Amazing Spider-Man Classics

Welcome back, Web-Heads, to the all-new, all-different Amazing Spider-Man Classics! Join your new hosts, Jack Trujillo and his dad, Javi Trujillo, as they look at the amazing comics that shaped Spider-Man! Jack, a high schooler familiar with the Spider-Verse, has never read the stories that launched Peter Parker! So, his dad is going to correct this oversight! This time they discuss the HALF MAN,...

Welcome back, Web-Heads, to the all-new, all-different Amazing Spider-Man Classics! Join your new hosts, Jack Trujillo and his dad, Javi Trujillo, as they take a look at the amazing comics that shaped Spider-Man! Jack, a high schooler who is familiar with the Spider-Verse, has never read the stories that launched Peter Parker! So, his dad is going to correct this oversight!  This time, the duo dis...

Welcome back, Web-Heads, to the all-new, all-different Amazing Spider-Man Classics! Join your new hosts, Jack Trujillo and his dad, Javi Trujillo, as they take a look at the amazing comics that shaped Spider-Man! Jack, a high schooler who is familiar with the Spider-Verse, has never read the stories that launched Peter Parker! So, his dad is going to correct this oversight!  This time, the duo dis...

Welcome back, Web-Heads, to the all-new, all-different Amazing Spider-Man Classics! Join your new hosts, Jack Trujillo and his dad, Javi Trujillo, as they take a look at the amazing comics that shaped Spider-Man! Jack, a high schooler who is familiar with the Spider-Verse, has never read the stories that launched Peter Parker! So, his dad is going to correct this oversight! On their inaugural epis...

In what looks to be the possible final episode of the first season of ASM Classics, Josh, Don and Jon reunite to talk the next 6 issues of Vietnam a Go-Go! Continue reading

So in 2018-2019, the trio of ASM Classics came back together to bring you this: Vietnam A Go-Go! A Spiritual Coda to ASM Classics, we thought we would bring you this gift as we start Season 2, coming soon. From the team who brought you “The Gotham Chronicle”, the panelists from “Amazing Spider-Man Classics” have reunited to discuss another gem from Marvel’s Silver Age of Comics; Vietnam a Go-Go! J...

There’s one last task to be done before the brand new episodes start in two weeks, and that is to clear the feedback deck. I always appreciate your emails, and I want to give each of them at least some attention, so in this episode, I respond to every email and iTunes review that has come in over the last five years since episode 37 was recorded. [Editor Note: This was in the old feed, which isn’t...

This is it! This is the end of an era! But of course it is also the dawn of a new! Josh Bertone and Don Grant join Jon Wilson one last time for a look back at a classic Spidey comic, namely Amazing Spider-Man 52, and one last time they are joined by Stephen Lacey of The Fantasticast. This rounds out the big Kingpin trilogy, and we also stop off briefly at the end with The X-Men 35. NEXT EPISODE: E...

ASM Classics is back! Josh, Don, and Jon are once again joined by Stephen Lacey of the Fantasticast to look at an issue of Amazing Spider-Man, in this case that’s issue 51 where Spidey and Jonah Jameson find themselves “In the Clutches of the Kingpin!” Come give a listen! Continue reading

It’s been a long road getting from there to here. It’s been a long time, but the time is finally here for “Spider-Man No More!” There is a bit of a story behind this “lost” episode. First of all, Stephen Lacey is back with us to talk Amazing Spider-Man 50, but Fall 2011 was before he became co-host of the the world-renowned Fantasticast, and we loved having him on to talk about the issue. Sadly, t...

Hello, it’s me. I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to listen as we go over everything in a Spidey comic. They say that time’s supposed to heal ya, but I ain’t– Waaaait a minute! This isn’t an Adele song! It’s a brand new episode of Amazing Spider-Man Classics, that’s what it is! What?! You mean you unsubscribed??? What a fool! …er, I mean, that’s probably understandable cuz it’s b...

Welcome to a double-dipping of Spidey goodness.  First, the gang heads over to Daredevil 27 to see the Hornhead and the Webhead team-up against the Masked Marauder, who has decreed, “Mike Murdock Must Die!”  Next, Spider-Man falls prey to Blackie Drago who attacks him “On the Wings of the Vulture!” in Amazing Spider-Man 48.  It’s a big party, as Karen Page, Mike Murdock, Gwen and MJ, Anna Watson a...

The month of new #1s continues!  But this time, it’s Peter Parker: Spider-Man and Webspinners that get the podcasting treatment from barely legal Jon, pubescent Bertone, and preteen Donovan!  What new plot has Howard Mackie cooked up for the ex-webhead, and will the Gang ever survive the art of Michael Zulli??!! Due to the unique theme of this episode, there are no emails read this episode, but if...

