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Shows : 1970's Live TV & Movies

The Spider-Man TV series consisted of a pilot, and thirteen subsequent episodes which aired haphazardly over two seasons on CBS between 1977 and 1979. Several of the shows were edited to make three movies, as indicated. The story was only loosely based on the comics. The villains were all newly created, and most of the cast was re-invented.

Apparently, CVS was relunctant to commit to a regular timeslot, as they didn't want to become known as "The Super-Hero Channel", since they were running a glut of Super-Hero movies and TV series at the time. The program wasn't pulling good numbers, and it was canned before it really hit it's stride.

Here are the episode lists for the two seasons.

If you're looking for more detail, we recommend Mark Rathwell's The Amazing Spider-Man Live Action TV Series Page.

Cast Information

Here's a publicity shot of the lead cast members, in all their swinging 70's style. The cast was was rather small compared to the comic cast from which it was taken. Aunt May didn't feature heavily. Jonah Jameson didn't appear in the pilot. Judy Tyler was added as a fellow reporter for romantic interest, and had no real equivalent in the comics.


      Peter Parker/Spider Man   - Nicholas Hammond
      Judy Tyler                - Lisa Elibacher
      Julie Masters             - Ellen Bry
      Major Collins             - Ted Danson
      Captain Barbera           - Michael Pataki
      J. Jonah Jameson          - Robert F. Simon (not in pilot?)
      Aunt May                  - Irene Tedrow
      Rita Conway               - Chip Fields
      Min Lo Chan               - Benson Fong
      Executive Producer        - Charles W. Fries
      Executive Producer        - Daniel R. Goodman
      Producer                  - Robert Janes
      Producer                  - Ron Satlof
      Original Music            - Dana Kaproff
      Original Music            - Stu Phillips (also theme)
      Original Music            - Johnnie Spence
      Directed by               - E.W. Swackhamer (?)
      Directed by               - Don McDougall (Chinese Web episodes)
      Directed by               - Tom Blank (?)
      Directed by               - Cliff Bole (?)
      Directed by               - Michael Caffey (?)
      Directed by               - Dennis Donnelly (?)
      Directed by               - Tony Ganz (?)
      Directed by               - Fernando Lamas (?)
      Directed by               - Joseph Manduke (?)
      Directed by               - Don McDougall (?)
      Directed by               - Ron Satlof (?)
      Directed by               - Larry Stewart (?)
      Cinematography            - Fred Jackman Jr.
      Cinematography            - Vincent A. Martinelli
      Cinematography            - Jack Whitman
      Written by                - Alvin Boretz

Audio Files

MP3 format sound files.

VHS & DVD

Sorry, the scope of this site doesn't include information on finding Spider-Man on VHS, DVD, or any other video format. We can't even recommend anywhere else to try, it's just out of our domain.

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