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Rocket Racer
Review by Amazing Spidey; Screenshots by Amazing
Spidey
Episode #32 - Rocket Racer
Original Airdate - September 14, 1996
While a gang of jet-pack wearing thieves run by
Jackson Weele, an ex-pilot in a rampaging gyro-wheel plunder the city, Peter
tries to deal with his alter-ego giving him competition with Felicia. Meanwhile,
a good kid with a criminal record, Robert Farrell, tries to help his ailing
mother by using his science-savvy and the gang's technology to arm himself as
The Rocket Racer. Will the Rocket Racer return to his criminal past, or will he
be an ally to Spidey? While Spidey's fighting crime, the mysterious "Jason
Phillips" starts to make moves on Felicia...
Review:
This is it, easily the worst
episode of the entire series, in the opinion of just about every Spider-Man fan
alive. First of all, the Rocket Racer has got to be one of the stupidest
villains ever. Here, for some reason, he later became a hero. The real villain
of the piece was The Big Wheel. The Big Wheel was basically a man, rolling
around in a huge wheel. What kind of stupid villain is that?
The Rocket Racer himself was a typical, and very annoying angry young black man
who talked down to Spidey about what it takes to survive in his neighbourhood.
He’s talking down to Spidey, who beats the like of Doc Ock, Venom and The
Lizard.
If you’ve read any of the previous reviews from this site, or visited the
message board attached to it, you’ll know I love this series, but even I can’t
stand to watch this episode. We never saw Beetle, Sandman but we see both Rocket
Racer and Big Wheel in the same episode.
It started out ok, with Spider-Man and Felicia, and quickly took a complete
nosedive. For a series that had so many strong episodes and characters, I found
it hard to believe this one was allowed to be made. For some amusing reviews of
the episode, check out the message board, which features some classics such as
“(This) episode is surely one where I'd rather be repeatedly hit over the
head with an anvil than be subjected to it” and “I'm afraid this is the
one. The unforgivable episode that never should have been.”
Unfortunately, neither one of them is joking. A complete and utter waste of
time.
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