Episode 94: Crabby Appletons (Spider-Man 239)

Ultimate Spin: The Spider-Man podcast about Marvel Comics' Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen Stacy

(Recorded April 7, 2018)

Haven’t read it yet? Pick up this issue today at Comixology!

In this episode, Brian and Jack take a closer look at the chaotic penultimate issue of Bendis’ run in Spider-Man #239. Plus, we discuss the news that the Ultimate Universe is returning!

• 0:00 – Intro; Wait, the Ultimate Universe is really coming back? How things could be different this time.
• 5:24 – Spider-Man #239 – Mask on, Mask off. Dialogue disaster. Squandered Sandman. So many strands of this web…but does anything connect? Surprises at the end…but why? How (Can?) this all be pulled together for the finale? Looking at other reviews.
• 28:36 – Our three word summaries of the issue.
• 30:05 – Outro; What did *you* think of this issue? Let us know! And coming up…

Stuff that we mentioned in this episode:

• Reviews for Spider-Man #239
• Marvel has plans for a new Ultimate Universe
• Lucia Von Bardas
• Ceres’ fate: Invincible Iron Man #598
• Hey, it’s The Champions!
• Join the Amazing Spider-Slack! From our friends at the Amazing Spider-Talk podcast!
• Untold Talks of Spider-Man podcast

Also check out:

• Jack’s website; Podcasts: The Sequelisers!;Guesting on Kyle’s Booking on the Fly
• Brian’s Twitter/Instagram/Podcasts/assorted nonsense

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