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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 3 Episode 8 - The Call (2)
    8.9/10(8 votes)

    S3:E8

    Batman shows the League evidence of Superman's complicity in the death of Warhawk, but the idea is met with some resistance -- particularly from Barda, who flatly refuses to believe that Superman could be responsible, preferring instead to suspect Batman. Barda is convinced when Warhawk reappears, revealing that he didn't die in the explosion. Batman is only partly relieved, armed as he is with a kryptonite sample necessary to stop – and kill – Superman if he has to.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  2. undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - Revenge of the Swarm
    8.7/10(6 votes)

    S2:E6

    Victor Validus resurfaces and attacks Ben at night. Elena Validus and the nanochips return.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  3. undefined Season 2 Episode 18 - Sneak Peek
    8.6/10(7 votes)

    S2:E18

    Ian Peek is a muckraking journalist who gets footage from seemingly impossible locations, no matter how tight the security. When there's a disturbance at city hall during a secret meeting between an organized crime witness and the district attorney, Batman encounters a man who can pass through solid matter at will. In short order, he puts two and two together and realizes this new villain is Peek. Confronting Peek, however, leads to him using his power to find out Bruce and Terry's secret -- and he threatens to expose them live on the air.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - Shriek
    8.5/10(8 votes)

    S1:E7

    Max Shreeve, a sound engineer working for Derek Powers, develops a suit that amplifies sound waves into awesomely destructive force. Powers is uninterested in the suit until Bruce Wayne interferes with his plans for Wayne-Powers once too often. On Powers' orders, Shreeve makes an attempt on Wayne's life, taking the name Shriek. Chris Mulkey makes his first appearance as the voice of Shriek.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  5. undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - Babel
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    S2:E12

    When all of Gotham's animals start getting agitated at the same time, Terry and Bruce Wayne figure out that sound frequencies beyond human hearing are to blame. That points to one man: Shriek. The animals prove to be the tip of the iceberg when people suddenly lose the ability to understand each other's speech. Shriek eventually turns off the interference, but makes a demand of Commissioner Gordon: the city's safety for Batman's life.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  6. undefined Season 2 Episode 22 - April Moon
    8.5/10(6 votes)

    S2:E22

    When Batman foils a late-night bank heist, he's surprised to see that the four ordinary-looking punks all have expensive -- and dangerous -- cybernetic enhancements. When one of the criminals leaves a damaged servo-motor behind, Bruce Wayne recognizes it as the handiwork of the man who created some of the parts for the Batman suit, Dr. Corso, who specializes in prosthetics. After confronting the doctor, Batman discovers that Dr. Corso is being forced to help the crooks because they've kidnapped his wife, threatening to kill her if he doesn't enhance them as they ask.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Rebirth (2)
    8.4/10(15 votes)

    S1:E2

    Terry steals the Batsuit to pursue his father's killer, a professional bodyguard named Mr. Fixx (George Takei), whose employer, Derek Powers (Sherman Howard), the current CEO of Wayne-Powers, is secretly using the company's resources to develop a biological weapon. Bruce Wayne, discovering the theft, deactivates the suit, but when seeing the now-helpless Terry being punched out reactivates it so he can continue pursuing Fixx, and in the end Wayne appears at Terry's house to hire him as a "special assistant."

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - Disappearing Inque
    8.4/10(8 votes)

    S1:E11

    When Aaron, Inque's caretaker, is fired because of his infatuation with her, he cuts the power to her restraints. Injured and unable to regain her human form, she tries to coerce him to help her until he proves quite willing -- so long as she can make him like her. When Batman tries to stop her, she captures him and uses him as bait to lure Bruce Wayne into a trap.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  9. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - Speak No Evil
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    S3:E6

    When Batman tries to capture an eight-foot-tall gorilla that's on the loose, he's surprised at the extremely intelligent decisions it makes in order to escape. During the chase, he encounters two zoologists from Gotham State University, who say that it's their gorilla -- named Fingers -- who has escaped. Following a hunch, Batman investigates at the zoology department and discovers the scientists were using methyl glycose (the compound used for splicing) to add human DNA to Fingers for better intelligence tests. Batman must now find a giant, smart gorilla that's only getting smarter, and who has an unexplained hatred of noted conservationist James van Dyle.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Earth Mover
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    S2:E2

    Terry's friend Jackie, the foster daughter of wealthy industrialist Bill Wallace, is being stalked by a creature that can reform itself out of the earth and control the earth around it. When an attack reveals canisters of radioactive toxic waste from underground, Batman tries to find the connection between the creatures, Wallace, and Jackie's late father, Wallace's former partner.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 10 - Birds of a Feather
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    S2:E10

    The gang helps the prince of the arachna-chimps regain power

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  12. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - Curse of the Kobra (2)
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    S3:E11

    After the leader of KOBRA kidnaps Max to be his wife, Batman is forced not only to rescue her, but to stop KOBRA's plot to revert the world back to when dinosaurs ruled it... with their gene-spliced dinosaur men as the dominant species.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  13. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Betrayal
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    S3:E9

