"Spider-Man" (1967) TV series 1967-1970

Creators:

Steve Ditko
Stan Lee
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

9 September 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

A teenage boy with the powers of a spider fights crime as the Webslinging Wonder.

Plot Keywords:

Spider-Man | Spider | Hero | Web | Villain

Cast

Paul Soles	...	Spider-Man / ... (52 episodes, 1967-1970)
Peg Dixon	...	Betty Brant / ... (52 episodes, 1967-1970)
Paul Kligman	...	J. Jonah Jameson / ... (51 episodes, 1967-1970)
Bernard Cowan	...	Police officer / ... (49 episodes, 1967-1970)
Tom Harvey	...	Police officer / ... (24 episodes, 1967-1970)

Series Directed by
Ralph Bakshi		(25 episodes, 1968-1970)
Grant Simmons		(15 episodes, 1967-1970)
Clyde Geronimi		(10 episodes, 1967)
Sid Marcus		(10 episodes, 1967)
Ray Patterson		(10 episodes, 1967)
Cosmo Anzilotti		(8 episodes, 1969-1970)
Gray Morrow		(5 episodes, 1970)

Series Writing credits
Lin Carter		(52 episodes, 1967-1970)
Steve Ditko		(52 episodes, 1967-1970)
Jack Kirby		(52 episodes, 1967-1970)
Stan Lee		(52 episodes, 1967-1970)
Larry Lieber		(52 episodes, 1967-1970)
Johnny Romita		(52 episodes, 1967-1970)
Fred Halliday		(35 episodes, 1968-1970)
Ira Turek		(32 episodes, 1968-1970)
Ralph Bakshi		(30 episodes, 1968-1970)
June Patterson		(21 episodes, 1967-1968)
Phil Babet		(20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Al Bertino		(20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Dick Cassarino		(20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Bill Danch		(20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Dick Robbins		(20 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Produced by
Steve Krantz	....	producer (35 episodes, 1967-1970)
Ralph Bakshi	....	executive producer (25 episodes, 1968-1970)
Robert L. Lawrence	....	executive producer (10 episodes, 1967)
Ray Patterson	....	producer (10 episodes, 1967)

Series Original Music by
Ray Ellis		(35 episodes, 1967-1970)
Syd Dale		(7 episodes, 1968-1970)
David Lindup		(6 episodes, 1968-1970)
Phil Coulter		(4 episodes, 1968-1970)
Bill Martin		(4 episodes, 1968-1970)
John Hawksworth		(3 episodes, 1968-1970)
Alan Hawkshaw		(3 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Film Editing by
George Copeland		(35 episodes, 1968-1970)
Howard Kaiser		(35 episodes, 1968-1970)
Hank Gotzenberg		(15 episodes, 1967-1968)
Bryce Corso		(13 episodes, 1967-1968)
Richard Calamari		(13 episodes, 1970)

Series Art Direction by
Gray Morrow		(32 episodes, 1968-1970)

Series Production Management
Jerry Schultz	....	unit production manager (25 episodes, 1968-1970)
Sylvia M. White	....	production supervisor (19 episodes, 1968-1969)
Gene Meyers	....	unit production manager (15 episodes, 1967-1968)
Robert 'Tiger' West	....	production supervisor (10 episodes, 1967)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cosmo Anzilotti	....	assistant director (16 episodes, 1968-1970)

Series Art Department
Johnny Romita	....	art consultant (30 episodes, 1967-1970)
Stan Lee	....	art consultant (27 episodes, 1967-1970)

Series Sound Department
Hank Gotzenberg	....	sound editor / sound effects editor (52 episodes, 1967-1970)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Larry Hogan	....	camera operator (52 episodes, 1967-1970)
Jerry Smith	....	camera operator (52 episodes, 1967-1970)

