Season 1: Who Is Spider-Man (1994-1995)
| # | Title | Villains |
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| 1 | "Night of the Lizard" | The Lizard |
| Spider-Man discovers that his science teacher, Dr. Curt Connors, has been turned into a deranged lizard due to a experiment gone wrong, and is abducting people throughout Manhattan. Spider-Man eventually saves the doctor by turning him back into a human. | ||
| 2 | "The Spider Slayer" | Norman Osborn and Spencer Smythe |
| Norman Osborn hires Spencer Smythe to capture Spider-Man. Smythe creates his deadliest weapon, the Spider Slayer, to accomplish this. | ||
| 3 | "Return of the Spider Slayers" | The Kingpin and Alistair Smythe |
| The Kingpin offers to provide Alistair Smythe with the funds he requires to build more of Spencer's Spider-Slayer robots, claiming that Spider-Man is responsible for the death of his father. Alistair successfully rebuilds the Black Widow and creates another, larger robot, which he names "the Tarantula". After the two Spider-Slayers capture Spider-Man, Alistair uses him to lure J. Jonah Jameson, whom he also considers responsible for Spencer's death, to his lair. Alistair attaches a bomb to them both, before using the Spider-Slayers to target Flash Thompson, Eddie Brock, and Norman Osborn, the others he considers responsible. Spider-Man escapes and detaches Jonah from the bomb, as well as saving Flash from the Black Widow. However, the Tarantula acquires Eddie Brock, and a third Spider Slayer, nicknamed "the Scorpion", kidnaps Norman Osborn. After rescuing Osborn and Brock, Spider-Man detaches Alistair's bomb from himself and uses it to destroy the three Spider Slayers for good. Alistair's failure to eliminate the wall-crawler gives him no option but to continue working for the Kingpin until he does. At the end of the episode, Peter meets Mary Jane Watson for the first time and he's instantly under her charms. | ||
| 4 | "Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous" | Doctor Octopus |
| When Peter arrives for a date with Felicia Hardy, she is kidnapped by corrupt scientist Doctor Octopus, in order to force her mother to provide him with ransom money in which she promised to fund his experiments. Peter then recalls meeting Octavius when his Uncle Ben took him to science camp when he was ten-years-old. When offended by J. Jonah Jameson, Doc Ock insists that he deliver the ransom money, however double crosses him and holds Jonah as a second hostage, demanding twice the ransom. Furthermore, Peter is unable to persuade the scientist to release them even after delivering the money. Spider-Man, however, defeats him and he is imprisoned. | ||
| 5 | "The Menace of Mysterio" | Mysterio |
| The episode opens with Spider-Man apparently raiding a museum. This leads J. Jonah Jameson and many others to believe that the wall crawler is a criminal. Peter thus decides to search for clues to prove that these robberies were caused by a Spider-Man imposter. For example, the webs 'Spider-Man' used did not dissolve after an hour, like Spider-man's web usually does. He teams up with Detective Lt. Terry Lee in search for clues. Peter finds web left from the scene of the crime, and suggests to Terry that the webbing is fake as Spider-Man's would have dissolved by that time. Also, using the CCTV footage of the scene of the crime in which Spider-Man robbed the museum, they notice that the viewings of Spider-Man in the video aren't genuine. However, Spider-Man continues to apparently commit more crimes. It later unfolds that an expert in illusion, a villain named Mysterio has been creating false images in order to frame the wall crawler. Peter also figures out that Mysterio is Quentin Beck, who must be attempting to frame Spider-Man because the hero had landed him in jail previously. At the end of the episode, after a confrontation with Spider-Man, Mysterio is imprisoned and Spider-Man's name is cleared. | ||
| 6 | "The Sting of the Scorpion" | The Scorpion and J. Jonah Jameson |
