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Spidey-Fans Doug and Derek dive into every Spider-Man cartoon ever made — and all from a positive, queer, and analytical lens! From the swingin’ 60s through the rockin’ 90s to Spectacular, Ultimate, and beyond, we’ll explore everything weird and wonderful about our favorite Webhead. And over on our Patreon, we take detours into the games, movies, and (of course) comics that shape our favorite webslinger’s multimedia landscape! Is your spider-sense tingling?
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It's Derek's birthday, and the people wanted it: we're talking about the first appearance of the iconic Hex Girls in 1999's Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost. Why did it feel so familiar to Doug, how does it stack up to its immediate predecessor, and is that third act twist good, bad, or a bit of both? Plus we get into how the movie depicts Wicca, …
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This is the bleakest episode of the show, and we have strong feelings about it. From its “you married a clone” conception, to the severe and harmful mishandling of domestic abuse and stalking that the original episode did so well, to its dubious pace and editing, to its cruelty to both Peter and Mary Jane… this one just feels really bad, man. It’s …
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We knew we’d have mixed feelings about a follow-up to our favorite standalone episode (season 2’s “Hydro-Man” is still a masterpiece, y’all). But the beginning of this traumatic two-parter still delivers plenty of decent moments, even while it treads water – with Mary Jane using her wits to fight back against her abuser, Black Cat’s return (kind of…
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A god-like Electro is the Big Bad of The Six Forgotten Warriors saga, and shockingly, it all lands with a thud. We lose our minds a little bit at all the baffling decisions of this episode, including a wet fart of a swan song for Kingpin, the infuriatingly unnecessary exit of Silver Sable, Mary Jane throwing herself into danger just to give Spider-…
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Look out for that bat signal and “make the world safe for democracy”! In this very messy installment of the Six Forgotten Warriors saga, Spidey teams up with aged WWII heroes to stop the Insidious Six and learns to appreciate history as Captain America and Red Skull make their return. We talk about John Semper’s reinvention of the historic Black Ma…
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Finally, the titular Six Forgotten Warriors enter the fray! In this 1940s throwback, we get backstory on a WWII-era team of superheroes pulled out of Timely comics who fight alongside Captain America, complete with collectible statues that Kingpin, the Insidious Six, and Spidey are all after. We discuss how the preceding spy story makes yet another…
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It's Doug's birthday, and for a special surprise, he FINALLY watched that beloved 1998 Scooby-Doo movie for the very first time! Does it live up to how much all of our guests have been hyping it for so long? We talk about why Zombie Island was so important to the Scooby-Doo franchise, how it strikes the perfect balance between cartoon comedy and ge…
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Did you ever expect we’d be talking the KGB and Chernobyl on this Spider-Man podcast? Spidey’s adventures in Russia continue as he intersects with the sexily-voiced Silver Sable and a double-masked Red Skull, and we try to untangle this convoluted Parker parent triple agent spy story that, shockingly, does make sense when you think about it … wheth…
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Spider-Man goes to…Moscow? The beginning of season 5’s longest arc is a weird swerve, where Aunt May is central to a global conspiracy involving Peter Parker’s parents as double agent spies for Russia, a Nazi doomsday weapon, S.H.I.E.L.D. cover-ups and Silver Sable kidnappings, Robbie Robertson acting sus, and Kingpin reuniting the Insidious Six. I…
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The final season of the iconic Spider-Man: The Animated Series begins with a chaotically fun celebration! Peter and Mary Jane’s wedding brings out a slew of recurring characters and villains for one last hurrah, from Harry Osborn threatening MJ with a Goblin bomb to marry him to Black Cat teaming up with Kingpin to fight Scorpion and an army of rob…
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Spectacular comic artist Shadia Amin (Spider-Ham, Shiny Misfits) joins us to revisit the fourth season of Spider-Man: The Animated Series, a season of partners, returns, and a buff Black Cat! We discuss the ways the women in Spidey’s life are treated, including the disappeared, returned, and kidnapped Mary Jane – and how it drives Peter Parker and …
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Fox Kids expert Jessalyn Matthews jumps into a dimensional vortex with us to revisit Spider-Man: The Animated Series season 3! We talk about the portals, Goblins, bridges, and fatherly sins of the stellar finale – including movie-influenced perceptions of The Spot and Madame Web, creative workarounds for violence and death, Mark Hamill’s Hobgoblin,…
