• Air date: 09 Sep '67 20 episodes
      Spider-Man is an animated television series that ran from September 9, 1967 to June 14, 1970. It was jointly produced in Canada and the United States and was the first animated adaptation of the Spider-Man comic book series, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. It first aired on the ABC television network in the United States but went into syndication at the start of the third season. Grantray-Lawrence Animation produced the first season. Seasons 2 and 3 were crafted by producer Ralph Bakshi in New York City. In Canada, it is currently airing on Teletoon Retro. An internet meme, commonly known as 1960s Spiderman, regarding the series has received an overwhelming amount of popularity. The meme consists of a screenshot taken at a random part of the series and adding an inappropriate and/or witty text. Since the death of Max Ferguson on March 7 2013, there are only three surviving members from the cast. Those three being Paul Soles the voice of Spider-Man, Chris Wiggins the voice of...
  • List of Episodes (20)
    • 1. The Power of Doctor Octopus / Sub-Zero For Spidey

      09 Sep '67
      Peter Parker is on assignment for J. Jonah Jameson, investigating mystery lights outside of the New York City limits for possible Daily Bugle pictures, when a rock avalanche forces his car off of a road and onto a tree part-way down a cliff. Peter changes to Spiderman and uses webbing to gently bring his car to a landing at the base of the cliff, where he notices light emanating from an opening in the rock, revealing a gadget-filled cave wherein the multi-mechanical-armed Doctor Octopus is schem
    • 2. Where Crawls the Lizard / Electro the Human Lightning Bolt

      16 Sep '67
      Reports of a lizard-man terrorizing the Everglades bring Spiderman to Florida, where he finds that a Doctor Conner, by testing a swamp fever serum upon himself, has changed into an intelligent lizard. The lizard that Conner has become intends to use a beaker containing the serum, which it confiscates from Conner's laboratory, to convert alligators into reptiles that share its level of intelligence, to follow it in conquest of humanity. Spidey applies his knowledge of science to conceive an antid
    • 3. The Menace of Mysterio

      23 Sep '67
      Spider-man has robbed a bank! But Peter Parker doesn't remember robbing a bank. He figures it must be an impostor. Meanwhile, J Jonah Jameson has being recieving calls from a mysterious Mysterio. He claims that he could defeat Spider-man and bets with Jonah on it. Jonah puts Mysterio's challenge on the front page of the Daily Bugle though Spider-man is in trouble with the law. Spider-man arrives at Mysterio's meeting place (a bridge) and they battle there. Mysterio hits Spider-man into the
    • 4. The Sky is Falling / Captured By J. Jonah Jameson

      30 Sep '67
      The Vulture, a man-bird villain, possesses an electronic device inducing huge flocks of birds to join him in attacking New York City. Unless the mayor bestows to the Vulture 2 million dollars, the Vulture promises to continue his reign of terror from the sky. Scientifically astute and resourceful Spidey drops a device that disrupts the bird-controlling transmissions, onto the Vulture's head, and provokes the bird-man into giving to the birds the attack signal, which causes the confused birds to
    • 5. Never Step On a Scorpion / Sands of Crime

      07 Oct '67
      Jameson's latest Spiderman-catching scheme involves a genetically mutated humanoid scorpion created by a scientist named Dr. Stillwell, but the Scorpion's allegiances are fickle, the monster soon declares Jameson as his number one enemy, and Spiderman must rescue his newspaper-publishing nemesis from the beast's murderous clutches. Fortunately, the Scorpion is vulnerable to Spidey's webbing, and Spidey captures the Scorpion for police capture, not once but twice, after the Scorpion escapes priso
    • 6. Diet of Destruction / The Witching Hour

      14 Oct '67
      A gigantic, walking blast furnace that feasts on metal from lampposts, cars, and power transformers, is loose in New York City. Spidey webs its two legs, ties a rope around its middle, and pilots a tugboat to pull it into the water of New York Harbor. Water douses its fire... A ghoulish villain, the Green Goblin, plans to conjure demons of the spirit world to do his bidding and to this end uses J. Jonah Jameson as a hypnotized medium to the evil realm. Spidey trails the Goblin and Jameson to a c
    • 7. Kilowatt Kaper / The Peril of Parafino

      21 Oct '67
      Electro exploits an electrical storm to recharge his energy powers and escape jail. He hijacks the New York City power station and intends to blackmail the city into accepting his demand of total rule. Spiderman confronts Electro first at the power station and then in Times Square. In Times Square, Spidey spins his special, electricity-resistant webbing formula to form a large net, then webs a personal shield to deflect one of Electro's bolts so that the bolt blasts a hole through a wooden ledge
    • 8. Horn of the Rhino

      28 Oct '67
      Sick with a cold, Spiderman must battle the Rhino, a powerful, horned villain capable of ramming through trains, trucks, and submarines. Though Peter's Aunt May forbids her ailing nephew to procure pictures for Jameson of the Rhino's wrath, Peter leaves his bed to become Spiderman each time that a component to a top-secret military weapon is due to arrive in New York City, because the Rhino wants the weapon and will stop at nothing to steal the components, three in total, coming to New York by t
    • 9. The One-Eyed Idol / Fifth Avenue Phantom

      04 Nov '67
      Australian hunter Harley Clivendon pretends to be secret admirer of J. Jonah Jameson and gives as a "token of (his) esteem" to the cantankerous newspaper publisher a weird, hypnotic idol, which entrances Jameson into robbing his own wall safe and placing the money inside of the idol for Clivendon's aborigine helper to collect. When Spidey discovers Clivendon's scheme, Clivendon throws a boomerang to strike Spidey unconscious and binds Spidey beneath an elevator carriage to be crushed when the ca
    • 10. The Revenge of Dr. Magneto / The Sinister Prime Minister

