Here are some of the highlights of the episodes. *24 years ago Peter Parker proposed to Mary Jane. In this month in Spider-History J.R. travels back to July 1987. *Itune reviews *The gang gives some fun recommendations this month. *We begin the dozens of message board questions. *I reveal which DC titles I am picking up with the relaunch.
Here are the topics covered in the show. *Discussion of Marvel releasing spoilers to press before the Death of Spider-Man book goes on sale. *Thoughts on Ultimate Spider-Man death * Keeping with the death theme, a man donated his comics to goodwill, we discuss what we will do with our large comic collections once we die. *Review of Amazing Spider-Man # 664
In this last show for June we answer your message board questions. Here are some highlights. *What happened in a Spider- Comic that threw us for a a loop and surprised us. *Bertone gets asked who is a worse person Betty Brant or Sally Avril * We name a few of our favorite Spider-Quips
Two podcasts uploaded in two days? We have one more this month and I plan on releasing the last one before June. Highlights of this episode include: *Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 660-662 *Itune Reviews *Message Board Questions and Answers *Should Marvel reboot the universe like DC?
Here is the first show for June. Some of the topics include *Amazing Spider-Man will continue to be $3.99 and have less pages *DC Comics is going to release its books the same day to comic shops and digitally. Should Marvel do this too? * Upper Deck is tearing up old Spider-Man Ditko comics to create trading cards. * Review of Amazing Spider-Man 659
Here are some highlights of this episode: *Info on how you can donate to the Joplin,MO fun *Reviews of the Amazing Spider-Man Free Comic Book Day * Recommendations *Message Board Q and A
Here are some of the topics we tackle in this show: *Comic shops have a chance to put their store in an upcoming issue of the Amazing Spider-Man. *Marvel has started producing Marvel Lingerie, the all male panel discuss. *We discuss Tom Breevorts recent comments about the Spider-Marriage and why it doesnt work. *Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 658 and 659
We wrap up the last of your message board questions. Some of the highlights include: *Which of the Marvel villains is the most popular in pop culture? *Should Ben Reilly be resurrected after the trades wrap up? *Has Spider-Man values, ethics ever influenced us in real life?
Highlights of this episode include: *This month in Spider-History with JR. We revisit April 1985 and tackle Web of Spider-Man # 1 *Recommendations from the gang. *Michael Bailey breaks out in song! *Answering Message Board Questions one of the highlights includes JRs favorite Goblin artist.
*The gang's thoughts on the upcoming Spider-Island and the return of the Jackal. *We read four negative Itunes reviews about the show. *Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 656 and 657.
Here are some of the highlights of this episode where we wrap up the questions from our message board. *Is the Ultimate Spider-Man comic still relevant? *Why Ben Reilly does not have the staying power as some other knock off heroes like She-Hulk and War Machine? *JR answers the age old question of Kirk VS Picard. *We also answer what comics we are ashamed to own.
Here are the highlights of this show. *The gang reviews Amazing Spider-Man # 655 *This Month in Spider-History with JR we travel back to March 1984. Amazing Spider-Man #250 was released among other things. *Recommendations for the month. *We also answer message board questions from our listeners. One of the best includes us teaming up with our favorite heroes for a road trip. You'll love the answers.
The Crawlspace crew springs forward on our first show in March. Some of the topics we hit up include: *Thoughts on the second Amazing Spider-Man movie picture *CGC slabbed comics are they cool or a reminder of the ’90s speculator market *The Spider-Man Musical delayed again *Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 654 and 654.1
In this show we tackle the rest of the dozens of message board questions. Some of the highlights include: *Could Batman beat the Green Goblin? *What Clone Saga character was underused and didn’t read their full potential? *Would Ben Reilly and Felicia Hardy make a good couple? *Is Marvel or DC more progressive when it comes to gender, race, sex?
Here are some of the highlights of this show. *This Month in Spider-History with JR. We travel back to Feb 1991 and meet a hero/singer named Nightcat? * Recommendations from the Panel *Message Board Q and A *Questions include Most traumatic online experience? and What was the best decade to be a comic book fan?
Here is our Valentine edition of the Crawlspace podcast. In this episode we discuss: *Our thoughts on the new movie costume. As we recorded this we did not have the nice picture put out by Sony, we only had the stunt pictures available. *Wizard and Toyfare magazine have ended. We share out thoughts on the influential comics magazine ending and if this is a trend. *Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 651-653. *We also read pro and con itunes reviews.
