It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends With Garreth Hirons

Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends (NBC/Marvel Productions, 1981-83) - Garreth Hirons joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Peter Parker, Angelica Jones and Bobby Drake very occasionally remembering to mention that they are also supposed to be at college in It's Good, Except It Sucks - a movie by movie - and television series by television series - hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time we’re heading into the Multiverse for a look at Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, first seen between 1981 and 1983, and joining Tim for a chat about Peter Parker, Angelica Jones and Bobby Drake very occasionally remembering to mention that they are also supposed to be at college is musician Garreth Hirons. What will they find to say about the practicality of ‘Ice Pants’, the canonical status of Kingpin’s Special Neck Band and the appropriate etiquette when your ex comes back as a half-machine monster of some sort, and what does any of this have to do with a moral panic about ‘Bytes’? Get listening and find out!

You can follow Garreth on Twitter at @InvaderAce1.

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Further Listening

You can also find Garreth on It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Venom here, Venom: Let There Be Carnage here, Avengers: Age Of Ultron here and Thor: Ragnarok here, and standing in as host to chat with Tim about The Defenders here and Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings here.

There’s more animated Spider-Adventures with David Smith on Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse here and Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse here, while Mic Wright joined us for a chat about the Christmas Special of the X-Men animated series here.

Garreth has also appeared on Tim’s nostalgia podcast Looks Unfamiliar talking about The Bigger The God, Food Fighters, Saboteur, The Triangle Of Terror, Sizzlin’ Bacon Monster Munch, and Fun At The Funeral Parlour here and The Yellow Album by The Simpsons, The Frankie Goes To Hollywood Computer Game, Nirvana spinoff band Sweet 75, Linc’s, Transformers Action Masters, The Way Of The Tiger and early eighties soft drink Quatro here as well as festive-themed chats about The Ghosts Of Oxford Street here and Futurama here.