Survival of the Fittest (1 Mar. 2008)

Summer is over for Peter Parker and school's ready to start - both literally and in the real world of crime-fighting - as Spider-Man faces his first real challenge, the Enforcers, and his first real super-villain, Vulture.

Director:

Victor Cook

Writers:

Stan Lee (creator), Greg Weisman

Stars:

Josh Keaton, Dee Bradley Baker, Irene Bedard

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Josh Keaton	...	Peter Parker / Spider-Man (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Dr. Curt Connors (voice)
Irene Bedard	...	Jean DeWolff (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Montana (voice)
Clancy Brown	...	Alex O'Hirn / Ox (voice)
Lacey Chabert	...	Gwen Stacy (voice)
Keith David	...	Big Man (voice)
Grey DeLisle	...	Sally Avril / Betty Brant (voice)
John DiMaggio	...	Flint Marko / Hammerhead (voice)
Ben Diskin	...	Eddie Brock (voice)
Robert Englund	...	Adrian Toomes / Vulture (voice)
Brian George	...	Aaron Warren (voice)
Phil LaMarr	...	Randy Robertson / Fancy Dan (voice)
Joshua LeBar	...	Flash Thompson (voice)
Peter MacNicol	...	Dr. Otto Octavius (voice)

Storyline

Now he has become superhero Spiderman during the summer, Peter Parker looks forward to the new school-year. Alas, as Peter he's still ignored by girls and bullied by jocks. Because he overhears that his aunt is financially broke, he takes job in Osborne's lab and as junior reporter, but it does not prove as cool a he hoped. However Osborne's evil inventor, Toomy, wants revenge as he isn't given due credit. The Enforcers crime gang wants to eliminate Spiderman.

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Plot Keywords:

public humiliation | abuse | beating | bully | adolescent

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 March 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Adelaide Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Hammerhead: Enforcers all present and accounted for, boss.
Big Man: Thank you, Hammerhead. Gentlemen, I'll get right to the point. For the last four months, a pest has plagued our operations. At first, I could hardly credit the reports.
Hammerhead: Thought the boys were trying to stiff us. Had to get a little rough to make sure they was *sincere*.
Big Man: Establishing patterns of movement took all summer. But last night, we had confirmation. The "Spider-Man" is real.
Montana: And you want the Enforcers to wrangle up this here spider?
Big Man: No, ...

User Reviews

Attack of The Lizard

this is a 70 minute feature from season one of The Spectacular Spiderman,A new animated series,focusing on the younger years of Spiderman/Peter Parker.in this one,he's 16 years old and in high school.i'm not sure if this is an episode of the series or a standalone feature,i can't find an accurate listing for it anywhere.it may be actually under another title but on the cover it's called :Attack of the Lizard.anyway, i did like it,regardless.it presents Peter Parker as very cheeky and smart-alecy,also fairly immature and somewhat selfish,in that he craves recognition for his heroic as Spiderman,yet he knows this isn't possible.there is lot s of action here,but***Spoiler***the Lizard does not even appear until the last 15 or so minutes.still,this is the best looking Lizard of any of the animated Spiderman series so far.by that,i mean the physicality and ferocity of the character.he is very impressive,very strong and deadly.and there is a good battle scene between him and Spidey.other well known villains also appear,but i won't give away which ones.i give this animated episode/feature a good 8/10