Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends With Garreth Hirons

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 find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find Garreth 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.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Preferably not from a vending machine that Video Man has used to implement a dastardly plot that they will still somehow need the supercomputer to alert them to.

055 - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever With David Smith

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 it’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever from 2022, and joining Tim for a chat about Shuri establishing diplomatic relations with an underwater nation made out of Lego Pirate Ship add-on packs is quiz expert David Smith. What will they find to say about the military strategic capabilities of a slice of Caffe Nero Capuccino Cake, Martin Freeman The Sexy Lamp and whether you should come and have a go at Angela Bassett if you think you're hard enough, and what does any of this have to do with Tony Stark's failure to invest in massive shoulders? Get listening and find out!

You can find more editions of It's Good, Except It Sucks at http://timworthington.org/. You can also find David on It’s Good, Except It Sucks taking a look at Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse here and Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse here as well as a three-part look at Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here, here and here, Black Widow here, Moon Knight here, X-Men: First Class here and Nick Fury – Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. here, and standing in as host for a chat with Tim about The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special here.

If you enjoy It's Good, Except It Sucks, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. Probably not a good idea to make it so strong that it can detect Vibranium, though.