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THE 8 DEATHS OF SPIDER-MAN
(Marvel Press Release)Following Zeb Wells’ landmark run, writer Joe Kelly and Justina Ireland alongside artists Ed McGuinness and Gleb Melnikov bring you a new Spidey epic titled THE 8 DEATHS OF SPIDER-MAN. Stay tuned in the […]
Spider-Variants of the Week 7/3/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS
Spider-Previews 07-03-24
Marvel sent over previews for Spider-books coming out on 07-03-24. What will you be picking up?
Spider-Variants of the Week 6/26/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS (Coming Soon) Blood Hunt: Red Band Edition REPRINTS
Wells & Romita Jr Run Coming To An End
(Marvel.com Press release) THE FINAL SHOWDOWN WITH TOMBSTONE BEGINS IN AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #58 Tombstone’s revenge! Spanning multiple issues, Spidey’s most brutal battle begins in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #58. Hitting stands in September, the visceral issue will […]
Spider-Previews 06-19-24
Marvel sent over previews for books coming out on June 19th, 2024. What will you be picking up?
Spider-Variants of the Week 6/19/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS Ultimate Spider-Man #3 (3rd Printing) Amazing Spider-Man #257 (Facsimle Edition) Spider-Woman #7 (2nd Printing)
Spider-Variants of the Week 6/12/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS Ultimate Spider-Man #1 (6th Printing) Blood Hunt #3 Blood Hunt #3 (Red Band)
Spider-Previews 06-12-24
Marvel sent over previews for Spidey books coming out on 06-12-24. What will you be picking up?
Spider-Variants of the Week 6/5/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS Ultimate Spider-Man #2 (4th Printing) Spectacular Spider-Men #2 (2nd Printing)
Spider-Previews 06-05-24
Marvel sent over previews for Spidey books hitting the shelves on 06-05-24. What will you be picking up?
Spider-Variants of the Week 5/29/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS EXTRA VARIANTS OF THE WEEK Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver #4 by Chad Hardin (Left) X-Men: The Wedding Special #1 by Luciano Vecchio (Middle) X-Men: […]
Spider-Previews 05-29-24
Marvel sent over previews for Spidey books coming out on 05-29-24, what will you be picking up?
Spider-Variants of the Week 5/22/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS (Coming Soon) MORE BLACK SUIT VARIANTS Sensational She-Hulk #8 by Terry Dodson
Spider-Variants of the Week 5/15/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS THIS WEEK’S BLACK SUIT VARIANTS Ms. Marvel Mutant Menace #3 by Mahmud Asrar
Spider-Previews 05-15-24
Marvel sent over previews for Spidey books coming out on 05-15-24, what will you be picking up?
Spider-Variants of the Week 5/8/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS THIS WEEK’S BLACK SUIT VARIANTS
Spider-Previews 05-08-24
Marvel sent over previews for Spidey books coming out on 05-08-24, what will you be picking up?
Spider-Variants of the Week 5/1/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS Ultimate Spider-Man #1 – 5th Print
Spider-Previews 05-01-24
Marvel sent over previews for Spidey books coming out on 05-01-24. What will you be picking up?
Spider-Variants of the Week 4/24/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS
Spider-Previews 04-24-24
Marvel sent over previews for Spidey books coming out on April 24th, 2024. What will you be picking up?
Spider-Previews 04-17-24
Marvel sent over previews for Spidey books coming out on 04-17-24. What will you be picking up?
Spider-Variants of the Week 4/17/24
What Variant Will You Be Picking Up This Week? CRAWLSPACE PREVIEWS Ultimate Spider-Man #2 (3rd Print) SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MEN #1 (2nd Print)
Recent Reviews
Read’s Reads Amazing Spider-Man #52 & Ultimate Spider-Man #6
After a much needed rest, I return to review your favorite Spider-man titles with Amazing Spider-Man #52/946 and Ultimate Spider-man #6. Recapping the previous issues I tie it all together with these reviews. I give […]
Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #52 (Legacy #946): “Goo Ex Machina!” or “How Can We ‘Rek’ This Story?”
Spider-Goblin vs. Chasm! “Kraven” takes a page from Kaine’s playbook and watches from the shadows! Norman Osborn diversifies his business portfolio! Kamala Khan spends an hour standing at the reception desk! A new super-group forms! […]
The Chi✶Town Breakdown: USM #6 (2024)
What is one to say about the month of June? The time of a perfect, young summer. The fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and which, as yet no sign to remind one […]
Alford Notes: Amazing Spider-Man #51
Dear reader, I must say unapologetically that this is the BEST Zeb Wells’s Spider-Man story I have ever read! Yes – I know Chasm is in it. Yes – I know Doctor Connors is in […]
The Chi✶Town Breakdown: USM #5 (2024)
Greetings Crawlspacers! So who asked for a 6160 Harry Osborn Centric issue? I didn’t, I still waiting for Peter to come clean to Mary Jane, that he’s Spider-Man. I mean, there have been NINE covers […]
Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #50 (Legacy #944): “Did You Miss The Sinful Spider-Man? I Hope So.” or “Well, 4 Out Of 5 Stories Had A Title.”
