Henry and Jack celebrate 5 years since their first episode with a self-indulgent chat about the origins of this godforsaken podcast, some general chat about the cartoon, comics and movies, a few major life updates, rounded off with listener questions! No Context Spider-Man is available on: Instagram BlueSky Twitter Join our Discord! Or Follow the p…

“And then Spider-Man took Scorpion to the diaper factory” Season 4 Episode 5 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series is “Partners” After a break between episodes due to some non-neogenic life events, Henry and Jack are back to talk about maybe the most outrageous episode of the show so far. We've got some spider-creepin', cyborg humilation, and the one …

This episode Jack is joined by Diego Crespo + Gene Aversa from The Waffle Press to talk about our favourite comic book adaptations and ask the big questions: what makes a good comic adaptation? How faithful should they be to the source material? Can we survive this conversation without talking about the current Spider-Man comics? (the answer is no)…

Oh boy. Did you know that Kraven the Hunter had children? Did you know there are close to 100 KRAVEN CHILDREN? Did you know one of them is a kaiju from outer space?? Well, don’t worry, there’s plenty more to learn from this absurd family history. #TheYearOfKraven Note: this episode was recorded before it was announced that the Kraven the Hunter mov…

Calypso, loving(?) partner to Kraven the Hunter, has a short but wild ride through Marvel Comics history. From her bongo-playing origins in the early 80s to her confusing and unfortunate demise in the 90s, there’s a lot to talk about with this voodoo witch – including but not limited to: a brief history on Marvel going bankrupt, the coming of the e…

Season 4 Episode 4 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series is “The Return of Kraven” The third entry in the loose trilogy of Kraven appearances is here to be side-tracked by conversations about racism and Bananaman. But back to the episode, we’ve got a mysterious creature on the loose and a hunt through the jungles of New York to find it. What is this, …

Season 4 Episode 3 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series brings us to “The Black Cat” Henry forgot his microphone, Jack tries not to die, and the Kingpin has yet another OnlyFISK venture – this time with more cat outfits. As if this episode couldn’t get more inappropriate, Peter gets an STI from a rooftop encounter with a strange woman who may just be…

Season 4 Episode 2 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series is the first of a two-parter: “The Cat” After some tangents into Jack’s dreams and Henry’s masochistic movie-watching, we dive into a tale of WW2 spies, Sam Eliot lookalikes and a new addition to the OnlyFISK lineup. Yes, it’s a sequel. Also, Doc Ock is here. Maybe he’ll be less embarrassed if w…

Season 4 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series begins with “Guilty” Subscribe to our Patreon! Robbie Robertson, the reigning dad of last season, is drawing a glock again – but this time it’s a lazer gun, and he has no idea how it ended up in his hands. But there’s a man that would risk his neck for his brother man, who won’t cop out when there’s dange…

We’re releasing this from behind the veil of our Patreon feed to let y’all regular feed listeners in on one of our Blade retrospectives… but not one you probably know about. As the credits rolled on the cinematic garbage fire that was Blade: Trinity, we all looked around at ourselves and thought to ourselves: “Well, at least we’ll never get an on-s…

We watched the Morbius movie and have some questions. #VetoThatLeto Consider joining our Patreon to ease our pain. A podcast for no one. If we get anything wrong, a wizard did it. Instagram Tumblr Twitter TikTok Email: That90sspidermanshow@gmail.comDe către That 90s Spider-Man Show

Welcome to another addition of Weird Lore BS Corner, in which we ask the question: Who is the Hobgoblin? And yes, we know you can just google that answer, but the mystery isn’t about the resolution, it’s about the mind-breaking confusion we suffer along the way… This episode has everything: red herrings, toupée shenanigans, groin pulls, group black…

A new Spider-Man movie? Let’s talk about that. Spoiler Talk starts at 29:15. A podcast for no one. If we get anything wrong, a wizard did it. Instagram Tumblr Twitter TikTok Intro: Michael Giacchino – Arachnoverture Outro: Michael Giacchino – Peter Parker Picked a Perilously Precarious Profession Email: That90sspidermanshow@gmail.com…

