The BEST episodes of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

Every episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends!

Originally run as an NBC Saturday morning cartoon in 1981. Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Bobby Drake (Iceman), and Angelica Jones (Firestar) are all college students at Empire State University. After working together to defeat the Beetle and recovering the "Power Booster" he stole from Tony Stark (a.k.a. Iron Man) the trio decide to team-up permanently as the Spider-Friends.

Last Updated: 8/16/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
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Along Came Spidey
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8.98
45 votes

#1 - Along Came Spidey

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1982

Shocker injures Aunt May, and Spider-Man recounts how he acquired his powers.

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A Fire-Star is Born
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8.12
51 votes

#2 - A Fire-Star is Born

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1982

Iceman and Firestar attend an X-Men reunion featuring Cyclops, Angel, and its latest members Storm and Wolverine (who oddly speaks with an Australian accent). Firestar recalls her origins (cameos by Magneto and a Sentinel). After that, the Juggernaut crashes the party in an effort to destroy his stepbrother Professor X.

Writer: Christy Marx
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7 Little Superheroes
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8.06
88 votes

#3 - 7 Little Superheroes

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1981

The Chameleon schemes to destroy his most hated enemies: the Spider-Friends, Captain America, Doctor Strange, Sub-Mariner and Shanna the Jungle Queen, by summoning them to his castle and taking them down one by one.

Writer: Doug Booth
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The Vengeance of Loki!
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7.99
84 votes

#4 - The Vengeance of Loki!

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/1981

Loki masquerades as his half-brother, Thor, and attacks New York City.

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Swarm
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7.81
83 votes

#5 - Swarm

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1981

An irradiated meteor turns a group of bees into the villain Swarm, who turns Iceman, Firestar, and the rest of the city into bees. Only Spider-Man is immune. Can he find a way to stop Swarm from taking over the world?

Writer: Dennis Marks
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The X-Men Adventure
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7.43
21 votes

#6 - The X-Men Adventure

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1983

The Spider-Friends visit the X-Mansion, teaming with the X-Men (Cyclops, Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, Thunderbird, Sprite and Professor X) and battle Cyberiad (formerly Nathan Price), Firestar's old boyfriend.

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star
7.41
154 votes

#7 - The Triumph of the Green Goblin

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1981

A plane crash turns Norman Osborn back into the Green Goblin, who plans to turn the entire city into goblins.

Writer: Dennis Marks
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The Origin of the Iceman
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7.37
51 votes

#8 - The Origin of the Iceman

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1982

Videoman returns, and Iceman retells his origin as he fears he is losing his mutant powers. In a brief flashback clip, Iceman recalls meeting Professor Xavier and the original members of the X-Men (Angel, Beast, Marvel-Girl, Cyclops).

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Video-Man
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6.98
54 votes

#9 - Video-Man

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1981

Electro creates a villain called Videoman from an arcade machine.

Writer: Christy Marx
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The Prison Plot
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6.94
53 votes

#10 - The Prison Plot

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1981

Magneto holds the visitors of an abandoned prison hostage, demanding the release of his Brotherhood of Mutants (Blob, Toad and Mastermind).

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Attack of the Arachnoid
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6.91
45 votes

#11 - Attack of the Arachnoid

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1983

After the Spider-Friends thwart the Scorpion, a chemical scientist named Zoltan Amadeus recreates Spider-Man's powers with a spider serum. He frames Spider-Man for his crimes. (Daredevil (Matt Murdock) guest stars as Spider-Man's lawyer). When Spider-Man ends up on Rikers Island, the Scorpion stages a jailbreak to take out Spider-Man, but is defeated. After Zoltan mutates into the Arachnoid, Iceman and Firestar cleared Spider-Man's name and are given the antidote to return Zoltan to normal.

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The Quest of the Red Skull
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6.89
19 votes

#12 - The Quest of the Red Skull

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/5/1981

The Red Skull kidnaps Hiawatha Smith and the Spider-Friends so that they will not interfere in his plot to start World War III.

Writer: Dennis Marks
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Pawns of the Kingpin
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6.89
19 votes

#13 - Pawns of the Kingpin

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/1981

The Kingpin and Doctor Faustus use a mind control device to force Captain America to commit crimes, who convinces Iceman to follow him.

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Spider-Man Unmasked!
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6.89
47 votes

#14 - Spider-Man Unmasked!

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1983

The Sandman learns that Spider-Man is Peter Parker. Bobby and Angelica figure out how to make his identity a secret again.

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Mission: Save the Guardstar
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6.88
17 votes

#15 - Mission: Save the Guardstar

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1983

Buzz Mason of S.H.I.E.L.D. hires the Spider-Friends to stop a mutant named Lightwave, who has the power to control and manipulate light energy. She turns out to be Iceman's half-sister, Aurora Dante (who was not mentioned in "The Origin of Ice Man"). Though it is said that she has turned traitor and is targeting the GuardStar satellite, someone is actually mind-controlling her.

Writer: Dennis Marks
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The Crime of All Centuries
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6.85
66 votes

#16 - The Crime of All Centuries

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1981

Kraven the Hunter plans to unleash a dinosaur army. Too make matters worse, Kraven also captures Firestar.

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The Bride of Dracula!
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6.85
46 votes

#17 - The Bride of Dracula!

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1983

Firestar is kidnapped by Dracula. Spider-Man and Iceman go to Transylvania to rescue her, fighting both Wolfman and the Frankenstein monster.

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The Origin of the Spider-Friends
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6.84
45 votes

#18 - The Origin of the Spider-Friends

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1983

Stan Lee explains how the superheroes teamed-up to fight the Beetle. Tony Stark makes a cameo.

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Knights and Demons
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6.82
50 votes

#19 - Knights and Demons

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1981

Spider-Man and the Black Knight team up to battle Mordred.

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The Education of a Superhero
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6.76
46 votes

#20 - The Education of a Superhero

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1983

Videoman merges with a game addict, who decides to be a superhero while the Gamesman seeks world domination by electronically hypnotizing the public.

Writer: Dennis Marks
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Spidey Meets the Girl from Tomorrow
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6.74
19 votes

#21 - Spidey Meets the Girl from Tomorrow

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1983

Spidey falls in love with a stranded girl from the future, a girl named Ariel, whose spaceship has been stolen by Doctor Octopus. After Doctor Octopus is defeated, Iceman and Firestar learn that Ariel and her brother, Bartow are sick. In the hospital, it is revealed that they lack immune systems. Spider-man helps them return to the future, but Ariel's and Bartow's father returns Spider-man to the present because he carries germs from "Old Earth."

Writer: Dennis Marks
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Sunfire
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6.63
59 votes

#22 - Sunfire

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1981

Firestar falls in love with Sunfire.

Writer: Christy Marx
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The Fantastic Mr. Frump!
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6.53
62 votes

#23 - The Fantastic Mr. Frump!

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1981

Aunt May's unlucky friend is given the power to change reality, which Doctor Doom uses to his advantage.

Writer: Christy Marx
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Spidey Goes Hollywood
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6.16
83 votes

#24 - Spidey Goes Hollywood

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1981

Mysterio forces a movie director to con Spider-Man into starring in a movie. Bruce Banner appears and ends up turning into the Hulk when it came to a part where Mysterio uses a robot version of Hulk in a scene.

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