Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
| Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends | |
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| Genre |
Superhero fiction Animation |
| Created by |
Steve Ditko Jack Kirby Stan Lee |
| Based on | Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko |
| Developed by | Stan Lee |
| Directed by | Don Jurwich |
| Voices of |
Dan Gilvezan Frank Welker Kathy Garver |
| Narrated by |
Dick Tufeld (Season 1) Stan Lee (Season 2–Season 3) |
| Composer(s) | Johnny Douglas |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 24 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
David H. DePatie Lee Gunther |
| Producer(s) | Dennis Marks |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Marvel Productions |
| Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 12, 1981 – September 10, 1983 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Spider-Man (1981 TV series) |
| Followed by | Spider-Man (1994 TV series) |
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an American animated television series produced by Marvel Productions, considered to be a crossover series connected to 1981 Spider-Man series. The show stars already-established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman, plus an original character, Firestar. As a trio called the Spider-Friends, they fought against various villains of the Marvel Universe.
Originally broadcast on NBC as a Saturday morning cartoon, the series ran first-run original episodes for three seasons, from 1981 to 1983, then aired repeats for an additional two years (from 1984 to 1986). Alongside the 1981 Spider-Man animated series, Amazing Friends was later re-aired in the late 1980s as part of the 90 minute Marvel Action Universe (not to be confused with 1977's The Marvel Action Universe), a syndicated series that was used as a platform for old and new Marvel-produced animated fare (the newer programming featured RoboCop: The Animated Series, Dino-Riders and on occasion “X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men”, which was intended to serve as a pilot for a potential X-Men animated series).
In the second season, the show was aired along with a newly produced Hulk animated series as The Incredible Hulk and the Amazing Spider-Man. The two shows shared one intro which showcased the new title. Stan Lee began narrating the episodes in the second season. Narrations by Stan Lee were added to the first season episodes at this time so that the series seemed cohesive. These narrations (for the first and second season) are not on the current masters. They have not aired since the NBC airings. (As seen on the Stan Lee narration list at Spider-Friends.com)
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