So we sat down to finally have a chat about what we’re expecting from Spider-Man: No Way Home later this year. We also recorded half this episode before the new trailer dropped, so you can see us being proven wrong during the very same podcast! A podcast for no one. If we get anything wrong, a wizard did it. Instagram Tumblr Twitter TikTok Intro/Ou…

After a cavalcade of Disney Plus announcements, we had a little conversation about the X-Men ’97 – a continuation of the 90s animated series – as well as Spider-Man: Freshman Year, an MCU prequel… then we talk about a potential Spider-Man ’98 and whether it’s even possible. Get ready to boo your phones everyone! A podcast for no one. If we get anyt…

Welcome to the cynic cast! We’re here to talk about the recent MCU releases on Disney+ including What If?, Falcon & The Winter Soldier, and Loki! 01:00 | Falcon & The Winter Soldier 12:47 -13:57 | Minor Black Widow spoilers 34:09 | Loki 45:00 | Loki spoilers 50:56 | What If? We also talked about WandaVision over on our Patreon earlier this year. Yo…

Just in time for Eternals to come out and with Hawkeye just around the corner, we decided now was the perfect time to talk about the MCU stuff that came out this year that everyone has already watched, talked about, and moved on from. Or have they? I don’t know what’s happening outside my flat anymore. This bonus swing-tangent is all about Shang-Ch…

You won’t LAST FIVE SECONDS watching this movie We’re releasing this from behind the veil of our Patreon feed to let y’all regular feed listeners in on one of our X-Men movie retrospectives! Imagine being part of a club where you could get dumb bs like this in the dozens, request your own episode, and feel that warm, glowing warming glow of helping…

Milk… it’s all good. It’s time to talk about Sins of the Fathers! Favourite episodes! Worst characters! Most sinful dads! The season might be over but we’ll have more bonus episodes soon… and maybe check out our Patreon to unlock a whole load of other dumb content! Consume! Consume the content! Subscribe to our Patreon! A podcast for no one. If we …

Season 3 Episode 14 and the final episode of this season of Spider-Man: The Animated Series – Turning Point! Subscribe to our Patreon! Madame Web is back with more unnecessarily vague riddles, Harry is making that face, the Green Goblin is a clumsy drug metaphor and Pete is starting fires out of social anxiety. So just a regular dinner party in New…

Season 3 Episode 13 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series – Goblin War! Subscribe to our Patreon! It’s all coming to a head in this episode as we find out who The Hobgoblin is! We also talk pawnshop animatronics, MJ’s egg-based brain damage, secret doors, Felicia’s bad dating track record, and reverse amnesia, before finishing off with some hot sweaty…

What if a man could portal anywhere? And what if he wore those portals all over his body like some sort of dalmation man? We mark this landmark occasion with a character that starts weird and gets weirder. Jonathan Ohnn aka The Spot brushes up against all corners of the weird lore… uh… corner, and of course includes our favourite Weird Lore feature…

Season 3 Episode 12 of Spider-Man: The Animated Series – ‘The Spot’ Subscribe to our Patreon! Desk throw time! D-D-D-DESK THROWWW. Also the Spot is here! Not that anyone was clamouring for him, but he’s here and sportin inter-dalmatianal travel. Unfortunately for The Spot, Willie the Pinh has a honeypot and a 2% fat bear hug waiting for anyone who …

So what’s Carnage’s deal? Normally, we cover comic book origins in our regular episodes – but there was so much insane lore to go through with Cletus Kasady we decided to go ahead and do a whole episode on it. Strap in folks, you’re in for a wild ride from serial killer origins to godhood, with a handful of resurrections along the way. Check out ou…

Season 3 Episode 11: Carnage Recap – 10:00 Review – 46:30 Venom: Let There Be Carnage trailer talk – 52:46 This episode is a non-stop train to crazytown, so after a quick foray into a gameshow of Jack’s invention, we’re talking hipster demon lairs, cosmic sibling rivalries, symbiote peer pressure and psychic exposition. This episode closes off the …

Season 3 Episode 10: Venom Returns Review – 44:27 Comic Talk – 51:39 Venom is back with a bang, and before you can say “aw s***, here we go again” Eddie’s trolling is has led to a far worse kind of extremely online crazy: Carnage the slack-jawed yokel. Ol’ Cletus is Chucky meets Joker meets one of the chans, but a pessimistic Peter is here with som…