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It's the season of spooky! Merrilee O'Neil morbs out with us to revisit the monsters and body horror of the dark, influential second season of Spider-Man: The Animated Series. That includes the iconic Man-Spider and his fight with Kraven and Punisher, the first animated appearance of Blade that forever changed the character – and arguably led to th…
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In the leadup to our coverage of the final season and in celebration of the 30th anniversary, we’re revisiting the first four seasons of Spider-Man: The Animated Series! Joshua Moore (author of the upcoming Morphenomenal: How the Power Rangers Took Over the World) joins us to discuss the first season and its iconic black costume story that forever …
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Spidey Goes West? Not exactly, but how about a rodeo at Madison Square Garden with an evil clown and robot bull named Diablo, a connoisseur of cowboy collectibles named Wild Willie Wilson, and a masked bandit riding a rocket-powered steed? The pieces of this mystery may not fall quite into satisfying place, but we sure have a great time trying to p…
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For the third time, Doctor Doom tries to take over the world via the United Nations. This time, his hodge-podge plan includes: A mysterious god-like regular guy named Goron who shoots eye beams that do anything and everything, giant fruits and vegetables, NASA, a robot duplicate that appears for one scene, penis mushrooms, an undercover cop, and nu…
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We were not looking forward to returning to the 1981 cartoon…so color us surprised when we watched this fun, wacky episode with a post-modern sensibility and self-aware humor! Spidey goes on a stunt show with a silly villain named Stuntman who looks and acts like a hardcore edgelord 90s cyborg, and it only gets funnier from there. We’re watching Sp…
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We venture to a galaxy far, far away for this Glitterjaw Crossover with Cass and Tommy from Distant Echoes: A Star Wars Podcast! We talk about the time Spider-Woman fought a darksaber-wielding space villain from the dark side who looks suspiciously like Darth Vader. Plus, we discuss familiar-looking starships, Billy starting the Rebel Alliance, dro…
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Our odyssey with Otto Octavius possessing the pilfered body of Peter Parker progresses! And the Avengers are beginning to notice... or are they? In this unlocked Patreon episode, we discuss the difference between Otto's "handling" of Massacre and his response to Screwball & Jester; how things might've gone differently if Tony, Hank, Reed, or litera…
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Remember that time Doc Ock switched bodies with Peter Parker and it lasted for, like, two whole years? Over on Patreon, we're currently going through all of The Superior Spider-Man comics for the very first time, and now we're releasing part one of our conversation on the main feed! How does this compare to the 2017 Marvel's Spider-Man animated ada…
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Our midseason finale of the 1967 Spider-Man toon has it all – a sorcerer from the depths of time, a giant sexy imp in a speedo, fantastical battles made from brand new animation, and the triumphant return of Susan! James (from Marsh Land Media and the podcasts Mostly Speakin’ Sentai and This Movie’s Gay) joins us to talk the magical hijinks, along …
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Oh, you thought this show was weird before? Aaron Reynolds, creator of the fucking iconic Effin Birds, joins us when Spidey hops into a spaceship and heads into the completely unrelated sci-fi cartoon Rocket Robin Hood! And despite this episode only existing for cost-cutting measures, we’re blessed with laser-eyed ants, wacky giant animals, and a r…
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Haven’t we seen this before? Tyler and Nate of Animorphing Time, The Bruce Campbell Podcast, and Hate Speech join us for the return to the subterranean world of those furry blue Molemen and mostly a recycling of footage we’ve seen before… and somehow it’s more coherent than most episodes this season! Plus, we talk little green elf goblins, parallel…
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Gavin and Louie from The Mixed Reviews (the best film podcast!) are here to help us unravel a convoluted plot from the ‘67 Spidey toon, which includes a flamboyant villain named Shakespeare making gangsters wear gorilla suits and shooting liquid latex to steal a precious diamond! Plus, Peter gets very close to another boy in the shower, and four qu…
