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Bitten by a neogenetic spider, Peter Parker develops spider-like superpowers. He uses these to fight crime while trying to balance it with the struggles of his personal life.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Spider-Man Season 5 Episode 10 - Secret Wars (2): The Gauntlet of the Red Skull
    5.9/10(14 votes)

    #1 - Secret Wars (2): The Gauntlet of the Red Skull

    S5:E10

    Spider-Man summons the Black Cat from Earth, who despite her anger at being kidnapped, decides to help him fight the villains on the alien planet. The heroes must defeat the Red Skull, Doctor Octopus, and Alistair Smythe's robots while protecting a group of rebels, who are trying to take their planet back.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writer:Virginia Roth

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  2. Spider-Man Season 3 Episode 5 - The Sins of the Fathers: Rocket Racer
    6.4/10(13 votes)

    #2 - The Sins of the Fathers: Rocket Racer

    S3:E5

    While a gang of jet-pack wearing thieves run by Jackson Weele, an ex-pilot in a rampaging gyro-wheel, plunder the city, Peter tries to deal with his alter-ego giving him competition with Felicia Hardy. Meanwhile, a good kid with a criminal record, Robert Farrell, tries to help his ailing mother by using his science-savvy and the gang's technology to arm himself as the Rocket Racer. While Spider-Man's fighting crime, the mysterious "Jason Phillips" starts to make moves on Felicia.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:Mark Hoffmeier, Doug Booth, John Semper Jr.

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  3. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 4 - Partners in Danger: The Return of Kraven
    6.4/10(12 votes)

    #3 - Partners in Danger: The Return of Kraven

    S4:E4

    When a savage creature begins attacking people in New York, the Black Cat tries to convince Spider-Man that he needs her help to stop it. All clues point to the creature being Kraven the Hunter, but sleuthing by Debra Whitman, Flash Thompson, and the Black Cat solves the case. The beast, Calypso, is related to Kraven, but the Hunter wants to capture and cure her.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writer:Meg McLaughlin

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  4. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 5 - Neogenic Nightmare: Mutants' Revenge
    6.6/10(16 votes)

    #4 - Neogenic Nightmare: Mutants' Revenge

    S2:E5

    Wolverine catches up with Spider-Man, hot on the trail of the missing Hank McCoy. Discovering his location and the plot to destroy all mutantkind the two team up and rescue Beast in the nick of time just as he was about to become the first test subject of Landon's horrendous plan. But when Landon accidentally falls victim to his own experiment he is changed into a giant monster that feeds on electrical energy.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:Ted Pedersen, John Semper Jr., Michael Edens, Francis Moss

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  5. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 4 - Neogenic Nightmare: The Mutant Agenda
    6.8/10(16 votes)

    #5 - Neogenic Nightmare: The Mutant Agenda

    S2:E4

    Spider-Man's progressing neogenic mutation is making him ill and he seeks the aid of a man known to help all mutants, Dr. Charles Xavier. In doing so he meets the X-Men, but is disappointed to learn that Xavier does not 'cure' mutancy, only helps those born that way to accept and control their abilities. In the process of this endeavor he becomes involved in a plot to destroy mutants everywhere, and must stop this hideous plan with the help of the X-Men.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., J. M. DeMatteis, Michael Edens

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  6. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 5 - Partners in Danger: Partners
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Partners in Danger: Partners

    S4:E5

    While settling in to her new role as a hero, the Black Cat is captured by Alistair Smythe, now working for Silvermane, who is trapped in the body of a baby. Smythe delivers Spider-Man an ultimatum: capture the Scorpion or the Vulture within 24 hours, or the Black Cat dies.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Brooks Wachtel, Cynthia Harrison

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  7. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 6 - Partners in Danger: The Awakening (1)
    6.8/10(11 votes)

    #7 - Partners in Danger: The Awakening (1)

    S4:E6

    Deborah Whitman has located Morbius, the Living Vampire, and brings him back to ESU to work on a cure. Just before leaving town, Felicia Hardy hears of this and uses the trip as an excuse to stay behind as the Black Cat. Together with Spider-Man and Whistler, she has to take on Herbert Landon and the Shocker in order to save Morbius from himself.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:Sean Catherine Derek, John Semper Jr.

