Aug 8, 2026 · 12 min · 11 segments
Episode 410. James B and Eddie discuss the final five books in the Tangled Web Series. Sponsored by Roxxon Oil Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston. This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and…
[train chugging] From November of 2002, Stan Lee presents Spider-Man's Tangled Web 18: Alphabet City by Ted McKeever.
The Penny Ante Gang is causing trouble because they think Lincoln should have been on a silver coin.
[laughs]
Ooh [laughs]
Typeface ties Spellcheck up and leaves a note for Spider-Man to lock this lunatic up.
[laughs]
Notable moment, while tied up, Spellcheck has an issue with the hyphen in the word Spider-Man, and tells Spider-Man that he/Spider-Man is not a compound adjective, so why ask the hyphen to do more than its already burdened ability? We ask too much of the hyphen.
As a recently certified English teacher, James B, I bet you were very excited to read this book.
[laughs]
I, you know what? I actually started wondering really hard about the Spider-Man hyphen.
[laughs]
S- I, it's doing a lot of work.
[laughs]
Wow.
Yeah
[train chugging] From November of 2002, Stan Lee presents Spider-Man's Tangled Web 18: Alphabet City by Ted McKeever.
The Penny Ante Gang is causing trouble because they think Lincoln should have been on a silver coin.
[laughs]
Ooh [laughs]
Typeface ties Spellcheck up and leaves a note for Spider-Man to lock this lunatic up.
[laughs]
Notable moment, while tied up, Spellcheck has an issue with the hyphen in the word Spider-Man, and tells Spider-Man that he/Spider-Man is not a compound adjective, so why ask the hyphen to do more than its already burdened ability? We ask too much of the hyphen.
As a recently certified English teacher, James B, I bet you were very excited to read this book.
[laughs]
I, you know what? I actually started wondering really hard about the Spider-Man hyphen.
[laughs]
S- I, it's doing a lot of work.
[laughs]
Wow.
Yeah
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