All language subtitles for 01 - SM1

Thank you.

How's my pressure?

Where are you going?

Hey, Doc, aren't you going to take this
thing off?

Hey, Doc!

matter with you.

I submit that the prosecution has failed
to sustain the burden of proof.

To find this defendant guilty with the
evidence that the district attorney's

office has presented would be a
travesty.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury.

Mr.

Conweiler, where are you going?

Very pretty.

Very pretty, but what good are they?

I'm not running an art gallery here.

I need pictures that jump off the page,
grab the reader.

Sorry, Parker, they're not for us.

Sir, if you could just send me out on an
assignment, I'm sure I could get you

what you want.

Look, I appreciate your working your way
through college. That's what I did.

And if it wasn't for that, I wouldn't
even bother with you.

I'm sorry, sir, nothing personal, but
I'm a busy man.

Well, maybe I can get you some others,
something different.

That's what you keep telling me, but I
always see this fancy stuff.

Do us both a favor. Forget it. J.J.?
Hey, J.J.? J.J.? I told you there was

something crazy about that bank robbery.

Read this.

It just came by special messenger.

It's going out to every newspaper,
radio, and television station in town.

Say, Peter, turn on the television, will
you? What's all the excitement? Take it

easy, Robbie.

What's the matter with this guy? Is he
crazy?

I don't believe a word of it.

Somebody's playing a joke.

I don't know, J.J. I mean, a lawyer and
a doctor teaming up to rob a bank?

They certainly didn't need the money,
did they?

Absolutely not. We interrupt this
program for a special news alert.

One of the most bizarre crimes in the
history of the city now appears to be

unfolding. The mayor has received an
extortion note in which the lives of ten

New Yorkers have been threatened.

This is a newspaper story. What are they
doing? The writer claims that ten people

somewhere in the city have been
programmed to destroy themselves at his

command. Let's see that again.

To prove that he has full control over
his victims' minds, the extortionist

accepts full responsibility for the bank
robbery committed only this morning by

two of the city's most respected
citizens.

Is he a terrorist? He states that they
were acting under his orders.

What does everybody want?

Money. Further details in the letter
demand a sum of $50 million to be paid

on Friday at noon, the place to be
arranged later.

News Alert will bring you more details
as they become known.

We now rejoin the program already in
progress.

Shut that junk off.

I had the run stop so we can replay the
front page.

Suppose it's a hoax.

What do we look like then?

What do we look like if we back page it
and it's real?

What do you think, Peter?

Well, what's the difference what he
thinks? I'm just getting an opinion from

a man on the street, okay?

Well, sir, I don't know very much about
mind control. Who does?

Except I do know that they've been doing
experiments, and they can force people

to do things against their will.

Yeah? You're going to have to prove it
to me.

Oh, come on, J.J., this is a biggie.

Now, what about a four-column here, all
right?

Well, it'll sell papers all right.

But write it straight.

Quote the mayor. You'll get hold of him.
Okay.

Well, sir, would you like me to go and
take a picture of it? Never mind, never

mind. We've got enough pictures of the
mayor to wallpaper the building.

Look, aren't you playing hooky? Thanks
for coming in. Now, look, we'll have a

picture of the bank here, the two crooks
below, and for the lead, how come two

respectable citizens pull a stick up?
Got it? Okay, what do you want for a sub

here? Use a couple of quotes.

Here, it'll look like this. Okay.

Hey, Evel Knievel.

What? You forgot to put your film badge
on. Of course, if you want to live

dangerously, that's your business. But I
figure if any radiation gets loose in

here, we ought to know about it.

What's the matter with you anyway?

Sorry, I was just thinking about
something else.

Dave, do you believe in mind control?

I could get very funny about this, but I
have a feeling you're serious.

Didn't you see the paper?

No. Why?

Some guy says he's gonna have ten people
kill themselves unless the city pays him

50 million dollars Why didn't I think of
that?

Well, how would you do it? Listen, I've
got enough troubles wondering what I'd

do if this thing shows up exposed.

I mean I am a growing boy So you
sacrifice yourself to science?

Thanks

Yeah,

is that Peter Parker here?

Yeah, right over here. That's me

Hey, is it safe in here?

If you already have kids.

Hey, wait. He's just kidding. It's okay.
It's all right.

This is for you. Oh, thank you.

