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(Recorded September 10, 2017)

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In this episode, Brian and Jack catch up with an unusual turn of events for Miles as he heads to Japan in Spider-Man #20!

• 0:00 – Intro: Slight confusion over the cover story.
• 2:56 – Spider-Man #20 – Taking a vacation; A familiar plot framework; The “Bendis-Verse” makes for more satisfying crossovers; Stunning artwork (that tiny Miles over Tokyo!); Clever scripting makes for an entertaining fight sequence; Cliffhanger hopes and preferring the unknown over the familiar.
• 21:19 – Jack raises the bar on our three-word summaries of Spider-Man #20.
• 22:25 – Outro; What did *you* think of this issue? Let us know!; And coming up…

Stuff that we mentioned in this episode:

• Review of Spider-Man #20 at Superior Spider-Talk
• Review of Spider-Man #20 at Black Nerd Problems
• Our discussion of Spider-Gwen #23
• Miles vs. Hammerhead scene revisited in Defenders #4
• New(ish) villain: Tomoe
• Infamous Iron Man
• Invincible Iron Man
• Superior Spider-Man
• SNL
• Miles Davis
• Jefferson Davis
• Our interview with Jason Reynolds, author of Miles Morales: Spider-Man
• Amazing Spider-Talk Episode 5: The Bad Guys

Also check out:

• Brian’s Twitter/Instagram/Podcasts/assorted nonsense
• Jack’s website;  Podcasts: Inter-Comics Podcast; Four-Colour Corner; The Sequelisers!

Links:

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