Spider-Man and His Amazing Fans: An Animated Spidey Podcast

We’ve all made it! We’re here, starting what is arguably the most quintessential Spider-Man animated series of them all, which we will affectionately call Spidey 94. This iteration […]

Our last bridge to Spidey 94 is the X-Men pilot that found its way into video rental stores, but not into any network’s heart back in 1989. A […]

To bridge the gap between Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends and the upcoming Spider-Man (94) series, we start with this contemporary cartoon to Spidey, Iceman, and Firestar. If […]

It’s the final episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. We learn that Bobby Drake has a mutant half-sister, Lightwave, and that she has apparently turned against her […]

We’re Back!! After a paternity hiatus (which did come unexpectedly early), Bryan and I are back and ready to wind down our re-watch of Amazing Friends before turning […]

It’s a heckuva love story on this week’s Amazing Friends – the first-sight kind, between our pal Peter Parker and a young girl from either 500 or 5000 […]

Stan the Man narrates the beginnings of this group of teenaged superheroes “because YOU demanded it!” Questions are answered, albeit at a late hour. This much, dear listener, […]

It’s a story as old as time: well-intentioned but crazy scientist gives himself Spider-Man’s powers, goes on crime spree. Add in a concerned girlfriend and a metamorphosis inspired […]

VIDEO MAN makes his third, final, and arguably most exciting appearance on Amazing Friends this week! When the nerdy gamer Francis Byte is standing too near the “Zellman […]

This week, the Spider Friends meet Dracula. And Frankenstein! And the Wolfman! It’s a veritable cavalcade of Scooby-Doo-style hijinks on this week’s Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. Luckily, […]

The “third” season of Amazing Friends kicks off with a bang as the Sandman learns Spidey’s secret identity and sidelines him by threatening Aunt May. Where would you […]

It’s the finale of the origin story trilogy on Amazing Friends, this time featuring Firestar and a team-up with the X-Men! Which Marvel mutant has your favorite backstory? […]

The story is well-known by now: nerdy teen who lives with his aunt and uncle; radioactive spider bite; a brush with fame and fortune; a horrible family tragedy; […]

The briefest of seasons (just 3 episodes) begins on Amazing Friends with Iceman’s backstory. With a cameo by the original X-Men training in the Danger Room and the […]

It’s the episode that Bob Iger didn’t want you to see! The final ep from season 1 of Amazing Friends is absent from the Disney+ streaming service, and […]

Which plan had more moving parts: the heist in Ocean’s 11, or Kraven the Hunter’s plot in Crime of All Centuries? It’s a valid question, dear listener, and […]

Captain America is back again for a guest-starring tilt on Amazing Friends, just in time to tie-in with the recent debut of Falcon and Winter Solider on Disney+ […]

With their fingers perpetually on the pulse of pop culture, the makers of Amazing Friends offer up their take on the Dungeons & Dragons phenomenon of the early […]

Loki’s vengeance in this Iceman-centric episode feels a lot like the plot of 2012’s blockbuster motion picture, The Avengers. We’re just saying. Is Thor a better character as […]

Join Bocko and BryGuy for a rollicking barrel of laughs as the Spider Friends take on Mysterio in Tinseltown. Featuring everyone’s favorite green behemoth, THE HULK! Was this […]

Magneto is the villain du jour when the Spider Friends travel to Niagara Falls to earn some cash for Aunt May’s birthday present. They’re such sweet, thoughtful kids. […]

The most often-featured villain from Amazing Friends makes his debut this week when VIDEO MAN erupts from the arcade machine to take on the Spider Friends! But that’s […]

Spidey, Iceman, and Firestar continue to riff on other classic media in this week’s ep, a takeoff on Agatha Christie’s novel And Then There Were None. What a […]

Killer bees from outer space come calling in this episode of Amazing Friends, and the homage to the 50s/60s drive-in creature feature could not be more prominently on […]

OK, so there’s some troubling stuff to unpack with this episode. If you’re watching Amazing Friends on Disney+ as we are here in 2021, “Sunfire” comes with a […]