The condensers for my new transmitter.

What are you building in your attic? A
space station?

Hey, it's CLD, $46.20.

Pay the man.

Oh, I don't think I have that much on
me.

You're right.

Oh, wait. Dave, let me $30, would you?

Thanks for the compliment, but I don't
even know where I'm going to eat dinner

tonight.

How about your aunt's place?

Hold it, I'll get you the money.

Hey, look, I didn't even have to come
into this place. I'm doing you guys a

favor. Took guts.

I'll give you a check, all right? Hey,
I'm not hanging around for that.

Well, it'll only take a moment, sir.

Hey, look, my dentist at least puts a
lead apron on me. You guys will let me

walk around.

Suppose that thing decides to take a
shot.

What happens to me, huh?

I tell you what, you come back later and
I'll have the money for you. Are you

kidding? I wouldn't come back here if
you paid me double.

You want this thing? You come down to
the warehouse.

Why'd you scare him off? I need those
condensers.

Give me a hand, will you? If I spill
this radioactive waste, you won't need

anything. Now grab that switch.

Must be an easier way to get a PhD.

It's up to 400 rads.

What's what?

Over there. There's something... Like
something just lit up.

I didn't see anything.

What's the Geiger counter up to now?

900 rad. All right, hold it right there.

A little nervous. One dose of that stuff
and it's goodbye, Charlie.

We've got to get this checked.

How much more you got to do? I just have
to test a couple of transistors, sir.

I'll start shutting down.

I'm Captain Bob Barrett. I understand
you saw all of this. Oh, yes, sir. I was

coming out of the drugstore, and this
car started following me. So I ran down

here to get away, and he came after me.
You know the man?

No, sir. I never saw him in my life.

That's another of life's little
mysteries, huh?

Get this innocent bystander's name and
address.

And get these rubbernecks out of here!

Where's the money? It wasn't there.

Hey! Hey! Kid, come here!

I know you want to be helpful.

So maybe you could tell me what happened
to the $20,000 that was in that car.

I'm sorry, I don't know. Who came near
it after it hit the wall?

I don't know that either, I'm afraid.

Don't be. I'll give you police
protection.

You know what I mean?

But I wasn't here.

Where were you?

The cops said nobody came out of the
alley.

Oh, well, um, what I mean to say is that
I wasn't looking at the time.

Your eyes were closed.

You couldn't stand all the carny.

Is that a fair assumption on my part?

Yes, sir.

Monaghan, get his name and address.

I already did.

Can I leave? What are you so nervous
about?

Well, I have to study for an exam.

Okay.

Go.

Study.

You see him?

The guy on the wall?

He's climbing the wall. Snapback Liz was
a junkie. I saw him, I tell you. He was

up on the wall, way up there.

Yeah, he's right, officer. I saw him,
too.

Right there, coming down the wall.

What's the matter with you people?

I saw him.

Where is he? Point him out.

He ain't there.

You see him?

Yeah, I saw him. He was here a minute
ago.

Somebody was coming down the wall.

I couldn't believe it.

Yes!

It was right down the wall.

You can have them all for $46.

Trouble is, they're not different
enough.

This is the guy with the mind control.
The fellow who's been writing those

ransom notes is the one that's been
making all these robberies and accidents

happen. A wreck is a wreck is a wreck.
That's all you show here. This story

needs something different.

It's only $46.

Now, if you could get me a picture of
the Spider-Man, that I'd buy.

Who? Spider-Man. At least that's what
these drunks call him.

They saw someone climbing up and down
the wall.

Must be something in the water.
Everyone's going crazy.

Doctor, a lawyer, now a judge turning
crook.

This sneak thief and all of his buddies
saying they saw a man climbing walls

like a spider.

I think I'll retire.

Robbie, come in here with the galleys,
please.

And you want to work here?

He must be crazy, too.

Spider-Man.

But he's real.

There is someone like that. He can climb
walls, and he is like a spider. I mean

it.

There is a Spider-Man?

Yes, sir.

You're sure?

Very sure.

I suppose you're going to tell me he
caught you with his little web. No, sir,

but I did see him.

You hear that, Robbie?

Mr. Parker here saw a Spider-Man. Isn't
that wonderful?

Are you on drugs?

I did.

See him.

What did he look like?

Like a spider.

How many legs did he have?

Two, of course. He's a man.

