“Spider-Man, Spider-Man. Does whatever a spider can. Spins a web, any size. Catches thieves- just like flies. Look out! Here comes the Spider-Man! . . . Spider-Man, Spider-Man. Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man. Wealth and fame? He's ignored. Action is his reward. To him, life is a great big bang-up. Wherever there's a hang-up, you'll find the Spider-Man!"
Probably the most memorable opening theme in television animation history and definitely Marvel’s® most famous character . . . it’s your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man! Enjoy his stunning first appearance on colour television in 1967 and some action-packed two-part tales on this classic DVD, featuring the first six episodes from Season One.
Freelance photographer Peter Parker transforms into the costumed crime fighter Spider-Man, to risk his life against the deadliest foes from Marvel® Comics including Dr. Octopus, Mysterio and the Green Goblin , whilst constantly fending off criminal accusations from his newspaper boss J. Jonah Jameson.
The origins of Spider-Man are traced as a scientific mishap dramatically transforms Peter Parker into the wall-crawling super hero. Juggling a busy job at the Daily Bugle with a life of crime fighting, Spider-Man clashes with the formidable Kingpin, the evil Skymaster and a frightening horde of Molemen.
Disc 1
Season 1
Episode #1a/#1b
The Power of Dr. Octopus: The mechanical maniac Dr. Octopus kidnaps Spider-Man and threatens the safety of New York. Can Spider-Man escape in time to save the city?
Sub-Zero for Spidey: New York is freezing and things hot up for Spider-Man, as he encounters alien ice creatures to save a renowned scientist and his city.
Episode #2a/#2b
Where Crawls the Lizard: Dr. Curt Connors is transformed into the savage Lizard and Spider-Man travels to Florida to prevent a dangerous serum swamping the Everglades.
Electro the Human Lightning Bolt: Sparks fly as Spider-Man is wrongly accused of robbing J. Jonah Jameson and battles super-charged villain Electro to clear his name.
Episode #3
The Menace of Mysterio: Evil illusionist Mysterio frames Spider-Man for a robbery and, with J. Jonah Jameson publishing the story in the Daily Bugle, the web-slinger fights Mysterio to prove his innocence.
Episode #4a/#4b
The Sky is Falling: New York is terrorized by a huge flock of birds and Spider-Man sets out to stop the Vulture from holding the city to ransom.
Captured by J. Jonah Jameson: With the help of a brilliant scientist, J. Jonah Jameson controls a powerful robot, Spider-Slayer, to capture and unmask Spider-Man.
Episode #5a/#5b
Never Step on a Scorpion: J. Jonah Jameson hires a deadly assassin, the Scorpion, to capture Spider-Man, but there’s a sting in the tale as the tables are turned on Spidey’s newspaper nemesis.
Sands of Crime: Once again, Spider-Man slips under J. Jonah Jameson’s radar, as he is framed for a diamond robbery and must defeat Sandman to wash away suspicions.
Episode #6a/#6b
Diet of Destruction: A gigantic metal-eating monster goes on a feeding frenzy and Spider-Man needs nerves of steel to save New York.
The Witching Hour: As J. Jonah Jameson is drawn into a plot to summon evil spirits, Spider-Man comes face-to-face with arch nemesis, the Green Goblin.
Languages: English
Subtitles: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Episode #7a/#7b
Kilowatt Kaper: The living generator Electro escapes from prison and causes a blackout. It’s up to Spider-Man to keep the city in lights.
The Peril of Parafino: On the trail of an escaped convict, Spider-Man proves he’s no dummy, as he comes up against waxworks sculptor Parafino.
Episode #8 - Horn of the Rhino
There’s nowhere to hide as Spider-Man has to deal with a cold and take charge, whilst the Rhino threatens human safety with a weapon of mass destruction.
Episode #9a/#9b
The One-Eyed Idol: J. Jonah Jameson is hypnotized and robbed by a mysterious, one-eyed idol, leading Spider-Man to employ his own brand of spidey magic to recover the money.
Fifth Avenue Phantom: Department stores are banking on Spider-Man to stop a crime wave led by the Fifth Avenue Phantom and his horde of robotic mannequins.
Episode #10a/#10b
The Revenge of Dr. Magneto: The mad scientist Magneto embarks on a trail of destruction after rejection from the Science Hall of Fame, leaving Spider-Man to repel the magnetic threat.
