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Spider-Man Commentary: The Valley of Shadows

"S02E09 "The Valley of Shadows""  is another close paraphrase of an IRL-episode of Season Two. The changes:

In Act I, all the fighting was done by Anya Corazon in her Spider-Woman guise, with Spider-Man a helpless ping-pong ball who contributes nothing to his own survival. As I've deleted all the extra spider-people from the alternate continuity, I changed the course and climax of the fight and tried to give the series's title character more dignity while keeping the tone of Act I light. Because of those changes, I did have to invent (or at least suggest) some new business for Act I, to replace the IRL-episode's tedious grrrrl!-power bragging.

Acts II and III are very close to the IRL-episode, except for the final appearance of The Master Planner and the escape of Mysterio.