It’s a Spider-Man marathon, literally! While the Amazing webhead is chased by his adoring fans AND the insidious Jonah-Slayer, the gang is joined by the artist extraordinaire, Gerard DeLatour! So pop out your schanpps and get ready to play the Flash Thompson drinking game!

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Peter Parker: Spider-Man (volume 2) issue 21.

Peter has always been a funny guy. He creates banter in tense situations and his battle humor has been a long staple of the Spidey books. In this Paul Jenkins issue, he took the next logical step and tried his hand at stand up comedy.
He bombed.

Actor Andrew Garfield was interviewed on Monday night by Jimmy Fallon on NBC. He briefly talks about playing Peter Parker/ Spider-Man in the upcoming movie. Check it out and leave your thoughts.

I just got an e-mail back from Kathy Garver/ Firestar and she’s up for the reunion. That’s one spider-friend confirmed and two more to go. Dan Gilvezan/ Spider-Man said he’d be up for it when Crawl Space Reporter Josh Bertone talked to him at the San Diego Comic Con. The only one that will be hard to get is Frank Welker. I don’t have a direct e-mail address for him, I’ve been e-mailing his talent agency and a fan website. If anyone has a way to get a hold of him, let me know. Again thanks for spider-friends.com for the awesome image to the left.
Here’s what Kathy wrote me.

Hi Brad

Thanks for your interview inquiry

Yes, I’d be happy to do an interview with you

Let’s arrange a time!

Best

Kathy (aka Firestar!)

Every now and then I try to plan a big podcast. The Sal Buscema podcast with special guest Stan Lee was about as big as I’ve ever done, however I want to top it. My goal is to reunite the Spider-Friends.
I have e-mailed Dan Gilvezan/ Spider-Man, Kathy Garver/ Firestar and Frank Welker/ Iceman all asking them to be a guest on a future podcast. How cool would it be to get all three of them back together after 20+ years. Cross your fingers this happens.
This was one of my favorite shows in the 1980s and it would be a major thrill to get to talk to all three. If you’d like to learn more about this awesome show, visit our friends over at spider-friends.com

He’s Greeny, he’s Gobby, but is he Norman or Harry? Enter the Green Goblin! (more…)

In this show we take a trip back to 1976 and talk about the demise of the Spider-Mobile. Here are some highlights of the episode:

*This Month in Spider-History with JR, we review Sept 1976
* Recommendations for the month.
*Message Board Q &A. We discuss if it was a good idea to kill Norman Osborn in the 1970s, what is the dumbest Spider-Cover of all time, and advice for a father on how to introduce Spidey into the kids life.

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If you missed the other two shows you can find # 111 here and #112 here.

Happy birthday to Crawl Space reviewer Gerard Delatour, he turns 26 today. He reviews the Amazing Spider-Man title and also contributes to the Crawl Space web comic. So please leave him a happy birthday message in the comment section. Here is an example of his awesome artwork. This is a commission he did for me that I have framed in my spider-office.

In this episode the panel tackles several topics those include:
*We discuss the costume designs of the Spider-Man musical include Swiss Miss and the Grinch/ Green Goblin.
*We talk about an older action figure collector is upset they are selling “Dexter” killer dolls in Toys R US.
*We disucss artist Darywn Cook says the big two shouldn’t cater to 45 year old men.
*A political candidate is trying to get votes by saying comics are bad for kids.
*We then review Amazing Spider-Man # 639 & 640.

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If you’re new to Spider-Captions the goal is to write a funny caption for the picture in the comment section. The funnier the better. I’ll start it off.

“I told you Ultimate Spidey, I was going to bite your ass,” Gwen Stacy Clone/ Carnage.

Josh Bertone had a chance to talk to Spider-Man writer Dan Slott at the San Diego Comic Con. Slott discusses his plans for our favorite webhead and about his first arc entitled Big Time.

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A huge e-mail segment takes place for the Classics gang to be able to respond to all the hate and bile against their slander on the angelic Betty Brant. Nah, just kidding, but they do answer a ton of e-mails. Afterward they go over “Goblin and the Gangters!

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Because when you think of heart-pounding action, you think of a Rasta-Cab Driver and a little girl!

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A big happy birthday goes out to Kevin Cushing, he turns 24 today. He does a ton of this site and I wanted to publicly thank him for everything. He’s an administrator on the message board, a writer of the Crawl Space web comic and all around cool guy. I just realized by photoshopping him on his favorite characters head I indirectly gave him a mullet. LOL. Please feel free in wishing him a happy birthday in the comment section or on this thread on the message board.