You just said he was a spider. Spiders
have got lots of legs.

No, sir. He's like a spider. He can do
the things a spider does. You know,

climb walls and spin webs. And he's
very, very strong.

I can step on a spider. Can I step on
him?

No, sir, I told you, he's not a spider.
He's a full-grown man.

He's got the strength of a spider, but
it's all in proportion to his size.

Spiders are very, very strong, you know,
so he's thousands of times stronger than

you or... or me.

You hear all this, Robbie?

I mean, do you believe what's going on
here?

What we thought was a smart kid who had
tried to be nice to?

Parker, get out of here!

All right, Robbie, what have you got?

But you've got to believe me, please. I
did see him, and I can prove it.

Well, hi, Peter.

I took a picture of him. A picture?

You have an actual picture?

Yes, sir.

Why didn't you say so?

Well, what does he look like?

Oh, uh... Well, um... Well, what?

What does he wear?

What do you mean, what does he wear?

Well, you said he climbs up the sides of
walls, right?

Well, then my guess is he's wearing
sneakers.

No, no, no, no, no. Nothing like that.
No, he wears a special costume.

A costume?

Sure.

Well, why not?

Would you like to go around with people
pointing at you all the time? Hey, there

goes that Spider-Man, the freak who
climbs walls.

I mean, why shouldn't he have the same
privacy as you or me?

All right, all right.

He wears a costume.

Now go home and get the picture.

Okay, Peter?

Get the picture.

Sure.

Why not?

Okay, Robbie, let's go.

I thought we'd throw the two-column lead
on this story.

Peter! Peter, aren't you coming down for
dinner?

In a few minutes.

Well, hurry up. Everything's getting
cold.

Peter, did you take your... Did you take
your allergy pills?

Peter! Aunt May, I'm busy up here.

Well, did you take your allergy pills?

I took them.

Good. I'm going to put the soup on the
table now.

What's he got on? His underwear?

Oh, no, sir. That's like what they wear
in the gym. It lets him move around more

freely. Hey, I like this one.

He really is hanging under that wall,
isn't he?

How does he do that?

I don't know.

Looks like a freak to me.

Well, he did stop that thief, didn't he?

So what's his angle? What's he up to?

If you can do what he can, what would
you do with him?

Join the circus.

You sure these are genuine?

Oh, come on, J.J.?

Get a guy a break, will you? He said he
just happened to catch this Spider-Man

in action.

And he's always got his camera with him,
hasn't he?

Look, he's been trying to get $46 out of
me for two days.

Maybe this is fake.

How do I know? Maybe he made the whole
thing up. Sure, and then he had his

girlfriend sew up a costume, and he went
out and learned how to climb straight up

a wall.

Come on, J.J., let's print these.

This is an exclusive.

Yes?

You told me what?

No, I didn't hear you. Say it again.

Where? Tenth and Carlisle. All right,
we'll get a man down there.

Well, we've got another one. What?

That extortionist is really laying it
on.

Factory payroll crashed into the wall
like all the others.

Any identification?

No. And if it's like the rest of them,
it'll die well to turn out to be the

governor. Get McNeil down to get some
pictures.

Oh, McNeil's out on assignment.

In fact, there's nobody left.

Uh, how about Peter?

Peter could do the job.

Do you know where 10th and Carlisle is?

Yes, sir. It was on my paper route when
I was a kid.

And that's what you'll be doing again if
you don't bring me some decent pictures.

Get it?

Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr.
Jameson.

You know, this woman is fighting me and
climbing up the wall. That's a great,

friendly coverage agent.

Oh, by the way, Mr. Jameson, how many of
these would you like?

I'll think about it. Get moving!

Yes, sir.

Spider-Man.

What kind of a name is that?

Where's the money, Monaghan?

Where's the 5,000 big ones?

There must have been somebody else in
the car.

Wrong, Monaghan, wrong.

It was a lone wolf.

What a crazy lone wolf.

Look at him, driving right into a brick
wall.

Can you explain all this to me, please?

I don't know why the other three did the
same thing.

I think you're right, Captain.

Right? Right?

Right what?

They're crazy.

I mean, those were all respectable
people, not some junky hoods. A

professor who steals a payroll?

They don't make crooks like they used
to.

Where's the woman who turned in the
call?

Right over here.

Surprise!

