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Supaida-Man - Tamanegi Gin Kamen to Shonen Tantei Dan
Spider-Man - The Onion Iron Mask and the Youth Detective Club / episode 36
Japan 1978
produced by
Toru Hirayama, Susumu Yoshikawa for Toei
directed by Koichi Takemoto
starring Shinji Toudou, Mitsuo Ando, Izumi Oyama, Rika Miura, Yukie Kagawa
written by Shozo Uehara, based on the Marvel Comics-character Spider-Man created by Stan Lee (writer), Steve Ditko (artist)
TV-series
Spider-Man, Japanese Spider-Man
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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Doctor Miracle, a shapeshifting intergalactic assassin who likes to
appear in female form, has landed on earth to help Professor Monster
(Mitsuo Ando) in his fight against Spider-Man (Shinji Todou) - much to the
dismay of the Professor's second-in-command Amazoness (Yukie Kagawa), who
thinks Doctor Miracle is trying to butt in on her turf - and she's right
of course. However, Doctor Miracle seems to be able to do what
Amazoness has not succeeded in doing the previous 35 episodes of the
series - to put Spidey out of commission, and her weapon of choice is the
sting of a spider-killing bee. Doctor Miracle is on her best way to
ultimately kill Spider-Man, too, but then she makes the mistake of taking
a few kids captives, and upon this, Spidey calls upon his incredible
regenerating ability to - well, regenerate instantly and put Doctor
Miracle out of commission. And Amazoness? She won't lift a finger to
come to Doctor Miracle's aid, of course. One of the more
interesting episodes inasmuch as with the fight between Doctor Miracle and
Amazoness, it adds a new element to the formula, and this time around, the
Spidey befriends kids-angle is downplayed instead of allowed to
take center stage. Plus, the (plastic-)bee Doctor Miracle turns into is
unintentionally hilarious and hilariously bad (as in cheap). Still,
nothing to get excited about.
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