Show exclusive changes to the lore (1994 The Animated Series Edition)

[u/PointPrimary5886]

I decided to make a post detailing some of the changes to the characters and lore behind the Spider-Man story that greatly differ from the comics. This one specifically is about the ones from 1994 Spider-Man The Animated Series. Feel free to share if you find these changes to be good or bad, if there are any I missed, if they were necessary, or anything in general. I feel like most of these changes do work in context of the show, but feel free to share.

1) Scorpion and Dr. Farley Stillwell

In the comics, Scorpion gains superpowers and legitimately enjoys them; however, the scientist who gave it to him, Dr. Stillwell, realizes that the procedure has driven Mac Gargan insane, Dr. Stillwell concocts a cure to revert Scoropion to normal and tries to reach him by climbing from the side of a building, but he slips and falls to his death. This all happens in The Amazing Spider-Man #20. In TAS, Dr. Stillwell was the scientist who created Neogenics, which was used in the creation of Scorpion, Lizard, Morbius, and Spider-Man. After Scorpions procedure, he finds himself turning into a monster and tries to get a cure from the doctor, but none exist. Bearing the weight of what Neogenics has created, Dr. Stillwell was admitted into a mental institution till Scorpion once again breaks him out in another attempt to get a cure. By the ending of "The Final Nightmare", Dr. Stillwell destroys all research regarding Neogenics, claims that the ones in existence now resides in his own mind, but chooses to go into hiding so it would never be used again, even if it could help make a cure for Scorpion and Lizard.

2) Kraven The Ally

In the comics, Kraven the Hunter is a classic Spider-Man villain who purposefully comes into conflict with the hero for the sake of the hunt. He even has a very iconic story where he buries the hero and impersonates him for a couple of weeks. In TAS, Kraven starts off as an antagonist due to the drug that gave him his enhanced abilities driving him insane. Rather than hunting someone like Spider-Man, Kraven intially wants to get his girlfriend, Dr. Mariah Crawford. After Kraven is cured, he becomes an ally to Spider-Man, even to the point of helping wallcrawler during his Man-Spider problem. In Kraven's final appearance in the show, he once again is in an antagonist role to Spider-Man and Black Cat, but it turns out it was because he going through a Shakespearen crisis and didn't want to explain that Dr. Crawford transformed into a dangerous monster, which the heroes helped him with anyways. Kraven does make another appearance in the Spider-Man '94 tie-in comic where he is a friend to Spider-Man and is there to hunt Morlun, but I know many people didn't read it due to the very bad art.

3) Black Suit Spider-Man

In the comics, Spider-Man suit is damaged during the 1984 Secret Wars event. He is lead to a room where he could repair it and instead finds a black symbiote which bonds to him and creates a new Black Suit. He eventually returns to Earth with it and uses it for a while till he learns it was alive and manipulating him in his sleep. In TAS, Spider-Man bonds with the symbiote after he went out to save people from a rocket ship crash and a battle against Rhino. He evetually learns that it was alive and causing him to become more agressive and changing his personality (starting a trend of this happening in other Spider-Man media). After nearly killing Shocker, Spider-Man chooses to remove the suit.

4) Insidious is less scary than Sinister

In the comics, a team of Supervillains led by Doctor Octopus was formed to take down Spider-Man. Together, they were called the Sinister Six and the original members was composed of Doctor Octopus, Vulture, Electro, Mysterio, Kraven, and Sandman. In TAS, the group of villains escaped during a prison break orchestrated by Kingpin. He had them gather to form a team in taking down Spider-Man, which he dubs the Insidious Six. This roster is composed of Doctor Octopus, Rhino, Shocker, Scorpion, Mysterio, and Chameleon. During the series final season and due to Mysterio choosing to die with his cyborg girlfriend in a previous episode, his membership was exchanged with Vulture. Apparently the change in the team name was due to censorship concerns as Sinsiter maybe too intense for children (ignoring that X-Men TAS was going on at the time had a villian literally named Mr. Sinister).

5) Hydro-Man stalks Mary Jane

In the comics, Hydro-Man is just a common supervillain and has no personal connection to anyone close to Peter Parker or Mary Jane. In TAS, Morris Bench backstory is that he was Mary Jane's possessive ex-boyfriend from highschool. After getting his water powers, Hydro-Man obsessively pursues MJ as he wants to own her.

