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 the Stacy family, specifically George's cane!

While Pete tries to explain to Gwen that he doesn't beat up the elderly, we yap about what makes a "Strongman" and how they use structural domination to consolidate their control.

This is one you don't wanna miss... I promise you'll learn a thing or two about a thing or two!

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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!

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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.

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 in the air!

But on the flipside?

We've got the Brainwasher, New York's newest (?) would-be Kingpin, using his nightclub as a front and MJ an unwitting accomplice to his criminal shenanigans!

And if we're talking nightclubs? You know we're talking paradoxes... Namely, how they have become both safe spaces for women in many instances and a structure that upholds the male gaze.

Put on ya dancing shoes and let's go! There's only one rule... Ya gotta come in FEET FIRST!

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Sources:

Pini, Maria. Club Cultures and Female Subjectivity: The Move from Home to House. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001

Savard, D.M., Kelley, T.M., & Merolla, D.M. Routine Activities and Criminal Victimization: The Significance of Gendered Spaces. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35(23-24), 5425-5447. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517721170

Kodak Vigilant Six-20

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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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 his sabretooth tiger, Zabu, does his best to take down the King of Swing from Forest Hills, Queens!

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Also included in this episode: "The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Ka-Zar" and "The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Zabu"

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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 Temptations on a David Ruffin Ego Trip!

"Ain't nobody comin' to see you, Otto!"

I bet that's what Pete's thinkin'!

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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?!

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