Genre:
Animation + Adventure

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.
(from wikipedia.org)

This early 80s animated series was the second Spider-Man cartoon after the original 1967 series. It was produced by the newly formed Marvel Productions, which had risen from the ashes of DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, who had previously produced the 1978 New Fantastic Four and 1979 Spider-Woman… More animated series. The series' character designs and some of the same voices (not Spider-Man himself) were later to be used in the more famous Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends animated series. The character designs for the series were based on the classic style of Spider-Man artist John Romita, and so, were very similar to the visual look of the comics from the mid 60s to the early 80s, when his style was still followed closely by successive artists. The series itself chronicles the adventures of Peter Parker as Spider-Man during his college years. Regular characters included Peter's Aunt May, J. Jonah Jameson-editor of the Daily Bugle, Betty Brant-Jameson's secretary and occasional damsel in distress, and later on in the series, Robbie Robertson, Jameson's assistant. In this series, Spidey faced off against some of his classic foes, including the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Mysterio and the Chameleon. There was also a six-part story arc spread throughout the series that had Spider-Man's battling with Doctor Doom. Although the series was produced just before the Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends series, it ended up being shown in syndication around the same time as Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends debuted on NBC in 1981. In 1988, the series was syndicated along with the then-new animated series Dinoriders and Robocop, altogether called the Marvel Action Universe. From the early 90s onwards, the series has been syndicated under the title of Spider-Man 5000, due to the production numbering system of the show (although the opening credits remain unchanged).

Casts:
Ted Schwartz ... Peter Parker / Spider-Man (voice)
Linda Gary ... Aunt May (voice)
William Woodson ... J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Mona Marshall ... Betty Brant (voice)
Ralph James ... Doctor Doom (voice)
Buster Jones ... Robbie Robertson (voice)

Runtime:
25 min (26 episodes, 1 season)

Episode List:
Bubble, Bubble, Oil And Trouble
Dr. Doom, Master Of The World
Lizards, Lizards, Everywhere
Curiosity Killed The Spider-Man
The Sandman Is Coming
When Magneto Speaks....People Listen
The Pied Piper Of New York Town
The Doctor Prescibes Doom
Carnival Of Crime
Revenge Of The Green Goblin
Triangle Of Evil
The A-B-C's Of D-O-O-M
The Sidewinder Strikes!
The Hunter And The Hunted
The Incredible Shrinking Spider-Man
The Unfathomable Professor Gizmo
Canon Of Doom
The Capture Of Captain America
The Doom Report
The Web Of Nephilia
Countdown To Doom
Arsenic And Aunt May
The Vulture Has Landed
Wrath Of The Sub-Mariner
The Return Of Kingpin
Under The Wizard's Spell

Superheroes:
Spider-Man
Ka-Zar
Captain America
Sub-Mariner

Villains:
Chameleon
Doctor Doom
Doctor Octopus
The Kingpin
The Lizard
Sandman
Silvermane
Vulture
Mysterio
Magneto
Red Skull
Kraven the Hunter
Wizard
The Green Goblin
The Black Cat
Ringmaster
Medusa

Based on the comic book:
"Spider-Man" © Marvel Comics

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