Question about the Spider-Man 80's Solo Series.

[Antiyonder]

Could someone gives me some good summarys on the following episodes?:

The Capture Of Captain America

Wraith Of The Sub Mariner

Return Of The Kingpin

Under The Wizard's Spell




THANKS

[Stu]

The Capture Of Captain America

JJJ tells Robby, Peter and Betty about Captain America about Captain America and how he was his boyhood hero and that he is hosting Captain America day (complete with a parade). Anyway this annoys The Red Skull and he captures him I think. It was a long time since I have seen this and I can't remember what happens in the end.

Hope that helps

[n8twing]

thanks to tvzone



18. The Capture Of Captain America
gs: George DiCenzo (Captain America) Peter Cullen (Red Skull)

Jameson decides to honor Captain America, hero of World War II. Upon hearing of this, the Red Skull decides to use the dedication ceremony as an opportunity to kidnap Captain America. As the Red Skull ambushes the Captain at the ceremony, Spidey attempts to help stop the Skull, but ends up inadvertently letting him escape with Captain America as a captive. Spidey ends up being blamed for the Captain's kidnapping by the assembled crowd. Facing increasing public hostility, Spidey decides to rescue Captain America by himself. He disguises himself as Captain America after a visit to a costume shop, and journey's to the Red Skull's castle stronghold in a rented plane with little resistance from his pilot. With Captain America as his captive, the Skull demonstrates a device created by his worker, Dr. Niemann, that is capable of mind transfer. He intends to swap minds with Captain America, and use his power to control the U.S., while Cap in the Skull's body is locked away forever. Spidey infiltrates the Skull's castle and does battle with his robotic guards. As the Red Skull begins to swap minds with Captain America, Spider-Man arrives and has to figure out a way of stopping the Skull's plan from succeeding.

24. Wrath Of The Sub-Mariner
gs: Stan Jones (The Kingpin) Jack Angel (Dr. Donald Blake) Jack Angel (Man-Mountain Marko)

The crime boss Silvermane comes to New York to call a truce with the Kingpin. The Kingpin himself has had his scientist, Dr. Everett, create a new and powerful dissolvent fluid, capable of eating through anything. The resultant toxic waste from production of the fluid is dumped in the river, where the pollution poisons Namorita, Namor the Sub-Mariner's cousin. Namor takes her to a surface hospital, where she is treated for the poisoning. Namor then goes on a rampage, creating chaos in the city, while destroying anything that produces pollution. Spidey turns up to stop him from causing any more destruction, and the Sub-Mariner is convinced to get his message on pollution across by using the Daily Bugle. Meanwhile, Spider-Man tails further crime bosses, who have arrived in New York, and finds them all converging at a remote location. Namor takes Jameson on a tour of the area, showing him the effects of pollution on the environment, and soon finds Spidey in trouble with the crime lords. Namor rescue Spidey and tracks the pollution that poisoned Namorita to the Kingpin's hideout. The Kingpin puts it to the other bosses that they should join their forces, using the new dissolvent as his bargaining chip. Namor fights with the crime bosses, but ends up being defeated and imprisoned. With Namor facing being thrown into a vat of the dissolvent, only Spider-Man can save him from the Kingpin's forces.

25. The Return Of Kingpin
gs: Stan Jones (The Kingpin)

After saving a gem courier from a couple of muggers, Spider-Man is contacted by a talent scout called Hal Hunter. In reality, Hunter works for the Kingpin, and uses his offer of money to lure Spidey into taking photographs of an art exhibit at the Graham Arts Museum. Unbeknownst to Spidey, the camera he used contained infra-red film that the Kingpin's goons use to find the location of the sensor-beams guarding the statue, and manage to steal it. The next day, with Spidey blamed for the statue's theft, the Bank Bonanza quiz show offers a grand prize of a million dollars. Hunter offers Spidey the job of "courier" to transport the money to the show, but the real money was stolen, with Spidey giving the studio a case full of counterfeit bills. With Spidey now blamed for the theft of the money as well, he figures out that Hunter set him up, and after visiting him, is offered one last job to fix the Hapsburg Clock above the International Diamond Exchange. With Spidey now knowing that Hunter has been using him on behalf of the Kingpin, he prepares to prevent the Kingpin from stealing diamonds from the exchange and then, to clear his name.

26. Under The Wizard's Spell


A couple of roller-bladers terrorize vendors in Central Park, with Spidey showing up to quickly deal with them. Medusa appears and confirms to the police that Spidey had nothing to do with the trouble. She claims to be just visiting New York, but has in fact been invited there by the Wizard, her old partner in crime. She refuses his offer of joining forces with him, so the Wizard gives Medusa an unremoveable collar forcing her to work for him. Together, they steal cylinders of the rare metal element Niobium, so that the Wizard can construct an anti-gravity weapon. Medusa accidentally drops two of the cylinders and the alarm is sounded. Spidey turns up and fights the Wizard, not believing that Medusa is working for him again. The Wizard escapes, leaving Spider-Man and Medusa to talk about her problems, but she quickly leaves to join up with the Wizard before he does anything to the collar. The Wizard asks Medusa to steal an electronic component from a military base with Spider-Man's help. She tricks Spidey into helping her steal the component, and the Wizard then traps Spidey in his lair. Trapped in a room with increasingly hot walls, Spidey has to figure a way out in time to stop the Wizard and his anti-gravity weapon.


pc: 26 w: Christy Marx

NOTE: Although this was the last episode produced, the adventures of this particular animated incarnation of Spider-Man were continued in Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, with the episodes "The Origin Of The Iceman" and "Origin Of The Spider-Friends" detailing (in flashback) what happened in-between this solo Spidey series and the Amazing Friends series. Aunt May was still a regular character in that series, but Jameson only appeared in four more episodes.

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

The Captain America episode is a really good one. I saw it just recently, and surprised how well it still held up. Very Stan Lee Silver Age-ish in its tone and ingenuity.

[JohnStewart-GL]

Ive never seen this show, does it air in the U.s. on any channels?

[Chris Wood]

Originally posted by n8twing
26. Under The Wizard's Spell


A couple of roller-bladers terrorize vendors in Central Park, with Spidey showing up to quickly deal with them.

Roller-bladers???? In 1981??????