Oh, hello, Captain.

I'm taking pictures.

Oh, is that what it's for?

Would I be unreasonable if I were to say
that you're starting to worry me?

Well, I guess I can see your point of
view.

Can you now?

I mean, I do somehow manage to keep
showing up at these things.

Uh-huh.

Look, Captain, my being here is really
just a complete coincidence. Now, if you

don't mind, I'd really like to take some
more pictures. You see, I'm working for

a newspaper.

Far be it for me to interfere with the
First Amendment.

Be my guest.

Thank you, sir.

I'll be seeing you, Parker.

He looks delirious. Can't you get him
out of here?

Well, he's been behind the wheel. We
can't move him.

But we got a record coming.

Well, he's not going to laugh. Take a
look at him.

Hey, listen, take it easy, will you?

We're doing everything we can.

Can you get a blanket?

Sure.

What happened?

I don't know. I think the steering wheel
broke off.

Captain Barbera?

We can get him out now.

No, no, please, please. Just stay away,
okay? Thank you. I'll watch it.

Judy. What happened at the women's
school?

I don't know. I can't remember.

Excuse me, lady.

Please, I want to go with you.

Okay, we can handle it.

Right. I want a cop stationed at his
dorm. As soon as the doctor says he's

all right, call me. He's the only one
not in a coma. The rest are under a

doctor's care. Take off.

Victor, tell me what happened.

He robbed a payroll, a professor, and I
know it doesn't make any sense. Right?

Right.

He's with the university, isn't he? The
English department.

Yeah, I've seen him on campus.

My name is Peter Parker.

Well, I'll go with you to the hospital
if you want. Wait, it's a mistake.

He didn't do it. He couldn't have. Don't
worry about anything.

I'll straighten it out.

Tyler is conscious, has been taken to
the hospital.

Request further instructions.

I'm afraid you'll have to leave now.

Everything's going to be all right, Dad.

You'll see.

You don't think I did what they say, do
you?

How could you?

Please.

I already did.

Did you see that? Did you see it,
Captain?

That's the Spider-Man, the guy in the
paper.

Hold it.

Who is that character, anyway?

you. You missed everything.

Here's a picture you should have gotten.

Your big hero doing his swan dive with
his kleptomaniac Tyler.

That would have been something.

Lucky for you, none of the other papers
got it either.

All right.

Let's have your pictures of Tyler in the
car crash.

Oh, well, sir, I...

Let's have them.

Well, I'm afraid there aren't any, sir.

No, you can't have your money. And don't
bring me any more pictures.

could possibly lend me $46, I can get it
back to you.

After all you've done for us, that's the
least I can do. Come on.

My father's not responsible for anything
he's said.

He's had some kind of a breakdown.

But he talked to you and he recognized
you. That's what I don't understand.

Now, he seemed all right. But he's not,
though.

Well, look how he doesn't even remember
what happened.

Captain Barbera says he's been
identified by the factory paymaster.

I'm so frightened, Peter. I don't know
what to do.

Oh, I know. The whole thing's crazy. I
just can't believe any of it.

Will you do me a favor?

Sure.

My dad's been going to this special
group.

You know, there's all kinds of them.

Human awareness, human potential.

They have all sorts of names for it. And
somebody puts on a white sheet and calls

himself a guru.

That's not funny.

I'm sorry.

My dad really swears by his.

And the leader of the group is a guy
named Byron.

Have you ever heard of him?

No. But if your father goes to him,
maybe he can help.

I want to go. Will you go with me?

Where? Now.

Please, Peter, I have to talk to Mr.
Byron.

Sure.

I'm nervous.

Well, that's the only kind of people
they allow in here.

Which one is Mr. Byron? I don't know.

If your life doesn't work, then you

have to change it.

Excuse me, would you?

Good afternoon.

We're glad to have you.

I'm Edward Byron. Judy Tyler.

Professor Tyler's daughter?

Oh, yes.

I'm Peter Parker.

I'm so glad you were able to come.

Friends, it's time to begin our meeting.

Shall we step inside?

Where's the money?

What money?

Who told you to rob that payroll?

I don't know.

Well, Professor, you don't have very
many answers.

I'm afraid you know more about this than
I do. Then we're both in trouble.

Who's the big mastermind? Who's the
screwball who put this idea in your

head? I don't know.

We're back to square one.

