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Class is in session! Our homework: the premiere of The Spectacular Spider-Man, the first time we got a Spider-Man series with Peter Parker in high school! We explore the unusual development process that led to this show’s unique style and structure, including how creators Greg Weisman and Victor Cook wanted […]

Walloping Websnappers #12: “Survival of the Fittest”





It’s Peter Parker vs. Spider-Man in the Spider-Man: The Animated Series first season finale! The Daily Bugle gets wrapped up in Chameleon’s spy thriller scheme — and we get our first look at S.H.I.E.L.D. in the 90s, as Nick Fury criticizes shoddy journalism, uses the bulkiest and oddest technology ever […]

Walloping Websnappers #7: “Day of the Chameleon”





We’ve got three back-to-back standalone villain episodes, but they’re far from “filler”! New York goes gaga over their very unheroic new hero Mysterio, J. Jonah Jameson literally creates a monster in Scorpion, and everyone is a slave to their animal instincts when Kraven comes to town. Prepare for animatronics, body […]

Walloping Websnappers #4: “Mysterio, Scorpion, and Kraven Walk into a ...