Season 3 Episode 9: Tombstone Recap – 10:30 Review – 38:50 Comic Origins – 47:31 Tombstone is back and this time ol’ Robbie Robertson is being brought along for the ride. We’ve got AI podcast titles, superhero symbologists, dungeons, basketball factories, monstars and Fornite-owned human beings! Beware: there may be one too many impressions. Then J…

Season 3 Episode 8: The Ultimate Slayer Recap – 2:57 Review – 43:06 Comic Origins – 50:34 This episode is a riot. We argue over Landon’s monster foot, Alistair’s ripped slayer bod, and whether Kingpin is a galaxy brain genius or merely a divorced dude with an OnlyFans and a David Byrne obsession. Meanwhile, the grief mullet evolves into a drifting …

Season 3 Episode 7: The Man Without Fear Recap – 2:00 Review – 33:10 Things aren’t going too well for Peter. He’s still a fugitive with the FBI on his tail, Big Bad Aunt Anna is forming the civilian sinister six with Dr. Jerk, and ol’ Willy Fisk is powering up his dad armour for a throwdown. Luckily for the wallcrawler, he’s got the OG King DeDe on…

Season 3 Episode 6: Framed Recap – 1:05 Review – 35:45 Comic Origins – 42:02 Peter Parker has a new boring job, the Kingpin is auditioning for a musical, Aunt Anna is mad online and MJ is wishing she was back with the cult. Oh, and did we mention ol Pete’s accused of treason? After we discuss this episode of the animated series, we move on to talk …

It’s finally here, the reason we started Weird Lore BS in the first place: Jackson Weele aka The Big Wheel. If you want to see the addition notes and comic panels we’re talking about – check out the additional notes here. A podcast for no one. If we get anything wrong, a wizard did it. Patreon Instagram Tumblr Twitter Facebook Intro/Outro: Pizza Th…

Season 3 Episode 5: Rocket Racer Recap – 6:24 Review – 35:48 Comic Origins – 41:40 This episode has some serious Big Wheel Energy, with both Rocket Racer and Spider-Man’s ultimate foe, Big Wheel, making an appearance. Along the way, we talk Avril Lavigne, crime-induced comas, and melon vandalism. Then we look back to 1977 with Rocket Racer’s first …

Seasons greetings, true believers! This year we wanted to give you all a festive treat with our holiday special, where we talk about our favourite holiday movies and TV episodes. Not everybody can celebrate this time of year in the way that they want to – but that doesn’t mean we can’t still have some fun and create new traditions! Stay safe y’all.…

Season 3 Episode 4: Enter The Green Goblin It’s our 50th Episode!!!! Recap – 2:16 Review – 38:22 Comic Origins – 46:05 Up there in the sky, it must be the hobgoblin! Wait, that’s not the Hobgoblin… Ha! No! It’s the greeeen goblin. That’s right, very stable genius Norman Osborn is here to doll out emotional abuse, wrecking meatballs, and his insane …

This time we delve into Slyde aka Jalome Beacher aka Jerome Beacher aka… ah who cares. Dreaming of a frictionless world, one disgruntled chemical engineer stumbles down a path of bank heists, mob extortion, lube and a gun-wielding incredible hulk. All will become clear, we swear… If you want to see the comic panels we’re talking about – check out t…

Season 3 Episode 3: Attack of the Octobot Recap – 2:33 Review – 30:24 Comic Origins – 34:40 Spider-Man has amnesia and Doc Ock has convinced him he’s his partner in crime. It’s a story so ridiculous it MUST be based on a comic book. It’s up to Tiana to remind Spidey of his superheroism, with cab driver Mousey in tow to dish out James Brown wisdom, …

Season 3 Episode 2: Make A Wish Recap – 1:40 Review – 26:00 Doc Ock is back on the scene after getting screwed over by the Disney Corp- uh I mean the Hardy Foundation once again, and it’s up to our hero to stop him. Unfortunately, Spidey is down in the dumps after blowing up one too many buildings and needs a pep talk from his biggest fan, while th…

Season 3 Episode 1: Doctor Strange Recap – 05:40 Review – 40:00 Comic Origins – 46:50 We’re back for a third season, and boy does it get off to an insane start. Sci-Fi lasers are a thing of the past. Now we’ve only got time for magic eye lasers, especially when they come from Amore-Jane Watson, whose step-dad may just be Baron Mordo in disguise. He…

