Amazing Spider-Talk: A Spider-Man Podcast

Truth. Justice. And the American Way!

In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #13, which is legacy issue #977.

This issue was written by Joe Kelly. The cover features artwork by Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia. The interiors feature art by Pepe Larraz, colors by Marte Gracia and Erick Arciniega, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on October 1st, 2025.

Rick Coste edited this episode. Alex Galucki edited the video version of this podcast. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.

This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #14  and three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:

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It took 12.5 years, but we’ve finally done it!

Mark and Dan are thrilled to be joined by Joe Kelly, the current writer of The Amazing Spider-Man, whose history across the Spider-Man line of comics spans over two decades, going all the way back to his time writing Webspinners and 2099: World of Tomorrow.

He was part of the Spidey-Braintrust of writers who rotated duties during the Brand New Day era, during which he wrote classics like “The Rage of the Rhino,” “American Son,” and “Grim Hunt.” For our specific purposes, he wrote one of Mark’s favorite comics, the time-traveling Deadpool (vol. 2) #11, in which Spider-Man revisits the events of Amazing Spider-Man #47. Since then, he’s written the hilarious Spider-Man/Deadpool series and miniseries like Non-Stop Spider-Man and Savage Spider-Man.

His work across independent titles like I Kill Giants, Rex, Four Eyes, and Bad Dog is the stuff of legends, and these credits don’t even begin to scratch the surface of his TV work, which includes co-creating Ben-10 and even writing and producing Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man.

This episode of the show wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of our Patreon subscribers.

This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #14, and three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:

https://www.patreon.com/superiorspidertalk

Rick Coste edited this episode. Alex Galucki edited the video version of this podcast. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.

Watch the show on YouTube:

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We would also love to see you join our Amazing Spider-Slack community board. If you’d like to join in on our amazing conversations, click this link to get started:

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You can email questions to our show at [email protected] or by clicking here.

You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

“I’m fighting children.”

In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #12, which is legacy issue #976. This issue was written by Joe Kelly. The cover features artwork by Ed McGuinness and Marte Gracia. The interiors feature pencils by Ed McGuinness, inks by Cliff Rathburn and Ed McGuinness, colors by Marcio Menyz and Erick Arciniega, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on September 17th, 2025.

Listen to our interview with Amazing Spider-Man writer Joe Kelly on Patreon!

Rick Coste edited this episode. Alex Galucki edited the video version of this podcast. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.

Watch the show on YouTube:

We would also love to see you join our Amazing Spider-Slack community board. If you’d like to join in on our amazing conversations, click this link to get started:

This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #13, our interview with JOE KELLY(!!!), and three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:

Read our B-Title reviews, collecting memories, and more in the Amazing Spider-Talk Substack!

You can email questions to our show at [email protected] or by clicking here.

You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

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Peter in spaaaaaaace……

In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #11, which is Legacy issue #975. This issue was written by Joe Kelly. The cover features artwork by Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia. This issue contains two stories. The first story, “Broken Mirror,” features pencils by John Romita Jr., inks by Scott Hanna, and colors by Marcio Menyz. The second story, “Broken Man,” features artwork by Pepe Larraz and colors by Marte Gracia. Both stories feature letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on September 3rd, 2025.

Rick Coste edited this episode. Alex Galucki edited the video version of this podcast. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.

Watch the show on YouTube:

We would also love to see you join our Amazing Spider-Slack community board. If you’d like to join in on our amazing conversations, click this link to get started:

This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #12, our interview with JOE KELLY(!!!), and three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:

Read our B-Title reviews, collecting memories, and more in the Amazing Spider-Talk Substack!

You can email questions to our show at [email protected] or by clicking here.

You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

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The moral of these stories: Never go on vacation.

In this episode, Dan and Mark revisit a series of strange experiments in the Marvel line that arose from the rising popularity of the graphic novel format. Comics were slowly being accepted as literature in the United States, which opened the door for new ways to package the stories of characters like Spider-Man, brought new artists to the books, and presented opportunities to do big stories with returning favorite creators.

If you want to read along with our conversation, all of the books discussed are currently available on Marvel Unlimited. They were collected in print in a book called Spider-Man: The Graphic Novels and can be bought online on most major comic retailers, whether through reprints or in their original formats. The books we’ll be discussing are specifically:

– The Amazing Spider-Man: Hooky (Marvel Graphic Novel #22)

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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #11, our interview with Joe Kelly,  and the first three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can diary episodes. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:

Read our B-Title reviews, collecting memories, and more in the Amazing Spider-Talk Substack!

