Spider Wars
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Spider Wars is the two part series finale
Series finale
A series finale refers to the last installment of a series with a narrative presented through mediums such as television, film and literature. In many Commonwealth countries, the term final episode is commonly used in regards to a television series...

 of Spider-Man
Spider-Man (1994 TV series)
Spider-Man, also known as Spider-Man: The Animated Series, is an American animated series starring the Marvel Comics superhero, Spider-Man. The show ran on Fox Kids from November 19, 1994, to January 31, 1998. The producer/story editor was John Semper, Jr. and production company was Marvel Films...

, consisting of the episodes "I Really, Really Hate Clones" and "Farewell, Spider-Man". This episode deals with Spider-Men from parallel universes, trying to stop Spider-Carnage from destroying all reality. This episode was written by John Semper, and aired on January 31, 1998.

Spider Wars, Chapter I: "I Really, Really Hate Clones"

After "Secret Wars
Secret Wars (Spider-Man)
Secret Wars is the last three-part episode of the 1994 Spider-Man animated television series, right before the two-part series finale. It is based on the Secret Wars miniseries published by Marvel Comics in 1984 and 1985...

", Spider-Man
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

 finds himself in yet another dimension, thanks to Beyonder
Beyonder
The Beyonder is a fictional character in . Created by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck, the immensely powerful Beyonder first appeared in Secret Wars vol. 1 #1 as an unseen force. He reappears in Secret Wars II #1 , which was created by Jim Shooter and Al Milgrom.-Publication history:The Beyonder was a...

. There he finds that Hobgoblin
Jason Macendale
Jason Philip Macendale, Jr. is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in Machine Man #19 , and was created by writer Tom DeFalco and artist Steve Ditko....

 and the Green Goblin
Green Goblin
The Green Goblin is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #14 ....

 have been working together and have destroyed the city. The Goblins, are confused by Spider-Man's attack upon them, and tell him, they were doing what he told them to do. The Hobgoblin
Hobgoblin (comics)
The Hobgoblin is the alias of several fictional characters that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first and best-known Hobgoblin is Roderick Kingsley. He first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #238, and was created by Roger Stern and John Romita, Sr...

 concludes that this must be the other Spider-Man
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

 they were warned about and attack Spider-Man with full force. They kidnap Jameson to get his hand print so that they can steal and use the microwave transmitter on top of the Bugle. Hobgoblin detonates a bomb that destroys the Bugle building. Spider-Man goes after them, but gets ambushed by Spider-Carnage. Spider-Carnage is angered by Spider-Man wearing his old costume and assumes this is in fact his other. Before Spider-Carnage could finish him off, Spider-Man is teleported by Beyonder to Madame Web's base. There he meets... himself, namely other dimensional duplicates of Peter Parker
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

, Spider-Men.

Madame Web reveals to Spider-Man, she and the Beyonder have been training 5 different Spider-Men from parallel realities in order to save all reality from being blown up. The other five Spider-Men are, a billionaire Peter Parker who wears the Spider-Armor (from Web of Spider-Man
Web of Spider-Man
Web of Spider-Man is the name of two different monthly comic book series starring Spider-Man that have been published by Marvel Comics since 1985, the first volume of which ran for 129 issues between 1985 and 1995, and the second of which ran for 12 issues between 2009 and 2010.-Volume 1:The first...

#100), a powerless Spider-Man (an actor
Nicholas Hammond
Nicholas Hammond is an American actor best known for his roles as Friedrich von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music, and as Peter Parker/Spider-Man on the CBS television series The Amazing Spider-Man...

 who portrays Spider-Man on TV
The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series)
The Amazing Spider-Man is the first live-action TV series based on the popular comic book The Amazing Spider-Man, not counting his appearances on the educational The Electric Company series, and was shown in the USA between 1977-1979...

 in our reality), Six-Armed Spider-Man with the mutation disease that eventually will cause Spider-Man to become Man-Spider, Octo
Doctor Octopus
Doctor Octopus is a fictional character, a supervillain that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics since 1963. A highly intelligent mad scientist, Doctor Octopus is one of Spider-Man's greatest foes...

