(Recorded December 2, 2017)In this episode, Brian welcomes back The Marvel Report’s Breeze Riley to discuss the Gwenom arc’s themes of love and loneliness in Spider-Gwen #26!

• 0:00 – A brief but important PSA.
• 1:31 – Intro
• 5:14 – Spider-Gwen #26 – A surprising turn from a villain is the heart of a raw and moving story about facing your fears. The crushing weight of loneliness and not being able to see those who want to help. Power and Responsibility as a burden – helping everyone else at your own expense. Strong acting and the beautiful use of black. Musing on the potential future spinoffs.
• 23:34 – Our three word summaries of the issue.
• 24:22 – Outro; What did *you* think of this issue? And coming up…

Stuff that we mentioned in this episode:

• Breeze’s review of Spider-Gwen #26 at The Marvel Report
• Reviews for Spider-Gwen #26
• Avengers Infinity War trailer (no, you can’t see this too many times!)
• Runaways on Hulu (and Breeze’s recaps for TMR)
• Editorial shenanigans
• Lady Gaga
• Mr. Robot
• Our interview with Jason Latour

Also check out:

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

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