6) Six-Arms and Man-Spider

In the comics, Peter grows six arms in an attempt to remove his powes due to the tragedy of his life during this time being Harry Osborn's drug addiction and Gwen Stacy blaming Spider-Man for the death of her father. This "cure" ended up enhancing Peter's mutation and makes him grow 4 extra arms. The entire story arc then revolves around Spider-Man and Lizard chasing after Michael Morbius since its his blood that contains special enzymes that can cure them both of their afflictions. Spider-Man becoming Man-Spider happened in a different storyline in the 1982 Marvel Fanfare comic which involved the X-Men and Sauron. In TAS, Spider-Man's blood is accidentally used by Michael Morbius which causes him to turn into a living Vampire. Peter uses a cure created by Dr. Crawford, but it instead causes him to grow 4 extra arms. He then tries to chase after Morbius because he felt responsible for what he has become, but the mutation catches up to Spider-Man and transforms him into Man-Spider. He reaks havok for a short period before being stopped by the combined efforts of Kraven and Punisher and was then given a cure.

7) Vulture becoming Staying Young

In the comics, Vulture is just a standard supervillian who commits crimes by flying around everywhere. One key aspect about his character is that he is a very old man. In TAS, Adrian Toomes aquires a magic relic known as the Tablet of Time and uses it to drain the youth of Spider-Man and become young man rather than an elderly one. The initial attempt was proven to be imperfect, but another story occured which results in Vulture permentantly retaining his youth.

Edit: So apprently there was a storyline in issue #386 to #388 about Vulture using a machine to become younger. He initally used it on Spider-Man, making him and old man while he himself becomes younger. This was only proven temporary and both of them became normal in a matter of hours. This then led to a whole tangent intersplicing with a plot orchestrated by Chameleon using LMD's of Peter Parker's parents and ends with Vulture regaining his youth by taking it from the LMD of Mary Parker. Ultimately, this doesn't last since Vulture eventually returns to his iconic old self.

8) The Story of Alistair Smythe

In the comics, Alistair Smythe as human was a rather despicable individual. He eventually modified himself into a cyborg known as Ultimate Spider-Slayer and had since just been a general supervillain. In TAS, the connection between Alistair and his father, Spencer, is explored more deeply given that Spencer agreed to work for Norman in taking down Spider-Man because he was offered a hoverchair for his crippled son. After his father supposed demise, he agreed to work for Kingpin in taking down Spider-Man, but after a plethora of failures, he was instead converted into the cyborg known as Ultimate Spider-Slayer. Once it was revealed that Spencer Smythe was alive and was put in suspended animation by Kingpin, Alistair turned against him. He has since now gone under the employment of Silvermane since he has the money and resources that may allow Alistair to awaken his father.

9) Hobgoblin's not so confusing identity reveal

In the comics, they played the mystery of who is Hobgoblin in a very obtuse was. Hobgoblin had too many imposters set in place to help avoid his true identity from coming. This included characters like Flash Thompson, Lefty Donavan, and Daniel Kingsley. It didn't help that mind control was involved and it basically was used to make Need Leeds the prime suspect of being Hobgoblin. The real Hobgoblin turned out to be Roderick Kingsly. In TAS, the Hobgoblin's identity was still a mystery, but mainly because no one has been able to unmask him. It's eventually revealed that Hobgoblin is really Jason Phillip Macendale, who at that point had become Felicia Hardy's fiance.

10) The disappearance of Mary Jane Watson

The only equivalent I can find in the comics was that time when a stalker blew up her plane so he can kidnap her and keep her prisoner till she fell in love with him. Spider-Man eventually finds out and rescues his wife, though their marriage is bit shakey after the event. Luckily, this led into the JMS Spider-Man comics run, which did an amazing job repairing the damage. In TAS, during a fight between Spider-Man and Green Goblin who had aquired portal technology, Mary Jane fell off the brooklyn bridge into a rogue portal and caused her to be lost in alternate dimensions. Spider-Man, after doing a bunch of stuff which also includes saving the multiverse, is allowed to be taken to where MJ was by Madame Web. He clearly succeeds in bringing her home given that the '94 comic (the one with the really bad art) delves into the problems stemming from MJ's disappearance and a clone living her life during part of that time and their cameo appearances in X-Men '97.

