Walloping Websnappers! A Spider-Man Podcast

Season 2 of Ultimate Spider-Man opens with an arc introducing all the classic villains we missed in season 1, and first up is a Doc Connors who’s really horny for some lizard formula! We get into this accelerated story to get Connors to become The Lizard, Spidey and his team operating as a perfect loving family with no problems, and a surprisingly fun Amazing Friends gag. We’re watching Ultimate S...

Who’s our favorite egomaniac with four metal arms and a love of science? Doc Ock! In the first of our “Web Of” series, we’re talking about all the animated adaptations of Spidey’s formidable foe to try and answer: What makes a quintessential Otto Octavius? We get into our favorite and least favorite designs (spoiler: we hate when he has abs), which tentacles we like best, and why even the most rad...

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man ends its first season with space portals, time travel, symbiotes, and magic…and somehow, it’s all works! We talk about the big time loop reveal and what it and the lack of Uncle Ben guilt say about this version of Spider-Man, along with Norman Osborn as a Lex Luthor figure and our lack of memory about the Oscorp internship. Plus, we discuss what we know about...

The gang war comes to a head and Spidey gets a rematch with Scorpion in the action-packed penultimate episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man ’s first season! We talk about the unexpected culmination of Lonnie’s arc – and his role as Spidey’s heart rather than a villain – along with Spidey’s swanky new (classic) suit, Nico coming around on his identity, and Norman’s advice having ill effe...

Otto Octavius plays Animal Crossing and does a gay little dance! Harry calls Peter “Tiger”! For an episode devoid of action and devoted to Peter contemplating his failures, there’s still lots of fun to be had. We get into Norman Osborn’s bad advice, the Parkers as a family unit, Chameleon’s weird mask, the first sign that Big D is a bad leader, and Harry Osborn as a love interest for Peter. We’re...

Spider-Man and Lonnie Lincoln's stories finally intersect when the Ock-augmented Scorpion attacks the 110th Street Gang's hideout. Plus, Nico and Harry hash things out over pizza and... a street race? We talk about the parallels between Pearl's frustration with Lonnie and Nico's frustration with Peter, ponder what Harry did to the Nike Board of Directors, and speculate whether Norm...

Well, it’s another Doctor Doom episode of the 1981 cartoon… but is this show actually building a semi-serialized Doom story across multiple episodes?! After Doom traps Spider-Man underground, we get an extended flashback about Doom’s origins from the perspective of the Latverians he rules over, questioning if a tragedy in the past justifies being a huge jerk in the present. We talk about this very...

Yeah, Daredevil is in this episode! But there’s plenty more, including a VHS movie night between Peter, Harry, and Nico that goes very awry, and the first inkling that this show’s Norman Osborn may, in fact, be a bad dude. We talk about snack recipes and parallels between raisins and dates, using the MCU and Civil War background well, and even more of Peter’s terrible lies. We’re watching Your Fri...

It’s the one where Spider-Man gets beat up by a giant muscular Russian lady with a laser on her head! Lucky guy. He also has to deal with Harry Osborn’s new role as his “dude at the desk” and how this newfound relationship affects Nico. We talk about the official introduction of Hugh Dancy’s Otto Octavius, Unicorn as a pretty despicable villain, and the moment Lonnie’s compelling transition into T...

It’s one big FASHION MONTAGE! Peter tries and fails to adopt different superhero costumes and personas to hilarious effect. But on the dramatic side, Lonnie gets thrown into the deep end of a dangerous gang war with the Scorpions. Also, we talk Dr. Wittman being this show’s J. Jonah Jameson, good ways to make MCU references, and a weird amount of conversation about the show Becker . (Yes, this epi...

So, how’s Peter Parker doing after that whole memory wipe spell? Not great! We’re talking about the fourth MCU Spidey film that explores a Spider-Man without human connection and the mental, emotional, and physical Spider-mutating toll it takes on him. Spin your web cocoon as we talk about very ripped Tom Holland, the disgust of organic webs, using Marvel characters like Hulk and Punisher other th...

Peter and Lonnie both get in over their heads with some powerful master manipulators… AND BIG D IS HERE! After we get done thirsting after the leader of the 110, we talk about this eccentric Norman Osborn’s weirdly adorable enthusiasm for Spider-Manning, the mechanics of buying out an entire restaurant, and a bickering straight couple who almost kill Spider-Man. We’re watching Your Friendly Neighb...

