Spectacular Spider-Man Episode Twenty-One: Accomplices

Accomplices

First Aired: October 7th, 2009

Synopsis: Black Cat breaks into a secure vault owned by Oscorp executive Donald Menken, but as she finds her item, a group - including Hammerhead, Silver Sable, businessman Roderick Kingsley, Doctor Octopus, and Patch - enter the room and tell her that she's in over her head. She gracefully leaves, and Donald Menken starts the bidding for an unknown item. Kingsley bids more money than is in the bidding account, and everyone agrees to resume the bidding the next day, after more money can be put in. The next day Peter realises that he'll be late for a date with Liz since he has to go to the Daily Bugle, and while there hears about a story Frederick Foswell wants to run about the possible return of Silvermane, and old-school gangster getting out of prison soon. Since it could be connected to the Big Man, Peter wants in on it, and agrees to take photos for Foswell. That night, Patch is unable to get into the auction since his backer's withdrawn bidding money. He comes out of the building and reveals to Peter that he's a disguise of Frederick Foswell's, and they eavesdrop on the bidding with a bug Patch planted. Peter asks what's being bidded on, and Foswell reveals that it's the schematics for Rhino's armour.

Spectacular Spider-Man Episode Twenty: Identity Crisis

Identity Crisis

First Aired: July 27th, 2009

Synopsis: Peter manages to convince the staff of the Daily Bugle that he's not Spider-Man, but Jonah gives Ned Lee an assignment to interview Peter's friends and family regardless. Shortly afterwards, Norman Osborn, Curt Connors, and Aunt May are all interviewed, and each of them agree that Peter isn't Spider-Man. After school, when Peter and Gwen are helping out at Curt's lab, Eddie shows up, saying that he's been taking a break. He threatens Peter, who makes excuses to leave, but is soon ambushed by a group of reporters who want to know whether he really is Spider-Man. Peter and Gwen, who is with him, escape them, but almost kiss while hiding from the reporters. That night, Spider-Man confronts Venom, and the fight soon takes them to a group of reporters. Venom tries unmasking Spider-Man on camera, but Spider-Man escapes. After Flash Thompson is interviewed by Ned, he realises that anyone could dress up as Spider-Man, and does so before going to the media, but is attacked by thugs who see that he's still got an injured leg. Spider-Man saves him, but out of nowhere Venom attacks him.

Spectacular Spider-Man Episode Nineteen: Growing Pains

Growing Pains

First Aired: July 20th, 2009

Synopsis: Venom stops some crooks, takes their loot, and webs up some cops, all the while looking like Spider-Man in his black-suit. At Professor Connors' lab, John Jameson starts growing larger and stronger, and Connors explains that spores from space - likely a high-gravity planet like Jupiter - have infected him and that his brain chemistry might be altered. Connors has been unable to destroy them via heat or cold, and electricity has only had a limited effect. He provides John with a suit to help restrict his strength and allow him to function normally. Shortly afterwards, J. Jonah Jameson hears about "Spider-Man"'s crime spree and tries convincing John to stop Spider-Man, dubbing him a superhero named Colonel Jupiter. John is reluctant to do so. Later that night, Spider-Man's attacked by Venom, and in the course of their fight a fire starts in an apartment building. John is nearby and decides to help, arriving just as Venom leaves the scene. John and Spider-Man are able to save people in the building, but when Spider-Man refuses to talk to the police, John grows suspicious. Later, at school, Flash Thompson can't understand why Sha Shan doesn't want to go out with him, and on Peter's advice decides to audition for the school play to get closer to her. Harry Osborn and Gwen Stacy start going out after Gwen is reminded that Peter's still seeing Liz.

Spectacular Spider-Man Episode Eighteen: First Steps

First Steps

First Aired: July 13th, 2009

Synopsis: Spider-Man's swinging around when he thinks he sees Eddie Brock, but a moment later he's gone. Sandman robs a jewellery store and Spider-Man fights him, but when the police arrive Sandman makes a hasty getaway, losing his loot in the process. At school, it's now common knowledge that Peter and Liz are dating, and while Flash Thompson is initially jealous, he invites one of his classmates, Sha Shan, to his birthday party that's happening that weekend. Harry Osborn turns out to be back at school, and although Peter momentarily hallucinates that Harry is the Green Goblin again, he figures he's being paranoid. After a school assembly, where it's mentioned that Captain Stacy will be giving guest lectures, Harry asks Gwen to be his date to Flash's party. She's reluctant until she sees Peter and Liz together, then agrees to. Later that night, Spider-Man once again thinks he sees Eddie but a break-in at a museum, caused by Sandman, distracts him. He fights Sandman and tries convincing the villain that he could do some good with his powers, but Sandman takes the opportunity to make a cheap shot then gets away with his loot. After the Big Man's cut is taken out, however, it's barely anything, and Sandman's told about a new job that will be successful - stopping an oil tanker so that it can be drained.

Spectacular Spider-Man Episode Seventeen: Shear Strength

Shear Strength

First Aired: July 6th, 2009

Synopsis: The Master Planner is revealed to be Doctor Octopus, who only pretended to have mental issues to throw suspicion away from himself. Peter meets with Norman Osborn who's setting up an old building to be destroyed, but the countdown starts early and nothing can be done to stop it. Changing to Spider-Man, Peter's able to save everyone, not knowing that the countdown starting early is due to Octopus controlling it remotely. Later, Peter's getting coffee with Gwen and Mary Jane, and although Peter keeps paying attention to Liz, Mary Jane is trying to get him and Gwen together. The electronics in the coffee shop, then across the city, start going crazy, and in the confusion Gwen is grabbed by Vulture and Electro. Peter changes to Spider-Man and goes after Electro and Tinkerer, who are getting away in a van, and manages to intimidate Tinkerer into giving up the location of the Master Planner's lair; in the river. At said lair, Doctor Octopus uses Gwen's phone to call George Stacy, and forces him to get security codes from the homeland security base in New York if he doesn't want Gwen to be killed.

