Me & my friend, Pete: Recent Episodes
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”Me & my friend, Pete” explores all things ”The Amazing Spider-Man” comic series through the eye of a neurotic, New York, Nut!
That‘s what he said! A nut!
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What makes someone truly alone?
In this episode of Me & my friend, Pete, we explore one of DC Comics' most tragic heroes, J'onn J'onzz, The Martian Manhunter, through the lens of sociology.
We examine how alienation, exile, identity, and loss have shaped the Last Martian into one of the richest characters in comic book history. Whether you're a longtime comic fan or simply fascinated by psychology, philosophy, and the human condition, this episode offers a fresh perspective on one of the Justice League's most underrated heroes.
Follow J'onn J'onzz journey to our bonus episode here and now!
Promise you won't be alone.
Spidey, Avengers, Time Travel... 'Nuff Said.*
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In this season's 11th episode, we're dropped right into the fallout of broken trust as Pete deals with the consequences of exposing Captain Stacy. Gwen refuses to abandon her father as he decides it's best to skip town. But ya gotta know, the Kingpin doesn't like loose ends, so they may not get far.
But wait... THERE'S MORE!
Speaking of The Kingpin, he's waited long enough for his rematch with the King of Swing. All this, and what the hell does Norman Osborn think he's doing?
The webs all around are starting to tighten... Good thing, we're here to cheer on our favorite persnickety prince!
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In this bonus episode breakdown of Moon Knight Vol. IX #17, we explore how Jed MacKay and Alessandro Cappuccio turn the Midnight Mission into a weaponized panopticon where surveillance, architecture, and psychological theater become deadlier than fists. After The Structure murders Hunter’s Moon, Moon Knight doesn’t seek only retaliation; he stages judgment, trapping Grand Mal and Nemean inside a living institution that sees everything and controls the narrative. Drawing on Jeremy Bentham’s original prison design and Michel Foucault’s theory of disciplinary power, this episode argues that Moon Knight wins not through brute force, but by mastering invisibility itself, proving that in the Marvel Comics universe, the most dangerous weapon isn’t violence… It’s being watched.
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Moon Knight’s path to self-acceptance has never been clean... or quiet.
In this “WAY? Here!” chapter, Marc Spector confronts his Dissociative Identity Disorder head-on, burns vampires off rooftops, cuts dangerous deals in Chinatown, and suffers the devastating loss of Hunter’s Moon.
And if that ain't bad enough: a brutal two-on-one against Nemean and Grand Mal.
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Turns out, the whole world really is a stage. In this updated Moon Knight spotlight, we use Erving Goffman’s dramaturgical analysis to explore how Marc Spector, through Steven Grant and Jake Lockley, embodies identity as performance, front stage and backstage behavior, and the masks we all wear.
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The Kingpin's back and he's better than ever!
For Christmas this year,
The Kingpin's here!
Hess Trucks, am I right?
The Kingpin's been hijacking the minds of some of New York City's most powerful men in this instant classic.
Spidey would be there to stop him, but he's got his own problems, namely the Stacy family, specifically George's cane!
While Pete tries to explain to Gwen that he doesn't beat up the elderly, we yap about what makes a "Strongman" and how they use structural domination to consolidate their control.
This is one you don't wanna miss... I promise you'll learn a thing or two about a thing or two!
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Here's a preview of "The Crucible of Want," our 9th Bonus Episode of Season III, covering Image Comics' "Eight Billion Genies" #4, The First Eight Weeks. How many sociological ideas can we cram into one bonus episode? Sign up and find out!
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In this Season I Bonus Episode, Batman's found love again and an ally in his war on crime, but something's off, and the worst thing a Batman can do in a city like Gotham is trust. Oh, well, at least he still has his journal.
Spidey likes the nightlife, Spidey likes to boogie, Spidey likes to lay hands on any gangster spoiling the fun for his Silver Spoon Gang!
We've got MJ shaking a tailfeather!
We've got Pete and Aunt May reunited!
We've got Gwen and Pete finally admitting their feelings for each other, and love is in the air!
But on the flipside?
We've got the Brainwasher, New York's newest (?) would-be Kingpin, using his nightclub as a front and MJ an unwitting accomplice to his criminal shenanigans!
And if we're talking nightclubs? You know we're talking paradoxes... Namely, how they have become both safe spaces for women in many instances and a structure that upholds the male gaze.
Put on ya dancing shoes and let's go! There's only one rule... Ya gotta come in FEET FIRST!
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Sources:
Pini, Maria. Club Cultures and Female Subjectivity: The Move from Home to House. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001
Savard, D.M., Kelley, T.M., & Merolla, D.M. Routine Activities and Criminal Victimization: The Significance of Gendered Spaces. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35(23-24), 5425-5447. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517721170
Kodak Vigilant Six-20
Spider-Man vs. Spider Slayer 2.0!
