Italian Spiderman

Italian Spiderman (David Ashby, credited as Franco Franchetti) faces a stranger in a high-stakes game of blackjack. The stranger raises the stakes and threatens to kill Italian Spiderman if he loses, and Italian Spiderman agrees. The stranger draws a king and an ace, and, believing he has won, prepares to shoot Italian Spiderman. However, Italian Spiderman draws the same cards and immediately attacks the stranger’s henchmen with a shotgun. The stranger is revealed to be the supervillain Captain Maximum, who escapes by transforming into a snake as Italian Spiderman flees the scene on his motorcycle.

Meanwhile, an asteroid from a distant galaxy crashes on Earth, where Professor Bernardi (Carmine Russo) discovers it. Upon researching it, he discovers that it contains a substance that can create duplicates of any living being and decides that Italian Spiderman is the only one who can have it. A crocodile-themed supervillain named Coccodrillo breaks into Italian Spiderman’s home, but Italian Spiderman kills him before traveling to Professor Bernardi’s laboratory to get the asteroid.

Captain Maximum, who is interested in using the asteroid for his plans, attacks in an attempt to steal it. After failing, he transforms the Professor into a snake. Captain Maximum later intercepts Italian Spiderman and steals the asteroid, but gives him the chance to win it back if he can beat him in a surfing contest. After realizing that Italian Spiderman is better at surfing than he is, he tries to win by cheating, but fails when Italian Spiderman summons penguins to help him win. When Italian Spiderman returns home, Captain Maximum’s henchmen attack him and shoot him with a tranquilizer dart.

As Italian Spiderman awakens in Captain Maximum’s lair, Maximum shoots Professor Bernardi. As he dies, Bernardi gives Italian Spiderman a potion made from the asteroid. Italian Spiderman attacks Captain Maximum’s headquarters and, despite having the potion, overpowers his henchmen with guns and his superpowers alone. He later returns home with the Professor’s niece, Jessica Susanna Dekker. When a gigantic Captain Maximum lays siege to the city, Italian Spiderman finally drinks the potion and grows to his size to fight him.

Last Updated: October 09, 2025 at 16:31