"Spider-Man" (1967) TV series 1967-1970

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Creators:

Steve Ditko
Stan Lee
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

9 September 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

A teenage boy with the powers of a spider fights crime as the Webslinging Wonder.

Plot Keywords:

Spider-Man | Spider | Hero | Web | Television

Cast

Paul Soles	...	Spider-Man / ... (77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Peg Dixon	...	Betty Brant / ... (77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Paul Kligman	...	J. Jonah Jameson / ... (76 episodes, 1967-1970)
Bernard Cowan	...	Police officer / ... (72 episodes, 1967-1970)

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Series Directed by
Ray Patterson		(66 episodes, 1967-1970)
Clyde Geronimi		(58 episodes, 1967-1970)
Sid Marcus		(58 episodes, 1967-1970)
Grant Simmons		(58 episodes, 1967-1970)
Ralph Bakshi		(45 episodes, 1968-1970)
Chuck Harriton		(28 episodes, 1967-1970)
Cosmo Anzilotti		(23 episodes, 1969-1970)
Gray Morrow		(20 episodes, 1970)

Series Writing credits
Lin Carter		(77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Bernard Cowan		(77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Steve Ditko		(77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Jack Kirby		(77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Stan Lee		(77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Larry Lieber		(77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Johnny Romita		(77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Ralph Bakshi		(51 episodes, 1967-1970)
Fred Halliday		(45 episodes, 1968-1970)
June Patterson		(40 episodes, 1967-1968)
Ira Turek		(39 episodes, 1968-1970)
Phil Babet		(38 episodes, 1967-1968)
Al Bertino		(38 episodes, 1967-1968)
Dick Cassarino		(38 episodes, 1967-1968)
Bill Danch		(38 episodes, 1967-1968)
Dick Robbins		(38 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Produced by
Ralph Bakshi	....	executive producer / producer (77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Steve Krantz	....	producer / associate producer (77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Ray Patterson	....	producer (67 episodes, 1967-1970)
Robert L. Lawrence	....	executive producer (42 episodes, 1967-1968)
Grant Simmons	....	producer (38 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Original Music by
Ray Ellis		(77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Syd Dale		(7 episodes, 1968-1970)
David Lindup		(6 episodes, 1968-1970)
Phil Coulter		(4 episodes, 1968-1970)
Bill Martin		(4 episodes, 1968-1970)
John Hawksworth		(3 episodes, 1968-1970)
Alan Hawkshaw		(3 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Film Editing by
George Copeland		(45 episodes, 1968-1970)
Howard Kaiser		(45 episodes, 1968-1970)
Hank Gotzenberg		(42 episodes, 1967-1968)
Bryce Corso		(40 episodes, 1967-1968)
Richard Calamari		(20 episodes, 1970)
Richard Galmarri		(20 episodes, 1970)

Series Art Direction by
Gray Morrow		(77 episodes, 1967-1970)

Series Production Management
George Meyers	....	unit production manager (77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Robert 'Tiger' West	....	production supervisor (62 episodes, 1967-1970)
Jerry Schultz	....	unit production manager (45 episodes, 1968-1970)
Gene Meyers	....	unit production manager (44 episodes, 1967-1968)
Sylvia White	....	production supervisor (39 episodes, 1968-1970)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cosmo Anzilotti	....	assistant director (21 episodes, 1968)

Series Art Department
Johnny Romita	....	art consultant (52 episodes, 1967-1970)
Stan Lee	....	art consultant (49 episodes, 1967-1970)

Series Sound Department
Hank Gotzenberg	....	sound editor (77 episodes, 1967-1970)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Larry Hogan	....	camera operator (77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Jerry Smith	....	camera operator (77 episodes, 1967-1970)

