• Air date: 22 Sep '79 16 episodes
      Spider-Woman is an animated television series, based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Woman. The series was produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Marvel Comics Animation, and aired on September 22, 1979 to January 3, 1980, one season of sixteen episodes, on the ABC-TV network. It was DePatie-Freleng's final series before its reincorporation as Marvel Productions.
  • List of Episodes (16)
    • 1. Pyramids Of Terror

      22 Sep '79
      In Egypt, a new purple pyramid mysteriously rises from the desert. Spider-Man investigates the pyramid, only to discover that it is a sophisticated alien spaceship under the control of an alien mummy called Kufu from the planet Hotep. Meanwhile, while visiting a museum of Egyptology, Jessica and Jeff come under attack by a mummy contained in one of the exhibits. Jessica becomes Spider-Woman and saves Jeff, afterwards finding out that mummies in exhibits all over the world have been coming to lif
    • 2. Realm Of Darkness

      29 Sep '79
      On Grand Cayman Island, worshippers of Dormammu the demon, summon him in a mystic ceremony. He tells his followers that he intends to expand his sphere of influence to the whole Earth, by stopping the Moon in its orbit while a total eclipse occurs in two days' time, causing the Earth to be forever covered in darkness. Jessica, Jeff and Billy journey to the island to cover the launch of a new satellite telescope that is to observe the eclipse. The satellite launches on schedule, but Dormammu and
    • 3. The Amazon Adventure

      06 Oct '79
      Fort Knox is raided by a group of Amazon warriors, who steal all the gold kept there. News of that, and other thefts by the Amazons reaches Justice Magazine, and Jessica, Jeff and Billy travel in the Justice jet-copter to the Amazon river. There they encounter the Amazon warriors, with Jeff and Billy being taken to their leader, Shanna, and Jessica as Spider-Woman following them to their hidden city of gold. She tries to free Jeff and Billy, but is forced by Shanna to lead her warriors in their
    • 4. The Ghost Vikings

      13 Oct '79
      Off the coast of Norway, a cruise ship is almost sucked into a whirlpool. With Jessica and her companions covering the Nobel Peace Prize conference in Stockholm, it isn't long before Spider-Woman arrives to save the ship. Afterwards, she discovers that the whirlpool was caused by a sunken Viking ship. The old ship is raised by the sea authorities, and the press are invited aboard. Billy finds an old treasure chest and puts it onto the deck of the ship, where Jeff opens it, releasing three malevo
    • 5. The Kingpin Strikes Again

      20 Oct '79
      Underneath the First National Bank in New York, the Kingpin and his henchmen tunnel their way into the vault. However, Spider-Woman quickly turns up to stop the Kingpin and his men. She is caught off guard and the Kingpin manages to escape with a million dollars. Jessica decides to devote the next edition of Justice Magazine to the Kingpin, which annoys him greatly. Hew decides to steal a new government-built invisibility ray in order to get revenge on Jessica Drew for writing derogatory remark
    • 6. The Lost Continent

      27 Oct '79
      After an Air Force squadron disappears over the Bermuda Triangle, two more planes are dispatched to discover what happened, but they too disappear. Meanwhile, Jessica, Jeff and Billy visit the aircraft carrier in the vicinity of the Triangle after being granted an interview with the ship's commander. With the situation becoming more dangerous, the Justice Magazine crew is ordered to leave the area, but their jet-copter disappears like the jets, only to discover a hidden dimension containing a pr
    • 7. The Kongo Spider

      03 Nov '79
      Deep in the Kongo jungle, the local tribesmen are attacked by a giant spider. Spider-Woman, who had been alerted by her spider sense, travels to the Kongo jungle and rescues the threatened locals from the spider. With everyone safe, she returns to the Justice Magazine building, not knowing that her battle with the giant spider was filmed by C.B. the director, who wants to make a movie starring both Spider-Man and Spider-Woman, and end their careers permanently in the process. Jessica's spider se
    • 8. Games Of Doom