-Spidey,(a Spider-Man who battled Doctor Octopus and finally defeated him and took his octo-arms and wore them), and Scarlet Spider
Scarlet Spider
Scarlet Spider is a fictional character who appeared in the Marvel Comics series Spider-Man. His costume was designed by Tom Lyle. The identity of the Scarlet Spider has been used by several characters: Ben Reilly, Peter Parker , Joe Wade , a group of three Michael Van Patrick clones working with...

, to the surprise of the other Spider-Men, has blonde hair & is called Ben Reilly.

It seems that in Scarlet Spider's reality, a Spider-Clone was created by Warren
Jackal (Marvel Comics)
The Jackal is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 , and was created by writer Gerry Conway and artist Ross Andru. In The Amazing Spider-Man #148 The Jackal is a fictional character that appears in...

, but he fled the lab and became Ben Reilly, the Scarlet Spider. In this reality, the current Spider-Man found out about the clone, the stress of the loss of May Parker, the possibility of being a clone and seeing Ben Reilly as Scarlet Spider drove Spider-Man to hate Ben Reilly. Spider-Man appeared on scene when the Scarlet Spider invaded the Kingpin's lair. Scarlet Spider thought Spider-Man arrived to help, but instead attacked Scarlet Spider, he wanted Scarlet Spider dead; Alistair Smythe
Alistair Smythe
Alistair Smythe is a comic book supervillain, owned by Marvel Comics and existing in that company's Marvel Universe. He was one of the main foes of Spider-Man...

 opened the dimensional portal and the Carnage
Carnage (comics)
Carnage is a fictional character, a supervillain in the . The character first appears in The Amazing Spider-Man #344 , and was created by writer David Michelinie and artist Mark Bagley. The character is frequently depicted as an enemy of Spider-Man...

 symbiote emerged from the portal and bonded with Spider-Man, being drawn to his hatred of Scarlet Spider. Later, Spider-Carnage plunders New York and destroys the Daily Bugle. Beyonder shows the Spider-Men the future: Spider-Carnage will destroy all reality, unless they stop him. The event actually happened and the Beyonder used all of his power to roll back time (before his home dimension was destroyed) to the point before Spider-Carnage destroyed everything.

All of the Spidey's, except for the powerless one, attack Crime Central, only to be surprised by Green Goblin
Green Goblin
The Green Goblin is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #14 ....

 and Hobgoblin
Hobgoblin (comics)
The Hobgoblin is the alias of several fictional characters that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first and best-known Hobgoblin is Roderick Kingsley. He first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #238, and was created by Roger Stern and John Romita, Sr...

. A battle begins, in which Armored Spidey and Octo-Spidey are injured (both due to Armored Spidey's reckless actions), so the Beyonder teleports them back to Madame Web's base. Later, Six-Armed Spidey is transformed into Man-Spider, and he attacks Spider-Man and Scarlet Spider. The episode ends with the Scarlet Spider and Spider-Man caught in the grip of the Man-Spider.

Spider Wars, Chapter II: "Farewell, Spider-Man"

The Beyonder uses his powers to teleport the powerless Spider-man to stop Kingpin and Spider-Carnage from destroying all of reality. Then, the Beyonder uses his power to transports the Man-Spider back to the base. Man-Spider immediately attacks the weakened Beyonder, who uses the last bit of his power to teleport Man-Spider with him to his home dimension. The powerless Spider-Man attacks Spider-Carnage with sonic grenades, delaying Spider-Carnage long enough for Spider-Man and Scarlet Spider to arrive. Spider-Man and Scarlet Spider reveal to the Kingpin that he was duped by Spider-Carnage into creating, not a mind-control device, but a bomb to destroy all realities. Kingpin attacks Spider-Carnage and assists in foiling Spider-Carnage's plans to destroy all reality, but Spider-Carnage escapes via the Accelerator. The Spider-Men still have to disarm the bomb before it detonates and destroys Kingpin's lair. Madame Web brings Spider-Man and the Scarlet Spider back to her base and she searches the infinite dimensions and informs the Spider-Men that Spider-Carnage is now in Armored-Spider-Man's dimension. She says she can only send one of them there, and sends the leader Spider-Man.

