AIPT Comics Podcast Episode 366: Joe Kelly uncut on Amazing Spider-Man, Death Spiral, and the Road to #1000

If you’ve been following our 7-part interview series with Joe Kelly on Amazing Spider-Man, you’ve only seen part of the conversation.

This week on the AIPT Comics Podcast, we’re running the full, uncut version of our interview with Kelly, presented exactly as it happened. No segmentation. No topic breaks. Just the entire deep-dive in one sitting.

While the written 7-part series is still ongoing and will continue rolling out over the next two weeks, this episode gives listeners the complete conversation in its original flow. Kelly opens up about the emotional thesis behind his run, building new villains like Plague RX and Hellgate, pushing Spider-Man into cosmic territory, and how Death Spiral directly sets the stage for Amazing Spider-Man #1000.

“I’m a sucker for melodrama and comics,” Kelly says during the interview. “These are big emotions and big feelings, and we want them articulated physically.”

Beyond the full Joe Kelly interview, we also break down the week’s biggest comic news, recap the headlines that matter most, and review our Top 4 books of the week. As always, we wrap with additional standout picks you should have on your radar.

You can stream the AIPT Comics podcast below or find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.

AIPT Comics Podcast Best Books of the Week:

Dave:

1. Marc Spector: Moon Knight #1 (Jed MacKay, Devmalya Pramanik)
2. Absolute Wonder Woman Annual #1 (Kelly Thompson, Mattia de Iulis)

Chris:

1. Cyclops #1 (Alex Paknadel, Roge Antonio)
2. Jar Jar #1 (Ahmed Best, Marc Guggenheim, Kieron McKeown, and Laura Braga)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Chris: A Star Called The Sun (Simon Roy)

Dave: Wade Wilson: Deadpool #1 (Ben Percy, Geoff Shaw)

In our Judging by the Cover segment, Dave loves Lee Bermejo’s Amazing Spider-Man #22 cover, and Chris picks It’s Jeff Meets Daredevil #1 by Nic Klein. See both below!