      10 Nov '79
      Jessica, Jeff and Billy are covering the U.S. team for the World Athletic Games in Moscow. The plane carrying the team is attacked in mid-air by another craft, with the whole crew disabled by a knockout gas. One of the athletes is kidnapped and taken aboard another craft. Spider-Woman rescues the athlete, unaware that he has been replaced by an android duplicate. At the games in Moscow, Bruce Thompson, the kidnapped competitor, proceeds to break all pole vault records by performing with apparent
    • 9. Shuttle To Disaster

      17 Nov '79
      A recently launched space shuttle carrying astronauts and civilians (including Jessica, Jeff and Billy) is highjacked by the aptly-named villain Steeljaw. He takes the shuttle to his moon-base where he intends to use his kidnapped victims to dig for valuable moon gems. It falls to Spider-Woman to stop his evil plans.
    • 10. Dracula's Revenge

      24 Nov '79
      After Dracula is released from his tomb in Transylvania, he decrees that all mortals will pay for his imprisonment. He brings the Wolfman and Frankenstein's Monster back to life and gives them powers with the ability to turn normal humans into monsters. Only Spider-Woman can stop the monsters and defeat Dracula before everyone becomes as horrific as them.
    • 11. The Spider-Woman And The Fly

      01 Dec '79
      The Drew Laboratories are infiltrated by a bionic midget(!), who attempts to steal Dr. Alexander Drew's secret research journal. Spider-Woman shows up and stops him getting away with the book. Unbeknownst to her however, the bionic midget took photographs of the notes within the book using his bionic eye. He takes the pictures to his boss, Dr. Hagell, who then plans to steal genetically cloned flies from the Government Research Foundation. After his midget assistant obtains the flies for him, Ha
    • 12. Invasion Of The Black Hole

      08 Dec '79
      Jessica, Jeff and Billy take a ride out into the countryside, where they spot a black U.F.O. travelling in the sky above them. Jeff and Billy look for help, while Jessica becomes Spider-Woman to save a country house and its inhabitants from the black rays of the U.F.O. After saving the people in the house, Jessica, Jeff and Billy travel to the Hawk Peak Observatory to talk to Professor Jansen in order to find out where the spaceship came from. They discover that the spaceship and many others cam
    • 13. The Great Magini

      15 Dec '79
      A powerful magician known as the Great Magini performs a series of impressive magic tricks in front of a captivated audience, including Jessica, Jeff and Billy. During the performance, a valuable painting is stolen. Thanks to Jessica's spider-sense, she discovers that is was Magini himself who took the painting, and Spider-Woman quickly helps to bring him to justice. However, Magini escapes from the police and sets about performing his most audacious plan yet - to steal the great landmarks of th
    • 14. A Crime In Time

      22 Dec '79
      A secret government-built time machine becomes the target of the renegade scientist Dr. T, but fortunately Jessica is on hand to become Spider-Woman and stops his evil plan. However, Dr. T manages to steal the plans to the time machine and eventually builds one of his own, to steal precious items from the past. He then travels a thousand years into the future and having found powerful warriors there, brings them back to the present to help him take over the world. Spider-Woman has to defeat the
    • 15. Return Of The Spider-Queen

      29 Dec '79
      Whilst in Scotland investigating recent sightings of the Loch Ness Monster, Jessica is forced to become Spider-Woman to deal with a race of human spiders. They observe her powers and abilities and believe her to be their Spider-Queen, having returned after many years. They alter her mind so that she will work with them and lead their forces into conquering mankind. Only Jeff and Billy can help Spider-Woman regain her memories.
    • 16. A Deadly Dream

      05 Jan '80
      In the Arctic, the army retrieves a frozen spaceship, containing an alien. The alien is accidentally awoken by the soldiers, and introduces herself as Mumara. She instantly sets about to place everyone in the world into a deep sleep so that she can be sustained by their dreams. Luckily for Jessica, her spider-powers make her immune to Mumara sleep-inducing rays. However, in order to save everyone, Jessica becomes Spider-Woman and is left to enter the dream world to stop Mumara once and for all.