Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is a 1981–1983 American animated television series that was produced by Marvel Productions. It is intended to be a crossover series connected to the 1981 Spider-Man series.[2] The show stars already-established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman, plus an original character, Firestar.[3] As a trio called the Spider-Friends, they fought against various villains of the Marvel Universe.[4]

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
GenreSuperhero
Action
Adventure
Based on
Spider-Man
by
Developed byStan Lee
Directed byDon Jurwich
Voices of
Narrated by
  • Dick Tufeld
  • (Season 1)
  • Stan Lee
  • (Season 2–3)
ComposerJohnny Douglas
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes24 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • David H. DePatie
  • Lee Gunther
ProducerDennis Marks
Running time25 minutes
Production companyMarvel Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC[1]
ReleaseSeptember 12, 1981 (1981-09-12) –
November 5, 1983 (1983-11-05)

Cast
  • Hans Conried - Chameleon
  • Jerry Dexter - Sunfire
  • George DiCenzo - Captain America, Lance Macho, Kraven the Hunter (in "The Crime of All Centuries"), Cyclops (in "The X-Men Adventure")
  • Alan Dinehart - Boris, Sam Blockbuster, Helicopter Pilot (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin"), Norman Osborn's Pilot (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin"), Police Officer #2 (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin"), Thief #1 (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin"), Security Guard #1 (in "The Crime of All Centuries")
  • Walker Edmiston - Frankenstein's Monster (in "The Transylvanian Connection"), Kingpin (in "Pawns of the Kingpin")
  • Michael Evans - Professor Wells
  • Al Fann - Swarm
  • June Foray - Aunt May, Crime Computer, Judy
  • Kathy Garver - Firestar/Angelica Jones, Sally, Storm (in "The X-Men Adventure")
  • Dan Gilvezan - Spider-Man/Peter Parker, Zoltan Amadeus/The Arachnoid (in "Attack of the Arachnoid"), Biker Gang Leader (in "The Crime of All Centuries")
  • John Haymer - Skelton (in "The Crime of All Centuries"), Security Guard #2 (in "The Crime of All Centuries"), Black Knight (in "Knights and Demons")
  • Sally Julian - Mona Osborn, Jungle Girl (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin")
  • Annie Lockhart - Honey Dove, Storm (in "A Firestar is Born")
  • Keye Luke - Sunfire's Uncle Genju
  • Dennis Marks - Dr. Faustus, Green Goblin/Norman Osborn (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin"), Police Officer #1 (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin"), Thief #2 (in "Triumph of the Green Goblin"), Cyberiad/Nathan Price (in "The X-Men Adventure")
  • Alan Melvin - Electro
  • Shepard Menkin - Doctor Doom
  • John Stephenson - Colossus, Eric the Viking, Loki, Modred the Mystic, Shocker, Surtur, Thunderbird, Ymir
  • Janet Waldo - Shanna the She-Devil, Zerona
  • Frank Welker - Iceman/Bobby Drake, Flash Thompson, Matt Murdock, Mr. Jones, Ms. Lion, Uncle Ben, Videoman/Francis Byte, Wolf-Thing (in "The Transylvanian Connection")
  • William Woodson - Doctor Strange, Namor, J. Jonah Jameson
  • Alan Young - Mr. Frump

Notable guest stars
  • Michael Ansara - Hiawatha Smith (in "The Quest of the Red Skull")
  • Marlene Aragon - Lightwave
  • Michael Bell - Ariel and Bartow's father (in "Spidey Meets the Girl of Tomorrow"), Doctor Octopus (in "Spidey Meets the Girl of Tomorrow")
  • Bob Bergen - Bartow (in "Spidey Meets the Girl of Tomorrow")
  • Susan Blu - Louise (in "The Education of a Superhero"), Monica (in "Attack of the Arachnoid")
  • William Callaway - Angel (in "A Fire-Star is Born"), Wolverine (in "A Firestar is Born")
  • Cathy Cavadini - Ariel (in "Spidey Meets the Girl of Tomorrow")
  • Christopher Collins - Sandman (in "Spider-Man Unmasked!"), Beetle (in "The Origin of the Spider-Friends")
  • Peter Cullen - Hulk/Dr. Bruce Banner (in "Spidey Goes Hollywood"), Mysterio (in "Spidey Goes Hollywood"), Red Skull (in "The Quest of the Red Skull")
  • Stanley Jones - Professor X, Cyclops (in "A Firestar is Born"), Dean Wilmer (in "A Firestar is Born"), Dracula (in "The Transylvanian Connection"), Nightcrawler (in "The X-Men Adventure")
  • William Marshall - Juggernaut (in "A Firestar is Born"), Tony Stark (in "The Origin of the Spider-Friends")
  • Noelle North - Sprite/Kitty Pryde
  • Vic Perrin - Thor (in "The Vengeance of Loki!"), Zerona's Soldier (in "The Vengeance of Loki!"), Black Knight (in "Knights and Demons")
  • Neil Ross - Scorpion (in "Attack of the Arachnoid")
  • Michael Rye - Magneto (in "The Prison Plot")
  • Marilyn Schreffler - Bonnie (in "A Firestar is Born")

References
  1. "Top 100 animated series". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
  2. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 574–580. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  3. "Spider-Man on TV". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  4. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 777–782. ISBN 978-1476665993.
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