The first season of Spider-Man: The Animated Series aired on Fox Kids from November 1994 to June 1995.
Summary[]
The first season introduces Spider-Man and several of the shows main characters such as J. Jonah Jameson, Joseph Robertson, May Parker, Felicia Hardy, Flash Thompson, Mary Jane Watson, Curt Connors, Norman Osborn, and Harry Osborn.
This season also saw the introduction of several of Spider-Man's enemies such as Kingpin, Alistair Smythe, Doctor Octopus, Mysterio, Scorpion, Kraven the Hunter, Rhino, Shocker, Venom, Hobgoblin, and Chameleon.
Unlike later seasons, season one included single story episodes with no over arcing story.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
Guest cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Liz Georges | Debra Whitman |
| Hank Azaria | Venom / Eddie Brock |
| Joseph Campanella | Lizard / Curt Connors |
| Giselle Loren | Margaret Connors |
| Toby Scott Ganger | Billy Connors |
| Patrick Labyorteaux | Flash Thompson |
| Gary Imhoff | Harry Osborn |
| Edward Mulhare | Spencer Smythe |
| Maxwell Caulfield | Alistair Smythe |
| Neil Ross | Norman Osborn |
| Roscoe Lee Browne | Kingpin / Wilson Fisk |
| Efrem Zimbalist Jr. | Doctor Octopus / Otto Octavius |
| Rue McClanahan | Anastasia Hardy |
| Steven Polinsky | Agent Ford |
| Dawnn Lewis | Terri Lee |
| Gregg Berger | Mysterio / Quentin Beck Kraven the Hunter / Sergei Kravinoff |
| Martin Landau | Scorpion / Mac Gargan |
| Michael Rye | Farley Stillwell |
| Susan Beaubian | Mariah Crawford |
| Don Stark | Rhino |
| Michael Horton | John Jameson |
| John F. Beard | Newscaster |
| Jim Cummings | Shocker |
| Mark Hamill | Hobgoblin |
| Nell Carter | Glory Grant |
| Philip Abbott | Nick Fury |
| Rachel Davies | Agent X |
Episodes[]
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Produced by | Air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night of the Lizard | Bob Richardson | Gerry Conway Stan Berkowitz John Semper |
John Semper | November 19, 1994 |
| A giant lizard has been spotted in the subways and Jameson is willing to pay $1,000 to the photographer who gets the creature on film. Peter turns to his college professor, Dr. Curt Connor, for answers. But not the answers he expected. | ||||
| The Spider Slayer | Bob Richardson | John Semper Stan Berkowitz |
John Semeper | February 4, 1995 |
| Norman Osborn hires Spencer Smythe to capture Spider-Man. Smythe releases his deadliest weapon, the Spider Slayer. | ||||
| Return of the Spider Slayer | Bob Richardson | John Semper Mark Hoffmeier |
John Semper | February 11, 1995 |
| Spencer Smythe's son, Alistair Smythe is hired by the Kingpin to get revenge on Spider-Man and everyone who had a hand in Spencer's death. He rebuilds the original Spider Slayer, along with two more. | ||||
| Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous | Bob Richardson | John Semper Brooks Wachtel Cynthia Harrison Avi Arad Stan Lee |
John Semper | February 18, 1995 |
| Doctor Otto Octavius, one of Peter's childhood teachers, gets revenge on the Hardy family for cutting off the funding for his research, by kidnapping | ||||
| The Menace of Mysterio | Bob Richardson | John Semper Stan Berkowitz Marv Wolfman |
John Semper | February 25, 1995 |
| Spider-Man was seen robbing the Metropolitan Museum, while Peter Parker was home in bed. All of a sudden a supposedly new hero, Mysterio, arrives. | ||||
| The Sting of the Scorpion | Bob Richardson | John Semper Marty Isenberg Robert N. Skir |
John Semper | March 11, 1995 |
| Jameson is becoming obsessed with destroying Spider-Man. So he hires a man named Mac Gargan to try out a new scorpion suit, made at the laboratories of Empire State University. But Gargan's mutation begins to turn him into a monster. | ||||
| Kraven the Hunter | Bob Richardson | John Semper Mark Hoffmeier Jan Strnad |
John Semper | April 1, 1995 |
| Peter has a job interview at the Hardy Foundation Research Center. But his interviewer, Dr. Mariah Crawford, is visited by an old lover, Kraven the Hunter. | ||||
| The Alien Costume, Part I | Bob Richardson | John Semper Stan Berkowitz Avi Arad Stan Lee Meg McLaughlin Len Wein |
John Semper | April 29, 1995 |
| The beginning of the Alien Costume saga; how it came from the surface of the moon to New York City and into the life of the one who saved the astronauts of the space mission: Spider-Man. | ||||
| The Alien Costume, Part II | Bob Richardson | John Semper Brynne Stephens |
John Semper | May 6, 1995 |
| Spider-Man is becoming attached to the new suit. But Eddie Brock has framed Spider-Man for the Promethium X robbery. Alistair Smythe and Kingpin send Shocker after Eddie to dispose of him. Now, Spidey will begin to see what the suit is really worth. | ||||
| The Alien Costume, Part III | Bob Richardson | John Semper Mark Hoffmeier |
John Semper | May 13, 1995 |
| The symbiote takes over Eddie Brock to give birth to Venom. Now, Spider-Man must go up against the most dangerous enemy he's ever faced. One who is stronger, more skilled, undetected by his spider-sense, and knows Spidey's true identity. | ||||
| The Hobgoblin, Part I | Bob Richardson | John Semper Larry Brody |
John Semper | May 20, 1995 |
| Norman Osborn hires a psychopath, known as the Hobgoblin, to kill the Kingpin. But Hobgoblin plans to use Osborn and Kingpin's rivalry to his own advantage. | ||||
| The Hobgoblin, Part II | Bob Richardson | Stan Berkowitz | John Semper | May 27, 1995 |
| The Hobgoblin takes over Kingpin's empire. Now Osborn and Kingpin plan to use Spider-Man to take the goblin down. | ||||
| Day of the Chameleon | Bob Richardson | John Semper | John Semper | June 11, 1995 |
| A secret organization, known as S.H.I.E.L.D., asks for Jameson's assistance in capturing a terrorist known as the Chameleon. | ||||