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To celebrate our 5th anniversary, we did another AMA! Go behind the scenes as we talk about the gritty early days of podcasting, including corrupted tracks, sweaty podcast forts, and dying laptops. Plus, we answer listener questions about our memorabilia and collectibles, anime and tokusatsu, Godzilla comic book mashups, FMK with 90s Spider-Man vil…
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Spider-Man ventures underground to fight a subterranean society of furry blue people in this send-up to Jules Verne! David from the Are You My Mother and Gimmicks podcasts joins us for this fantastical episode with stolen banks, an out-of-nowhere Scooby-Doo twist, and yet another resentful and mean Peter Parker. We’re watching Spider-Man (1967): Se…
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Peter Parker tries to join the school football team and woo his latest love interest, but the teen drama is rudely interrupted when an airship-themed villain kidnaps the star player! The delightful Merrilee returns for this oddly structured episode of the ‘67 Spidey toon that includes Skymaster, one of our new favorite original villains who could r…
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Spidey faces… the final act of Avengers: Age of Ultron?! Enrique from (Un)Popped Podcast joins us as an evil green-skinned scientist makes the island of Manhattan float in the sky and forces Peter to miss his date! We talk about Enrique’s experiences watching the ‘67 Spider-Man cartoon in El Salvador, how the visuals of this show help distract from…
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Spider-Man 1967 continues its rebooted story as Peter Parker gets a job at the Daily Bugle! Chris Cummins of Sci-Fi Explosion returns for this surprisingly grounded episode, which has Spidey face off against the first animated appearance of Kingpin to uncover a pharmaceutical conspiracy that’s surprisingly relevant to today. Plus, we talk about how…
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We’re going back to the beginning in more ways than one, as the second season of the original 1967 Spider-Man cartoon reboots itself! With a brand new animation studio headed by prolific counterculture icon Ralph Bakshi (pre-Fritz the Cat and Lord of the Rings), the new season starts off with a faithful retelling of Spidey’s origin, complete with p…
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Did you know we almost got a mini-Spectacular Spider-Man reunion in 2012? We’re covering the infamous episode of the critically-acclaimed Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes series… the one where Josh Keaton’s big Spider-Man appearance was re-recorded by Drake Bell for frustrating reasons. But despite the minor controversy overshadowing it, this epi…
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All of this season’s major threads come to head (literally) when the Doc Ock-inhabited Living Brain attempts to switch bodies with Spider-Man – all alongside a fast-paced battle through a supervillain prison, a proper Spider-Men/Spider-Girl team-up, and an appropriately bleak start to this show’s Superior Spider-Man adaptation. We’re watching Marve…
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Spider-Man spends this episode being the most relatable he’s ever been – very, very tired and exhausted. As Peter is forced to get some rest, Miles takes the reins to solve a mystery with his new robot buddy Living Brain, who is definitely not evil and definitely not behind all of this! We’re watching Marvel’s Spider-Man (2017): Season 2, Episode 1…
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The Bad Guys finally finish getting broughten in the final two segments! First, Spidey meets one of our new favorite Electros, a haphazard inventor lady who electrocutes herself into oblivion. Then, the arc concludes with a mastermind Chameleon, two J. Jonah Jamesons, and another miscasting of Patton Oswalt. We’re watching Marvel’s Spider-Man (2017…
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It might be close to Christmas, but it’s still Halloween for Jack O’Lantern – and this hysterical cackling version of him who just wants cash to buy more Halloween decorations is an absolute joy. Then, in the second segment, Spidey fights and then teams up with Prowler (whose suit we wish was cooler) against robo-Silvermane… somehow prompting yet a…
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ANYA CORAZON IS SPIDER-GIRL! Though we wish her entrance had more fanfare (and a full episode), it’s still fun seeing a Spidey story from the perspective of Gwen and Anya, the latter of whom finally gets a chance to spin webs by fighting The Spot. And in the second segment, we meet this show’s version of Mysterio! We’re watching Marvel’s Spider-Man…
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It’s no surprise that we love Hippo and Panda-Mania, a literal anthropomorphic hippo and his panda onesie-wearing friend with wrestling moves. But we also love the beginning of this arc, which is penned by comic legend J.M. DeMatteis and features two distinct segments of Spidey facing C-list bad guys and doing a sick Akira slide on a motorcycle. We…
