Spider-Man

1994

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EP12 Spider Wars (1): I Really, Really Hate Clones Jan 31, 1998

8.4| 0h30m| TV-Y7| en| More Info
Released: 19 November 1994 Canceled
Producted By: Marvel Films
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Synopsis

Bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker develops spider-like superpowers. He uses these to fight crime while trying to balance it with the struggles of his personal life.

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Minahzur Rahman I've seen so many animated series when it comes to superheroes, and this is one of my favourite ones. Not only because Spiderman is one of my favourite superheroes, but the episodes was full of quality: it almost had everything you would hope to see. I remember this show appearing regularly on Fox Kids, and I would always watch Spiderman at home. The animated series has all your favourite villains including the Lizard, Sandman, Venom, Shocker, Scorpion, Kingpin, Rhino and Mysterio. It even had a crossover with the X-Men which was also another excellent animated series. You couldn't ask for anything more - really!
Cheese Hoven It is a much debated point whether this or the Spectacular Spiderman from the 2000s is the better version, I would personally say that Spectacular is by a short head but both versions fail to live up to expectations.Each season is conceived as a single story line divided in chapters. While this adds to the sense of continuity in places, it can also become strained as the writers try to force their ideas into these strait jackets. Generally the writing becomes more convoluted and less convincing as the series progresses.The art is good but hardly the equal of the wonderfully stylish DC animations of the same period. The stories are largely 'adapted' from various comic books. I should really say 'cobbled together' rather than 'adapted' since these cartoons do not do justice to their source material. Different story arcs which take place in the comic books many years apart are here unconvincingly stuck together with details and characters changed. These changes are never an improvement and often seem to be merely watered down versions of the original.The most striking example is when the Green Goblin learns Spider Man's secret identity and throws Mary Jane off a New York bridge. This is 'adapted' from a celebrated couple of story lines from Spider man 39 and 121, many years apart. In the original, Spider Man's then girlfriend Gwen Stacey is actually killed in perhaps the most famous of all Spider man stories. Here MJ is merely transferred to some sort of parallel dimension, one which is poorly explained (how can the Green Goblin survive there for months without food and drink for example?) To make matters worse, while MJ is missing for months, not only does Spider man NOT make any real effort to find her, he has a fling with another woman, namely the Black Cat. And then MJ comes back in a poorly conceived story line.The writing throughout is mediocre but this particular story arc is very shoddy. The Black Cat goes off to Europe to find a cure for her (other) lover then, with no explanation given, turns up at the wedding of Parker and MJ. The Punisher, in another poorly motivated strand, gets involved in the search for MJ. He just happens to be at the graveyard when MJ's mother is there, and she invites him, a man wearing a skull on his shirt and a bandanna, back to her home for a cup of tea? Numerous other examples of the silly writing could be cited, all designed to cobble together these different source materials.As in the comics, Gwen Stacey is cloned after her death, here MJ after her (death? disappearance? who knows?) is cloned too in a much less convincing way. Then we have the mad dash for the end with a routine adaptation of Secret Wars and a nod to the then-contemporary "clone saga". In the end, a lot of plot threads are just left dangling. What happened to MJ? Or indeed the Green Goblin? Why should Uncle Ben be alive in a universe where spiderman exists? What about the Morbius and Blade story?
Sabbather This show has been a significant part of my childhood, as it has been probably for most of the 90s kids.I like the beginning 2-3 seasons more than the rest, maybe because after a few seasons, they went too Sci-Fi.Speaking for only myself, this show has been so much more intriguing, attractive, interesting, emotional and educational, than any other cartoon I've ever watched, including X-Men, even though that one's got 0.5 more weighted ranking, than this one.Any superhero is smart, strong or both of them combined, but the most special thing about Peter Parker was his famous opinion, about what it actually meant to be in power (With great power, comes great responsibility), oh and I almost forgot, his humor was magnificent.There's no single part I actually dislike about this cartoon, except the fact, that they never exactly ended the story in a respectful manner.
Zackery Burgess This is the first superhero cartoon I ever watched and I will always remember it. As I mentioned in my Justice League review when I was a kid I was into superheroes. This is what got me into. This was the reason I am a comic book fan. It introduced me not just to Spider-man,Mary Jane, Aunt May and other characters, but it introduced me to Spider-Man's rogues gallery. Villains such as Doc Ock,Mysterio,Shocker,Rhino,and the Green Goblin would be part of my childhood. When my friends and I would play Spider-man I would always be the villains and since no one else wanted to be the villain I had to pretend I was all of them and it was fun! The show also did a good job of introducing other superheroes like Blade,Dr.Strange,and the Punisher. Overall this is a classic. Even though I was only a baby when show was still going on, I saw re runs of the show which was a big impact on my childhood. And made me into the person and I am to say. All I have to say is with power comes great responsibility.