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There is ANOTHER 80s Spidey cartoon...

posted 18 years ago by coy_dog0
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I have a dubbed copy of a Spider-man cartoon from the early 80s that is NOT an episode of 'Spider-man and His Amazing Friends'. The animation is the same, the music and FX are the same, but Firestar and Iceman are missing and Spidey's voice is done by a different actor than the person who did 'S.A.H.A.F.'

The opening credits have similar music, but the spoken portion of the music where the V.O. artist would have said 'Spider-man...AND his Amazing Friends' is CUT-OFF at 'Spider-man'. It sounds like the same 'take' as the one used for 'SAHAF', as the tone of the VO artist's voice sounds like he's ready to say more, but is cut-off.

Anyway, the episode I have features Captain America and the Red Skull, and its pretty cool.

Does anyone remember this ?

[–] todd1598 18 years ago

Yeah...it was just called Spiderman and was out during the early 80s. It was syndicated and I believe it actually started BEFORE Spiderman and his Amazing Friends. It was pretty good, but I was always an X-Men fan, so I liked seeing Iceman every week.

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[–] hotonecatch1sun 18 years ago

hey where can i download some episodes from? so far all i was able to find were to episodes of Spiderman and his amazing friends

[–] nebka23 16 years ago

Look on Ioffer.com or sell.com you can get them there

[–] GrownUpKid 15 years ago

I grew up watching that show and had episodes on VHS too. When I lived overseas as a kid, they would show both shows on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The solo series was a lot less goofy and used a lot of Spidey villains. I hope it gets released to DVD somewhere soon.

Still got my fingers crossed, waiting for Judas Contract to get green-lit

[–] worldofbong 12 years ago

Both series are on Netflix streaming now, complete and in awesome quality.. good stuff

Or maybe not, lol.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAkyqtoZTzQ

[–] ItsEddieHaskellBeyotch 12 years ago

This series was indeed simply called Spider-Man and was meant to be a continuation of the old 60's Spider-Man cartoon that was very popular in syndication at the time, its also known as a bit of a prequel series to Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends. Unfortunately its the least known of the Spidey cartoons, it also had an on-going story arch that involved Doctor Doom as well as an episode that is almost a carbon copy of the 'Amazing Friends' first episode 'Triumph of the Green Goblin'.

"You win some, you lose some. But you live, you live to fight another day."

[–] grendelkhan 9 years ago

The syndicated series wasn't sold in a lot of markets, so it was one of the least seen of the various Spider-Man cartoon shows. This one was shown on NBC, so it had greater visibility.

Fortunately, Ah keep mah feathers numbered for just such an emergency!

[–] Sandore_West 9 years ago

Hopefully we can get these out on DVD soon. but with the Netflix having them, that might never happen

the Ninjas o skill tend to reckon that this needs some basalty.