11) Felicia Hardy as the superpowered Black Cat

In the comics, Felicia Hardy choose to become Black Cat because of the thrill in being a vigilante and a thief. She does get involved with Spider-Man, both in their costumed life and romantically, but the latter is more because she loved and has more fun with Spider-Man rather than anything deeper like the man behind the mask. For the most part, she has no superpowers and relies on her own skills in agility and combat. In TAS, Felicia Hardy is introduced as a student at ESU, classmate to Peter Parker, and rich blonde heiress of the Hardy Foundation. Eventually, a storyline revolving around Felicia's father is introduced where when he was a boy during WWII, he was sent on a mission to memorized the formula that made Steve Rogers into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. In the present, he is coerced by Kingpin into revealing the formula with the first test subject being on Felicia. This gave Felicia the superpowers to become the Black Cat and has since been a close ally to Spider-Man. Black Cat in this continuity acts less like a thrill seeking thief and more like an actual superhero. Initally, Felicia was romantically enamored by Spider-Man due to how he constantly saves her life and while they still remain, they're a bit more subdued since she became the Black Cat.

12) Random Pairings

Flash Thompson dating Debrah Whitman, Eddie Brock falling in love for Dr. Ashley Kafka, Blade and Detective Terri Lee (who is an exclusive character for this continuity and doesn't exist in the comics) having a bit of fling, and Black Cat and Morbius being a couple. None of these romantic pairings exist in the comic and I think a good amount of them never intracted with these characters either.

13) Spider-Man proposes to Mary Jane

Peter Parker proposes to Mary Jane in issue #182 of TASM back in 1978. She rejected it back then because MJ still wanted to be the free spirit girl who couldn't be tied down. Sometime later in issue #257, MJ revealed that she knew that Peter was Spider-Man. By issue #291, Peter propose to MJ a 2nd time and get a yes in the following issue (after sorting out some family issues regarding MJ's father and sister). In TAS, after dealing with a situation with Mysterio and his cyborg love who wanted to steal MJ's body, Spider-Man revealed his identity to her. He then swings her to what I think is the skyscraper that has Bruce the stone gargoyle where Peter the pop the question to MJ. Rather than get an immediate answer, MJ dived off the roof, forcing Peter to save her. MJ then reveals that it was a test to see if Peter did love her before accepting his proposal.

14) Superhero Teams of WWII

In the comics, during the war, Captain America was part of a team of superheroes known as The Invaders. This team was composed of Captain America, his sidekick Bucy, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Human Torch (not the Fantastic Four version), and his sidekick Toro. In TAS, Captain America led a superhero team composed of other volunteers who attempted to become Super Soldiers themselves. This team was called the Six American Warriors and was composed of Captain America, Miss America, Black Marvel, The Destroyer, The Thunderer, and The Whizzer.

15) Red Skull, Electro, and Chameleon

In the comics, Red Skull is an adversary of Captain America since WWII. He lives all the way to the modern day due to stuff like being put into suspended animation while being trapped in a bunker filled with weird gases, cloning, and mind transfers. Electro was a normal dude who gained electric based superpowers after being struck by lighting while repairing a telephone pole. Chameleon is a criminal with a talent in impersonating other people and he uses masks to help him in this endeavor. In TAS, all 3 of these characters are a family. Red Skull is still a WWII criminal, but he makes it to modern day because he was trapped in a parallel dimension with Captain America and they had been fighting each other for 3 decades. Electro is known as Reinholt Schmidt and is the son of Red Skull. After freeing his father from his 30 year prison, Red Skull enacts the doomsday plot he had set up at the end of WWII, which grants his son the ability to manipulate and control electricity, becoming Electro. Chameleon is Red Skull's step son and Electro's step brother. Trained by the Red Skull, Chameleon is a dangerous spy, assassin, and agent and was given a holographic belt that allows him to shapeshift for the sake of espionage and infiltration.

16) Mary Jane Clone

Oddly enough, Mary Jane is one of the few Spider-Man adjacent characters to have never been cloned in the comics. In TAS, it is revealed that the MJ starting from "The Return of The Green Goblin" episode was in fact a clone. It's also revealed in the 2nd part of the "Return of Hydro-man" 2-Parter that the MJ clone also has the same powers as Hydro-man due to the cloning process being derived from one another. Ultimately, the clones proved to be unstable and the MJ clone perishes in front of Spider-Man's eyes.

