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Spider-man and His Amazing Friends Animation Art - S2

Spider-man and his Amazing Friends is an American television cartoon, one of the first under Marvel Productions, that lasted 3 seasons and 24 episodes, each narrated by Spider-man's creator Stan Lee. Season 1 consisted of 13 half-hour episodes all of which were animated in Korea with the exception of episode 11 "Knights and Demons" which was animated in Japan by Toei Animation. Season 2 was renamed to "The Incredible Hulk and the Amazing Spider-man" and only consisted of 3 episodes each of which were done in Japan by Toei Animation (more expensive) and 30 min Hulk cartoon added for a total of 1 hour. For Season 3 the title was reversed to "The Amazing Spider-man and the Incredible Hulk" and the animation was sent back to Korea (less expensive) andl asted only 8 episodes.

NBC originally wanted to call the show "Spider-Friends" but quickly changed it's name because of it's similarity to ABC's popular "Superfriends", even though SMAHAF added a dog (Ms. Lion) just because Superfriends had a space monkey named Gleek. The Spider-friends were initially supposed to be Spider-man (voiced by Dan Gilvezan), Iceman and the Human Torch. Legal issues tied up the use of the Human torch and supposedly his "flames" would make children play with fire. They ended up with a whole new character of Firestar (Angelica Jones) which purposefully was made to look like Spider-man's red haired, comic book love interest Mary Jane with soft glowing flames, not fire. Bobby Drake (Iceman) himself was made to look like the comic book version of Flash Thompson having blond hair, thus having to change Flash in the cartoon series to brown hair. Oddly enough both in the cartoon were voiced by Frank Welker along with Ms. Lion.

Spider-man and his Amazing Friends ran concurrently with the lesser known and seldom seen stand alone "Spider-man" series which lasted 26 episodes. It was thought that SMAHAF was a sequel to the series, but the episode "Origin of the Spider-Friends" tries to fill the gaps between the series. Also flashbacks were used throughout SMAHAF of the "Spider-man" series with character designs used for both shows.

There are 10 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.    

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Spider-man and his Amazing Friends - Wolverine cel - A Firestar is Born

Art Details

Artist:	Toei Animation (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	GRAIL
Views	9574
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	8/7/2013

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Tommy S
Member Since:	January 2009

Spider-man and his Amazing Friends - Wolverine cel - A Firestar is Born
Artist: Toei Animation (All)
9574 Views, 3 Comments

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Spider-man and his Amazing Friends cel - Death of Uncle Ben

Art Details

Artist:	Toei Animation (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	7247
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	12/20/2013

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Tommy S
Member Since:	January 2009

Spider-man and his Amazing Friends cel - Death of Uncle Ben
Artist: Toei Animation (All)
7247 Views, 4 Comments

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Spider-man and his Amazing Friends Cel - Firestar gets blasted by Videoman!

Art Details

Artist:	Toei Animation (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	901
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	8/20/2022

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Tommy S
Member Since:	January 2009

Spider-man and his Amazing Friends Cel - Firestar gets blasted by Videoman!
Artist: Toei Animation (All)
901 Views, 2 Comments

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Spider-man and his Amazing Friends cel - Peter Parker, Spider-man no more!

Art Details

Artist:	Toei Animation (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	6241
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	1/21/2014

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Tommy S
Member Since:	January 2009

Spider-man and his Amazing Friends cel - Peter Parker, Spider-man no more!
Artist: Toei Animation (All)
6241 Views

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Spider-man and his Amazing Friends Cel - Spider-Friends Unmasked!

Art Details

Artist:	Toei Animation (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	4871
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	3/19/2011

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Tommy S
Member Since:	January 2009

Spider-man and his Amazing Friends Cel - Spider-Friends Unmasked!
Artist: Toei Animation (All)
4871 Views, 1 Comment

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Spider-man and his Amazing Friends Cel - The Capture of Captain America (1981)

Art Details

Artist:	Toei Animation (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	5973
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	6/27/2015

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Member Since:	January 2009

Spider-man and his Amazing Friends Cel - The Capture of Captain America (1981)
Artist: Toei Animation (All)
5973 Views, 3 Comments

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Spider-man and his Amazing Friends Cel - The Origin of Iceman & Videoman!

Art Details

Artist:	Toei Animation (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	2558
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	6/6/2019

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Tommy S
Member Since:	January 2009

Spider-man and his Amazing Friends Cel - The Origin of Iceman & Videoman!
Artist: Toei Animation (All)
2558 Views, 3 Comments

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Spider-man and his Amazing Friends cel - X-men and Spidey Celebrate

Art Details

Artist:	Toei Animation (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	5980
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	2/8/2014

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Tommy S
Member Since:	January 2009

Spider-man and his Amazing Friends cel - X-men and Spidey Celebrate
Artist: Toei Animation (All)
5980 Views, 4 Comments

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Spider-man and His Amazing Friends Web Swinging cel

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Artist:
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	2418
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	6/5/2011

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Member Since:	January 2009

Spider-man and His Amazing Friends Web Swinging cel
Artist: 2418 Views, 3 Comments

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Wolverine and the X-men - Spider-man and His Amazing Friends cel - A Firestar is Born

Art Details

Artist:	Toei Animation (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views	2887
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	3/19/2011

About the Owner

Tommy S
Member Since:	January 2009

Wolverine and the X-men - Spider-man and His Amazing Friends cel - A Firestar is Born
Artist: Toei Animation (All)
2887 Views, 2 Comments

There are 10 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.    

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