Menace From The Bottom Of The World | Spider-Man Cartoon Series | Season 2 | Ep # 43

Peter Parker is sent by J. Jonah Jameson to investigate claims by a seismologist that he has detected subterranean voices in an unknown language. Peter reluctantly carries out the assignment after seeing a rival reporter getting the plum job of investigating the disappearance of a bank. Upon hearing the underground voice transmissions at the seismology lab, Peter uses his spider-hearing to determine that these were the people responsible for making the bank disappear and they're plotting to take another one. Quickly donning his Spider-Man costume, Peter races to the next bank to be taken and sees the bank disappear into the ground. Spider-Man descends thousands of feet into the sinkhole left by the bank to investigate. He soon discovers the bank in a strange underground city inhabited by hairy, ape-like humanoids. He discovers their leader is an escaped criminal called Mugs Reily who tunneled his way out of prison and has disguised himself as a Moleman to become their leader. When unmasked, the angry Molemen turn against him, and the banks are lifted back to the surface.

Criminals In The Clouds | Spider-Man Cartoon Series | Season 2 | Ep # 42

To impress a girl and to show up his rival, star quarterback Roy Robinson, Peter Parker decides to try out for his high school football team feeling that he could be a star player with his spider-powers. The coach however scoffs at Peter but offers him a job as the waterboy. Meanwhile, the airborne criminal known as Sky Master hatches a plan to kidnap Roy Robinson, who just happens to be the son of a well known scientist who has invented an invisibility serum, and hold him for ransom. At night they break into the house, and take Roy to their flying base. After learning of this plot during a team practice, Peter changes into Spider-Man and tracks down the Sky Master to his airship, which is hidden in the clouds. Once inside the vessel, he rescues Roy Robinson after defeating Sky Master and his goons, causing their ship to crash. Spidey returns Robinson in time for the big football game and helps him win. However, poor Peter gets fired from his waterboy job as Roy Robinson gets both the glory and the girl.

Swing City | Spider-Man Cartoon Series | Season 2 | Ep # 41

A mad scientist called The Master Technician takes control of a nuclear reactor and uses it to create an anti- gravity field that lifts the entire island of Manhattan into the stratosphere, holding the city for ransom for 100 million dollars, the reactor, and amnesty. Peter reluctantly breaks his date to save the city before The Specialist sends it crashing down. Their anti-radiation weakens Spider-Man, but he is able to regain enough strength to defeat them.

King Pinned | Spider-Man Cartoon Series | Season 2 | Ep # 40

With his beloved Uncle Ben gone and his Aunt May sick despite a new medication, Peter decides that he must find a way to earn extra money to pay for Aunt May's medication. He applies for and gets a job at the Daily Bugle where he meets Betty Brant and J. Jonah Jameson for the first time. Peter later overhears a conversation between Jameson and a news source named Dr. Omar about a fake medicine ring run by The Kingpin. Peter discovers that this was the same ring that made the medicine Aunt May was taking. Peter also finds out that one of the Bugles star reporters, Frederick Foswell, is actually a Kingpin stooge sent as a spy. After finding out that Jameson plans to write an expose' on the ring, the Kingpin kidnaps Jameson. Spider-Man follows the Kingpin to his lair and despite being knocked out and nearly unmasked, he rescues Jameson but the Kingpin escapes. He learns that a time bomb had been set at the Bugle's printing presses. After a race against time, Spider-Man saves the Bugle, the exposé is written and the Kingpin's fake medicine ring is out of business.

The Origin Of Spider-Man | Spider-Man Cartoon Series | Season 2 | Ep # 39

Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and soon finds that he has gained the arachnid's proportionate strength. He learns that "with great power there must also always be great responsibility" after his Uncle Ben, husband of Aunt May, is murdered by a thief who he failed to stop earlier from robbing a T.V station. Spider-Man is able to catch the thief.

Trick Or Treachery | Spider-Man Cartoon Series | Season 1 | Ep # 38

The Fly Twins break into a vault and frame Spider-Man. They place a tracer on him so they can commit crimes without being caught by him. However Spider-Man finds the tracer and catches the twins.

Sting Of The Scorpion | Spider-Man Cartoon Series | Season 1 | Ep # 37

The Scorpion escapes prison to get back at Jonah Jameson and Spider-Man. The Scorpion drinks a toxic chemical and trashes Dr. Stillwell's lab. The chemicals mutate the Scorpion into a giant. He captures Jameson, but Spider-Man is able to make the Scorpion drink the antidote.