Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

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Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends is an animated series produced by Marvel Productions starring established Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Iceman and an original character, Firestar.^[2] As a trio called the Spider-Friends, they fought against various villains.

• 1 Broadcast schedule
• 2 Season changes and popularity
• 3 Storyline
• 4 Original characters
  • 4.1 Firestar
  • 4.2 Lightwave
  • 4.3 Videoman
    • 4.3.1 As a villain
    • 4.3.2 As a superhero
• 5 Episodes
• 6 Cast
  • 6.1 Additional cast
• 7 DVD
• 8 Reception
• 9 Comics
  • 9.1 Adaptation
  • 9.2 Firestar
  • 9.3 Amazing Friends 2006
    • 9.3.1 Opposites attack!
    • 9.3.2 Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends Co-Workers
  • 9.4 Ultimate Spider-Man
  • 9.5 Amazing Friends in-continuity?
• 10 Series notes
• 11 References
• 12 External links

Broadcast schedule

Originally broadcast on NBC as a Saturday morning cartoon, the series ran first-run original episodes for three seasons, from 1981 to 1983, then aired repeats for an additional two years (from 1984 to 1986). Alongside the 1981 Spider-Man animated series, Amazing Friends was later re-aired in the late 1980s as part of the 90 minute Marvel Action Universe (not to be confused with 1977's The Marvel Action Universe), a syndicated series that was used as a platform for old and new Marvel-produced animated fare (the newer programming featured RoboCop: The Animated Series, Dino-Riders and on occasion “X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men”, which was intended to serve as a pilot for a potential X-Men animated series).

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