Me & my friend, Pete

Moon Knight vs. Dr. Doom!   In this Season 1 Bonus Episode, we find the Latverian Lion holed up in his Kip Bay Consulate, but that isn't stopping him from sending the greatest 90's hit squad this side of... well... there are a lot better hit squads... But still! They're sent to deal with a certain Right Fist of Khonshu. Beneath the Crescent Moon, we've got action, we've got drama, we've got Dr. Doom doing damage! Bring your thesauruses... Thesauri? Who knows anymore?!   Bonus Episodes can be found @ Patreon.com/hspp

Doctor Octopus vs. Spider-Man... AGAIN! We've got Spidey crashin' out We've got John Jameson We've got a heist that would make Vulture proud and Ock cashin' in we've got a rumble at Stark Industries and nullifiers galore  Yeah, Spidey and Ock were enemies but now? Something more? And We've got me! We've got you We've got… no further ado... We've got The Amazing Spider-Man #55 Doc Ock Wins or Rumble, Young Man, Rumble II: The Inside Man!   Bonus Episodes can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP sign up now!    

In this episode, we talk tariff conspiracies, charismatic authority, and pontificate something fierce on the need to find your lane and put the pedal through the floor... Somewhere in there Namor and The Invaders put fascists in the only place they ever should be, on their backs. Bonus Episodes contain curses, we apologize for nothin'!   And this Bonus Episode's a freebie... Sorry for the wait!   Bonus Episodes can be found @ Patreon.com/HSPP!   Correction: In the intro, I say this is Namor: The Sub-Mariner Vol. I #11 in actuality it's #12... oopsie!

Doctor Octopus, fresh off his victory against The King of Swing does the only thing any self-respecting would-be Kingpin of Crime should... subleases a room in the Forest Hills Queens section of New York City. What are the odds Spidey's not dead and the room belongs to his loving Aunt May? I mean it's comic books, sooooooo 100%! We've got Pete Parker vs. Otto Octavius... We've got Spider-Man vs. The Master Planner Gang... We've got the Golden Liability vs. The Hateful Eight... We've got windows and walls and alleys destroyed! The only thing missing is you, friend! 

We've waited over twenty issues for our favorite Monologuing Madman's return and 008 doesn't disappoint! Rooftop battle? Check! Pontification? Check! Paris Hilton? Check! That's Hot Explosions, flirtations, subleasing agreements? Check! Check! Check! All we seem to be missing is you!   Bonus episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP sign up now... please? These student loans ain't no joke!

  We've got the Amazing Spider-Man's fourth annual. The Wingless Wizard teaming up with the Master of Monologues himself... MYSTERIO! But no worries, Spidey ain't come alone! He's teaming up with the one and only-- well, the third and best Human Torch -The Long Island Igniter- himself, Jonathan Lowell Spencer Storm!   Sign up for Bonus Episodes @ Patreon.com/HSPP now!

Question:   What would you do if you lost a one-on-one bout with New York's newest Kingpin of Crime and woke up in a death chamber strapped to the one man who spends his life making yours a living hell? If you're Spidey, you get up, you get goin' and you get your rematch!   Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP

Season 3 is here and that means Spidey takes on the newly crowned Big Boss of New York... The Kingpin! Our hero thinks he's got this one in the bag, but turns out the 6'7, 450 lb. man mountain won't roll over so easy!   WELCOME BACK AND WELCOME TO SEASON 3!   Sign up now for Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete @patreon.com/HSPP!

We've come to our second season finale and Pete's been put through the ringer. Sometimes the pressure becomes too much and this is one of those times for the King of Swing. This episode's got a little more "Me" than normal, but after two years, a failed relationship, a Master's Degree, and an 8th-grade graduation, I figured I should say something about some things... namely, Jed Bartlett and Corinthians! Either way-- We've got me! We've got you! We've got no further ado! We've got Amazing Spider-Man #50, Spider-Man No More!   Bonus Episodes can be found at High Society Publishing exclusive to the Key Keeper and High Council Tiers. Sign up now!

