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Review And Media by Amazing Spidey
Episode #52 - The Prowler
Written By: Terence Taylor 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, Saragota Ballantine as Mary Jane Watson, Roscoe Lee Brown as The Kingpin and Tim Russ as The Prowler/Hobie Brown Review: There comes a time in a reviewers life when he has absolutely no idea what to say about how he feels about it. This usually happens when;A) It’s hard to explain how utterly awesome the episodes is B) The story was a little confusing or so full of plot holes you aren’t entirely sure what’s going on C) It’s too damn boring and it’s almost depressing to talk about The Prowler falls firmly under the C category. The new character was a little too corny for my liking, he had a whiny voice, a pretty bad design (what is it with this show and bad 70’s afro?) and he came across as a guy blaming his problems on everyone else. This isn’t the main problem with the episode though. Its main problem is that the plot is really boring. The animation wasn’t too bad, but the script had some of the cheesiest lines of the season mixed in with some pretty good ones. For a season finale, I expected a little more. The episode was pretty close to the comics, except for the inclusion of The Kingpin, but man, he was in dire need of an update for the 90’s. Todd McFarlane managed it (by making him look like Spawn no less) but everything about Prowler seemed a little lacking. To top it all off, the ending completely sucked. I mean, as in, the worst ending this show did. It never even explained if Prowler got out the suit or not, nor did anything with The Fisk angle. They literally just left. Lame. Lame. It’s very good way to describe the episode. A mediocre ending to a mediocre season. Screenshots: 
 
 
 
 
 
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