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| Series | Spider-Man | ||||||||
| Release Date | November 11, 1995 | ||||||||
| Episode Number | 21 | ||||||||
| Writer | John Semper, Jr. | ||||||||
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Spider-Man has become the Man-Spider! Punisher continues his quest to take down the wallcrawler. Is the only hope for Peter in his old foe Kraven the Hunter?
Story[]
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Quotes[]
"I looked in the devil square in the eyes... and I blinked."
"Thank you for giving me back my life. What a beautiful day this is gonna be! I feel lucky to be alive. And lucky of being who I am: Spider-Man."
Trivia[]
- In this episode, Spider-Man has the smallest amount of spoken dialogue.
- When Man-Spider roars after remembering Flash, you can hear him say Flash's name in the roar.
- Spider-Man is disoriented after being cured; not only from his painful mutation, but from the electrical net Punisher used on Man-Spider.
- Spider-Man latrer reveals that he remembers being Man-Spider. Though Dr. Crawford's worry about curing him soon suggested his mind would devolve after enough time and make Man-Spider start feeding on people.
Goofs[]
- Punisher leaves his coat behind in warehouse when he flees from Man-Spider. But later, when he fights Man-Spider on the roofs, he still has his coat. It is possible that he had more than one coat.
- When Punisher catapults out of his battle van, he holds the shield in his right hand and gun in his left hand, but when he lands on the roof, it is other way around.
- Why didn't Man-Spider start chasing after Morbius after being defeated by him?
- The shot of Man-Spider approaching Mary Jane's house is exactly the same shot as him approaching Aunt May's house.
- After falling down the cliff and then getting blasted back by his van's explosion, Punisher is completely uninjured.
- This is unknown why didn't Man-Spider simply kill Punisher after causing him to fall down the cliff.
- Despite being very powerful and dangerous, Man-Spider was rather quickly defeated by Kraven and Punisher.
- After Spider-Man's mutation is reversed, his costume is torn apart. However, in the final scene, his costume is fully intact.
Continuity[]
- Man-Spider is referenced in "Blade the Vampire Hunter" and next appears in a nightmare in episode "The Return of the Green Goblin".
- Spider-Man once again mutates into Man-Spider in the Spider-Man Unlimited episode "Matters of the Heart".
Cast[]
Background[]
The bombing that Kraven refers to is the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. After the September 11th attacks in 2001 this reference was edited out of syndication, making Kraven's methods unknown while the garage becomes any general parking garage.
Reaction[]
Comic Book Resources ranked this as the eighth greatest episode of the series. They felt this episode particularly showed Kraven's humanity. They noted how, with Peter not giving his thoughts, the episode focused on the show's side character and their relationships such as developing Debra and Flash. They liked how it depicted Punisher's crusade maturely in a children's show, with Kraven and Mariah showing him the error of his vengeance-driven ways. They liked the message that some monsters are a victim of their world.[1]