Ménage Á Pop is a three times a week intimate discussion between two people and a piece of pop culture.
We all know with great power comes great responsibility. But the actual burden of those words should weigh someone down like… well .. fallen debris from a battle with Dock Ok. Yet, while none of us are as amazing, spectacular (or even web of) as this friendly neighborhood Spider-Man , we still somehow find a way to relate. So let’s raid the comic book boxes of Jarf Harden and hear what he has to say about this particular issue.
You can listen to today’s guest JARF HARDEN three times a week on his podcast JOE VERSES THE MINUTE streaming on the GROWLER MEDIA PODCAST NETWORK as well as follow his show on INSTAGRAM, TWITTER and FACEBOOK @joevsminute.
And hear him guesting on 20TH CENTURY POP! #060: THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF FAN CULTURE as hosted by this show’s host Tim Blevins.
POP NOTES
Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Spider-Man first debuted in AMAZIN FANTASY #15, published in August 1962. Being the anthology series final issue, it was nearly seven months before Spider-Man made a second appearance with the March 1963 launch of his own series AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.
While the phrase “With great power comes great responsibility” is now universally accepted to have been spoken to Peter Parker by his late Uncle Ben, its first use in Spider-Man mythos was as a narrative caption in Amazing Fantasy #15. Its origins actually pre-date this comic book use, with a variation on the phrase being recorded during the 1793 French National Convention.
Issue #33 was the conclusion of “If This Be My Destiny” a three issue arc of the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN which introduced Peter’s future love interest Gwen Stacy as well as friend Harry Osborne, who would eventually follow in his father’s footsteps as the second Green Goblin.
While originally plotted as a few panels, artist Steve Ditko expanded the sequence of Spider-Man lifting the debris to its nearly full issue length.
In addition to its adaption in the 2017 film SPIDERMAN: HOMECOMMING, this issue was recreated in 17th episode of the 2008 animated series SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN.
Tune back next Monday as podcaster Mike CowgilI (BATTLE OF THE NETWORK SHOWS) thumbs through a back issue of the Uncanny X-Men .
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“Three Ways To Do That” (opening theme) composed and performed by The Madeline Prior. All rights reserved with Not A Holograms podcasts.
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