Episode
Spider-Man: Swing City
Overview
A twisted radiation specialist gains illicit dominion over Manhattan's new and only nuclear power plant and uses a special ray to lift Manhattan into the clouds.
Details
- Series
- Spider-Man
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1968-09-28
Episode context
Swing City is Episode 3 in Season 2 of Spider-Man. It aired on 1968-09-28.
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Episode 2: King Pinned
On his first night at work at the Daily Bugle, Peter overhears talk of a fake medicine racket engineered by a rotund mobster called the Kingpin.
Episode 4: Criminals in the Clouds
Roy Robinson, star football player, campus ladies' man, son of a wealthy chemical industrialist, is envied by Peter, who decides to use his spider-power to play football and outperform Robinson.
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Episode 9: The Evil Sorcerer
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Episode 10: Vine
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