Spider-Man

E1. Night of the Lizard

Peter Parker and his college science professor Dr. Curt Conners explore neogenics as a method of limb regeneration. But while experimenting on himself, Connors accidentally becomes the Lizard, a half-man, half-reptile monstrosity that terrorizes Manhattan and subsequently kidnaps his own wife. Spider-Man must stop the Lizard, but his task is doubly difficult because he doesn't want to hurt the good friend he knows is trapped inside.

★ 7.7

E2. The Spider Slayer (1)

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.

★ 7.5

E3. Return of the Spider Slayers (2)

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.

★ 7.4

E4. Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous

Dr. Otto Octavius becomes the mad Dr. Octopus when his robotic arms become fused to him in a laboratory accident. He then seeks revenge for the humiliation the Hardy Foundation has caused him, so he kidnaps Felicia Hardy and holds her ransom.

★ 7.4

E5. The Menace of Mysterio

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.

★ 7.6

E6. The Sting of the Scorpion

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.

★ 7.5