Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:03 E:05

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Episode Title: The Origin of the Spider-Friends

If you’ve been following our adventure through this series then you know that season two, with its whopping three episodes, took us through the origin stories of each of the Spider Friends. However, you may still be wondering how this team actually got together. You’re not the only one. Stan Lee’s opening narration for this episode claims that Marvel was getting tons of letters from fans wondering the exact same thing. Fear not, your questions will be answered in this week’s episode, The Origin of the Spider-Friends. Continue reading Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:03 E:05

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:03 E:04

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Episode Title: Attack of the Arachnoid

One of the hottest superhero shows right now is Marvel’s first collaboration with Netflix, Daredevil. So, the time is right for this classic Marvel character to put in an appearance on Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. It turns out to be a very brief appearance, however, but we’ll take what we can get in this week’s episode Attack of the Arachnoid. Continue reading Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:03 E:04

Saturday Morning Memories: Plastic Man

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When I was a kid, I was pretty loyal to one network when it came to my Saturday morning cartoon viewing habits. I always watched ABC. They had Scooby-Doo, The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt, Captain Caveman, Laff-a-lympics and other favorites of mine. On the superhero front they were the home of the Superfriends. But starting in 1979, ABC was also home to one of the most unusual superheroes. The one and only Plastic Man. Continue reading Saturday Morning Memories: Plastic Man

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:03 E:03

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Episode Title: The Education of a Superhero

We’ve seen a number of new characters original to this series as we’ve made our way through the last 18 episodes of this show. However, there is one character that keeps coming back…Videoman. That’s right, the 80’s video game craze incarnate. Today we take in the character’s third and final appearance on the series in The Education of a Superhero. Continue reading Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:03 E:03

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:03 E:02

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Episode Title: The Bride of Dracula

Well true believers, if you’re afraid of things that go bump in the night then this week’s episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends may not be for you. Forget about supervillains like the Green Goblin or Doc Ock, this time the Spider Friends battle some classic monsters in The Bride of Dracula. Continue reading Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:03 E:02

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:03 E:01

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Episode Title: Spider-Man Unmasked

Well true believers, we’ve entered the home stretch for Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. The third season consisted of eight new episodes. Spidey, Iceman and Firestar are all back, but there is a new presence in these episodes as well. None other than Stan Lee himself. Beginning with season two of the show, Stan Lee began providing intros and narration to the episodes. The season one episodes were even changed to add Lee and keep everything consistent. However, the Stan Lee narrations no longer exist on the masters of the first two seasons, but season three survives. So, with a few bits of narration from Stan the Man, we start this seasons with Spider-Man Unmasked. Continue reading Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:03 E:01

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends Seasons 1 & 2 Recap

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Before we move on to season three of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, let’s take a moment for some overall thoughts on the first two seasons. Normally we’d do a separate recap for each season, but since season two was a whopping three episodes, we’re going to combine them here. Continue reading Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends Seasons 1 & 2 Recap

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:02 E:03

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Episode Title: A Firestar is Born

It seems like just two weeks ago we started season two. Actually, it was only two weeks ago. Remember, this season only added three episodes to the rotation for Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. Since we’ve already covered the origin stories of both Spidey and Iceman, that just leaves one more to go. This one, though, doesn’t have any roots on the comic book page. Since Firestar was a character original to this series, this origin was new territory. Here we go with A Firestar is Born. Continue reading Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:02 E:03

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:02 E:02

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Episode Title: Along Came Spidey

When it was announced a few months ago that Sony would be starting over with Spider-Man movies AGAIN, and that the web-slinger would join the MCU, some fans started getting nervous. Would we be getting the Spider-Man origin story all over again!?! I understand the reservations with having a 3rd big screen version of the story, but you gotta admit that Spidey’s origin story is one of the best. Today’s episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends gives us yet another take on the classic story in Along Came Spidey. Continue reading Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:02 E:02

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:02 E:01

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Episode Title: The Origin of the Iceman

Well true-believers, we’ve arrived at the start of season two of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. Now, when it comes to Saturday morning cartoons, it was not uncommon for a relatively small number of episodes to be made of a show which were then rerun for many years. In the case of the Spider Friends, only three episodes were added to the mix for season two. Each of these episodes focused a bit on the origin stories of our three heroes. We begin with the birth of one “cool” mutant in The Origin of The Iceman. Continue reading Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends S:02 E:01