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The Worst Episodes of Spider-Man

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S3E5 The Sins of the Fathers: Rocket Racer
6.5862 votes
Best episode
S5E13 Spider Wars (2): Farewell, Spider-Man
9.11,302 votes
Top season
Season 3
8.1avg
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21h 8m
65 episodes
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Spider-Man Season 3 Episode 5 - The Sins of the Fathers: Rocket Racer
    6.5/10(862 votes)

    S3:E5

    While a gang of jet-pack wearing thieves run by Jackson Weele, an ex-pilot in a rampaging gyro-wheel, plunder the city, Peter tries to deal with his alter-ego giving him competition with Felicia Hardy. Meanwhile, a good kid with a criminal record, Robert Farrell, tries to help his ailing mother by using his science-savvy and the gang's technology to arm himself as the Rocket Racer. While Spider-Man's fighting crime, the mysterious "Jason Phillips" starts to make moves on Felicia.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Mark Hoffmeier, Doug Booth

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  2. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 3 - Return of the Spider Slayers (2)
    7.1/10(1311 votes)

    S1:E3

    With Spencer Smythe dead, his son Alistair turns to the Kingpin to help seek his revenge on Spider-Man and others he deems responsible for his father's death. He captures Eddie Brock, J. Jonah Jameson, Norman Osborn, and Flash Thompson. He then turns his sights on Spider-Man and sends three slayers after him. Spider-Man only manages to hold his ground while fighting them individually. However, he is not so lucky when they combine into a super slayer and carry him off to Smythe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 2 - The Spider Slayer (1)
    7.3/10(1418 votes)

    S1:E2

    Norman Osborn hires Spencer Smythe to design a machine capable of destroying Spider-Man—the Black Widow Spider Slayer. But when Flash Thompson puts on a Spider-Man costume as a party gag, the deadly machine spots him, and he's carried off in Peter's place.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Mark Hoffmeier

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  4. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 7 - Kraven the Hunter
    7.3/10(1177 votes)

    S1:E7

    Robbie has set Peter up with a job interview with a researcher by the name of Dr. Mariah Crawford. However, when he gets to her lab, he finds her under attack by a monstrous man who deems himself Kraven the Hunter. Spider-Man leads Crawford away from Kraven to the roofs. There, Crawford tells Spider-Man that Kraven was not always that way, that in fact she loved him as Sergei Kravenoff. Crawford tells of an accident years back that would have killed Sergei had she not used a dangerous potion that saved his life and gave him the strength and instinct of an animal, but turned him mad. Meanwhile, while looking for Crawford at her apartment, Kraven learns of her connection to Robbie and kidnaps him. He then threatens to kill Robbie if Spider-Man does not come to him with Crawford.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Mark Hoffmeier, Jan Strnad

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  5. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 4 - Partners in Danger: The Return of Kraven
    7.3/10(748 votes)

    S4:E4

    When a savage creature begins attacking people in New York, the Black Cat tries to convince Spider-Man that he needs her help to stop it. All clues point to the creature being Kraven the Hunter, but sleuthing by Debra Whitman, Flash Thompson, and the Black Cat solves the case. The beast, Calypso, is related to Kraven, but the Hunter wants to capture and cure her.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writer:Meg McLaughlin

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  6. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 7 - Partners in Danger: The Vampire Queen (2)
    7.3/10(726 votes)

    S4:E7

    There's a new Vampire in town, but Morbius is getting all the blame. Just as Spider-Man, the Black Cat, Whistler and Morbius have the Vampire Queen trapped, Blade bursts in and prevents her destruction. His revelation sets the others against him, while the queen attempts to create an army of vampires. Meanwhile, Harry Osborn discovers Peter's spare Spider-Man mask.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Meg McLaughlin

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  7. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 11 - Partners in Danger: The Prowler
    7.3/10(722 votes)

