Hey there, everybody.  Michael Bailey here with a quick announcement that the Crawlspace’s very own Brad Douglas was nice enough to guest host on my podcast, Views From The Longbox.  Brad was on to help me kick off my Happy Birthday, Spider-Man series of episodes and in this first part of a two part episode we begin our look at the various titles Spider-Man has called home over the years.  It was a lot of fun and I really appreciate Brad coming on to the show.  You can check out the official show post at View’s homepage here or you can just download the episode directly here.

Thanks again, Brad.  It was a lot of fun recording with you again.

 We answer Message Board questions on this episode. Some highlights include:
*JR discusses Doc Ock’s image to the Marvel Universe and if they know of all his crimes.
* Bertone discusses the top five insane Marvel girlfriends
* Director Marc Webb has said that Gwen Stacy falls in love with Peter Parker and that Mary Jane falls in love with Spider-Man. The gang discusses that idea.  

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Highlights include:
*Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 681 and # 682
*This Month in Spider-History. JR tackles April 1987 and reviews one of the all time worst Spider-Man stories of all time. If you haven’t read Web of Spider-Man # 25 search it out for how bad the book is and enjoy it in all it’s awful glory.  

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Highlights include:
* Itune reviews, both pros and cons.
* Discussion on the Amazing Spider-Man movie and how it will not have the Lizard in a lab coat.
*Reviews of the first two episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon.
*The Daily Bugle is allegedly a news network in the new movie, the gang discusses the pro’s and cons.  
*Marvel is launching an ongoing 99 cent Nova book. Is this the future of comics?  

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Highlights of the episode include:
*We answer dozens of message board questions.
*What would Uncle Ben think of Spidey’s deal with the devil?
*George gives some dating advice.
*What comic book character would you like to hang out with in real life?
*We also discuss the pros and cons of the metric system. lol 

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Highlights of this episode include:
*Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 679.1 and 680
*Kevin Cushing and Michael Bailey depart the show. They have mp3 goodbyes in this episode and the gang says goodbye to our brothers.
*Q and A Message Board Questions.
*Will Spidey be around for another 50 Years?

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Here are the topics we discuss in this episode:
*There is talk of a potential Venom spin-off movie. Who should be under the suit, Eddie Brock or Flash Thompson.
*Thoughts on the new clips of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon series.
*The gang discusses the upcoming Spider-Men series.
*Marvel Legends are now selling for $18 a pop. How much is too much for a toy?
*George reviews the Spider-Man XXX porn parody flick. This is probably one of the funniest things we’ve ever done on the show, but definitely not for young ears.

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I’ve been instructed by J. Jonah Jameson to revive my Beatles podcast in order to keep Spidey from becoming “as popular the Beatles”. He thinks if I start podcasting about the Beatles again it will give them the edge over Spidey. Now I’m not out to devalue Spidey or anything like that, but Jonah told me that if I didn’t start doing my podcast (“Bertone Beatle Bonanza”) again, then he would send Betty Brant on me. I didn’t really have much of a choice! 

“Bertone Beatle Bonanza” was the first podcast I was ever on. I started it in 2004 and have recently gotten a new feed for it. You can check out the podcast website here…there is also the main website which hasn’t been updated in a while. 

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Highlights of this episode include:
*Our monthly recommendations
* Message board Q and A
*Some of the best include: What Spidey character would be great in a sitcom?
*Would Ben Reilly approve of Kaine taking his title of the Scarlet Spider?  

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Highlights of this episode include:
*Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man 677-679 and Daredevil #8
*JR takes us back to February 1998 for “This Month in Spider-History.” He tackles the “Who Did Joey Z” storyline.  

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Highlights of this episode include:
*The Spider-Panel discusses our thoughts on the new Amazing Spider-Man movie trailer
* Andrew Garfield has said the next movie Spider-Man should be half African American and half Hispanic. The gang has a heated debate over this one.
*We discuss the new 2012 Spider-Armor suit.
*A Fox News affiliate took comic books to task over too much sex in the books. The gang talks about this biased reporting.

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Two podcast in one day? Yes, I’m catching up. Here are the highlights of this episode where we answer message board queations. 
*The gang discusses the now defunct Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA
*We share what Spider-Clothing we have in our closet. George evidently has some Galactus boxers.
*Discussion if Flash Thompson should get his legs back if Venom leaves him. It’s a discussion of resetting classic characters to their original version.  
 *Thoughts on the new Scarlet Spider suit. 

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Sorry this is a few days late gang. Here are some highlights of this episode where we wrap up the message board questions. 

*Zach talks about why people are more accepting of Kaine as Scarlet Spider as opposed to Arana as Spider-Girl
* We talk about who would work great in a Marvel Team Up movie.
*Which Spider-Villain is lamer? Freak or Spidercide
*BD’s hope for the Spider-Universe in 2012.
*And the age old question of how do you get kids into comics? 

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Jon M. Wilson (one of the hosts of the Amazing Spider-Man Classics podcast) is spreading his cape and flying headlong into the recent DC Comics relaunch with the podcast The New 52 Adventures of Superman.  Every month, he and his cohort (made up of J. David Weter and Michael Kaiser) will be reviewing and examining each issue in the Superman family of comics currently being published.  The latest episode is out today, featuring coverage of Action Comics 2 and Superboy 2.  You can check it out on iTunes or at its libsyn website.  See you there!

Highlights of this episode include:
*Review of Amazing Spider-Man 676
* Recommendations
*Who should replace Slott on Amazing
*Should Spider-Man create a team? If so who’s on it?