Smythe vs. J. Jonah Jameson!
Aunt May vs. the pressed linen sheets of her hospital bed!
Harry Osborn vs. Male Pattern Baldness at such a young age!
All that and more as we dive deeper into the power the media wields and what happens when that power is subverted.
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Spider-Man vs. Ka-Zar!
What is anomie? What makes a person deviant? Who has the authority to control, correct, and police this deviance? Who controls what's perceived as deviance?
With Spidey still running around as an amnesiac, we explore all these questions while Ka-Zar, with a little help from his sabretooth tiger, Zabu, does his best to take down the King of Swing from Forest Hills, Queens!
Also included in this episode: "The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Ka-Zar" and "The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Zabu"
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Spider-Man and Dr. Octopus vs. The US Military?
What a wonky world we're living in when nullifiers erase memories and foes turn friends turn foes again!
We've got John Jameson, Spidey stealing checks notes air, the first appearance of a one Captain Stacey, and more infighting than The Temptations on a David Ruffin Ego Trip!
"Ain't nobody comin' to see you, Otto!"
I bet that's what Pete's thinkin'!
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Moon Knight vs. Dr. Doom!
In this Season 1 Bonus Episode, we find the Latverian Lion holed up in his Kip Bay Consulate, but that isn't stopping him from sending the greatest 90's hit squad this side of...
well...
there are a lot better hit squads...
But still! They're sent to deal with a certain Right Fist of Khonshu.
Beneath the Crescent Moon, we've got action, we've got drama, we've got Dr. Doom doing damage!
Bring your thesauruses... Thesauri? Who knows anymore?!
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Doctor Octopus vs. Spider-Man... AGAIN!
We’ve got Spidey crashin’ out
We’ve got John Jameson
We’ve got a heist that would make Vulture proud
and Ock cashin' in
we’ve got a rumble at Stark Industries
and nullifiers galore
Yeah, Spidey and Ock were enemies but now?
Something more?
And We’ve got me!
We’ve got you
We’ve got… no further ado...
We’ve got The Amazing Spider-Man #55 Doc Ock Wins or Rumble, Young Man, Rumble II: The Inside Man!
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In this episode, we talk tariff conspiracies, charismatic authority, and pontificate something fierce on the need to find your lane and put the pedal through the floor...
Somewhere in there Namor and The Invaders put fascists in the only place they ever should be, on their backs.
Bonus Episodes contain curses, we apologize for nothin'!
And this Bonus Episode's a freebie... Sorry for the wait!
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Correction: In the intro, I say this is Namor: The Sub-Mariner Vol. I #11 in actuality it's #12... oopsie!
Doctor Octopus, fresh off his victory against The King of Swing does the only thing any self-respecting would-be Kingpin of Crime should... subleases a room in the Forest Hills Queens section of New York City. What are the odds Spidey's not dead and the room belongs to his loving Aunt May?
I mean it's comic books, sooooooo 100%!
We've got Pete Parker vs. Otto Octavius...
We've got Spider-Man vs. The Master Planner Gang...
We've got the Golden Liability vs. The Hateful Eight...
We've got windows and walls and alleys destroyed!
The only thing missing is you, friend!
We've waited over twenty issues for our favorite Monologuing Madman's return and 008 doesn't disappoint!
Rooftop battle?
Check!
Pontification?
Check!
Paris Hilton?
Check! That's Hot
Explosions, flirtations, subleasing agreements?
Check! Check! Check!
All we seem to be missing is you!
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We've got the Amazing Spider-Man's fourth annual.
The Wingless Wizard teaming up with the Master of Monologues himself... MYSTERIO!
But no worries, Spidey ain't come alone! He's teaming up with the one and only-- well, the third and best Human Torch -The Long Island Igniter- himself, Jonathan Lowell Spencer Storm!
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Question:
What would you do if you lost a one-on-one bout with New York's newest Kingpin of Crime and woke up in a death chamber strapped to the one man who spends his life making yours a living hell?
If you're Spidey, you get up, you get goin' and you get your rematch!
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Season 3 is here and that means Spidey takes on the newly crowned Big Boss of New York... The Kingpin! Our hero thinks he's got this one in the bag, but turns out the 6'7, 450 lb. man mountain won't roll over so easy!
WELCOME BACK AND WELCOME TO SEASON 3!
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We've come to our second season finale and Pete's been put through the ringer. Sometimes the pressure becomes too much and this is one of those times for the King of Swing.
This episode's got a little more "Me" than normal, but after two years, a failed relationship, a Master's Degree, and an 8th-grade graduation, I figured I should say something about some things... namely, Jed Bartlett and Corinthians!
Either way--
We've got me!
We've got you!
