Here it is. Finally. The beginning of the end, for both Ben Reilly as we knew him, and of this show. It’s been nearly 10 years, with unforeseen twists and turns, but it’s finally here. I’ll share more thoughts on a lengthy post later, but for now, enjoy the first three parts of Revelations, with Josh, Don, Gerard, Greg, and Zach. Issues Covered in this Episode include:Spectacular Spider-Man 240Sensational Spider-Man 11Amazing Spider-Man 417
“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…
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…
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…
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.
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!
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…
This episode… Zach, Josh, Don, Gerard and Greg tackle the controversial storyline that run through the Amazing Spider-Man title from October of 2016 through March 2017. The issues that are covered are as Follows: Clone Conspiracy #1 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol IV) #20* Clone Conspiracy #2 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol IV) #21 Clone Conspiracy #3 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol IV) #22 Clone Conspiracy #4 Amazing Spider-Man (Vol IV) #23 Clone Conspiracy #5 Clone Conspiracy Omega #1*Briefly covered, but only because of the inconsequential nature of that issue compared to the rest of the story. What is their reaction to this story? A story…
