Never Step on a Scorpion

1The Power of Dr. Octopus

15 minSep 9, 1967

Teenage photographer Peter Parker is sent by the Daily Bugle to investigate a series of mystery lights in a wooded area outside of the city, when a sudden landslide forces him to swerve off the road and land in a tree.

2Sub-Zero for Spidey

15 minSep 9, 1967

On a blistering hot afternoon, Peter is walking to the house of a brilliant scientist, Doctor Smartyr, when suddenly he notices that the sidewalk, and most of the neighborhood, is turning to ice. Hearing desperate cries for help from Smartyr's house, Peter changes into Spider-Man and breaks through a laboratory window to find the frightened scientist being menaced by a towering ice creature.

3Where Crawls the Lizard

15 minSep 16, 1967

Peter flies to Florida to find and photograph the Lizard Man. Spider-Man meets Dr. Curtis Connor's family. He is pulled underwater by the Lizard Man, but escapes.

4Electro, the Human Lightning Bolt

15 minSep 16, 1967

Spider-Man is set up numerous times by Electro's robberies.

5The Menace of Mysterio

15 minSep 23, 1967

Spider-Man has been witnessed committing a robbery of the Midtown Museum.

6The Sky Is Falling

15 minSep 30, 1967

The Vulture uses a sonic device in his head mask to control an army of vultures. After the Vulture beats Spider-Man, he holds the city up for a $2,000,000 ransom and J. Jonah Jameson blames Spider-Man.

7Captured by J. Jonah Jameson

15 minSep 30, 1967

An inventor named Henry Smythe reveals his plans to capture Spider-Man with a robot and get paid by J. Jonah Jameson for his efforts.

8Never Step on a Scorpion

15 minOct 7, 1967Now viewing

Dr. Stillwell creates the Scorpion on J. Jonah Jameson's behalf to capture Spider-Man. The Scorpion attacks Spider-Man, who escapes. However, the Scorpion's evil nature takes over as his strength increases which causes him to go after Jameson.

9Sands of Crime

15 minOct 7, 1967

As Spider-Man examines the Goliath Diamond, the Sandman appears and swipes the diamond, with Spider-Man getting the blame as he is seen by the guards.

10Diet of Destruction

15 minOct 14, 1967

Spider-Man witnesses, and photographs, a giant metal-eating robot in Central Park.

11The Witching Hour

15 minOct 14, 1967

The Green Goblin swipes Grandini the Mystic's witchcraft book, hoping to control demons of the Underworld.

12Kilowatt Kaper

15 minOct 21, 1967

Electro escapes prison, before Spider-Man can stop him, using a metal kite during an electrical storm to renew his powers.

13The Peril of Parafino

15 minOct 21, 1967

Spider-Man faces off against Parafino, a wax museum owner who plans to make Spider-Man into his latest exhibit.

14Horn of the Rhino

15 minOct 28, 1967

Spider-Man is keeping an eye on a train when the Rhino rams into it and steals the first component of a top secret weapon.

15The One-Eyed Idol

15 minNov 4, 1967

Someone has sent a one-eyed idol to J. Jonah Jameson. Jameson is hypnotized by the idol to steal his own money. Spider-Man finds the thief, but he escapes with the money.

16Fifth Avenue Phantom

15 minNov 4, 1967

Spider-Man attempts to halt the Phantom's activities only to be set up by him and his robot henchwoman Marie, who is disguised as a shop window mannequin.

17The Revenge of Dr. Magneto

15 minNov 11, 1967

Spider-Man saves a boat from Dr. Matto Magneto's attempt to crash it on the rocks by sabotaging a lighthouse.

18The Sinister Prime Minister

15 minNov 11, 1967

Spider-Man gets into an embassy, sees the foreign visiting Prime Minister tied up and gagged, and fights someone impersonating the Prime Minister, but he is forced to retreat to find proof after being gassed by the imposter's cane and having his camera stolen.

19The Night of the Villains

15 minNov 18, 1967

Historic villains Blackbeard the Pirate, Jesse James, and the Executioner of Paris are committing robberies in New York City.

20Here Comes Trubble

15 minNov 18, 1967

Miss Trubble, a book dealer obsessed with mythology, is owner of a magical chest from which she summons a succession of mythological figures, from centaurs to the Cyclops to Diana the Hunter-Goddess, to commit robberies of ancient artifacts on her behalf.

