Season 4: Partners in Danger (1997)
| # | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | "Guilty" | Larry Brody and Meg McLaughlin (Story by: John Semper) | Bob Richardson | February 1, 1997 (1997-02-01) | 311 |
| Spider-Man is still in grief over the loss of Mary Jane. Meanwhile, Tombstone, whilst incarcerated in Rooker's Island, plots revenge on Robbie Robertson as Robbie previously caused his arrest. In exchange for assisting cell-mate Richard Fisk in a few brawls in prison, Richard requests that his father, The Kingpin, frame Robbie as a criminal mastermind. Once Robbie is convicted, Kingpin is able to reassign Robbie to Rooker's, having originally intended to serve at the New York State Penitentiary. Spider-Man realises that Robbie has been framed, and J. Jonah Jameson, also intent on clearing Robbie's name, reluctantly teams with the wall-crawler in order to do so. Having enough evidence gathered by Spider-Man and Jonah that Robbie is innocent, Robbie is released. | |||||
| 43 | "The Cat" | Sean Catherine Derek (Story by: John Semper) | Bob Richardson | February 8, 1997 (1997-02-08) | 312 |
| Doctor Octopus attempts to blackmail Anastasia Hardy into paying him ransom money in order to fund his dangerous experiments, by threatening to reveal that Felicia's father was the crook known as "The Cat". Spider-Man, having eluded Doc Ock from the Hardy's, gathers information which tells him Felicia's father is actually John Hardesky, and that he was incarcerated in S.H.I.E.L.D. for memorizing a secret formula. The Kingpin manages to break the Cat out of prison by using the Chameleon, Hardesky's cell-mate, in an effort to retrieve the formula which has the ability to enhance human abilities. Herbert Landon is able to recreate the formula after the crime lord uses Felicia to provoke Hardesky to reveal the formula. | |||||
| 44 | "The Black Cat" | Marty Isenberg, Robert N. Skir, & Sean Catherine Derek (Story by: John Semper) | Bob Richardson | February 15, 1997 (1997-02-15) | 313 |
| The Kingpin blackmails John Hardesky into revealing a secret super-soldier formula by making threats against Felicia. After Hardesky reveals his secrets, Landon is able to recreate and improve the formula for the crime lord. Kingpin uses the serum to transform Felicia into a "black cat", and forces her to carry out his crimes until he can create more serum. Spider-Man, unaware of her identity, teams with the Black Cat to rescue her father. Hardesky, whilst held captive by the Kingpin, breaks into Landon's lab and deletes the formula. After the two superheroes are able to rescue Felicia's father, he decides to allow himself to be re-incarcerated in S.H.I.E.L.D., as of his knowledge of the formula. | |||||
| 45 | "The Return of Kraven" | Meg McLaughlin | Bob Richardson | February 22, 1997 (1997-02-22) | 314 |
| Spider-Man teams with the Black Cat in an attempt to confront Kraven the Hunter. After Kraven eludes the two heroes, there are various reports of attacks. Debra Whitman decides to investigate and she, Black Cat, Flash Thompson, and Dr. Curt Connors hunt for clues, and succeed in identifying the DNA as female. After Kraven fails to elude Spider-Man, he explains to the wall-crawler that he is in fact not responsible for the attacks, and that he was forced to give his love interest, Dr. Mariah Crawford, the same serum that transformed him into Kraven the Hunter, after she was attacked whilst in Africa. Dr. Connors is able to create a formula that will cure Mariah, and Spider-Man, Black Cat and Kraven are able to restrain her in order for her to take the serum. The formula doesn't, however, completely cure her and she decides to stay in her current form with Kraven. | |||||
| 46 | "Partners" | Cynthia Harrison and Brooks Wachtel (Story by: John Semper) | Bob Richardson | May 3, 1997 (1997-05-03) | 315 |
| Alistair Smythe, currently working as Silvermane's top scientist, kidnaps the Black Cat. He then bribes Spider-Man into capturing either the Scorpion or the Vulture, whom both have unique DNA samples which are essential for Silvermane if he is to restore adulthood, in exchange for her release. Meanwhile, Mac Gargan is in grief over his permanent condition as a superhuman, and has been keeping the Vulture captive as is capable of producing the necessary technology which can restore Mac human. Scorpion eventually decides to resort to robbery in order to afford to undergo an operation for his condition, against his girlfriend, Sarah's advice. Spider-Man is then able to capture him to fulfill his and Smythe's bargain. Silvermane then trades his DNA with Scorpion, before attempting to trade his stature with Spider-Man. The bound and gagged Black Cat tries to warn Spider-Man, but by the time she has removed her bonds Spider-Man has been captured. Silverman then tries to drain Spider-Man's powers, though Vulture interrupts the operation and permently makes himself youthful, though in the process Silvermane is aged back. | |||||
| 47 | "The Awakening" | Sean Catherine Derek (Story by: John Semper) | Bob Richardson | May 10, 1997 (1997-05-10) | 316 |
