Best superhero show?

My god, this episode was amazing. Most cartoon series have trouble juggling just one or two main elements in their allotted time frame. Spec. Spidey, in its high episodes like this one, manage to throw in everything, and the kitchen sink, and make it all feel effortless. Comedy? Check. Plot development? Check. Character development? Check. Action? Wall-to-wall. This series has been consistently great with its action set-pieces, but I think the oil tanker battle with Sandman really took the cake here. Sandman was a force in this episode in general, such a varied and visually stunning use of his powers (the sandcastle was crowning moment of heartwarming right there), but the real kicker is that they managed to inject Marko with a sense of sympathy and pathos that even had you rooting for the guy at times, and the ep. pulled the whole thing off without a hitch. Watching him save Spidey from the blaze without a second thought (especially after trading deathblows with him not 10 seconds earlier), and the whole self-sacrifice moment (even if he faked it) was stunning.

It started to show in the last Sinister Six episode, but it's kinda neat that as Marko becomes more familiar with his powers, and even moreso, more used to Spidey's constant quipping, he's starting to learn how to fight back on both angles. He's quicker to respond in his shapeshifting, but more surprisingly, he's quicker to think. This exchange was quite telling:

Spidey: With your powers, you could do some real good.
Sandman: *shoulders slump, and looks down, introspectively* What, you really think so? That I could be... a hero?
Spidey: *taken aback* Uh, yeah. Y'know, with great power comes great...
Sandman: Gullibility! *blasts Spidey away and ultimately escapes with the prize*

On the flipside, his whole dumbfounded "You got some sorta... Spider Sense!?" line prior was hilarious.

And then there was the whole Brock angle. Wow, what a creep. His whole taste of power really tossed him off the deep end, didn't it?

And despite all of that stuff going on, they still have time to slot in Pete's social developments, Harry's return, Flash's birthday (Flash's nickname reveal had me LOL), and those hilarious video segments.

This show is amazing. Please, let it never end. Give it a bajillion Emmys, start banging on Sony's/Disney's head offices, whatever. Just, for the love of god, don't let it get cancelled like so many other great shows