21Spider-Man Meets Doctor Noah Boddy

15 minNov 25, 1967

A scientist, Dr. Noah Boddy, renders himself invisible by means of a machine, then acts to avenge himself upon Jameson, who publically maligned his theory of invisibility.

22The Fantastic Fakir

15 minNov 25, 1967

Spider-Man battles an Arabian jewel thief, whose magical flute induces animals into attacking Spidey.

23Return of the Flying Dutchman

15 minDec 2, 1967

Reports of a legendary flying ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman, being sighted near Smuggler's Cove summon Spidey to the area, where his investigation into the phantom ship's appearance leads him to a cave in which he finds his sworn adversary, Mysterio, plotting with a pair of thugs.

24Farewell Performance

15 minDec 2, 1967

When a Jekyll-and-Hyde poster comes to life at the soon-to-be-demolished Castle Theatre, Spidey visits the theatre and encounters mischievous Blackwell the Magician, who is trying to attract public attention to the theatre in hope of preventing its demolition.

25The Golden Rhino

15 minDec 9, 1967

Spider-Man's old enemy, the rampaging Rhino, is stealing gold bullion to mold an auric likeness of himself.

26Blueprint for Crime

15 minDec 9, 1967

A bald-headed mastermind, the Plotter, employs two ridiculous criminals, Cowboy and Ox, to steal a blueprint to a missile.

27The Spider and the Fly

15 minDec 16, 1967

Spidey chases the culprit in an attempted theft of jewels from a countess and is surprised to find that his opponent, dressed in a black Human Fly costume, also has the ability to scale walls and can cross thin wires between buildings.

28The Slippery Doctor Von Schlick

15 minDec 16, 1967

Oil is being stolen in huge quantities by Dr. Von Schlick, a chemist villain garbed in a rubber, non-stick suit and armed with petroleum-based bubbles that he fires from his fingers.

29The Vulture's Prey

15 minDec 23, 1967

The nefarious Vulture traps Jameson inside of a tower-clock and uses the well-informed Daily Bugle publisher as a source of information on the whereabouts of a visiting diamond merchant and the testing of military equipment—two prospective heists for the greedy bird-man.

30The Dark Terrors

15 minDec 23, 1967

Life-like and substantial shadows of beasts are projected in various locations in New York City by the Phantom's new Shadow-Scope glasses to cause panic and enable the Phantom to effect unconstrained bank and jewelry store robberies.

31The Terrible Triumph of Dr. Octopus

15 minDec 30, 1967

Doctor Octopus imposes upon Dr. Smartyr's Nullifier rocket test and steals the ultra-powerful destructor missile.

32Magic Malice

15 minDec 30, 1967

While Blackwell the Magician is entertaining at the Castle Theatre, his house is invaded by the Green Goblin, who swipes some of Blackwell's props and peruses Blackwell's book of magic spells and incantations.

33Fountain of Terror

15 minJan 6, 1968

Dr. Curtis Conner goes missing in the Florida swamps after finding the Fountain of Youth. When Spidey investigates the scientist's disappearance, he discovers a fifteenth century Spanish conquistador, Ponce de León, who is intent upon keeping the magical fountain a secret.

34Fiddler on the Loose

15 minJan 6, 1968

Because he hates rock-and-roll for its having replaced classical music in the tastes of the masses, a fiddler with a deadly, sonic violin seeks revenge upon pop-music sponsor Cyrus Flintridge.

35To Catch a Spider

15 minJan 13, 1968

Under the guidance of Dr. Noah Boddy, the Green Goblin, Electro, and the Vulture join forces for revenge on Spiderman.

36Double Identity

15 minJan 13, 1968

Art robberies are committed by an old enemy of Spider-Man, actor Charles Cameo, who can utilize masks and make-up to usurp any identity, including those of J. Jonah Jameson and Spiderman!

37Sting of the Scorpion

15 minJan 20, 1968

When the Scorpion, intent on vengeance upon Spider-Man and Jameson, escapes prison, he visits the laboratory of his creator, Dr. Stillwell, and drinks a potion that vastly increases his size.

38Trick or Treachery

15 minJan 20, 1968

Paroled from prison, the Human Fly Twins rob diamonds from an importing company, and one of them does this deed in a Spider-Man costume so that the guard, before being hit on the head from behind by the second twin, believes that Spidey is the culprit.