“New creative teams, who dis?”
In this episode, Dan and Mark discuss the fallout of the unexpected end of the DeFalco/Frenz run on Amazing Spider-Man, which left the creative voices leading the title in doubt. In the wake of the abrupt departure DeFalco/Frenz and messy end of “Gang War” and the deeply unsatisfying Hobgoblin reveal, as well as editorial shake-ups up and down the Marvel line, Amazing Spider-Man went into a transition period, with a ton of new voices coming on and off the title, including David Michelinie, JRJR, Alex Saviuk, JMD, Mike Zeck, Ann Nocenti, and Cindy Martin. The result was a confusing time to be a Spider-Man fan, but it also contained some of the most celebrated Spider-Man stories of all time, the first female writer to pen an issue of Amazing Spider-Man, and some significant status quo changes for Spidey’s world.
If you want to read along with our conversation, we’ll be talking specifically about Amazing Spider-Man #290-297, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21, Web of Spider-Man #31-33, Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #131-133, as well as some of the other transition periods in Spider-Man’s history. All of these issues can be found on the Marvel Unlimited app, and many have been collected over the years in the Epic Collections #17 and #18, as well as the various “Kraven’s Last Hunt” graphic novel printings.
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This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork is handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton, and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels.
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