Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends (1981) - Part One

About this episode

The episode explores the 1981 cartoon series Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, discussing its creation, characters, and impact on the Marvel Universe.

This week we explore a cartoon series that introduced an entire generation to Spider-Man and the Marvel Universe in 1981 - Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends! We'll take you behind the scenes on Marvel attempting to copy the success of DC Comics’ Super Friends with Spider-Man, Iceman, and Firestar! We'll dive into NBC’s weird demands and the contractual rights issues that led to the creation of Firestar and her dog Ms. Lion! We’ll also take you behind the page on the era of Spider-Man in the 1980’s, a decade of amazing change that turned Spidey's status quo completely upside down! Then we’ll deep-dive three episodes of Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, pull them all apart scene by scene, and jam-pack you with Marvel history and trivia on The Green Goblin, Shanna The She-Devil, Swarm, Namor, Firestar, Iceman, and tons more! Episodes include; Episode 1 - Triumph Of The Green GoblinEpisode 5 - Swarm!Episode 6: Seven Little Superheroes For awesome bonus episodes visit https://www.patreon.com/marvelversusmarvel…

Topics covered

• Spider-Man
• 1980s cartoons
• Marvel history
• character analysis
• behind the scenes
• trivia

Keywords

• Spider-Man
• Iceman
• Firestar
• Green Goblin
• Marvel history
• 1980s
• cartoon series

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NBC

Books & works: Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends

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