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  8. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 7 - Partners in Danger: The Vampire Queen (2)
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #8 - Partners in Danger: The Vampire Queen (2)

    S4:E7

    There's a new Vampire in town, but Morbius is getting all the blame. Just as Spider-Man, the Black Cat, Whistler and Morbius have the Vampire Queen trapped, Blade bursts in and prevents her destruction. His revelation sets the others against him, while the queen attempts to create an army of vampires. Meanwhile, Harry Osborn discovers Peter's spare Spider-Man mask.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Meg McLaughlin

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  9. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 3 - Partners in Danger: The Black Cat (2)
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Partners in Danger: The Black Cat (2)

    S4:E3

    Felicia Hardy, now transformed into the Black Cat, is blackmailed into working for the Kingpin until he can replicate more of the "Super Soldier" serum.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:Sean Catherine Derek, Robert N. Skir, Marty Isenberg, John Semper Jr.

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  10. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 9 - Partners in Danger: The Haunting of Mary Jane Watson
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #10 - Partners in Danger: The Haunting of Mary Jane Watson

    S4:E9

    Mary Jane is back, and she has got the lead role in a major film. But when filming starts, all hell breaks loose, and Mary Jane vanishes from the studio. Spider-Man must fight to ensure that he doesn't lose Mary Jane again, even if it means teaming up with Mysterio. And when it's all over, Peter has a secret to tell.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Virginia Roth

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  11. Spider-Man Season 5 Episode 9 - Secret Wars (1): Arrival
    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #11 - Secret Wars (1): Arrival

    S5:E9

    Spider-Man is transported to an alien world, where he meets the Beyonder, a being who wants to see if good is stronger than evil. He then summons a group of the greatest villains from Earth to this world, telling Spider-Man to put together a group of heroes to fight them and save the planet.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:Karen Milovich, John Semper Jr.

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  12. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 6 - Neogenic Nightmare: Morbius
    7.0/10(14 votes)

    #12 - Neogenic Nightmare: Morbius

    S2:E6

    Dr. Mariah Crawford has developed a cure for Spider-Man's disease, but she is reluctant to give an untested serum to him that may result in permanent loss of his powers or worse. After an angry outburst from Spider-Man, however, she hands it over. Peter, at the ESU lab, is secretly observed by Michael Morbius, who then swipes the infected blood sample after Peter leaves for the night. Working alone in the campus bell tower with borrowed equipment, Morbius has an accident which will change him forever.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:Brynne Stephens, John Semper Jr.

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  13. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 2 - Partners in Danger: The Cat (1)
    7.0/10(13 votes)

    #13 - Partners in Danger: The Cat (1)

    S4:E2

    Doctor Octopus is blackmailing the mother of Felicia Hardy, and she begins to realize that her family has some dark secrets. Some snooping in the Daily Bugle files by Peter, and a confession by Anastasia Hardy, reveal that Felicia's father was really the Cat Burglar, a thief who got rich from the gains of an enormous heist. The Kingpin joins forces with Doc Ock to spring Hardy from jail, as Hardy holds the secret to the 1940s "Super Soldier" formula that created Captain America. To ensure the Cat Burglar's cooperation, the Kingpin kidnaps Felicia.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:Sean Catherine Derek, John Semper Jr.

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  14. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 10 - Neogenic Nightmare: The Immortal Vampire
    7.1/10(14 votes)

    #14 - Neogenic Nightmare: The Immortal Vampire

    S2:E10

    Morbius attempts to use the Neogenic Recombinator to turn everyone else into a vampire. Spider-Man and Blade try to stop him, and Morbius' mutation worsens. Morbius kidnaps Felicia Hardy in order to transform her into a vampire.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Meg McLaughlin

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  15. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 10 - Partners in Danger: The Lizard King
    7.1/10(13 votes)

    #15 - Partners in Danger: The Lizard King

    S4:E10

    Peter and Mary Jane get engaged. The happy couple goes to ask Dr. Connors if he'll give away the bride, not knowing that he's been fighting against the return of the Lizard. While they are talking to him, three more humanoid lizards attack and kidnap Dr. Connors. With the Lizard taking over and Spider-Man captured, Margaret Connors, Mary Jane Watson, and Debra Whitman will have to save the day.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Gordon Kent

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  16. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 4 - Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    #16 - Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous

    S1:E4

    Dr. Otto Octavius becomes the mad Dr. Octopus when his robotic arms become fused to him in a laboratory accident. He then seeks revenge for the humiliation the Hardy Foundation has caused him, so he kidnaps Felicia Hardy and holds her ransom.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:Brooks Wachtel, Cynthia Harrison

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  17. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 7 - Kraven the Hunter
    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #17 - Kraven the Hunter