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If you missed podcast 164 here’s a link. 

Highlights of the topics the gang talks about on the episode :

*Christopher Waltz possibly cast as Norman Osborn in ASM Movie?
*Itune reviews from the UK and the US
* Thoughts on recent Crawlspace podcast interview with Peter David. He talked about the controversial One More Day storyline. 
*A fan film is being produced that will give an ending to the 1990′s animated Spider-Man cartoon. It will wrap up the Mary Jane storyline.
*George also has drinks with the Kingpin from the ’90s show. It’s one of the funniest stories. 
 *Review of Amazing Spider-Man # 675

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 Greetings and Happy New Year! As threatened on the most recent Crawlspace Podcast episodes, I along with Jesse Garrett have started a new podcast covering the popular anime series Dragon Ball Z. The Next Dimension: A Dragon Ball Z podcast was launched on December the 18th with its first episode which you can find on iTunes or the site’s libsyn page. It’s also available for listening below. If you’re interested in hearing coverage of this off-the-wall and multi-faceted franchise, give us a download and check us out!

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In this latest episode the Spider-Panel answers your dozens of message board questions. Here are some highlights. 
*Kevin casts the Crawlspace movie
*Betty Brant gets the symbiote, what happens?
*Favorite 2011 Spider-Man story line 

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Spider-Man writer Peter David is our guest on this episode. Some of the highlights includes David talking about:

*Writing and researching for the Spider-Man Vault
*Writing the Spider-Man: Edge of Time Video Game
*What it was like to walk with the Spider-Man Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Balloon
* We answer message board questions in which Peter talks about the controversial ”One More Day” story line,thoughts on Flash and Betty Brant and our friend Spideydude gets a big shout out. 

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Peter was our guest back in 2007 on our sixth episode. If you’d like to hear that one, click here. 

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If you would like to buy some of Peter David’s work click on these links.

Topics discussed in this episode include:
*JR takes us back in time to December 1975. This is by far his funniest history lesson of all time.
*The gang reviews Amazing Spider-Man # 673 and 674
* Recommendations from the gang. Bertone recommends a special fund raiser that you can support by clicking on this link. 

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If you missed episode 160 click here. 

Topics included in this show are:

*Former Spider-Man writer J.Michael Straczynski vs Spider-Man Editor Steve Wacker. It’s an Amazing Facebook fight and the gang gives a dramatic reading of the Facebook exchange.
*First look at the Amazing Spider-Man movie Lizard and its’ on a Pez dispenser?
*Marvel is starting to make other titles ship twice a month like Amazing Spider-Man. Is this a good thing or a desperate cash grab?
* We discuss the CBR poll that showed that a majority prefer a married Spider-Man.  

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Here are some highlights of this latest episode. The gang tackles questions about:

*The sexiest Spidey moment
* Most embarrassing Spidey issue
*What does George like on his bacon sandwich
*How much is Amazing Spider-Man 300 really worth? 
*We also go off topic and talk about where  DS9 ranks in the Star Trek universe. 

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Highlights of the episode includes:

*Reading of Itunes reviews.
*Our favorite Spider-Man cliffhanger of all time.
*JR debates who’s a better villain Khan or Norman Osborn.
*George shares a hilarious Sesame Street story.
*We share what should in the last panel of the last Spider-Man story. 
*Is there any other female character besides MJ that would make sense to marry Peter Parker.  

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Topics discussed on this episode include:
*Jim Shooter quotes Steve Ditko as saying 70 percent of the the creation of Spider-Man is him and 30 percent is Stan Lee
*Marvel has laid off several workers and is canceling titles
*This Month in Spider-History tackles November 1977
*Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 671 and 672
* Recommendations
*BD also sprinkles in some funny musical cues. 

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Here are the highlights of the episode:
*The gang answers the dozens of message board questions. 
*Bertone talks about a potential Betty Brant series he’d write.
*JR’s son Spencer gives a review of the Spider-Man Edge of Time Video Game.
*George shares why he hates hoodies.
*Why can’t Marvel create legacy characters like DC 

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Some of the highlights of this episode include:
*Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man #669 and 670
*Spider-History with JR Oct 1990
* Recommendations
*BD grades some new DC 52 books 

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Here are the topics we hit up on this latest issue.
*Stella has retired from the show, the gang says goodbye. We also welcome Bertone as a full time cast member.
*We discuss the return of the Scarlet Spider and who could be behind the mask.
*A Spider-Collector has gathered every variant of Amazing Spider-Man # 666.
*Back Issue sales are down dramatically, are comics becoming like old records?
*Including free digital downloads of comics with your comic and will they poly bag every comic?  

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Here are some of the topics we discuss on this episode. 

*Itune reviews. Click on this link and I’ll read your review on the next show. 
*Death of Cliff Robertson who played Uncle Ben in the Spider-Man movies. 
*Reviews of Amazing Spider-Man # 665-668. The Betty Brant issue causes quite the debate.  
*This Month in Spider-History. JR takes us back to September 1986.
*Recomendations

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It’s an annual tradition and we bring you the 2011 version of Spider-Jeopardy. Who will win this year? Bertone has 60 Spider-related questions. There are a six categories which include:
*J.J.Jameson
*Peter Parker’s Pad
*Big Time
*Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 #1
*TV/ Movies
*School Days

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Crawlspace Reporter Josh Bertone interviewed a lot of folks at the San Diego Comic Con in 2010 and 2011. Here is a hodge podge of those interviews.

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Here are some of the interviews on the show after the jump. 

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