    Big Time returns to Neo-Gotham, causing problems for both Batman and his alter-ego Terry McGinnis, who still feels guilty for what happened to him.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - Dead Man's Hand
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    S1:E8

    Terry must deal with both his rejection by his girlfriend, Dana, and a group of Bruce's old enemies, the Royal Flush Gang, who pattern themselves after playing card ranks. Things look up for Terry when he meets a girl named Melanie who seems to share his problems.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  15. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - The Alien Costume (1)
    8.1/10(21 votes)

    S1:E8

    A space shuttle piloted by J.J.'s son, John Jameson, crash lands on the Tri-Borough Bridge carrying two strange meteors—one that could provide a new nuclear fuel and one that contains an alien substance. The first is stolen by the Kingpin's henchman, the Rhino, just as Spider-Man arrives to save Jameson and the co-pilots. When the Rhino sends the aircraft off the bridge, Spider-Man emerges from the water with a dark stain covering his costume. Exhausted, he heads for home, only to awaken hanging from a skyscraper, now clothed in a black version of his costume.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - The Hobgoblin (2)
    8.0/10(18 votes)

    S1:E12

    When Aunt May is slightly injured by one of the Hobgoblin's pumpkin bombs during the kidnapping of Harry, Spider-Man enters the fray with a vengeance. After several battles, the trail leads Peter to Oscorp and Harry's own father. For Peter, rescuing his friend is easy compared to explaining to Harry that his own father is involved.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  17. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - Lost Soul
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    S2:E4

    When executive Robert Vance was diagnosed with a degenerative brain disorder, he arranged to have his consciousness digitized. Now, 35 years later, his grandson Bobby has awakened him before his computer is shut down. Searching for a temporary home before he can find a human host, he infects Batman's costume. Terry goes after him, hoping to answer the question -- is Batman the suit, or the man inside it?

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 16 - The Last Resort
    8.0/10(6 votes)

    S2:E16

    When Dr. David Wheeler, a prominent child psychologist, opens a new ranch/group home promising to help troubled teenagers, parents jump on the bandwagon and start sending their kids away for even the most minor infractions. Max encourages Terry to investigate as Batman when their friend Chelsea is sent away for writing a letter of protest to the principal. Batman discovers that the kids are being held prisoner and brainwashed, but he is spotted and fired on. Since Batman can't get admissible evidence, he decides to get it as Terry by visiting Chelsea with a pocket recorder. When Terry is captured, he's forced to rely on a delinquent he's never gotten along with.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Joyride
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    S2:E3

    An experimental military warcraft makes an emergency landing in the middle of nowhere, where it's seized by a bunch of Jokerz out initiating a new member. Batman and its designer, Dr. Price, race to stop the Jokerz before they lay waste to the city -- and before the nuclear core goes critical.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Night of the Lizard
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    S1:E1

    Peter Parker and his college science professor Dr. Curt Conners explore neogenics as a method of limb regeneration. But while experimenting on himself, Connors accidentally becomes the Lizard, a half-man, half-reptile monstrosity that terrorizes Manhattan and subsequently kidnaps his own wife. Spider-Man must stop the Lizard, but his task is doubly difficult because he doesn't want to hurt the good friend he knows is trapped inside.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  21. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - The Sins of the Fathers: Carnage
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    S3:E11

    Spider-Man and Venom must put aside their differences and help Iron Man stop Carnage and Baron Mordo from releasing Dormammu.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  22. undefined Season 3 Episode 10 - The Sins of the Fathers: Venom Returns
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    S3:E10

    Under the psychiatric care of Dr. Kafka, Eddie Brock has come to believe that Venom is a figment of his imagination. Then Baron Mordo tempts Eddie to a reunification with the alien symbote that makes him as powerful as Venom.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  23. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - Neogenic Nightmare: Tablet of Time
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    S2:E11

    Dr. Curt Connors is set to study the Tablet of Time, a recently discovered ancient artifact that is said to restore a person's youth. Dr. Connors believes he can cure Spider-Man's mutagenic transformations with the tablet.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - The Menace of Mysterio
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    S1:E5

    The Master of Illusion, Mysterio has fooled the city and J. Jonah Jameson into thinking Spider-Man has turned to crime. However, Spider-Man manages to find Mysterio, only to be brought to a trap of special effects.

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    Writer:Stan Berkowitz

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  25. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - Once Burned
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    S2:E7

    The Royal Flush Gang's Ten returns on a mission to rescue her family, who have been captured by the Jokerz. When Melanie approaches Terry for help, he is forced to decide whether or not to put his relationship with Dana at risk, and if Batman can really trust Ten.

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Stan Berkowitz Ratings Summary

"The Call (2)" is the best rated episode written by Stan Berkowitz. It scored 8.9/10 based on 8 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 11/18/2000 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Revenge of the Swarm".