

Doom!" from The Amazing Spider-Man #5 (October 1963). Jonah Jameson!" from The Amazing Spider-Man #25 (June 1965), with the subplot of Flash Thompson dressing up as Spider-Man to scare Peter Parker being taken from "Marked for Destruction by Dr. The episode "The Spider Slayer" is loosely based on the comic story "Captured by J.the Lizard!" from The Amazing Spider-Man #6 (November 1963). The first episode, "Night of the Lizard", is loosely based on the comic story "Face-to-Face with.Spider-Man is occasionally aided in his fight against crime by other superheroes, including the X-Men, the Punisher, Blade, Doctor Strange, Daredevil, Iron Man, Captain America, and the Fantastic Four.Ī large number of storylines and events from the comics are loosely adapted in the series, such as: Parker's peers at ESU include football star Flash Thompson, popular barista Liz Allan, scientific genius Debra Whitman, and research rival Michael Morbius.Īs Spider-Man, Parker faces various supervillains that threaten New York City, including criminal masterminds such as the Kingpin and the Hobgoblin, scientific mishaps like Doctor Octopus and the Green Goblin, and the alien symbiotes Venom and Carnage. Jonah Jameson, who often uses Parker's pictures of his alter-ego to discredit and carry out a smear campaign against Spider-Man. The Bugle is owned by loudmouth publisher J. Curt Connors' student, and help to support his Aunt May after the death of his Uncle Ben by working as a freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle.

Parker must navigate his romantic affections for love interests Felicia Hardy and Mary Jane Watson, maintain his friendship with Harry Osborn, focus on his academic performance as Dr. The series follows Peter Parker, a college student at Empire State University who struggles to balance his responsibilities as the hero Spider-Man with the problems of his personal life. The series was produced by Marvel Films Animation and animated by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. The series aired on the Fox Kids Network from November 19, 1994, to January 31, 1998, for a total of five seasons comprising sixty-five episodes, and ran reruns on Toon Disney's Jetix block and on Disney XD. Spider-Man, also known as Spider-Man: The Animated Series ( Spider-Man TAS for short), is an American superhero animated television series based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name.
