Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion/Legendary Universes, Part 1: Message from the Unknown

Legendary Universes, Part 1: Message from the Unknown is the 21st episode of Marvel's Spider-Man: Webbed Champion.

Featured Characters

 * Champions
 * Spider-Man / Peter Parker
 * Tigra / Mary Jane Watson
 * Ghost-Spider / Gwen Stacy
 * Ms. Marvel / Kamala Khan
 * Nova / Sam Alexander
 * Inferno / Dante Pertuz
 * American Knight / Kevin Walker
 * The Lion King / Marcus Thompson
 * Speed / Jack Thompson
 * Ant-Girl / Cassie Lang
 * Spider-Girl / Anya Corazon
 * Firestar / Liz Allan
 * Wave / Michelle Jones
 * Stormranger / Teresa Parker
 * Kid Arachnid / Miles Morales
 * Lin Lie the Sword Master
 * Brawn / Amadeus Cho
 * Mantis
 * AC-5 / Ace
 * Jarvis
 * Arsenal / Chris Cooper

Supporting Characters

 * Alpha Owl / Carlie Cooper
 * S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Nick Fury
 * Yuri Watanabe
 * Henry "Hank" Pym
 * Daily Bugle
 * Robbie Robertson
 * Betty Brant

Neutral

 * Captain Ultra / John Jameson (first appearance as Captain Ultra)

Antagonists

 * Regent / Augustus Roman (first appearance)
 * Alchemax
 * Tiberius Stone (first appearance)
 * Spider-Slayer / Alistair Smythe
 * Slyde / Jalome Beecher (first appearance)
 * J. Jonah Jameson (mentioned only; dies off-panel)
 * Spencer Smythe (mentioned only; dies off-panel)

Other Characters

 * Richard Parker (mentioned only)
 * Mary Parker (mentioned only)
 * Shang-Chi (cameo)

Plot
Peter Parker is walking around with Carlie Cooper overseeing the good work done by the Champions in the Triskelion, which is now (as Kamala Khan described) equal to other superhero headquarters like the Avengers Tower. Still, the only room which was not seen is the one lab which Peter did not access yet: a large room with a teleportation device, which was the material his parents used to collect their scientific projects. Just as they consider checking it out more, Peter is alerted of a reckless fight taking place in Horizon High and, suiting up as Spider-Man, swings for action. There, Spider-Man encounters former Osborn Academy student John Jameson, who is sporting a power suit of Alchemax nanotechnology and operating as superhero wannabe "Captain Ultra", fighting slick speedster Slyde, who deliberately threatens innocent citizens with chemical explosives aimed towards them.

Spider-Man is joined in by Tigra, Kid Arachnid and Lin Lie the Sword Master as they stop the explosives and defeat Slyde, who retreats, but not before Spider-Man overhears Slyde's contact with his mysterious boss. In the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, as Jameson is scolded at for his recklessness by Nick Fury, Spider-Man passes the recorded conversation between Slyde and his boss to Yuri Watanabe, who recognizes the voice of Slyde's employer as her former mentor Augustus Roman, the former warden of the Cellar who was suspended from the Police Department when S.H.I.E.L.D. exposed him for illegally experimenting on the inmates. Through Slyde's communicators, they discover that Roman has created a power suit which can replicate the powers of the inmates. Spider-Man sets out to apprehend Roman, and reluctantly teaming up with Captain Ultra (despite his ego and ambitions to use superhero fame to liberate his father from prison ) to do so. Spider-Man and Captain Ultra track down and confront Roman, who now dubs himself the Regent and fights the pair. Meanwhile, Tigra, Kid Arachnid and Lin Lie track Slyde down and discreetly follow him in the city's sewers. The chase leads them to an underground laboratory beneath Alchemax, where they find out that Alistair Smythe is also working there close to CEO Tiberius Stone. As they sneak further, Tigra, Kid Arachnid and Lin Lie overhear the two discussing about the weapons Roman ordered them to build and Slyde coming by with another message from Roman, revealing that Roman's Regent suit and Slyde's armor are also made of Alchemax technology.