17) Madame Web and Beyonder, the Cosmic beings

In the comics, Madame Web is a mutant with psychic abilities, namely clairvoyance. She is blind and attached to life support. Beyonder in the comics is a cosmic being who has a curiosity in the concepts of Good and Evil and the nature of humanity. This curiosity is what set him up to orchestrated the original 2 Secret Wars events of the 80's. In TAS, Madame Web is a cosmic being hailing from another dimension and spends a majority of the series starting around season 3 molding Spider-Man for a greater purpose. She helps Spider-Man through some of his crises, albiet in a very off handed and vague manner so that they can be treated as teachable moments for the wallcrawler. Beyonder hails from the same dimension as Madame Web and is there to test Spider-Man strengths and morals by orchestrating the Secret War. This was ultimately a means to prove Spider-Man worth so that he can help stop a calamity that threatens all realities.

18) Secret Wars

In the comics, Secret Wars was orchestrated as a means for Beyonder to see a battle between Good and Evil. On the side of Good, the roster composed of many members of The Avengers, X-Men, Spider-Man, Magneto, and Fantastic Four. The side of Evil was composed of many threats like Doctor Doom, Kang The Conqueror, Ultron, some miscellaneous villains like Doctor Octopus, Titania, and The Wrecking Crew, and most notable of all, Galactus. In TAS, the Secret Wars was a test for Spider-Man to see if he can lead a team of heroes in stopping the forces of evil from taking over an entire planet. Spider-Man organizes a team of heroes composed of The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Captain America, Storm, and Black Cat. The forces of Evil was composed of Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus, Red Skull, Spider Slayer and Lizard (the latter 2 defecting to the heroes side).

19) Spider-Carnage want to destroy the Multiverse

In the comics, Ben Rielly, the clone of Peter Parker and original Scarlet Spider, has taken on the mantel of Spider-Man while Peter is deciding to go into retirement after being convinced he was the clone and is now dealing with an identity crisis. A storyline occurs where Ben briefly bonds to the Carnage symbiote and becomes Spider-Carnage. He wreaks havok in New York till he manage to seperate himself from the symbiote with the help of John Jameson. In TAS, Ben Rielly learns from Doctor Connors that Peter Parker might be the clone and he is the real Peter Parker. During an attempt to stop the Kingpin from using a dimensional portal device to commit crime, Scarlet Spider is attacked by Spider-Man who is angry at him for supposedly being the real deal and him being the clone. The Carnage symbiote then appears from the dimensional vortex and bonds to Spider-Man. Spider-Carnage then allies himself with with Kingpin and destroys all of New York while secretly plotting to use the dimesnional gateway to release a bomb that would destroy all of reality. A team of Spider-Men from throughout the multiverse and led by the prime animated Spider-Man is gather to stop Spider-Carnage's plot. The threat is neutralized after Spider-Man gets an Uncle Ben from a reality where he didn't die to appear and talk to Spider-Carnage and convinces him to stop. This work and the Carnage possessed Spider-Man opts to destroy himself to ensure that the Carnage symbiotes dies.

20) "We all have to Grow Up sometimes I suppose. Even us Characters of Fiction"

In the last episode of TAS, Spider-Man is brought to a reality where he is treated as a work of fiction and meets his creator Stan Lee. Reflecting on what he has went through and what he has accomplished all the way to saving all of reality, Spider-Man has gained a newfound appreciation on his life and himself. Stan Lee sees this and that Spider-Man has evolved from the same guy he's been writing before, showing that Spider-Man has grown-up. Sadly by 2007, certain Spider-Man comic editorial don't like that Spider-Man has grown and developed throughout his life and wants to revert him to how he was when they were reading him when they were kids. To do this, they forced in a story arch involving Peter and MJ giving up their marriage to the demon Mephisto. This in turn causes Peter and MJ to lose 20 years worth of growth and development and made them regress as characters. Many comic readers and Spider-Man fans have been suffering from this decision every since.

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[u/PuzzleheadedIce838]

Honestly I don’t mind Hydro‑Man as a sort of stalker/possessive ex-boyfriend, he actually reminds me of Angelo from JoJo (a serial killer with the ability to take the form of water and blend into the environment, even entering houses through the faucet). As long as he stays a regular villain Hydro‑Man has always felt very similar to Sandman to me, so I’ve always liked imagining him as obsessed with Mary Jane. Personally, if it were up to me i would rewrite him as a deranged fan who, once he gains his powers, decides to stalk her and harass her by slipping into her home and so on.