    S4:E11

    Upon returning to his new apartment, Peter is confronted by the Prowler. Revealing himself to be Hobie Brown, he tells Peter that he knows about Peter's connection to Spiderman, and that somehow the Kingpin is involved in all this.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Terence Taylor

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  8. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 11 - Neogenic Nightmare: Tablet of Time
    7.4/10(893 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.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Mark Hoffmeier, Stan Berkowitz

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  9. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 12 - Neogenic Nightmare: Ravages of Time
    7.4/10(884 votes)

    S2:E12

    With the Tablet of Time, Silvermane's youth is restored, but he continues to grow younger until he finally becomes an infant.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Mark Hoffmeier, Stan Berkowitz

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  10. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 3 - Neogenic Nightmare: Hydro-Man
    7.5/10(993 votes)

    S2:E3

    Mary Jane is being stalked by her former boyfriend, Morris Bench, who's undergone an accidental metamorphosis and become Hydro-Man. Sweeping Mary Jane off her feet in a wave of water, he insists she will love him. Spider-Man, with the help of Mary Jane, must put a stop to the semi-liquid villain.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Jim Krieg

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  11. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 1 - Partners in Danger: Guilty
    7.5/10(786 votes)

    S4:E1

    Spider-Man captures a gang of thieves, and it looks like Robbie Robertson is their leader. Peter Parker and J. Jonah Jameson must team up to try to clear Robbie's name. But while Jameson returns to the skills he had as an investigative reporter, Peter must keep him safe from Tombstone.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Larry Brody, Meg McLaughlin

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  12. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 5 - Partners in Danger: Partners
    7.5/10(750 votes)

    S4:E5

    While settling in to her new role as a hero, the Black Cat is captured by Alistair Smythe, now working for Silvermane, who is trapped in the body of a baby. Smythe delivers Spider-Man an ultimatum: capture the Scorpion or the Vulture within 24 hours, or the Black Cat dies.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Brooks Wachtel, Cynthia Harrison

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  13. Spider-Man Season 5 Episode 2 - Six Forgotten Warriors (1)
    7.5/10(734 votes)

    S5:E2

    After a visit from an "old friend" of the family, Peter travels to Russia to investigate the mystery of his parents disappearance, and runs into some old friends.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writer:John Semper Jr.

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  14. Spider-Man Season 5 Episode 3 - Six Forgotten Warriors (2): Unclaimed Legacy
    7.5/10(730 votes)

    S5:E3

    Still in Russia, Peter discovers that searching for clues to his family's past isn't easy when he has to battle the Insidious Six and the Red Skull.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writer:John Semper Jr.

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  15. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 10 - Partners in Danger: The Lizard King
    7.5/10(727 votes)

    S4:E10

    Peter and Mary Jane get engaged. The happy couple goes to ask Dr. Connors if he'll give away the bride, not knowing that he's been fighting against the return of the Lizard. While they are talking to him, three more humanoid lizards attack and kidnap Dr. Connors. With the Lizard taking over and Spider-Man captured, Margaret Connors, Mary Jane Watson, and Debra Whitman will have to save the day.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Gordon Kent

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  16. Spider-Man Season 4 Episode 6 - Partners in Danger: The Awakening (1)
    7.5/10(723 votes)

    S4:E6

    Deborah Whitman has located Morbius, the Living Vampire, and brings him back to ESU to work on a cure. Just before leaving town, Felicia Hardy hears of this and uses the trip as an excuse to stay behind as the Black Cat. Together with Spider-Man and Whistler, she has to take on Herbert Landon and the Shocker in order to save Morbius from himself.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Sean Catherine Derek

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  17. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 5 - The Menace of Mysterio
    7.6/10(1268 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Marv Wolfman, Stan Berkowitz

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  18. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 6 - The Sting of the Scorpion
    7.6/10(1244 votes)