Just as the three leave, Tigra, Kid Arachnid and Lin Lie infiltrate the lab to gather more evidences of their crimes and report back to S.H.I.E.L.D.. They also discover that Stone and Slyde had also captured homeless citizens for experimentation and free them, sending them to the F.E.A.S.T. shelters. Meanwhile, the Regent proves himself a powerful adversary, who overwhelms Spider-Man and Captain Ultra; the latter has his powers duplicated by Regent, who uses them to cause a fire escape to collapse, forcing Spider-Man to save the people from getting crushed, while Regent escapes. Spider-Man and Captain Ultra catch each other in a heated argument over situation; Captain Ultra berates at Spider-Man for "not being that S.H.I.E.L.D. champion Fury promised", while Spider-Man scolds at him for his reckless ego having put innocent people in danger. Their argument is called off by Fury and Watanabe, who have them focus on the mission. Just then, Spider-Man (having scanned the Regent's armor with his mask's optics) contacts Carlie and Brawn and uploads the data he collected on their computers, confirming theirs and Tigra's suspicions that Alchemax's employees are also involved with Regent's plans. Just then, Betty Brant and Robbie Robertson broadcast to New York and report about Regent attacking and destroying the New York Penitentiary, killing several inmates (including Spencer Smythe and Jameson) in the progress.

Spider-Man and Captain Ultra rush there to fight Regent again, but not before Spider-Man is advised by Hank Pym to remove the core of Regent's armor before sending him to the Negative Zone, which Captain Ultra intends to do "without thinking twice". Regent again overpowers Captain Ultra, leaving Spider-Man to fight him alone as he overhears Regent claiming he seeks the dimensions Richard and Mary Parker explored to collect the discarded Oscorp protocols to become unstoppable. Analyzing the weaknesses of Regent's armor, Spider-Man overpowers him and damages his core, but before he can remove it from Regent's armor, Captain Ultra recovers and (against Spider-Man and Watanabe's advice) uses the Quantum Gun to send Regent to the Negative Zone before leaving. Tigra, Kid Arachnid and Lin Lie manage to gather the evidences while waiting for the right opportunity to expose Stone. Meanwhile, Stone and Smythe contact Regent and inform him of their failure, but Regent comments it was all part of the plan; he may take long to return from the Negative Zone, but when he returns, he will return prepared. Overhearing of this through a tracer he implanted on Regent's armor, Peter begins thinking of ways to prepare himself and his teammates for the great threat Regent will unleash. He opts on seeking the missing Oscorp relics in the dimensions his parents explored and destroy them before Regent returns, and Carlie (who had been reviewing the dimensional portal while Peter was out) offers to help by suggesting the team members who should follow him in each universe. As they discuss the teams, Peter, Carlie and the rest of the team are amazed to take a brief spot on the logos of the hero factions residing on the new universes.

"'THE LEGENDARY JOURNEY BEGINS... IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY....'"

Voice Cast

 * Robbie Daymond as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
 * Ashley Johnson as Tigra / Mary Jane Watson
 * Katie Leigh as Speed / Jack Thompson
 * Jessica DiCicco as Ant-Girl / Cassie Lang
 * Tara Strong as Alpha-Owl / Carlie Cooper
 * Laura Bailey as Ghost-Spider / Gwen Stacy
 * Kathreen Khavari as Ms. Marvel / Kamala Khan
 * Jack DeSena as Nova / Sam Alexander
 * Sam Riegel as Inferno / Dante Pertuz
 * Cameron Bowen as American Knight / Kevin Walker
 * Jason Marsden as The Lion King / Marcus Thompson
 * Melanie Minichino as Spider-Girl / Anya Corazon
 * Natalie Lander as Firestar / Liz Allan
 * Alanna Ubach as Wave / Michelle Jones
 * Mae Whitman as Stormranger / Teresa Parker
 * Nadji Jeter as Kid Arachnid / Miles Morales
 * Matthew Yang King as Lin Lie the Sword Master
 * Eric Bauza as Brawn / Amadeus Cho
 * Hynden Walch as Mantis
 * Patton Oswalt as Jarvis
 * Christopher Daniel Barnes as Arsenal / Chris Cooper
 * Jim Meskimen as Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym
 * Ernie Hudson as Robbie Robertson
 * Grey DeLisle as Betty Brant
 * Sumalee Montano as Yuri Watanabe
 * Phil LaMarr as Nick Fury, Slyde / Jalome Beecher
 * Daran Norris as the Regent / Augustus Roman
 * Robin Atkin Downes as Tiberius Stone, Additional voices
 * Jason Spisak as Alistair Smythe
 * Benjamin Diskin as Captain Ultra / John Jameson, Additional voices

Trivia

 * In the end of the episode, Peter comments that a 'wise old man once said: "Legend tells us one thing... history, another. But, every now and then, we find something that belongs to both."', a reference to Nick Fury's lines in the 2011 Thor film.