#337: “The Lizard”

Arm your scratching posts and laser pointers, because White Tiger has gone feral! We finally explore the backstory of one of Spidey’s team members, and it leads to both bearded daddy mode Kraven AND catboi Kraven! It’s an embarrassment of riches, and we wonder why we couldn't have gotten an episode like this in season one.We’re watching Ultimate Spider-Man: Season 2, Episode 4: “Kraven the Hunter”.Website⁠ | ⁠Patreon⁠ | ⁠Discord⁠Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveContact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)

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 | ⁠Discord⁠Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveContact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠Email: ⁠[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 | ⁠Discord⁠Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveContact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠Email: ⁠[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 | ⁠Discord⁠Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveContact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠Email: ⁠[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 | ⁠Discord⁠Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveContact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠Email: ⁠[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 | ⁠Discord⁠Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveContact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠Email: ⁠[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 | ⁠Discord⁠Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveContact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠Email: ⁠[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 | ⁠Discord⁠Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveContact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠Email: ⁠[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 | ⁠Discord⁠Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveContact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠Email: ⁠[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 | ⁠Discord⁠Part of The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast CollectiveContact us: @WallopingWebPod on ⁠Bluesky⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠Email: ⁠[email protected]⁠Theme song features: ⁠“Resonance (Cyan & Ladybot Remix)” by HOME⁠ | ⁠License (CC BY 3.0)