Marvel's Spider-Man Episode Six: Sandman

Sandman

First Aired: September 16th, 2017

Synopsis: Peter is at Coney Island with Anya, Miles, and Gwen. They run into Flash Thompson when a sandstorm starts, and eerily enough, it has a face. Peter changes to Spider-Man and stops it from knocking down a ferris wheel, but Anya drops the V-252 she has with her. When Spider-Man touches it he gets a jolt. Peter's friends make a coagulation gun which he takes as Spider-Man and uses on the sand. It forms into a human form and asks for help before an impulsive Flash destroys it. The next day, Peter goes to Horizon with a sample of the sand, hoping to discover what was going on. While he tries to coagulate the sand, calling Harry for help in doing so, a girl that was on the ferris wheel the previous day and had been chased by the sandstorm gets into a limo with a thuggish-looking man with a flat head. Peter returns home to finish sorting out the sand, but unbeknownst to him, the V-252 gets out of its container and attaches itself to his clothes.

Ultimate Spider-Man Episode Eighty-Nine: The New Sinister Six, Part Two

The New Sinister Six, Part Two

First Aired: June 19th, 2016

Synopsis: Scarlet Spider holds Spider-Man while Doctor Octopus taunts him, before Ock reveals that he wants the key to the anti-HYDRA weapon. Scarlet knows that it's at May's so heads off to get it, leaving Spidey with Ock. Scarlet finds the key and lies to May about why he's there, but Flash reveals that Peter told him to stop anyone who arrived to retrieve the key. His wheelchair turns out to have lasers in it, and he fights Scarlet. Back at the Triskelion Spider-Man gives Ock a speech about not losing anyone and heads outside, where Hydro-Man is preparing to destroy the Triskelion. Spider-Man talks to Sandman, merged with the beach at the Triskelion, and convinces him to stand up and fight Hydro-Man, allowing Spider-Man to escape. Spider-Man manages to make it to May's house but is followed by Doctor Octopus, who manages to retrieve the key to the anti-HYDRA weapon with Scarlet's help.

Ultimate Spider-Man Episode Eighty-Five: Beached

Beached

First Aired: March 27th, 2016

Synopsis: Spider-Man and his allies are looking for Vulture. Amadeus Cho insists that Vulture is a horrible monster but Spider-Man is adamant that he's just hurt and ultimately lost. Vulture appears and attacks them, and the fight leads them to an island before Vulture flies off. As Amadeus and Spider-Man argue over what to do the beach shakes and Sandman appears. After a brief fight they get away, and Spider-Man thinks that Sandman was acting like a child. Amadeus thinks Spider-Man is wrong and that Sandman is just as villainous as Vulture. They're soon attacked by Sandman again, split into multiple beings, and while Spider-Man fights them Amadeus notes a suspicious lighthouse. He investigates it and finds a secret base beneath it, which Spider-Man tells him not to go into. Soon afterwards Amadeus returns to Spider-Man, but it turns out to be the Iron Spider costume being controlled by Sandman, as the real Amadeus has been locked into a machine with what appears to be the original Sandman.

Ultimate Spider-Man Episode Seventy-Six: Contest of Champions, Part Two

Contest of Champions, Part Two

First Aired: October 10th, 2015

Synopsis: Grandmaster says that he's changing the rules of the game to make things more interesting, and reminds the Collector that the winner of each game takes the loser's players. The next game is capture the flag, with whoever finds the flag first winning. Spider-Man is chosen by the Collector and has to fight Sandman, but he's joined by Captain America, Iron Fist, and Red Hulk, and Red Hulk manages to defeat Sandman by getting hot enough to turn Sandman to glass. As the team continue into the city the Grandmaster summons Blastaar and Ymir, but when Spider-Man spots the flag at the docks and starts making his way there, Grandmaster disables the gravity. Captain America is defeated by Ymir, and when the team arrive at the docks Grandmaster changes things again, placing lava everywhere. Spider-Man and his team reach the flag but for some reason have to control it to win, leading to Red Hulk getting defeated by Ymir while Iron Fist takes out Blastaar. Iron Fist is defeated next, but Spider-Man defeats Ymir using electrical cables, which for some reason counts as controlling the flag.

Ultimate Spider-Man Episode Fifty: Sandman Returns

Sandman Returns

First Aired: October 27th, 2013

Synopsis: Spider-Man is in the helicarrier, where Doctor Connors' lab is getting modified. Awesome Andy tries disposing of some chemicals but all he does is create fires around the lab, which result in Sandman being freed. To Spider-Man's surprise, Sandman helps put out the fires. Later, Nick Fury explains that they've been trying to rehabilitate Sandman, which Spider-Man is fully on board with. He offers to take Sandman into the field. Sandman's given a suit which can restrict and stabilise his powers, and he and Spider-Man go out for a walk. News comes in of an attack on a SHIELD facility, and Spider-Man convinces Sandman that they should go and stop it. The attack turns out to be courtesy of Swarm, who Fury points out absorbs technology and could absorb Sandman's suit. Swarm starts to do so, so Spider-Man removes the suit from Sandman, but without it, Sandman soon starts getting erratic and unhinged as he defeats Swarm. He calms down as SHIELD approaches him but Spider-Man is shaken.

