
In the comics, Smythe was soured by the defeat of his robot and slipped into a manic obsession of perfecting his robots and not merely capturing, but actually destroying, Spider-Man. Jonah Jameson” (original airdate: September 30, 1967) of the late 1960s Spider-Man cartoon, with actor Henry Ramer voicing a renamed Henry Smythe. This comic-book story was adapted to animation as “Captured by J. Fortunately, Spidey depowers the Spider-Slayer before Jameson and Smythe arrive on the scene to apprehend him. Soon, the robot-bearing Jameson's sneering visage in its video monitor “face,” as Jameson helms its controls-pursues Spidey through New York, relentlessly tracking him and nearly overpowering him in a prison of superstrong steel cables.

into humoring the professor … and soon regrets his joke, as the robot's sophisticated sensors nearly expose his secret identity. Jonah Jameson's media tirade against Spidey by constructing a robot “guaranteed to defeat Spider-Man!” Jameson initially dismisses Smythe as a “crackpot,” but Bugle photographer Peter Parker-secretly Spider-Man-sophomorically goads J.J.J.

1 #25 (1965), written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Steve Ditko, introduces Professor Spencer Smythe, a humble inventor who has subscribed to Daily Bugle publisher J. Over the years, Spider-Man has been pursued by a succession of perpetually upgraded robots specifically engineered to counter his arachnid powers and annihilate him, each machine bearing the name “Spider-Slayer.” The Amazing Spider-Man vol.