The Sinister Prime Minister: There’s a stench of corruption in the air, as the Prime Minister of Rutania is implicated in a robbery but Spider-Man must find a way to expose an evil imposter.
Episode #11a/#11b
The Night of the Villains: Parafino blazes a robbery trail, as Spider-Man faces a triple wax threat from historic villains Blackbeard the Pirate, Jesse James and the Executioner of Paris.
Here Comes Trubble: Tragedy looms for the city unless Spider-Man can destroy ancient creatures from Greek mythology, summoned by book dealer Miss Trubble.
Episode #12a/#12b
Spider-Man Meets Doctor Noah Boddy: Spider-Man has to protect J. Jonah Jameson from the vengeful appearance of an invisible scientist, Doctor Noah Boddy.
The Fantastic Fakir: An Arabian jewel thief, the Fantastic Fakir, sets off on a plunderous journey and Spider-Man wastes precious little time in going on the attack.
Episode #13a/#13b
Return of the Flying Dutchman: Sightings of the legendary ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman, lead Spider-Man to Smuggler’s Cove and another encounter with master hypnotist, Mysterio.
Farewell Performance: As Strange ghostly disturbances arise at the condemned Castle Theatre and Spider-Man is lured into a web of deceit by Blackwell the Magician.
Languages: English
Subtitles: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Episode #14a - The Golden Rhino: The Rhino is on the rampage for gold bullion to create a statue in his own image. Can Spider-Man thwart his precious plans?
Episode #14b - Blueprint for Crime: The Plotter hires two goons, Ox and Cowboy, to steal valuable blueprints for a missile, leaving Spider-Man to enforce a vital arrest.
Episode #15a - The Spider and the Fly: Spider-Man meets his match as he chases down a pair of jewel thieves and has to trap the wall-crawling Human Flies.
Episode #15b - The Slippery Doctor Von Schlick: As the mad Doctor Von Schlick drains huge quantities of oil out of New York, Spider-Man tries to pull the city out of a sticky situation.
Episode #16a - The Vulture's Prey: J. Jonah Jameson gets caught up in fowl play as the Vulture uses the editor’s knowledge to plan diamond and weapons robberies.
Episode #16b - The Dark Terrors: Panic strikes New York as the city is overrun with beastly shadows cast by the Phantom. Can Spider-Man shed some light on these untouchable villains and their trail of theft?
Episode #17a - The Terrible Triumph of Dr. Octopus: When Dr. Octopus steals the destructive Nullifier missile, it’s down to Spider-Man to stop him spreading his tentacles for a global takeover.
Episode #17b - Magic Malice: Spider-Man applies a touch of magic to capture arch rival, the Green Goblin, after Blackwell the Magician has been robbed of his props for criminal intent.
Episode #18a - Fountain of Terror: When Dr. Curtis Conner goes missing in the Florida Everglades, Spider-Man is washed up in a battle over the Fountain of Youth.
Episode #18b - Fiddler on the Loose: Spider-Man gets caught up in a deadly clash of musical cultures between pop music sponsor Cyrus Flintridge and the vindictive Fiddler with his sonic violins.
Episode #19a - To Catch a Spider: It’s triple trouble for Spider-Man as Doctor Noah Boddy unleashes the Green Goblin, Electro and the Vulture on him, only for the three villains to turn on each other.
Episode #19b - Double Identity: It’s not a pretty picture for Spider-Man, as he is framed for art robberies at the hands of master impersonator Charles Cameo.
Episode #20a - Sting of the Scorpion: Spider-Man is stung into helping J. Jonah Jameson, as the Scorpion escapes from prison and mutates into a giant, vengeful monster.
Episode #20b - Trick or Treachery: Framed for diamond and bank robberies, Spider-Man has to clear his name thanks to the devious double act, the Human Flies.
Languages: English
Subtitles: German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Season 2
Episode #1
The Origin of Spider-Man
During a lab experiment, student Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and acquires super powers. After letting a thief slip his grasp and murder Uncle Ben, he takes up the responsibility of fighting crime as the web-slinging super hero Spider-Man.
Episode #2
King Pinned
Peter Parker’s new job at the Daily Bugle should come with a health warning! After J. Jonah Jameson is kidnapped, Spider-Man has to stop a fake medicine racket engineered by formidable criminal mastermind Kingpin and save the Bugle from a bomb scare.
