“I couldn’t save my best friend, Peter Parker. So now I save everyone else.” On this week’s episode of the Amazing Spider-Talk, Mark and Dan are joined by Melissa Flores, writer of the Spider-Gwen: SMASH mini-series. Together they discuss the appeal of the character, the importance of Earth-65, and why Gwen makes such a great stand-in for the LGBTQ+ community. 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. Read our B-Title reviews, collecting memories, and more in the Amazing Spider-Talk Substack! http://www.amazingspider.substack.com 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) #43 and an interview with Steve Orlando, writer of Spider-Man 2009: Exodus, Dark Genesis and Miguel O’Hara! 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.