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Spider-Friends, Go For It! We’re learning all about the making of the 80s classic Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, a show which apparently owes its existence to second-wave feminism, Super Friends, and one very cute dog with a debatable name. Team up with Firestar and Iceman to face comic book […]

Walloping Websnappers #8: “Triumph of the Green Goblin”

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It’s Peter Parker vs. Spider-Man in the Spider-Man: The Animated Series first season finale! The Daily Bugle gets wrapped up in Chameleon’s spy thriller scheme — and we get our first look at S.H.I.E.L.D. in the 90s, as Nick Fury criticizes shoddy journalism, uses the bulkiest and oddest technology ever […]

Walloping Websnappers #7: “Day of the Chameleon”

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Peter gets a new pad, Hobgoblin’s plans are very bad, Norman is a crappy dad, and Aunt May is very sad. Arm your pumpkin bombs for the most double-crossy episodes of Spider-Man: The Animated Series — “The Hobgoblin” two-parter! We discuss Mark Hamill’s turn as Hobgobby, and uncover how this […]

Walloping Websnappers #6: “The Hobgoblin”

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It’s time for everyone’s favorite science boyfrie– er, supervillain, Doc Ock! Doug and Derek gush over one of Spider-Man’s all-time great nemeses, discussing the fantastic array of different Ock adaptations, why the character works so well, and how the 90s version of the “six-armed squid” holds up on Spider-Man: The […]

Walloping Websnappers #3: “Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous”

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Doug and Derek hit the ground running with the first episode of the iconic 1994 series Spider-Man: The Animated Series! We dive into the show’s complicated behind-the-scenes history, its weirdly uncomplicated theme song, and a particularly punchy Peter Parker. Oh, and did we mention a giant talking Lizard is prowling […]

Walloping Websnappers #1: “Night of the Lizard”

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Welcome, to the Crichton Cast! This week, Steven and Eric read, watch, and listen to another of Michael Crichton’s earlier works: The Terminal Man. Written in 1972, the Terminal Man is Crichton’s tale of the dangers of computer AI, and the possibility of “mind control” via implanted computers. Listen as […]

The Terminal Man – Crichton Cast

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