Episode Review - Spider-Man: The 1967 Animated Series

Episode #24 - Criminals in the Clouds
Original Episode Airdate - October 5, 1968
Peter decides to use his powers to show up the star football player Roy Robinson while Sky Master plans to kidnap Roy for ransom.

Review and Media by Jon T
We get to see more personal problems for Peter, as he attempts to impress his latest interest, Susan, by attempting to emulate BMOC Roy Robinson. Robinson's also of interest to the villain Skymaster, who wants to hold him to ransom.

Skymaster is presented as a very confident, oddly icy villain. Apart from that, and his militaristic airship, there's nothing particularly distinctive about him. Oddly, in the middle of all this weirdness, Spider-Man himself is written just like his usual wisecracking self - a trend that would continue even in the most surreal episodes.

Regardless, it's episodes like this that really make you wish the show was more like the far superior comics of the time.

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