Ultimate Spider-Man Episode Seventeen: Snow Day

Snow Day

First Aired: August 5th, 2012

Synopsis: Spider-Man is woken by an alert from Nova requesting his help, but when he leaves home he's hit in the face by a series of snowballs thrown by his team. It turns out that they don't have school that day due to the snow, but Coulson wants them to take advantage of the free time to do some winter survival training. Instead, the team decide to go to a deserted island that Nova found in SHIELD's database. The team spend some time making sandcastles, playing sport, and ignoring Spider-Man's spider-sense, but when they're playing volleyball, the ball ends up knocked away. Shortly after Spider-Man retrieves it a small child, Sandy, appears, and challenges the team to a game of hide and seek. Although the team are disturbed by him they agree they can't leave him alone, and start looking for him, noting that he seems to be everywhere. They soon run into a teenager, Flint, who says that Sandy's probably in the ruins. Although the team don't recall seeing any ruins, they suddenly form out of sand. The team are creeped out enough by now that they're ready to leave, but Sandy reappears. He crumbles into sand, and the team's plane is absorbed by sand and taken to the top of the ruins.

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 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 Eleven: Group Therapy

Group Therapy

First Aired: May 31st, 2008

Synopsis: Electro is released from therapy and contacts Doctor Octopus, who is in prison and has contacted him, as well as Vulture and the Enforcers; Vulture in turn has contacted Sandman and Rhino. That night Electro shuts down the prison's transformer which lets Rhino and Sandman free themselves and the others, who are given their gear by Hammerhead. In the Parker household, Peter finds out that Aunt May is feeling weak, but encourages her to go to a play she was planning on seeing with Anna Watson regardless. He goes to catch up with Eddie Brock, who's annoyed at him once more for seemingly taking photos of Spider-Man stealing the alien organism rather than calling the police. In the city, Rhino goes on a rampage and Spider-Man shows up, but is soon ambushed by the rest of the group. Aunt May is coincidentally in the area, and Spider-Man ushers her into her theatre, but unbeknownst to him she has a heart attack once inside. Spider-Man tries fighting the villains, but they've anticipated the tricks he used to defeat them last time and prepared for it. Spider-Man ends up escaping via the sewers, and when the villains futilely try to follow him they soon end up bickering.

Spectacular Spider-Man Episode Five: Competition

Competition

First Aired: March 29th, 2008

Synopsis: Aunt May discovers that Peter's school is hosting the Fall Formal and suggests that he ask out Mary Jane Watson, but he's not too keen on the idea. At school Harry forgives Peter for not helping him out with his calculus, and says that he wants to try for the football team since there's two openings available. Peter doesn't want to join at first, before hearing that the jocks are planning on beating up Harry, so he agrees to audition with Harry. The jocks want their friend Hobie Brown to join the team, but although they conspire to stop Peter and Harry, the two do pretty well in their tryouts. Elsewhere, criminals Flint Marko and Alex O'Hirn, who have been captured by Spider-Man, are freed by Hammerhead. Marko is taken away to a lab where Otto Octavius performs an experiment on him, turning him into the superhuman Sandman. Although Hammerhead wants Sandman to get revenge on Spider-Man, Sandman refuses and instead robs a bank, which still works fine for Hammerhead. Spider-Man encounters Sandman shortly after this, and Sandman ends up fleeing after a brief fight, although he doesn't get away with his money.

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends Episode Seventeen: Spider-Man: Unmasked!

Spider-Man: Unmasked!

First Aired: September 17th, 1983

Synopsis: The gang are all hanging out at the beach when they hear a report about Sandman being on the loose. They briefly change into their alter egos to stop a shark attack, but when Spider-Man changes back to Peter Parker, he unknowingly reveals his identity to a hidden Sandman nearby. Sandman stalks Peter for a while, finding out about Aunt May, and when he later attacks an armoured truck, he taunts Spider-Man with knowledge of his secret identity when the hero tries to stop him. Shocked, Spider-Man is unable to stop Sandman, and after Sandman taunts him some more later, Peter declares that he'll quit being Spider-Man so that Aunt May will be safe. Firestar and secret government agent Iceman are unable to stop Sandman on their own, and so need Peter to return to being Spider-Man. Firestar works out an idea to let Peter resume being Spider-Man - he'll appear in person at the same time as someone wearing a Spider-Man costume, convincing Sandman that he's wrong.

Spider-Man (1981) Episode Five: The Sandman is Coming

The Sandman is Coming

First Aired: October 10th, 1981

Synopsis: Peter Parker and a fellow classmate of his, Sally-Ann Beaumont, are witnessing the landing of the first Mars explorer. Once it's landed, Sandman appears and steals the soil sample inside, which is irradiated and therefore gives him powers when he absorbs it into himself. When Peter switches to Spider-Man and fights him, his mask is ripped and he ends up fleeing so his identity isn't exposed. Back in New York, he receives a telegram from the school board saying that he has to show up to a disciplinary hearing at 4 PM or else risk being expelled. With little time left before the hearing, Peter switches to Spider-Man and starts web-swinging there, but on the way has to intervene in a bank robbery Sandman is in the middle of. When he confronts Sandman, Sandman is able to use his irradiation from the Martian soil to somehow knock out Spider-Man.

Spider-Man (1967) Episode Five: Never Step on a Scorpion / Sands of Crime

Never Step on a Scorpion

First Aired: October 7th, 1967

Synopsis: The Scorpion, a green-clad supervillain, is training in anticipation of fighting Spider-Man for J. Jonah Jameson. Shortly afterwards, Jonah brags about his upcoming weapon in the Daily Bugle, leading to Peter Parker changing to Spider-Man to go looking for Scorpion. They fight for a bit and Spider-Man runs away after seeing that Scorpion is stronger than him. Scorpion then heads to Jonah's office, as according to his creator, his scorpion nature is growing and making him more evil, thus making him want to destroy Jameson.