We are starting a new podcast segment for the Crawlspace called Friday Night Fights. Each Friday I will release a mini-podcast episode that lasts about 15-20 minutes. Our friend George Berryman will spotlight some of the best fights in Spider-Man's 50 plus year history. The fight features our webhead in one corner and in the other corner a Nazi scientist covered in bees. This fight is from The Spectacular Spider-Man 37 and went down in December 1979. This is a hilarious episode and is a great wa...
Dec 13, 2013•23 min
In this episode Kevin and Brad review 11 books. Those include: *All-New X-Men Special *Indestructible Hulk Special *Superior Spider-Man Team-Up Special *Marvel Knights Spider-Man #1 *Mighty Avengers #2 *Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #4 *Superior Spider-Man Team-Up #5 *Venom #42 *Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #28 *Scarlet Spider #23 *Superior Carnage #4
Nov 28, 2013•1 hr 31 min
In this episode George reviews two episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. *He reviews the season one episode Venom. *He also reviews the season two episode Venom Bomb. *Learn about an interesting drink called mead *Find out Venom origin involves coming out of the toilet.
Nov 27, 2013•1 hr 2 min
Highlights include JR's Spider-History. *JR looks back at all the Spider-books released in November 1989. *Hear JR's hilarious take on Banjo and Skinhead, two embarrassing Spider-Villains. *Chris does a biography of Lonesome Pinky. The man who tormented Spidey with country music in the early 1980s. *Donovan looks at Josh, one of the first African American cast members in Spidey's supporting cast.
Nov 19, 2013•1 hr 29 min
The gang tackles Spider-News in this episode. *Kevin and Brad have a very good debate about the Spider-Girl Halloween costume and if it's sexist. *Are your comics worthless? *Gene Simmons from Kiss is up for the Green Goblin role in the Spider-Man musical. *Amazing Spider-Man 2 will feature Jamie Foxx, Pharrell and Hans Zimmer. *Would you buy a $10,000 Todd McFarlane sketch comic? *Anime Avengers cartoon coming soon to Japan that will feature Spider-Man.
Nov 17, 2013•59 min
The gang reviews Superior Spider-Man # 19 and 20. *We discuss the pros and cons and give it a grade *Thoughts on the end of Horizon *Was Mary Jane out of character? *Thoughts on Spock getting accused of stealing Ock's ideas for his thesis.
Nov 16, 2013•1 hr 8 min
Our yearly tradition continues with this years annual Spider-Jeopardy. The categories this year are, BLACK CAT SPIDER-MAN KILLED A GUY TV AND FILM SPIDER SATELLITES (not just the current ones) SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN SO FAR Will Kevin win another year or will Don surprise us? Will Brad win for the first time after multiple attempts? Will Chris spank JR in Spider-Knowledge? Find out by downloading the show.
Nov 12, 2013•1 hr 11 min
JR takes us back nearly a decade to tackle one of the most controversial Spider-Man stories of all times. He looks at Amazing Spider-Man 511 which featured the Sins Past storyline. *Did JR like idea of Norman Osborn having an affair with Gwen Stacy? *As that storyline was going on in Amazing, in Spectacular Spider-Man he was gaining organic web shooters with another controversial storyline with the Queen. *Another major storyline was going on in Marvel Knights Spider-Man where he fought a dozen ...
Oct 31, 2013•57 min
Highlights include: *George reviews two episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. He tackles season one, episode three called Doomed. He also reviews the season season, episode 16 called Ultimate Deadpool. *Spider-Satellites with Kevin and Brad. The two review ten issues. Those include: Superior Foes #3 Venom #40-41 Mighty Avengers #1 Morbius #9 Scarlet Spider #22 Superior Team-Up #3 Ultimate Spider-Man #27 Superior Carnage # 2 and #3
Oct 24, 2013•1 hr 16 min
Topics include:*We continue to answer your message board questions. *Should Flash Thompson continue to wear the Venom symbiote? *What was the absolute worst Clone Saga storyline? *Pros and cons of digital downloads *What character from other Spider-Media should be included in the comics? *Stories you didn't like, but liked how they were told.