I don't even know when it was done.

And I was saving the easiest question
till last.

That character in the red and blue Union
suit?

Yes. The one they're calling Spider-Man?

Yes. I suppose you never saw him either.

No. And how come he shows up out of
nowhere and takes you for a walk seven

stories up? I... I know.

You never saw him in your life before.

I don't blame you for being skeptical,
Captain.

I want the answer to this even more than
you do.

It's not very pleasant knowing someone's
been able to make you lose control of

yourself.

To make you do whatever you want.

No, I suppose not.

There's a chance, isn't there?

A chance I'm one of the ten?

You're afraid.

You're scared to death of the real
world, so you...

Live with little pictures in your minds
of what you think life is.

You deserve to be the miserable fools
you are because you'll never be happy by

trying to be happy. Mr. Byron, I don't
understand what you mean.

How else can you be happy unless you
try?

Happiness doesn't sit on a shelf waiting
for you to come pick it off.

You're in love with the idea of
happiness.

But if some real joy comes along, you're
so locked up in yourself, you don't even

recognize it.

Well, I know what would make me happy. A
house in the country for my children.

That's another one of those stupid
dreams.

But until you live now, you'll never get
a chance to know it.

You've lived in your mind so much,
you've probably never lived anywhere

else.

Start our training procedure now.

We'll find ways for you to go into new
states of consciousness.

A chance for you to get some
understanding of your real selves.

I wish our two new friends could stay.

But when you officially join the group,
you'll be more than welcome.

You're going back, aren't you?

Oh, Judy, I couldn't buy any of that
stuff.

Well, I can.

I mean, the way things are going for me
now, I can use some help.

Well, would you settle for a
poverty-stricken grad student?

I might.

I think I'm ready.

Maybe Byron Sessions will help.

I can't wait to start the training.

I don't know about that guy, Byron. I
mean, all he wants to do is put people

down. He's not interested in helping.

I'm sorry, I...

I forgot my allergy pills.

Well, a lot of what he said made sense.

Well, I'm going.

Nobody's forcing you.

Well, I know that. I just meant that I
think he's... Look, Peter, I'm tired. I

want to go home.

Okay. Sure.

I will see you again.

Won't I?

Sure.

A second note has been received by the
mayor in the $50 million extortion plot

set for Friday noon.

The writer again claims responsibility
for the wave of holdups in the past 72

hours and that they will continue as
proof that he exercises complete mind

control over his victims.

The note to the mayor states that the 10
people who are to jump to their deaths

are now being programmed and demands a
statement from City Hall that payment

will be made.

The bomb of their destruction has been
set, he warns. Only you can stop it.

Dr. Fenwick, please. This is Peter
Parker calling.

I'm just fine, sir. How are you?

Doctor, are you working on anything
unusual at the space lab today?

Well, are the computers on the phone
lines or are they transmitting?

I'm picking up a strange signal here.

I don't recognize it, but it must be a
sophisticated piece of equipment.

It acts like something you'd be using
down at the space lab. It's in the

microwave range.

Are you sure nothing's on?

Yes, sir.

Well, it's just that I've never seen
anything like this before, sir.

Yes, sir. I'm sorry to bother you.

Thank you, sir.

You're drowning, going deeper, deeper.

Your life is finally ending, and it
deserves to end. But I will give you one

last chance.

Listen carefully.

Listen to what I say, each of you.

You must do exactly as I ask.

You, Mrs.

Elkins, there is something you must do
for me.

something very important, and you must
not fail.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, Mrs. Elkins. Goodbye. Oh, Mr.
Byron. Yes.

I wanted to ask you something.

I can't seem to remember.

When the time comes, you will.

Goodbye.

Goodbye. Goodbye.

We can't wait any longer.

I've programmed them all for the final
step.

You sure you're not pushing us too fast?

The mayor wants more time.

Naturally.

Sooner or later, they'll find a way to
break Tyler down.

The police will find the connection in
the robberies.

If it's not over by Friday, we'll lose
it all.

Yeah.

He's got a better act than you. Who is
he?

There's a story about him in the papers.

They don't know either.

Well, he must think he's Tyson.

I'm glad you're amused. I'm not.

Think he'll call the police?

What could they find?

Now, this one's an original.

He'll come back by himself.

You know what this lady does?

No.

She's a choir singer.