Spidey's been taking his lumps lately...  A loss to Kraven The Hunter... A loss to The Vulture... That pesky virus plot device used to give new villains a fighting chance... Now, when he's finally feeling better? He's got Kraven and the Vulture vying for top menace of the city we know and love just in time for him to be caught in the middle. The penultimate episode of Me & my friend, Pete Season 2 is here and we've got action!   The Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP! We guarantee you'll love 'em... 'nuff said!

Mix equal parts Lincoln O' Vulcha assassination attempt, The Last Dragon's Sho' Nuff, One Spidey head cold, and a George Washington Bridge.... add a dash of Daredevil, a pinch of vice-gripping thunder thighs, and shake well high above the city we know and love. There... all the makings of a hilariously epic tale: Amazing Spider-Man #48 The Wings of the Vulture!   More content? Sign up at Patreon.com/HSPP

The Saki Sippin' Stalker wit' the Slicked-Back Hair is back! We're talkin' Kraven the Hunter... We're talkin' kidnappin'... We're talkin' Bull Elephants... We're talkin' nip, wait, is this right? Nipple lasers? WE'RE TALKIN' NIPPLE LASERS! ASM #47 - IN THE HANDS OF THE HUNTER!   Sign up to our patreon for bonus episodes exploring comic books all across the Comic Book Universes! Patreon.com/HSPP!

New Villain Alert! The Shocker makes his first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man, and keeping with the tradition of nearly all Spidey's Silver Age baddies, the man steps onto the scene HUSTLING BACKWARDS! I'd say Spidey could handle this clown with one hand tied behind his back, but I'm not sure I wouldn't be lying!   Bonus Episodes can be found at patreon.com/hspp!

The Lizard may have taken round one, but Spidey wants a rematch! One arm tied behind his back and all! The Lizard's plan for world domination this time? Tune in and find out! We've got chase scenes atop rushing trains, we've got Spidey vs. literally every reptile from The Bronx Zoo, we've got snake bullwhips, we've got crocodile cricket bats.... wait... what? AAAAAAAND! We've got Me! We've got You! We've got No Further Ado! We've got The Amazing Spider-Man #45 "Spidey Smashes Out!"   Bonus Episodes can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP!  

It's cause for celebration here on Me & my friend, Pete! The Goldenrod Kid's turned 61 and our podcast has turned 2! To celebrate? We've got Curtis Kildare Connors turning back into the Lizard!

Spidey vs. Rhino, The Rematch! According to MJ, it's going to be utterly maaaaaad Lad!   Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found @ Patreon.com/HSPP! Sign up now!

Put plainly? Somebody gotta die...   As Miles Morales bounces Across The Spider-Verse, he may just realize what he wants has to come at the cost of what he has. No worries, though! The kid's got a plan... maybe.   Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP

What? You say you haven't seen Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse because you haven't seen Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and don't want to feel lost?   Aight, we finna do this one last time...   Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found @Patreon.com/HSPP Sign up now!

Face it, Tiger... You just hit the jackpot.   Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete exclusive to Patrons at Patreon.com/HSPP Sign up now!

They may not be able to move as many units as the King of Swing from Forest Hills Queens, but blamed if the Avengers don't know the first rule of Super-heroin': When the opportunity comes? Jump 'em! That's Spidey vs. The Avengers and Spidey vs. The Hulk! But wait! There's More! Two tales from Spidey's earliest days where he goes 1 on 1 with the 8 one!   Amazing Spider-Man: Annual #3 To Become an Avenger or as we like to call it First Come, First Serve! Starts now!

Here's the Where are you? Here! (WAY? HERE!) section for the upcoming bonus episode, One Man Mutant Menace, exclusive to Patrons!   For the full episode, sign up for the Key Keeper or High Council Tiers over at patreon.com/HSPP!

