Spectacular Radio Episode 35: “First Steps” With Greg Weisman & Jamie Thomason

Greg, Zach, and Kristin are back, and we welcome Samuel back to the panel as we sit down to chat with Greg Weisman and the Voice Director of the series, Jamie Thomason. We discuss the development of the episode, and the character of Sandman. We also discuss Jamie’s career and just scratch the surface of what a Voice Director does, and why they are the unsung heroes of the animation industry. This one is a must-listen.

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CSC Episode 65: Swarmed By Betty!

Zach, Don, Josh, Gerard, and Greg all team up to tackle 3 issues: 9-10 of Sensational Spider-Man and issue 14 of Spider-Man: Unlimited In this episode, the gang wraps up their coverage of Ben Reilly Epic Book 5, and launching their coverage into Ben Reilly Epic Book 6. They also take a voicemail… that gets cut off.With this episode, we wrap up Sensational, joining Spectacular being done until Revelations. Naturally.NEXT TIME: Kraven’s Last Hunt, The Grim Hunt, and Soul of the Hunter…. An Analysis.

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CSC Episode 64: Peter David Interview

Zach and Josh return to bring about a huge scoop! Peter David, the writer of Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider comes by to talk about the first issue that debuted on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. They talk about things like the origin costume, confirm is a hoodie is here to stay, and the overall thoughts on the pre-hype going into the book. Then we end with a great story of Zach and Peter, having a past encounter that led to the creation of a comic book. A MUST listen for any fan!

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CSC Episode 63: Onslaught (Cover Date: Sept/Oct 1996)

One of the reasons that Blood Brothers (Covered in Episode 50) wasn’t the end of the Clone Saga was because of the crossover that is covered in this episode. Bob Harras’ big X-Men story was morphed into a line-wide scaled event, that gave us that wonderful relaunch of Heroes Reborn. You know, where the Image guys were tasked with relaunching the Avengers and Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America. Things that would be unheard of today. Nevertheless, we see the final issue of Mark Bagley, More John Romita Jr, the Debut of Mike Wieringo, and Ron Garney makes…

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