Series Animation Department
Gray Morrow	....	layout artist (77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Richard H. Thomas	....	background artist (77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Robert Bentley	....	animator (60 episodes, 1967-1970)
Ralph Somerville	....	animator (60 episodes, 1967-1970)
Reuben Timmins	....	animator (60 episodes, 1967-1970)
Kay Wright	....	animator (60 episodes, 1967-1970)
Ray Aragon	....	layout artist (52 episodes, 1967-1970)
John Ewing	....	layout artist (52 episodes, 1967-1970)
Joe Asturino	....	layout artist (51 episodes, 1967-1970)
Nino Carbe	....	layout artist (51 episodes, 1967-1970)
Dave Hoffman	....	animation checker (46 episodes, 1967-1970)
C.L. Hartman	....	layout artist (45 episodes, 1967-1970)
Barbara Donatelli	....	animation checker / color checker (45 episodes, 1968-1970)
John Vita	....	background artist (45 episodes, 1968-1970)
Joel Seibel	....	layout artist (44 episodes, 1967-1970)
Curt Perkins	....	background artist (44 episodes, 1967-1968)
Jim Mueller	....	layout artist (43 episodes, 1967-1970)
Hal Ambro	....	animator (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Dan Bessie	....	animator (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
William Butler	....	background artist (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
George Cannata	....	animator (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Herman Cohen	....	animator (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
John W. Dunn	....	animator (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Izzy Ellis	....	animator (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Rollie Greenwood	....	animation checker (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Herb Hazelton	....	layout artist (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Bill House	....	animator (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Mike Kawaguchi	....	background artist (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Tom McDonald	....	animator (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Chic Otterstrom	....	animator (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Don Schloat	....	animator (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Harvey Toombs	....	animator (39 episodes, 1967-1968)
Clifford Augustson	....	animator (39 episodes, 1968-1970)
Doug Crane	....	animator (39 episodes, 1968-1970)
Frank Enders	....	animator (39 episodes, 1968-1970)
Frank Endres	....	animator (39 episodes, 1968-1970)
John Gentilella	....	animator (39 episodes, 1968-1970)
Earl James	....	animator (39 episodes, 1968-1970)
Nick Tafuri	....	animator (39 episodes, 1968-1970)
Martin Taras	....	animator (39 episodes, 1968-1970)
Terry Tarricone	....	animator (39 episodes, 1968-1970)
John Dunn	....	animator (38 episodes, 1967-1968)
Dick Hall	....	animator (20 episodes, 1970)
Richard Hall	....	animator (20 episodes, 1970)
Robert Owen	....	background artist (20 episodes, 1970)
Rena Smith	....	animation checker (20 episodes, 1970)
Robert Taylor	....	animator (20 episodes, 1970)

Series Music Department
Bob Harris	....	composer: theme music (77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Paul Francis Webster	....	lyrics (77 episodes, 1967-1970)
Ray Ellis	....	musical director (39 episodes, 1968-1970)

Series Other crew
Bernard Cowan	....	dialogue supervisor / script supervisor (77 episodes, 1967-1970)
June Patterson	....	script supervisor (42 episodes, 1967-1968)
Stan Lee	....	story consultant (40 episodes, 1967-1968)
Johnny Romita	....	story consultant (40 episodes, 1967-1968)
Ralph Bakshi	....	script supervisor (39 episodes, 1968-1970)

Production Companies

• Famous Studios
• Marvel Enterprises

Distributors

• ABC Family (2003) (enhanced version)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Television (2002) (worldwide) (TV)

Also Known As:

"Spiderman" (USA) (alternative spelling)
"The Amazing Spider-Man" (UK) (video box title)

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | USA:TV-Y7 | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Famous Studios

Trivia:

Two episodes of the series ("Phantom from the Depths of Time" and "Revolt in the Fifth Dimension") heavily recycle animation from episodes "From Menace to Menace" and "Dimentia Five" of the earlier series "Rocket Robin Hood" (1966) by simply substituting Spider-Man for Rocket Robin Hood on the animated cels.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the opening title sequence of the show, Spider-Man is shown, "in the chill of night", looking out of a window at a jewelry store. The store's sign displays the words "FINE JEWLERY". When Spider-Man swings down and kicks the door open, the sign has become "FINE JEWELRY".

Quotes:

Radiation Specialist: [The Specialist has discovered Spidey standing outside the reactor's dome] He's here. And now....
[hits the external power override]
Spider-Man: [standing outside the reactor's dome] Something's going on - my Spider-sense is tingling! I don't like this!
[reappears inside the dome]
Radiation Specialist: [turns around to face Spidey, who is clinging to the dome] Welcome, Spider-Man!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Surge of Power (2004)

Soundtrack:

Spider-Man

GREAT CARTOON

I love superhero films and TV shows and this was a great cartoon.

The animation may not be as great as the mid-1990's cartoon series but the stories were fun. My favourite episodes were "Return of the Flying Dutchman" and "Neptunes Nose Cone."

All of Spidey's main foes were in this-including my favourite Mysterio (the guy with the fishbowl for a helmet). And Peter Parker was so likeable in this show.

One more thing-I just loved the theme tune for this show and it is the best theme tune out of all the Spider-Man cartoon shows.

Will somebody please release EVERY episode onto video sometime?