You hear that, Mona Ann?

Yeah. She sings in church on Sunday.

Only on Thursday, she knocks over a
bank.

I won't ask her why.

But the hospital says she's critical. No
visitors.

Hey, the way our luck's been going, what
else?

Maybe that psychologist will get
something out of Tyler.

Did you read his first report?

No. Come here.

The patient's alpha waves have been
resonated.

Now, what does that mean?

I don't know.

He'll get something out of him, all
right.

But by the time he does, Mr. Mind
Control will be in Shangri-La with his

50 million.

Five respectable people suddenly don't
go wacko for nothing.

Keep talking to their families.

Anybody who knew them. I want to know
everything there is to know.

Something's got to connect.

You got it, Captain.

Oh, what do you want me to do about this
Spider-Man?

Oh, I'm getting reinforcements for him.
Good.

Snow White and Seven Dwarfs. And if
we're lucky, maybe Rumpelstiltskin will

lend us a hand. What am I going to do
about Spider-Man? How do I know? I'm a

cop, not an exterminator.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir. Send that college kid in here.
Right away, Captain.

Hey, Parker.

Captain wants you, huh?

I understand that you're a friend of
Professor Tyler, is that right?

Uh, no, sir. He happens to teach at my
university. I'm a graduate student.

And I also do some part-time work there.

Okay, you do some part-time work.

Any explanation for what the professor
did?

Absolutely none.

I guess you're a big part-timer.

Like part-time you take pictures of
Spider-Man.

That's your name there, right?

Peter Parker?

It's me.

Like we were discussing, you seem to
have a lot to do with this case.

Not only do you know a perpetrator, but
the first time I saw you, you were in a

foot race with one of those robbery
cars. And the next time, you were using

your brownie on the professor and his
wreck.

Could you explain that to me, please?

It's a coincidence.

Funny coincidence, wouldn't you say?

I suppose so.

Well, it gets funnier.

Now it turns out you're the official
photographer for a character who's also

involved in this case. A character I'd
very much like to question.

Who's that?

How would you like a graduate course in
criminal incarceration?

Answer the question or you're enrolled.

Do you mean the person you'd like to
question is Spider-Man? I do.

What do you want to talk to him about?

Maybe I want to ask him where he buys
his webs.

Or maybe he can tell me what he was
doing on that hospital roof.

What's his pipeline?

How do I tune in on it?

All right.

I guess there must be a rational
explanation.

I'd like to hear it.

So do me a favor. The next time you take
his picture...

Tell him I want to see him. Would you do
that for me, please?

Sure.

Thank you.

Captain, if there isn't anything else,
could I please go? There's something

very important I have to do.

And I'm trying to figure out why five
decent people suddenly go in. Do you

think that's important, too?

Yes, sir.

Thank you. Class dismissed.

can reach her?

Well, when she comes home, would you
give her a message for me, please? Would

you tell her that Peter called and I
said she is to stay away from Mr. Byron.

She's not to go near there until I talk
to her.

All right?

Thank you.

I was here the other afternoon.

With Miss Tyler?

Oh, yes. Professor Tyler's daughter.

You read about him, I suppose.

Yes. It seems inconceivable, a man of
his character.

I knew he was troubled, but... I didn't
expect to see you again, Mr.

Parker. You weren't exactly overwhelmed
by our program, as I recall.

To tell you the truth, I was a little
bit, um, confused.

But I've been talking to some of the
other people, and I would very much like

to take the program.

I'm not sure you'd be suitable, Mr.
Parker.

You saw a sample of how rough it can
become.

That doesn't bother me.

You're sure now?

We don't like to waste our time on
someone who's liable to walk out in the

middle of the course.

I'm sure.

All right, then.

This is your membership pin.

It'll admit you to the next meeting.

Now, if you'll excuse me for a moment, I
have some literature I'd like to give

you.

Listen carefully.

This is important.

When you leave here, you will forget
that you came.

You never saw me.

You were never in this room.

Now, the pin I placed on your jacket.

Touch it.

Keep it with you wherever you go.

For on Friday, you will need it.

On Friday at exactly 12 noon, you will
be standing at the tower of the Empire

State Building.

And when you hear this sound, you will
jump

from the tower.

Crime experts agree that the demands of
the extortionists are without parallel.

But will the mayor agree to pay?