A double-sized issue where big things happen! Norman Osborn is revealed to be evil! Spider-Man fights the Green Goblin! The return of the sins of Norman Osborn! Post-hypnotic suggestions! “The Living Brain” is no more! […]
MARCO SPEAKS SPIDEY- SPIDER-GWEN: THE GHOST-SPIDER (2024) #1 REVIEW
Gwen is back in action once again, but this time around, she is a permanent resident of Earth-616. Now, while it feels like there is a new Gwen series practically every week, I do believe […]
Read’s Reads Amazing #49 Review
I review the Bloodhunt crossover issue of Amazing Spider-Man. I also review Shadow of the Green Goblin #2 and Free Comic Book Day 2024. All three have their strengths, with Amazing feeling like a good […]
Podcasts
Podcast #827 Patreon Exclusive
This epic episode is available to our patreon subscribers. If you’d like to listen to it sign up here.https://www.patreon.com/crawlspaceWe tackle 25 books in this episode and it lasts three hours, it’s all for you patreon […]
Podcast #826 Spider-History Secret Wars #5-8
JR continues his review of Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #5-8. Spider-Man gets his black costume in these issues and his life was forever altered. Join us as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Secret […]
Podcast #825- Spider-Satellites May 2024
This exclusive episode is for for patreon members, sign up here. https://www.patreon.com/crawlspaceWe review the following books:Superior Spider-Man #6Ultimate Spider-Man #4Jackpot & Black Cat #2Spider-Woman #7Blood Hunt #1Secret Wars: Battle World #4Miles Morales Spider-Man #18 & 19Free […]
Podcast #832-Spider-History Secret Wars at 40 Issues #1-4
Join JR as he travels back to 1984 and gives his throughts on the first four issues of Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars. You don’t want to miss JR and George discuss issue #3 where […]
Podcast #823-Amazing Spider-Man#939-941
The Crawlspace crew review Amazing Spider-Man #939-941. If you would like to see the video of this recording click on this link and be sure to subscribe to our youtube channel.
Podcast #822 Spider-Satellites
Sign up here to listen to this exclusive patreon episode that lasts nearly three hours. https://www.patreon.com/crawlspace We review the following books:Ultimate Spider-Man #3Jackpot & MJ #1Symbiote Spider-Man 2099 #1 & 2Edge of Spider-Verse #1-3pider-Woman #5-6Spectacular […]
Crawlspace Columns
Tangled Webs: Peter David’s Spectacular Spider-Man Part 3
Thomas Mets reviews Peter David’s final 1980s Spider-Man comics with the identity of the Hobgoblin, the return of the Sin Eater, the Hulk, a betrayal by the Black Cat and a tragedy for Mary Jane’s friend.
Tangled Webs: Peter David’s Spectacular Spider-Man Part 2
Peter David had an acclaimed run on Spectacular Spider-Man in the 1980s, arguably the best in the title’s history. But a complication with trying to read it years later is how haphazard it was. Sometimes […]
Tangled Webs: Peter David’s Spectacular Spider-Man Part 1
Reviews of stories from Peter David’s first year as a Spider-Man writer, including the Death of Jean Dewolff, an unconventional Hulk tie-in, a Prince ripoff, the legendary Commuter story and a Santa Claus burglar.
Spider-Tracer: Spider Power, Series I
Welcome back, Spidey fans! For this month’s Spider-Tracer article, I thought we’d take a look at a very interesting wave of ToyBiz-produced Spider-Man figures from the late 90’s. There were two series of waves in […]
Best Spider-Man Stories by Decade: the 2000s
While I still have the time and energy, let’s get right into the 2000s! This was a busy decade for the web-slinger in the comics alone, with many different creative directions; some good, some not […]
Best Spider-Man Stories by Decade: the 1990s
Ah, the 1990s. Depending on who you ask, this is largely seen as a troubled decade for the comics industry as a whole (for good reason) and sadly, Spider-Man is not exempt from this. While […]
Crawlspace Panel of the Day
Panel of the Day #1565 (Splash Page Sunday!)
I don’t like it one bit either. Anyway… Happy 20th anniversary to Spider-Man 2! Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #395 Published: c. November, 1994? Cover Date: January, 1995 “Web of Death, Part 1: Tentacles” Writer: J.M. […]
Panel of the Day #1564
They don’t tell you how expensive it is to be a superhero. Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #61 Published: c. September, 1981? Cover Date: December, 1981 “By the Light of the Silvery Moonstone…!” […]
Panel of the Day #1563 (Splash Page Sunday!)
Not something you’d want to see in the middle of the night. Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #127 Published: c. September, 1973? Cover Date: December, 1973 “The Dark Wings of Death!” Writer: Gerry Conway Artist: Ross […]
Panel(s) of the Day #1562 (Ditko!)
I’m afraid Xandu is going to have to present a better argument than “you mustn’t.” Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Vol. 1) #2 Published: 1965 Cover Date: 1965 “The Wondrous World of Dr. Strange!” Plot: Steve Ditko […]
Panel of the Day #1561 (Splash Page Sunday!)
Happy Father’s Day? Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #83 Published: c. February, 1970? Cover Date: April, 1970 “The Schemer!” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: John Romita Inker: Mike Esposito Letterer: Sam Rosen
Panel of the Day #1560
Don’t mess with the underarm webbing. Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #73 Published: c. September, 1982? Cover Date: December, 1982 “Peter Parker — You Are the Spectacular Spider-Man!” Writer: Bill Mantlo Artist: Al […]
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