Black is slimming. In this season of the Amazing Spider-Talk, Dan and Mark are going back to the mid-80s when the Amazing Spider-Man title was handed over to one of the most legendary creative pairings in comics, who were just starting their creative partnership: Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz. It was a time of immense change in the comics industry but together Tom and Ron returned Spider-Man to its Ditko-inspired roots to create one of the most beloved runs on the title. On today’s show they are going to be talking about Spider-Man’s first official alternate costume. They aren’t talking about What If… ? #1 where he wore a Fantastic Five outfit, or the time in Germany where Spider-Man stole a fake costume out of a store, so stop typing that angry email about how wrong they are. No, they are talking about Spider-Man’s Black Costume, the single-most audacious and yet beloved upgrade to a classic superhero costume of all time. Love it or hate it, the Black Suit and Spider-Man are like peanut butter and jelly, just of the blackberry variety. This episode was edited by Rick Coste. The video version of this podcast was edited by Alex Galucki. Our artwork comes handcrafted by artists Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema, and Nick Cagnetti. Our theme songs were produced by Ryland Bojack, Tony Thaxton and Spider-Maj. Our animated introduction to the show is by Josh Sutton of Panels to Pixels. Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOPCnjzQZNViyEnoOuckaVQ We also would love to see you become a part of our Amazing Spider-Slack community board. If you’d like to join in on our amazing conversations, click this link to get started: https://join.slack.com/t/amazingspider/shared_invite/zt-42tsfhs2-yBaH6KkRmOWiW_8gCf9SmQ This week’s Patreon podcasts include a discussion of Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 6) #35! If you’d like to follow along with our reviews as they are released, please check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/superiorspidertalk You can email questions to our show at [email protected] or by clicking here. You can also call our voicemail hotline by leaving us a message at 9-RED-GOBLIN! You can also BUY MARK’S BOOK, 100 Things Spider-Man Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.