Series synopsis
Spider-Man is an American kids animation action & adventure television series that premiered on ABC on September 9, 1967. It ended on June 14, 1970. It was created by Stan Lee. It stars Bernard Cowan, Paul Soles, Paul Kligman and Peg Dixon.
The bite of a radioactive spider transforms a teen into a superhero.
Premise
The bite of a radioactive spider transforms a teen into a superhero.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Bernard Cowan as Narrator (voice)
- Paul Soles as Peter Parker / Spider-Man (voice)
- Paul Kligman as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
- Peg Dixon as Mary Jane Watson / May Parker / Betty Brant (voice)
- Alfie Scopp as Artie (voice) (uncredited)
- Billie Mae Richards as Paperboy (voice) (uncredited)
- Corinne Conley
- Larry D. Mann
Supporting cast
- Len Carlson as Green Goblin (voice) (uncredited)
- Chris Wiggins as Police officer / Director / Mysterio (voice) (uncredited)
- Carl Banas as Scorpion (voice) (uncredited)
- Henry Ramer as Doctor Noah Boddy (voice) (uncredited)
Guest cast
- Chris Wiggins as Police officer / Director / Mysterio (voice) (uncredited)
- Carl Banas as Scorpion (voice) (uncredited)
- Henry Ramer as Doctor Noah Boddy (voice) (uncredited)
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 77 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 38 | September 9, 1967 | January 20, 1968 |
| Season 2 | 19 | September 14, 1968 | January 18, 1969 |
| Season 3 | 20 | March 22, 1970 | June 14, 1970 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Power of Dr. Octopus Teenage photographer Peter Parker is sent by the Daily Bugle to investigate a series of mystery lights in a wooded area outside of the city, when a sudden landslide forces him to swerve off the road and land in a tree. |
September 9, 1967 |
| 2 |
Sub-Zero for Spidey On a blistering hot afternoon, Peter is walking to the house of a brilliant scientist, Doctor Smartyr, when suddenly he notices that the sidewalk, and most of the neighborhood, is turning to ice. Hearing desperate cries for help from Smartyr's house, Peter changes into Spider-Man and breaks through a laboratory window to find the frightened scientist being menaced by a towering ice creature. |
September 9, 1967 |
| 3 |
Where Crawls the Lizard Peter flies to Florida to find and photograph the Lizard Man. Spider-Man meets Dr. Curtis Connor's family. He is pulled underwater by the Lizard Man, but escapes. |
September 16, 1967 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Origin of Spiderman Student Peter Parker is labeled a "bookworm" by his peers when he declines their offer of a triple-date in favor of viewing a radiology experiment. |
September 14, 1968 |
| 2 |
King Pinned On his first night at work at the Daily Bugle, Peter overhears talk of a fake medicine racket engineered by a rotund mobster called the Kingpin. |
September 21, 1968 |
| 3 |
Swing City A twisted radiation specialist gains illicit dominion over Manhattan's new and only nuclear power plant and uses a special ray to lift Manhattan into the clouds. |
September 28, 1968 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Winged Thing Spidey discovers the bird-man Vulture robbing a millionaire's penthouse safe and unsuccessfully tries to stop the flying fiend. |
March 22, 1970 |
| 2 |
Conner's Reptiles Spidey swings to Florida again to battle a walking, thinking lizard. This time, the lizard is not a transformed Dr. Conner, but a reptile whose intelligence has been augmented in an experiment by Conner gone awry, and who has kidnaped Conner and holds the ill-fated scientist as captive at a Spanish fort. |
March 22, 1970 |
| 3 |
Trouble With Snow New York City children build a snowman with snow contaminated by trace chemicals from an industrial plant up the Hudson River, and a freak accident involving a broken electrical line hitting the snowman somehow brings the snowman to life. |
March 29, 1970 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ABC |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 9, 1967 |
| Last aired | June 14, 1970 |
| Runtime | 21 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday |