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While basically a horrible series especially when compared to Kenneth Johnson's "The Incredible Hulk", this is one of the few episodes of Spider-Man that is worth getting other than "The Chinese Web" (known as The Dragon's Challenge in overseas markets). It is the way Spider-Man in a believable form should've been. If only the same writers that did "Deadly Dust" could've did the other episodes, the series might've lasted as long as The Hulk did!
Anyway, The Deadly Dust is definitely worth the money!
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For all its flaws, the 70s live-action Spider-Man show remains one of my favorites from childhood. Although the show got almost universally bad reviews and is often derided these days as something best forgotten, 'The Deadly Dust' was actually a very enjoyable 2-part episode, and probably represents the high point of the series for me. This was the second TV special featuring the wall crawler, following the god-awful TV pilot movie in 1977. With its mature, believable plot and solid action, this episode stands in stark contrast to the rest of the far-out first season episodes like 'Curse of Rava' and 'Night of the Clones.'. A group of ideological students steals a sample of plutonium from the university lab and uses it to build an atomic bomb in order to demonstrate the dangers of keeping such materials at the school. Unfortunately, although they surely prove their point, the finished bomb is then stolen by the mysterious Mr. White and offered for sale to the highest bidder. Pursued by a sexy reporter from a national tabloid (played by Joanna Cameron), Spider-Man tracks the bomb to Los Angeles where Mr. White intends to detonate it during the President's visit there.
Although these episodes are out of print and quite hard to find these days, grab this one if you can. It is alone among the series in the way it plays up Peter's confusion about his dual identity, and it features some truly spectacular stuntwork by Fred Waugh. Oh yeah, and if you needed any more incentive, Joanna Cameron in a bikini is HOT HOT HOT. ;)
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