Walloping Websnappers! A Spider-Man Podcast

Videoman is back! And he’s a…superhero? Whose alter-ego is an incel nerd who sucks?? We talk about the first of two backdoor pilots for an X-Men show – this one bafflingly about turning the endlessly cool Videoman into a character no one can root for, and his fight against the hypnotic game-themed villain The Gamesman.  We’re watching Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: Season 3, Episode 3: “The E...

Firestar’s new beau is Dracula himself, and that’s the least weird thing that happens in this episode! As Peter and Bobby race to rescue her from Transylvania, “where all vampires come from,” we experience a literal bat-plane, Dracula’s henshin sequence, a Frankenstein robot and werewolf chauffeur/pilot/butler named Wolf-Thing, and reality-bending that might be related to Mr. Frump. We’re watching...

Sandman has learned Peter Parker is Spider-Man! And keeps learning every important detail about Peter’s life he’d ever need to know! On the Spider-Friends’ day off, no less! We’re back with the beautifully silly Amazing Friends, and its final season opens with one of its best episodes written by a prolific writer and featuring a prolific actor. We talk the dumbest Flash Thompson in a Spider-Man co...

As an epilogue to our journey revisiting The Spectacular Spider-Man, we’re re-releasing our episode detailing all the hints and breadcrumbs left by the show creators about where things could have gone, from new villains to unrevealed backstories to Peter and MJ’s wedding! But first, we give our final FINAL thoughts about covering the show so thoroughly, and of course talk about the total counts fo...

We’ve reached the final episode of The Spectacular Spider-Man once again! As we re-process all our thoughts and feelings on the big Green Goblin twist and relationship upheavals, we break down Norman Osborn’s big plan and Chameleon’s improv skills, the Peter/Liz/Gwen/Harry love quadrangle, exactly what Martha Connors knows, and all those tragic final moments for so many characters. And of course,...

The penultimate episode of The Spectacular Spider-Man is a jam-packed affair, and not just because Spidey is trapped in a prison full of villains! We talk about Black Cat’s return (and bitter departure), her dad’s surprising connection to Spidey’s origin story, and the deftly handled parallel story of a high school performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Expect lots of Shakespeare deep dives, fa...

The Green Goblin has officially declared himself the city's new big man of crime in the finale arc's first episode, and his first target is... Liz Allan's brother? We get into the new underworld structure in New York, how Miles Warren has managed to slot himself into Otto Octavius' previous role as Norman Osborn's personal monster-maker, and the rapid collapse of Mark Allan&#39...

Hooray for Hollywood! Russ from Kaiju ComicCast joins us to revisit the time the Spider-Friends took a bus to Tinseltown to film a deadly movie filled with Mysterio’s robots and traps. Thank goodness the Hulk just happens to be around! We get into director Sam Blockbuster’s hilarious love for his limo, murderous porn bots, and all those Hollywood homages. Check out Kaiju ComicCast!   Instagram | B...

A romantic Valentine’s Day night out at the opera and a fancy restaurant results in broken hearts and a gang war with laser tommy guns set to a performance of Rigoletto ! We talk about the best-dressed characters, guest appearances by Jane Lynch and Miguel Ferrer, an homage to a real-life mafia massacre, Hammerhead’s attempted coup, Gwen’s makeover, Flash’s character development, and much more in...

Is this a ridealong or a “ridealong-ridealong”? The Midtown teens get stuck in awkward pairings on a field trip with cops, and it’s mined for all the drama it’s worth – including learning that Sally Avril’s nawt ah mawnstah! And of course, we’ve got Shocker and his New Enforcers using their new tech (and a new voice in Danny Trejo) to wreck havoc. We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season...

Things are getting hot n’ heavy thanks to the sexual tension of Silver Sable and Hammerhead beating the heck out of each other! The criminology arc begins and immediately goes hard on the impending gang war as multiple criminal elements vie for the plans to make a Rhino army. We get into the many team-ups of this episode, George Stacy dropping incredibly obvious hints about Peter’s identity, the K...

It’s the famously bonkers, surreal, and very gay episode that broke our brains! Chris Cummins (Archie Comics, ⁠ Sci-Fi Explosion ⁠ ) joins us to revisit the classic Amazing Friends episode we originally covered very early in our podcast, where Dr. Doom accidentally imbues a lonely down-on-his-luck man named Mr. Frump with infinite god-like powers and absolute chaos ensues. We give an in-depth quee...

