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The Mutants' Revenge
Review by Amazing Spidey; Screenshots by Kolbar
Episode #18 - The Mutants' Revenge
Original Airdate - October 7, 1995
Wolverine catches up with
Spider-Man, hot on the trail of the missing Hank McCoy. Discovering his location
and the plot to destroy all mutant kind the two team up and rescue Beast in the
nick of time just as he was about to become the first test subject of Landon's
horrendous plan. But when Landon accidentally falls victim to his own experiment
he is changed into a giant monster that feeds on electrical energy. Can
Spider-Man and the X-Men succeed in stopping this 50-foot tall, ohm-eating
monster?
Review:
Following from where part 1 started,
we have Spidey and Wolverine fighting in the alley, and Hobgoblin gleefully
watching them.
The story quickly moved into Spider-Man/Wolverine team up mode, which was
actually one of the better team ups the show produced.
Some parts of the X-Men's world clashed with Spidey, particularly the Cyclops
and Gambit designs. They really didn't work with Spider-Mans brightly designed
world.
It's worth pointing out that FOX decided to bring all of the X-Men voice actors
from Canada over to L.A. to record their voices, to their credit. Which was
great because Cal Dodd is Wolverine, even up to a Kevin Conroy is Batman
standard. Several people have had the role since, but it's still his be his by
divine right, which is something, especially as one of the newer Wolverines
includes the incredibly talented Mark Hamill.
As for the climax, Landon turning into the monster creature thing was a little
too weird for me, especially as he became too much like King Kong. It didn't
ruin the story, I just felt with having both on screen deserved a better
villain.
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