ASM Classics Episode 6: ASM 7 & 8

What? You’re back? You must be looking for some classic Spider-Man goodness.  Well, this week serves up the goods for Amazing Spider-Man 7 and 8.  Jon, Don, and Josh are joined again by Zach Henderson from Teenage Wasteland: An Ultimate Spider-Man Podcast, as we wrap up our April episodes (even though it’s May now cuz Jon had laptop problems).  You’ll get the Vulture’s return, the stupidest robot in the history of robots, and Spidey crashing a party in order to score some team-up action.  Strange Tales 115 also gets some brief attention, because Amazing Spider-Man Classics is committed to covering…

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ASM Classics Episode 5: ASM 5 & 6

Welcome back to Amazing Spider-Man Classics, where we are committed to taking you through every issue, every guest feature, and every cameo appearance we can find of the amazing Spider-Man!   This week, Jon, Josh, and Don are again joined by Zach (from Teenage Wasteland: An Ultimate Spider-Man Podcast) to go back to Spidey’s main book after our team-up time-out last week.  Spider-Man has to cross swords, or finger guns, with the metal-masked menace of the Fantastic Four — Dr. Doom!  And after that, he then takes the world’s shortest vacation to the Everglades to confront the Lizard! Two of…

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Amazing Spider-Man Classics Episode 4: Strange Tales Annual 2

Flamin’ fireballs!  It’s the first-ever Spider-Man team-up and the lucky sonovagun is the Human Torch!  Or, since technically this is Johnny Storm’s annual, maybe we should make him seem like the lead with Spidey the guest star?  Ah, well, it doesn’t matter.  This was a pretty wonky ride, so join Jon Wilson, Josh Bertone, and Donovan Grant, as they are joined by guest co-host Zach Henderson (from Teenage Wasteland: An Ultimate Spider-Man Podcast), and get ready for “one of the most epic thrillers of all time!!” We also take a brief look at Spider-Man’s backup appearance in The Fantastic Four…

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Amazing Spider-Man Classics Episode 3: Amazing Spider-Man 3 and 4

“I almost wish for an opponent who’d give me a run for my money!”  Oh, poor Spidey, be careful what you wish for.  Because this week, Jon, Bertone, and Donovan wrap up their first round of episodes with Doctor Octopus and the Sandman!  And they will both send Spider-Man running away with his spinnerets tucked between his legs. Since there was no episode last week, perhaps a word is due on the schedule of this podcast.  It’s gonna be near-weekly.  Every month, Jon is gonna go through a stack of issues with a team of cohorts, and those episodes will…

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Amazing Spider-Man Classics Episode 2: ASM 1 & 2

The Webhead is back!  Six months after his one-off story in the canceled Amazing Fantasy, Spider-Man was granted his own book, which hit shelves in late 1962.  Jon, Bertone, and Donovan take a look at the introductions of such essential characters like J. Jonah Jameson and Betty Brant while laughing at Ditko’s cooky villains like the Tinkerer and the Chameleon. Amazing Spider-Man Classics is devoted to covering every issue of Spider-Man’s various titles, as well as every guest appearance or cameo in other books that we can find. Some notes:  Right at the beginning of the discussion, I say that…

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Amazing Spider-Man Classics Episode 1: Amazing Fantasy 15

Welcome to the Premiere Episode of the return of ASM Classics. Below is the original text from the show! “Here it is, folks!  The start of your journey through every Spider-Man book and guest appearance, beginning with Amazing Fantasy 15 and going forward indefinitely.  In Amazing Spider-Man Classics, we’ll be reviewing and discussing every issue of every Spider-Man series, giving the same treatment to his guest appearances in other books, and tossing at least a mention at every cameo we can find. In this introductory episode, Jon is joined by Bertone and Donovan to look at the origins of our…

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