You all will recall my first article that I submitted a few weeks ago, where I went through the shows that made up my block and my reasoning for their inclusion. I decided that to go with it will be this continuing thread, where I'll recap and review the final episodes of each show, when I come to them. You can then add your two cents in on the shows or the episode in particular. I hope many of you chime in! Throughout the week, I will feature recaps and reviews of the final episodes of four shows I have finished so far: Spider-Woman (1979), The Incredible Hulk (1982-83), Mad Jack the Pirate (1998-99), and NASCAR Racers (1999-2001).

Today I give you a brief recap and review of the final episode of the 1979 "Spider-Woman" animated series (which was also the final TV series made by DePatie-Frekeng Enterprises before it became Marvel Productions). Entitled "A Deadly Dream", the episode (broadcast on January 3rd, 1980) sees our heroine square off with Nimara, an alien conqueror with sleep-inducing powers who looks like, as the Marvel Wiki puts it, "a female version of Star Wars' Darth Vader crossed with a Cylon Centurion from the original Battlestar Galactica", who reawakens after her crashed ship is unearthed from its icy prison by an Arctic-based U.S. Army station.
As far as series finales go, I'm glad they left it open-ended, as it probably gave kids an incentive to imagine what other adventures our lady webslinger would get involved in. Nimara, as a character, is what I think to be the show's second or third attempt to ape off the popularity of Star Wars or Galactica by way of her design (the first being the show's take on Graviton), but as far as personality, her fear of the cold probably is the only other defining trait separating her from the other would-be conquerors and masterminds in prior episodes (and similar cartoons of the time). Jeff and Billy continue to prove the existence of the nascent 'dude in distress' trope, especially evident when they fall victim to Nimara's power, and like the previous episodes, Spider-Woman once again sports a one-time new power to conveniently help her take down her foe. Still, at least the series got to go out with a bang--or, in Jessica Drew's case, a few well-deserved zzz's.

Later today will come my brief review and recap of the final episode of the 1982 Incredible Hulk cartoon series, but for now, I want to announce the lineup for my second custom-made Saturday morning block, once my first one runs its course. The following six shows, all of which I have either never seen before or never saw all the way, consist of:
1. Bionic Six (1987)
2. Double Dragon (1993-94)
3. Space Strikers (1995-96)
4. G.I. Joe Extreme (1995-97)
5. Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996)
6. Zoids: New Century Zero (2001)
Of all the shows, Zoids is the one I have seen the most episodes of in their original broadcast on Cartoon Network's Toonami block. And of the six shows, I pinpointed a few things of note:
A) Double Dragon and MK are both video game-based shows that somewhat deviate from the source material.
B) Zoids is the only anime program on the block, as opposed to my first one, which had three.
C) Double Dragon, G.I. Joe Extreme, and Zoids all share a common pool of voice talent, as most of those actors are affiliated with the Vancouver-based Ocean Group.
Let me know what you think of my lineup.

I like it but........

This thread was getting redundant anyway. Never mind.

I missed the fun days of satursays