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Venom’s continued revenge on Spider-Man brings out a slew of fun horror tropes as Peter’s loved ones are kidnapped! This action-packed conclusion features a dramatic unmasking, classic Venom belly-mouth, inspired lighting effects, and even more complicated feelings about this show’s use and view of Miles Morales.We’re watching Marvel’s Spider-Man (…
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We’re throwing a party, because the 2017 show is good again–and just in time for the return of Venom! Eddie Brock speaks (!!!) and we learn that he’s a narcissistic, irredeemable creep… who is extremely fun to watch. We talk about the show finally figuring out how to balance Miles as both plucky comic relief AND a superhero, a very out of character…
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On one hand, Kamala Khan is the big guest star! On the other hand, this is a distinctly cold and not-fun version of Kamala Khan, which doesn’t seem particularly Kamala Khan-like! Spidey and Ms. Marvel infiltrate an evil boarding school and get tangled in an Avengers kidnapping in an episode that should be way, way more entertaining than it is. We’r…
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We know you’ve been waiting for it. Finally, we’re talking about everyone’s favorite riveting and popular villain team… The Wake Riders? Nah. Unfortunately, this episode’s Super Sentai rejects and a non-redemption arc for Vulture do not make for a good outing, despite coming from a writer we like. We’re watching Marvel’s Spider-Man (2017): Season 2…
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Here’s a treat for your Halloween: A compilation of our spookiest Patreon episodes! We cover a slew of creepy, scary, and weird issues from various Spider-Man and Venom comics, including a Thing-inspired Venom story, a twisted and monstrous version of the Spider-Man origin, a Jack-O-Lantern serial killer, a comedic Halloween story from an SNL alum,…
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In our first Glitterjaw crossover bonus episode, Katie from Novel Gaming joins us to chat about our spoiler-free first impressions of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, the new game from Insomniac! We talk about the gameplay and enhanced PS5 haptics, our favorite suits for Miles and Peter, the community-minded “friendly neighborhood” of it all, and of course a…
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The Master Planner’s Master Plan comes to fruition in one of Spider-Man 2017’s best outings! A delightful Doc Ock superfan Carolyn Trainer upends the harmful “obsessive fangirl” tropes and is instead a welcome dash of fun in an episode full of anime-esque body horror and psychic energy fight sequences. We’re watching Marvel’s Spider-Man (2017): Sea…
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New season, new school year, new showrunners… new Doc Ock? Otto seeks redemption and a super-science device gets stolen by Wild Pack in the REAL season premiere of the 2017 Spider-Man. But we get hung up on this episode’s messy historical science “facts”, Peter’s money issues coupled with the lack of Harry, the continued underuse of Miles, and what…
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We begin the second season of the 2017 Spider-Man series with less of a season premiere and more of an interlude episode made up of low-stakes vignettes about summer! While Peter tries (and fails) to have a successful beach day, baseball game, concert, and camping trip, we dig into the shift in showrunners – and how that may have affected this epis…
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The origin trilogy of Amazing Friends ends with an incredibly faithful adaptation of Spider-Man’s debut! Chris Cummins of Sci-Fi Explosion joins us for one of this show’s best episodes, a gorgeously animated and emotional love letter to Spidey and his friends that also features a hot Shocker who was definitely a gay awakening for many people. We’re…
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Firestar’s origin story pits Angelica against one of the most devious, megalomaniacal, pure evil criminal masterminds ever seen – Bonnie the Cheerleader! Greg Leatherman (of Very Random Encounters and It’s Super Effective) joins for this fun Carrie homage and X-Men crossover that highlights why we love Firestar! We’re watching Spider-Man and His Am…
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Our amazing friends have joined us for this three-episode season of Amazing Friends origin stories! Dr. Christopher Roman, author of Queering Wolverine in Comics and Fan Fiction: A Fastball Special, brings his background as a professor specializing in comics studies and queer theory to analyze this depiction of one of the gayest X-Men – Iceman! And…
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We’ve started a new podcast collective: Glitterjaw! This collective features queer creators talking about media of all kinds, and we answer listener questions about Glitterjaw’s origins, how we came up with the name and logo, our goals, and more! Plus, we talk about our favorite sandwiches, queer characters we relate to, adventures at Dragon Con, a…
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