TreasuryCast #82 – Spidey

9 responses to “TreasuryCast #82 – Spidey”

1. I’m glad I’m not the only one who has had a really hard time following Spider-man lately. I look at the shelf at my local comic shop and see dozens(?) of Spider-related titles. At this point I only pick up the alternate-universe titles that aren’t meant to fit in to any continuity. There was one recently where a very young Spider-man was trapped on an island … with Uncle Ben?… with a few other heroes from different time periods. I was confused, but it was an exciting confusion where I was invested in figuring out what was going on.

   Thanks for another fun episode … and for including the “Spidey Super Stories” theme from the Electric Company. Such a retro-banger of a song!

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2. KIDS might not puzzle pages but that MAY NOT be the problem.
   I work in manga and WAS a Galaxy sized flop at writing puzzles
   1. Everything is ethier too hard or too easy “Who’s peter Parker’s aunt OR what’s flash Thomson’s real name
   2 Also coding a puzzle into the on line version is madness!

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3. Spider-Man comics are in such a weird place nowadays. Marvel Editorial is practically holding Peter hostage in a perpetual late-20s (even giving that age feels reluctant). Curious to see if Miles will end up in a similar situation, considering he started at 13 in the comics and is 17-18 by now.

   They can keep him locked in an ambiguous age post-college if they keep going at this rate, but then they’ll run into the same problem as what Peter’s been going through. It’s tough, frankly. I wonder if they’ll bring him back to the Ultimate Universe but give him a bracelet to come back to 616 whenever the story calls for it. I do really like the mentor and apprentice dynamic with them though. He’ll never be My Spider-Man but Miles is a fun character.

   I haven’t read Spidey yet, but Nick Bradshaw’s art is fantastic to me and I can’t believe he hasn’t been put on an ongoing aside from Wolverine and the X-Men (unless he can’t hold a regular schedule). It reminds me of Art Adams and Ryan Stegman.

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4. Another great episode. Spider -man is one of my favorites. As well and like you Peter
   Parker is the spider-man I know . I think marvel needs to take a class on how to make legacy heroes . Also has the score on the Flash Gordon pin ball gotten better ?

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5. A great show with an iron-clad guest (if Dan knows anything about the etymology of his surname, he’ll get the reference…)
   This is definitely another one where I learned a whole bunch, as it’s not only a book I never knew existed, but also reprinted stories from a series I never knew existed. Based on your discussion and the art samples on the gallery page, it looks like something I’d be interested in reading – to some extent, it seems a bit like the material in the Marvel Adventures line, which I really liked (well, I liked the stuff reprinted in the Marvel digests from a few years back).
   Also, Rob, I can relate to your complaint about the poor use of the extra page in the treasury; my personal suggestion – instead of a puzzle or something – would be one of those Mini-Marvels by Chris Giarrusso.

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   1. Edo, great joke about my last name. You are the only person I’ve met that’s ever noted that. I like to joke that I chose the wrong superhero to podcast about. Glad you dug my appearance here.

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6. Thanks to you, Rob, and other you, Dan, for a fantastic podcast. I do miss having a Spider-Man book I want to follow. I really enjoyed the Brand New Day era once I stopped harrumphing about the loss of Peter and MJ’s marriage, and the Superior era was pretty good too. I cannot believe Marvel has gone back to all that totem nonsense from the JMS era… for all I know Peter is back spraying organic webs from his Spider-Bum.

   Ah well, at least I’ve now been told about another podcast that sounds well worthwhile. I shall be tuning in, Dan. This treasury sounds frustrating – unfinished stories have no place in collections.

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7. Great show Rob and Dan. I had no idea this Spidey treasury existed. But no diorama? What is this, Russia?

   Whenever I ask my six year old son who his favorite superheroes are, some of the names change with whoever he’s into at the time – Superman, Hulk, Thor, Batman, Black Panther – But one name that is always mentioned is Spider-Man. I think kids are drawn to him not only because of the cool powers, but the fact that he could be anybody behind that mask, it doesn’t matter, your sex, skin color, hair, etc., it could always be you swinging on a web across the city or climbing up a wall. I will definitely try to find a copy for my kid.

   I haven’t read Spider-Man since the Ultimate series ended. I really like the Miles character, but, like Jon Kent at DC, I feel like he needs his own superhero name. Otherwise, he’s always second fiddle. And as far as aging up Peter Parker: no, he shouldn’t be a kid anymore, but there are limits. if I want to see an always exhausted dad whose knees hurt, I can look in the mirror.

   By the way, please let us know when you have your “old man shouting a cloud” moment and picket outside of the Marvel offices. I can’t wait to see you holding up the Spidey treasury and a sign that says, “NOT MY TREASURY!” or “GIVE ME TREASURY COMICS THAT ARE 10 x 13.5 INCHES OR GIVE ME DEATH!”

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8. I’m sorry it took me so long to comment on this episode.
   I had gotten a couple behind and finally went back to rectify. And now I’m about to go and
   THROW A WRENCH IN THE WORKS, people!

   Can’t believe this didn’t come up in the show, and wasn’t mentioned in the comments, either, but…

   I distinctly remember that when this Treasury was solicited, there was no mention of Miles Morales!
   It started life as an intended collection of the SPIDEY series. I also recall buying it and being shocked (SHOCKED I SAY!) that 2 Miles issues were sandwiched into the back of the book.
   I was certain I remembered this correctly, but was hoping someone here could back me up.
   But then a simple search bore RECEIPTS.
   VOILA!

   https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR160929

   Notice the original solicit says “Collecting SPIDEY #1-5.”

   This, of course, raises even more questions about the genesis of this Treasury, its intended purpose, and its intended audience.

   My best guess is…
   that someone thought, “Hey, let’s publish a new Treasury comic, just for fun! But what do we put in it?”
   Somewhere along the lines it was decided that Nick Bradshaw’s art looked great, deserved more eyes on it, and that SPIDEY would be great Treasury content with very little backstory needed, or continuity adhered to, suitable for all ages.

   Designs get drafted up, a solicit is written and published in Previews, and then… BAM!
   Word comes down from on high, from some J. Jonah Jameson type, that Sony is definitely producing an animated Miles Morales movie to be released in a year or two.
   “You gotta work Miles Morales in there somewhere!”

   “But the solicit has already gone out!”

   “I don’t care! He’s gotta be included! Just wedge a couple of issues onto the end for all I care! Nobody will even notice the change! At least, not until Rob Kelly does a podcast about it! And even then, it probably won’t come up until someone mentions it in the online comments after the fact!”

   Or something LIKE that.

   Anyway, I thought this was a fantastic episode, and that Dan was a fantastic guest.

   I really appreciated your Spidey-Takes, Dan.
   I’ll be checking out your podcast tout de suite.

   I’m so in love with this show!
   I hope Treasury Cast makes it to 300 episodes!!
   ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
   GO BIG OR GO HOME!!

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