The Return of Hydro-Man: Part 1 (Semper Jr., Eileen Fuentes, James Krieg, Richardson)
Duration:00:31:52
Episode #168 | His name is Banjo!
11/21/2022
Reviewing Web Of Spider-Man #56 (by Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #323 (by David Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), Amazing Spider-Man #324 (by Michelinie, Erik Larsen, Al Gordon), Spectacular Spider-Man #156 (by Conway, Sal Busema, Mike Esposito). www.ComicBookSyndicate.com
Duration:01:15:22
Episode #167 | The Triumph Of Tombstone!
11/14/2022
Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #55 (by Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #321 and #322 (by David Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), and Spectacular Spider-Man #155 (by Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito). www.ComicBookSyndicate.com
Duration:01:27:29
Episode #166 | Six Forgotten Warriors
11/7/2022
Kevin Jank "McCoy" is back for the second week in a row, for more talk about Spidey. Reviewing 3 episodes of Spider-Man: The Animated Series! Season 5, Episode 2: "Six Forgotten Warriors"; Episode 3: "Unclaimed Legacy"; Episode 4: "Secrets of the Six" by Bob Richardson and John Semper.
Duration:00:49:44
Episode #165 | What If...?
10/31/2022
Kevin Jank "McCoy" re-joins the Spider-Friends for a cross-section of imaginary stories from the 80s. Reviewing What If...? #24 - What If Spider-Man Had Rescued Gwen Stacey? (by Tony Isabella, Gil Kane, Frank Giacoia); What If... #30 - What If Spider-Man's Clone Had Lived? (by Bill Flanagan, Rich Buckler, Jim Mooney, Pablo Marcos); What If...? #46 - What If Spider-Man's Uncle Ben Had Lived? (by Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz, Sam DeLosa).
Duration:01:10:37
Episode #164 | Face-to-face with the Chameleon!
10/24/2022
Lisa joins the Spider-Friends for a look at your friendly neighourhood web-slinger. Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #54 (by Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #319 and #320 (by David Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), Spectacular Spider-Man #154 (by Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema). www.ComicBookSyndicate.com
Duration:01:37:42
Episode #163 | Animated Marriage + Prowler
10/17/2022
Plus, the Lizard returns! Reviewing Episodes 4-10 "The Lizard King" (by Bob Richardson, John Semper Jr.), 4-11 "The Prowler" (by and 5-1 "The Wedding" (by Meg McLaughlin and Semper Jr.) of the 1990s Animated Series. www.ComicBookSyndicate.com
Duration:00:34:12
Episode #162 | Parallel Lives
10/10/2022
Bob "Pork Carrot" Myers joins the gang for another Bronze Age Spider-Man discussion. NOT the surprise return of a supervillain named "Parallel", this is look back at the lives of Peter Parker and Mary-Jane Watson by Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk and Andy Mushynsky. www.ComicBookSyndicate.com
Duration:00:36:37
Episode #161 | What's The Matter With Kristy?
10/3/2022
Mike-DELL joins the Spider-Friends for a look at Spidey in the Bronze Age. Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #53 (by Gerry Conway, Mark Bagley, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #318 (by David Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), Spectacular Spider-Man #153 (by Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema).
Duration:01:08:09
Episode #160 | Michael Golden's Spider-Man
9/27/2022
Toronto comics artist Gibson Quarter joins the Spider-Friends for an in-depth look at a fan favourite comic, and a superficial look at a comic that was so bad they got the issue number wrong. Atlantis Attacks, Hulk attacks, and Spidey gets the sniffles. Marvel Fanfare features a cult-classic story by Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden, co-starring the Hulk. Daredevil Annual #4 features a non-classic non-story by Gerry Conway and non-artist Mark Bagley (plus various back-up stories, with art by John Romita Jr., Jim Lee and While Portacio).
Duration:01:28:10
Episode #159 | A Wolf's Tale
9/19/2022
Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #52 (by Gerry Conway, Frank Springer, John Romita Sr.), Amazing Spider-Man #317 (by David Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), and Spectacular Spider-Man #152 (by Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema). www.ComicBookSyndicate.com
Duration:01:06:13
Episode #158 | Animated Return of the Green Goblin
9/12/2022
Erika Rock joins Joshua Murr-VELL and Mike-EL for a dynamic discussion about Spider-Man cartoons. Reviewing 3 episodes from Season 4 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series: #4-7: The Vampire Queen (by John Semper Jr., Meg McLaughlin, Bob Richardson), #4-8: Return of the Green Goblin (by Mark Hoffmeier, Richardson), #4-9: The Haunting of Mary-Jane Watson (by McLaughlin, Semper Jr., Virginia Roth, Richardson). www.ComicBookSyndicate.com
Duration:00:54:13
Episode #157 | Venom is Back!
9/5/2022
Cousin Brandon joins the full cast of the Spider-Friends for a look at 80s Spider-Fun. Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #51 (by Gerry Conway, Mark Bagley, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #316 (by David Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), Spectacular Spider-Man #151. www.ComicBookSyndicate.com
Duration:01:26:54