Episode 241.  James B and Eddie are joined by Ian to discuss the first Todd McFarlane Spider-Man books, if your music teacher is mean,  and is a comic book about the Nutcracker Ballet fun or boring. (01:18) From March of 1988 Stan Lee presents The Amazing Spider-Man 298 “Chance Encounter!” written by David Michelinie, pencils by Todd McFarlane, and inks by Bob McLeod   https://readallcomics.com/amazing-spider-man-v1-298/   (04:59) From April of 1988 Stan Lee presents The Amazing Spider-Man 299 “Survival of the Hittist!” written by David Michelinie, pencils by Todd McFarlane, and inks by Bob McLeod    (08:17) From 1983 Stan Lee presents Spider-Man Fire-Star and IceMan in “At the Dallas Nutcracker” written by Jim Salicrup, Pencils by Jim Mooney, and Inks by John Tartag   (12:35) I.C.M.Sponsor   (15:50) Listener Letters   Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written by James B and Eddie and Irving Forbush.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and https://www.zapsplat.com/  Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts. Check out our live meetup and Discord Channel here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_mW6htjJUHOzlViEvPQqR-k68tClMGAi85Bi_xrlV7w/edit