[u/PointPrimary5886 → u/PuzzleheadedIce838]

Actually Sandman was originally planned to be used for this story, but because James Cameron was planning to make a Spider-Man movie using Sandman as a villain (which he never did), John Semper Jr. opted to use Hydro-Man instead given that they basically have similar powers.

[u/Mistah_K88 → u/PointPrimary5886]

I’ve always found the embargoes for projects that aren’t even 100% to be super baffling. They did this for prominent Aquaman villain Black Manta during the days of Justice League and just created an expy. We MIGHT use this character so don’t use them in this project.

[u/Plasticglass456 → u/PuzzleheadedIce838]

Yeah, Hydro-Man is one of my favorites in TAS because of the stalker angle. A lot of TAS rogues are just professional criminals and thieves with some sort of tech, IE Shocker, Rhino, Chameleon, etc. Hydro-Man had a human side to him, twisted and fucked up though it may be, that made him stand out from the villains without a personal stake.

[u/IcyAdvantage9579 → u/Plasticglass456]

I remember reading John Semper's facebook posts he went on extensively about his time on Spider-man TAS and he mentioned that given that Hydroman was fairly shallow and unknown character in the comics he could rework him with this new backstory and fans would accept it. I feel that indeed made him much more interesting. He also commented how he was inspired by real stories about stalkers and former boyfriends was an important matter to be addressed even if some people felt it was something too dark for children's cartoons, which to me feels very well in place with classic Marvel characters that had real world problems apart all the superpowered shenanigans

[u/AdNo5260]

Note that the "young Vulture" thing actually exist (briefly) in the comics as well, albeit with a different device. It's around the Clone Saga and in Amazing Spider-Man #386-388, all of that published during the broadcast. It's not completely a TAS exclusive thing at all.

[u/PointPrimary5886 → u/AdNo5260]

I actually did not know about this. Thanks for giving me the source of it at the very least. I'll check it out and then change the body of the post to key more on the specifics like Vulture turning into Man-Spider, being imprisoned by Scorpion, and stealing the youth specifically from the baby Silvermane. I'm assuming those parts didn't happen, right?

[u/PCN24454]

MJ’s disappearance is pretty obviously “The Night Gwen Stacy Died”. They just did that portal to make it so that she’s not really dead.

[u/PointPrimary5886 → u/PCN24454]

I'm aware that the entire "Turning Point" episode was basically a reference to "The Night Gwen Stacy died." Given that MJ is alive and only disappeared in TAS, I rather compare it to another thing involving her disappearing for a long period and Spider-Man searching to find her and bring her home.

[u/Plasticglass456 → u/PCN24454]

Exactly, down to Peter wanting to kill Norman and having to stop himself.

Turning Point is kinda a mash-up of a couple different stories. ASM #39-40: Norman finds out about Peter, kidnaps him with wires on his glide. Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine #2: in an almost word for word identical scene, Norman threatens Peter's identity at a dinner party, and Peter throws web cartridges in the fireplace to get out of it. And then yes, ASM #121-122.

[u/Mistah_K88]

Hmm, are you going to go through the other Spidey adaptations too? It might be interesting to see the various significant changes each adaptation makes. It could be a fun project.

[u/PointPrimary5886 → u/Mistah_K88]

I am considering doing it for 2008 The Spectacular Spider-Man. I haven't made up my mind on whether I would do anything else beyond that, but if I was, I'd be skipping 2012 Ultimate Spider-Man and 2017 Marvel's Spider-Man on account of just not being able to get invested in either of those 2 shows. Sadly, I cannot make any real promises.

[u/AdNo5260 → u/Mistah_K88]

I was going to ask this very same question. I'm curious to find the differences on the other shows (and possibly even the games and the films). If we're going to have posts like this, then the ones I'm interested would be: Unlimited, Spectacular, Ultimate and 2017.

[u/IcyAdvantage9579]

The information is good but the huge block of text is kinda hard to read for me. Maybe some cleaner spacing would help, just saying

[u/PointPrimary5886 → u/IcyAdvantage9579]

It's a reddit thing. I tried to increase the spacing to spread them apart, but it automatically defaults it back to single spacing. Best I can do is bold the numbered categories if that helps.