Episode #3
Swing City
The mad Master Technician captures a nuclear power station and turns Manhattan into an airborne hostage. Reluctantly passing up a date, Spider-Man sets out to rescue the city from a multi-million dollar ransom and a gravity-defying situation.
Episode #4
Criminals in the Clouds
Peter Parker uses his spider powers to get on the school football team and boost his chances of a date. His lofty plans end up in disarray as Spider-Man takes on Skymaster, the flying fiend who kidnaps the school’s star quarterback with a view to conquering the skies.
Episode #5
Menace from the Bottom of the World
The banks of New York are disappearing, leading Spider-Man on a perilous trail to a subterranean world occupied by a gang of Molemen and their criminal leader. Can Spider-Man save the surface prisoners from these terrifying underlying assets?
Episode #6
Diamond Dust
As Peter Parker tries to make it onto his school baseball team, Spider-Man is pitched into a delicate battle. There’s no time for monkey business as he has to stop a rampaging ape and the theft of the Optimo Diamond.
Languages: English
Subtitles: German, Dutch
Episode #7
Spider-Man Battles the Molemen
Ex-convict Mugs Riley and the menacing Molemen are back! New York’s buildings start to disappear, then Spider-Man and some frightened citizens are sucked into an evil plot for revenge. Can the web-slinger dig his way out of subterranean slavery?
Episode #8
Phantom from the Depths of Time
A cry for help leads Spider-Man to a remote island, whose inhabitants have been enslaved by the tyrannical, organ-playing Phantom. Faced with some ghastly creatures great and small, it’s time for Spidey to call the tune and free the prisoners.
Episode #9
The Evil Sorcerer
The past and the present collide as Kotep, the Scarlet Sorcerer, is brought back to life in a New York museum by an obsessive professor. Spider-Man has a few tricks up his sleeve to avoid getting snared in the mummified magician’s web of evil.
Episode #10
Vine
A giant prehistoric plant is on the rampage in New York and Spider-Man travels back in time to get the help of Professor Smithers. While our hero slugs it out for a pair of radium gems, are the seeds of the city’s destruction being sown?
Episode #11
Pardo Presents
Peter Parker and girlfriend Polly join a captive audience at a gala movie premiere hosted by Pardo, the green-skinned sorcerer-cum-cat burglar. After the evil magician applies hypnotic powers for his own gain, it will take an electric performance from Spider-Man to discharge the feline fiend.
Episode #12
Cloud City of Gold
On a student exchange trip to the Andes, Peter Parker and the flight crew crash in the jungle. The rescue attempt leads them to a hidden underground city of gold, where Spider-Man faces a primitive tribe of Aztec natives and the threat of a billion dollar blast.
Languages: English
Subtitles: Dutch, German
Episode #13
Neptune's Nose Cone
A rocket’s nose cone launched by NASA crashes into the Antarctic Ocean, leading Peter Parker and Daily Bugle pilot Penny Jones to a primitive island. Spider-Man is plunged into a savage battle and a potentially explosive outcome.
Episode #14
Home
Peter Parker’s latest love match is too close to home for Spider-Man. After getting tied up in knots over a spider-girl, he becomes entangled in a mission to rescue an underground race of alien spider-people.
Episode #15
Blotto
A mad movie producer invents a spirit scope to metamorphose his grotesque creation off screen. Can Spider-Man blot out a monstrous, all-consuming threat and preserve New York from complete annihilation?
Episode #16
Thunder Rumble
Spider-Man enters stormy waters as a pair of thieves use thunder for their plunder. The outlook is bleak when a giant, lightning-throwing Martian warrior arrives to grab all the gold on Earth.
Episode #17
Spider-Man Meets Skyboy
A missing scientist’s son dons his father’s Astro Helmet invention and transforms into Skyboy! Joining forces with Spider-Man, the super hero team face the sinister criminal Dr. Zap in an explosive rescue attempt.
Episode #18
Cold Storage
The diamond thief Dr. Cool unleashes a gem of a setup as he puts his haul on ice and traps Spider-Man in a refrigerator. Will our web slinger’s chilling fate be sealed when he emerges from his frozen state in a prehistoric future?
Episode #19
To Cage a Spider
Badly injured during a million dollar bank robbery, Spider-Man ends up in the prison hospital. His true identity starts to unfold, as he forges an unlikely alliance with the inmates to protect his saviour Captain Stacey.
