Tag Archives: Brian Michael Bendis

Episode 193 – Ultimate Spider-Man Vol 2: Learning Curve and Confessions

In this episode, Spidey Super Stories swings into a different gear as we examine yet another version of everyone’s favorite wall-crawler with a look at Ultimate Spider-Man: Learning Curve, with a special emphasis on issue 13, Confessions, by Brian Michael … Continue reading

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Episode 157 – The Moon Knight Episode

Today marks the debut of the new Moon Knight series on Disney+, and to mark the occasion, we’re diving into the career of everyone’s favorite multiple-personality Avenger with a look at a few different eras of Moon Knight comics, published … Continue reading

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Episode 129 – Death of Spider-Man (With Marvel by the Month)

In this episode, we’re joined by Bryan Stratton and Robb Milne of the Marvel by the Month podcast to complete our first podcast crossover (you can hear the first part here)—and to discuss Ultimate Comics Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man, by … Continue reading

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Episode 91 – Torso: A True Crime Graphic Novel

In this episode, Crimewave!, our series on gritty crime comics, continues with a fictionalized account of the real, ripped-from-the-1930s-headlines case of the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, co-written and “executed” by one of the biggest names in comics before he … Continue reading

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Episode 68 – The Miles Morales Episode

In this episode, Kevin Moreau and “Ultimate” Curt Holman return to the Ultimate Universe to discuss the origin of the popular biracial Spider-Man, Miles Morales in the second half of an unofficial Ultimate Spider-Man two-parter, this time reviewing Ultimate Comics: … Continue reading

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Episode 67 – Ultimate Spider-Man: Venom

In this episode, Curt and Kevin prime the pump for the Oct. 5 release of the Venom feature film with a discussion of the sinister symbiote’s origin story — that is, as portrayed in issues 33-39 of Ultimate Spider-Man by … Continue reading

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Episode 53 – Alias: The Secret Origins of Jessica Jones

In this episode, Curt and Kevin once again set aside their “clean” rating as they prepare for the second season of Netflix’s Jessica Jones by snooping around Alias Vol. 4: The Secret Origins of Jessica Jones, collecting issues #22-28 of … Continue reading

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Episode 42 – New Avengers: Illuminati

  In this episode, Curt and Kevin convene in secret to decide the fate of that clandestine conclave of Marvel Universe movers and shakers known as the Illuminati, as seen in New Avengers: Illuminati: Road to Civil War and New … Continue reading

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Episode 23 – Dark Reign

In this episode, a morally challenged, mentally unstable captain of industry rises to a position of awesome power! That’s right—join Curt and Kevin as they shine a light on the Marvel Comics event Dark Reign with a discussion of the … Continue reading

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Episode 18 – The Luke Cage Episode

In this episode, Curt and Kevin travel from war-torn Latveria to Civil War-torn Manhattan as they tackle not one but two stories starring Marvel Comics’ invulnerable sentinel of the streets, Luke Cage, in anticipation of the Netflix series of the … Continue reading

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