The DC Relaunch has sent the Classics gang back in time to November 1998, the month of the Spider-Man reboot!  Join 19-year-old Jon Wilson, 13-year-old Josh Bertone, and little 9-year-old Donovan Grant as they try to make heads or tails of the new John Byrne premiere series, The Amazing Spider-Man, volume TWO! Due to the unique theme of this episode, there are no emails read this episode, but if y...

Welcome back to Amazing Spider-Man Classics for a truly classic issue of the Stan Lee/John Romita era.  We have Gwen, we have Mary Jane, we have Flash, Harry, and the ESU gang, we have Betty and Ned even though we’re not sure why, and we have Kraven the Hunter, now with 100% more LASER NIPPLES!!! And! As a special added treat, Josh and Don finally settle the question once and for all of Gwen and F...

You’ve waited.  You’ve sweated.  You’ve sued for creator rights and fought over first place in line to see the movie!  Now, here it is, folks!  The next episode of Amazing Spider-Man Classics, yaaaaaayyyy!!! Today, ladies and gentlemen*, we are looking at one episode of Amazing Spider-Man.  We had planned for two, but one took long enough.  And actually, you may see more episodes in the future wit...

The Classics gang is heading into the summer with the weightiest question of all Spider-Man history.  Did Gwen and Flash date?  The answer may surprise you, Marvelites!  Join Jon, Josh, and Don as they take a look at Amazing Spider-Man 44 and 45, which also, by random happenstance, also feature the return of Dr. Curt Connors as the Lizard. Continue reading

This is it, folks!  This is the one you’ve been waiting for!  Amazing Spider-Man 42 and 43 bring us the first appearance of Mary Jane Watson, the woman Peter will ask to be his wife in the culmination of all of Aunt May’s machinations.  Along for the ride, this time is Brad Douglas, webmaster of the Spider-Man Crawl Space, and it wouldn’t have been the same without him.  Hope you enjoy the show! C...

The Rhino’s on the Rampage, and the Avengers want Spider-Man to bring in the Hulk!  In other words, just another day at the office for the ASM Classics gang!  This time out, Jon, Josh, and Don are joined by Dr. Bond Benton, professor at SUNY Fredonia.  He actually talks comics in class for a living, so we wanted to have him come share in the fun of classic Spidey goodness! In Amazing Spider-Man 41...

Can you believe it?  We’ve made it through an entire year.  And to celebrate, the Classics gang takes a break from comic coverage to take a look through the DeLorean’s rearview mirror at how the show began.  But after a few minutes of that, it’s time to break out your DVD players as we watch Spider-Man (2002) with an in-film movie commentary.  Hope you enjoy, and we’ll be back with regular comic c...

Come on, get happy, Web-Spinners!  We are proud to welcome back to the show our guest for today, J.R. Fettinger, Osborn expert extraordinaire!  Today’s episode of Amazing Spider-Man Classics takes a look at the debut of artist John Romita on Amazing Spider-Man, a two-part adventure featuring the unmasking of Spider-Man and the END of the GREEN GOBLIN!  And along the way, all our favorite angry cas...

Farewell, Steve Ditko.  We hardly knew thee.  This episode of Amazing Spider-Man Classics wraps up the tenure of the artist who helped to create our beloved webslinger and guide him down the most formative steps of his publishing history.  With the circumstances surrounding his departure being what they were, it is sadly not the best note on which to depart, but before we talk about A Guy Named Jo...

Hello there from all the gang here at Amazing Spider-Man Classics!  This episode, we are back to begin taking a look at the transition from Steve Ditko to John Romita.  Romita had the joys of drawing Spider-Man for a two-part Daredevil story, the end of which happened to coincide with Steve Ditko quitting Amazing Spider-Man.  So in this episode, we are diving into the first part of that story, Dar...

Thanks for coming back to see us here at Amazing Spider-Man Classics.  The three Classicists are all by themselves this time out for a couple of lackluster issues that bring us closer to Steve Ditko’s departure from the title.  In Amazing Spider-Man 35, The Molten Man Regrets the shameful things that happened between him and the webhead before, but that doesn’t stop him from coming back for more....

Welcome back to the show, everyone!  In this latest episode, the Master Planner trilogy comes to its oh so dramatic conclusion, and Scott Gardner of the Two True Freaks! family of podcasts helps us get there. Then, Kraven is once again on the prowl, and the team is joined by Brad Douglas of the Spider-Man Crawlspace. Peter’s life takes some significant turns in these two issues, and Jon, Don, and...