      11 Nov '67
      Dr. Magneto, a scientist with a gun capable of magnetizing and demagnetizing various objects, plans revenge upon the world for ridiculing his theories. He causes a rail bridge to collapse, then lifts and drops a statue from high altitude, but Spidey arrives on the scene and prevents Magneto's schemes from causing loss of life. Then, Spidey confronts Magneto in a museum and, with a dense, anti-magnetic webbing, smashes Magneto's magnetizing gun. He then webs Magneto in the usual manner and places
    • 11. The Night of the Villains / Here Comes Trubble

      18 Nov '67
      A) Historic villains Blackbeard the Pirate, Jesse James, and the Executioner of Paris are committing robberies in New York City, and Spidey tracks them to their lair- Parafino's Wax Museum, where Spidey's wax-master enemy is scheming to besiege and plunder the city with robotized wax villains. B) Miss Trubble, a book dealer obsessed with mythology, is owner of a magical chest from which she summons a succession of mythological figures, from centaurs to the Cyclops to Diana the Hunter-Goddess, t
    • 12. Spiderman Meets Dr. Noah Boddy / The Fantastic Fakir

      25 Nov '67
      A) A scientist, Dr. Noah Boddy, renders himself invisible by means of a machine, then acts to avenge himself upon Jameson, who publically maligned his theory of invisibility. B) Spiderman battles an Arabian jewel thief, whose magical flute induces animals into attacking Spidey.
    • 13. Return of the Flying Dutchman / Farewell Performance

      02 Dec '67
      A) Reports of a legendary, flying ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman, being sighted near Smuggler's Cove summon Spidey to the area, where his investigation into the phantom ship's appearance leads him to a cave in which he finds his sworn adversary, Mysterio, plotting with a pair of thugs. B) When a Jekyll-and-Hyde poster comes to life at the soon-to-be-demolished Castle Theatre, Spidey visits the theatre and encounters a mischievous Blackwell the Magician, who is trying to attract public attent
    • 14. The Golden Rhino / Blueprint For Crime

      09 Dec '67
      A) Spiderman's old enemy, the rampaging Rhino, is stealing gold bullion to mold an auric likeness of himself. B) A bald-headed mastermind named the Plotter employs two ridiculous criminals, Cowboy and Ox, to steal a blueprint to a missile.
    • 15. The Spider and the Fly / The Slippery Doctor Von Schlick

      16 Dec '67
      A) Spidey chases the culprit in an attempted theft of jewels from a countess and is surprised to find that his opponent, dressed in a black ""Human Fly"" costume, also has the ability to scale walls and can cross thin wires between buildings. B) Oil is being stolen in huge quantities by Dr. Von Schlick, a chemist villain garbed in a rubber, non-stick suit and armed with petroleum-based bubbles that he fires from his fingers to envelope Spidey.
    • 16. The Vulture's Prey / The Dark Terrors

      23 Dec '67
      A) The nefarious Vulture traps Jameson inside of a tower-clock and uses the well-informed Daily Bugle publisher as a source of information on the whereabouts of a visiting diamond merchant and the testing of military equipment- two prospective heists for the greedy bird-man. B) Life-like and substantial shadows of beasts are projected in various locations in New York City by the Phantom's new Shadow-Scope glasses to cause panic and enable the Phantom to effect unconstrained bank and jewelry sto
    • 17. The Terrible Triumph of Doctor Octopus / Magic Malice

      30 Dec '67
      A) Doctor Octopus imposes upon Dr. Smartyr's Nullifier rocket test and steals the ultra-powerful destructor missile, with possession thereof Octopus plans to force all nations to bow to his will. B) While Blackwell the Magician is entertaining at the Castle Theatre, his house is invaded by the Green Goblin, who swipes some of Blackwell's props and peruses Blackwell's book of magic spells and incantations.
    • 18. Fountain of Terror / Fiddler On the Loose

      06 Jan '68
      A) Dr. Curtis Conner goes missing in the Florida swamps after finding the Fountain of Youth. When Spidey investigates the scientist's disappearance, he discovers a fifteenth century Spanish conquistador, Ponce de Leon, who is intent upon keeping the magical fountain a secret. B) Because he hates rock-and-roll for its having replaced classical music in the tastes of the masses, a fiddler with a deadly, sonic violin seeks revenge upon pop-music sponsor Cyrus Flintridge.
    • 19. To Catch a Spider / Double Identity

      13 Jan '68
      A) Under the guidance of Dr. Noah Boddy, the Green Goblin, Electro, and the Vulture join forces for revenge on Spiderman. In a confrontation with Noah Boddy's three stooges, Spidey practices ventriloquism to cause each of the three miscreants to think that he is being insulted by the others, and the excitable trio of villains begin fighting each other. B) Art robberies are committed by an old enemy of Spiderman, actor Charles Cameo, who can utilize masks and make-up to usurp any identity, inclu
    • 20. Sting of the Scorpion / Trick or Treachery

      20 Jan '68
      A) When the Scorpion, intent on vengeance upon Spiderman and Jameson, escapes prison, he visits the laboratory of his creator, Dr. Stillwell, and drinks a potion that vastly increases his size. B) Paroled from prison, the Human Fly Twins rob diamonds from an importing company, and one of them does this deed in a Spiderman costume so that the guard, before being hit on the head from behind by the second twin, believes that Spidey is the culprit.