Here Comes The Spider-Cast
A weekly podcast dedicated to Spider-Man comic books in the 1980s. We start with Roger Stern's debut on 'Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man' #43, then continue on with virtually every chronological Spidey appearance for the rest of the decade.
Episodes
January 16, 2023 • 105 mins
The FINAL episode of Spider-Cast!
The World's Greatest Bronze Age Spider-Man Podcast closes out the 1980s with a bang. Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #59 (by Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #327 (by David Michelinie, Erik Larsen, Al Gordon), Amazing Spider-Man #328 (by Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), Spectacular Spider-Man #159 (by Conway, Sal Buscema).
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January 9, 2023 • 62 mins
Dan MacDonald guest stars in our review of the 2007 classic.
With great hair, comes great responsibility.
The much-maligned Spidey Sequel holds up surprisingly well...for most of the Spider-Friends.
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January 2, 2023 • 73 mins
Paul Zettel joins the Spider-Friends for another Friendly Neighbourhood Discussion!
Acts of Vengeance is here! Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #58 (by Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #326 (by David Michelinie, Colleen Doran, Andy Mushynsky), Spectacular Spider-Man #158 (Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito).
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December 26, 2022 • 73 mins
Andrew "Barry" Helmer joins the Spider-Friends for a record-breaking 7th time!
We Really, Really Hate Clones.
Reviewing the final episodes of the 90s animated series: Doom, I Really, Really Hate Clones, and Farewell, Spider-Man, by Bob Richardson, Mark Hoffmeier and James Krieg.
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December 19, 2022 • 80 mins
Erika joins Josh and Mike for another Spidery discussion.
Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #57 (by Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #325 (by David Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), Spectacular Spider-Man #157 (by Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito).
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December 12, 2022 • 44 mins
Reviewing three episodes of the 90s animated series: 'The Return of Hydro-Man: Part Two', 'Secret Wars: Chapter One - Arrival', and 'Chapter Two - The Gauntlet of the Red Skull'.
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December 5, 2022 • 68 mins
Reviewing Amazing Spider-Man Annual #23 (David Michelinie, Gerry Conway, Rob Liefeld, Mark Bagley, Tom DeFalco, Peter Sanderson and Fred Hembeck), Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #9 (Conway, David Ross, Glenn Herdling, Scott McDaniel, Sanderson, Bagley, and Hembeck), Web of Spider-Man Annual #5 (Conway, Javier Saltares, Fabian Nicieza, Mark Probst, Sanderson, Bagley, Hembeck).
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November 28, 2022 • 30 mins
'Six Forgotten Warriors' wraps up and Hydro-Man returns!
Reviewing 3 episodes from Season 5 of the 90s animated series: The Six Fight Again (by John Semper Jr., Bob Richardson), The Price Of Heroism (Semper Jr. and Richardson), and The Return of Hydro-Man: Part 1 (Semper Jr., Eileen Fuentes, James Krieg, Richardson)
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November 21, 2022 • 73 mins
Reviewing Web Of Spider-Man #56 (by Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #323 (by David Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), Amazing Spider-Man #324 (by Michelinie, Erik Larsen, Al Gordon), Spectacular Spider-Man #156 (by Conway, Sal Busema, Mike Esposito).
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November 14, 2022 • 85 mins
Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #55 (by Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #321 and #322 (by David Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), and Spectacular Spider-Man #155 (by Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema, Mike Esposito).
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November 7, 2022 • 49 mins
Kevin Jank "McCoy" is back for the second week in a row, for more talk about Spidey.
Reviewing 3 episodes of Spider-Man: The Animated Series! Season 5, Episode 2: "Six Forgotten Warriors"; Episode 3: "Unclaimed Legacy"; Episode 4: "Secrets of the Six" by Bob Richardson and John Semper.
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October 31, 2022 • 70 mins
Kevin Jank "McCoy" re-joins the Spider-Friends for a cross-section of imaginary stories from the 80s.
Reviewing What If...? #24 - What If Spider-Man Had Rescued Gwen Stacey? (by Tony Isabella, Gil Kane, Frank Giacoia); What If... #30 - What If Spider-Man's Clone Had Lived? (by Bill Flanagan, Rich Buckler, Jim Mooney, Pablo Marcos); What If...? #46 - What If Spider-Man's Uncle Ben Had Lived? (by Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz, Sam DeLosa)...
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October 24, 2022 • 97 mins
Lisa joins the Spider-Friends for a look at your friendly neighourhood web-slinger.
Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #54 (by Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #319 and #320 (by David Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), Spectacular Spider-Man #154 (by Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema).
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October 17, 2022 • 34 mins
Plus, the Lizard returns!
Reviewing Episodes 4-10 "The Lizard King" (by Bob Richardson, John Semper Jr.), 4-11 "The Prowler" (by and 5-1 "The Wedding" (by Meg McLaughlin and Semper Jr.) of the 1990s Animated Series.
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October 10, 2022 • 36 mins
Bob "Pork Carrot" Myers joins the gang for another Bronze Age Spider-Man discussion.
NOT the surprise return of a supervillain named "Parallel", this is look back at the lives of Peter Parker and Mary-Jane Watson by Gerry Conway, Alex Saviuk and Andy Mushynsky.
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October 3, 2022 • 67 mins
Mike-DELL joins the Spider-Friends for a look at Spidey in the Bronze Age.
Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #53 (by Gerry Conway, Mark Bagley, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #318 (by David Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), Spectacular Spider-Man #153 (by Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema).
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September 28, 2022 • 87 mins
Toronto comics artist Gibson Quarter joins the Spider-Friends for an in-depth look at a fan favourite comic, and a superficial look at a comic that was so bad they got the issue number wrong.
Atlantis Attacks, Hulk attacks, and Spidey gets the sniffles.
Marvel Fanfare features a cult-classic story by Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden, co-starring the Hulk. Daredevil Annual #4 features a non-classic non-story by Gerry Conway and non-...
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September 19, 2022 • 64 mins
Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #52 (by Gerry Conway, Frank Springer, John Romita Sr.), Amazing Spider-Man #317 (by David Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), and Spectacular Spider-Man #152 (by Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema).
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September 12, 2022 • 53 mins
Erika Rock joins Joshua Murr-VELL and Mike-EL for a dynamic discussion about Spider-Man cartoons.
Reviewing 3 episodes from Season 4 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series: #4-7: The Vampire Queen (by John Semper Jr., Meg McLaughlin, Bob Richardson), #4-8: Return of the Green Goblin (by Mark Hoffmeier, Richardson), #4-9: The Haunting of Mary-Jane Watson (by McLaughlin, Semper Jr., Virginia Roth, Richardson).
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September 5, 2022 • 85 mins
Cousin Brandon joins the full cast of the Spider-Friends for a look at 80s Spider-Fun.
Reviewing Web of Spider-Man #51 (by Gerry Conway, Mark Bagley, Keith Williams), Amazing Spider-Man #316 (by David Michelinie, Todd McFarlane), Spectacular Spider-Man #151.
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