Series Animation Department
Richard H. Thomas	....	background artist (52 episodes, 1967-1970)
Barbara Donatelli	....	animation checker / color checker (35 episodes, 1968-1970)
John Vita	....	background artist (35 episodes, 1968-1970)
Robert Bentley	....	animator (34 episodes, 1967-1970)
Ralph Somerville	....	animator (34 episodes, 1967-1970)
Reuben Timmins	....	animator (34 episodes, 1967-1970)
Kay Wright	....	animator (34 episodes, 1967-1970)
Clifford Augustson	....	animator (32 episodes, 1968-1970)
Doug Crane	....	animator (32 episodes, 1968-1970)
Frank Endres	....	animator (32 episodes, 1968-1970)
John Gentilella	....	animator (32 episodes, 1968-1970)
Earl James	....	animator (32 episodes, 1968-1970)
Gray Morrow	....	layout artist (32 episodes, 1968-1970)
Nick Tafuri	....	animator (32 episodes, 1968-1970)
Martin Taras	....	animator (32 episodes, 1968-1970)
Terry Tarricone	....	animator (32 episodes, 1968-1970)
Ray Aragon	....	layout artist (30 episodes, 1967-1970)
John Ewing	....	layout artist (30 episodes, 1967-1970)
Joe Asturino	....	layout artist (29 episodes, 1967-1970)
Nino Carbe	....	layout artist (29 episodes, 1967-1970)
C.L. Hartman	....	layout artist (25 episodes, 1967-1970)
Curt Perkins	....	background artist (25 episodes, 1967-1968)
Dave Hoffman	....	animation checker (24 episodes, 1967-1970)
Joel Seibel	....	layout artist (24 episodes, 1967-1970)
Jim Mueller	....	layout artist (23 episodes, 1967-1970)
Hal Ambro	....	animator (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Dan Bessie	....	animator (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
William Butler	....	background artist (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
George Cannata	....	animator (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Herman Cohen	....	animator (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
John W. Dunn	....	animator (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Izzy Ellis	....	animator (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Rollie Greenwood	....	animation checker (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Herb Hazelton	....	layout artist (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Bill House	....	animator (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Mike Kawaguchi	....	background artist (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Tom McDonald	....	animator (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Sparky Moore	....	layout artist (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Chic Otterstrom	....	animator (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Don Schloat	....	animator (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Harvey Toombs	....	animator (20 episodes, 1967-1968)
Dick Hall	....	animator (13 episodes, 1970)
Robert Owen	....	background artist (13 episodes, 1970)
Rena Smith	....	animation checker (13 episodes, 1970)
Robert Taylor	....	animator (13 episodes, 1970)
Richard Hall	....	animator (12 episodes, 1970)

Series Music Department
Bob Harris	....	composer: theme music (35 episodes, 1967-1970)
Paul Francis Webster	....	lyrics (35 episodes, 1967-1970)
Ray Ellis	....	musical director (25 episodes, 1968-1970)
Hank Gotzenberg	....	music editor (2 episodes, 1968-1970)

Series Other crew
Bernard Cowan	....	dialogue supervisor / script supervisor (52 episodes, 1967-1970)
Ralph Bakshi	....	script supervisor / story supervisor (32 episodes, 1968-1970)
June Patterson	....	script supervisor (23 episodes, 1967-1968)
Stan Lee	....	story consultant (21 episodes, 1967-1968)
Johnny Romita	....	story consultant (21 episodes, 1967-1968)

Production Companies

• Krantz Films
• Marvel Enterprises

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1967-1970) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• ABC Family (2003) (USA) (TV) (enhanced version)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Television (2002) (worldwide) (TV)
• Clear Vision (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 1 and 2)
• Clear Vision (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 3)

Also Known As:

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:6 (2009/2010) (DVD) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | USA:TV-Y7 | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Krantz Films

Trivia:

The Human Fly Twins ("The Spider and the Fly" and "Trick or Treachery") are named "Stan" and "Lee".

Goofs:

Continuity: In "The Origin of Spider-Man," one of the bikers calls Peter a "four-eyed fouler" even though he does not wear glasses throughout the entire series.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Spider-Man:Wallopin' websnappers!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Story of Mr. Sorry (2009)

Soundtrack:

Spider-Man

Fun, with catchy title song

Although the animation was terrible by today's standards, this series had a style that was very much in keeping with the 60's Spider-man comic books. There were a standard set of shots with Spidey swinging along buildings, or coming right at the screen, which they used over and over and over again.

Some of the episodes were taken right from the comic books(such as the one where Jameson sends a robot with his face on it after Spider-man--it even used lines directly from the comic). Others were rip offs of shows from Rocket Robin Hood(in particular the "Dimentia Fiiive!!!" one). These were the worst ones because they tended to meander and frequently had these psychedelic background skies that were really depressing to stare at.

It was a good show for laughs--intentional and otherwise. Whenever I read a Spider-man comic--I think of J. Jonah Jameson, Peter Parker, and Spider-man with the voices they have in this series.

Note: the music was actually pretty good--very fast moving--and of course the title song with its memorable lyrics: "Spider-man, Spider-man, does whatever a spider can, can he swing from a web? Take a look overhead, hey there, there goes the Spider-man!"

Once you hear that song--you'll never get it out of your head.