    S1:E6

    J. Jonah Jameson hires Dr. Farley Stillwell, a genius in genetic engineering, to make a new superhero that can match and defeat Spider-Man. With a willing participant, Mac Gargain, they engineer the DNA of a scorpion and him together to form a new hero, the Scorpion. However, when Gargain thinks they have turned him into a freak, the hero turns into a monster and goes on a rampage. Spider-Man is forced to step in to stop the creation from killing its creator.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Robert N. Skir, Marty Isenberg

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  19. Spider-Man Season 1 Episode 13 - Day of the Chameleon
    7.6/10(1094 votes)

    S1:E13

    An international spy and hitman known as the Chameleon plans to assassinate two major diplomats on the brink of signing the peace proposal of the century. S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury solicits J. Jonah Jameson's assistance in an effort to prevent the "human shape-shifter" from derailing the proposal signing. But only Spider-Man with his super keen "spider-sense" can discern who is really whom and stop the criminal before it's too late.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writer:John Semper Jr.

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  20. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 9 - Neogenic Nightmare: Blade the Vampire Hunter
    7.6/10(950 votes)

    S2:E9

    The vampire hunter Blade arrives in New York to destroy Morbius, but Spider-Man wants to revert Morbius back into his human form.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Mark Hoffmeier, Stephanie Mathison

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  21. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 10 - Neogenic Nightmare: The Immortal Vampire
    7.6/10(921 votes)

    S2:E10

    Morbius attempts to use the Neogenic Recombinator to turn everyone else into a vampire. Spider-Man and Blade try to stop him, and Morbius' mutation worsens. Morbius kidnaps Felicia Hardy in order to transform her into a vampire.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Meg McLaughlin

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  22. Spider-Man Season 3 Episode 1 - The Sins of the Fathers: Doctor Strange
    7.6/10(899 votes)

    S3:E1

    Peter discovers that Mary-Jane is working with a mysterious cult. Baron Mordo, head of the cult, wants them to steal the Wand of Watoom to free his master, Dormammu. When Mordo manages to get his hands on the wand, Spider-Man must team up with Doctor Strange and his sidekick Wong to stop them.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Mark Hoffmeier

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  23. Spider-Man Season 2 Episode 13 - Neogenic Nightmare: Shriek of the Vulture
    7.6/10(875 votes)

    S2:E13

    Adrian Toomes wants revenge when Norman Osborn attempts to take over his company, Toomes Aeronautical. He becomes the Vulture and immediately kidnaps Norman's son, Harry.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Gilles Wheeler, Evelyn Gabai

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  24. Spider-Man Season 3 Episode 9 - The Sins of the Fathers: Tombstone
    7.6/10(830 votes)

    S3:E9

    Robbie Robertson is losing his son, Randy, to a gang of thugs lead by Tombstone. When this harder-than-stone hitman tries to use his history with Robbie to kill a story about his new boss, Alicia Silvermane, he runs afoul of Spider-Man. Both discover Robbie's bond with his child and his ethical resolve is mightier.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Larry Brody, Robert N. Skir, Marty Isenberg

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  25. Spider-Man Season 3 Episode 8 - The Sins of the Fathers: The Ultimate Slayer
    7.6/10(823 votes)

    S3:E8

    Worried that the Kingpin is going to eliminate him after the botched framing of Peter Parker, Alistair Smythe arranges a meeting with Spider-Man to give him information about the Kingpin. When Spider-Man arrives, he discovers Smythe has been turned into a spider-slaying cyborg. However, when his programming malfunctions, he goes after the man he feels responsible for his father's death, Norman Osborn. Peter must fight a crazed Smythe, as well as his feelings, after he discovers Mary Jane, the woman he loves, and Harry, his best friend, are engaged.

    Director:Bob Richardson
    Writers:John Semper Jr., Mark Hoffmeier, Doug Booth

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Sins of the Fathers: Rocket Racer" is the worst rated episode of Spider-Man. It scored 6.5/10 from 862 votes. Directed by Bob Richardson and written by John Semper Jr., Mark Hoffmeier, Doug Booth, it aired on September 14, 1996. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Return of the Spider Slayers (2)".

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