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Review by Amazing Spidey, Media By Kolbar
Episode #29 - Make A Wish Written By: Mark Hoffmeier Music Composed By: Shuki Levy and Kussa Mahchi Animation Services By: Toyko Movie Shinsha (TMS) Guest Starring: Christopher Daniel Barnes as Spider-Man/Peter Parker, Ed Asner as J. Jonah Jameson, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr as Dr. Octopus Review: This episode was basically one adapted straight from 2 different comics, Amazing Fantasy #15, Spider-Man’s origin story, and The Kid Who Collected Spider-Man. The sad fact is, it's nowhere near as good as either of these comics.The main problem with the episode is that it’s all been seen before. His origin had been shown in a shortened version in a few previous episodes, there wasn’t really any need to see an extended version of it. The other problem was that the little girl whom he was telling his story to was incredibly annoying. The episode doesn’t live up to either comic it was adapting. The rest of the plot was pretty generic stuff, but it had some damn nice animation. Nothing of the quality of the first series, but it was good all the same. Dr. Octopus appearance was pretty much wasted, as once again, he’s shown as a lackey for The Kingpin. Kingpin’s appearance here wasn’t necessary at all. This was the first episode to waste Doc Ock. Unfortunatly, it wouldn't be the last. Gone was the disgruntled scientist, he was now a generic supervillain, with a really silly design. The episode also introduced Madame Web, who was constantly training him for some giant battle, and irritated legions f Spidey fans while she was at it, as she always had to point him in the right direction, making Spidey come off as a dumb ass more often than not. Joan Lee managed to make this character sound as annoying as Ms. Forbes, the woman she played in over in Fantastic Four. This version of Madame Web was simply too arrogant to be likeable. It was better than it’s conclusion, but both were stories that didn’t really need to be told. Screenshots: 
 
 
 
 
 
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