Spider-Man Crawlspace Podcast

We answer your dozens of message board questions on this episode. Hightlights include: *What if Uncle Ben had lived and Spidey stopped the burglar? *Hilarious Paul Jenkins story about him getting hit on by a Playboy Playmate at a convention. *Will Marvel ever produce another issue 100 when books keep getting rebooted? *High hopes for a title that eventually fell flat.

Highlights include: *Review of Superior Spider-Man # 24 *Review of Superior Spider-Man # 25 *Discussion on who is Spider-Man's biggest foe,Norman or Otto *Theories on who is behind the Green Goblin mask.

Highlights of the episode: *Michael Bailey and George Berryman return to the show *New review staff announcements *Itune Reviews *New Amazing Spider-Man digital series *Amazing Spider-Man comic returns with a new number one issue. *Naked Spider-Man rock climber *Spider-Man in the Avengers movie? *Movie news roundup *Lost Spider-Man story by Peter David, Ron Frenz and John Romita *Ditko redrawn by Kirby?

We travel to back to October 1985 for this Friday Night Fight. Spider-Man takes on Firelord. Spidey has the proportionate strength of a spider. Firelord has the power cosmic and a glow stick. How can our hero possibly come out on top?

George takes us back to 1966 where he spotlights the third Amazing Spider-Man annual. *The Avengers tell Spidey he can join if he can take down the Hulk *Does Spidey get in some good shots? *Does Hulk smash the Spider?

Highlights of the show include: *Jr's Spider-History takes us back to January 1980 and the release of Amazing Spider-Man 200 *Bertone's Bio of Billy Connors *We answer your dozens of Message board Questions

This is one of my favorite fights of the 1980s. George takes us back to the summer of 1984 and this fight took place in Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars # 3. Spider-Man takes on the whole team of X-Men and wipes the floor with them in essentially under a minute. *Listen to Spider-Man bitch slap Wolverine *Do the X-Men get in any blows? *Surely Rogue, Storm, Colossus and Nightcrawler could help Wolverine take on Spider-Man.

The gang recognizes the best of the best of 2013. The Spider-Panel lists their favorites and we also tally the votes from the listeners. Here are the 10 categories we spotlighted. *BEST LEAD CHARACTER *BEST SUPPORTING CHARACTER *BEST VILLAIN *BEST NEW CHARACTER *BEST WRITER *BEST ARTIST *BEST COVER *BEST SINGLE ISSUE, EPISODE, ETC. *BEST STORY *BEST SERIES

In this fight we take travel back to September and October 1986 for this Friday Night Fight. Spider-Man and Silver Sable take on the Sinister Syndicate. George takes us to this vicious fight. Will Spidey come out on top? It's interesting to note that several members on the team are now in the Superior Foes of Spider-Man comic.

Kevin and George do a team up to review a lot of Spider-Man's world in print and television. This month Kevin and I review. *Cataclysm: Ultimate Spider-Man #2 *Mighty Avengers #4 *Scarlet Spider #25 *Superior Foes #6 *Superior Foes #7 *Superior Team-Up #8 *Amazing Spider-Man 700.2 *Amazing Spider-Man 700.3 *Amazing Spider-Man 700.4 *Amazing Spider-Man 700.5 George reviews the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon and discusses *Season One Episode Six - 'Why I Hate The Gym' (Taskmaster, Batroc) *Season Two Episode Eighteen - 'The Parent Trap' (Zodiac)

Highlights include: *Review of Superior Spider-Man # 24 *Will Peter David or Matt Fraction take over Superior Spider-Man? *Thought on new Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailers and posters *JR Recognized on Cracked.com *Steve Wacker leaving the Spider-Office

In case you didnt know its Stegron Saturday. This edition of Friday Night Fights on Saturday spotlights Stegron fighting Spider-Man. George takes us March and April of 1973 in Marvel Team Up # 19 and #20. Spidey can dodge bullets but cant dodge the might of Stegrons tail. Also Spidey is at a disadvantage by being in the Savage Land. Spidey doesnt have tall buildings to swing from in this one. Also a side battle involves Kevin and George fighting over the coolness of Stegron.

We answer your dozens of message board questions in this episode. Highlights include: *Do we like Spidey with web arm pits? *Who is the best modern Spider-Villain? *What is the next character to support a Spider-Satellite title? *What were our reactions in the 1980's to the reveal of who is the Hobgoblin?

JR takes us back to a milestone month for Spidey. We take a look at December 2003 where Amazing Spider-Man #4 500 was released. Hear JR's thoughts on the epic issue. Bertone also tackles a biography of Doc Ock's ex, Stunner.

George reviews two episode of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. We look at: *Season 1 episode "Flight of the Iron Spider." *Season 2 episode "Guardians of the Galaxy."

In this podcast we tackle one of the most brutal fights Spidey has ever faced. We travel back to October 1979 where a one-armed Spidey takes on the Kingpin in Amazing Spider-Man # 197. Wilson Fisk takes Spidey on in his own home gym and you will laugh at what he keeps stocked there to work out. Listen as George Berryman takes us through this incredible fight.

We tackle four book in this episode. Listen to reviews of: *Superior Spider-Man # 21 *Superior Spider-Man # 22 *Superior Spider-Man # 23 *Superior Spider-Man Annual # 1

In this Friday Night Fight we take you back to May of 1988. We have Jason Macendale as the Hobgoblin fighting a drunk Peter Parker Spider-Man. Who will win in this battle of the booze? It's one of the best Web of Spider-Man issues and is an often over-looked classic. Listen as George breaks the fight down.

In this Friday Night Fight we head back to 1975 and look at Spider-Man taking on the Scorpion. This fight took place in Amazing Spider-Man # 145 and 146. Will Spidey win? Will the Scorpion win by a tail? George examines the classic fight and announces the winner.

Topics of the show include: *The Spider-Panel discusses their thoughts on the new Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailer *Thoughts on the Rhino outfit and Harry Osborn in a Goblin suit *We read iTunes reviews *Nomination information on the 2013 Crawlie Awards with Chris *Venom is joining the Guardians of the Galaxy. *The Spider-Man Musical is ending in New York. Will it survive in Las Vegas? *Writer David Morrell is upset about the story that appeared in Amazing Spider-Man 700.2.