Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends debuted in 1981 on NBC’s Saturday morning lineup, a fun, light-hearted, animated series which was reportedly developed as NBC’s answer to ABC’s successful Super Friends franchise.
The show was initially created to feature Spider-Man (Dan Gilvezan), Iceman (Frank Welker), and the Human Torch.
However, as was the case for a number of Marvel characters, the rights to the Human Torch had been sold off, with Universal owning the rights to the character at the time.
So a new character with similar powers, Firestar (Kathy Garver), was created for the show.
In all, 24 episodes aired, spanning three seasons, and all but one are available to stream on Disney+.
That episode is “The Quest of the Red Skull.”…
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