In our continuing series looking through all 950 covers of Amazing Spider-Man, today will mostly focus on Dan Slott’s 10 year run. Picking up where we left off last time, we’ll start with Amazing Spider-Man 601 and J. Scott Campbell’s infamous cover of Mary Jane being sexy on a couch. We’ll introduce characters like Max Modell and Norah Winters as Spider-Man hits the Big Time. Then we’ll follow the legacy numbering through Superior Spider-Man, where Doctor Octopus takes control of Peter’s body, and 4 resets to Amazing Spider-Man issue 1. We go through Nick Spencer’s run, the Beyond era, and clarify a few things from previous issues. Sound like a lot? It is! No holds barred!
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Ep. 123: Part 2 of Our Insane Discussion of All 950 Covers of Amazing Spider-Man Part 2
In a strong divergence from their sane content, Zach and Searnold have dedicated this portion of their lives to the discussion of every cover of Amazing Spider-Man. Listen along as they talk about things you can’t see for 2 hours, as they go through 300 more issues. From McFarlane to Straczynski, the Clone Saga to Civil War, Maximum Carnage through One More Day, enjoy this discussion of such unmemorable Spider-Man villains as Styx and Stone, Joystick and Polestar, Shadrac and Freak.
Ep. 122: Who is On The Cover of Amazing Spider-Man? Part 1.
In celebration of 950 issues of Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel published a cover gallery that inspires this episode. Searnold surprises Zach with the “fun” idea of looking at all 950 covers and discussing any characters that haven’t come up on the podcast before. This includes people like the Molten Man, the Spider-Slayers, the Schemer, and Kraven’s nipple lasers. Not fully grasping how many 950 is, we may have gotten in over our heads!
Ep. 120: Who Is the Red Hulk and What Would Really Happen if He Jumped to San Francisco from the Moon?
With the release of Captain America: Brave New World, we’ve decided the time is right to discuss the Red Hulk (or Rulk). How did General Ross get superpowers? Why is he red? What happens when he jumps to the moon? These things come up in the comics, even if they might not in the movie. Plus: how did the Leader learn to play the guitar? Why does Jeph Loeb hate rules? And what happens when Rulk jumps back from the moon? Fortunately, we have a special guest to discuss the cataclysmic impacts, and we have Namor’s giant sea monsters to fix the problems.
Ep. 119: What Was So Bad About Kraven the Hunter the Movie?
Kraven the Hunter managed to bomb without either Zach or Searnold noticing it had been released! But finally, Searnold was able to track it down and watch it, despite many warnings against such dangerous behavior. In this episode, Searnold will explain the movie to Zach, compare it to Madame Web, and explain what Kraven is like in the comics. From his 87 clones and his 3 sons, we’ll discuss the entire Kravenoff line from the dawn of the Russian Revolution to the his murder zoo in the present day!
Ep. 118: Can We Kick Off 2025 With a 3rd Round of Our Annual Trivia Challenge? (We Can!)
It’s that time of the year again, when Searnold and Zach get super competitive and start asking the big questions in a showdown for the ages.
Ep. 117: What Happened in Marvel Comics in 2024? (The Year in Review)
This year has been filled with a lot of great comics — and a lot of other comics as well! In honor of another year on the books, Zach and Searnold are looking back at what stories were told, what characters drastically changed, and how Captain America has become friends with a penguin
Ep. 116: The Clone Saga Part 2: Who Is Kaine?
This week, we’ve got clones on clones on clones! More clones than Judas Traveller could shake a VR construct at! What does any of that mean? Who knows! The writers certainly don’t, and neither do we, and that’s why it’s so much fun.
Ep. 115: Who is Ben Reilly? part 1, What Was the Clone Saga?
The Clone Saga is perhaps the most infamous Spider-Man story, and not without good reason. It was loved and hated. Great and terrible. Important and irrelevant. It lasted 3 years, redefined Spidey for a new generation of readers, and ruined him for others. It happened during a tumultuous time in the comics industry as a whole (the boom and bust of the 90’s) as well as at Marvel comics (3 EIC’s in 3 years!) In this episode, Searnold and Zach will break down the history of Spider-Man’s clone, Ben Reilly, his original creation in 1975 and why the 90’s was the right time to bring him back! We’ll look at the real-world issues that caused the story to explode. Ultimately, Zach will lie down and give up, which is why this is only part 1 of the Doombots’ coverage of the Clone Saga!
Ep. 114: Who Is The Adversary? (And What Does He Have to Do With the Death of the X-Men?)
This week, Zach and Searnold break down the Adversary’s role in the late-’80s event “The Fall of the Mutants,” and also have a full breakdown when it comes to how Rogue convinced her fellow mutants to use Longshot like a kite. Don’t understand what that means? That’s fine! Listen to the episode and you still won’t understand what that means, because it’s utter baffling nonsense.
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