We've got no further ado!
We've got Amazing Spider-Man #50, Spider-Man No More!
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Spidey's been taking his lumps lately...
A loss to Kraven The Hunter...
A loss to The Vulture...
That pesky virus plot device used to give new villains a fighting chance...
Now, when he's finally feeling better? He's got Kraven and the Vulture vying for top menace of the city we know and love just in time for him to be caught in the middle.
The penultimate episode of Me & my friend, Pete Season 2 is here and we've got action!
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Mix equal parts Lincoln O' Vulcha assassination attempt, The Last Dragon's Sho' Nuff, One Spidey head cold, and a George Washington Bridge.... add a dash of Daredevil, a pinch of vice-gripping thunder thighs, and shake well high above the city we know and love.
There... all the makings of a hilariously epic tale: Amazing Spider-Man #48 The Wings of the Vulture!
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The Saki Sippin' Stalker wit' the Slicked-Back Hair is back!
We're talkin' Kraven the Hunter...
We're talkin' kidnappin'...
We're talkin' Bull Elephants...
We're talkin' nip, wait, is this right? Nipple lasers?
WE'RE TALKIN' NIPPLE LASERS!
ASM #47 - IN THE HANDS OF THE HUNTER!
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New Villain Alert!
The Shocker makes his first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man, and keeping with the tradition of nearly all Spidey's Silver Age baddies, the man steps onto the scene HUSTLING BACKWARDS!
I'd say Spidey could handle this clown with one hand tied behind his back, but I'm not sure I wouldn't be lying!
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The Lizard may have taken round one, but Spidey wants a rematch! One arm tied behind his back and all!
The Lizard's plan for world domination this time? Tune in and find out!
We've got chase scenes atop rushing trains, we've got Spidey vs. literally every reptile from The Bronx Zoo, we've got snake bullwhips, we've got crocodile cricket bats.... wait... what?
AAAAAAAND!
We've got Me!
We've got You!
We've got No Further Ado!
We've got The Amazing Spider-Man #45 "Spidey Smashes Out!"
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It's cause for celebration here on Me & my friend, Pete!
The Goldenrod Kid's turned 61 and our podcast has turned 2!
To celebrate? We've got Curtis Kildare Connors turning back into the Lizard!
Spidey vs. Rhino, The Rematch!
According to MJ, it's going to be utterly maaaaaad Lad!
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Put plainly? Somebody gotta die...
As Miles Morales bounces Across The Spider-Verse, he may just realize what he wants has to come at the cost of what he has.
No worries, though!
The kid's got a plan... maybe.
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What? You say you haven't seen Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse because you haven't seen Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and don't want to feel lost?
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Face it, Tiger... You just hit the jackpot.
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They may not be able to move as many units as the King of Swing from Forest Hills Queens, but blamed if the Avengers don't know the first rule of Super-heroin':
When the opportunity comes? Jump 'em!
That's Spidey vs. The Avengers and Spidey vs. The Hulk!
But wait! There's More!
Two tales from Spidey's earliest days where he goes 1 on 1 with the 8 one!
Amazing Spider-Man: Annual #3 To Become an Avengeror as we like to call it First Come, First Serve!Starts now!
Here's the Where are you? Here! (WAY? HERE!) section for the upcoming bonus episode, One Man Mutant Menace, exclusive to Patrons!
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The Rampaging Rhino makes his Amazing Spider-Man debut, Pete buys a motorcycle, Betty Brant returns, and Jerrald pontificates about the loss of young love!
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Wielder of the Witchblade or not, Sara Pezzini's seen better days. In this Season I bonus episode, we find her in the most compromised of positions, namely, comatose. As Internal Affairs officer Gleason tries to figure out what happened to her, we get to see every stereotype you could ever imagine about an NYPD officer, right here in Witchblade #80!
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Strapped to a chair as the unmasked Green Goblin gloats and monologues, Pete's surely seen better days.
We've got the origin story of the grinning, green Imp!
We've got flashbacks and fast facts on some of Spidey's bestadventures!
We've got the return in the ASM pages of one Betty Brant!
We've got a warehouse hideout battle that damn near burns down the Parker Docks as our hero and the Green Goblin settle their beef once and for all (for now)!
And we've got me!
We've got you!
We've got no further ado!
We've got...
Bound...
Damned...
Spider-Man...
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This WAY? Here!episode covers Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 5 #1-9 as the greatest superheroes of tomorrow do their best to stave off an impending war.
We've got lobotomies, economic collapse, planetary destruction, and a super team falling apart at precisely the moment they should be banding together.
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Jason Todd... what can be said about the kid with the cajones to steal the wheels off the Batmobile?
Brazen.
Headstrong.
Violent.
Fans hated him.
Sent the Mad Clown Prince to beat him to death and had him blow up the building to make sure it stuck!