Oct 23, 2013•1 hr
Topics include: *Bertone Bio of the Jackal. He takes him from his first appearance up to his most recent appearance in Superior Team Up. *Message Board question and answers. * What Dan Slott storyline would make a good movie? * If marijuana were legalize would Marvel let Spidey smoke it in a comic? Yes, that was an actual question. lol *How did the Ben Reilly phone relationship start with Aunt May? *Best Spider-Man prose novel. *What Spider-Man character that is in other media be brought into th...
Oct 15, 2013•1 hr 1 min
Topics include: *Willam Dafoe not Dafan of Amazing Spider-Man movie *Alice Cooper could soon play the Green Goblin in the Spider-Man Musical *The Venezuela President is blaming Spider-Man for the violence in his country. *Thoughts on Dan Slott taking on the Silver Surfer and the "end" teaser. We recorded this a few days before it was released what the projects are, but it's a good discussion. *Review of Superior Spider-Man #18
Oct 14, 2013•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 1347
The panel shares their top 10 greatest Spider-Man artists of all time. Newsarama recently put out a top ten list of it's own and there were some glaring omissions from it, namely Sal Buscema. In this episode Brad, Kevin, Chris, Josh, Don, George and JR all share their lists. Is Ditko on top or Romita? Find out in this show.There are even some names on the lists that you would never think would make a top ten list.
Oct 12, 2013•1 hr 29 min
We answer your dozens of message board questions in this episode. Highlights include, *Is Spider-Man still Marvel's flagship character or has he been moved aside for the Avengers? *Writer Roger Stern has an omnibus coming out of his time on Spider-Man. The panel ranks where Stern ranks on their list of favorites. *There have been several Goblin mysteries over the years, which ones were the best? *Most overrated Spider-Creators
Oct 03, 2013•1 hr 11 min
JR takes us back to September 1993 for this month in Spider-History. Spidey takes on the Hulk in Amazing. He takes on Tombstone in Spectacular. In Web JR reviews one of the worst Spider-stories in history. Bertones Bio this month tackles Liz Allan. She recently appeared in an issue of Superior Spider-Man. Bertone takes us through her 50 years history with Spidey. She first appeared in Amazing Fantasy 15.
Sep 25, 2013•1 hr 20 min
Topics discussed on this episode include: *Scarlet Spider and Venom both being canceled *A man sells his Amazing Spider-Man #1 comic to pay for the catering for his daughters wedding. *Amazing Spider-Man returns for #700.1 to .5 *A tell all book is being written about the Spider-Man musical * Wolverine almost made a cameo in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 1 *More Sinister Six talk in the Amazing Spider-Man #2. *Dan Slott is writing a second title?
Sep 16, 2013•56 min
Highlights of the episode include: *Reviews of Superior Spider-Man # 16 and #17. *Thoughts on Liz Allan's return *Discussion on Spider-Man 2099's return *Was Robbie Robertson out of character in the recent issues? *Ethics of firing Norah Winters * Crawlspace ranks high on Itune downloads *Itune reviews
Sep 15, 2013•57 min
In this episode George reviews two episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. He tackles: Season 1: Great Responsibility Season 2: Stan By Me He gives the pros and cons and a grade. Kevin is tagging along for the ride.
Sep 06, 2013•44 min
This is a record breaking podcast with Spider-Satellites with Kevin. We review 15 books in this episode. The books reviewed include : Superior Carnage 1 Morbius 7-8 Scarlet Spider 19-21 Superior Foes of Spider-Man 1-2 Superior Spider-Man Team-Up 1-2 Ultimate Spider-Man 25-26 Venom 37-39
Sep 05, 2013•1 hr 30 min
Highlights of the episode include: *Review of Superior Spider-Man 15 *JR's This Month in Spider-History tackles August 2000 *Bertone Bio of Daniel Kingsley aka the recently deceased brother of Roderick Kingsley aka the Hobgoblin.
