Series synopsis
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an American action & adventure animation sci-fi & fantasy kids television series that premiered on NBC on September 12, 1981. It ended on November 5, 1983. It was created by Stan Lee. It stars Dan Gilvezan, Kathy Garver and Frank Welker.
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an American animated television series produced by Marvel Productions starring established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman and an original character, Firestar. As a trio called the Spider-Friends, they fought against various villains.
Premise
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an American animated television series produced by Marvel Productions starring established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman and an original character, Firestar. As a trio called the Spider-Friends, they fought against various villains.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Dan Gilvezan as Spider-Man / Peter Parker (voice)
- Kathy Garver as Firestar / Angelica Jones (voice)
- Frank Welker as Iceman / Bobby Drake (voice)
Guest cast
- Michael Ansara as Hiawatha Smith (voice)
- Dick Tufeld as Opening announcer (voice)
- Jerry Dexter as (voice)
- Allan Melvin as (voice)
- June Foray as Aunt May Parker (voice)
- George DiCenzo as Captain America / Steve Rogers (voice)
- Janet Waldo as (voice)
- John Stephenson as (voice)
- William Woodson as (voice)
- Peter Cullen as Hulk / Mysterio (voice)
- Robert Ridgely as Kraven the Hunter (voice)
- Johnny Haymer as Skelton (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 24 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | September 12, 1981 | December 5, 1981 |
| Season 2 | 3 | September 18, 1982 | October 2, 1982 |
| Season 3 | 8 | September 17, 1983 | November 5, 1983 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Triumph of the Green Goblin Norman Osborne's plane crashes, causing him to change once again into the Green Goblin. He decides his new evil plan will be to pollute the resevoir with the same formula used to create him, thereby making an entire city of goblins. |
September 12, 1981 |
| 2 |
The Crime of All Centuries Kraven the Hunter captures Firestar and attempts to unleash a Dinosaur Army. |
September 19, 1981 |
| 3 |
The Fantastic Mr. Frump! Dr. Doom unwittingly enables an old man with powers which he uses to his bidding. |
September 26, 1981 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Origin of the Iceman This episode tells us the origin of Iceman from his first use of his powers to the time he was with the X-Men after somehow losing his powers before telling the Spider-Friends his origin. |
September 18, 1982 |
| 2 |
A Fire-Star is Born The X-Men have a reunion, which Ice Man and Firestar attend. |
September 25, 1982 |
| 3 |
Along Came Spidey When Aunt May is injured during a confrontation between the Spider friends and the Shocker, Peter confides his origin to his friends. |
October 2, 1982 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Spider-Man Unmasked! While The Spider-Friends are vacationing, The Sandman shows up and discovers Spider-Man's true identity, but the Spider-Friends try to convince him that he's wrong. |
September 17, 1983 |
| 2 |
The Bride of Dracula! While at a dance, Angelica is lured outside by a stranger and hypnotized. The stranger takes her aboard his plane and they go to Transylvania, but not without Iceman and Spider-Man right behind them. The stranger is revealed to be Dracula. They get Angelica free, but still have to fight against Frankenstein and a werewolf. |
September 24, 1983 |
| 3 |
The Education of a Superhero The Gamesman has developed a machine that will hypnotize young people through video arcade machines. Through a glitch, caused by Gamesman's machine, in the arcade machine a young, nerdy teenager named Francis Byte was playing, Franis developed the ability to turn himself into a self proclaimed hero called Video Man. Unfortunately he doesn't know how to be a superhero. While battling Thee Gamesman, the Spider-Friends help Video Man out. But in the end, the best help is found at the mansion of Professor Charles Xavier. |
October 1, 1983 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NBC |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 12, 1981 |
| Last aired | November 5, 1983 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 08:30:00 |