For our latest (and last) bonus episode during our season break, we’re offering the first episode of one of our usually-Patreon-exclusive episodes: welcome to Drunk Hot Takes! The hosts are drunk, the takes are hot… some might say X-tremely hot. So hot you’ll burn yourself and learn a valuable lesson about listening to podcasts as recklessly stupid…

This week we’re discussing Ultimate Spider-Man vol.1 #1-13 (2000), collected in the first Ultimate Collection! We jump into Henry’s first impressions of the revamp of the Spidey mythos 20 years after it launched, while Jack reminisces about how it got him into reading comic books back in the day. For future book club episodes – including our discus…

The Neogenic Nightmare is finally done, so we’re discussing the season as a whole! We talk about our favourite (and least favourite) episodes, before jumping into the real discussion: who’s the biggest loser this season? And why does Henry hate old people? It’s hard to narrow it down, because this season is absolutely full to the brim with losers –…

Season 2 Episode 14: The Final Nightmare Recap – 3:23 Review – 31:02 Surprise – 37:44 The Neogenic Nightmare is coming to a close, but we’ve got one more monster mash to go before we call it a day. This episode has everything: Scorpion scumbaggery, newsvendor opinions, trench coats, puns, cold betrayals, more kidnappings… …and a very special surpri…

Season 2 Episode 13: Shriek of the Vulture Episode Recap – 2:17 Review – 28:57 Comic Origins – 35:41 The Vulture is in town, ready to throw away a life of bathrobe zoom calls in favour of taking to the skies as New York’s latest green spandex foe. He’s also using the tablet of time to turn children into instant boomers and continues the tradition o…

Season 2, Episode 12: Ravages of Time Recap – 2:58 Review – 28:43 Comic Origins – 33:50 Our Spider-Man PS1 Lets Play Silvermane wants to live until the totally-not-barren cultural landscape of the 2000s with his time pyramid and time poncho at the ready – but before then he’ll have to go up against the ED-209 of this show, the Mega Slayer. Before l…

Season 2 Episode 11: The Tablet of Time Recap: 3:35 Review: 32:16 Comic Origins: 38:28 Spencer Smythe is rolling in his grave after his son makes a humanoid ultimate battle robot, J3 is back on the air, Hammerhead is butting into a gang war over a magical artefact and Silvermane is… old. Super old. The Kingpin shows off his glorious fat muscles and…

To finish off our recent Blade retrospective, we’ve brought along The Waffle Press’ Diego Crespo to talk about what we all want from Mahershala Ali’s Blade reboot – and what we think we’ll get. Check out our Patreon to listen to the full retrospective on the Blade franchise and other bonus episodes: Listen to The Waffle Press on Spotify/iTunes/YouT…

Season 2 Episode 10: The Immortal Vampire. More like the immortal plotline, amirite? Recap: 1:59 Review: 27:29 Comic Origins: 33:14 This week we get to see Morbius finally evolve into his true Calamity Jared Form, but only after we cross off every single square on our Morbius bingo cards so many times that it catches fire. Meanwhile, Blade and Det.…

Back in 1998, the superhero genre wasn’t nearly as powerful – and then Blade came along. We look back and review Blade after revisiting (finally) as a new bonus episode. Is it iconic garbage, a camp masterpiece, or something else entirely? Some podcasts are always tryin’ to ice-skate uphill, huh? If you want to check out our retrospectives for Blad…

Season 2 Episode 9: Blade The Vampire Hunter Recap: 2:02 Review: 32:39 Comic Origins: 37:17 Get your Morbius bingo cards ready, because we have even more naval-gazing from everyone’s “favourite” artificial vampire. We also have the introduction of Blade the Blampire Blunter, delivering some Blade-sploitation for all you suckers. After that, we dive…

Season 2 Episode 8: ‘Duel of the Hunters’ Recap: 3:33 Review: 39:37 Comic Origins: 42:19 The Punisher has his hands full with Spider-Man after our hero transformed into a horrifying, dopey monster – something he still thinks he has the ability to sort by himself. Hey, maybe the man’s just got a lot of free time after his family picnics have been ca…