Moreover, the show made the odd choice of almost never using well-known villains. It could be argued this show wasn’t given time to develop since it only ran 13 episodes, but the show was trying too hard to be cool and often ended up failing. Even though he and other voice actors on the show were known actors, that’s really the only highlight of this show. Here’s another very short-lived Spidey series, but this one comes with Neal Patrick Harris as the voice of Peter.
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Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003) This was a decent cartoon, but since it was only thirteen episodes, it’s merely a blip in Spidey’s animated history. The story focused mostly on Peter going to a “Counter Earth” to stop Venom and Carnage. Spidey wasn’t wearing any of his classic costumes, and Green Goblin just looked weird rather than menacing. The design of the characters was a bit different than what one might expect. This was a very short-lived series, running only 13 episodes. If you start watching it today, don’t let the silly dialogue turn you away from what is, overall, a great version of a Spider-Man cartoon. However, the dialogue is still occasionally cheesy and overly and goofily melodramatic. This is one of my favorites of the various Spider-Man cartoons. Characters that had been modernized in the comics appeared in their same modern way in the show, like The Vulture. The episodes were much like the Spider-Man comics of the time. Much like the other cartoons that included “The Animated Series” in their title, Batman and X-Men, this series took a big step up in modernizing what people could expect from cartoons, better and more complex storytelling with multi-part story arcs that didn’t dumb down the animated version of comic books. Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994-1998) Even so, this was a favorite of mine when I was very young. The dialogue wasn’t generally much better. Once, he even got trapped in a giant spiderweb by a huge spider. However, it was often still very silly placing Peter in ridiculous situations. The show was an improvement on the 60’s series for the story lines and animation. Strange, Red Skull, Namor, and more all showed up to assist or battle Spidey when needed. Characters such as Captain America, Thor, Loki, Dr.
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Peter once again battles his famous foes, like Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus, but the show stretched out further into the Marvel universe.
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This entry into the Spider-Man canon included Iceman and new character Firestar as the amazing friends to the wall crawler. In his largest absence from the world of animation since he began, Spider-Man didn’t come back to cartoons after 1970’s end of Spider-Man until 1981 with Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981-1986) If you watch an episode of season 1 then compare it to an episode in season 2 there is a definite change in the tone of the show. Something worth mentioning is seasons 2 and 3 were taken over by famed animator Ralph Bakshi (Fritz The Cat, Lord of The Rings) who did away with most of Spidey’s villains. As such, the animation is poor by today’s standards meaning the show hasn’t visually aged well. Spider-Man even made web swords! Then again, comics of the time were sometimes just as absurd, so it’s just a product of its time.
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However, late 60’s TV didn’t allow for a lot of characterization and realism in its cartoons, so the episodes are a bit goofy.
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In this cartoon, Peter Parker gets bitten by the radioactive spider to become Spider-Man as usual. Its iconic theme song about doing whatever a spider can is eternal. This first Spider-Man cartoon brought the character comic book fans loved to animated life on the small screen.