Face front, true believers!
This episode we’re covering S1E2: ‘The Spider Slayer’.
There’s a lot to cover here, from the Smythe family’s unhealthy obsession with spiders to the Osborn family’s baffling and frankly medically worrying haircuts.
Henry and Jack talk about the second episode of the series, before looking into the origins of the many introductions here – namely Spencer Smythe in The Amazing Spider-Man #25.
As for our weird lore, Jack takes Henry to ‘Kangaroo Country’ to jump slightly higher than usual. That’s right, we’re talking about one of the strangest members of Spider-Man’s rogues gallery, and his first appearance in the uniquely depressing and goofy TASM #81.
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Further podcast notes:
As mentioned in the podcast, here are some visual cues for what we’re talking about during the comic origin section. First, here’s Smythe’s original Spider Slayer in action in The Amazing Spider-Man #25 from June 1965:
Here’s when it is first introduced, accidentally attacking Peter Parker in the Daily Bugle offices.
And here it is, as we mentioned, being super creepy.
And it quickly over-powering Spidey.
And the final gag he pulls:
Then we moved onto Weird Lore Bullshit Corner, where we talked about Frank Oliver aka The Kangaroo in The Amazing Spider-Man #81 (February 1970).
Frank Oliver’s flashback to ‘Kangaroo Country’:
The Kangaroo duping some cops with his jumping ability:
And the second Kangaroo, as he appeared post-Frank Oliver’s death:
And that’s all for this week. If you haven’t already, you can check out our introductory Episode Zero here, or see what went down in ‘The Night of the Lizard’ with our previous episode.
Intro and Outro are from: Razonix – Synthwave Spiderman
That '90s Spider-Man Show 