Animated Superheroes
A look back at the Superheroes of Marvel and DC Comics and their animated counterparts.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Spider-Woman
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1979 saw the premiere of DePatie-Freleng's second superhero cartoon, Spider-Woman. Based on the Jessica Drew character from Marvel Comics, the sixteen episode series followed Jessica as she fought crime while holding up a job at the Justice Magazine publishing group. The series ran from September 22, 1979 to January 3, 1980 on ABC.
The series took many liberties while creating the world for Spider-Woman to live in. The Justice Magazine was created so that Jessica could have a means of keeping an eye on the crime world. Billy Drew and Jeff Hunt were also created as Jessica's supporting cast.
Spider-Woman's powers were also tweeked a bit. She still could stick to walls and shoot 'venom blasts' from her hands, but now she could fly and had Spider-Sense similar to Spider-Man's but she could see a vision of the danger. She was also able to change into her Spider-Woman costume by spinning around, like Wonder Woman from the Lynda Carter series.
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1979 saw the premiere of DePatie-Freleng's second superhero cartoon, Spider-Woman. Based on the Jessica Drew character from Marvel Comics, the sixteen episode series followed Jessica as she fought crime while holding up a job at the Justice Magazine publishing group. The series ran from September 22, 1979 to January 3, 1980 on ABC.
The series took many liberties while creating the world for Spider-Woman to live in. The Justice Magazine was created so that Jessica could have a means of keeping an eye on the crime world. Billy Drew and Jeff Hunt were also created as Jessica's supporting cast.
Spider-Woman's powers were also tweeked a bit. She still could stick to walls and shoot 'venom blasts' from her hands, but now she could fly and had Spider-Sense similar to Spider-Man's but she could see a vision of the danger. She was also able to change into her Spider-Woman costume by spinning around, like Wonder Woman from the Lynda Carter series.
| Main Cast Spider-Woman - Joan Van Ark Jeff Hunt - Bruce Miller Billy Drew - Bryan Scott Allies Police Chief - Lou Krugman Detective Miller - Larry Carroll Spider-Man | Villains Dormammu Great Magini Kingpin Shanna |
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