The Clown went right on living.
But in comic books, some things? Even death can't abide.
Join us as we run through this Season I Bonus Episode, the rebirth of DC comics Blackest Sheep, Jason Todd, in Batman Annual Volume I #25!
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In Johnny Romita's (that's the Senior) first-ever Amazing Spider-Man issue, Peter Parker is put through his paces on top of the world as the bounty on Spider-Man's head has our hero brawling on the top of the Empire State Building.
If that isn't enough, Spidey goes 1 on 1 with the Grinning One on his front lawn as his worst fear is made real! Green Goblin knows his identity!
You better know we got action!
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In this bonus episode, we run through Chew #10 International Flavor Part 5!
There's a bit more "Me" than usual on the back end of this wonderful story, but the spoiler's in the show title ain't it?
We've got everything from Tony Chew to Tony Smashmouth.
Doom Treaders know what I'm talkin' about!
In Steve Ditko's final Amazing Spider-Man issue, he goes out the same way he came in, with action, action, action!
We've got Ne'er do right Joe Smith, the pound-for-pound worst fighter to ever draw breath... Until he inhales some mysterious chemicals (we think it was jet fuel) and decides the only way to be the champ, is to beat the King of Swing from Forest Hills Queens!
If that ain't enough? There's a 1966 20K bounty on our hero's head (that's 200 thousand dollars today)!
But we're guessing all of that's going to the gunnies hospital bills!
We've got me, we've got you, we've got NO FURTHER ADO!
We've got The Amazing Spider-Man #38 Just a Guy Named Joe!
thnksfrthmmrs Swingin' Steve Ditko!
In this Season I Bonus Episode, we created our first absolute point here on Me & my friend, Pete... Whatever that means!
Join me as I run through Trials of Shazam! Vol. I #2.
Freddy Freeman begins his journey toward the thunder. A story that took five years to tell! And We've got the history right here!
All we're missing is you, friend.
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Is that a frikkin' robot with a frikkin' laser beam comin' out of its frikkin' head?
It is!
Oh and we've got the first appearance of Mendel Stromm and a one Norman Osborn!
'Nuff said!
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** This is Episode 12 of Season II. Clearly, I don't know my numbers!
What happens when a young, Jewish woman from Coney Island falls in love with the perpetually grinning Clown Prince of Crime? She becomes one of the greatest anti-heroes this side of West 4th Street!
In this Season I Bonus, we ran through Joker's Asylum II: Harley Quinn: The Most Important Day of The Year, a tale with a simple message... Don't get between Harleen and her Boo-thang on Valentine's Day!
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You ever wonder what would happen if a man had the unbridled self-confidence of a Kanye West and none of the ability to make dope beats?
Well, you've come to the right place because this episode gives us the first appearance of Norton G. Fester, better known as... The Looter!
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The King of Wakanda vs. The Living Embodiment of American Ideals!
If that's not enough, we have the World's Greatest Avenger (Black Widow to be sure) in a Two on One vs. The Dora Milaje!
And on the crazy train? We've got more seats packed with Marvel Black Superheroes than, well, ain't no punchlines when fists flyin'!
The WAY? Here! is paved with Vampires, Ninjas, a Civil War and I promise ONE Dragon!
If we've got history, you've got a Conductor! Hop on board! We're rolling out with the King of Kings in Five.
Captain America Essential Storylines
https://www.howtolovecomics.com/2014/03/29/10-captain-america-stories-you-should-read/
Black Panther Essential Storylines
Jungle Action #6-#18
Black Panther Vol. 4 #14-18
Black Panther Vol. 5 #1-6
Source: DK Publishing. (2016). Marvel Encyclopedia: The definitive guide to the characters of the Marvel universe.
We've got the King of Swing!
We've got lost security deposits!
We've got golden tighty-whiteys!
We've got more ad-libs than Jim Jones on a Dipset record at the turn of the century!
We've got one year under our belt here on Me & my friend, Pete, so it's only fitting we get the return of the walking, talking, life-sized Oscar!
The Golden Liability!
The Golden God!
The rematch!
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The return of the Cat's Paw, Kraven the Hunter, and you know the saki sipping Stalker ain't come to chat!
We've got Spidey, we've got Kraven, we've got lemon zest spritz that dulls Spidey Senses, and we've got ASM #34: The Thrill of the Hunt!
Kevin McCallister EAT YOUR HEART OUT!
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In the Season I bonus episode, The Meanwhile Menagerie, we ran through the history of Green Lantern Hal Jordan, covering his fall from grace through his reclamation of the title "Best Ever" in Blackest Night... All that before we even get into the comic Untold Tales of Blackest Night #1!
Tune in!
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The conclusion to the seminal Spider-man tale If This Be My Destiny!
