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The Best Episodes of Spider-Man Season 1

Every episode of Spider-Man Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Spider-Man Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 1 - The Power of Dr. Octopus
    6.5/10(245 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 2 - Sub-Zero for Spidey
    6.5/10(180 votes)

    #2 - Sub-Zero for Spidey

    S1:E2

    On a blistering hot afternoon, Peter is walking to the house of a brilliant scientist, Doctor Smartyr, when suddenly he notices that the sidewalk, and most of the neighborhood, is turning to ice. Hearing desperate cries for help from Smartyr's house, Peter changes into Spider-Man and breaks through a laboratory window to find the frightened scientist being menaced by a towering ice creature.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 3 - Where Crawls the Lizard
    6.7/10(175 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 4 - Electro, the Human Lightning Bolt
    6.4/10(148 votes)

    #4 - Electro, the Human Lightning Bolt

    S1:E4

    Spider-Man is set up numerous times by Electro's robberies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 5 - The Menace of Mysterio
    6.8/10(145 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 6 - The Sky Is Falling
    6.4/10(140 votes)

    #6 - The Sky Is Falling

    S1:E6

    The Vulture uses a sonic device in his head mask to control an army of vultures. After the Vulture beats Spider-Man, he holds the city up for a $2,000,000 ransom and J. Jonah Jameson blames Spider-Man.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 7 - Captured by J. Jonah Jameson
    6.6/10(131 votes)

    #7 - Captured by J. Jonah Jameson

    S1:E7

    An inventor named Henry Smythe reveals his plans to capture Spider-Man with a robot and get paid by J. Jonah Jameson for his efforts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 8 - Never Step on a Scorpion
    7.0/10(143 votes)

    #8 - Never Step on a Scorpion

    S1:E8

    Dr. Stillwell creates the Scorpion on J. Jonah Jameson's behalf to capture Spider-Man. The Scorpion attacks Spider-Man, who escapes. However, the Scorpion's evil nature takes over as his strength increases which causes him to go after Jameson.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 9 - Sands of Crime
    6.5/10(119 votes)

    #9 - Sands of Crime

    S1:E9

    As Spider-Man examines the Goliath Diamond, the Sandman appears and swipes the diamond, with Spider-Man getting the blame as he is seen by the guards.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 10 - Diet of Destruction
    6.7/10(123 votes)

    #10 - Diet of Destruction

    S1:E10

    Spider-Man witnesses, and photographs, a giant metal-eating robot in Central Park.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 11 - The Witching Hour
    6.6/10(124 votes)

    #11 - The Witching Hour

    S1:E11

    The Green Goblin swipes Grandini the Mystic's witchcraft book, hoping to control demons of the Underworld.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 12 - Kilowatt Kaper
    6.5/10(121 votes)

    #12 - Kilowatt Kaper

    S1:E12

    Electro escapes prison, before Spider-Man can stop him, using a metal kite during an electrical storm to renew his powers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 13 - The Peril of Parafino
    7.2/10(122 votes)

    #13 - The Peril of Parafino

    S1:E13

    Spider-Man faces off against Parafino, a wax museum owner who plans to make Spider-Man into his latest exhibit.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 14 - Horn of the Rhino
    6.9/10(123 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 15 - The One-Eyed Idol
    7.0/10(123 votes)

    #15 - The One-Eyed Idol

    S1:E15

    Someone has sent a one-eyed idol to J. Jonah Jameson. Jameson is hypnotized by the idol to steal his own money. Spider-Man finds the thief, but he escapes with the money.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 16 - Fifth Avenue Phantom
    6.9/10(123 votes)

    #16 - Fifth Avenue Phantom

    S1:E16

    Spider-Man attempts to halt the Phantom's activities only to be set up by him and his robot henchwoman Marie, who is disguised as a shop window mannequin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 17 - The Revenge of Dr. Magneto
    6.9/10(125 votes)

    #17 - The Revenge of Dr. Magneto

    S1:E17

    Spider-Man saves a boat from Dr. Matto Magneto's attempt to crash it on the rocks by sabotaging a lighthouse.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 18 - The Sinister Prime Minister
    6.2/10(119 votes)

    #18 - The Sinister Prime Minister

    S1:E18

    Spider-Man gets into an embassy, sees the foreign visiting Prime Minister tied up and gagged, and fights someone impersonating the Prime Minister, but he is forced to retreat to find proof after being gassed by the imposter's cane and having his camera stolen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 19 - The Night of the Villains
    7.4/10(148 votes)

    #19 - The Night of the Villains

    S1:E19

    Historic villains Blackbeard the Pirate, Jesse James, and the Executioner of Paris are committing robberies in New York City.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 20 - Here Comes Trubble
    6.8/10(122 votes)

    #20 - Here Comes Trubble

    S1:E20

    Miss Trubble, a book dealer obsessed with mythology, is owner of a magical chest from which she summons a succession of mythological figures, from centaurs to the Cyclops to Diana the Hunter-Goddess, to commit robberies of ancient artifacts on her behalf.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 21 - Spider-Man Meets Doctor Noah Boddy
    5.0/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Spider-Man Meets Doctor Noah Boddy

    S1:E21

    A scientist, Dr. Noah Boddy, renders himself invisible by means of a machine, then acts to avenge himself upon Jameson, who publically maligned his theory of invisibility.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 22 - The Fantastic Fakir
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The Fantastic Fakir

    S1:E22

    Spider-Man battles an Arabian jewel thief, whose magical flute induces animals into attacking Spidey.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #23 - 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
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  24. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 24 - Farewell Performance
    7.0/10(1 votes)

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

    #25 - 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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Power of Dr. Octopus" is the best rated episode of "Spider-Man" season 1. It scored 6.5/10 based on 245 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/9/1967. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Sub-Zero for Spidey".