Sunday, 30 June 2019

Spider-Man (1967) Episode Forty-Five: Knight Must Fall / The Devious Dr. Dumpty

Knight Must Fall

First Aired: April 26th, 1970

Synopsis: In New York at night, a theatre is being robbed by two thugs. Unexpectedly, a knight in full-plate armour, claiming to be Sir Galahad, shows up and stops them. Spider-Man shows up shortly afterwards and tries to stop Sir Galahad, but fails to do so. Galahad gets away on a motorcycle which he refers to as his trusty steed. A photo is taken of Spider-Man which makes it look as though he stole the money, and J. Jonah Jameson is annoyed that Peter Parker didn't get a similar photo. Galahad later goes after an armoured truck and robs it, thinking that the money inside it was stolen. Spider-Man tries stopping him once more, but is again unsuccessful.

Wednesday, 26 June 2019

Spider-Man (1967) Episode Forty-Four: Super Swami / The Birth of Micro Man

Super Swami

First Aired: April 19th, 1970

Synopsis: On a hot day, the sun turns into a giant eye and shoots a laser at the Brooklyn Bridge. It disappears, but the cars upon it are unaffected by gravity. While Spider-Man tries to save the people on the bridge, the eye shoots more things around the city. In the mayor's office, a very racist caricature appears on the TV and declares that he is Koga, and that he is responsible for what's going on. He then creates a snowstorm. While Spider-Man swings through it, he gets buffeted about by strong winds, before somehow ending up in a glass ball controlled by Koga, before breaking one of the sides.

Sunday, 23 June 2019

Spider-Man (1967) Episode Forty-Three: The Vanishing Dr. Vespasian / Scourge of the Scarf

The Vanishing Dr. Vespasian

First Aired: April 12th, 1970

Synopsis: The scientist Doctor Vespasian manages to perfect his invisibility formula, which he gives to his dog before drinking some himself. He comments on what a fantastic invention it is. Shortly afterwards, Spider-Man is called in to see the mayor. A string of bank robberies has been happening recently, and the police are baffled as to how they've been pulled off. Spider-Man says he'll work it out. Shortly afterwards, we see Vespasian and a group of gangsters he's working with say that their target is Spider-Man, for some reason. They lure him to a bank robbery in place, but when Spider-Man arrives, he's attacked by Vespasian's invisible dog.

Wednesday, 19 June 2019

Spider-Man (1967) Episode Forty-Two: Sky Harbour / The Big Brainwasher

Sky Harbour

First Aired: April 5th, 1970

Synopsis: A giant base, held aloft by two zeppelins attached to it, is soaring through the air. The villains declare that their day will soon come, and send out several antiquated planes. The planes attack a commercial plane, which is destroyed. As a result, air travel all around the world is suspended, and the UN have a meeting to discuss what to do. The mayor of New York has a plan - he'll call in Spider-Man to help with the issue.

Sunday, 16 June 2019

Spider-Man (1967) Episode Forty-One: Trouble with Snow / Spider-Man vs. Desperado

Trouble with Snow

First Aired: March 29th, 1970

Synopsis: In cold weather, an electrical line falls onto a snowman which, unbeknownst to anyone, has trace elements of chemicals in it. This, of course, brings it to life, and the snowman goes on a rampage, repeatedly grabbing and reaching for things with electricity flowing through them. Peter Parker witnesses this original rampage, and although he doesn't get a chance to switch to Spider-Man, he does take a sample of the snowman and analyses it. He detects chemicals in it, and upon visiting the site where the snowman originally was, is able to deduce its origins.

Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Spider-Man (1967) Episode Forty: The Winged Thing / Connor's Reptiles

The Winged Thing

First Aired: March 22nd, 1970

Synopsis: While Spider-Man's patrolling the city, he finds Vulture robbing someone. Spider-Man is beaten up, and Vulture comments that by doing so he'll get the whole city to respect him. The next day, Spider-Man decides to go somewhere that a lot of people are and wait for Vulture to find him. This leads to him and Vulture fighting at a construction site, ending with the construction site being badly damaged.

Sunday, 9 June 2019

Spider-Man (1967) Episode Thirty-Nine: To Cage a Spider

To Cage a Spider

First Aired: January 18th, 1969

Synopsis: A bank robbery takes place in which a thief blows up a vault door and escapes with the loot. As his car goes past Spider-Man, Spider-Man attempts to stop him - but his accomplice throws a device at Spider-Man which explodes and knocks him out. Lying unconscious in the street, civilians gather around Spider-Man and want to unmask him, but the police form a perimeter while their friendly captain says that Spider-Man has the right to wear a mask, and can't be forcefully unmasked. Spider-Man is taken away to a prison infirmary to be looked after.

Wednesday, 5 June 2019

Spider-Man (1967) Episode Thirty-Eight: Cold Storage

Cold Storage

First Aired: January 11th, 1969

Synopsis: At midnight, the villainous Dr. Cool and an assistant steal some diamonds. They return to their hideout and declare that they will freeze them to absolute zero, which will somehow allow them to mix them in with ice and smuggle them. Spider-Man appears then, having followed them, and fights them, but is knocked out when Dr. Cool shoots the head of his cane off and it hits Spider-Man. Spider-Man is locked inside the nuclear thermostat, and it is turned down to absolute zero. Before Dr. Cool leaves, he tells Spider-Man that he'll probably start to have all sorts of delusions as his brain freezes.

Sunday, 2 June 2019

Spider-Man (1967) Episode Thirty-Seven: Spider-Man Meets Skyboy

Spider-Man Meets Skyboy

First Aired: January 4th, 1969

Synopsis: At the League for Scientific Studies, Doctor Irving Caldwell is being presented the Curie award for his research into astro-wave projection when there's a mysterious flash of light and he disappears, devastating his son, Jan. The news spreads and it's soon being assumed that Caldwell was kidnapped for his astro-helmet. Jan knows where the helmet is, and so he puts it on and uses it to fly, hoping to find his father. Peter Parker, meanwhile, is swinging around as Spider-Man and spots Jan. The two get into a fight, and a photo is taken of it by a reporter. The next day, J. Jonah Jameson is angry at Peter for not getting a photo, and orders him to get a photo of Spider-Man fighting the newly-dubbed Skyboy.

The End

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