Spider-Man Strikes Back story
Spider-Man must stop the evil Mr. White from detonating an atomic bomb in Los Angeles. The film was preceded by Spider-Man (1977) and followed by Spider- Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1981).
13 total · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| greed for riches | major | The evil Mr. White plotted to get his hands on the atom bomb the students had built and sell it to the highest bidder. |
| nuclear power safety | major | Three students tried to build an atom bomb from plutonium that was supposed to be used for power generation in an effort to demonstrate the dangers of nuclear power. |
| nuclear proliferation | major | Three students tried to build an atom bomb from plutonium that was supposed to be used for power generation in an effort to demonstrate the dangers of nuclear power. |
| nuclear weapons | major | Three students attempted to build an atom bomb in an effort to illustrate the dangers of nuclear power. |
| terrorism | major | The evil Mr. White threatened to explode an atomic bomb in an unspecified metropolitan area where it would do a lot of damage unless the U.S. government paid him 1 billion dollars by a specified deadline. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | major | Freelance reporter Peter Parker gained a variety of super powers of being bitten by a radioactive spider. But this story centered around three students who were building an atom bomb in an effort to illustrate the dangers of nuclear power. There was all sorts of talk about the dangers of atomic bomb radioactive fallout. In addition, one of the students got radiation poisoning from working with the plutonium. |
| ability to see through solid objects | minor | Peter was able to see through walls with his X-ray vision. |
| coping with radiation sickness | minor | Carla Wilson was treated in the hospital for acute radiation poisoning. |
| journalism | minor | We saw a parody of life working at a tabloid newspaper office. |
| nuclear fission power | minor | A professor explained how the process of nuclear fission could be used to generate electricity. |