Spider-Man is teleported to the billionaire Peter Parker's world. In this dimension, the Spider-Man is engaged to Gwen Stacy
Gwen Stacy
Gwendolyn "Gwen" Stacy appears as a supporting character in Marvel Comics' Spider-Man series. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, she first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #31 ....

, J. Jonah Jameson
J. Jonah Jameson
John Jonah Jameson Junior is a supporting character of Spider-Man in the .Jameson is usually the publisher or editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle, a fictional New York newspaper and now serves as the mayor of New York City...

 is his godfather, and Wilson Fisk is his lawyer. He also owns the Peter Parker Science Foundation and his secret identity is public, so he rarely wears his mask. The Peter Parker from this dimension shares something with Iron Man
Iron Man
Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero in the . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales of Suspense #39 .A billionaire playboy, industrialist and ingenious engineer,...

, and is probably both the Spider-Man and the Iron Man of that dimension. Spider-Man: House of M
Spider-Man: House of M
Spider-Man: House of M is a five-issue comic book limited series that ran concurrently with Marvel Comics' House of M crossover event in 2005. In the House of M universe, mutants rule the world and humans are an oppressed minority...

bore similarities to this dimension.

When having a talk with Fisk, an unmasked Peter is captured by Fisk and tied up with a steel material and transported to Fisk's lair. Fisk reveals that Spider-Carnege has explained everything to Fisk. With Peter tied up and helpless, Fisk plans to rule the dimensions with Spider-Carnage. However, Spider-Carnege has lied to Fisk of his true destructive intentions. Peter, still tied up, attepts to reveal Spider-Carnege's true intentions to Fisk. However, Spider-Carnege gags his mouth with webbing, and leave they him in the dark. He is saved by Gwen, and he and Spider-Carnage battle. Spider-Carnage kidnaps Gwen and takes her to a rooftop location in the city where he uses the time-dilation accelerator to construct a disintegration dimensional portal which can erase anything that is pulled into it from existence, with the intention of destroying all planes of reality, one at a time. Spider-Man, realizing that Spider-Carnage is too insane to be reasoned with, comes up with an alternate plan. He realizes that in Armor-Spidey's world, Uncle Ben is still alive, and Spider-Man brings him to confront Spider-Carnage.

Uncle Ben explains to Spider-Carnage the rule of power and responsibility, and tells him that he loves him. The Peter Parker within him is reached by this and realizes how wrong he has been. He breaks down and attempts to separate himself from the Carnage symbiote. Even with Uncle Ben and Spider-Man trying to give him strength to fight it, the symbiote's grip on him is too strong and he is unable to break the bond. Realizing that he is left with no other choice, he uses the TDA to make the anti-existence portal close. Peter shouts "Forgive me!" as he jumps into the portal, destroying himself and the Carnage symbiote. Spider-Man bids farewell to the Uncle Ben of that dimension, as though he were having the chance to say good-bye to his own Uncle Ben one last time. Madame Web retrieves Spider-Man to her base of operations to return him to his home dimension.

The powerless Spidey, wants Spider-Man to see a very special man, Stan Lee
Stan Lee
Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics....