Spectacular Spider-Man Episode Sixteen: Reinforcement

Reinforcement

First Aired: June 29th, 2009

Synopsis: Spider-Man meets with Blackie Gaxton, a criminal who has information on the tech that Mysterio stole. Blackie tells Spider-Man that Mysterio's working for someone big who's been hiring a lot recently, and a low-level thug who tries running off, Patch, tells Spider-Man that said person is the Master Planner. Elsewhere, on the Master Planner's orders the Tinkerer gathers Mysterio, Vulture, Sandman, Rhino, Electro, and Kraven the Hunter. When getting Electro from the asylum he's in, Doctor Octopus, also taking part in therapy there, is shaky and nervous, and refuses to come. The villains are all introduced to the Master Planner, who contacts them via a screen and is only seen as a silhouette. He tells them all that he has a plan to stop Spider-Man. Later, Peter and his friends are ice skating at Rockefeller Center and he tries talking to Gwen when Liz Allan focuses her attention on Flash yet again. Gwen is offended that she's Peter's second choice and that he hasn't talked to her since they kissed, and so Mary Jane offers Peter some help. He goes off to get her some cocoa, but Vulture and Electro arrive on the scene, as Kraven's senses let him smell that Spider-Man is nearby. Switching to Spider-Man, Peter's unable to lure the villains away from civilians.

Spectacular Spider-Man Episode Fifteen: Destructive Testing

Destructive Testing

First Aired: June 22nd, 2009

Synopsis: Somewhere in the savannas of Africa, Sergei Kravinoff uses his raw strength to subdue a crazed rhino before playing with his pet lion. His lover, Calypso, delivers him a package from their anonymous benefactor in New York which persuades him to travel there to hunt Spider-Man. In school, Peter finishes a test early and goes to finally have a proper talk with Gwen, but gets cold feet and instead tells her about how he's got his internship with Curt Connors back. He plans to go to the lab with her so they can properly discuss things on the way, but Liz Allan arrives and distracts Peter. At the lab later, Peter briefly meets Eddie's replacement, Debbie Whitman. Miles Warren, Connors' new co-worker, is interested in Connors' research on integrating lizard and human DNA, but Connors shuts him down and says that it was a dead end. Later, while swinging around as Spider-Man Peter realises that between Liz and Gwen he's in a love triangle, when he's suddenly attacked by Kravinoff. Kravinoff soon realises that he doesn't have to hold back against Spider-Man and fights viciously, but Spider-Man webs him up without too much difficulty. Kravinoff is freed by Calypso and gets his lion to follow the scent of Spider-Man from a scrap of torn fabric, which eventually leads him to Connors' lab.

Spectacular Spider-Man Episode Fourteen: Blueprints

Blueprints

First Aired: June 22nd, 2009

Synopsis: Peter's unsure how to proceed with Gwen after she kissed him, and wants to look for Eddie, who's disappeared. He resolves to talk to Gwen, but when he goes to school things are awkward between them. At the city docks a shipment of computer parts for Empire State University has just arrived. A flamboyant man, Mysterio, shows up and says that he'll save people from the evils of technology, then says some vaguely Latin-sounding words and makes the shipment disappear. Back at school, Peter tries to talk to Gwen, but Liz Allan interrupts and asks Peter to tutor her, which he agrees to. Later, Mysterio goes to liberate a truck of its cargo, but Spider-Man appears and fights him. Mysterio ends up using his magic to throw the truck off the bridge they're on, and while Spider-Man's saving the driver Mysterio disappears. When Peter mentions what's happened to Liz, in the context of reading a Daily Bugle article about it, she mentions that if Mysterio is doing magic, it's probably all about misdirection.

Spectacular Spider-Man Episode Thirteen: Nature vs. Nurture

Nature vs. Nurture

First Aired: June 14th, 2008

Synopsis: Back in his red and blue costume, Spider-Man stops a group of robbers from escaping in a helicopter, then tells Tombstone that he rejects his offer. After he leaves Eddie Brock, powered by the symbiote, shows up and asks for a job - in turn, Tombstone tells him that he can have one if he kills Spider-Man. Later, Peter checks in on Aunt May at hospital, lets Flash know that he appreciates being called out, and apologises to his friends for being a jerk. Mary Jane warns Peter that she went on a date with Eddie, and that she thinks he asked her out to hurt Peter. Peter calls up Eddie and Eddie pretends that everything's fine. At home, Peter rediscovers the genetic cleanser he took after defeating the Lizard, then is suddenly ambushed by Eddie, who declares that as he's poison to Spider-Man, his name is Venom. Venom webs ups Spider-Man and has him at his mercy, but declares that he hasn't suffered enough and leaves. When Spider-Man gets free, he heads to the hospital to check on Aunt May, and is ambushed by Venom outside it. After a brief fight Venom reveals that he's Eddie to Spider-Man, then heads off, saying that he knows who Peter loves the most. Spider-Man heads after him to the Thanksgiving Day parade that's on and looks for Mary Jane, but discovers that Venom has actually gone after Gwen.