Spider-man Crawlspace Podcast

We welcome writer Gerry Conway to the podcast. Conway is currently writing the Carnage and Renew Your Vows books for Marvel. This is his third time getting a crack at writing the webhead after a long absense and it's a welcome return. During the interview we discuss. *Why killing Gwen Stacy was the best thing to happen to the character *How Mary Jane was a much better love interest for Peter Parker. *Why Stan Lee possibly wrote Gwen as the main love interest *Why he wanted to kill Norman and set up Harry as the main goblin *His time working with Steve Ditko on a Spider-Man annual in the 1980s. *His time working with JR from our podcast on the book Webslinger, *The differences in working in comics in the 70's and today. *We also answer your dozens of questions from our message board. *Discussion on the differences on working with John Romita, Gil Kane and Ross Andru *Discussion on the new ongoing Renew Your Vows.

We tackle several topics in this Spider-News episode. Here are the topics: *Spider-Man:Homecoming is getting a prequel comic * Does Spider-Man have an identity crisis? IGN thinks so. *Stan Lee films four cameos *Andrew Garfield puts on the Spider-Man suit one more time. *Amazing Spider-Man actor Michael Massee dies, he played the Gentleman in the films. *A burglar named Spider-Man is interviewed on a recent radio show. *David Letterman was almost in the Amazing Spider-Man ? *A Canadian Spider-Man stops an alleged shoplifter *Singer Michael Buble's son, who is a Spider-Man fan, is battling cancer. *Spider-Man is a Trump fan? *Halloween prank with Spider-Man *Steve Ditko celebrate's his 89th birthday and we share a run in with the artist.

The Spider-Panel dives right into clones in this episode. The gang tackles the following books. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol 4) #19 and #20 Clone Conspiracy #1. The file has been updated to remove the cheetoes noise. Sorry gang!

JR takes us back 16 years to a major event in Spider-History. It was the launch of Ultimate Spider-Man #1. Along with that issue JR looks at what else came out in October 2000. *Amazing Spider-Man (Vol 2) #22 *Peter Parker:Spider-Man #22 *Spider-Man :Death and Destiny #3 *Spider-Man: Revenge of the Goblin

We answer your message board questions on this episode. Some highlights include: *What is our oldest Spider-Man comic in our collection? *Would Spidey keep the symbiote if it had been honest with him? *Where would Mary Jane and Peter be if there wasn't a 1990's Clone Saga? *Who should play Stegron if he were in a movie? *Discussion of a 1970's TV Hulk and Spider-Man TV movie.

We tackle a lot of Spider-News in this show. The topics include: *Discussion of set pictures from the new Spider-Man: Homecoming movie. *Nightwatch is rumored to be in the new movie. *Drake Bell, the voice actor of the Ultimate Spider-Man, has been sent to jail. *Actor Bill Nunn who played Robbie Robertson in the Raimi movies, has passed away. *A Stan Lee biography movie will be set in the 1970's. *Retailers pay big money for a variant of the Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21 cover. *Steve Ditko Newwwwws. *A man gets bit on the penis by a spider twice in five months. This topic is hilarious.

We take you back to 1979 for this fight. We look at Marvel Team Up #79. Spidey teams up with Red Sonja to take on Kulan Gath. It's writen by Chris Claremont and has beautiful pencils by John Byrne.

The Spider-Panel tackles two reviews in this episode. *Amazing Spider-Man (Vol 4) #17 *Amazing Spider-Man (Vol 4) #18 We list the pros, cons and give it a grade. We then go around the web to see how the grades match up with other Spider-sites.

Banjo has only appeared in one Spider-Man comic since his first appearance 27 years ago, but it was an unforgettable fight. This Gerry Conway and Sal Buscema creation appeared in Spectacular Spider-Man # 156 back in 1989. It's Deliverance meets the X-Men. Who comes out on top with this one?

We celebrate 10 years of the Spider-Man Crawlspace Podcast in this episode. The first podcast went online in August of 2006. We celebrate that milestone by taking live callers from around the world including London, Canada, Argentina, Australia, Sweden, Scotland and the good old US of A. We also hear from some familiar voices from our 10 year history. This is a long one, but there are some fun questions and interactions in this one. So enjoy the celebration.

