"Spider-Man" On The Small Screen Quiz

Answer: 1967

"Spider-Man" made his debut in 1967 with a cartoon produced by Grantray, Laurence and Krantz Animation starring the webslinger. The name of the cartoon was simply called, "Spider-Man".

Answer: Edward Byron

Spidey's first foe is Edward Byron, who is a blackmailer. He threatens to brainwash ten people using a brainwashing mechanism, then use them as human bombs on New York if he is not given $55 million. The antenna falls off the machine, which foils his plan.

Answer: Nicholas Hammond

Nicholas Hammond starred as "Spider-Man" in the first live-action movie, "The Amazing Spider-Man". He then went on to play the character again in the television series based on the movie and comic book, which aired on CBS from 1978-1979.

Answer: Lizard

Although the late 1960's cartoon series only lasted for three seasons, it was able to do what no other "Spider-Man" show or movie has. It was able to bring to life the pages of the comic books page by page, villian by villian, and storyline by storyline.

The episode, "Where Crawls The Lizard", was an exact replica of the comic book, "Amazing Spider-Man #6". It was so similar that you could almost follow along with your comic book.

Answer: ABC

ABC ran the cartoon "Spider-Man" for only three seasons due to bankruptcy within the production studio, and the high cost of animation. Many frames had to be used over and over again in order to fulfill the contract of fifty-two episodes.

Answer: Paul Francis Webster

The theme song "Spider-Man" is an up-tempo catchy song jingle with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster and instrumentals by Bob Harris, and it was published by Buddha Music.

Answer: "The Incredible Hulk and the Amazing Spider-Man"

In the fall of 1982, during its second season, "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" was a success. Marvel added episodes of "The Incredible Hulk" to its broadcast, billing them together as one full hour show in hopes to drawing more attention to the green guy.

They renamed the show "The Incredible Hulk and the Amazing Spider-Man" in 1982, then hen in 1983 they changed the name again to "The Amazing Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk".

Answer: "Spider-Man: The Animated Series"

"Spider-Man: The New Animated Series" debuted on "Fox Kids" in 1995 and ran for more than four seasons with sixty-five episodes.

Answer: Counter-Earth

"Spider-Man Unlimited" debuted in 1999, and ran for only thirteen episodes. "Spider-Man" finds himself in an alternate universe called "Counter Earth", fighting the Beastials of the High Evolutionary.

Answer: "Spider-Man"

Beginning on July 11, 2003, the MTV "Spider-Man" cartoon only aired for one season with a total of 13 episodes. Unlike other television cartoons featuring "Spider-Man", the MTV version dwelled more on Peter Parker's life rather than the superhero side of him, although the hero did manage to appear quite often to save the day.

When the season ended in 2004, the entire series was placed on DVD and sold under the title, "Spider-Man: The New Animated Series".