This is the fourth episode of the second season of Spider-Man: The Animated Series.
Characters[]
Protagonists:
- Spider-Man
- Curt Connors (flashback only)
- X-Men (first appearance in season)
- Wolverine (first appearance in season)
- Cyclops (first appearance in season)
- Jean Grey (first appearance in season)
- Beast (first appearance in season)
- Storm (first appearance in season)
- Rogue (first appearance in season)
- Gambit (first appearance in season)
- Jubilee (first appearance in season)
- Professor X (first appearance in season)
- Mary Jane Watson
- Aunt May
- Uncle Ben (flashback only)
Antagonists:
- Sentinels (only appearance in season) (Danger Room projections)
- Herbert Landon (first appearance)
- Hobgoblin
- Kingpin
- Alistair Smythe
- Lewald (first appearance)
Others:
- Genevieve (first appearance)
Plot[]
Lamenting over his genetic mutation disease, Spider-Man visits Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, in the hopes to get some help. However, Spider-Man is attacked by the buildings defenses and thrust into a room where the X-Men wait for him. Spider-Man manages to break free from the group but gets himself locked inside the Danger Room. Inside, Spider-Man is attacked by a pair of projected Sentinels but the X-Men get inside and fight off the robots. Jean Grey shuts down the programme and Professor X asks Spider-Man why he is at the mansion.
Spider-Man tells the group about his genetic mutation disease and asks if Professor X could cure him. The professor tells the hero that he aims to train mutants, not cure them. Spider-Man leaves, angry that they won't help him. Beast, despite objections from Wolverine, chases after Spider-Man, stating about how the Brand Corporation has developing a cure for mutants.
Elsewhere, Herbert Landon, an employee of the Kingpin, meets with Hobgoblin and gives him a case of money. As Landon leaves, he causes an explosion, aimed to wipe out Hobgoblin but the villain survives. Landon gets a call from Kingpin, asking him how the work at the Brand Corporation is going. It is then revealed that Landon is tasked with creating an army of super-mutants who would serve under Kingpin.
As Landon arrives back at the Brand Corporation, Beast catches up with Spider-Man and tells him about Landon's work at the Brand Corporation on mutation. Spider-Man leaves and then Beast is attacked by a group of soldiers who manage to subdue and capture him.
Spider-Man arrives outside of Mary Jane Watson's house and then makes his way back to his Aunt May's house. Thinking back on his Uncle Ben's words, Peter gets a renewed determinism to fight his disease.
The next day, Wolverine reports Beast's absence to the rest of the X-Men. Wolverine tracks Beast's, Spider-Man's and the soldiers scents and thinks that Spider-Man lead Beast into a trap.
Peter arrives at Landon's press conference to hear about his research into the manipulation of mutant DNA when Hobgoblin attacks. Spider-Man and Hobgoblin fight before the villain leaves and causes the ceiling to begin to collapse. Just as the ceiling was about fall, a forcefield appeared and kept it up long enough for Spider-Man to get away.
At the Brand Corporation, Landon tells the imprisoned Beast about his plans to continue their research from years ago to eliminate all mutants. He has created a chemicals which attacks mutant DNA and causes it to kill the mutant. Landon attempts to test the chemical on Beast.
Outside, Spider-Man spots Hobgoblin flying towards the Brand Corporation building. The two fight and Hobgoblin tells Spider-Man about Landon's intent to eliminate all mutants. Just as Spider-Man goes to unmask the villain, Wolverine arrives and demands to know where Beast is. Spider-Man says that he doesn't know and the two begin to fight, with Hobgoblin watching on the sidelines and about to throw a pumpkin bomb.
Crew[]
- Writers: John Semper, J. M. DeMatteis, Michael Edens
- Producers: Avi Arad, Stan Lee
- Director: Bob Richardson
- Cast:
- Christopher Daniel Barnes, Warren Sroka: Spider-Man
- Joseph Campanella: Curt Connors
- Cathal J. Dodd: Wolverine
- Norm Spencer: Cyclops
- Catherine Disher: Jean Grey
- George Buza: Beast
- Alison Sealy-Smith: Storm
- Lenore Zann: Rogue
- Chris Potter: Gambit
- Alyson Court: Jubilee
- Cedric Smith: Professor X
- Unvoiced: Mary Jane Watson, Aunt May, Sentinels
- Brian Keith: Uncle Ben
- David Warner: Herbert Landon
- Mark Hamill: Hobgoblin
- Roscoe Lee Browne: Kingpin
- Maxwell Caulfield: Alistair Smythe
- Joseph Ruskin: Lewald
- Laurie O' Brien: Genevieve
Notes[]
- Previous Episode: Neogenic Nightmare Part 3: Hydro-Man
- Next Episode: Neogenic Nightmare Part 5: Mutant's Revenge
- This episode first aired on September 30th, 1995