Will Spidey get the wreckage of the Master Planner's underwater base off of him in time to save his darling Aunt May?
If you want to know what makes a Hero, look no further than The Final Chapter!
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In this Season 1 Bonus Episode, we get the one and only Man without Fear crashing a wedding, battling the Spot, and doing his best to rebuild his life in a city where Matt Murdock and Daredevil are known by everyone to be one and the same!
In the land of the sighted, the man with no eyes is the King! Tune in! Zone out!
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In the Infinity Episode of Season II, we get the penultimate chapter of If This Be My Destiny! and if Spidey ain't goin' through whomever or whatever stands in the way of him and his Aunt May's deathbed cure!
Join us as the Golden Liability turns the City we know and love and that Ole' East River we don't, UPSIDE DOWN! In Amazing Spider-Man #32, Man on a Rampage!
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In this Season I Bonus Episode, we run through Young Justice Vol. I #1, Young, Just Us, the first team-up of DC's future Big Three!
There are no punches thrown, but if we didn't get into it, I don't know it!
Jack's Soapbox (blame Robin's haters)!
Emil Durkheim's philosophy on suicide (blame Red Tornado)!
The Id, the Ego, and the Superego (again, that Red Tornado)!
And a Christmas tale straight out of my life better than It's a Wonderful Life blame Impulse)!
Betcha learn something on this one!
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In episode 7 of Season 2, we've got Chapter 1 of what is arguably the greatest Spider-Man story of all time, If This Be My Destiny...
Imagine thinking I'd need to say more than that!
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In this Season 1 Bonus Episode, we've got the Legion of Super-Heroes, we've got Ma & Pa Kent, and we've got the greatest illegal immigrant the world has ever known, Kal-El of Krypton, better known the world over as Superman!
Tune in, zone out.
Marvel Masterworks Vol. III ends with ASM #30 The Claws of the Cat and if both our hero's alter egos aren't taking their lumps!
Spidey races towards a thousand-dollar reward against slippery new villain, The Cat!
And Pete? Pete's fallen smack dab into a Soap Opera that puts his personal life on the fast track to disaster.
What do I mean? There's only one way to find out!
We've got me, we've got you, we've got, no further ado, we've got The Amazing Spider-Man #30 The Claws of the Cat!
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Welcome to the bonus episode Avengers 357: Night Warnings!
Before we get into it, I suggest you find your best evening wear, and in the words of Barney Stinson, Suit Up! This ain't your ordinary superhero comic review; there aren't any punches in this one at all-- just shade in spades. If you can believe it, we're going to a dinner party, and the dress code is Black tie only.
Essential Avengers Storylines
Avengers #4
The Greatest Battles of the Avengers Trade Paper Back (TPB)
Avengers: The Korvac Saga (TPB)
Avengers: Under Siege (TPB)
Avengers: Disassembled
Source: DK Publishing. (2016). Marvel Encyclopedia: The definitive guide to the characters of the Marvel universe.
Spidey?
Check!
Scorpy?
Check!
Rematch?
You'd better believe it.
Another battle at the Bugle!
Another pummeling at the Press Lords!
Another rollicking rager above New York City's roaring rivers!
Another knockdown, drag-out, BRAWL as the S & S & S connection lets loose!
I promise you, that's only half of it.
Tune in, zone out, and bring your oars...
You're gonna need 'em!
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Spidey's second annual makes Alice's trip down the rabbit hole look like a walk in the park.
We've got more worlds than anybody should ever be able to fit into 20 pages, but you know how the S & S & S connection gets down!
We've got the first appearance of Xandu, and his two bruiser flunkies, The Tiger Bros!
But Spidey ain't alone.. he's got the help of a one Stephen Strange. The most powerful practitioner of the mystical arts in all the Marvel Universe!
Well... Do you? No?
Well, you're about to find out!
We've got the first appearance of Marvel's walking, talking, fist swinging golden man in the Daisy Dukes, THE MOLTEN MAN!
If that ain't enough, The Goldenrod Kid's time at Midtown Highschool is coming to a close.
Pete Parker is graduating!
And we've got me!
We've got you!
We've got no further ado!
We've got The Amazing Spider-Man #28: The Menace of The Molten Man!
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This week, we're running through Spider-Man: House of M #1
Spidey gets to the bottom of who the Crime-Master is in this, issue 27, of The Amazing Spider-Man, and you'll never guess who it is!
Join us!
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We're back for Season 2 like we never left!
Spidey's back, but so's the Green Goblin, and a brand new (?) villain, The Crime Master!
Join us for The Mystery of "The Man in the Crime-Master's Mask!"
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What do you get a billionaire, hippie, martial arts master for their birthday? A bonus episode chocked full of stories involving their best friends and The Immortal Ironfist Volume 1 #16.
