"Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" (1981) TV series 1981-1986

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Creators:

Steve Ditko
Jack Kirby

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

Spider-Man battles crime in New York City with the help of Iceman and Firestar.

Plot Keywords:

Marvel Comics | X Men | Teenage Superhero | High School | Acceptance

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Dan Gilvezan	...	Spider-Man / ... (24 episodes, 1981-1983)
Kathy Garver	...	Angelica Jones / ... (24 episodes, 1981-1983)
Frank Welker	...	Iceman / ... (24 episodes, 1981-1983)
Stan Lee	...	Narrator (15 episodes, 1981-1983)
Dick Tufeld	...	Opening announcer (13 episodes, 1981)
June Foray	...	Aunt May Parker (8 episodes, 1981)

Runtime:

22 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7

Company:

Marvel Productions

Trivia:

Firestar was created exclusively for the show, however her looks were based on Mary Jane Watson from the Spider-Man comics.

Quotes:

[Peter, Bobby and Angelica are hurrying home]
Angelica Jones: I know. Let's have a race.
[the three of them stop running]
Angelica Jones: I'll even give you a head start.
[in a brilliant flash of yellow light Angelica changes into Firestar. Bobby freezes himself in a human-size ice block and becomes Iceman. Iceman turns to Peter, who is only half-changed into his Spider-Man costume, not even wearing his mask]
Peter Parker: [pulling his shoes off] Excuse me, but I've got to do it the *hard* way.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Spider-Man Story (2002) (TV)

Spider-friends, Go for it!

I loved this show as a kid, Spider-man, Iceman and Firestar all teaming up against the evil villains of new york city such as the Green Goblin, Kraven The Hunter and The Scorpion and many more.

I have a few of the episodes still on tape and I still love the show, even though the animation is seriously dated, the voice acting is superb for an 80's cartoon.

Frank Welker is easily recognisable as Bobby "Iceman" Drake in his Freddie "Scooby Doo" Jones voice as is Dan Gilvezan as Peter Parker/Spiderman voice as it's exactly the same voice he used for Bumblebee in Transformers.

I didn't recognize Linda Gary as Firestar though, guess that's what made her such a good voice actor.

But it was a classic show, alright it might not have the on-going storylines and spidey facing moral dilemmas as the 90's and MTV Spiderman shows have, but it was the 80's every kid back then who was a spider-fan loved these shows.

Bring on the DVD's of this show and the other Spider-man show of 1981 :)