| Mac Gargan, a small-time crook who is down on his luck, strikes a deal with J. Jonah Jameson to eliminate Spider-Man. Gargan is taken to the lab of Dr. Farley Stillwell, where he is transformed into the supervillain Scorpion. This was inspired by the fact that scorpions are natural predators of spiders. Spider-Man meets the Scorpion in battle but is unable to elude him. However, just as Jameson orders the Scorpion to unmask Spider-Man, Gargan realizes that the publisher has turned him into a monster. He continues to mutate and starts losing more and more of his humanity. In a fury, he kidnaps Jameson. Spider-Man succeeds in rescuing the publisher, but the ever-stubborn Jameson announces that he will not accept him as a worthy ally. Mac Gargan is caught and imprisoned. | ||
| 7 | "Kraven the Hunter" | Kraven |
| Peter Parker has an interview with a scientist named Mariah Crawford. When Peter gets to her office she is under attack by the villain Kraven the Hunter after Spider-Man is able to elude him Dr. Crawford explains that Kraven and her used to be in love but when he was seriously injured by some lions she had no choice but to give him this wonder drug, left a former associate of her that can heal all wounds. But, also develops animal like senses and abilities which changes his personality. Spider-Man drops her off at Robbie's apartment thinking that he is out of town, but when Robbie comes back early Kraven kidnaps him for thinking that he is Mariah's other man. Peter goes to the Animal in you fashion show that Mary Jane is in and wants her and Peter to get something to eat afterward. But, Felicia Hardy is also there wanting Peter to take her somewhere afterwards too. Before Peter could really get a grasp on the situation Kraven has his scent and wants him to bring Mariah to him or he would kill Robbie. Mariah finds the cure for Kraven and goes to give it to him but, once she enters she is accidentally thrown into a lions den. After Kraven and Spider-Man save her, she gives a wounded Kraven the cure and he is back to normal. | ||
| 8 | "The Alien Costume, Part One" | Rhino, The Kingpin and Eddie Brock |
| John Jameson and fellow astronaut Paul Stevens discover a rock known as "Promethium X", which is said to be more powerful than plutonium. Unknown to the astronaut though, "Promethium X" also contains a mysterious element which manages to break free and tries to consume the two astronauts. The space shuttle crashes on Manhattan Bridge, near the Hudson river where Rhino is sent by The Kingpin to steal the "Promethium X". Spider-Man arrives on the scene and manages to save Jameson and his fellow astronaut, yet unknown to Spider-Man, Eddie Brock is on the bridge too, and takes photos of him (and Rhino as well). However, when Jonah arrives on the scene, Eddie uses propaganda and frames Spider-Man for stealing something from the shuttle, which leads to a $1 Million dollar bounty on Spider-Man's head. However, Eddie fails to mention to have seen Rhino at the scene also. Meanwhile, at home, Peter throws his costume in the garbage, as it is now useless to him. However, when he returned from the crash site, his suit carried what appeared to be "rich, thick, and creamy" Hudson River pollution. When Peter went to bed, the substance oozed over him and began to give him a nightmare...and when he woke up, he found himself hanging from a building in a costume he had never seen before! This costume enhances Spider-Man's abilities. Meanwhile, Kingpin needed to gain some materials to test the power of "Promethium X", he sent the Rhino to gain the necessary materials for his machine. Spider-Man managed to stop him, but almost lost himself to the power and tries to kill the Rhino. He eventually had to retreat back to the city, and ponder how the suit is changing him. | ||
| 9 | "The Alien Costume, Part Two" | J. Jonah Jameson, Rhino, The Shocker and The Kingpin |
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The story continues where it last left off, with the whole city hunting Spider-Man for Jonah's $1 million bounty. Spider-Man focuses his attention on Eddie Brock and Jonah Jameson and warns him to call off his reward, also mentioning Rhino and how Brock neglected to mention him. After Jonah visits his hospitalized son, Jameson finds out from him that Brock was lying and fires him. He also calls off the manhunt for Spider-Man. Noticing another disturbing change in his behavior, Spider-Man seeks the assistance of Doctor Curt Connors, who studies the suit and realizes that it is a Symbiote. Spider-Man then uses the Symbiote's powers to find a clue in Eddie's apartment, only to run into the Shocker, sent by The Kingpin to destroy the evidence Brock has of the crash site. Following Shocker leads Spider-Man to Alistair Smythe