(Recorded December 23, 2017)In this episode, Brian and Jack welcome Superior Spider-Talk’s Jaleh Najafali back to the show to discuss a noir-style turn for the Gwenom arc and its implications for our hero and her family in Spider-Gwen #27!

• 0:00 – Intro
• 2:28 – Spider-Gwen #27 – Guest artists Veronica Fish and Olivia Margraf capture the spirit of the series, seamlessly anchored by the colors of Rico Renzi; An interesting parallel between George and Ben. Can anyone even come close to Matt as a villain? Gwen as a proactive vs. reactive character. A wild card theory about Ben’s future.
• 21:01 – Our three word summaries of the issue.
• 22:27 – Outro; What did *you* think of this issue? Let us know! And coming up…
• 26:02 – ????

Stuff that we mentioned in this episode:

• Reviews for Spider-Gwen #27
• Kraven’s Last Hunt
• A Scanner Darkly
• Filth by Irvine Welsh

Also check out:

• Jaleh at Superior Spider-Talk and on Twitter and Instagram
• Jack’s website;  Podcasts: Inter-Comics Podcast; Four-Colour Corner; The Sequelisers!; Guesting on Kyle’s podcast Booking on the Fly
• Brian’s Twitter/Instagram/Podcasts/assorted nonsense
• Our “Mary Janes” opening theme by Chris Postill at Sounds Like An Earful
• Our “Gwenom” opening theme – Discipline by Nine Inch Nails (released under Creative Commons)

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