| Debra Whitman and Clay Marks locate Morbius, the Vampire, in a state of hibernation and bring him to ESU to work on a cure. Felicia Hardy hears of the news just before she heads out of town and decides to stays behind as Black Cat. At the same time, Herbert Landon and the Shocker also seek to capture Morbius for the Kingpin in an effort to unlock the secret to immortality. Landon and Shocker abduct Morbius, but Black Cat teams up with Whistler and Spider-Man to track down their whereabouts and to neutralize Morbius. However, Morbius is transformed from his bat form back into the living vampire state that he was before and then flies away. | |||||
| 48 | "The Vampire Queen" | Meg McLaughlin and John Semper (Story by: John Semper) | Bob Richardson | May 17, 1997 (1997-05-17) | 317 |
| Blade's mother, the Vampire Queen, has come to New York and is hoping to transformer everyone into vampires. To stop her, Blade, Black Cat, and Spider-Man will need Morbius' help. | |||||
| 49 | "The Return of the Green Goblin" | Mark Hoffmeier | Bob Richardson | July 12, 1997 (1997-07-12) | 318 |
| The episode opens with Harry Osborn being driven insane. He then becomes the New Goblin and visits Oscorp and supplied himself with superhuman powers. Anna Watson meets The Punisher whilst he is visiting a graveyard. She informs him about her loss of Mary Jane and invites him for tea. He subsequently promises to return her and Anna informs him that her friend Aunt May's nephew may possibly have knowledge of her whereabouts. Meanwhile, Peter and Liz Allan visit Harry, however, they are attacked by the New Goblin. The Punisher and Spider-Man are eventually able to elude the New Goblin. At the end of the episode, much to Peter and The Punisher's surprise, Mary Jane has somehow returned and she has no idea what happened to her. Harry is incarcerated at Ravencroft rehab at the end of the episode. Another cartoon by the same name also exists. | |||||
| 50 | "The Haunting of Mary Jane Watson" | Meg McLaughlin and John Semper (Story by: John Semper and Virginia Roth) | Bob Richardson | July 19, 1997 (1997-07-19) | 401 |
| After a brief fight with Mysterio, Peter learns that Mary Jane finally got her big break in recreating the movie role made famous by an actress, named Miranda Wilson. Miranda mysteriously disappeared following a stunt gone wrong in the original movie (the stunt sent Quention Beck aka Mysterio to jail, and started his Spidey fixation). Everyone believes Miranda is dead. When Mary Jane starts hearing voices, she's convinced her long-lost father has come back, but instead finds herself trapped in the catacombs below Wonder Studios in the clutches of the now crazy, hideously scarred Miranda. Spidey goes after Mary Jane, and winds up teaming up with Mysterio (who escaped from jail, via a holocube), and after barely getting her out alive, (in which Miranda and Mysterio supposedly sacrifice themselves), Mary Jane tells Spidey she loves a boy named Peter Parker, to which Spidey takes off his mask. | |||||
| 51 | "The Lizard King" | Gordon Kent (Story by: John Semper) | Bob Richardson | July 26, 1997 (1997-07-26) | 402 |
| Peter proposes and Mary Jane accepts, much to Anna Watson's discomfort. Peter and Mary Jane ask Curt Connors to give Mary Jane away at the wedding, when they are interrupted by three giant lizards who claim the Doc is their father and kidnap him and Mary Jane. They're taken down to sewer, with Spider-Man in pursuit, and Doc becomes the Lizard again. Connors had dumped all of his chemicals that turned him into the Lizard, down the drain, the creatures in the sewers had consumed the chemicals, and had mutated. Spidey buys Mary Jane time so she can escape and find Margaret Connors, who has a device that can kill the Lizard and all neogenically engineered creatures, made by Connors. Spider-Man has to fight the battle of his life against the Lizard King and his minions, with Mary Jane, Debra Whitman, and Margaret Connors trying to cure Curt for good. | |||||
| 52 | "The Prowler" | Terence Taylor (Story by: John Semper) | Bob Richardson | August 2, 1997 (1997-08-02) | 403 |
| Hobie first appeared working for a crime lord called Iceberg and was feeling he wasn't earning his fair cut for the work he was doing. When Iceberg found out, he had his boys attempt to kill Hobie. After narrowly escaping that fate, he knew he needed to get out of town. He stole a passer-by's purse in order to fund his new trip. It turned out to be Mary Jane's purse when she and Peter Parker are in the process of apartment hunting but was stopped by Spider-Man and Hobie was sent to jail for violating his parole. While in jail, he saves Richard Fisk from an attempt on his life. As payment, the Kingpin arranges for a hot shot lawyer to enable Hobie's release and gives him a special suit. He used the costume to get back at his old boss Iceberg. There are strings attached, however: the belt will detonate if he tampers with it. He and Spider-Man team up against the Kingpin and destroyed the controls to the belt so it wouldn't detonate and Prowler's suit is recharged. Hobie gave up crime so he can have a chance at returning to a normal 'good' life. |
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