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Who’s gonna whip up her famous wheatcakes and remind you to put on a sweater? Aunt May! For this installment of our “Web Of” series, we’re talking about all the animated adaptations of Peter Parker’s doting aunt and mother figure, and try to answer: What makes a quintessential May Parker? We get into the Aunt Mays young and old to compare the frail elderly Mays, the extreme sports Mays with a job, the Mays who stand up to evil, and everything in-between! Check out Glitterjaw’s variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

This week, on a very special episode of Ultimate Spider-Man, we learn what to do when you witness school bullying. This episode’s answer? Uh…let’s just say it’s not great. We’re talking about this reinvention of Rhino as a bullied nerd and why his unsympathetic portrayal undercuts the heavy-handed message, itself muddled by an attempt to ostensibly deepen Flash Thompson and somehow still make it about Spidey asking for help. We’re watching Ultimate Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 3: “The Rhino”. Check out Glitterjaw’s variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

You loved Christopher Daniel Barnes as the voice of 90s Spider-Man, now hear him do all that passionate, angry screaming as Electro! But to hear it, you’ll have to sit through a whole episode of “What if phones, but too much?” Yep, it’s a hamfisted lesson about Spidey’s team being way too obsessed with screens, portrayed in the most inconsistent and condescending way possible. We’re watching Ultimate Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 2: “Electro”. Check out Glitterjaw’s variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

Season 2 of Ultimate Spider-Man opens with an arc introducing all the classic villains we missed in season 1, and first up is a Doc Connors who’s really horny for some lizard formula! We get into this accelerated story to get Connors to become The Lizard, Spidey and his team operating as a perfect loving family with no problems, and a surprisingly fun Amazing Friends gag. We’re watching Ultimate Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 1: “The Lizard”. Check out Glitterjaw’s variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

Who’s our favorite egomaniac with four metal arms and a love of science? Doc Ock! In the first of our “Web Of” series, we’re talking about all the animated adaptations of Spidey’s formidable foe to try and answer: What makes a quintessential Otto Octavius? We get into our favorite and least favorite designs (spoiler: we hate when he has abs), which tentacles we like best, and why even the most radical reinventions of Ock still feel like Ock at the core.  Check out Glitterjaw’s variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man ends its first season with space portals, time travel, symbiotes, and magic…and somehow, it’s all works! We talk about the big time loop reveal and what it and the lack of Uncle Ben guilt say about this version of Spider-Man, along with Norman Osborn as a Lex Luthor figure and our lack of memory about the Oscorp internship. Plus, we discuss what we know about season 2! We’re watching Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Season 1, Episode 9: “If This Be My Destiny…”. Check out Glitterjaw’s variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

The gang war comes to a head and Spidey gets a rematch with Scorpion in the action-packed penultimate episode of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’s first season! We talk about the unexpected culmination of Lonnie’s arc – and his role as Spidey’s heart rather than a villain – along with Spidey’s swanky new (classic) suit, Nico coming around on his identity, and Norman’s advice having ill effects on Peter. We’re watching Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Season 1, Episode 9: “Hero or Menace”. Check out Glitterjaw’s variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

Otto Octavius plays Animal Crossing and does a gay little dance! Harry calls Peter “Tiger”! For an episode devoid of action and devoted to Peter contemplating his failures, there’s still lots of fun to be had. We get into Norman Osborn’s bad advice, the Parkers as a family unit, Chameleon’s weird mask, the first sign that Big D is a bad leader, and Harry Osborn as a love interest for Peter. We’re watching Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Season 1, Episode 8: “Tangled Web”. Check out Glitterjaw’s variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

Spider-Man and Lonnie Lincoln's stories finally intersect when the Ock-augmented Scorpion attacks the 110th Street Gang's hideout. Plus, Nico and Harry hash things out over pizza and... a street race? We talk about the parallels between Pearl's frustration with Lonnie and Nico's frustration with Peter, ponder what Harry did to the Nike Board of Directors, and speculate whether Norman is telling the truth about his relationship to Otto Octavius. We’re watching Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Season 1, Episode 7: “Scorpion Rising”. Check out Glitterjaw’s variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)

Well, it’s another Doctor Doom episode of the 1981 cartoon… but is this show actually building a semi-serialized Doom story across multiple episodes?! After Doom traps Spider-Man underground, we get an extended flashback about Doom’s origins from the perspective of the Latverians he rules over, questioning if a tragedy in the past justifies being a huge jerk in the present. We talk about this very funny (but also fashy) J. Jonah Jameson simping over Doom, a strange writer identity mixup, and whether we should re-evaluate the entire Doom saga. We’re watching Spider-Man (1981): Season 1, Episode 17: “Canon of Doom”. Check out Glitterjaw’s variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

Yeah, Daredevil is in this episode! But there’s plenty more, including a VHS movie night between Peter, Harry, and Nico that goes very awry, and the first inkling that this show’s Norman Osborn may, in fact, be a bad dude. We talk about snack recipes and parallels between raisins and dates, using the MCU and Civil War background well, and even more of Peter’s terrible lies. We’re watching Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Season 1, Episode 6: “Duel with the Devil”. Check out Glitterjaw’s new variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

It’s the one where Spider-Man gets beat up by a giant muscular Russian lady with a laser on her head! Lucky guy. He also has to deal with Harry Osborn’s new role as his “dude at the desk” and how this newfound relationship affects Nico. We talk about the official introduction of Hugh Dancy’s Otto Octavius, Unicorn as a pretty despicable villain, and the moment Lonnie’s compelling transition into Tombstone falters. We’re watching Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Season 1, Episode 5: “The Unicorn Unleashed!”. Check out Glitterjaw’s new variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

It’s one big FASHION MONTAGE! Peter tries and fails to adopt different superhero costumes and personas to hilarious effect. But on the dramatic side, Lonnie gets thrown into the deep end of a dangerous gang war with the Scorpions. Also, we talk Dr. Wittman being this show’s J. Jonah Jameson, good ways to make MCU references, and a weird amount of conversation about the show Becker. (Yes, this episode should have been called “Secret Identity Crisis” instead.) We’re watching Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Season 1, Episode 4: “Hitting the Big Time”. Check out Glitterjaw’s new variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠

So, how’s Peter Parker doing after that whole memory wipe spell? Not great! We’re talking about the fourth MCU Spidey film that explores a Spider-Man without human connection and the mental, emotional, and physical Spider-mutating toll it takes on him. Spin your web cocoon as we talk about very ripped Tom Holland, the disgust of organic webs, using Marvel characters like Hulk and Punisher other than typical Spidey villains (and the thematic connections among them), Zendaya selling complicated moments, the whole Sadie Sink thing, and more! We’re watching the film, Spider-Man: Brand New Day! Check out Glitterjaw’s new variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)

Peter and Lonnie both get in over their heads with some powerful master manipulators… AND BIG D IS HERE! After we get done thirsting after the leader of the 110, we talk about this eccentric Norman Osborn’s weirdly adorable enthusiasm for Spider-Manning, the mechanics of buying out an entire restaurant, and a bickering straight couple who almost kill Spider-Man. We’re watching Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Season 1, Episode 3: “Secret Identity Crisis”. Check out Glitterjaw’s new variety show, Glitterjaw Presents! Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠ Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective Contact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)⁠