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Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1981 - 1981
Episode 1
The Triumph of the Green Goblin
Sat, Sep 12, 198125 mins
After Spider-Man and Iceman capture a couple of jewel thieves, they return to their civilian identities and go to a costume party at a comic book convention. Angelica (Firestar) dresses as Spider Woman, Bobby (Iceman) as Captain America and Peter Parker as (who else?) Spider-Man. A couple of Green Goblins are flying around on wires; but the real Green Goblin is nearby in a laboratory, trying to cook up the same formula that had changed him from the scientist, Norman Osbourne, to what he is. And he wants everyone else in the city to be like him, too. He kidnaps his niece, Mona (who doesn't recognize him), and tries to test the formula on her. It's up to Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends to rescue her and save the city.
Episode 2
The Crime of All Centuries
Sat, Sep 19, 198125 mins
Kraven the Hunter is in New York City to show off his prehistoric animals. However, his sideshow is a cover for his plot to take over New York City by hatching a dinosaur army. He steals a rare ruby (the Eye of India) and kidnaps Firestar to coerce her into harnessing her energy to power a growth energizer, which will hatch the eggs containing the dinosaurs.
Episode 3
The Fantastic Mr. Frump
Sat, Sep 26, 198125 mins
While racing against his friends back home, Spider-Man interrupts a plan of Doctor Doom to take over the world, resulting in a common man called Mr. Frump getting the power of the amulet Dr. Doom was coveting . Mr. Frump starts asking for simple things to the almighty power of the amulet, and then he asks the amulet to know about the origin of his power which results in having the amulet making Dr. Doom appear in front of him and he won't be happy of seeing someone else using the power of the amulet.
Episode 4
Sunfire
Sat, Oct 3, 198125 mins
While watching a meteor shower with a telescope, IceMan and Spider-Man see one big enough to cause serious damage, Firestar takes action and prevents that from happening. She is observed by Shiro Yoshida, also known as "Sunfire" and his uncle Genju, who says he needs the powers of both Sunfire and Firestar to ignite a fusion reactor that will help all mankind, but he secretly only wants to give power to his fire monster to take over the world. FireStar is immediately impressed by both Shiro and Sunfire when Shiro gives an exhibition about their robots of Ichi-Ban electronics and Sunfire helps FireStar, IceMan and Spider-Man save a helicopter that was malfunctioning and where Aunt May was going. Angelica asks Aunt May to invite Shiro to have dinner with them.
Episode 5
Swarm
Sat, Oct 10, 198125 mins
A meteor crashes into a beehive, creating a mutant creature that calls itself Swarm, whose body is made up of thousands of bees. Swarm - whose lair is a giant beehive, where the meteor radiating its power is housed - immediately begins mutating worker bees into huge drones, then begins zapping the residents of New York City into drones.
Episode 6
7 Little Superheroes
Sat, Oct 17, 198125 mins
7 heroes: Spider-Man, IceMan, FireStar, Captain America, Sub-Mariner, Dr. Strange and Shanna, the Jungle Queen will have to work together to defeat a common enemy of all of them who tricked them to assist to an apparently friendly reunion by sending invitations to each one of them.
Episode 7
Video-Man
Sat, Oct 24, 198125 mins
Electro plots to take over New York City by harvesting all of the city's electric power. To help him accomplish his scheme, he breaks into an arcade video game to create Videoman, an electronic being whose primary aim is to gather the needed supplies to create the giant transformer that will give Electro the unlimited power he desires ... and stop any Spider-Friends that get in his way.
Episode 8
The Prison Plot
Sat, Oct 31, 198126 mins
The evil Magneto places a force field around a prison island, holding the prison staff and others attending a convention (including the Spider-Friends) hostage. Magneto seizes control of the power supply to the entire East Coast and threatens to destroy the Earth unless his "Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants" are immediately paroled from jail.
Episode 9
Spidey Goes Hollywood
Sat, Nov 7, 198125 mins
Spider-Man investigates a series of efforts to sabotage movie producer Sam Blockbuster's attempts to make a movie based on the web-slinger's life. Mysterio, who is revealed as the culprit, cons Blockbuster into having Spidey star as himself, as part of a plan to kill off his nemesis.
Episode 10
The Vengeance of Loki
Sat, Nov 14, 198125 mins
The Spider-Friends team with Thor to stop Thor's evil half-brother, Loki, in his effort to acquire the ancient Twins of the Gods gems. The gems will grant unlimited power to whomever holds both of them, and if Loki were to get them both, he would be unstoppable in wreaking havoc over New York City.
Episode 11
Knights & Demons
Sat, Nov 21, 198125 mins
Spider-Man, Iceman and Firestar team with the Black Knight to stop the evil sorcerer Modred from escaping to the Land of Shades with the Black Knight's Ebony Blade in hand.
Episode 12
Pawns of the Kingpin
Sat, Nov 28, 198125 mins
The Kingpin plots to steal the Omni-Blaster, a secret military weapon that would make him unstoppable as he goes on a daring crime spree. To ensure his success, he uses a special mind-control disc to turn Captain America and Iceman into his co-conspirators.
Episode 13
Quest of the Red Skull
Sat, Dec 5, 198125 mins
The Spider-Friends and Professor Hiawatha Smith follow the Red Skull to an African island, where he plans to use experimental Nazi weapons to start World War III. The Red Skull finds out that he's being tracked, has the Spider-Friends and Smith captured and straps them to the missiles.
