This episode features the reason why J. Jonah Jameson hates Spider-Man and all masked men. Jameson's wife was killed by a masked gunman when Jameson refused to kill a story.
This version of Scorpion's tail is initially equipped with a stinger at the tip and squirts acid. In the comics, the tail didn't initially have those features, they were added by Justin Hammer in "The Amazing Spider-Man" (Vol. 1) #318.
This is the second episode of the series. However, it was the sixth episode to air on FOX.
This episode features the first appearance of The Scorpion/Mac Gargan and Felicia Hardy.
This episode is based on the story featured in "The Amazing Spider-Man" (Vol. 1) #20, "The Coming of the Scorpion" which has the first appearance of The Scorpion.