Spider-Man: The Animated Series Episode Reviews

Ravages of Time
Review by Stu, Media by Kolbar

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Episode #25 - Ravages of Time
Original Airdate: November 25, 1995

Silvermane has possession of the Tablet of Time and plans to use it to restore his youth. He sends Tombstone to kidnap Dr. Connors to figure out how to channel enough energy for the tablet to work. Meanwhile, Kingpin sends Hammerhead to kidnap Alicia Silver as a bargaining chip to get his wife back from Silvermane. With a war between the two titans of the underworld about to explode, Spider-Man must find a way to save all the hostages while making sure the Tablet of Time is returned to the right hands.

Credits:
Written By: John Semper, Mark Hoffmeier and Stan Berkowitz
Music Composed By: Shuki Levy and Kussa Mahchi
Animation Services By: Toyko Movie Shinsha (TMS)
Guest Starring: Christopher Daniel Barnes as Spider-Man/Peter Parker, Liz Georges as Debra Whitman, Joseph Campanella as Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard, Roscoe Lee Browne as Kingpin, Jeff Corey as Silvermane, Nicky Blair as Hammerhead, Caroline Goodall asVanessa Fisk, Maxwell Caulfield as Alistair Smythe, Leigh-Allyn Baker as Alisa Silver, Giselle Loren as Margaret Conners, and Dorian Harewood as Tombstone

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Review: Picking up where the last episode left off, this episode ends up being a major disappointment. There's not another way to describe it really, it was deathly dull and filled with dull characters such as Hammerhead, Silvermane, and his daughter Alicia. There wasn't an ounce of 'omph' in anything. The story sucked, the script seem to be lacking any spark and the animation didn't do anyone any favours. As with the Morbius episodes, most of the story was lost simply because there was far too many characters. Even Smythe's robot was utter crap.

Dr. Conners became The Lizard again, and was promptly beaten by Silvermane, which I found hard to believe. This was a far cry from The Lizard who nearly ripped Spider-Man apart in the premiere episode. The fight between him and Silvermaine was embrassingly bad to watch.

As with part one, there's not a lot going on here. The ending, with The Vulture making his debut was pretty cool. The highlight of a really lously episode. Thankfully, after a string of mediocre episodes, the next episode really started picking the "Neogenic Nigthmare" story back up.

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