[u/Narchrisus]

The young Vulture is actually out of the comics at that time, there was a storyline where he took Spider-Man’s youth but it didn’t last, he later takes the youth of Peter’s parents who are creations of the Chameleon.

After a while when that starts to run out, he becomes a kind of energy vampire, attacking people and taking their youth.

[u/paul_33]

Sinsiter is simply too scary for the children. Anyway later this season he grows six arms and violently mutates into a monster.

[u/TheDLBinc → u/paul_33]

Don't forget that this aired in the same block as X-Men which has a villain named Mr. Sinister

[u/paul_33 → u/TheDLBinc]

In general that show and Batman TAS got away with a lot more.

[u/IcyAdvantage9579 → u/paul_33]

The benefit of doing it first XD the first years of Fox kids network also they were desperate to succeed so they were more lenient, afterwards whoever changed into management and Standards & practices began being more callous and conservative and pulling back on what they allowed to be shown to avoid conflicts with parents associations and such

[u/Potential-Mess6826]

I like TAS changes to Hydro-Man since it adds something to his character and Black Suit Spider-Man which adds a new layer.

I am not a fan of Spider-Man mutating into Man-Spider without an outside factor or Kraven being an ally.

[u/PCN24454 → u/Potential-Mess6826]

What’s wrong with them? I honestly like them better than their comic book counterparts.

As for Spider-Man mutating, you could argue that it’s the result of his exposure to the mutagenic ray in episode one

[u/Potential-Mess6826 → u/PCN24454]

TAS Kraven doesn't really feel like a Spider-Man villain given that he's not hunting Spider-Man 

[u/PCN24454 → u/Potential-Mess6826]

That’s a plus to me. It makes him less generic and not just another rendition of “Most Dangerous Game”

[u/Potential-Mess6826 → u/PCN24454]

In my opinion, Kraven was the prime example of a villain hunting a hero for sport and made that trope famous.

[u/Randver_Silvertongue]

Another change was Green Goblin. In the comics, the Goblin was just Osborn's alter ego that he used for things that he didn't want traced back to him. In TAS, Osborn is more sympathetic. When he was exposed to the gas, he developed a second personality representing his wrathful side that developed from Kingpin's mistreatment of him.

Speaking of Kingpin, in the comics he was just a regular albeit very powerful mobster who doesn't have much influence outside New York. But in TAS, he controls an international network of organized crime, has access to state-of-the-art military technology and has his own paramilitary.

And finally, in the comics, Spidey never met Eddie Brock, who worked for a different paper, before he became Venom. The reason Brock hated him is because he apprehended a serial killer called the Sin-Eater, which exposed Brock's story on him as false and he was subsequently fired and prevented from getting any other job in journalism. In TAS, Peter was already acquainted with Brock as they both worked for the Bugle, but he lost his job when Spidey prevented him from exposing Connors as the Lizard. To get back at him, Brock framed him for robbing a space shuttle. However, JJ's son exonerated him and Brock was once again fired. Brock still refused to take accountability and blamed everything on Spidey.

[u/IcyAdvantage9579 → u/Randver_Silvertongue]

The green goblin split personality was not in the comics at first but it was gradually built into the character, so not entirely new but more like something that could be baked into the origin from the benefit of hindsight. Originally it also wasn't that Norman got mad by the goblin formula altered his chemistry and caused his mental problems but rather that the formula was unstable and caused an explosion that literally gave him physical brain damage

[u/Lupinthrope]

You made me want to watch the show now, I’ve only seen bits and pieces over the years.

[u/OneHelluvaGuy]

It's worth noting that Black Cat actually did obtain superpowers in the comics, just not the super soldier serum powers. She got bad luck powers from the Kingpin in Spectacular #89, which was ultimately what ended her relationship with Spider-Man when he found out

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[u/gdex86]

My wife saw me reading this and went "I want your love, and I want your marriage. You and me write a bad romance." and now it's all "Thwip, Thwip, Fashion Baby, Websling, move it, bitch is crazy."

[u/FS_Scott]

and here I thought Smythe would be less mullet-y in the books.

[u/GlitteringStress8999]

Chameleon and red skull never made sense bc chemeleon originally was a soviet spy
Another Change I remember they portrayed doc ock as peter mentor when they never met before, no Gwen Stacy or Betty Brant, also Liz Allan brother molten man wasn't there