The Rampaging Rhino makes his Amazing Spider-Man debut, Pete buys a motorcycle, Betty Brant returns, and Jerrald pontificates about the loss of young love! Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found @ Patreon.com/HSPP    

Wielder of the Witchblade or not, Sara Pezzini's seen better days. In this Season I bonus episode, we find her in the most compromised of positions, namely, comatose. As Internal Affairs officer Gleason tries to figure out what happened to her, we get to see every stereotype you could ever imagine about an NYPD officer, right here in Witchblade #80!   Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP

Strapped to a chair as the unmasked Green Goblin gloats and monologues, Pete's surely seen better days. We've got the origin story of the grinning, green Imp! We've got flashbacks and fast facts on some of Spidey's best adventures! We've got the return in the ASM pages of one Betty Brant! We've got a warehouse hideout battle that damn near burns down the Parker Docks as our hero and the Green Goblin settle their beef once and for all (for now)! And we've got me! We've got you! We've got no further ado! We've got... Bound... Damned... Spider-Man...   Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP! Sign up now!

This WAY? Here! episode covers Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 5 #1-9 as the greatest superheroes of tomorrow do their best to stave off an impending war. We've got lobotomies, economic collapse, planetary destruction, and a super team falling apart at precisely the moment they should be banding together. Want to hear the entire episode, where we run through Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 5 #10 in detail? Head on over to Patreon.com/HSPP and sign up for the Key Keeper or High Council tiers now!   

Jason Todd... what can be said about the kid with the cajones to steal the wheels off the Batmobile? Brazen. Headstrong. Violent. Fans hated him. Sent the Mad Clown Prince to beat him to death and had him blow up the building to make sure it stuck! The Clown went right on living. But in comic books, some things? Even death can't abide. Join us as we run through this Season I Bonus Episode, the rebirth of DC comics Blackest Sheep, Jason Todd, in Batman Annual Volume I #25!   Season II Bonus Episodes can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP in the Key Keeper and High Council Tiers!

In Johnny Romita's (that's the Senior) first-ever Amazing Spider-Man issue, Peter Parker is put through his paces on top of the world as the bounty on Spider-Man's head has our hero brawling on the top of the Empire State Building. If that isn't enough, Spidey goes 1 on 1 with the Grinning One on his front lawn as his worst fear is made real! Green Goblin knows his identity! You better know we got action!   Bonus Episodes can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP Sign up now!

In this bonus episode, we run through Chew #10 International Flavor Part 5! There's a bit more "Me" than usual on the back end of this wonderful story, but the spoiler's in the show title ain't it? We've got everything from Tony Chew to Tony Smashmouth.  Doom Treaders know what I'm talkin' about!

In Steve Ditko's final Amazing Spider-Man issue, he goes out the same way he came in, with action, action, action! We've got Ne'er do right Joe Smith, the pound-for-pound worst fighter to ever draw breath... Until he inhales some mysterious chemicals (we think it was jet fuel) and decides the only way to be the champ, is to beat the King of Swing from Forest Hills Queens! If that ain't enough? There's a 1966 20K bounty on our hero's head (that's 200 thousand dollars today)! But we're guessing all of that's going to the gunnies hospital bills! We've got me, we've got you, we've got NO FURTHER ADO!  We've got The Amazing Spider-Man #38 Just a Guy Named Joe!   thnksfrthmmrs Swingin' Steve Ditko!

In this Season I Bonus Episode, we created our first absolute point here on Me & my friend, Pete...  Whatever that means! Join me as I run through Trials of Shazam! Vol. I #2. Freddy Freeman begins his journey toward the thunder. A story that took five years to tell! And We've got the history right here! All we're missing is you, friend.   Season II Bonus Episodes can be found at patreon.com/HSPP in the Key Keeper and High Council tiers!

Is that a frikkin' robot with a frikkin' laser beam comin' out of its frikkin' head? It is! Oh and we've got the first appearance of Mendel Stromm and a one Norman Osborn!   'Nuff said!   Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found on Patreon.com/HSPP in the Key Keeper and High Council Tiers!   ** This is Episode 12 of Season II. Clearly, I don't know my numbers!

