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Spider-Variants of the Week 8/28/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS (Coming Soon) EXTRA VARIANTS OF THE WEEK Aliens vs. Avengers #1 by Mark Brooks + [1:100] Skottie Young
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Spider-Man Atari 2600 Video Game Designer Passes Away
Laura Nikolich was a pioneer in the early video game world. She worked on the very first Spider-Man video game that was released back in 1982. Today it takes thousands of people to work on […]
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Spider-Variants of the Week 8/21/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS Amazing Spider-Man #259 (Facsimile Edition) Spider-Man Reign 2 #1 (2nd Printing) Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (2nd Printing) Kid Venom #1 (2nd Printing)
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Spider-Previews 08-21-24
Marvel sent over previews for new Spidey books coming out on 08-21-24. What will you be picking up?
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Spider-Variants of the Week 8/14/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS EXTRA VARIANT OF THE WEEK Wolverine Annual #1 by Mike McKone
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Seven Live Podcasts This Week
We’ve got a big week coming up on the website and podcast. We’re recording seven different podcasts this week. You can watch them all by subscribing to our youtube channel and turn on the notification […]
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Spider-Variants of the Week 8/7/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS Ultimate Spider-Man #1 (7th Printing)
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Spider-Variants of the Week 7/31/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS (Coming Soon) Ultimate Spider-Man #6 (2nd Printing) Blood Hunt: Red Band #5 EXTRA VARIANTS OF THE WEEK Ms. Marvel Annual #1 by Mike McKone
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Spider-Variants of the Week 7/24/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS (Coming Soon) Blood Hunt #3 (2nd Printing)
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Spider-Variants of the Week 7/17/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS Amazing Spider-Man #258 (Facsimile Edition) Ultimate Spider-Man #4 (2nd Printing) Ultimate Spider-Man #5 (2nd Printing) Blood Hunt #2 (2nd Printing) EXTRA VARIANTS OF THE […]
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Double Spidey Unboxing Videos
Check out these two unboxing videos. Brad takes a trip back to 1976 to unbox a mint Whitman Spider-Man coloring book. He also unboxes the brand new Spider-Man cookbook. It’s awesome and if you’d like […]
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Spider-Variants of the Week 7/10/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS Spider-Gwen The Ghost-Spider #1 (2nd Printing)
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Spider-Previews 07-10-24
Marvel sent over previews for Spider-Books coming out on July 10th, 2024. What are your thoughts?
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THE 8 DEATHS OF SPIDER-MAN
(Marvel Press Release)Following Zeb Wells’ landmark run, writer Joe Kelly and Justina Ireland alongside artists Ed McGuinness and Gleb Melnikov bring you a new Spidey epic titled THE 8 DEATHS OF SPIDER-MAN. Stay tuned in the […]
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Spider-Variants of the Week 7/3/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS
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Spider-Previews 07-03-24
Marvel sent over previews for Spider-books coming out on 07-03-24. What will you be picking up?
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Spider-Variants of the Week 6/26/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS (Coming Soon) Blood Hunt: Red Band Edition REPRINTS
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Wells & Romita Jr Run Coming To An End
(Marvel.com Press release) THE FINAL SHOWDOWN WITH TOMBSTONE BEGINS IN AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #58 Tombstone’s revenge! Spanning multiple issues, Spidey’s most brutal battle begins in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #58. Hitting stands in September, the visceral issue will […]
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Spider-Previews 06-19-24
Marvel sent over previews for books coming out on June 19th, 2024. What will you be picking up?
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Spider-Variants of the Week 6/19/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS Ultimate Spider-Man #3 (3rd Printing) Amazing Spider-Man #257 (Facsimle Edition) Spider-Woman #7 (2nd Printing)
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Spider-Variants of the Week 6/12/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS Ultimate Spider-Man #1 (6th Printing) Blood Hunt #3 Blood Hunt #3 (Red Band)
Recent Reviews
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Alford Notes: Amazing Spider-Man #55 – Love Is a Splendid Thing
Oh man! Spider-Man is certainly in a jam with having to hold that building up from crushing that mother and her children! I can’t wait to jump into this issue and see all the heroics […]
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Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #54 (Legacy #948): “Shouldn’t A Finale Have An Actual Hero/Villain Fight?” or “Did I Buy A Dr. Strange Issue By Mistake?”
The sins of Norman Osborn are possessing Spider-Man … wait, now they’re possessing Norman … hold on, they’re possessing Spider-Man again (this is like watching a tennis match)! Ms. Marvel, Kraven and Rek-Rap continue to […]
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The Chi✶Town Breakdown: USM #7 (2024)
It’s July…are we tired of the pre, post, and whatever-its-warm-outside-so-lets-shoot-some-off fireworks celebrations? I know I am, but this issue still has enough pop that you can shoot a web at. Dark Mark said to use […]
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MARCO SPEAKS SPIDEY: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: BLOOD HUNT (2024) #3 REVIEW
Before I start with the actual review, I just want to wish everybody a good time when you go out to watch Deadpool get into his usual, naughty shenanigans with Wolverine on the big screen. […]
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Alford Notes: Amazing Spider-Man #53
Folks, get your box of Kleenex ready, because this one is sure to pull your heart strings. The Crawlspace brings you a very special rendition of Alford Notes. Credit Where Credit Is Due Story Title: […]
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Read’s Reads Amazing Spider-Man #53/947 Review
I review the Amazing Spider-Man #53/947 by Zeb Wells and art by Ed McGuiness and Todd Nauck. The issue finally explains what is the real reason behind the Spider who Gobbles and is filled with […]
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Read’s Reads Amazing Spider-Man #52 & Ultimate Spider-Man #6
After a much needed rest, I return to review your favorite Spider-man titles with Amazing Spider-Man #52/946 and Ultimate Spider-man #6. Recapping the previous issues I tie it all together with these reviews. I give […]
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Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #52 (Legacy #946): “Goo Ex Machina!” or “How Can We ‘Rek’ This Story?”