and the "Promethium X", which Spider-Man steals. Kingpin and Shocker form a plan to kidnap John Jameson in an attempt to gain the "Promethium X" back. Using John as bait, they manage to lure Spider-Man to an old church. There the Shocker attacks Spider-Man, and the Symbiote attempts to control Spider-Man. Spider-Man, remembering how the Symbiote was unusually weakened when he was earlier attacked with a Sonic Blaster, realizes that it is particularly sensitive to loud noises. He uses the church bells and the noise weakens the Symbiote, and it sloughs off Peter. Back at the Kingpin's headquarters, Smythe discovers why Spider-Man was so willing to trade the dangerous "Promethium X" back to them: as it turns out, "Promethium X" has an extremely short half-life, and in a matter of days it has already decayed into a harmless lump of lead. At end of the episode, the Symbiote finds a new host – Eddie Brock. |
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| 10 | "The Alien Costume, Part Three" | Rhino, The Shocker and Venom |
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Spider-Man had returned to his old costume. He soon came across The Rhino and The Shocker. While Spider-Man was able to easily defeat The Rhino, The Shocker managed to get the upper hand. However, an unknown 'ally' arrived and defeated the two villains himself. The new 'ally' proved to be Eddie Brock, who revealed himself as 'Venom'. Spider-Man attempted to reason with Brock, but Venom webbed up Spider-Man and removed the hero's mask high over a crowded street. Venom allowed Spider-Man to live, haunting his every step. Venom ruined a date with Mary Jane and menaced Spider-Man's aunt, so Spider-Man decided to fight back. He put some archives newspaper pages, featuring Brock's firing of Daily Bugle. He set a trap for the villain near the launch of a space shuttle. The noise from the rocket's afterburners forced the Symbiote off of Brock, and Spider-Man webbed the creature to the rocket. The Symbiote was blasted into space, and Eddie Brock was imprisoned at Ravencroft Asylum. At the episode's conclusion, Peter Parker and Mary Jane regard the night sky and wonder what else might be up there. Venom's menacing face appears on the moon. |
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| 11 | "The Hobgoblin, Part One" | Norman Osborn, The Hobgoblin and The Kingpin |
| Norman Osborn hires the Hobgoblin to assassinate Wilson Fisk, also known as The Kingpin, because of the crime lord's continuous threats against him. Peter Parker saves Fisk just as the Hobgoblin attempts an attack on him. After eluding Spider-Man, the Goblin is fired by Norman as of his unsuccessful assassination on The Kingpin. The Kingpin, upon discovering Norman's attempt on his life, respectively hires the Goblin to attack him. Meanwhile, Peter manages to convince his Aunt May to stop worrying about him after he moves in with Norman's son, Harry. In order to torment Norman, Hobgoblin kidnaps Harry and delivers him to The Kingpin, as well as rendering Aunt May unconscious. Upon Fisk's refusal to pay him, Hobgoblin resigns. Norman, upon discovering this, reassigns the Hobgoblin, after realizing there is no alternative if The Kingpin is to be defeated. After he is eluded by Spider-Man once again, the Hobgoblin causes Oscorp to explode. | ||
| 12 | "The Hobgoblin, Part Two" | The Hobgoblin and Norman Osborn |
| Hobgoblin defeats The Kingpin and declares himself the new Kingpin of Crime. Fisk, having managed to escape the Goblin, asks Norman Osborn to assist him in reclaiming his position. Norman manages to persuade Spider-Man to help them by claiming that he needs to rescue his son, Harry, who remains held captive at Crime Central by the Hobgoblin. Once they confront the Goblin, Spider-Man defeats the Goblin with vengeance for his aunt having been rendered unconscious, and Harry's kidnap. Following the Hobgoblin's defeat, Peter is relieved upon discovering Aunt May has made a full recovery. | ||
| 13 | "Day of the Chameleon" | The Chameleon |
| The Chameleon, an international spy, attempts assassination on two diplomats in order to sign the derailing of a peace proposal. J. Jonah Jameson assists S.H.I.E.L.D. in an effort to prevent the Chameleon's derailing of the signing. Spider-Man also helps S.H.I.E.L.D. leader Nick Fury stop the criminal. |
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