A Matter of State

 

gate2.jpg (14636 bytes) A government agent steps off a plane. Secret documents he is carrying are stolen. Acting with lightning speed the authorities seal the airport. And in the interests of security, it is announced that a passenger has been quarantined on suspicion of carrying a contagious disease. The press arrive to cover the story. Peter Parker is on hand to represent the Bugle. A short time later the airport is reopened, with an announcement that the quarantine is a mistake. the passenger had nothing more serious than a cold.
Rival photographer Julie Masters is suspicious. But unknown to Jjulie, she has photographed one of the thieves, Andre. He and his partner carl try to steal the film from Julie. But when our wall-crawling hero tries to catch the two he loses them. Later that night, the two thieves break into Julie's flat. Spidey arrives on the scene too late to prevent the destruction of the film, but he does manage to capture Carl. prowl2.jpg (8119 bytes)
websht2.jpg (11254 bytes) Peter convinces Julie to look over the mug shots at the police station to try to identify the man whose photograph she had taken. But as the two leave Julie's flat, cohorts of Andre knock Peter unconscious and escape with Julie. Peter then arranges to have Carl released on bail so that as Spider-Man he can track him to the thieves hideaway. Spider-Man captures the bad guys and rescues Julie.

Air Date: 9/12/1978
Guest Stars: Ellen Bry (Julie), Nicholas Coster (Andre), John Crawford (Evans), Michael Santiago (Carl), James Victor (Lt. Martin), Erik Stern (Mischa)
Writer: Howard Dimsdale
Director: Larry Stewart

 

Comments About this Episode

A spectacular scene of Spidey crawling up and down the Empire State Building drew huge crowds of onlookers and a story in TV Guide. Also in this fairly well-done episode, Rita hints pretty strongly that she knows who Peter really is.
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