Spidey Cartoon Marathon - May 24

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FYI...ABC Family is showing every Spidey cartoon ever made (the old '60s or '70s show, Amazing Friends, and the '90s series) starting May 24 in a Memorial Day marathon. Set your VCRs!

 

Gene

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Thanks! The 60s run by Ralph Bakshi are classics that I haven't seen in years. Wish I had a DVD recorder...

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Thanks for the info Gene. It will be good to see them all again.

Its been a while.

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Seems it's not going to be every episode, but a best of. Here's the complete story -

 

ABC Family To Host Spiderman Marathon, Memorial Day Weekend

 

"Spider-Man Through the Years" 3-Day Marathon Swings Into the ABC Family Lineup Memorial Day Weekend May 25-27 -- 7:00-9:00 A.M., ET/PT

 

Best Episodes from Four Decades of Animated Spidey Series Featured Each Morning of Holiday Weekend

 

While the new Spider-Man movie "sticks" to the silver screen, an animated "Spider-Man Through the Years" marathon, featuring Marvel Comics' favorite wall crawler in first-ever episode plus classic and modern day episodes from the four Spider-Man series (from the '60s, '80s, '90s and new millennium), will be presented during the Memorial Day Weekend, Saturday, May 25, Sunday, May 26, and Monday, May 27 (7:00-9:00 a.m., ET/PT) on ABC Family.

 

Each block will showcase Spider-Man's biggest battles with the most infamous villains -- the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus and Mysterio -- and terrific teaming with other heroes -- the X-Men and the Incredible Hulk -- from each version of the animated series. The marathon's interstitial moments will feature trivia about the Spider-Man character.

 

Based on the hugely popular Marvel comic book series "The Amazing Spider-Man," co-created by Stan Lee, the 1967-70 animated "Spider-Man" (with the catchy theme song) marked the web-slinging hero's foray into television. After appearing in about two dozen three-minute segments on "The Electric Company" in the 1970s, Spider-Man returned in a new animated series, again entitled "Spider-Man," then changed to "Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends" (1981-82, 1984-86), with two new compatriots -- Firestar, an original female character created for the show, and Iceman, a former X-Men member. The next animated version, which premiered in 1995 and ran for five seasons, pit Spider-Man against classic Marvel Universe villains, including Doctor Doom, the Vulture and Electro, and more modern bad-guys, including Venom and the Carnage Symbiote. Finally, in his most recent outing, "Spider-Man Unlimited," (1999-01) Spidey's in New York, but it's a different New York. Thanks to Venom and Carnage, he's stranded on the world known as "Counter-Earth," where humanoid animals rule and normal humans are the underclass. Though wanting nothing more than to get home, Spider-Man stays to fight for humanity.

 

Episodes from "Spider-Man" (1967), "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends," "Spider-Man" (1995) and "Spider-Man Unlimited" will air during the Marathon as follows:

 

Saturday, May 25 - X-Men Crossovers

7:00-7:30 a.m. "The Power of Dr. Octopus" - 1967 - Episode 1 of this series, featuring the villain's first animated appearance

7:30-8:00 a.m. "A Firestar is Born" - "Amazing Friends" - Firestar explains her origin during an X-Men reunion (team's first animated appearance)

8:00-8:30 a.m. "The Mutant Agenda, Part 1" - 1995 - A cyborg seeks revenge on Firestar, her friends and the X-Men

8:30-9:00 a.m. "The Mutant Agenda, Part 2" - 1995 - Part two of the cyborg vs. Firestar, her friends and the X-Men

 

Sunday, May 26 - Green Goblin Attacks

7:00-7:30 a.m. "To Catch A Spider" - 1967 - Features bad-guy group, The Sinister Six, including Green Goblin, Electro and Vulture

7:30-8:00 a.m. "Triumph of the Green Goblin" - "Amazing Friends" - The Green Goblin attacks as the gang attends a superhero costume party

8:00-8:30 a.m. "Turning Point" - 1995 - The Green Goblin kidnaps Spider-Man's girlfriend, Mary Jane, and flies her to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge

8:30-9:00 a.m. "World's Apart, Part 1" - "Unlimited" - Venom and Carnage stow away on John Jameson's space shuttle to Counter-Earth, Peter Parker designs a Nano-Tech costume with new features and hijacks a shuttle to go after them

 

Monday, May 27 - Mysterio Materializes

7:00-7:30 a.m. "Return of the Flying Dutchman" - 1967 - Features all of Spider-Man's foes, including Mysterio

7:30-8:00 a.m. "Spidey Goes to Hollywood" - "Amazing Friends" - Mysterio cons Spidey into making a deadly movie; The Incredible Hulk guest stars

8:00-8:30 a.m. "The Haunting of Mary Jane Watson" - 1995 - After finally getting her big break in movies, Mary Jane comes to believe she's being haunted, or is it another one of Mysterio's tricks?

8:30-9:00 a.m. "World's Apart, Part 2" - "Unlimited" - When Venom and Carnage attack the revolutionaries' headquarters, Spidey helps drive them off. Jameson invites Spidey to join his cause, but he only wants to return to Earth

 

ABC Family regularly airs two Spider-Man episodes Saturdays at 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.