Marvel’s Spider-Man review: Sandman

It’s time for another review of the latest episode of Marvel’s Spider-Man.

Peter Parker runs into new baddies while undergoing a radical transformation on the latest episode of Marvel’s Spider-Man. His life as a hero hits close to home and he is reminded of how being Spider-Man can put loved ones in harm’s way. This episode was a good episode, although there were a couple of…slightly unrealistic character choices although they are based on a lot of unexplained off-screen history. I’d give it a 4 out of 5.

Now let’s look at what happened in the show.

The episode starts off with Peter and friends at the pier for the carnival or something. Then, there’s a sandstorm, and we’re essentially on the verge of being introduced to Sandman. Spider-Man shows up to try to control the sandstorm, which we know to be Sandman.

Meanwhile. Peter’s friends decide they want to help Spider-Man. Indeed, they created a contraption that stopped Sandman, literally, in his tracks. Sandman moans “help me” and that gets Spidey’s attention. But then, he’s washed away before Spider-Man can answer that plea.

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We also get an appearance from Hammerhead in this episode. Sandman is watching him in an alley at night. We also notice the back goo creep out of its container and sneak up on Spider-Man, but we don’t know what happens because they go to commercial.

Anyway, Spider-Man has been studying the sand from Sandman to figure out how it works. He took it home with him, but things get out of hand as the Sandman attacks Aunt May and so Spider-Man goes to work.

Sandman gives that sample sand back to Sandman, and this stabilizes Sandman to reveal that he’s a person. Flint Marco. He reveals he’s been looking for his daughter, Keemia, to protect her from the very people who were responsible for turning him into Sandman in the first place. Hammerhead unleashes a large load of sand that buries Flint.

Sandman and Spider-Man team up to go rescue Keemia. But then…and they really blew my mind…but Keemia turns out to have “sandman” powers and attacks her father.

So, we end up with another flashback, back to the same night that we saw in Sandman’s flashback. It turns out Keemia was caught in the same mess as her father. Then she goes to talk about how she’s angry at her father for putting her in danger and stuff and continues her attack.

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Honestly, I wasn’t really buying it. I had a hard time believing she’d so easily essentially harm her father. She says “I can’t be a better person, so I’ll be a better sandperson”. Eh. Okay.

Keemia seems to really be stronger than her father, which I found to be interesting. She claims Hammerhead was basically more of a father to her. I give points to Sandman that he didn’t attack her. So, we don’t know for certain if, trying, he would lose to Keemia.

Anyway, at this point of the episode, things take a wild turn. I mean, wild. Spider-Man gets himself buried by Keemia. Just when it seems like he’s done for, there’s a big explosion…or sand-splosion, and Spider-Man emerges…WITH HIS BLACK SUIT.

He goes on the offensive and makes quick work of the baddies but Keemia escapes.

As the episode begins to end, we see a distinct change is Peter’s personality. He’s become more aggressive in combat and seems to have more of an ego. If you’ve followed the black suit storylines in comics, you already expected this. I’m sure the show will dive into how Peter’s changing.

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So, this is interesting. We have the black suit, which, so far, we haven’t seen the negative effects. We have a villain Sandgirl, who is the daughter of the apparent good guy Sandman. We’ll have to see how the next episode goes. I liked the episode, but I wasn’t convinced of how the daughter seemed so easily turned on her father. She’s just a kid. I don’t know. Like, an adult, perhaps. We’ll see how her story continues. She’s not a bad person, ya know? She’s just hurt and misguided. She still needs to be stopped, but she can use her abilities for good. 4 out of 5 stars for this episode of Marvel’s Spider-Man.