Episode
Spider-Man: Down to Earth
Overview
Jameson orders Peter to fly in an airplane with Daily Bugle pilot Osa Olsen to the North Pole to locate a fallen meteor with bizarre antennae, but a thunder-snowstorm cripples Parker and Olsen's airplane, and it crashes in a wasteland populated by a tribe of savages.
Details
- Series
- Spider-Man
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 1970-06-07
Episode context
Down to Earth is Episode 19 in Season 3 of Spider-Man. It aired on 1970-06-07.
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Episode 18: Specialists and Slaves
An old enemy of Spidey's, a radiation specialist who once lifted Manhattan into the sky, has been released from jail and promptly revisits Manhattan's nuclear power plant, stuns the outdoor guards with his ray gun, and again commandeers the reactor.
Episode 20: Trip to Tomorrow
A bolt of lightning breaks Spidey's web, causing him to fall into a boxcar at a rail yard. In the boxcar, Spidey meets a young runaway who plans to ride a freight train out of New York City and become "the Caped Protector of Podunk".
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Episode 16: The Madness of Mysterio
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Episode 15: Rhino
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Episode 14: Rollarama
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Episode 13: Up from Nowhere
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Episode 12: The Devious Dr. Dumpty
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Episode 11: Knight Must Fall
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Episode 10: The Birth of Micro Man
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Episode 9: Super Swami
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Episode 8: The Scourge of the Scarf
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