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The
Spider Slayer
Review by Amazing Spidey; Screenshots by Kolbar
Episode #3 - The Spider Slayer
Original Airdate - March 18, 1995
Indebted to crime boss The Kingpin,
multi-millionaire Norman Osborn commissions cybernetics engineer Spencer Smythe
to create the powerful robot Spider-Slayer to destroy Spider-Man. When Parker's
college rival Flash Thompson and J. Jonah are kidnapped, Spider-Man must save
them while avoiding Daily Bugle reporter Eddie Brock's planned televised
revelation of the web-slinger's secret identity.
Review:
One of the most noticeable things about this show was the strong sense of
continuity that was displayed from the very first episode right though it's 65
episode run. Here we are introduced to several of the people who would become
key players in the series, like Norman Osborn, Alister Symthe and of course, The
Kingpin.
Whilst Symthe and Osborn don't become villains until later on in the series, The
Kingpin is introduced as the main villain of the show, as a man behind the
strings, manipulating whoever he can in order to become the biggest crime-lord
in the world. Here, he is shown starting with Norman, again adding on pressure
which comes into play when he becomes The Green Goblin, and when that fails,
with young Alister, whom he tricks into believing his father was killed as a
result of Spider-Mans actions as another attempt to kill Spider-Man.
This episode also fleshed out a lot of the characters who had been previously
introduced, in the form of a party hosted by Jameson and one of Peter's romantic
interests at the time, Felicia Hardy, who went onto become the Black Cat, yet
more continuity.
With all the continuity in this episode, you won't be surprised to hear it's
only part one. And part 2 tops this already fine episode.
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