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The
Return of the Spider Slayers
Review by Amazing Spidey; Screenshots by Kolbar
Episode #4 - The Return of the Spider
Slayers
Original Airdate - February 11, 1995
The Kingpin coerces Alistair
Smythe, Spencer's son, to build a new line of Spider-Slayers to destroy
Spider-Man, but Alistair has other plans - execute those he holds responsible
for his father's death.
Review:
Robots. Anyone who actually paid attention in this show will know that they
showed up quite a lot. There where several reason for this, one of them was that
it gave Smythe something to do, and in turn, brought The Kingpin into most of
the stories, they make great popular toys and the other, when you're not allowed
to punch, robots are easier to fight than people.
Having introduced the main characters who most of the robots in part 1, now was
the fighting time. Adding more robots to the mix, as well as expanding on
Smythes hatred of 3 of the main supporting cast, Norman Osborn, Eddie Brock and
Flash Thompson, all of whom resulted in his dads 'death' in the previous
episode. However, the highlight, copied from one of the original Spider-Slayers
in the Lee/Ditko run, was Jameson and Spidey being attached to a bomb, with
Spidey saving his friends, whilst Jameson whined about how Spidey was severely
bruising his wrist.
As with most of the first season, the animation was excellent. Spider-Man
himself looked great, whilst the 3 big Spider Slayers looked great. The
explosion at the end looked great was a high point in the entire look of the
series.
This episode was also memorable for one more thing than giant robots, bombs and
classic Jameson dialogue. It introduced the main love interest in Mary Jane, in
a particularly memorable way, with her famous "Face it tiger, you just hit the
jackpot".
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