Spider-Man (TV Series) Revolt in the Fifth Dimension (1970) User Reviews

This story is from Rocket Robinhood

[mluinstra · 3/10 · 19 May 2023]

It's actually from two episodes of Rocket Robinhood (RRH).

The first being Season 3 Episode 8 called Dementia 5. Only a small portion was stolen from this episode though.

Most of the story was taken from Season 3 Episode 11 called Menace to Menace.

Dr. Manta and his sidekick Igor cause trouble on planet Manta. The have enslaved the population to mine Lavaside which is a nasty explosive, and one of the slaves manages to contact Robin for help.

This was a neat episode but I think it was rushed. You will notice things like Robin and Will get into a ship to head for planet Manta but then it shows the shadow of 3 people in the ship. I know they reused frames whenever possible, but this was just being lazy.

Spider-Man does acid. Really.

[mightymothra · 9/10 · 27 June 2015]

There's a point in this episode where a tiny alien gives Spidey a tiny red pill, and he puts it in his little ring-case, and immediately "enters the 5th dimension," a sequence so unbelievably trippy it really, really has to be seen. It's like End of Eva with Spider-quippin'.

If you watch it that way, it makes a lot of sense. Spider-Man literally goes through euphoric then terrifying stages of an ever- shifting universe of colors and otherworldly sights. I don't want to spoil anything, but when he comes out of the vision after being "sucked into the carpet," he's exactly where he was in the real world, in mid- fall off a building.

I... really really understand why this was the only Spider-Man 1968 episode never to be aired. I also really think it's worth a watch, because you'll never see anything else quite like it.