They continued to ride through the arid desert area.In another location in the "Forbidden Zone," a second US spacecraft had crash-landed, and one of its two surviving astronauts, John Brent (James Franciscus) emerged from an escape hatch in the wreckage to help his seriously-injured, blinded ""Skipper"" Maddox (Tod Andrews) lying on the ground.Another female caller, from Haddonfield Junior College, spoke about a planned Halloween rally (and the radio broadcast) on the campus to revitalize the town after six years of banned celebrations.However, the Writer""s Guild of America (WGA) nominated the film""s screenplay (by Robert L.Richards and Borden Chase) as the Best Written American Western.[Note: Borden Chase had recently co-written the screenplay for Howard Hawks"" classic westernRed River (1948).Two of he security lieutenants joining them, including Hendorff/Cupcake (Jason Matthew Smith), were told to remove their Starfleet red shirts and disguise themselves as K""normian arms dealers." Max thought o himself: "He lied to me.He shot at me," and told Spider-Man: "You set me up.You lied to me!" In retaliation, Max sent a surge of energy toward Spider-Man and other fleeing onlookers o electrocute them, but Spidey was able to protect them with his last remaining wrist web-shooter.