Wanna hear about the time Luke Cage flew halfway around the world for the $200 owed him by none other than Dr. Doom?
Colleen Wing's sword skills?
Misty Knight's... well, everything, that's Misty Knight.
How about the time Danny blew up a nuclear train with one punch?
I thought that'd get you.
We have it all here.
Press play.
In this bonus episode pulled straight from the vault, we get the adventures of one of only two Iron Fists whose stories aren't included in the books of the Immortal Iron Fist.
I'm talkin' about Orson Randall, everything wrong with the man with the glowing hands, but damned if he isn't having fun and doing it with style!
Danny Rand, The Immortal Iron Fist: Street-Smart, Billionaire, Hopeless Romantic, Ass-Kicker...
It's his job to protect the innocent from the endless hordes; but when Hydra set their sights on his company and his life, it's his job to protect himself.
Hydra may be Legion, but Danny's slain a dragon.
In this first issue of my favorite comic book run of all time (don't tell Pete), Danny Rand gets hammered from boardroom to rooftop brawl, but if you know anything about The Big IF, you know he can give as good as he gets.
This one was recorded with all the love, My People.
Enjoy...
Danny-boy, Light it up!
*Producers note: towards the end when I say "two swans," I meant two cranes. Not all white birds look alike.
In the first Bonus Episode ever, Jerrald sticks to comic book tradition and creates immediate convolution, using the episode to discuss the first comic book he ever read, The Amazing Spider-Man #7, The Return of The Vulture!
We've got Spidey courting violence!
We've got JJ Tweedle Dee'd!
We've got JJ vs Spidey, Spidey's pinned:
1...
2...
Cut it, cut it!
More than anything else, we've got the first appearance, well, I mean, like the first 99% appearance of the second greatest character in the Marvel Comics Universe in our Season 1 Finale!
Let's get into it, one last time in Season 1!
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Consider, if you will:
Peter Parker, a shy, lonely bookworm, blessed with amazing powers after being bitten by a radioactive spider.
What started as a drama-filled adventure of a New York, Swashbuckling, wall-crawler has become a tale of unraveling sanity as his own mind pits the spider against the man.
Can the two halves reconcile in time to save his fractured mind? Or will the spider devour the once fearless King of Swing from Forest Hill Queens?
Find out now in The Twi-Liability Zone!
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We’ve got Ned Leeds and Peter Parker jockeying for first position
We’ve got Lucky Lobo and Green Goblin both trying to end the other’s mission
We’ve got Gobby paying off a rat
and JJ getting Foswell back
and two words everybody loves to hear
that’s action-packed!
and we’ve got me!
We’ve got you!
We’ve got no further ado!
We’ve got The Amazing Spider-Man #23, The Goblin and the Gangsters!
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The Circus is back in town, but this ain't ya Ringmaster's Troupe!
The Clown is running the show now.
Spidey takes it on the chin...
JJ takes it on the forehead, and Ringmaster takes it right in his pride!
Spiyoncé & The Fleabag 2, No Big Tops!
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We've got Betty & Pete & Dorrie & Johnny and tears and salt galore!
We've got an endless loop of action as Spidey vs. Beetle vs. Torchy vs. Spidey
That'll leave your jaw on the floor!
And we've got me
We've got you
We've got no further ado!
We've got the Amazing Spider-Man #21 Where Flies the Beetle!
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Jameson's finally crossed the line drawn in the sand in his one-man vendetta against the King of Swing from Forest Hills, Queens.
And he's dragging people across it with him!
We've got a Dr. doing harm...
We've got a stalker throwing blows...
We've got JJ tossing dollars adding Rogues to Spidey's woes...
We've got Spidey taking L's left and right to no avail...
But getting into Cooperstown?
You don't pass more than you fail!
And we've got me, we've got you,
We've got, No further ado!
We've got The Amazing Spider-Man #20
The Coming of the Scorpion or Spidey Battles Scorpey!
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We've got fists and feet flying in the Fashion District!
The Enforcers!
The Sandman!
and The Human Torch as Spidey Strikes Back!
'Nuff Said!
We've got JJ the triumphant playing trumpets to Spidey's L's!
We've got the return of Two Gun Marko giving Spidey twister hell!
We've got Flash Thompson staying loyal!
We've got Betty moving on!
We've got Aunt May getting better...
But Johnny Storm?
He's so forlorn!
We've got Pete stressed over money, image, ego, and Aunt May!
We've got a lot and time? A little so we best be on our way!
And we've got me.
We've got you!
We've got no further ado!
We've got Thee Amazing Spider-Man #18 "The End of Spider-Man"
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New Year?
Well, for Pete it's the same old same; Great power and Yada, Yada, Yada!
To you all I say,
Hollow tips and talons, when it rains it pours.