What happens when a young, Jewish woman from Coney Island falls in love with the perpetually grinning Clown Prince of Crime? She becomes one of the greatest anti-heroes this side of West 4th Street! In this Season I Bonus, we ran through Joker's Asylum II: Harley Quinn: The Most Important Day of The Year, a tale with a simple message... Don't get between Harleen and her Boo-thang on Valentine's Day!   Season II Bonus Episodes can be found @ Patreon.com/HSPP

You ever wonder what would happen if a man had the unbridled self-confidence of a Kanye West and none of the ability to make dope beats? Well, you've come to the right place because this episode gives us the first appearance of Norton G. Fester, better known as... The Looter!  Bonus episodes of Me & my friend, Pete are always available for your listening pleasure @ Patreon.com/HSPP!

The King of Wakanda vs. The Living Embodiment of American Ideals! If that's not enough, we have the World's Greatest Avenger (Black Widow to be sure) in a Two on One vs. The Dora Milaje! And on the crazy train? We've got more seats packed with Marvel Black Superheroes than, well, ain't no punchlines when fists flyin'! The WAY? Here! is paved with Vampires, Ninjas, a Civil War and I promise ONE Dragon!  If we've got history, you've got a Conductor! Hop on board! We're rolling out with the King of Kings in Five.   Captain America Essential Storylines https://www.howtolovecomics.com/2014/03/29/10-captain-america-stories-you-should-read/ Black Panther Essential Storylines Jungle Action #6-#18 Black Panther Vol. 4 #14-18 Black Panther Vol. 5 #1-6 Source: DK Publishing. (2016). Marvel Encyclopedia: The definitive guide to the characters of the Marvel universe.

We've got the King of Swing! We've got lost security deposits! We've got golden tighty-whiteys! We've got more ad-libs than Jim Jones on a Dipset record at the turn of the century! We've got one year under our belt here on Me & my friend, Pete, so it's only fitting we get the return of the walking, talking, life-sized Oscar! The Golden Liability! The Golden God! The rematch!   Bonus Episodes can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP  

The return of the Cat's Paw, Kraven the Hunter, and you know the saki sipping Stalker ain't come to chat! We've got Spidey, we've got Kraven, we've got lemon zest spritz that dulls Spidey Senses, and we've got ASM #34: The Thrill of the Hunt!   Kevin McCallister EAT YOUR HEART OUT!   Bonus episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found on patreon.com/HSPP!  

In the Season I bonus episode, The Meanwhile Menagerie, we ran through the history of Green Lantern Hal Jordan, covering his fall from grace through his reclamation of the title "Best Ever" in Blackest Night... All that before we even get into the comic Untold Tales of Blackest Night #1!  Tune in!   Bonus Episodes for Season II can be found @ Patreon.com/HSPP

The conclusion to the seminal Spider-man tale If This Be My Destiny! Will Spidey get the wreckage of the Master Planner's underwater base off of him in time to save his darling Aunt May? If you want to know what makes a Hero, look no further than The Final Chapter!   Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete, Season II, can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP

In this Season 1 Bonus Episode, we get the one and only Man without Fear crashing a wedding, battling the Spot, and doing his best to rebuild his life in a city where Matt Murdock and Daredevil are known by everyone to be one and the same! In the land of the sighted, the man with no eyes is the King! Tune in! Zone out!   Season 2 Bonus Episodes can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP

In the Infinity Episode of Season II, we get the penultimate chapter of If This Be My Destiny! and if Spidey ain't goin' through whomever or whatever stands in the way of him and his Aunt May's deathbed cure! Join us as the Golden Liability turns the City we know and love and that Ole' East River we don't, UPSIDE DOWN! In Amazing Spider-Man #32, Man on a Rampage!   Season II Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete are available exclusively to Patrons at Patreon.com/HSPP

In this Season I Bonus Episode, we run through Young Justice Vol. I #1, Young, Just Us, the first team-up of DC's future Big Three! There are no punches thrown, but if we didn't get into it, I don't know it! Jack's Soapbox (blame Robin's haters)! Emil Durkheim's philosophy on suicide (blame Red Tornado)! The Id, the Ego, and the Superego (again, that Red Tornado)! And a Christmas tale straight out of my life better than It's a Wonderful Life blame Impulse)! Betcha learn something on this one!   Season II Bonus Episodes can be found @ Patreon.com/HSPP  

