The Best Episodes Written By Michael Reaves

#1 - Day of the Dungeon Master

Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1984

After an attack by a swarm of wasps, the Dungeon Master greets the kids. Eric expresses that Dungeon Master's presence is always convient for him and his power is going to waste. The Dungeon Master then explains that his job requires him to give his attention to many places that need him and that his job is never an easy one. When Eric states that if he were dungeon master it would be the easiest job in the world, the Dungeon Master takes him up on his offer. For one whole day, Eric is the Dungeon Master. His last instructions are to head to Dark Haven to seek the Golden Grimoir, which holds the key to everything they seek. When everyone starts to think Eric being the dungeon master is a bad idea, Eric promises to get everyone home once he figures out the powers of being dungeon master. Soon Venger finds out about Eric being dungeon master and begins searching for his chance to aquire the power of Dungeon Master.

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#2 - The Dungeon at the Heart of Dawn

Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1985

Eric and Bobby retrieve a box for Dungeon Master. Dispite the fact that they were under strict orders not to open it, Eric gets curious. Just as he pulls the pin from the lock, Dungeon Master appears and warns Eric to place the pin back in place before it's too late. But Eric is taken by surprise when a force blows the top of the box off and releases He Whose Name Cannot Be Spoken. He is Venger's master, pure evil, and a powerful entity. The Realm is covered in darkness and a whirlwind envelopes the land. Dungeon Master then instructs the kids to flee on foot, and he joins them. When Eric demands to know why he should follow any further, Dungeon Master simply informs him: We are running, Cavalier, for our very lives.

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#3 - City at the Edge of Midnight

Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/22/1984

Back in the real world, a boy named Jimmy is pulled under his bed and vanishes. In the world of Dungeons and Dragons, the kids are lost. The Dungeon Master tells them they have to find the City at the Edge of Midnight, where children from this world and the theirs are being held prisoner. They then find an oasis, that's inhabited by a clan of monsters. When the monsters have them surrounded, a traveller by the name of Ramuud comes and saves them. He then leads them away from the cursed oasis to his own encampment. Ramuud then explains that long ago his daughter, Aisha, was kidnapped by the Nightwalker and is being held prisoner at the City at the Edge of Midnight. Wanting to return the favor of saving them from the monsters, the kids offer their help, but Ramuud tells them that it's not nessary. But when Bobby is kidnapped that night, they're forced to enter the City at the Edge of Midnight to fight the dreaded Nightwalker.

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#4 - The Dragon's Graveyard

Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/1984

After another attempt at getting home is foiled by Venger, the frustration is too much for the kids. They decide to take the fight to Venger and finish things once and for all. Their idea: Tiamat - Venger's mortal enemy. When they disregard Dungeon Master's next mission to embark on their own, he advises against it and then indicates where they can find Tiamat. A place called the Dragon's Graveyard, where old dragons go to die. The kids then start their journey to the graveyard, but not without the presence of Venger in the midsts.

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#5 - The Time Lost

Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1985

Venger's got a new idea for eliminating his annoying young enemies, and pulls both a futuristic plane and a WWII Nazi fighter pilot into the Realm using his Crystal of Chronos. Venger intends to send Josef Mueller, the pilot, back to Earth to win the war for Germany, but after meeting the kids, Josef has other plans.

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#6 - Awakening, Part One

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/1994

In 994, a band of Vikings attack castle Wyvern in Scotland, but are driven back by the gargoyles protecting it. While retreating, they vow revenge... and someone in the castle may just want to help them with that.

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#7 - Awakening, Part Three

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/26/1994

Not satisfied with Xanatos's explanation for the strange happenings around his tower, Detective Maza decides to take a look around the castle by herself. Xanatos wants the Gargoyles help in retrieving some stolen data.

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#8 - Sorcerer Smurf

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/19/1981

Gargamel disguises himself as a long-lost Sorcerer Smurf.

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#9 - Awakening, Part Two

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/1994

Goliath returns to the castle to find all but a handful of his clan destroyed, and the humans abducted. The gargoyles defeat the Vikings and rescue the captives, but a tragic misunderstanding leaves them cursed to remain stone statues day and night... until a rich 20th century businessman takes an interest in them.

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#10 - Awakening, Part Five

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1994

The Gargoyles attack the data storage facilities, and when they return successful, Xanatos decides they've outlived their usefulness.

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#11 - I Am the Night

Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 11/9/1992

On the anniversary of the death of Bruce's parents, Batman expresses doubts about whether or not he should continue his one-man war against crime.