Sep 04, 2013•46 min
Topics of the episode include: *A 1990 interview with Jack Kirby has him stating he alone created Spider-Man. In case you're wondering, that is a Kirby cover from Amazing Spider-Man #10 on the right. *Andrew Garfield is quoted as saying a movie Spider-Man could be bi-sexual. *Movie news about the Sinsiter Six, Jim Carrey as Carnage, The Gentleman, Venom spin-off movie. *Reviews of Superior Spider-Man # 13 and 14
Sep 02, 2013•1 hr 3 min
We wrap up our 15th anniversary of the website celebration by taking live callers. Highlights of the show include: *We discuss an obscure Spider-Man cartoon where Aunt May tries to kill Spidey with poisoned cake. This is as hilarious as it sounds. *Origins of how the Crawlspace began and where the name came from back in 1998 *JR's thoughts about Norman's first plot to trap Spider-Man in the desert. *Our friends Michael Bailey and Zach aka Spideydude return for the anniversary fun.
Aug 25, 2013•1 hr 20 min
In this episode we're celebrating 15 years of the Spider-Man Crawlspace website and six years of the podcast. We took live callers on this episode. Some of the highlight questions include: *How do you use Spider-Man motto of "with great power and great responsibility" in your own life. *What issue of Spider-Man do you feel was the biggest rip off? *The panel shares how we discovered Spider-Man. *Does a costume change for Spidey have less of an impact than it did when the black costume appeared. ...
Aug 24, 2013•1 hr 25 min
Brad is joined by Bertone, Donovan, Stella and Eddie on this episode. All attended the San Diego Comic Con and they share their experiences. Highlights include: *Covering the Spider-Panel and an 11 year old cracks up Don. *John Romita Jr mistakes Don for Brad but fondly remembers his Crawlspace interview. *Don and Josh talk to Gerry Conway about killing Gwen Stacy *Bertone gets fist bumped by Sam Jackson and talks to Captain America *Stella covers the Marvel TV panel and has some fun interview h...
Jul 30, 2013•1 hr 52 min
We answer your message board questions in this episode. Highlights include: What if Electro kills Gwen in the Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie? Several people have deducted that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. Why hasn't Peter been able to detect other heroes identities? Betty Brant is one of the worst girlfriends in the history of comics. Bertone is asked for other evil girlfriends in fiction. Besides Doc Ock, what villain from Spidey's rogues gallery would make a good hero?
Jul 25, 2013•1 hr 35 min
This segment has our three regular Spider-Segments. *This Month in Spider-History with JR. We travel back to 1984 and examine Amazing Spider-Man #254. Also hear about a weird Marvel Team Up with Spidey and Thanos' amorous brother Starfox. *Bertone's Bios examines Alistair Smythe *Spider-Satellites with Kevin. He reviews Morbius, Avenging Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man, Venom and Scarlet Spider.
Jul 24, 2013•1 hr 21 min
We are starting a new segment where we're reviewing episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. We welcome our pal George Berryman back to the show to cover this segment. In the episode we review *With Power Episode 1 of Season 1 * The Incredible Spider-Hulk Episode 14 of Season 2 *George gives pros and cons of each episode. *His grade of the shows may surprise you.
Jul 20, 2013•1 hr 17 min
Topics of the episode include: *Legendary Spider-Man artist Todd McFarlane returns to draw Spider-Man one more time. *Writer Dan Slott addresses his future with Spider-Man. *An Ebay auction is selling the original printing plate for Amazing Spider-Man 252. It's only $100,000 dollars. *An upcoming graphic novel has Spider-Man getting a sister? *Spider-Thieves attack again! *We also welcome our new sponsor Collection Drawer.com for all your comic book storage needs.
Jul 14, 2013•1 hr 3 min
Topics of the episode include: *Review of Superior Spider-Man #12 *Actress Shailene Woodley who played Mary Jane in the Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie has been cut from the film. *Harry Osborn may become the Green Goblin in the sequel as opposed to Norman *Description of the new Green Goblin costume *Sarah Galdan and Felcity Jones have joined the cast of the new movie. Will they play Black Cat? Betty Brant? *We also welcome our new sponsor Collection Drawer.com for all your comic book storage needs....
Jul 13, 2013•1 hr
Highlights include: *Kevin reviews the various Spider-Satellites that came out within the last month. *Hear his praise of Ultimate Spider-Man *Hear his disappointment that continues with each month of the Morbuis title *Other books reviewed include Avenging Spider-Man, Scarlet Spider and Venom. *Also hear Kevin pay up a bet he made to BD about the new Star Trek movie.
Jun 30, 2013•54 min
