Episode
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man: Back in Black
Overview
It is bad enough Spider-Man catches a cold, but things drop from bad to worse when a new Spider-Man dressed in black attempts to replace him. Are his friends right and is his jealousy is getting the best of him, or is the new Spider-Man Venom's latest victim?
Details
- Series
- Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2012-05-13
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Back in Black is Episode 8 in Season 1 of Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man. It aired on 2012-05-13. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 7: Exclusive
Spider-Man agrees to a video interview with budding news reporter Mary Jane Watson, who gets a more exclusive scoop than she could ever have anticipated when Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk engage in an all-out battle against Zzzax throughout Manhattan.
Episode 9: Field Trip
While on a field trip, Spider-Man and his superhero friends encounter the mighty Thor, who is transformed into a frog by his mischievous half-brother Loki. Now, the heroes must venture to the magical world of Asgard in order to save the nine realms from Loki's wrath.
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Episode 10: Freaky
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Episode 5: Flight of the Iron Spider
When Spider-Man meets his idol Iron Man, he receives a specialized gift: the Iron Spider suit. However, Spider-Man experiences difficulty learning how to use the suit and begins to neglect his teammates. Meanwhile, the heroes battle the Living Laser, who takes advantage of Spider-Man's lack of experience using the new suit.
Episode 11: Venomous
Venom resurfaces, using Harry as his host, yet again, and this time Harry's neglecting father becomes his main target. While Norman Osborn does not want his potential secret weapon damaged, Spider-Man is confronted with the dilemma of either trying to help Harry on his own or putting his trust in his teammates, who have orders from Fury to finish Venom off.
Episode 4: Venom
Under the supervision of Osborn, Doctor Octavius obtains a sample of Spider-Man's blood in order to create a creature that rivals the powers of the wall crawler.
Meanwhile, Peter attempts to balance his friendship with Harry with his time with his SHIELD teammates.
Episode 12: Me Time
After a fight with Whirlwind, Spider-Man insists on a weekend off from Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D.. Unfortunately, Doctor Octopus chooses this very time to attack Spider-Man when his job is threatened by Norman Osborn.
Episode 3: Doomed
After a childish argument between Spider-Man and Nova gets their entire team grounded, the super-youths go through S.H.I.E.L.D.'s database of the most wanted supervillains to see who they can defeat and apprehend in order to impress Nick Fury. When the choices Batroc the Leaper, Blizzard, Melter, MODOK, Toad, Whirlwind, and Lady Porcupine prove unpopular, Spider-Man and his team go to Latveria to track down Doctor Doom. The young heroes fairly easily capture Doom, but things take a turn for the worst when Doctor Doom tricks the team into taking one of his Doombots aboard the Helicarrier.
Episode 13: Strange
When New York is plunged into a mystical sleep, Iron Fist and Spider-Man (who is at first highly sceptical of magic) seek the help of Doctor Strange. In order to break the spell, the three heroes must face their own worst fears in the face of the spell's initiator, the extradimensional entity known as Nightmare.
Episode 2: Great Responsibility
Spider-Man accepts Nick Fury’s offer to become the Ultimate Spider-Man and meets his new allies of young heroes consisting of Nova, White Tiger, Power Man and Iron Fist. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn orders Doctor Octopus to send the Frightful Four to target Spider-Man. Spider-Man ends up having to get help from his new allies to fight off the Frightful Four.
Episode 14: Awesome
Peter Parker scrambles to focus his attention between completing his science fair project with Luke Cage and combatting Juggernaut. In his desperation concerning the first case, he decides to "borrow" one of Dr. Connor's inventions ... which (literally) becomes an even bigger threat to the city.