Venom has outed Peter Parker as Spider-Man to the Daily Bugle, and we try to untangle this wildly ambitious episode that might be just a little bit TOO ambitious! We get into the complications of the news media and paparazzi chasing Peter, Flash Thompson in a Spider-Man costume saving Spider-Man twice, a weirdly giggly Gwen Stacy, and one of the best and longest fight sequences in the series betwe...

Wouldst thou like to listen to this pod – a tale of both Shakespeare and Spider-Man?! In an episode framed by auditions, we explain all the Shakespeare monologues, the tragedy of one John Jameson (a Colonel Jupiter made from space sporks!) and Venom’s continued mad villainy. Are we in iambic pentameter?! We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 6: “Growing Pains”. Website ⁠ | ⁠...

Flash Thompson's birthday party becomes the center of romance drama, psychological torment, and a neat video message narrative device in one of The Spectacular Spider-Man 's all-timers! We talk about the heavier lean into the teen story while still telling a poignant character story for Sandman, the evolution into a true ensemble show, Eddie Brock’s clever manipulation of Peter’s paranoia,...

Notice me, Spider-Man! A campy supervillain uses his incredible technology to raise sunken ships, steal treasure, and wreak havoc… but really, they’re all just elaborate ploys to get the attention of his crush, Spider-Man. Also, Diamonds for the Deprived is still an unhinged name for a charity. We’re watching Spider-Man (1981): Season 1, Episode 16: “The Unfathomable Professor Gizmo”. Website ⁠ |...

Doc Ock goes full Evil Genius (it says so on his coffee mug) as he tries to infiltrate Homeland Security and take over the world’s computers! And on New Year’s Eve, no less. We’re talking about the end of the Engineering arc, which includes a tense espionage story for George Stacy, a classic comic book moment for Spider-Man, a big kiss from Liz Allen, and mixed bag of a story for unconscious-kidna...

Ho ho ho! Put on your winter coats and strap on your ice skates for a very special Christmas episode of The Spectacular Spider-Man featuring the New Sinister Six! We tackle the beautifully animated fight sequences – and the not-so-beautifully rendered CGI Christmas tree – along with the Muzak covers of Christmas songs, Spider-Man’s burnt tongue, and Peter Parker navigating his girl problems like a...

Kitty Kraven is on the prowl in an episode that mashes together a classical take on Sergei Kravinoff with a mutant furry catboi Kraven! We try to comb through all that hair to understand the little lion man’s motivations as he intersects with the real big bad of the episode – a very creepy sociopathic manipulator Miles Warren. Plus, we untangle the Peter/Liz/Gwen triangle and the curious case of P...

We’re back and revisiting The Spectacular Spider-Man ’s Engineering arc, which kicks off with a perfect season opener. Eddie Brock is missing, Peter can’t fend Liz Allen off long enough to have a conversation with Gwen about that kiss, Mysterio is casting spells and causing chaos throughout the city, and Martha Connors attends one of the worst dinner parties a woman in STEM could possibly imagine....

We’re releasing another Patreon episode on Greg Weisman's The Spectacular Spider-Men , and this time we finish up the first arc! They're lighter on Weisman's impeccable character work, but there's still plenty of action to love and dig into. We talk all about Hammerhead's power fantasy, break down some Warren brothers family drama, and throw out several possibilities for how K....

While we’re on break from our coverage of The Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon, we’re releasing our Patreon episode on the recent comics by its creator Greg Weisman that team up Peter Parker and Miles Morales! We talk all about what makes this comic feel like Weisman's work immediately, what makes Weisman's stories so appealing to us, and where we think this virtual reality-focused mystery m...

The first season of The Spectacular Spider-Man comes to a conclusion when Peter has to face his angry ex and cook a Thanksgiving dinner! As Venom stalks Peter’s loved ones, we take one last conclusive look at our revisit of this season – from tracking Eddie Brock as a DEEPLY messed up guy, to the use of Tombstone, to Gwen hanging from a gorilla balloon (and getting the big ending kiss), to the fin...

A battle inside the mind gives us a surreal, beautiful take on the classic Spidey origin while turning the symbiote story into a poignant metaphor for depression and mental health! We’re talking about The Spectacular Spider-Man ’s most creative and emotionally affecting episode, including Ed Asner as Uncle Ben, Flash Thompson’s big moment of depth, a brilliant use of black and white, and a great e...

The Sinister Six ushers in one of the most intense and jaw-dropping episodes of The Spectacular Spider-Man , which includes a full symbiote takeover of Peter’s body and mind, a heart attack, and THAT frightening motorcycle sequence with Mary Jane and a monstrous Eddie Brock before he’s even become Venom. We talk about the incredible action from the returning villains alongside the eerieness of a s...