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Duel of the Hunters Episode #21 - Duel of the Hunters Looks like it's curtains for Spider-Man (who's now become a Man-Spider), but he turns the tables on the Punisher and it's the vigilante who barely escapes in his battle van. Meanwhile, Dr. Mariah Crawford summons Sergi Kravenoff, better known as Kraven The Hunter, to help her track down Spider-Man and cure him of his mutation with a newly developed antidote. Unfortunately, when the Man-Spider makes its way to the ESU campus, the Punisher is hot on his heels. Will the Punisher succeed in destroying Spider-Man in his new mutated form or will Kraven and Dr. Crawford save him first! Review: This episode was the 3rd and final part of The Man-Spider saga and it was easily the best. Despite already having a truckload of characters from the previous 2 parts, another one was brought in, and used incredibly well. Ironically enough, Kraven worked better in this series than he did as a villain. There wasn’t a lot of Morbius in this episode, and I think it works better for it. Despite being mutated, Spider-Man still attempted to stop Morbius from draining Debra Whitman’s plasma. He still obviously had Peter’s mind at this part of the episode, as he later tried to find Mary Jane too. He lost it later, after being attacked by The Punisher and taking him back to his make shift hideout, the World Trade Centre’s parking garage (which may or may not be said in any future airings, due to the networks standards). It was interesting simply because it was different. The writers tend to have Spider-Man never stop talking to himself in each of the episodes, in this episode; he couldn’t speak and had no inner monologue. The animation is worth noting, especially as from this episode on, right the way to the end of the season; it’s well…not very good at all. The Man-Spider arc was certainly an interesting one, a mixture of new characters all wanting different things. This arc was the peak of the whole Neogenic Nightmare. Screenshots:
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