Spider-Man: The Animated Series Episode Reviews

Six Forgotten Warriors, Chapter III: Secrets of the Six
Review and Media by Stu

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Episode #55 - Six Forgotten Warriors, Chapter III: Secrets of the Six
Original Airdate - October 3rd, 1997

Peter and Robbie meet Omar Mosley, a former sidekick to the Black Marvel, who recounts the origins of Captain America and the Six American Warriors. Meanwhile, the Kingpin sends the Insidious Six to hunt all the remaining members of the Six America Warriors and take the rings they used to activate their super powers. Learning that the rings will be used to active the Doomsday Device, Spider-Man goes on a mission to intercept the Insidious Six!

Credits:
Written By: John Semper
Music Composed By: Shuki Levy and Kussa Mahchi
Animation Services By: Toyko Movie Shinsha (TMS)
Guest Starring: Christopher Daniel Barnes as Spider-Man, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Doctor Octopus, Jack Angel as Nick Fury, Jim Cummings as The Shocker, Richard Moll as The Scorpion), Don Stark as The Rhino, Alan Johnson as The Vulture, Roy Dotrice as Keene Marlow and Mira Furlan as Silver Sable

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Review: This episode is where the arc really started to pick up. Now we're back in good ol' New York, the real story can actually begin. It starts off well enough, with Omar Mosely telling Peter the story of the Six Forgotten Warriors. I thought it was a pretty cool segment, and it really ties in with Captain America's origin sequence. This scene was greatly helped by the actor who portrayed Mosely, Paul Winfield. He has a great, natural storytelling voice. He also provided a similar role in Batman: The Animated Series "The Mechanic" episode. He truly is a fine voice actor.

I actually find that to be the most entertaining aspect of the episode. The rest of it is still entertaining stuff however. The fight scene in Parker's house was pretty cool. It's unfortunate they chose to have The Scorpion yet again go toe-to-toe with Spidey. We must have seen Spidey vs. Scorpion a dozen times, and none ever surpassed their fights in The Scorpion's origin episode. Amusingly enough, despite the fact they fought in this episode, The Shocker never actually says a single word here. Obviously, Jim Cummings wasn't brought in to voice the character.

Keane becoming one of the warriors was a given at this point, but it was great to see why he stopped. The whole with "great power comes great responsibility" really came through. I've always liked it when the phrase is used, and it's nice to see where it originated from, at least in this cartoon.

The scene on the plan was also a great little bit for Peter. At this point, you could tell he was question why he continues to be Spider-Man. Hell, it was hinted at a lot of times that he wanted to quit after MJ's first disappearance. I would've loved to have seen a "Spider-Man No More" adaptation here.

As with the previous 2 parts, the next episode is better than this one.

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