In this episode we answer dozens of questions from our message board. Some of the highlights include: *What Marvel character would make the worst neighbor. *What would happen to Spider-Man if he killed a villain? *How I came up with the name Crawlspace for the site. *How Spider-Man would have been different if Ditko stayed on the title.
Here are some highlights of this episode: *Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man 650 *This Month in Spider-History With JR. We travel back to January 1990 and discuss Cosmic Spider-Man and his Acts of Vengeance crossovers. *JR, BD, Stella, Michael, George and Kevin all give their recommendations for the month. Stuff their reading, movies they have seen etc.
Some of the topics discussed this month include *Axel Alonzo being named the new Editor In Chief of Marvel Comics. *Stella gives us her review of the Spider-Man Musical that she saw in New York City. * What comics related gifts we got for Christmas *Thoughts on the first images of Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy. *Astonishing Spider-Man writer Jason Aaron telling writer Alan Moore to F-Off.
Here is the last part of the show we recorded in December. Here are some topics we hit up in this episode Review of Amazing Spider-Man # 649. Jr talks Osborn #1. Talk of casting of Richard and Mary Parker in the new Spider-Man. We also talk about the Proto Goblin. Discussion of the technical problems of the Spider-Man musical. Who discuss who we think might be the new Venom This month in Spider-History we travel back to December 1990.
The gang tackles three issues in this show. Amazing Spider-Man #647 had a ton of stories all with varying quality. We also talk about the first two issues of the new Big Time storyline. Spideydude joins us for the first time since August. George fills in for Michael and Stella. We also have JR and Kev rounding out the cast.
This is the last part of the live call in show. In this episode take live callers from around the world. Some of the highlights include: *Our thoughts on Marvels digital download service *We share odd stories of non-comic book readers asking us questions about Spider-Man *If we were in a Spider-Man comic and could get killed or saved, which would we choose.
Our first and last call-in show of 2010 was a huge success. The listeners of the Crawlspace podcast called in to ask the gang a question in real-time. The gang gets asked about Amazing Spider-Man writer Dan Slott telling a fan to F-himself. Warning for young ears, we have some swearing on this one. We also talk about the future of comics and how we get the younger generation into the mix. And the best question was about Morbius getting eaten by sharks.
The gang tackles questions from our loyal message board posters. Some of the highlights include. *What villains first appearance was our favorite? *If Spider-Man ever had a kid would he be forced to take responsiblity and hang up the webs? *What would the Hobgoblin think of the rise and fall of Norman Osborn? JR handles this one of course.
The gang reviews Amazing Spider-Man 645 and 646. We also discuss Martin Sheen being cast as Uncle Ben in the new Spider-Man movie. And the rumor of Sally Field playing Aunt May. We also travel back to November 1978 for "This Month in Spider-History" with JR. This is the month that has the first appearance of the Hypno Hustler.
Who will win the 2010 edition? Some of the highlights of questions includes: Where did we find out the name of burglar who shot Uncle Ben? What is the name of the reality show that Mary Jane appeared on during Brand New Day? Which Spider-Man villain tried to marry Gwen Stacy?
It's time for our yearly Spidey trivia questions Jeopardy style. Josh Bertone is our Alex Trebek. Some of the highlights of the harder questions inlclude: *What made Venom stop craving brains? *What classic Ditko Spidey villain never appeared in the 90s cartoon? *Christine Sanders was once engaged to what Spidey villain? *What issue did a kiss first appear in the Amazing Spider-Man comic?
Topics this episode include: We wrap up message board questions in this episode. Some of the highlight questions includes: *What is the worst real world depiction in comics? *Favorite Spider-Man video game *We all pick a weakness in our favorite writers work. *Who is the most popular superhero of them all? *What are some suspensions of disbelief that really took you out of those comic stories?
Topics this episode include: *The gang reviews "Origin of the Species" in Amazing Spider-Man # 642-644. *This Month in Spider-History with JR. We travel back to October 1991 where MJ and Spidey talk about having babies. * We get a review of the Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions video game from JR's son Spencer. * Recommendations *We also read itunes reviews. We need more of them, we'll read them on the air. *We also tackle some message board questions.
Topics this episode include: *The gang talks about Emma Stone being cast as Gwen Stacy in the Spider-Man reboot movie. *Rhys Ifans being cast as the Lizard. *DC has lowered itscomic prices to $2.99 while Marvel keeps many at $3.99. *Review of the last part of the OMIT story line in Amazing Spider-Man 641. This one has a ton of good discussion on the character of Peter and Mary Jane.