This is from the classic “Spectacular Spider-Man” issue 250. Great story…too bad this scan has a massive continuity error. Crawlspace No-Prize for the first fella who spots it!

Crawl Space poster Gregg Dieckhaus was able to meet up with Spider-Man writer Fred Van Lente in St. Louis. Van Lente was attending the Project Comic con and agreed to show some Crawl Space love.  A big thanks to Gregg and Fred for being great sports !

This is from Peter Parker: Spider-Man (volume 2) issue 46. This was before “Sins Past”, so can we call this unintentional foreshadowing?

Mother of Mephisto! How does this scene from Web of Spider-Man Annual 9 work in the new continuity?  Spidey Revisions to the rescue!

After months of relying on guest hosts to carry the show’s popularity, the Classics gang are forced to go it alone for the start of September! The trio cover the return of the Circus of Crime, the ultimate shrew in Dorrie Evans, and the continuing saga that is everyone’s favorite hypocrite: Betty Brant. More wackyness than you can shake a web at!

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With…Maximum Clonage.

An episode covering comics so horrible, that it took the show months to get out! Can the Clone Saga get any worse? More 90′s cliches than you can shake a web at! Double sized issues! New Warriors! Punisher! Peter joins….the Jackal?!??!?! Say it ain’t so!

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #643

“Origin of the Species, Part 2”

Writer: Mark Waid

Penciler: Paul Azaceta

Inker: Paul Azaceta

Colorist: Javier Rodriguez

“Spidey Sundays”

Writer: Stan Lee

Penciler: Marcos Martin

Inker: Marcos Martin

Colorist: Muntsa Vicente

Cover Art: Marco Djurdjevic

Variant Cover #1: Phil Jiminez and Frank D’Armata

Varaint Cover #2: Leonel Castellani

Be warned – there are SPOILERS ahead!

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Marvel just sent me this press release showing these two great looking variant covers. Here’s the release.

Marvel is pleased to present your first look at two new Amazing Spider-Man variants from superstar artists Bryan Hitch (Amazing Spider-Man #645) and Paolo Rivera (Amazing Spider-Man #646)! Origin Of The Species, from the pulse-pounding creative team of Mark Waid and Paul Azaceta, continues as an army of Spidey’s greatest villains sets the stage for one of the toughest fights of Spidey’s life. The odds are stacked against Spider-Man as he and Harry Osborn fight side-by-side in a battle to save Harry’s child.  The people Peter Parker cares about most are in danger, and someone won’t live to tell the tale! Be sure to catch the last two chapters of the greatest Spider-man Epic comes to a close this October in Amazing Spider-Man #645 and Amazing Spider-Man #646 !

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Since “Shattered Dimensions” is the current talk among Spidey fans and video gamers, I think it might be fun to remember old Spidey video game ads of old.

Ha ha ha, Spidey…you can’t quit! What about all your adoring fans? Realizing that, Spidey tells his origin and powers to someone with the “Faith of a Child…” (more…)

Friends, the day has finally come. The day when yet another member of the Spider-Man Crawl Space Podcast panel launches their own podcast! Brad Douglas is the godfather of a whole family of podcasts, and I am very proud today to join that family.

The Geoff Johns Podcast, hosted by yours truly, Kevin Cushing, is online as of today! This podcast will examine the entire writing career of prolific writer Geoff Johns both past and present. Every month I’ll be reviewing the previous month’s Geoff Johns comics, as well as all the Geoff Johns comics cover-dated for the same month 11 years prior. So in October I’ll be reviewing all of his comics from both September 2010 and September 1999.

The first episode is an introduction, introducing myself and my history with both comics and Geoff Johns’ comics, and talking about what this show is going to be. It’s a fairly brief 45 minutes to introduce the idea of the podcast.

You can find the show’s page here on the libsyn website, where you can download the first episode’s mp3 directly. I’ve submitted the show to iTunes, but they usually take a few days to get a new show into the store. Also, the website is very much a work in progress, so please bear with me on that.

You can also play the podcast by hitting the play button.

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You can also like the show on Facebook here, or follow it on Twitter here, and even discuss it on the Crawl Space message board here! Whatever your pleasure, there are a variety of ways to keep up to date on and discuss The Geoff Johns Podcast! I hope you come along for the ride, and thanks for listening!

UPDATE: The show is now on iTunes! It is searchable, or you can click here for the direct link!

Season 1 finale! And what a finale it is. The boys are joined by the one and only Greg XB as they discuss Venom, behind the scenes tidbits, and the power of friendship!

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