JM DeMatteis on Captain America, Spider-Man, Duality, and Progress

JM DeMatteis joins The Cube to discuss a variety of topics, including his new Ben Reilly: Spider-Man series, creating a gay best friend for Captain America in 1984 and contrasting that with representation now, which Batman story ended up coming from the same starting point as Kraven's Last Hunt. why he loves Ben Reilly and Kaine but not Venom and Carnage, what makes the Parkers tick, and a lightning round of word association!
00:00 Why he loves comics
7:51 Growing up in the Marvel Age and BeatleMania
12:06 Creating Captain America's gay best friend, Arnie Roth
15:30 His thoughts on Superman Jon Kent coming out as bisexual
18:15 The untold story of Jesse Black Crow
22:57 Does he have to check his ego in at the door when doing work for hire?
25:30 Kraven's Last Hunt and the awesomeness of Mike Zeck
32:44 What Batman story had the same basic plot as Kraven's Last Hunt?
34:19 Why the fascination with duality?
42:00 Maximum Carnage, Sal Buscema and Harry Osborn
47:55 Ben Reilly, Kaine, and The Clone Saga
58:29 Why he DOESN'T love Venom and Carnage
1:02:21 CrossGen and Abadazad
1:05:37 The lightning round!
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