Spider-Man (1981 TV series) facts for kids
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| Genre | Superhero Action Adventure |
| Developed by | Stan Lee |
| Written by | Creighton Barnes Doug Booth Francis K. Feighan Donald F. Glut Jack Hanrahan Christy Marx Larry Parr Jeffrey Scott |
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| Composer(s) | Johnny Douglas |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Producer(s) | Arthur Vitello |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Distributor | ARP Films Inc. |
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| Original network | Syndication |
| Original release | September 12, 1981 – March 30, 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Spider-Man |
| Followed by | Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends |
Spider-Man is a 1981–1982 American animated TV series based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is the second Spider-Man cartoon, following the 1967–1970 series.
Synopsis
The series featured Peter Parker having to balance his alter ego crimefighting with his responsibilities as a university student, a part-time photographer for the Daily Bugle and caring for his elderly Aunt May Parker.
Cast
- Ted Schwartz - Spider-Man/Peter Parker
- Jack Angel - Dr. Donald Blake, Man Mountain Marko, Moe (in "Triangle of Evil")
- Lee Bailey - Robbie Robertson
- William Boyett - Hammerhead
- Wally Burr - Sam Block
- Corey Burton - Lizard
- Philip L. Clarke - Sidewinder/Wild Willie Wilson (in "The Sidewinder Strikes")
- Regis Cordic - Ringmaster, Professor Gizmo
- Henry Corden - Dr. Niemann
- Ralph James - Doctor Doom, Goron
- Peter Cullen - Red Skull, Stuntman/Jack Riven (in "Triangle of Evil")
- Brian Cummings - Empire State University Principal (in "The Pied Piper of New York Town"), General (in "The Pied Piper of New York Town")
- Jeff David - Nephilia/Dr. Bradley Shaw
- Lynn Johnson - Akim (in "The Doom Report")
- Morgan Lofting - Aunt May, Black Cat
- Mona Marshall - Betty Brant, Rodeo Girl (in "The Sidewinder Strikes"), Boy Victor Von Doom (in "Cannon of Doom")
- Jack DeLeon - Kraven the Hunter
- George DiCenzo - Captain America, Wizard
- Walker Edmiston - Magneto
- Ron Feinberg - Cat Burglar (in "Arsenic and Aunt May")
- Brian Fuld - Johann, Young Reed Richards (in "Cannon of Doom"), Young Victor Von Doom (in "Cannon of Doom")
- Linda Gary - Colleen (in "Arsenic and Aunt May")
- Buster Jones - Acting Teacher
- Stan Jones - Doctor Octopus, Kingpin
- Les Lampson - Shlocker (in "Triangle of Evil")
- John H. Mayer - Chameleon, Police Sergeant (in "Arsenic and Aunt May")
- Don Messick - Vulture, Hank Edwards (in "The Vulture Has Landed")
- Arlin Miller - Ka-Zar
- Vic Perrin - Sub-Mariner, Caesar Cicero
- Tony Pope - Boris
- Richard Ramos - Gadgeteer/Joshua (in "The Incredible Shrinking Spider-Man")
- Gene Ross - Larry (in "Triangle of Evil")
- Neil Ross - Green Goblin/Norman Osborn, Michael (in "Countdown to Doom")
- Michael Rye - Mysterio
- Marilyn Schreffler - Sally Ann Beaumont (in "The Sandman is Coming")
- Gary Seger - Johnny Griffon (in "Curiosity Killed the Spider-Man"), Beyond Belief Host (in "Triangle of Evil")
- Michael Sheehan - Mortimer
- John Stephenson - Dr. Norton (in "The Incredible Shrinking Spider-Man")
- Andre Stojka - Sandman, Professor Higgins
- B.J. Ward - Namorita, Medusa
- Paul Winchell - Silvermane, Uncle Ben
- William Woodson - J. Jonah Jameson, Professor Donaldson (in "The Vulture Has Landed"), Dr. Everett (in "Wrath of the Sub-Mariner")
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.
Episodes
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| 1 | "Bubble, Bubble, Oil and Trouble" | September 12, 1981 | |
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Doctor Octopus commits various mysterious crimes in an effort to upgrade his mechanical arms and steal the world's oil supply.
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| 2 | "Dr. Doom, Master of the World" | September 19, 1981 | |
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Doctor Doom is mind-controlling world leaders so, at the upcoming United Nations meeting, they will declare him the master of the world.
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| 3 | "Lizards, Lizards, Everywhere" | September 26, 1981 | |
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The Lizard is plotting to turn New York City into a swampland, filled with reptiles under his control.
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| 4 | "Curiosity Killed the Spider-Man" | October 3, 1981 | |
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The Black Cat announces that she plans to steal the Maltese Mouse and challenges Spider-Man to try to stop her.
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| 5 | "The Sandman Is Coming" | October 10, 1981 | |
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The Sandman steals a soil sample from Mars from NASA and goes on a crime spree.
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| 6 | "When Magneto Speaks... People Listen" | October 17, 1981 | |
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Magneto uses a spacecraft to increase his powers and shut off the nation's power supply.
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| 7 | "The Pied Piper of New York Town" | October 24, 1981 | |
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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.
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| 8 | "The Doctor Prescribes Doom" | October 31, 1981 | |
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Doctor Doom returns to replace the world leaders with robots under his control so they will declare him ruler of the world.
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| 9 | "Carnival of Crime" | November 7, 1981 | |
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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.
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| 10 | "Revenge of the Green Goblin" | November 14, 1981 | |
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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.
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| 11 | "Triangle of Evil" | November 21, 1981 | |
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The Triangle of Evil led by Stuntman forces Spider-Man to survive deadly stunts.
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| 12 | "The A-B-C's of D-O-O-M" | November 28, 1981 | |
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Doctor Doom forms a criminal partnership with Goron to pose as humanitarians to gain control of a space craft.
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| 13 | "The Sidewinder Strikes" | December 5, 1981 | |
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A rodeo show has come to the city, and the Sidewinder tries to steal the gold spurs.
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| 14 | "The Hunter and the Hunted" | December 12, 1981 | |
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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.
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| 15 | "The Incredible Shrinking Spider-Man" | December 19, 1981 | |
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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.
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| 16 | "The Unfathomable Professor Gizmo" | December 26, 1981 | |
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Professor Gizmo seeks to reclaim sunken treasure and requires Spider-Man's help to do so.
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| 17 | "Cannon of Doom" | January 2, 1982 | |
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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.
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| 18 | "The Capture of Captain America" | January 9, 1982 | |
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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.
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| 19 | "The Doom Report" | January 16, 1982 | |
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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.
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| 20 | "The Web of Nephilia" | January 23, 1982 | |
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A mad scientist named Dr. Bradley Shaw transforms into a mutant spider when trying to gain Spider-Man's powers from his blood sample.
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| 21 | "Countdown to Doom" | January 30, 1982 | |
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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.
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| 22 | "Arsenic and Aunt May" | February 6, 1982 | |
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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.
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| 23 | "The Vulture Has Landed" | February 13, 1982 | |
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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.
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| 24 | "Wrath of the Sub-Mariner" | February 20, 1982 | |
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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.
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| 25 | "The Return of the Kingpin" | February 27, 1982 | |
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The Kingpin is able to trick Spider-Man into committing a series of crimes.
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| 26 | "Under the Wizard's Spell" | March 6, 1982 | |
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The Wizard invites Medusa to New York City, where he forces her to steal an electronic device from a military base.
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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.
See also
In Spanish: Las nuevas aventuras de Spider-Man para niños
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