Languages: English
Subtitles: German, Dutch
Episode #1a
The Winged Thing
The Vulture is wreaking havoc across the city and only Spider-Man can put a stop to the thieving flying fiend and his flock of birds.
Episode #1b
Conner’s Reptiles
Dr. Curtis Conner gets a taste of his own medicine when captured by his creation. Spider-Man returns to the Florida Everglades to overpower the terrifying Lizard.
Episode #2a
Trouble with Snow
A combination of industrial waste and broken power line unleashes an electrically-charged snowman on New York. It’s up to Spider-Man to save the city from total meltdown.
Episode #2b
Spider-Man vs. Desperado
The cowboy criminal Desperado commits a series of robberies across New York, leading to a showdown between our heroic web-slinger and a hypnotic gun-slinger.
Episode #3a
Sky Harbor
A crazy German Baron launches an airborne attack on New York. With the mayor’s seal of approval, Spider-Man crashes in on the flying fiend’s antics.
Episode #3b
The Big Brainwasherr
After Peter Parker watches new girl-friend Mary Jane dance at a nightclub, Spider-Man has to flush out formidable criminal Kingpin and his brainwashing machine.
Episode #4a
The Vanishing Dr. Vespasian
A green-skinned scientist, Dr. Vespasian, creates an invisibility formula for his bank robberies. Will Spider-Man be left chasing shadows or will the evil genius come to a sticky ending?
Episode #4b
Scourge of the Scarf
The arts world is reeling as artistic genius Scarf and his band of looters fleece an unsuspecting public, leaving Spider-Man to extinguish a psychedelic threat.
Episode #5a
Super Swami
Parts of New York are disappearing thanks to Super Swami, an overweight Oriental illusionist. Spider-Man has to conjure up some real magic to protect its citizens.
Episode #5b
The Birth of Micro Man
Peter Parker is chief suspect in an escaped convict’s getaway. Spider-Man is reduced to a game of cat and mouse against Micro Man, in order to clear his name and repel an atomic threat.
Episode #6a
Knights Must Fall
A motorcycle-riding knight in armour is robbing theatres, museums and armoured trucks. Can Spider-Man put the brakes on this medieval maniac?
Episode #6b
The Devious Dr. Dumpty
Dr. Dumpty and his henchmen use knockout gas for their jewellery raids. It’s no laughing matter when they come up against Spider-Man.
Languages: English
Subtitles: German, Dutch
Episode #7
Up From Nowhere
Manhattan is left quaking before the demented Dr. Atlantean after the city gets bubble-wrapped and dragged into the ocean. Can Spider-Man pour cold water on the fishy fiend’s pernicious plot to conquer Earth?
Episode #8
Rollarama
New York is attacked by enormous rolling pods and Spider-Man travels back in time to get the help of a missing scientist. The heat is on as our web-slinger needs an energy boost to discharge the threat of atomic annihilation.
Episode #9a
Rhino
The egomaniacal Rhino steals gold to rule the world. There’s no place to hide as Spider-Man gets tangled up in his priceless plot.
Episode #9b
The Madness Of Mysterio
Hopes of an end to the bitter feud with master of illusion Mysterio are shrinking when Spider-Man is reduced to fun and games at a miniature fairground.
Episode #10
Revolt In The Fifth Dimension
When an alien scientist entrusts Spider-Man with secret information, the web-slinger endures a wild ride to another dimension. Sadly, he ends up to his neck in it against evil skeletal leader Infinata and his ghastly minions.
Episode #11
Specialists And Slaves
The psychopathic Radiation Specialist returns to enslave Manhattan after capturing its nuclear reactor. There’s little help at hand as Spider-Man resorts to crime in his efforts to neutralise an aerial assault.
Episode #12
Down To Earth
After Peter Parker and Daily Bugle pilot Osa Olsen are sent to investigate a fallen meteor in the North Pole, the resulting crash leads them to a primitive icy wasteland. The tribal savages send Spider-Man on a rocky road to meltdown.
Episode #13
Trip To Tomorrow
A bolt of lightning throws Spider-Man into a chance encounter with a young runaway harbouring super hero aspiration. Will the web-slinger’s torrid tales spark the youngster’s interest in crime-fighting or simply shatter his illusions?
Languages: English
Subtitles: German, Dutch