. Stan Lee cancels all his appointments for the day and goes web-swinging with Spider-Man. Peter thanks Stan Lee for making him into the hero he always wanted to be in his own dimension. Stan Lee and Spider-Man are sitting atop a building in conversation when Madame Web appears. Stan sees Madame Web (voiced by Stan Lee's wife, Joan Lee), and says "Who is that exotic lady?". Spider-Man replies, "she's just my ride." Spider-Man is taken from the real world, leaving Stan behind on the building, without a way down. The series ends with Madame Web promising Spider-Man they will find the real Mary Jane Watson
Mary Jane Watson
Mary Jane Watson, often shortened to MJ, is a fictional supporting character appearing, originally, in Marvel comic books and, later, in multiple spin-offs and dramatizations of the Spider-Man titles as the best friend, love interest, and one-time wife of Peter Parker, the alter ego of Spider-Man...

, which she does intend to keep.

Production

The story of Spider Wars is loosely based on elements of the Clone Saga
Clone Saga
The Clone Saga or Spider-Clone Saga was a major story arc in Marvel Comics which ran from 1994 to 1996 involving many clones of Spider-Man.The story is considered to be one of the most controversial Spider-Man stories ever told...

 in the comics. At one point Spider-Man compares the Scarlet Spider's story to "a bad comic book plot" (a potshot taken at the much reviled Clone Saga). This episode marks the first time Gwen Stacy
Gwen Stacy
Gwendolyn "Gwen" Stacy appears as a supporting character in Marvel Comics' Spider-Man series. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, she first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #31 ....

, Spider-Carnage, and The Scarlet Spider were shown outside of the comics. John Semper mentioned in an interview if he had continued on with the show, Spider Man would have gone through past time periods and found Mary Jane in Victorian England. Spider-Man would battle with the real Carnage portrayed as Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper
"Jack the Ripper" is the best-known name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name originated in a letter, written by someone claiming to be the murderer, that was disseminated in the...

. Semper also revealed that he felt if he continued on after Spider-Man saved all reality, he would have been doing it for the money, because he felt the saga had ended nicely with Peter meeting his creator and saving all of existence.

Stan Lee
Stan Lee
Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics....

 appears in this episode as himself. He had earlier appeared in the Fantastic Four animated series. Lee would later make another animated appearance in the first season finale of Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series is an animated series featuring the Marvel comic book superhero Spider-Man, which ran for one season, 13 episodes, starting on July 11, 2003...

in 2003 as a minion of the villains, The Gaines Twins, trying to manipulate Spider-Man into killing Kraven the Hunter
Kraven the Hunter
Kraven the Hunter is a fictional character, a supervillain and enemy of Spider-Man appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Kraven's name is Sergei Kravinoff. He also appears as Xraven, with white-grey skin and red eyes, possessing the powers of X-Men. He is the half-brother of Dmitri...

 after the twins convinced the hero that Kraven killed Mary Jane Watson. There is an inside-joke that when Stan Lee looks at Madame Web and asks, "Who is that exotic woman?" And when Spider-Man and Madame Web are looking for Mary Jane in limbo, Web says that she thinks Lee is truly special. This is all because these two are actually married in real life, because Web is played by Joan Lee, Stan Lee's wife.

Cultural references

  • The billionaire Peter Parker who wears the Spider-Armor at one point says "I only wish I was able to bring my giant Spider robot", a possible reference to the live-action 1978 Spider-Man series produced in Japan by Toei, in which Spider-Man did actually have a giant robot of his own. Though while Peter Parker was in the Armored Spider-Man's dimension, he did encounter the large Spider Robot which bears no resemblance to Leopardon, the robot from the 1978 series.

Main cast

  • Christopher Daniel Barnes
    Christopher Daniel Barnes
    Christopher Daniel Barnes , also known professionally as C.D. Barnes and C.B. Barnes, is an American actor. He is best known for providing the voice of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the 1990s Fox television series Spider-Man: The Animated Series, and for his portrayal of Greg Brady in the films The...

     - Spider-Man/Peter Parker
    Spider-Man
    Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

     & the alternate reality Spider-Men.
  • Joan Lee - Madame Web/Cassandra Webb
    Madame Web
    Madame Web is a fictional supporting character in the Spider-Man comic book series.-Fictional character biography:Cassandra Webb was born in Salem, Oregon. She is a paralyzed, blind, telepathic, clairvoyant, and precognitive mutant, allowing her to work as a professional medium...