The Spider-Panel tackles a review of *Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 4) # 16 *Discussion of Zenaya possibly playing Mary Jane in the Spider-Man: Homecoming movie *Spider-Man Marvel Legends Coming in 2017 *Man bit by spider and lightening and lived to tell about it. Could he be a real life supervillain after this experience?

JR takes us to the cell block for this edition of Spider-History. We take a look at Denny O'Neil's story that put Peter Parker behind bars. In this episode we look at *Amazing Spider-Man #219 *Spectacular Spider-Man # 57 *Marvel Team Up # 108

The Spider-Panel tackles Spider-News in this episode. The topics include: *Several new Spider-Titles coming up including a Renew Your Vows Ongoing by Gerry Conway, A Prowler series, Miles in the Champions book, new Venom host with Felicia? *Discussion on new Spider-Man: Homecoming movie pictures and what the name "homecoming" is referring to. *It's the 30th anniversary of the Spider-Man marriage, sort of *Elizabeth Banks was too old to play Tobey Maguires love interest in Spider-Man 1? *Four year old catches large fish with a Spidey pole *Spider-Mom dresses up to raise money for her sick child *Spider-streaker!!! *Mexican college professor dresses up as Spidey to teach class

The Spider-Panel tackles Spider-News in this episode. The topics include: *Several new Spider-Titles coming up including a Renew Your Vows Ongoing by Gerry Conway, A Prowler series, Miles in the Champions book, new Venom host with Felicia? *Discussion on new Spider-Man: Homecoming movie pictures and what the name "homecoming" is referring to. *It's the 30th anniversary of the Spider-Man marriage, sort of *Elizabeth Banks was too old to play Tobey Maguires love interest in Spider-Man 1? *Four year old catches large fish with a Spidey pole *Spider-Mom dresses up to raise money for her sick child *Spider-streaker!!! *Mexican college professor dresses up as Spidey to teach class

This edition of Friday Night Fights takes us back to 1992 as George takes a look at Amazing Spider-Man #364. The Shocker is a bit more shocking in this fight as he gets a major power up. Can it defeat Spidey? Take a listen to this fun blow by blow analysis.

The gang tackles a review of Amazing Spider-Man (Vol 4) #15. We also check in on the Spider-Satellite titles to see if they're worth buying. Those include: Miles Spider-Man Civil War II Civil War II Spider-Man Spider-Gwen Silk Spider-Woman Venom:Space Knight Carnage Amazing Spider-Man 1.5 Spidey Web Warriors

Friday Night Fights returns with a classic fight from 1984. Spidey takes on the Puma in Amazing Spider-Man # 256 and #257. This is Puma's first appearance and he takes on Spidey in his own apartment. Spidey has a broken arm but a brand new symbiote costume. Who wins?

We answer your dozens of message board questions in this episode. Some highlights include: *George and Ashley debate about why they love and hate the Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon *What do you think of Venom in space? Should Eddie Brock get the suit back? *What makes a good love interest for Peter Parker? *What characteristics make a good goblin knock off? *What would Harry Osborn be like if his mother raised him and Norman died? *20th anniversary Spider-Man film with Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland and Emma Stone as Spider-Gwen?

JR takes us back 13 years to look at what Spider-Man was doing in July of 2003. He looks at *Amazing Spider-Man (vol 2) #53 *Peter Parker Spider-Man (vol 2) # 56 Some highlights include a great Mary Jane/ Peter scene, Vegas Hulk monsters and one of the ugliest Spider-books ever penciled.

The Spider-Panel tackles news in this episode. Here are some of our topics: *Donald Glover cast in Spider-Man: Homecoming *Dead No More is Now the Clone Conspiracy *New PS4 Spider-Man video game *Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4 storyboards *Mephisto taunts Spider-Man in Spidey/Deadpool comic *UK Beatboxing Spider-Man *Marvel chicken nuggets? *Miles focus of new Spider-Man animated feature? *Steve Ditko Newwwwwwwwws