Silvermane

And last BBC question.

Before we started recording, you mentioned it's a very special year for the Antiques Roadshow next year, which I hadn't clocked as well.

Tell our listeners a little bit about that.

Yes, so next year, 2027, is the 50th anniversary of Antics Roadshow.

did, which was fantastic.

It was great to meet you there, and I got my tickets.

I think you mentioned the Hitchcock double bell, and then as soon as the tickets went on, I got my tickets, so I'm looking forward to

that.

Three Good Nerds, Spectacular Spider-Man number 73.

Oh, was that, um, Silvermane on the cover?

Silvermane.

Silvermane was just in Daredevil I believe, Silvermane.

Yo, the new Daredevil run is fire.

I know you guys don't pick up, uh, like, like new stuff, but-

and i think even you can see that as well in the use of silvermane which i think is partly partly they're doing it because it's uh you know a spider-man character who as far as i'm aware has not made an appearance in uh any live action no

not really i was gonna say he's the he's in your animated show as a baby of course yeah

yes he has transformed into a baby uh And then, just to plug myself, everyone go check out our episode, Three Men and a Boss Baby, about the episode where Silvermane turns into a baby.

And spoilers, he... exits the show forever with a joke about him pooping his pants and then he leaves the show and then he never returns so he's the most unceremonious exit for a character

yeah poor character he gets killed off in the video games by cyborg hammerhead oh I'd forgotten about that yeah but he's finally given his due here yeah

Yeah.

It's, uh, it's interesting.

I think, uh, yeah, I felt like they, they, they should have like went all the way with him in terms of villainy, uh, because the Spider-Man and gangster villains like Hammerhead, Silvermane, the Magia, they're all very interesting, uh, in how they get used in the comics.

It's a gang war story, an old trope, but when done well, always suits the Spider-Man milieu.

It also features old villains Silvermane, Hammerhead and Mysterio and the new villain, Mr Negative.

Now, I know what you're thinking and you're right.

At least two of those are dead or have been dead.

We have a new status quo of Aunt May being married to Jay Jameson, Jay Jonah Jameson's father.

New characters like Carly Cooper and Police Captain Yuri Watanabe and the stunning layouts of Martin.

Slott's story balances continuity, such as how many times has Silvermane died, with a new development, like Peter's new relationship with May and his attempt to be a cab driver, as well as pointing the way forward for the more recent movie, Brand New Day, where Spider-Man's relationship with Yuri is replicated, but for some reason, they name her Jean DeWolf.

But it's also a great story.

Oh, wait, wait, wait.

Who played Silvermane? Silvermane? I don't remember at

all.

Eddie Albert.

And he ends up stealing the identity of a deceased Fujian immigrant named Martin Li just to escape capture.

But his trajectory violently alters when he is captured by a rival crime faction, the Maggia, specifically a boss named Silvermane, and he's subjected to experimental synthetic drug testing.

And the pharmacology of this experiment is where the Marvel Universe's unique physics come into play because he wasn't the only test subject.

Oh, right.