As none other than Green Goblin's back to thunderous applause.
We've got Flash Thompson starting fan clubs,
We've got Liz Allen starting beef,
We've got Betty fighting Petty
But for Pete?
There's no relief.
We've got Spidey labeled coward,
May in pain,
And jaws uproared.
And a guest appearance from none other than
THE HUMAN TORCH!
And we've got me, we've got you, we've got no further ado!
We've got The Amazing Spider-Man #17, The Return of The Green Goblin!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
You ever seen a daring young man on a flying trapeze? A Devil? Three Kings? No?
Then you know what that means...
We're about to find out!
We've got more alliteration than the Raven Edgar quoted!
We've got a Webhead vs. Three Kings, regicide, and showboating!
We've got a Master Hypnotist bringing a crowd to its knees!
And a daring young Devil on the flying trapeze!
And we've got Me.
We've got You.
We've got no further ado!
We've got THE Amazing Spider-Man #16 Duel with Daredevil!
PT Barnum Eat your heart out!
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Hot on the heels of Spidey's latest big-screen adventure, we go back to the first time Spidey danced with the Sinister Six!
This is The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 - The Sinister Six!
'Nuff said!
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What happens when the World’s Greatest Hunter and its top Master of Disguise team up to take down the Spider?”
You don’t know?
Well, we’re about to find out!
We’ve got Chameleon Concocting schemes culminating in Central Park!
We’ve got the Saki Sipping Stalker setting his sights on the Spider!
We’ve got Betty being petty and Liz Allen being a friend!
And we’ve got the Goldenrod Kid trying to juggle it all!
And we’ve got me!
We’ve got you!
We’ve got no further ado!
We’ve got The Amazing Spiderman #15 Kraven the Hunter!
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Central Park Fight Music: Dawn of Man - Quincas Moreira
Lenny Abrahamson once said this about America “The thing about America - it's different everywhere, but visually, it's amazing to shoot in the desert in the New Mexico light. It's really hard to shoot in that desert and make anything look not amazing.”
I don’t know if he’s right, but with Amazing in the title, we’re about to find out!
We’ve got the Golden Liability ready for his close-up!
We’ve got the strongest desert denizen this side of the Rio Grande!
We’ve got a grinning green-skinned goblin leading Marvel’s greatest gang!
We’ve got tumbleweed tornados in the Tularosa Basin turning tussles into Looney Tune Cartoons
And we’ve got me!
We’ve got you!
We’ve got no further ado, we’ve got The Amazing Spider-Man #14 The Grotesque Adventure of The Green Goblin
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I hope you still have your black ties from the Suit Up bonus episode because we’ve got a couple of Oscar nods at least in this one
We’ve got Spidey going mad committing crimes while he sleeps!
We’ve got JJ the Tirader trading tantrums in for trophies!
We’ve got more smoke in the air than a cyph with Uncle Snoop in a forest fire!
And we’ve got action!
From the Brooklyn Bridge to the moon and back all crammed in 22 pages!
And we’ve got Me
We’ve got You
We’ve got, no further ado
We’ve got The Amazing Spider-man, Lucky Number 13, The Menace of Mysterio!
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We’ve got a GD Menagerie in this one!
We’ve got lions and tigers and bears and spiders and octopi and oh my god is that King Kong?
We’ve got round three with OO8 and Spider-Pete with no mask,
Faced!
And more excitement than the statement “Action Packed!”could ever promise!
And We’ve got me!
We’ve got you!
We’ve got no further ado!
We’ve got The Amazing Spider-Man #12 Unmasked by Dr. Octopus.
Bonus Episode for this week will be released on Black Friday. Fitting when dealing with DC's Blackest Night. All Bonus Episodes located @ Patreon.com/HSPP
Heist Music provided by "Paper Yellow Music"
A brother’s love is a brother’s love...
But what if his deeds are hateful?
We’ve got the Brant siblings beholden to the brutish whims of Blackie Gaxton!
We’ve got slap fights and slugfests on a schooner on the Schuylkill
And we’ve got the return of the maniacal master menace with mechanical arms, none other than Dr. Otto Octavius, Dr. Octopus, himself!
And we’ve got me,
We've got you
We’ve got no further ado
We’ve got The Amazing Spider-Man #11 Turning Point
Bonus Episode, Yibambe!, can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP
To you all I say:
Teamwork makes the dream work and the Enforcers prove it true!
We’ve got fists flying furiously from the fanciest of Dans!
We’ve got a Man from Montana who’s mastered moves with the lariat!
We’ve got OX!
Six foot eight of muscle... and you can't teach that!
And we’ve got the man!
Which man?
Big Man, putting on a master class in master planning as he lays siege to the city we know and love.
We’ve got me, we’ve got you, we’ve got no further ado!
