ASM Classics Episode 28: One-Year Anniversary Special: Sam Rami’s Spider-Man DVD-Style Commentary

Can you believe it?  We’ve made it through an entire year.  And to celebrate, the Classics gang takes a break from comic coverage to take a look through the DeLorean’s rearview mirror at how the show began.  But after a few minutes of that, it’s time to break out your DVD players as we watch Spider-Man (2002) with an in-film movie commentary.  Hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back with regular comic coverage next episode!

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The SPIDEYDUDE EXPERIENCE EPISODE 2: Friends & Foes [Amazing Spider-Man 807-811]

Welcome to the second episode of the Brand-New Show on the Spideydude Radio Network, The Spideydude Experience! It’s an episode that covers the next 5 issues of the Amazing Spider-Man comic that launched its 5th volume in 2018 with Nick Spencer, writer of CAPTAIN AMERICA, IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN & THE SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN. The story this episode is collected in VOL II: FRIENDS and FOES This episode has an introduction to the regular rotation of panelists for the show in Kelly McDaniel (@makeminemayday), a long time Spider-Girl fan, Cosplayer, and advocate. She’s a huge Spidey fan in general, and we…

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ASM Classics Episode 27: Amazing Spider-Man 39 & 40

Come on, get happy, Web-Spinners!  We are proud to welcome back to the show our guest for today, J.R. Fettinger, Osborn expert extraordinaire!  Today’s episode of Amazing Spider-Man Classics takes a look at the debut of artist John Romita on Amazing Spider-Man, a two-part adventure featuring the unmasking of Spider-Man and the END of the GREEN GOBLIN!  And along the way, all our favorite angry cast members undergo a happiness makeover under John Romita’s brush.  Also, we have an announcement about next episode’s celebration of one year of Amazing Spider-Man Classics. So stay tuned to the end, and in the…

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ASM Classics Episode 26: Daredevil 17 & Amazing Spider-Man 38

Farewell, Steve Ditko.  We hardly knew thee.  This episode of Amazing Spider-Man Classics wraps up the tenure of the artist who helped to create our beloved webslinger and guide him down the most formative steps of his publishing history.  With the circumstances surrounding his departure being what they were, it is sadly not the best note on which to depart, but before we talk about A Guy Named Joe in Amazing Spider-Man 38, the Classics gang (continuing to be assisted by Jim Wilson of JimWilsonDesigns, my brother and this website’s designer) finishes out Johnny Romita’s Spider-baptism by fire in Daredevil 17.Original…

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The Spideydude Experience Episode One: Back to Basics [Amazing Spider-Man 802-806 & FCBD 2018] Audio Edition

Welcome to the first episode of one of the Brand-New Shows on the Spideydude Radio Network, The Spideydude Experience! It’s an episode that covers the first 5 issues of the Amazing Spider-Man comic that launched its 5th volume in 2018 with Nick Spencer, writer of CAPTIAN AMERICA, & THE SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MAN. The story begins with the FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2018 issue and is collected in the BACK TO BASICS Trade Paperback, available both digitally, and physically. This episode Introduces the regular rotation of panelists for the show: Zach Joiner (@spideyduderadio), Neil Bogenrieder (@quilsniv), Paul Hermann (@Hermann_22), Brian…

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ASM Classics Episode 25: Daredevil 16 and ASM 37

Hello there from all the gang here at Amazing Spider-Man Classics!  This episode, we are back to begin taking a look at the transition from Steve Ditko to John Romita.  Romita had the joys of drawing Spider-Man for a two-part Daredevil story, the end of which happened to coincide with Steve Ditko quitting Amazing Spider-Man.  So in this episode, we are diving into the first part of that story, Daredevil 16, where Daredevil’s new foe, the Masked Marauder, incites some enmity between Hornhead and Webhead as part of his evil plot.  Then we switch over to Steve Ditko’s penultimate outing…

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