Peter Parker is a (paid) Oscorp intern now, which means we get to meet gay icon Colman Domingo’s Norman Osborn, Paul F. Tompkins as a grumpy old scientist, and a Dr. Connors who is not experimenting on lizards. We talk about hot and husky Butane and a race to rescue pets from very good-looking fire, lots of deep cut comic book references, and why appointment times should require you to arrive 15 m...

We’re revisiting Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man again, this time in-depth and with full spoilers! And boy does this first episode and its strange Spidey origin play differently when you know where the season ends. We get into the show’s origins as an MCU tie-in and how being freed of those restraints leads to a truly special Spider-Man series, with a fun friendship between Peter Parker and...

It’s a beautiful tearjerker of a season finale as the Spider-Team struggles to slow down unstoppable mech and Otto Octavius proves himself as a hero – and Peter Parker’s soul mate. We talk about the state of secret identities, using Miles’s powers well, anime-inspired moments, and why this entire season may stack up among the top 5 best seasons in the history of Spider-Man cartoons. We’re watching...

The Spider Team finally comes together in a video game mission-style race across the city to stop the activation of an unstoppable mech! Unfortunately, Harry’s jealousy of his boyfriend Peter spending too much time with Otto causes them problems. We talk about Norman Osborn as a stand-in for a certain evil tech trillionaire, Vulture as a Big Bad, the death of Spider-Man’s awful motorcycle, and the...

The Goblin King is revealed…but is it a satisfying twist? We try to untangle this show’s attempt at a Goblin identity mystery – which involves sweet Harry Osborn building a weapon of mass destruction (!!!) – and whether or not it works. What does work, though? The emotional conflicts between Peter, Harry, and Otto, the Spider-Women on their own adventure, and the use of seemingly standalone episod...

The final arc of the season begins in 2017’s Spider-Man , and it involves a whole army of tech-based Goblins, the Spider-Girls on their own investigation with Peter Parker as their prime suspect, and FINALLY the return of our favorite Harry Osborn! Was his prolonged absence worth it? We continue to be broken records about the disastrous misuse of Miles Morales, Max Modell being an absolute dick de...

Peter Parker has a crush on a new gal…with spider powers?! Author Shawn Pryor returns for an episode of 60s Spidey that almost seems like an intriguing, emotional story for our hero…until the basketball-shaped UFO, monsters, and aliens show up! We get into the spider-aliens’ inconsistent rules, coffee shop rock shows, and Spider-Man swinging across the entire United States. We’re watching Spider-M...

The strange relationship of Peter Parker and Otto Octavius continues when they team up to fight a deep-cut comic book villain (the Teflon man, Slyde!) while dealing with their own respective existential crises. Oh, and there’s some kind of creepy Goblin Nation brewing, too! We try to retroactively spot Goblin graffiti and get into this show’s penchant for telling instead of showing. We’re watching...

Spidey has to save supervillains from an evil prison warden! Thankfully, Otto Octavius is well-rested from his coma and ready to help. We talk about Otto’s immediate return and his adorable romance with Anna Maria, Regent’s backstory and some unfortunate implications, Cloak and Dagger’s successful multi-episode arc, and the most obvious bad guy reveal of all time. We’re watching Spider-Man (2017):...

No, not the movie, and no, not the comic either! It’s actually an introspective follow-up to the Superior Spider-Man arc, with Peter Parker back in his own body but finding his life in shambles. Oh, and he investigates a mystery of missing Avengers and makes a horribly ugly new suit. We talk about the legacy of “Brand New Day” as a title, a cute version of Molten Man, and yet another rant about th...

Peter Parker flies to the Antarctic to find a downed satellite…so of course he ends up in a jungle with a volcano! Chris from Play Comics joins us for a “greatest hits” of ‘67 Spidey tropes, including freaky monsters and flying serpents, green-skinned natives that might be racially insensitive, and another girl of the week (though she flies a plane this time!) We discuss the return of J. Jonah Jam...

The Superior Spider-Man arc comes to an end with a surprisingly intimate tearjerker, as Otto learns tough lessons about relationships, selflessness, and heroism…all thanks to a gloopy hostless Venom symbiote who loves to lick! We talk about the use of Flash Thompson and Anna Maria Marconi, how this arc weaved so many unexpected threads together, and the continued weird lack of Gwen and Anya. We’re...

Like the title suggests, this one introduces Marvel characters Cloak & Dagger (voiced by their concurrent live action actors!) But the big surprise? The introduction of Anna Maria Marconi, who shakes up the Superior Spider-Man story and even brings early conversations about super genius schools vs. underfunded public schools back into the fray. We get into Peter in a robot body, the startling...