It has now been revealed that the $50
million is to be delivered to a seaplane

in the middle of New York Harbor.

The instructions warn that the 10
victims will not be released from their

death sentences until the extortionist
has made good his escape.

Only 24 hours remain to the deadline.

And now for people and places in the
news. The Shah of Iran today announced

plans for building a new petrochemical
complex in Tehran.

That man doesn't know what to do with
all his money.

$200 million.

Oh, is that all?

Aunt May, did somebody call for me
today? A girl, Judy Tyler.

Oh, I don't know, darling. Of course, I
had to go out for a few minutes.

Don't worry. She'll call back.

Be right back.

I'm on my way back to the garage.

Where do you want to go to?

Hey, man, I don't want to mess with you.

Open the door, would you please? I'm not
feeling well.

I'm not feeling so well myself.

Excuse me, I'm in a hurry.

Look, I'm coming home from a masquerade
party. Now, don't get scared.

I don't even have pockets in that suit.

Well, I'll pay you at my house.

Oh, yeah?

Well, I'm not taking no Spider-Man to
that part of town.

With only three hours before the
deadline, no word has been received as

to whether the mayor has approved
payment of the $50 million demanded.

He can't even pay the garbage man. At
this moment, police have been unable to

find any clues as to the identity of the
extortionist. With time fast running

out, pressure is mounting on city
officials to resolve the situation.

Who are the ten people whose minds have
been programmed to cause their own

destruction? Or is the threat simply one
of the great hoaxes of the century?

only time will provide the answer what
time is it?

There's my golden goose, Mr. Mayor.

Just make sure you deliver the eggs.

Oh, Captain Barbera, please.

Captain, this is Peter Parker.

I know how it was done.

He's been using microwave circuits.
Yeah, I can show you. The computer just

broke down his code.

He's had all of his victims wired.

Yeah, that's right. They've been wired.
They received the signal.

That's how he does it.

Well, you stay where you are. I'll be
right down. I'll show you. I think we

can jam his signal.

All right.

Let's go, Parker. I can't wait all day.

Sorry to disappoint you boys, but the
city just ran out of money. Freeze.

Okay, okay. You don't have to get sore.
We quit.

Now, everyone, take it nice and easy. We
don't want anyone getting wet.

Come on, move along.

All right. Well, Mr. Mayor, it's on your
head.

Come on, move along, move along.

Move it.

Hey, hey, come on. We're going.

Okay, fellas.

Enough's enough.

Now, I reversed the microwave, so let's
be buddies, all right?

Byron, you turned into one of your own
zombies.

I think you need a little help.

If you don't mind, let me make a small
suggestion.

Why don't you go to the police station
and tell Captain Barbera all about it?

That's the man you want. Come on, take
him. Hey, don't blame us. It's all his

fault. We were ordered to do it. All
right, take all these monkeys inside.

Come on, let's go.

Come on.

Captain Barbera.

Congratulations, Captain.

Those men would have flown away if you
hadn't called their bluff.

Well, to tell you the truth, I had a
little help. That character in the clown

suit, he worked out pretty good. That
freak. He ought to be locked up, running

around like a one-man army.

I don't know where he came from, but I
sure hope he goes back there. Maybe

you're right.

People shouldn't interfere with the law.
Let the police do that.

Exactly. You men deserve all the credit
for this job.

Well, if that's the way you're going to
put it in your paper, how can I stop

you?

Peter!

I'm so glad I found you. Are you all
right?

Never mind about me. What about you?

Oh, I'm fine.

I'm so sorry I didn't listen to you.

I know you called, but... No, it's okay.
I know. I know.

Hey, Parker, come here.

Never mind the socializing. I want to
talk to you. Well, I'd like to

congratulate you, too, Captain. That was
wonderful police work.

Ah, never mind the cauliflower.

Where were you?

First, I get a call from you that your
friend the computer has solved the case.

So I go and call up the perpetrators.
Only you don't show up to jam the

signal. Now, if it wasn't for our friend
in the red and blue suit, I could have

blown the whole thing. Where were you?

Well, I...

I had sort of a short circuit.

Yeah? Well, next time you're going to
end up in jail for giving false

information.

What are you doing here?

Oh, sir, here. I thought you'd like to
see these. What are they?

It's incredible.

How come you're the only one who's able
to get pictures of him?

Simple.

I believe.