Back at the beginning of 2025, we teased that J. Michael Straczynski’s current run on Captain America featured a penguin… let’s say “sidekick” for lack of a better word. Now that his run has concluded, we can finally reveal all of the penguin’s secrets! In this episode, we’ll spend far more time than is warranted discussing the ins-and-outs of penguins in the Marvel universe. Then, Cap teams up with Thor and Spider-Man to restore Broxton, Oklahoma. Plus, Doctor Doom and Rocket Raccoon travel back before the beginning of time! Don’t miss this jam-packed episode!
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Ep. 130: What Do You Mean This Is Our 5th Anniversary Episode!?
It’s that’s time of the year again! The time to look back through old content that was too random, tangential, or vulgar to include in previous episodes, and bring it back into the spotlight to celebrate yet another year of madness! Thanks for sticking around for five years thusfar, and here’s to the next years to come!
Ep. 125: Why Was Zeb Wells’ Run on Amazing Spider-Man So Divisive? (And Also, What Actually Happened?) 950 Covers, Part 4
After four long, complicated, very theater-of-the-mind-heavy episodes filled with Zach poorly describing very busy Spider-Man covers, we’ve reached the end of this insane experiment! And this week, with our final episode on all 950 Amazing Spider-Man covers, we’re tackling the infamous and divisive run helmed by Zeb Wells!
Ep. 124: What Happened During Dan Slott’s Run on Amazing Spider-Man and Superior Spider-Man? 950 Covers, Part 3
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!
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. 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. 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!
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