Face front, true believers!
This episode we’re covering S1E6: ‘The Sting of the Scorpion’.
Wherever Mac ‘MRA’ Gargan goes, insults and injustice follow. Is this cruel and unfair? Yes. Does he deserve this? The answer is also yes.
His monkey paw wish to become one of Spider-Man’s greatest villains doesn’t exactly work out well for him, so he’s left with the curse of being dunked by everyone he meets, including the extra-dimensional beings recording a podcast about him. Robbie Robertson on the other hand… is a father figure to us all.
Meanwhile, we find out why Jonah hates Spider-Man so much, what millennial invention can be credited to Peter Parker, and discuss the insurance policies of the frequently-exploding Oscorp.
Then, after our talk about the sixth episode of the series, we look into the origins of Scorpion in The Amazing Spider-Man #20!
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Further podcast notes
Now, let’s move onto some classic issues that we referenced in the podcast.
Mag Gargan’s first official appearance was in The Amazing Spider-Man #19 in 1965, when he was tailing Peter Parker as a P.I.
Then, in The Amazing Spider-Man #20, he makes his fully-fledged appearance:
Mac Gargan is still tailing Peter, so he uses an unusual web trick to distract him long enough to sneak back inside his Aunt’s house as Spider-man.
J. Jonah Jameson, back at the Daily Bugle, comes up with an idea to take down the vigilante.
Mac Gargan, less weasely in this version but just as much of a scumbag, agrees to join the dangerous plan.
J.J. visits Dr. Farley Stillwell’s lab, where he’s conducting some unusual experiments, and convinces him to take a lot of money to help create the Scorpion.
Scorpion attacks Spider-Man in full costume mid-swing, much like he does in the show.
J.J. enjoys the show, especially when he finds out that Scorpion can pinch his fingers like claws.
Meanwhile, Dr. Stillwell realises that his experiment has gone wrong, and rushes over to give Gargan the cure.
He fails to deliver the antidote, and falls to what is later revealed to be his death.
Jonah realises the error of his ways.
Spider-Man takes Scorpion down.
But as it turns out, Jonah didn’t really learn a lesson, and manages to find a way to turn himself into a hero figure after the whole ordeal.
That’s all for this week’s edition of the podcast. If you missed out on it, you can check out our last podcast right here.
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