You can email questions to our show at [email protected] or by clicking here.

You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

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Don’t call him the Superior Spider-Man.

In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #10. This issue was written by Joe Kelly. The cover features artwork by John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna, and Marcio Menyz. The interior artwork is by guest artist Michael Dowling, with colors by Erick Arciniega, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on August 20th, 2025.

Rick Coste edited this episode. Alex Galucki edited the video version of this podcast. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.

Watch the show on YouTube:

We would also love to see you join our Amazing Spider-Slack community board. If you’d like to join in on our amazing conversations, click this link to get started:

This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #11, every episode of Season 7 of the show, and three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:

Read our B-Title reviews, collecting memories, and more in the Amazing Spider-Talk Substack!

You can email questions to our show at [email protected] or by clicking here.

You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

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And now for something completely different… again…

In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #9. This issue was written by Joe Kelly. The cover features artwork by John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna, and Marcio Menyz. The interior artwork is by guest artist Michael Dowling, with colors by Marte Gracia, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on August 6th, 2025.

Rick Coste edited this episode. Alex Galucki edited the video version of this podcast. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.

Watch the show on YouTube:

We would also love to see you join our Amazing Spider-Slack community board. If you’d like to join in on our amazing conversations, click this link to get started:

This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #11, every episode of Season 7 of the show, and three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:

Read our B-Title reviews, collecting memories, and more in the Amazing Spider-Talk Substack!

You can email questions to our show at [email protected] or by clicking here.

You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

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The Next Generation of Comics: IMAGE!

In this episode, Dan and Mark discuss the events that led to the singlemost impactful shakeup to the modern comics industry since Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s invention of the Marvel Comics Universe. On the pages of the X-Men and Spider-Man line of comics, Marvel had been fostering the careers of superstar artists like Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, and Erik Larsen. But, when these creatives led Marvel to unprecedented sales and cultural impact, they realized that perhaps they could go supernova, leave Marvel behind, upend the comics industry, and found their own independent comic book publishing company that we know know as Image Comics.

But, as Mark and Dan are hardly encyclopedic experts on the early days of Image, they’ve brought on the UK’s most handsome dhampire, Image Comics expert Josh Sutton from the excellent YouTube channel examining comics and superhero media, Panels to Pixels!

Enjoy Josh’s channel  @PanelstoPixels!

Check out some of his best Image Comics-related episodes:

Why You’re Wrong About Rob Liefeld

The Most Important Comics of the 1990s

10 Things You Might Not Know About Spawn

Ranking the Image Comics Founders: Who Was the Best Artist?

Everything You Know About This Image is WRONG!

The Life and Death of the Image Universe

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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #10, the final episode of Season 7, and the first three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can diary episodes. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:

Read our B-Title reviews, collecting memories, and more in the Amazing Spider-Talk Substack!

You can email questions to our show at [email protected] or by clicking here.

You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

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We all thought we were getting a Peter and MJ series, but it turns out Hickman’s greatest twist was that instead we got a Harry and Gwen series. In this episode, Mark and Dan continue their coverage of Ultimate Spider-Man (vol. 3) by discussing issues #13-18. These issues were written by Jonathan Hickman. The covers […]

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Wax on. Wax off.

In this episode, Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #8. This issue was written by Joe Kelly. The cover and interiors predominantly feature pencils by John Romita Jr., inks by Scott Hanna, several pages with pencils and inks from Todd Nauck, colors by Marcio Menyz and Erick Arciniega, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on July 23rd, 2025.

Rick Coste edited this episode. Alex Galucki edited the video version of this podcast. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, Chris Sutcliffe, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.

Watch the show on YouTube:

We would also love to see you join our Amazing Spider-Slack community board. If you’d like to join in on our amazing conversations, click this link to get started:

This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 7) #9, our reviews of Ultimate Spider-Man (vol. 3) #13-18, every episode of Season 7 of the show, and three episodes of the Whatever a Spider Can Diaries, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man. If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page:

Read our B-Title reviews, collecting memories, and more in the Amazing Spider-Talk Substack!

You can email questions to our show at [email protected] or by clicking here.

You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.

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