Amazing Spider-Talk: A Spider-Man Podcast

I am the spider.

In this episode, Mark and Dan will discuss how somewhere deep within the Marvel offices an idea was floated that, “Hey, we just married off Spider-Man. What do you think about killing him off in a dark Kraven story?” And the answer that came back was. “Yes.”

That’s right; it’s time for Amazing Spider-Talk to finally talk about the critically beloved “Kraven’s Last Hunt” by writer JM DeMatteis and artist Mike Zeck, as well as its many sequels. Or are they just homages? Legasequels? Honestly, there are so many they can be almost impossible to categorize.

Joining us for this conversation is Neil Kleid. Neil is a cartoonist and writer who, in 2014, adapted Kraven’s Last Hunt into a novel published by Marvel and Titan Books. He’ll help us drill down into what makes this story so special to comics readers the world over and talk about his process of adapting such a revered text.

This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, 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.

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This week’s Patreon podcasts include a review of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #69, the first six episodes of Season 7 of the show, and the first two 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:

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

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Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #67. This issue was written by Justina Ireland. The cover features artwork by Patrick Gleason and Richard Isanove. The interior pages feature artwork by Andrea Broccardo, colors by Marcio Menyz, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on February 12th, 2025.

This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. 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 also would 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. 6) ##68, the first five episodes of Season 7 of the show, and the first Whatever a Spider Can Diary, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man, his visit to the Library of Congress to see the original art pages of Amazing Fantasy #15, and his interview with the exhibit’s curator Sara Duke. 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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“Until editorial mandate, do you part…”

In this episode, we are going to be doing something very different. In a typical episode of Amazing Spider-Talk we would find a topic and feature a light discussion between Dan and Mark, but that’s not what we are going to be doing here.

No, this time, we will be doing a debate about a topic that has been the center of debate since 1987: the Spider-Marriage between Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson. We covered the story of their relationship and marriage in some detail last season and in our “Wedding Special” episode from Valentine’s Day 2017, joined by our wives to discuss the event, so we wanted to do something different.

Joining us for this debate, we wanted a Marriage-Truther to push back against our decidedly lukewarm takes about the Spider-Marriage in the form of a debate. We didn’t want to invite on a dime-a-dozen troll from social media to get into a loud argument with us, but someone who could articulately argue for the marriage and how it is essential to the story of Spider-Man. So, we decided that the best person to do so is our friend, who you may remember from our Race in Spider-Man episode, none other than the co-host of the “Questions: We Don’t Have Answers” podcast, Donovan Morgan Grant!

Vote on who won the debate and listen to the next two episodes of Season 7 on our Patreon:

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This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, 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 also would 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. 6) #67, and the first five episodes of Season 7 of the show. 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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You’re a good man, Peter Parker.

Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #66. This issue was written by Justina Ireland. The cover features artwork by Mark Bagley and Richard Isanove. The interior pages feature artwork by Andrea Broccardo, colors by Marcio Menyz, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on January 22nd, 2025.

This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. 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 also would 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. 6) #67 and #68, the first five episodes of Season 7 of the show, and the first Whatever a Spider Can Diary, which documents Dan’s process of writing a book about Spider-Man, his visit to the Library of Congress to see the original art pages of Amazing Fantasy #15, and his interview with the exhibit’s curator Sara Duke. 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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“New creative teams, who dis?”

In this episode, Dan and Mark discuss the fallout of the unexpected end of the DeFalco/Frenz run on Amazing Spider-Man, which left the creative voices leading the title in doubt. In the wake of the abrupt departure DeFalco/Frenz and messy end of “Gang War” and the deeply unsatisfying Hobgoblin reveal, as well as editorial shake-ups up and down the Marvel line, Amazing Spider-Man went into a transition period, with a ton of new voices coming on and off the title, including David Michelinie, JRJR, Alex Saviuk, JMD, Mike Zeck, Ann Nocenti, and Cindy Martin. The result was a confusing time to be a Spider-Man fan, but it also contained some of the most celebrated Spider-Man stories of all time, the first female writer to pen an issue of Amazing Spider-Man, and some significant status quo changes for Spidey’s world.

If you want to read along with our conversation, we’ll be talking specifically about Amazing Spider-Man #290-297, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, Web of Spider-Man #31-33, Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #131-133, as well as some of the other transition periods in Spider-Man’s history. All of these issues can be found on the Marvel Unlimited app, and many have been collected over the years in the Epic Collections #17 and #18, as well as the various “Kraven’s Last Hunt” graphic novel printings.

The next three episodes of the season are already available on Patreon.

This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, 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 also would 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. 6) #67, and the first five episodes of Season 7 of the show. 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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Here we go, here we go, again.

Join Dapper Dan Gvozden and editor Alex Galucki for a preview of their review of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Season 1, Episodes #1-2). This is only a preview of the whole episode review that is now available on Patreon. To access that full review and the remainder of the weekly reviews for the rest of the season, which will only ever be available on Patreon, be sure to consider signing up:

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This episode was edited by Rick Coste. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj.

Watch the show on YouTube:

We also would 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. 6) #66, and the first five episodes of Season 7 of the show. 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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“Baby’s First Nietzsche”

Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #65. This issue was written by Joe Kelly. The cover features artwork by Mark Bagley and Richard Isanove. The interior pages feature artwork by CAFU, colors by Frank D’Armata, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on January 8th, 2025.

This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. 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 also would 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. 6) #66, and the first five episodes of Season 7 of the show. 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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In this season of the Amazing Spider-Talk, we’re traveling back to the late ’80s and early ’90s to an era of Spider-Man’s history that saw his comic completely visually reinvented, with sales reaching a peak that will likely never be replicated and a whole host of creative voices that would go to change the comic industry forever. Yes, we are talking about the early half of writer David Michelinie’s run on Amazing Spider-Man, where he worked alongside the founders of Image Comics, Todd McFarlane and Erik Larsen, married off Peter Parker, and introduced the world to the hottest villain in the world of Spider-Man, since the Ditko days, none other than VENOM!

To read:

The Episodes:

The first three episodes of the season are already available on Patreon.

This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. 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 also would 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. 6) #65, and the first four episodes of Season 7 of the show. 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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“I am the inevitability of bad letters in the Spider-Mail feature.”

Mark and Dan discuss Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #64. This issue was written by Justina Ireland. The cover features artwork by Ed McGuinness and Marcio Menyz. The interior pages feature artwork by Gleb Melnikov, colors by Marcio Menyz, and, of course, letters by VC’s Joe Caramagna. This issue was first released on December 25th, 2024, although it is important to note that shops were hit with more delays by Diamond, amplified by the Christmas Day release date, and so many received their books late.

This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. 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 also would 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. 6) #65, and the first four episodes of Season 7 of the show. 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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A Festivus miracle!

The airing of grievances has begun! In this episode, Mark and Dan continue their coverage of Ultimate Spider-Man (vol. 3) by discussing Ultimate Spider-Man (vol. 3) #7-12. These issues were written by Jonathan Hickman. The covers feature artwork by Marco Checchetto and Matthew Wilson. The interior pages feature pencils and inks by Marco Checchetto and David Messina, colors by Matthew Wilson, and letters by VC’s Cory Petit. These issues were first released from July 31st, 2024, to December 18th, 2024.

This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, 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 also would 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. 6) #64, and the first three episodes of Season 7 of the show. 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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