Spider-Man (1981 TV Series)

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Spider-Man
Genre Superhero
Action
Adventure
Based on Spider-Man 
by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
Developed by Greg Weisman
Victor Cook
Starring Ted Schwartz
Linda Gary
Mona Marshall
William Woodson
Composer(s) Johnny Douglas
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 26 (Episodes)
Production
Executive
producer(s)
David H. DePatie
Lee Gunther
Producer(s) Arthur Vitello
Running time 22 minutes
Production
company(s)
Marvel Productions
Toei Animation
Release
Original network Syndication
Original release
Chronology
Preceded by Spider-Man
Followed by Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
External links

Spider-Man is an American animated TV series based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.

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[edit] Synopsis

[edit] Cast

Note: Neil Ross would reprise his role as Norman Osborn/the Green Goblin for the 1994 Spider-Man cartoon series.

Walter S. Burr was the Voice Director for the series.

[edit] Production

[edit] Background

[edit] Character designs

[edit] In relation to Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

[edit] Episodes

No. Title Original air date
1 "Bubble, Bubble, Oil and Trouble" September 12, 1981
Doctor Octopus commits various mysterious crimes in an effort to upgrade his mechanical arms and steal the world's oil supply.
2 "Dr. Doom, Master of the World" September 19, 1981
Doctor Doom is mind-controlling world leaders so, at the upcoming United Nations meeting, they will declare him the master of the world.
3 "Lizards, Lizards, Everywhere" September 26, 1981
The Lizard is plotting to turn New York City into a swampland, filled with reptiles under his control.
4 "Curiosity Killed the Spider-Man" October 3, 1981
The Black Cat announces that she plans to steal the Maltese Mouse and challenges Spider-Man to try to stop her.
5 "The Sandman Is Coming" October 10, 1981
The Sandman steals a soil sample from Mars from NASA and goes on a crime spree.
6 "When Magneto Speaks... People Listen" October 17, 1981
Magneto uses a spacecraft to increase his powers and shut off the nation's power supply.
7 "The Pied Piper of New York Town" October 24, 1981
Mysterio opens up a new disco nightclub in town that turns its patrons and anyone else that hears the disco music into his slaves, whom he uses to try to steal a nuclear missile.
8 "The Doctor Prescribes Doom" October 31, 1981
Doctor Doom returns to replace the world leaders with robots under his control so they will declare him ruler of the world.
9 "Carnival of Crime" November 7, 1981
The circus has come to town, and the Ringmaster uses a special gas to rob banks, while making people believe that Spider-Man is the thief.
10 "Revenge of the Green Goblin" November 14, 1981
Norman Osborn escapes from a mental institution on Halloween night, but when the train he is riding in crashes and blows up, he remembers that he is the Green Goblin and threatens to reveal to the world who Spider-Man really is, and seeks revenge on Jameson for publishing stories about his chemical plant being unsafe.
11 "Triangle of Evil" November 21, 1981
The Triangle of Evil led by Stuntman forces Spider-Man to survive deadly stunts.
12 "The A-B-C's of D-O-O-M" November 28, 1981
Doctor Doom forms a criminal partnership with Goron to pose as humanitarians to gain control of a space craft.
13 "The Sidewinder Strikes" December 5, 1981
A rodeo show has come to the city, and the Sidewinder tries to steal the gold spurs.
14 "The Hunter and the Hunted" December 12, 1981
After being hired by J. Jonah Jameson to look for a mascot for the Daily Bugle, Kraven the Hunter comes to the city as a hero when he captures Zabu, the last surviving sabre-tooth tiger. Ka-Zar comes to the city to liberate his animal companion.
15 "The Incredible Shrinking Spider-Man" December 19, 1981
A janitor, feeling that his genius is ignored, dons the identity of the Gadgeteer to steal his employer's new device that can shrink anything and uses it to shrink Spider-Man.
16 "The Unfathomable Professor Gizmo" December 26, 1981
Professor Gizmo seeks to reclaim sunken treasure and requires Spider-Man's help to do so.
17 "Cannon of Doom" January 2, 1982
Doctor Doom secretly uses a laser cannon to create a fault line on New York City and then promises to fix the problem, when in fact he plans to use his laser cannon to create more earthquakes.
18 "The Capture of Captain America" January 9, 1981
Captain America is kidnapped by the Red Skull, who plans to swap minds with him and take over the military. Spider-Man tries to save Captain America.
19 "The Doom Report" January 16, 1981
Freedom fighters from Latveria start an underground movement in New York City, while Doctor Doom orders the United Nations to make him ruler of the world or else he will use his weather control device to cause chaos.
20 "The Web of Nephilia" January 23, 1982
A mad scientist named Dr. Bradley Shaw transforms into a mutant spider when trying to gain Spider-Man's powers from his blood sample.
21 "Countdown to Doom" January 30, 1982
NASA sends a rocket into space, built by Doctor Doom, unaware that he has attached a device to it that will move the Earth out of orbit, sending it into a new ice age, in an effort to force the United Nations to declare him to be the master of the world. During his fight against Spider-Man, Doctor Doom is accidentally destroyed by his own laser cannon.
22 "Arsenic and Aunt May" February 6, 1982
Spider-Man catches the relative of the burglar that killed Ben Parker, which leads the Chamelon to discover Spidey's secret identity. He poses as Uncle Ben's spirit and tricks Aunt May into seeing a medium that will give her a necklace that will hypnotize her into trying to kill Spider-Man.
23 "The Vulture Has Landed" February 13, 1982
The Vulture has been kidnapping scientists in an effort to gain control of a NASA space probe. Peter goes to see his friend Harry in his apartment, but he's not home. Vulture mistakes Peter as Harry and kidnaps him.
24 "Wrath of the Sub-Mariner" February 20, 1982
Upon calling a truce with crime lords Silvermane, Hammerhead, and Caesar Cicero, the Kingpin shows them a powerful acid developed by Dr. Everett to unite the crime lords in a plot to pull off crimes. The subsequent chemical waste from the new chemical is illegally dumping into the water, causing sickness to Sub-Mariner's cousin, Namorita. He takes her to the nearest doctor Dr. Donald Blake, then begins to wreak havok on the surface world.
25 "The Return of the Kingpin" February 27, 1982
The Kingpin is able to trick Spider-Man into committing a series of crimes.
26 "Under the Wizard's Spell" March 6, 1982
The Wizard invites Medusa to New York City, where he forces her to steal an electronic device from a military base.

The episodes featuring Doctor Doom had an ongoing storyline about rebels in Latveria trying to topple Doom. Throughout these episodes Doom is able to trick people, especially Jameson, into thinking that he is a kind ruler and international humanitarian.

[edit] Broadcast and home media release

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