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Perhaps the most surprising aspect of Spider-Man is that his primary enemy wasn’t Doctor Octopus or Green Goblin. The show also had character designs that really captured the look and feel of John Romita Sr.’s run on Amazing Spider-Man. Sadly, there’s no sign of Mary Jane Watson or Gwen Stacy in this show - but Black Cat made her animated debut here as well. Jonah Jameson, Aunt May, Robbie Robertson, and even Betty Bryant as Peter’s love interest. The series featured supporting players like J. However, the Spider-Man ‘81 animated series had the benefit of a Web-Crawler whose story and cast was fully fleshed out.

Spider-Man had only been around for five years when his first animated series debuted. This show was also the only series that was largely faithful to the Spidey mythos. Regardless, Amazing Friends functions almost as a semi-sequel to Spider-Man. Ted Schwartz voiced Peter Parker in Spider-Man, while Dan Gilvezan provided Peter’s voice in Amazing Friends. What they didn’t share was Spider-Man himself. To the casual viewer, Spider-Man and Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends have an almost identical visual style - they even shared the same musical score, courtesy of composer Johnny Douglas. Thanks to the recently launched Disney+, Marvel fans have a chance to rediscover this lost chapter in Spidey’s history. But there was actually a syndicated solo Spider-Man animated series that debuted on the same day as Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends in 1981. Throughout most of the ‘80s, Spidey’s cartoon adventures were defined by Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends on NBC. But do you remember the second Spider-Man animated series? Even if fans have never watched that show, they’ve doubtless heard its catchy “does whatever a spider can” theme song.

In fact, Spidey’s cartoon legacy extends back to 1967, with the first Spider-Man animated series. Spider-Man has had more animated series than any other Marvel Super Hero.

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