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The Best Episodes of Spider-Man

Every episode of Spider-Man ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Spider-Man!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 1 - The Origin of Spiderman
    8.2/10(189 votes)

    #1 - The Origin of Spiderman

    S2:E1

    Student Peter Parker is labeled a "bookworm" by his peers when he declines their offer of a triple-date in favor of viewing a radiology experiment.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 2 - King Pinned
    7.8/10(132 votes)

    #2 - King Pinned

    S2:E2

    On his first night at work at the Daily Bugle, Peter overhears talk of a fake medicine racket engineered by a rotund mobster called the Kingpin.

    Director:Ralph Bakshi
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 19 - To Cage a Spider
    7.8/10(104 votes)

    #3 - To Cage a Spider

    S2:E19

    Two robbers dynamite a bank safe and abscond in their car with millions of stolen dollars.

    Director:Ralph Bakshi
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Spider-Man Season 3 Episode 17 - Revolt in the Fifth Dimension
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #4 - Revolt in the Fifth Dimension

    S3:E17

    Luck, Suggestion and Determination must guide Spider-Man through this trip into the 5th dimension. Spider-Man finds himself face to face with The Skeletal Infinata.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 18 - Cold Storage
    7.5/10(101 votes)

    #5 - Cold Storage

    S2:E18

    Sophisticated diamond thief Dr. Cool and his henchman have heisted a fortune in diamonds and are at a deserted-before-dawn ice factory, planning to smuggle the gems through international customs by mixing the "hot ice" with large quantities of the ordinary variety.

    Director:Ralph Bakshi
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 23 - Return of the Flying Dutchman
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #6 - Return of the Flying Dutchman

    S1:E23

    Reports of a legendary flying ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman, being sighted near Smuggler's Cove summon Spidey to the area, where his investigation into the phantom ship's appearance leads him to a cave in which he finds his sworn adversary, Mysterio, plotting with a pair of thugs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 25 - The Golden Rhino
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #7 - The Golden Rhino

    S1:E25

    Spider-Man's old enemy, the rampaging Rhino, is stealing gold bullion to mold an auric likeness of himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 31 - The Terrible Triumph of Dr. Octopus
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #8 - The Terrible Triumph of Dr. Octopus

    S1:E31

    Doctor Octopus imposes upon Dr. Smartyr's Nullifier rocket test and steals the ultra-powerful destructor missile.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 5 - The Menace of Mysterio
    7.0/10(155 votes)

    #9 - The Menace of Mysterio

    S1:E5

    Spider-Man has been witnessed committing a robbery of the Midtown Museum.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 14 - Horn of the Rhino
    7.0/10(134 votes)

    #10 - Horn of the Rhino

    S1:E14

    Spider-Man is keeping an eye on a train when the Rhino rams into it and steals the first component of a top secret weapon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 24 - Farewell Performance
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Farewell Performance

    S1:E24

    When a Jekyll-and-Hyde poster comes to life at the soon-to-be-demolished Castle Theatre, Spidey visits the theatre and encounters mischievous Blackwell the Magician, who is trying to attract public attention to the theatre in hope of preventing its demolition.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 26 - Blueprint for Crime
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Blueprint for Crime

    S1:E26

    A bald-headed mastermind, the Plotter, employs two ridiculous criminals, Cowboy and Ox, to steal a blueprint to a missile.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 32 - Magic Malice
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Magic Malice

    S1:E32

    While Blackwell the Magician is entertaining at the Castle Theatre, his house is invaded by the Green Goblin, who swipes some of Blackwell's props and peruses Blackwell's book of magic spells and incantations.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 36 - Double Identity
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Double Identity

    S1:E36

    Art robberies are committed by an old enemy of Spider-Man, actor Charles Cameo, who can utilize masks and make-up to usurp any identity, including those of J. Jonah Jameson and Spiderman!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 8 - Phantom from the Depths of Time
    7.0/10(110 votes)

    #15 - Phantom from the Depths of Time

    S2:E8

    Giant, mechanical beetles are used by Manta to capture and enslave the peace-loving inhabitants of an island to mine a valuable ore.

    Director:Ralph Bakshi
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 17 - Spiderman Meets Skyboy
    7.0/10(103 votes)

    #16 - Spiderman Meets Skyboy

    S2:E17

    Dr. Irving Caldwell has devised a helmet capable of levitating its wearer and is kidnaped by a villainous scientist, Dr. Zap, who wants Caldwell's helmet to duplicate for his own evil use.

    Director:Ralph Bakshi
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Spider-Man Season 3 Episode 5 - Sky Harbor
    6.8/10(93 votes)

    #17 - Sky Harbor

    S3:E5

    A German Baron utilizes a flying aircraft carrier to launch an attack on New York City with World War One-style fighter airplanes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 10 - Vine
    6.5/10(111 votes)

    #18 - Vine

    S2:E10

    A giant plant escapes from storage in a house belonging to Prof. Smithers, a missing scientist. Spidey goes through a portal (located in the scientist's home) to prehistoric times to find some defense against the plant and meets Smithers, who tells to him that two radium gems in an idol in a nearby city, if ingested by the plant in New York, will disintegrate it.

    Director:Ralph Bakshi
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 12 - Cloud City of Gold
    6.5/10(102 votes)

    #19 - Cloud City of Gold

    S2:E12

    Peter is an exchange student in South America, flying in a charter airplane with a Latin American professor in the Andes mountains. The airplane encounters a violent storm and crashes in a jungle, and Peter changes to Spider-Man to assist the professor and the airplane's two pilots in leaving the jungle and returning to civilization.

    Director:Ralph Bakshi
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 14 - Home
    6.5/10(105 votes)

    #20 - Home

    S2:E14

    At a coffee house, Peter meets Carol, a girl with whom he has much in common; he does not realize to what extent that they are alike until he, as Spider-Man, catches Carol in the act of robbing electrical equipment and finds that she has powers identical to his.

    Director:Ralph Bakshi
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Spider-Man Season 3 Episode 7 - The Vanishing Doctor Vespasian
    6.5/10(95 votes)

    #21 - The Vanishing Doctor Vespasian

    S3:E7

    Dr. Vespasian, a green-skinned, wrinkled scientist, concocts a drinkable invisibility formula and uses it on himself and his dog, Brutus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Spider-Man Season 3 Episode 15 - Rhino
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Rhino

    S3:E15

    In a cheater story comprised of footage from both Rhino episodes from Season 1, the Rhino again steals gold shipments with which to build a 14 karat statue of himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 3 - Where Crawls the Lizard
    6.4/10(188 votes)

    #23 - Where Crawls the Lizard

    S1:E3

    Peter flies to Florida to find and photograph the Lizard Man. Spider-Man meets Dr. Curtis Connor's family. He is pulled underwater by the Lizard Man, but escapes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 1 - The Power of Dr. Octopus
    6.2/10(259 votes)

    #24 - The Power of Dr. Octopus

    S1:E1

    Teenage photographer Peter Parker is sent by the Daily Bugle to investigate a series of mystery lights in a wooded area outside of the city, when a sudden landslide forces him to swerve off the road and land in a tree.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 35 - To Catch a Spider
    6.2/10(5 votes)

    #25 - To Catch a Spider

    S1:E35

    Under the guidance of Dr. Noah Boddy, the Green Goblin, Electro, and the Vulture join forces for revenge on Spiderman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Origin of Spiderman" is the best rated episode of "Spider-Man". It scored 8.2/10 based on 189 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/14/1968. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "King Pinned".