The Spectacular Spider-Man
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Sep 26, 2026
ChrisHOST
Last really notable thing from Peter David are his contributions, of course.
ChrisHOST
He created Spider-Man 2099, really popular character after the movie across Spider-Verse.
ChrisHOST
Also just popular in his own right.
ChrisHOST
The Maestro, who...
James BHOST
So that's, you know, where we're, you know, where we are.
James BHOST
So we just wrapped up Spectacular Spider-Man, for example, and there's like 260 or so books.
James BHOST
You read them all.
James BHOST
Did you take that 260 and say, I'm going to talk about 150 of them? Or did you talk about 260? Or did you put, you know, how did you cover that for the listeners who are wondering?
Derek HunterPANELIST
say very easy non-controversial
Kerry JacksonHOST
and not at all and like I said it's you know what I enjoyed about this movie is that you know it was like reading an issue of Peter Parker Spectacular Spider-Man in the 80s because it's Peter just in this kind of half-ass costume and he's walking around like just a guy and you know and he's I just loved it.
Kerry JacksonHOST
But yeah, this is the...
Kerry JacksonHOST
Let me get the numbers here.
TonyHOST
This week we are doing...
ScottHOST
We are doing the premiere stories of the characters Cloak and Dagger, which were published in The Spectacular Spider-Man, which was kind of Spider-Man's B title at the time.
ScottHOST
And these two characters... ran through a handful of issues in the spectacular Spider-Man comic in like 82 and 83, and shortly thereafter were given their own limited series, and after that, shortly, their own books.
ScottHOST
So characters that seem to have come on very strong and been very popular but they just kind of started out as perhaps a villain of the week in Spider-Man
TonyHOST
yeah and I think I don't know if we discussed this this is your idea of it are you wanting us to then do today we're going to do the spectacular Spider-Man but and we're going to do three issues there's actually like five or
ScottHOST
more.
ScottHOST
Yes, there were a few more appearances in Spider-Man after this.
TonyHOST
In the spectacular Spider-Man, yeah.
Andrew LeylandHOST
For our purposes, issue 361 will suffice.
Andrew LeylandHOST
As all this mindless carnage, pun intended, was exploding over an amazing Spider-Man, on the stands at almost the same time was Spectacular Spider-Man issue 189.
Andrew LeylandHOST
Writer James DeMathis has had a great run on Marvel Team up in the 80s, but had made his name over at DC, writing The Justice League.
Andrew LeylandHOST
He returned to Marvel and Spider-Man, and was this time given a main book.
Andrew LeylandHOST
With artist Sal Buscema, DeMathis countered the excess of the other Spider-Man titles by crafting beautiful, touching stories, rooted in character rather than spectacle.
Andrew LeylandHOST
Needless to say, it didn't sell as well, but as Amazing became more and more aimed at lovers of gore and shock, Spectacular Spider-Man became more character-based.
Andrew LeylandHOST
This issue, The Osborne Legacy, sees a relapsed Harry Osborne try to convince his family everything is OK, something that's not easy when he's wearing a purple and green Halloween costume.
Andrew LeylandHOST
De Mathis plays up something most writers forget when dealing with the Green Goblin, that Peter and Harry have that connection that had to be fabricated between Norman and Peter, and he wheels out the psychological aspects of the characters, emphasising the similarities and differences, to good effect.
John SiuntresHOST
That's great, man.
John SiuntresHOST
Uh, I don't, um, I, again, I don't mean to get in your guys' business and everything, how, how just in contrast to what Marvel did and, and continues to do, Sly had the same problem with Spectacular Spider-Man.
John SiuntresHOST
Sales had to be a certain number for it to continue beyond five and everything.
Joe CaseyGUEST
Yeah.
JeffHOST
So my first one was, uh, I just looked it up.
JeffHOST
Uh, Peter, uh, make sure this is correct.
JeffHOST
Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man ep- uh, issue 103 from 1985.
JeffHOST
Uh, very first comic book I got.
JeffHOST
Uh, my mom bought it for me at Thriftway, which was a grocery store at the time.
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JeffHOST
[laughs] You think he buys a billion dollars worth of tickets?
JasonHOST
I don't, would not be surprised.
JeffHOST
Pet- Peter Jackson? He's hit and miss.
Andrew LeylandHOST
What follows are stories that, again, show what life was like for Peter Parker in the '80s, but also give a good representative sample of the stories and events that shaped the era.
Andrew LeylandHOST
In publication order, my first pick would be Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, issue 58, by Roger Stern and John Byrne.
Andrew LeylandHOST
Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New is as almost a perfect '80s Spider-Man story as you could hope for, and a no-brainer for inclusion.
Andrew LeylandHOST
It features everything that made this era great.
Rick WootenHOST
They did Spider-Man Adventures number two, and that was where he was fighting the Scorpion.
Rick WootenHOST
They did the Spectacular Spider-Man number one, where he was fighting the Tarantula.
Rick WootenHOST
And then Amazing Spider-Man 221, where he was fighting Ramrod.
Rick WootenHOST
And then finally, Amazing Spider-Man 345 with Boomerang.
Rick MathesonHOST
Well, and you get back to story.
Rick MathesonHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Rick WootenHOST
And instead of it just being spectacular, right? Instead of being sensational, they, by the way, that was a pun because there was a spectacular Spider-Man and sensational Spider-Man.
Rick MathesonHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Ian BoothbyGUEST
But the comics that got me hooked on comics...
Ian BoothbyGUEST
It was an issue of Spectacular Spider-Man, I believe, 11.
Ian BoothbyGUEST
It had Medusa on the cover from The Inhumans, and she was destroying a roller coaster, and Spider-Man was trying to stop her from doing that, which was good.
Ian BoothbyGUEST
That got me a little, hmm, I'd like a little more of this.
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