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Spider-Friends and X-Men: Go For It!, July 5, 2002
This review is from: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: The X-Men Adventure [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This video marks the second meeting of the unmistakable Web-Head and the X-citing X-Men. Much like in thier first meeting, this episode centers around the character Firestar (voiced by former Family Affair star Kathy Garver) and her past with the X-Men. After joining the X-Men, Firestar took a hiatus from her adventures to help an up and coming scientist in his research. Unfortunately one of his experiments went drastically wrong, causing him to become the split-personality cyborg called Cyberiad. He makes the friendly super-hero reunion become a nightmare as he patches into the X-Mansion's security and uses it against the heroes. Fans might like this episode as it also marks the first time Spider-Man trains in the X-Men's Danger Room. Fun and engadging, fans of the superhero genre should not miss out on this adventurous video.
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The X-Men Adventure: A Vintage Marvel Team-Up on VHS, March 2, 2010
This review is from: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: The X-Men Adventure [VHS] (VHS Tape)
During its 3rd and final season of new episodes on NBC's weekly Saturday morning cartoon-fest over 25 years ago, "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" presented one of its finest episodes: "The X-Men Adventure." Although designed as a spin-off pilot (which didn't sell) for Marvel Comics' team of mutant heroes, this cartoon is truly a first class Marvel Team-Up.
The inventive plot features the wisecracking Spider-Man accompanying former X-Men members Firestar and Iceman to the Xavier Mansion for fun and games in the Danger Room. This episode's X-Men are: Cyclops, Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, Thunderbird, Kitty Pryde, and Professor X (in their familiar costumes from the 1970's). Much like the terrific 2nd season episode, "A Firestar is Born," in which the X-Men also prominently guest starred, this storyline also focuses on Firestar. The episode opens as she is faced with self-doubt after failing an outer space hologram training exercise in the X-Men's Danger Room. Then, the mysterious villain, Cyberiad, invades the mansion and takes over its sophisticated Cerebro computer system.
From that point on, our heroes must split into teams in a three-way race to the mansion's attic to battle Cyberiad over control of the mansion. Each of the X-Men receives solid individual moments to shine, as they must dodge Cerebro's elaborate "death traps." Ultimately, it is up to Spider-Man's ingenuity to save his friends from jeopardy, and Firestar's courage in confronting some painfully tragic memories. All in all, the insightful episode has some surprisingly poignant moments for Firestar fans, as she expresses some emotional depth rarely seen in the era's menagerie of one dimensional cartoon characters.
One can only hope that the recent Disney-Marvel corporate merger will finally allow this animated Spider-Man and all his amazing friends to receive someday soon the DVD treatment this animated series truly deserves.
Rating: 9.5/10 (The animation has aged surprisingly well!)
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