We’ve got The Amazing Spider-Man #10
The Enforcers!
Somebody tell the Lizard this is how it's done!
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Heist Music provided by "Paper Yellow Music"
This week on Me & my friend, Pete:
We’ve got heartstrings torn in hospitals, and also, heart procedures!
We’ve got JJ the Tirader threatening to pack Pete up with Pink slips!
We’ve got BRAWLS!
Inside of prison, outside of prison and all points in between as Joe and Tomas try to round up escaping inmates... and finally, the moment you’ve all been waiting for
We’ve got the most electrifying man in marvel entertainment. With millions...
AND MILLIONS! Of kilowatts coursing through his veins
The one, the only Electro!
Join me as I run through The Amazing Spider-Man #9, The Man Called Electro!
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We’re going to need some oil, a jar of vaseline, a couple of beach towels, and whatever else you got stashed away in your junk drawers because spidey is all over the place in this one...
We’ve got Pete pushed to the limit putting paws on Flash Thompson
We’ve got a bromance burned to bits by bravado and blunder that broils over into a bash at the beach better than Flair vs. Macho in 9-5
And we’ve got another Midtown High showdown as Spidey goes one on one with the world’s smartest supercomputer, The Emerald Engine of Enumeration Emself, The Living Brain
That’s stories on stories on stories!
We’ve got Me!
We’ve got you!
We’ve got no further ado!
We’ve got the amazing Spider-Man #Infinity, Spider-Man, The Terrible Threat of the Living Brain
and Spider-Man Tackles the Torch!
My God, it’s like Christmas morning.
Bonus Episode B33yond! covering Immortal Ironfist #16 Happy Birthday Dannycan be found at Patreon.com/HSPP
We’re on a one-way trip to crazy town in this Amazing Spider-Man #6 and be warned, JJ's coming too.
We’ve got marauding madness on the Museum Mile!
We’ve got fists flying fast in the Florida Everglades!
We’ve got more alligators running wild than the Central Park Zoo after John Kruger comes through!
And we’ve got the Mighty Marvel Age of Comics beginning right here with a purple-pantsed, poorly planned plot pursuing planetary power by none other than the Lizard himself!
Sounds like all we're missing is you, friend!
Bonus Episode can be found @ Patreon.com/HSPP!
Hang on to your seats because Spidey is put through his paces in this one and he’s never been more Amazing! We’ve got sparks flying from heartstrings and bullets firing from fingertips!
We’ve got confessions of a Middle-Aged Paper Magnate in Corner offices!
We’ve got explosions and the shocking kidnapping of the world’s greatest Brand-X hero!
And If that’s not enough we’ve got Doom!
The Amazing Spider-Man #5 Spider-Man, Marked for Destruction By Dr. Doom...
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Once, I met a traveler from an antique land and he told me a story of the sands of time erasing the King of Kings. If sand can do that to the great Ozymandias, what chance does the wall-crawler have against a man who is Sand itself?
Well, we’re about to find out!
We’ve got ASM #4!
We’ve got the Sandman!
We’ve got name drops on familiar faces, and familiar faces dropping shade!
We’ve got me, we’ve got you, we’ve got no further ado!
We’ve got The Amazing Spider-Man #4...
“Nothing Can Stop… The Sandman"
But blamed if Joe and Tomas won't try.
This week's bonus episode, Lawyered, covering Daredevil Vol. 3 #1 is available to Patrons @ Patreon.com/HSPP.
In this episode of Me & my friend, Pete, I bob and weave my way through The Amazing Spider-Man #3.
We've got the first appearance of the One Man Hand's Team, Doctor Otto Octavius, himself, known the world over as Dr. Octopus, in a clash that sees philosophical ideologies collide!
Join me as I give play by play to Pete's first encounter with his "Strangest Foe of All!"
The bonus episode this week, found exclusively on Patreon.com/HSPP is Witchblade #80. Believe me,Sara Pezzini has seen better days.
Episode 3 of Me & my friend, Pete is here!
We've got the return of Lincoln O' Vulcha!
We've got more cocky cops than a 20's Donut shop parking lot!
We've got The Tinkerer AND little green men!
We've got a life lesson on Donuts and Dimes!
Sounds like all we're missing is you, friend.
The Bonus Episode this week is Superman, Vol. 2, #8 - Future Shock! Superman vs. The Legion of Superheroes at the Old Smallville Quarry! You don't want to miss it. You can find this Bonus episode, exclusive to High Society Patrons @ Patreon.com/HSPP. Sign up today!
Spidey! Bat Newsie! The Lefty struggle! And More!
Bonus Episode (Avengers Vol. 1, #357) available for Patrons @ Patreon.com/HSPP
The dress code is black tie only! In the words of the immortal Barney Stinson, "SUIT UP!"