Spider-Goblin vs. Chasm! “Kraven” takes a page from Kaine’s playbook and watches from the shadows! Norman Osborn diversifies his business portfolio! Kamala Khan spends an hour standing at the reception desk! A new super-group forms! […]
Podcasts
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Podcast #831 Live Callers
We’re celebrating the Crawlspace website turning 26 years old this year. The podcast also turned 18 years old. We take live callers on this episode and hear from fans around the globe. If you would […]
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Podcast #830 Spider-News
Join the crew as we tackle some “off the wall” Spider-News stories. If you would like to see the live recording of this episode with visuals click here.
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Podcast #829 Spider-History Secret Wars #9-12
JR continues his review of Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #5-8. Spider-Man gets his black costume in these issues and his life was forever altered. Join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Secret […]
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Podcast #828 ASM #942-945 Reviews
Join the Crawlspace crew as we review these four issues: Amazing Spider-Man #942Amazing Spider-Man #943Amazing Spider-Man #944Amazing Spider-Man #945If you would like to see the video of this recording click on this link and be sure […]
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Podcast #827 Patreon Exclusive
This epic episode is available to our patreon subscribers. If you’d like to listen to it sign up here.https://www.patreon.com/crawlspaceWe tackle 25 books in this episode and it lasts three hours, it’s all for you patreon […]
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Podcast #826 Spider-History Secret Wars #5-8
JR continues his review of Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #5-8. Spider-Man gets his black costume in these issues and his life was forever altered. Join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Secret […]
Crawlspace Columns
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Spider-Tracer: Electro ϟ Spark Figures
Welcome back, Spidey fans! Last week, there were some bad storms that blew through my area, leaving quite a few people without power (some may still not have power as of this writing). And this […]
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Spider-Tracer: Spider Power, Series II
Welcome back for round 2 of the Spider Power figures! Yes, we’ll be following up last month’s article with a look at the second series of Spider Power figures from ToyBiz. Let’s get right to […]
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Tangled Webs: Peter David’s Spectacular Spider-Man Part 3
Thomas Mets reviews Peter David’s final 1980s Spider-Man comics with the identity of the Hobgoblin, the return of the Sin Eater, the Hulk, a betrayal by the Black Cat and a tragedy for Mary Jane’s friend.
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Tangled Webs: Peter David’s Spectacular Spider-Man Part 2
Peter David had an acclaimed run on Spectacular Spider-Man in the 1980s, arguably the best in the title’s history. But a complication with trying to read it years later is how haphazard it was. Sometimes […]
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Tangled Webs: Peter David’s Spectacular Spider-Man Part 1
Reviews of stories from Peter David’s first year as a Spider-Man writer, including the Death of Jean Dewolff, an unconventional Hulk tie-in, a Prince ripoff, the legendary Commuter story and a Santa Claus burglar.
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Spider-Tracer: Spider Power, Series I
Welcome back, Spidey fans! For this month’s Spider-Tracer article, I thought we’d take a look at a very interesting wave of ToyBiz-produced Spider-Man figures from the late 90’s. There were two series of waves in […]
Crawlspace Panel of the Day
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Panel(s) of the Day #1580 (Mary Jane Monday!)
Harry still can’t catch a break. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #51 Published: c. June, 1967? Cover Date: August, 1967 “In the Clutches of… The Kingpin!” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: John Romita Inker: Mike Esposito Letterer: […]
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Panel of the Day #1579 (Splash Page Sunday!)
How hard can it be to find a giant guy in an alien costume? Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #316 Published: c. April, 1989? Cover Date: June, 1989 “Dead Meat” Writer: David Michelinie Artist: Todd McFarlane […]
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Panel(s) of the Day #1578
Even superheroes have issues with indigestion sometimes. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #160 Published: c. June, 1976? Cover Date: September, 1976 “My Killer, the Car!” Writer: Len Wein Artist: Ross Andru Inker: Mike Esposito Letterer: Joe […]
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Panel(s) of the Day #1577 (Mary Jane Monday!)
Break out your crop tops and jean shorts, it’s going to be hot this week. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #249 Published: c. November, 1983? Cover Date: February, 1984 “Secrets!” Writer: Roger Stern Artist: John Romita […]
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Panel of the Day #1576 (Splash Page Sunday!)
Last time it was an imposter. I’m sure there’s a reasonable explanation this time. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #42 Published: c. September, 1966? Cover Date: November, 1966 “The Birth of a Super-Hero!” Writer: Stan Lee […]
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Panel(s) of the Day #1575 (Ditko!)
This Dr. Doom guy is a real jerk. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #5 Published: c. August, 1963? Cover Date: October, 1963 “Marked for Destruction by Dr. Doom!” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: Steve Ditko Inker: Steve […]
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