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In her alter ego, she strongly resembled Spider-Man’s love interest in the comics, Mary Jane Watson, who was not part of the show. Plans originally called for the two “Amazing Friends” to be Iceman and the Fantastic Four’s Human Torch, but that character was tied up in another licensing deal.įire-Star was an original character created for this series, and over the course of development was, at different times, known as Heatwave, Starblaze, and Firefly.

Empire State University student Peter Parker, who found himself teamed with former X-Men Iceman/Bobby Drake and Fire-Star/Angelica Jones. Hailing from Marvel Productions (later known as Sunbow), the series starred Marvel’s flagship hero, a.k.a. While ‘The Kids Super Power Hour’ and ‘Space Stars’ were one-season wonders, ‘Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends’ became a staple of NBC’s Saturday schedule until 1986. (My how times have changed!)īut in 1981, when NBC saw how popular ‘Super Friends’ was on ABC, the network attempted to jump on the bandwagon with a trio of superhero shows– Filmation’s ‘The Kids Super Power Hour with Shazam!’, Hanna-Barbera’s ‘Space Stars’ (which not only cashed in on the popularity of superheroes, but ‘Star Wars’), and ‘Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends’. On the other hand, the Marvel characters had much less exposure and were not nearly as well known by general audiences. It’s almost impossible to imagine, but in the late-1970s and early-80s, the DC superheroes were household names and could be found everywhere from TV to the big screen to every department store in America. Hope you enjoy and feel free to leave any feedback or personal remembrances in the comments!

Welcome to Super Saturday, a new ongoing weekly column that will pay tribute to the animated classics of yesterday, and will be offered on Saturday mornings, a period when many of us remember being the only time animated kids’ programming was offered in the dark, primitive days before streaming, cable, and home video were ubiquitous, making a special time for such programming obsolete.

Download spidey and his amazing friends 1981