    S1:E7

    Robbie has set Peter up with a job interview with a researcher by the name of Dr. Mariah Crawford. However, when he gets to her lab, he finds her under attack by a monstrous man who deems himself Kraven the Hunter. Spider-Man leads Crawford away from Kraven to the roofs. There, Crawford tells Spider-Man that Kraven was not always that way, that in fact she loved him as Sergei Kravenoff. Crawford tells of an accident years back that would have killed Sergei had she not used a dangerous potion that saved his life and gave him the strength and instinct of an animal, but turned him mad. Meanwhile, while looking for Crawford at her apartment, Kraven learns of her connection to Robbie and kidnaps him. He then threatens to kill Robbie if Spider-Man does not come to him with Crawford.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:Mark Hoffmeier, Jan Strnad, John Semper Jr.

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  18. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 3 - Neogenic Nightmare: Hydro-Man
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #18 - Neogenic Nightmare: Hydro-Man

    S2:E3

    Mary Jane is being stalked by her former boyfriend, Morris Bench, who's undergone an accidental metamorphosis and become Hydro-Man. Sweeping Mary Jane off her feet in a wave of water, he insists she will love him. Spider-Man, with the help of Mary Jane, must put a stop to the semi-liquid villain.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:Jim Krieg, John Semper Jr.

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  19. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 13 - Neogenic Nightmare: Shriek of the Vulture
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #19 - Neogenic Nightmare: Shriek of the Vulture

    S2:E13

    Adrian Toomes wants revenge when Norman Osborn attempts to take over his company, Toomes Aeronautical. He becomes the Vulture and immediately kidnaps Norman's son, Harry.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Gilles Wheeler, Evelyn Gabai

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  20. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 14 - Neogenic Nightmare: The Final Nightmare
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #20 - Neogenic Nightmare: The Final Nightmare

    S2:E14

    Spider-Man seeks Curt Connors' aid to help reverse the aging effects of the Vulture's talons. Meanwhile, the Vulture sporadically turns into the man-spider from the mutagenics he absorbed with Spider-Man's youth. At the same time, the Scorpion grabs Dr. Farley Stillwell to seek a cure for his own mutation, while Connors is feeling the onset of his reptilian transformation.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Sandy Fries

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  21. Spider-Man Season 5 Episode 3 - Six Forgotten Warriors (2): Unclaimed Legacy
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #21 - Six Forgotten Warriors (2): Unclaimed Legacy

    S5:E3

    Still in Russia, Peter discovers that searching for clues to his family's past isn't easy when he has to battle the Insidious Six and the Red Skull.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writer:John Semper Jr.

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  22. Spider-Man Season 5 Episode 11 - Secret Wars (3): Doom
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    #22 - Secret Wars (3): Doom

    S5:E11

    Dr. Doom reverts the Thing to his human form and holds the other heroes prisoner. In an attempt to free his friends, the Thing tells Dr. Doom about the Beyonder. Dr. Doom then steals the Beyonder's powers, but they begin manifesting themselves in the form of creatures from Dr. Doom's dreams.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:Mark Hoffmeier, Ernie Altbacker, John Semper Jr.

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  23. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 9 - Neogenic Nightmare: Blade the Vampire Hunter
    7.3/10(15 votes)

    #23 - Neogenic Nightmare: Blade the Vampire Hunter

    S2:E9

    The vampire hunter Blade arrives in New York to destroy Morbius, but Spider-Man wants to revert Morbius back into his human form.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:Mark Hoffmeier, Stephanie Mathison, John Semper Jr.

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  24. Spider-Man Season 5 Episode 2 - Six Forgotten Warriors (1)
    7.3/10(14 votes)

    #24 - Six Forgotten Warriors (1)

    S5:E2

    After a visit from an "old friend" of the family, Peter travels to Russia to investigate the mystery of his parents disappearance, and runs into some old friends.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writer:John Semper Jr.

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  25. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 2 - The Spider Slayer (1)
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    #25 - The Spider Slayer (1)

    S1:E2

    Norman Osborn hires Spencer Smythe to design a machine capable of destroying Spider-Man—the Black Widow Spider Slayer. But when Flash Thompson puts on a Spider-Man costume as a party gag, the deadly machine spots him, and he's carried off in Peter's place.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Mark Hoffmeier

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Secret Wars (2): The Gauntlet of the Red Skull" is the worst rated episode of "Spider-Man". It scored 5.9/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Bob Richardson and written by Virginia Roth, it aired on 11/14/1997. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Sins of the Fathers: Rocket Racer".