  • Roscoe Lee Browne
    Roscoe Lee Browne
    Roscoe Lee Browne was an American actor and director, known for his rich voice and dignified bearing.-Biography:Browne was the fourth son of a Baptist minister, Sylvanus S. Browne, and his wife Lovie...

     - Kingpin
    Kingpin (comics)
    The Kingpin is a fictional character, a supervillain in the . Kingpin is one of the most feared and powerful crime lords in the Marvel Universe. The character is a major adversary of Daredevil, the Punisher, and Spider-Man...

  • Earl Boen
    Earl Boen
    Earl Boen is an American actor and voice actor. He is perhaps best known as criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman in the Terminator series...

     - Beyonder
    Beyonder
    The Beyonder is a fictional character in . Created by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck, the immensely powerful Beyonder first appeared in Secret Wars vol. 1 #1 as an unseen force. He reappears in Secret Wars II #1 , which was created by Jim Shooter and Al Milgrom.-Publication history:The Beyonder was a...

  • Mary Kay Bergman
    Mary Kay Bergman
    Mary Kay Bergman was an American voice actress and animation voice over teacher, who was the lead female voice actress on South Park from the show's 1997 debut until her death and was best known as the official voice of Snow White for the Walt Disney Company starting in 1989 with the Snow White...

     - Gwen Stacy
    Gwen Stacy
    Gwendolyn "Gwen" Stacy appears as a supporting character in Marvel Comics' Spider-Man series. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, she first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #31 ....


Major cast

  • Neil Ross
    Neil Ross
    Theodoric Neilson "Neil" Ross is an English voice actor and announcer, born in London, England and now resident and working in Los Angeles, in the United States. He has provided voices for in many American cartoons, particularly those based on Hasbro products and Marvel Comics, and numerous...

     - Norman Osborn/Green Goblin
    Green Goblin
    The Green Goblin is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #14 ....

  • Mark Hamill
    Mark Hamill
    Mark Richard Hamill is an American actor, voice artist, producer, director, and writer, best known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy of Star Wars. More recently, he has received acclaim for his voice work, in such roles as the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series, Firelord...

     - Jason Macendale
    Jason Macendale
    Jason Philip Macendale, Jr. is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in Machine Man #19 , and was created by writer Tom DeFalco and artist Steve Ditko....

    /Hobgoblin
    Hobgoblin (comics)
    The Hobgoblin is the alias of several fictional characters that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first and best-known Hobgoblin is Roderick Kingsley. He first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #238, and was created by Roger Stern and John Romita, Sr...

  • Sara Ballantine - Mary Jane Watson
    Mary Jane Watson
    Mary Jane Watson, often shortened to MJ, is a fictional supporting character appearing, originally, in Marvel comic books and, later, in multiple spin-offs and dramatizations of the Spider-Man titles as the best friend, love interest, and one-time wife of Peter Parker, the alter ego of Spider-Man...

  • Jim Cummings
    Jim Cummings
    James Jonah "Jim" Cummings is an American voice actor who has appeared in almost 100 roles. He has appeared in classic animated movies such as Aladdin and The Lion King, as well as taking on roles in more current films, such as Bee Movie, Princess and the Frog, and Winnie the Pooh.-Personal...

     - Man-Spider
  • Edward Asner - J. Jonah Jameson
    J. Jonah Jameson
    John Jonah Jameson Junior is a supporting character of Spider-Man in the .Jameson is usually the publisher or editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle, a fictional New York newspaper and now serves as the mayor of New York City...

  • Brian Keith
    Brian Keith
    Brian Keith was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his four decade-long career gained recognition for his work in movies such as the 1961 Disney family film The Parent Trap, the 1966 comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, and the 1975 adventure saga The Wind and...

     - Uncle Ben
  • Stan Lee
    Stan Lee
    Stan Lee is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, producer, publisher, television personality, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics....

    - Himself
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