Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends @ The Cartoon Scrapbook

Prod. Notes:

September 1981 - September 1986, NBC

Marvel Productions, Ltd.

Cast:

Spider-Man/Peter Parker ................................................. Dan Gilvezan

Firestar/Angelica Jones ................................................... Kathy Garver

Iceman/Bobby Drake ........................................................ Frank Welker

Flash Thompson ................................................................... Frank Welker

Ms. Lyon .................................................................................. Frank Welker

Aunt May ..................................................................................... June Foray

J. Jonah Jameson ........................................................ William Woodson

Narrator ........................................................................................... Stan Lee

Magneto ..................................................................................... Michael Rye

Sandman ....................................................................................... Chris Latta

Dr. Octopus .............................................................................. Michael Bell

Professor X .......................................................................... Stanley Jones

Cyclops ............................................................................................. Neil Ross

Thunderbird ................................................................... John Stephenson

Colossus ........................................................................... John Stephenson

Synopsis:

Marvel Comics’ famed webslinger returned to Saturday morning in 1981 with a pair of new companions. In this incarnation, Peter Parker was a college student at Empire State University, boarding with his Aunt May. While at ESU, Peter met fellow students Bobby Drake and Angelica Jones. The group ended up exchanging secret identities - Peter was the wall-crawling Spider-Man, Bobby was frosty mutant Iceman, and Angelica was red-hot fellow mutant Firestar. Bobby and Angelica moved into Aunt May’s as well (along with Angelica's dog, Ms. Lion), and Peter and Bobby converted their room into a secret crimefighting HQ (revealed when anyone shifted the football trophy on the mantle).

Spider-Man and Iceman were old standbys in the Marvel universe, but Firestar was a new creation, added over fears that intended Spider-Friend the Human Torch would encourage impressionable viewers to play with fire. Other holdovers from the comics included Aunt May, jock jerk Flash Thompson, crusty newspaper publisher J. Jonah Jameson, and a bevy of super villains - the diabolically insane Green Goblin, eight-armed Doctor Octopus, metal-faced dictator Doctor Doom, master of illusions Mysterio, tubby crime boss Kingpin, Kraven the Hunter, and others.

Adding two Amazing Friends made for plenty of buddy banter, giving this series a lighter tone than previous and later versions. The trio teased and mocked their way through battles, regardless of the stakes. The fun atmosphere caught on, and the show stayed on NBC’s lineup for five years. In the second season of its run, reruns of Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends were paired with new episodes of The Incredible Hulk to make up the hour long The Incredible Hulk And The Amazing Spider-Man. In the third season the webslinger once again had new episodes to offer, and regained top billing in The Amazing Spider-Man And The Incredible Hulk. In the next season the green goliath was dropped altogether, and Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends went solo for the remainder of its run.

Episodes:

Season 1

The Triumph Of The Green Goblin

The Fantastic Mr. Frump

Sunfire

Spidey Goes Hollywood

The Quest Of The Red Skull

Seven Little Superheroes

Pawns Of The Kingpin

Swarm

Vengeance Of Loki

The Crime Of All Centuries

The Prison Plot

VideoMan

Season 2

The Origin Of The Iceman

A Firestar Is Born

Along Came Spidey

Knights And Demons

Season 3

Mission: Save The Guardstar

Spiderman Unmasked!

Spidey Meets The Girl From Tomorrow

Attack Of The Arachnoid

The X-Men Adventure

The Education Of A Superhero

The Bride of Dracula

The Origin Of The Spider-Friends

Opening Themes:

	Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
	The Amazing Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk (1983, main theme)