Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends season 3 The Origin of the Spider-Friends - Metacritic

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TV-Y
NBC
Oct 15, 1983
25 m

TV-Y
NBC
Oct 15, 1983
25 m

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

Summary Following the Spider-Man (1981) cartoon, NBC decided they wanted Spidey to go in a different, more accessible direction. So in order to reach a wider audience, they added the X-Men character Ice-Man, a new character called Firestar, gave Peter Parker a room that turned into a secret superhero hi-tech headquarters, and renamed the show S...

Directed By: Don Jurwich

Written By: Donald F. Glut

TV-Y
NBC
Oct 15, 1983
25 m

TV-Y
NBC
Oct 15, 1983
25 m

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

S3 • Episode 5

The Origin of the Spider-Friends

Air Date: Oct 15, 1983

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Summary Following the Spider-Man (1981) cartoon, NBC decided they wanted Spidey to go in a different, more accessible direction. So in order to reach a wider audience, they added the X-Men character Ice-Man, a new character called Firestar, gave Peter Parker a room that turned into a secret superhero hi-tech headquarters, and renamed the show S...

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Episode 1 • Sep 17, 1983 • 25 m

Spider-Man: Unmasked!

While The Spider-Friends are vacationing, The Sandman shows up and discovers Spider-Man's true identity, but the Spider-Friends try to convince him that he's wrong.

Episode 2 • Sep 24, 1983 • 25 m

The Bride of Dracula!

Episode 3 • Oct 1, 1983 • 25 m

The Education of a Superhero

Episode 4 • Oct 8, 1983 • 25 m

Attack of the Arachnoid

Episode 5 • Oct 15, 1983 • 25 m

The Origin of the Spider-Friends

Stan Lee narrates how Spider-Man, Iceman and Firestar first joined forces to battle the Beetle, and become known as the Spider-Friends.

Episode 6 • Oct 22, 1983 • 25 m

Spidey Meets the Girl from Tomorrow

Episode 7 • Oct 29, 1983 • 25 m

The X-Men Adventure

The Spider-Friends meet the X-Men and battle a cyborg.

Episode 8 • Nov 5, 1983 • 25 m

Mission: Save the Guardstar

Top Cast

Hans Conried

Red Skull, The Chameleon

Sally Julian

Mona Osborn

Jerry Dexter

Shiro Yoshida, Sunfire

Anne Lockhart

Aurora Dante, Honey Dove, Lightwave

George DiCenzo

Captain America, Steve Rogers, Cyclops

Keye Luke

Genju

Alan Dinehart

Pilot, Thief

Dennis Marks

Dr. Faustus, Green Goblin

Walker Edmiston

Frankenstein's Monster, Kingpin, Wilson Fisk

Allan Melvin

Electro

Michael Evans

Professor Wells

Shepard Menken

Doctor Doom

Al Fann

Swarm

John Stephenson

Colossus, Doctor Strange, Eric the Viking, John Proudstar, Loki, Mordred, Piotr Rasputin, Surtur, The Shocker, Thunderbird, Uncle Ben Parker, Ymir

June Foray

Aunt May Parker, Aunt May

Janet Waldo

Shanna the She-Devil, Zerona

Kathy Garver

Angelica Jones, Firestar, Leo the Lion, Ororo Munroe, Storm

Frank Welker

Bobby Drake, Iceman, Ms. Lion, Flash Thompson, Daredevil, Hotel Manager, MP, Matt Murdock, Mr. Jones, Ms. Lions, Policeman, Sam Blockbuster, Wolf-Thing

Dan Gilvezan

Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Arachnoid, Buzz Mason, Dr. Zoltan Amadeus

William Woodson

J. Jonah Jameson, Namor the Sub-Mariner

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