Director: Boyd Kirkland

Writer: Michael Reaves

#12 - The Boogieman Cometh

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1986

Two children turn up at the firehouse claiming that the Boogieman is living in their closet, leading the skeptical Ghostbusters on a mission to bedroom closets throughout New York, and finally into the twisted world of the Boogieman himself.

Director: Richard Raynis

Writer: Michael Reaves

#13 - The Magic Coins (1)

Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 10/27/1986

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#14 - Sustenance

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/2001

With the location of his shuttle, Peter decides it's time to go home. Just the right time too. as the Goblin is determined to help him pack.

Director: Patrick Archibald

Writer: Michael Reaves

#15 - The Treasure Of Tardos

Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1984

Dungeon Master sends the Young Ones to the walled city of Tardos Keep to save Queen Solinara and her people from Venger's besigement. But the evil wizard has a wicked surprise for the kids--Demodragon, a two-headed fire and ice spitting monster capable of trashing the entire Realm. Will they learn what the fabled treasure of Tardos Keep is before the out-of-control Demodragon destroys their chance to get home?

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#16 - Child of the Stargazer

Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/27/1984

The kids stumble upon a young man, sick from exhaustion and hunger. His name is Kosar and he has escaped imprisonment by a demon called Queen Seris. She wanted Kosar out of the way so she can remain in rule, fearing the 1000 year-old ancient prophecy that must be fulfilled by a 'child of the stargazer.' The legend states: And on the night of star fall, the child of the stargazer shall come from a faraway land to stand in the Temple of Light. The demon shall be vanished and the child shall journey home. After an attack to take back Kosar, the kids start their journey to the Temple of Light. But when Kosar is taken back by magical means, Diana is taken back with him. Once there, they have to fulfill the prophecy until the others catch up with them.

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#17 - Deadly Choices

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/23/2000

A resistance member steals a sample of one of Sir Ram's experiments, not knowing that it contains a nuclear charge, triggered to explode shortly after the container is removed from the lab. With a lot of ground to cover, the resistance and the knights are left no choice other to cooperate in order to find him before the city is blown to pieces.

Director: Patrick Archibald

Writer: Michael Reaves

#18 - Steel Cold Heart

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/13/2001

Spider-Man rescues a robot from being scrapped, after it starts showing signs of sentience. But the freedom is shortlived, as the knights want him back to find the source of his malfunction.

Director: Patrick Archibald

Writer: Michael Reaves

#19 - Worlds Apart (2)

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1999

Barely escaping from the knights, Spider-Man hooks up with the human resistance movement and finds John. But the joy is short lived, when it turns out they were being followed...

Director: Patrick Archibald

Writer: Michael Reaves

#20 - Awakening, Part Four

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/1994

Elisa and Goliath are ambushed in the park by a group of commandos. They try to escape, but dawn comes and Goliath turns to stone, leaving Elisa having to lead the pursuers away alone. Upon Goliath's return to the castle, Xanatos reunites him with an old 'friend'. The Gargoyles accept to help Xanatos retrieve his stolen disks from Cyberbiotics.

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#21 - Worlds Apart (1)

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1999

After the discovery of Counter-Earth, a very Earth like planet in the same orbit on the oposite side of the sun, John Jameson is sent on the first manned mission to it. But while covering the launch, Peter sees Venom and Carnage enter the shuttle. He tries to stop them, but fails and ends up taking the blame for the assumed loss of the shuttle and gets a bounty on his head. Then, when a plea for help from a John Jameson on Counter-Earth is recived, Peter sees the only way to clear Spider-Man's name as hijacking a new shuttle and go to Counter-Earth himself...

Director: Patrick Archibald

Writer: Michael Reaves

#22 - Vendetta

Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 10/5/1992

Batman suspects that an imprisoned Detective Bullock may be innocent after he is arrested for murder. The real murderer turns out to be Killer Croc, who framed Bullock to get revenge.

Director: Frank Paur

Writer: Michael Reaves

#23 - A Bullet for Bullock

Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/14/1995

Batman helps Detective Harvey Bullock who appears to be the target of someone's revenge.

Director: Frank Paur

Writer: Michael Reaves

#24 - St. Smurf and the Dragon

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/1981

A baby dragon has an insatiable appetite for the berries that Papa Smurf needs for his invisibility formula.

Director: N/A

Writer: Michael Reaves

#25 - Avatar

Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 5/9/1994

Ra's Al Ghul steals a sacred Egyptian scroll that Bruce Wayne donated to the Gotham museum.

Director: Kevin Altieri

Writer: Michael Reaves