Take to the stage as we cover Spidey’s infamous Broadway rock musical – from the myth of Arachne to U2 songs to Goblin’s defeat by piano! Rise above the disastrous production of boys falling from the sky and the clashing egos of this freak company as we figure out how Turn Off the Dark actually works as a Spider-Man adaptation. We’re bouncing off the walls to sing about the inconsistent designs, the strangest Sinister Six you’ll ever see, a Southern Elvis-impersonating Green Goblin, a spectacle of wirework, cut songs about shoes, a deep connection with The Lion King, and much more until that curtain call!

Sources

• Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History by Glen Berger

• Fortune & Glory: The Musical Reveals the Untold Story Behind Spider-Man - Turn Off the Dark on IGN

• How a Spider-Man musical became a theatrical disaster on BBC

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Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)

Videoman is back! And he’s a…superhero? Whose alter-ego is an incel nerd who sucks?? We talk about the first of two backdoor pilots for an X-Men show – this one bafflingly about turning the endlessly cool Videoman into a character no one can root for, and his fight against the hypnotic game-themed villain The Gamesman.

We’re watching Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: Season 3, Episode 3: “The Education of a Superhero”.

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Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

Firestar’s new beau is Dracula himself, and that’s the least weird thing that happens in this episode! As Peter and Bobby race to rescue her from Transylvania, “where all vampires come from,” we experience a literal bat-plane, Dracula’s henshin sequence, a Frankenstein robot and werewolf chauffeur/pilot/butler named Wolf-Thing, and reality-bending that might be related to Mr. Frump.

We’re watching Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: Season 3, Episode 2: “The Bride of Dracula!”.

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Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

Sandman has learned Peter Parker is Spider-Man! And keeps learning every important detail about Peter’s life he’d ever need to know! On the Spider-Friends’ day off, no less! We’re back with the beautifully silly Amazing Friends, and its final season opens with one of its best episodes written by a prolific writer and featuring a prolific actor. We talk the dumbest Flash Thompson in a Spider-Man costume, Angelica and Bobby being insufferable friends, and why Sandman brings out the best in cartoons.

We’re watching Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: Season 3, Episode 1: “Spider-Man Unmasked!”.

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As an epilogue to our journey revisiting The Spectacular Spider-Man, we’re re-releasing our episode detailing all the hints and breadcrumbs left by the show creators about where things could have gone, from new villains to unrevealed backstories to Peter and MJ’s wedding! But first, we give our final FINAL thoughts about covering the show so thoroughly, and of course talk about the total counts for the rotating opening cast credits.

An extensive list of sources is on our website.

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We’ve reached the final episode of The Spectacular Spider-Man once again! As we re-process all our thoughts and feelings on the big Green Goblin twist and relationship upheavals, we break down Norman Osborn’s big plan and Chameleon’s improv skills, the Peter/Liz/Gwen/Harry love quadrangle, exactly what Martha Connors knows, and all those tragic final moments for so many characters. And of course, we theorize about all the important details we could have seen in future seasons… like who everyone would have dated!

We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 1, Episode 13: “Final Curtain”.

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The penultimate episode of The Spectacular Spider-Man is a jam-packed affair, and not just because Spidey is trapped in a prison full of villains! We talk about Black Cat’s return (and bitter departure), her dad’s surprising connection to Spidey’s origin story, and the deftly handled parallel story of a high school performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Expect lots of Shakespeare deep dives, fanfic about St. John Devereaux dating Aaron Warren, a culmination of the Flash and Sha Shan romance, and final appearances of major characters!

We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 1, Episode 12: “Opening Night”.

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Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

The Green Goblin has officially declared himself the city's new big man of crime in the finale arc's first episode, and his first target is... Liz Allan's brother? We get into the new underworld structure in New York, how Miles Warren has managed to slot himself into Otto Octavius' previous role as Norman Osborn's personal monster-maker, and the rapid collapse of Mark Allan's life after seemingly getting himself back on track.

We’re watching The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 11: “Subtext”.

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Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