In episode 7 of Season 2, we've got Chapter 1 of what is arguably the greatest Spider-Man story of all time, If This Be My Destiny...   Imagine thinking I'd need to say more than that!   Bonus Episodes exclusive to Patrons can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP

In this Season 1 Bonus Episode, we've got the Legion of Super-Heroes, we've got Ma & Pa Kent, and we've got the greatest illegal immigrant the world has ever known, Kal-El of Krypton, better known the world over as Superman! Tune in, zone out.

Marvel Masterworks Vol. III ends with ASM #30 The Claws of the Cat and if both our hero's alter egos aren't taking their lumps! Spidey races towards a thousand-dollar reward against slippery new villain, The Cat! And Pete? Pete's fallen smack dab into a Soap Opera that puts his personal life on the fast track to disaster.  What do I mean? There's only one way to find out! We've got me, we've got you, we've got, no further ado, we've got The Amazing Spider-Man #30 The Claws of the Cat!   Bonus Episodes can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP

Welcome to the bonus episode Avengers 357: Night Warnings! Before we get into it, I suggest you find your best evening wear, and in the words of Barney Stinson, Suit Up! This ain't your ordinary superhero comic review; there aren't any punches in this one at all-- just shade in spades. If you can believe it, we're going to a dinner party, and the dress code is Black tie only.   Essential Avengers Storylines Avengers #4 The Greatest Battles of the Avengers Trade Paper Back (TPB) Avengers: The Korvac Saga (TPB) Avengers: Under Siege (TPB) Avengers: Disassembled   Source: DK Publishing. (2016). Marvel Encyclopedia: The definitive guide to the characters of the Marvel universe.

Spidey? Check! Scorpy? Check! Rematch? You'd better believe it. Another battle at the Bugle! Another pummeling at the Press Lords! Another rollicking rager above New York City's roaring rivers! Another knockdown, drag-out, BRAWL as the S & S & S connection lets loose! I promise you, that's only half of it. Tune in, zone out, and bring your oars... You're gonna need 'em!   Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP Sign up now!

Spidey's second annual makes Alice's trip down the rabbit hole look like a walk in the park. We've got more worlds than anybody should ever be able to fit into 20 pages, but you know how the S & S & S connection gets down! We've got the first appearance of Xandu, and his two bruiser flunkies, The Tiger Bros! But Spidey ain't alone.. he's got the help of a one Stephen Strange. The most powerful practitioner of the mystical arts in all the Marvel Universe!

Well... Do you? No? Well, you're about to find out! We've got the first appearance of Marvel's walking, talking, fist swinging golden man in the Daisy Dukes, THE MOLTEN MAN! If that ain't enough, The Goldenrod Kid's time at Midtown Highschool is coming to a close. Pete Parker is graduating!   And we've got me! We've got you! We've got no further ado!  We've got The Amazing Spider-Man #28: The Menace of The Molten Man!   Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP in the Key Keeper and High Council Tiers! This week, we're running through Spider-Man: House of M #1

Spidey gets to the bottom of who the Crime-Master is in this, issue 27, of The Amazing Spider-Man, and you'll never guess who it is!   Join us!   Bonus Episodes of Me & my friend, Pete can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP

We're back for Season 2 like we never left! Spidey's back, but so's the Green Goblin, and a brand new (?) villain, The Crime Master! Join us for The Mystery of "The Man in the Crime-Master's Mask!"   Bonus episodes can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP exclusive to Patrons!

What do you get a billionaire, hippie, martial arts master for their birthday? A bonus episode chocked full of stories involving their best friends and The Immortal Ironfist Volume 1 #16. Wanna hear about the time Luke Cage flew halfway around the world for the $200 owed him by none other than Dr. Doom? Colleen Wing's sword skills? Misty Knight's... well, everything, that's Misty Knight. How about the time Danny blew up a nuclear train with one punch? I thought that'd get you. We have it all here. Press play.