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Me & my friend, Pete
by Donuts & Dimes Productions
Me & my friend, Pete is a unique podcast produced by Donuts & Dimes Productions that delves into the world of The Amazing Spider-Man comics through a distinctive and humorous lens. Hosted by a self-described ”neurotic New York nut,” the show offers a blend of comic book analysis, personal anecdotes, and a touch of irreverence.Bonus episodes exploring stories from all over the Omniverse of Comics (Marvel, DC, and all points in between) can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP
Episodes
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Did Ya Get All That?! Medusa
What happens when a superheroine has everything it takes to lead, but the system keeps handing the crown back to a man? This episode puts Marvel’s Medusa under the sociological microscope, exploring structural barriers, cultural expectations, and organizational dynamics. Why does Attilan keep...
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Spotlight - Martian Manhunter
What makes someone truly alone? In this episode of Me & my friend, Pete, we explore one of DC Comics' most tragic heroes, J'onn J'onzz, The Martian Manhunter, through the lens of sociology. We examine how alienation, exile, identity, and loss have shaped the Last Martian into one of the richest...
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WAY? HERE! - Alien Nation
Follow J'onn J'onzz journey to our bonus episode here and now! Promise you won't be alone.
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Spiyonce & The Children of Destiny!
Spidey, Avengers, Time Travel... 'Nuff Said.* *Editor's Note - This was Season 2's 25th Bonus Episode over at patreon.com/HSPP... There are 24 other awesome episodes, too. Sign up now! - Jittery Jerrald
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Friends, Foes, Foibles...
In this season's 11th episode, we're dropped right into the fallout of broken trust as Pete deals with the consequences of exposing Captain Stacy. Gwen refuses to abandon her father as he decides it's best to skip town. But ya gotta know, the Kingpin doesn't like loose ends, so they may not get...
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Home Alone 83: If These Walls Could Torture...
In this bonus episode breakdown of Moon Knight Vol. IX #17, we explore how Jed MacKay and Alessandro Cappuccio turn the Midnight Mission into a weaponized panopticon where surveillance, architecture, and psychological theater become deadlier than fists. After The Structure murders Hunter’s Moon,...
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WAY? HERE! The Moonlit Road...
Moon Knight’s path to self-acceptance has never been clean... or quiet. In this “WAY? Here!” chapter, Marc Spector confronts his Dissociative Identity Disorder head-on, burns vampires off rooftops, cuts dangerous deals in Chinatown, and suffers the devastating loss of Hunter’s Moon. And if that...
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We Wear The Masks...
Turns out, the whole world really is a stage. In this updated Moon Knight spotlight, we use Erving Goffman’s dramaturgical analysis to explore how Marc Spector, through Steven Grant and Jake Lockley, embodies identity as performance, front stage and backstage behavior, and the masks we all wear....
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One More Victory and We are Lost!
The Kingpin's back and he's better than ever! For Christmas this year, The Kingpin's here! Hess Trucks, am I right? The Kingpin's been hijacking the minds of some of New York City's most powerful men in this instant classic. Spidey would be there to stop him, but he's got his own problems, namely...
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Season 3 Bonus Episode 10 Preview - "The Crucible of Want"
Here's a preview of "The Crucible of Want," our 9th Bonus Episode of Season III, covering Image Comics' "Eight Billion Genies" #4, The First Eight Weeks. How many sociological ideas can we cram into one bonus episode? Sign up and find out! Sign up here!
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Dear Journal, It’s Me Again, Bruce...
In this Season I Bonus Episode, Batman's found love again and an ally in his war on crime, but something's off, and the worst thing a Batman can do in a city like Gotham is trust. Oh, well, at least he still has his journal.
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The Feet First Fiasco!
Spidey likes the nightlife, Spidey likes to boogie, Spidey likes to lay hands on any gangster spoiling the fun for his Silver Spoon Gang! We've got MJ shaking a tailfeather! We've got Pete and Aunt May reunited! We've got Gwen and Pete finally admitting their feelings for each other, and love is…
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The Golden Liability: The Mechanoid is the Message
Spider-Man vs. Spider Slayer 2.0! Smythe vs. J. Jonah Jameson! Aunt May vs. the pressed linen sheets of her hospital bed! Harry Osborn vs. Male Pattern Baldness at such a young age! All that and more as we dive deeper into the power the media wields and what happens when that power is subverted....
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Rumble in The *Concrete* Jungle II: Nature v. Normless
Spider-Man vs. Ka-Zar! What is anomie? What makes a person deviant? Who has the authority to control, correct, and police this deviance? Who controls what's perceived as deviance? With Spidey still running around as an amnesiac, we explore all these questions while Ka-Zar, with a little help from...
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With Friends Like These Who Needs Anemones?!
Spider-Man and Dr. Octopus vs. The US Military? What a wonky world we're living in when nullifiers erase memories and foes turn friends turn foes again! We've got John Jameson, Spidey stealing *checks notes* air, the first appearance of a one Captain Stacey, and more infighting than The…
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Moon Over Latveria
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...
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Rumble, Young Man, Rumble II: The Inside Man
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!...
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The Touch-Me-Notzees II: Follow The Money!
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...
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The Zingeroo Shuffle II: Guess Who's Comin' to Dinner!
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...
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The Turntable Tale II: The Hateful 008
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…
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There Ain't No Punchlines to Fists Flyin' IV: The Tintinnabulating Tableau!
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...
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The Golden Liability: Dead Position
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...
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Don't Call it a Comeback!
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...
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Season II... No More!
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...
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The Triangle Tangos II: One if by Land, Two if by... Tree?
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…
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Thunder Thighs Goeth Before the Fall
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...
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Tits Up!
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...
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All Thumbs!
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…
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Florida Man II: Whacking Day!
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…
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Tail Spin!
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!
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Rumble in The *Concrete* Jungle!
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!
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The Problem with ’The Trolley Problem’
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
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WAY? Here! What’s Up Danger?
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!
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Like Father, Like aStrONaut!
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!
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There Ain’t No Punchlines to Fists Flyin’ III: First Come, First Serve!
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...
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WAY? Here! One Man Mutant Menace!
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!
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Run, Rhino, Run!
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
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While You Were Sleeping
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…
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The Zingeroo Shuffle: BDSM
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…
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WAY? Here! ”A Dream Deferred”
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...
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Un-Avenged: Some Assembly Required
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...
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The Golden Liability: Rumble, Young Man, Rumble!
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...
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Doom Treadin’ Through Yamapalu!
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!
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The Tale of the Befuddled Bruiser, The Most Comic-y Comic of All!
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…
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Trial by Crisis
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…
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Swangin’ & Clangin’ & Bangin’!
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!...
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Jokes on You!
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...
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Delusions & Grandeur!
This episode gives us the first appearance of Norton G. Fester, better known as... The Looter! If you've ever doubted yourself, believe me, after listening to this episode, you probably never will again! Bonus episodes of Me & my friend, Pete are always available for your listening pleasure @...
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Yibambe!
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...
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Raxey’s Revenge!
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…
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Me & my friend, Pete is a unique podcast produced by Donuts & Dimes Productions that delves into the world of The Amazing Spider-Man comics through a distinctive and humorous lens. Hosted by a self-described ”neurotic New York nut,” the show offers a blend of comic book analysis, personal anecdotes, and a touch of irreverence.Bonus episodes exploring stories from all over the Omniverse of Comics (Marvel, DC, and all points in between) can be found at Patreon.com/HSPP
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