Spiderman and His Amazing Friends

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends was a 1981-1983 animated American television series that aired on the NBC television network. It featured the crime-fighting adventures of the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man/Peter Parker (voice of Dan Gilvezan). Joining Spider-Man were his two "Amazing Friends": Iceman/Bobby Drake (voice of Frank Welker), another Marvel Comics character, and Firestar/Angelica Jones (voice of Kathy Garver), a character created for the series who would eventually appear in various Marvel publications as well.

This series was produced by Marvel Productions along with the 1981 - 1982 series Spider-Man, although the latter series did not include Iceman or Firestar, aired in syndication, and was cancelled after just one season. Due to the many similarities between them, but has been argued that the two shows share a common universe and timeline.

Swarm! (Season 1, Episode 5)
A meteorite lands in a field and exposes a blue radiated center; this center begins to draw bees from around the area and transform them into a humanoid entity called Swarm. A local farmer encounters Swarm and tries to scare him away with his pitchfork; instead, Swarm shoots blue lights from his eyes and transforms the farmer into a bee person drone. Firestar, who made a passenger plane avoid the meteorite, sees Swarm, his transformed farmer drone, and his large hive and tries to stop Swarm. Realizing she's overpowered she goes to get Spider-Man and Iceman, who are with students and their professor at a nearby observatory. While Iceman and Spider-Man get ready at their base, Professor Wells, the class instructor, Flash Thompson, and the other classmates go to see Swarm's hive. Swarm emerges and turns them into drones and they fly into his hive. Firestar battles Swarm and in the midst of the fight Swarm summons regular bees and enlarges them to bring more people to become human drones. Iceman and Spide-Mman try to stop the bees but they take a number of people including Aunt Mae. The Spiderfriends confront Swarm and his human drones; all three are hit by the eye laser. Spider-Man feels no effect due to the radioactivity from his spider bite; Iceman and Firestar are turned into drones and attack Spider-Man after Swarm orders them to. Spider-Man dodges their attacks and manages to get them into the university's lead room which dispels the radiation and returns them to normal. The three use blue contacts to enter Swarm's hive; once in they grab the radiated meteorite core and head to the observatory. There they place the core into a rocket and shoot it back into space, which ends Swarm's control and turns his drones back to normal.

Pawns of the Kingpin! (Season 1, Episode 12)
The Kingpin has his sights set on getting the Omni-blaster, a military weapon capable of firing multiple types of energy, to stop superheroes from taking him on. He reveals his plan to have Captain America and Iceman steal the Omni-blaster; his henchman Crusher says it is impossible. The Kingpin uses Crusher as his volunteer to try out the central part of the plan: the Pyschodisc developed by Dr. Faustus. The disc gives Dr. Faustus control over whoever is implanted with the disc via a watch. At a public show with Captain America and the Spiderfriends, Captain America is implanted with a Pyschodisc by Dr. Faustus and begins to follow the Kingpin's plan to retrieve the Omni-blaster. He recruits Iceman for a secret mission and tells him that the base where Omni-blaster is held is a location for spies. Spider-Man and Firestorm follow Captain America and Iceman and confront them as they take the Omni-blaster. Cap and Iceman leave with the Omni-blaster, but Spider-Man places a tracker on Cap's shield. At the hideout, Dr. Faustus implants a Pyschodisc on the Kingpin and takes control of him. Cap hands the blaster over before the Pyschodisc dissolves and Cap and Iceman are captured. Spider-Man and Firestorm follow the tracker to the Kingpin's hideout and free Cap and Iceman. The Kingpin reveals he had a band protecting his neck and wasn't under Faustus' control and uses the Omni-blaster to get away from the heroes and to his private plane. Spider-Man chases Kingpin to the plane and pushes the self-destruct button, destroying the blaster and the plane. The Kingpin lands in a hog pit which Spider-Man jokes about before capturing the Kingpin.

The Bride of Dracula! (Season 1, Episode 18)
At a school dance, Peter and Bobby compete for Angelica's attention, but she is captivated by a mysterious stranger. The stranger takes Angelica outside and reveals that he is Dracula. He hypnotizes Angelica into returning with him to Transylvania to be his bride. Peter and Bobby transform into Spider-Man and Iceman and give chase, but Dracula's private jet manages to slip away.

Dracula takes Angelica to his castle and places her in a coffin to rest, but the cold earth breaks her trance. She transforms into Firestar and attacks Dracula, who transforms into a bat and hypnotizes her. When Spider-Man and Iceman finally arrive at the castle, Dracula orders his hypnotized bride to destroy them. The boys are able to break the spell by reminding Angelica of her life back home and the things and people she holds dear. Once freed, the three heroes must face off against Dracula and his other minions- Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolfman.

The Education of a Superhero (Season 1 Episode 19)
A villain named the Gamesman tests out his mind control by releasing his hypo-pulse and hypno-sound on New York City. The pulse affects the students at ESU including Flash Thompson and Bobby, who are playing video games in the arcade. A student named Francis Byte is playing and setting a high score on one game at the time the hypno-pulse goes through, which causes the game to overload. The Gamesman has his computer overload the game to destroy it; in doing so, Francis is digitized into a being he later calls Videoman. All the hypnotized people gather at Central Park. Angelica, in looking for Bobby, transforms into Firestar and picks him out of the hypnotized crowd. Seeing Bobby hypnotized, she places her fire near him which causes him to transform into Iceman and break the mind control. The Spiderfriends try to deal with the 300,000 hypnotized people; in the midst of their attempt, Francis appears as Videoman to try and rescue Louise, a girl who likes Francis. Not knowing what side Videoman is on, the Spiderfriends try to stop him, but Videoman is able to get Louise away from the Gamesman's hypno-pulse helicopter and free her from the mind control. The Gamesman sees Videoman and Louise and sets his sights on making Videoman work for him; he flies back to his base releasing the crowd from his mind control. While Videoman makes a mess of things still thinking the people are under the Gamesman's control, the Gamesman takes Louise to use as leverage over Francis. The Gamesman sends out his hypno-pulse again telling his controlled minions to attack police stations. Francis as Videoman goes to the Gamesman's base; there he's forced by the Gamesman to go to an orbiting satellite and link the Gamesman's hypno-pulse to it so as to give the Gamesman control over the Earth. Spider-Man draws Videoman to his HQ and makes him stay there while the Spiderfriends rescue Louise. The Spiderfriends are trapped by the Gamesman; Videoman comes in to rescue them once the Gamesman refuses to release Louise; the four heroes then defeat the Gamesman. The episode closes with Spiderfriends escorting Francis to Professor Xavier's School for the Gifted to train with the X-men.

Mission: Save the Guardstar! (Season 3, Episode 8)
S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Buzz Mason enlists the help of Spider-Man and his friends to protect the GuardStar satellite from the villain Lightwave, a traitorous former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who, it turns out, is Bobby's half-sister. Bobby's reluctance to confront his sibling allows her to steal a device capable of controlling the GuardStar, but he later uses his connection to her to go undercover as a fellow 'traitor.' In doing so, he finds that Buzz Mason is the real traitor; Buzz has been using mind control to brainwash Lightwave into doing all of the dirty work for him. A confident Buzz leaves Iceman drifting in space and orders Lightwave to attack Spidey and Firestar, but the urge to save her brother's life breaks Buzz's mind control, and she teams up with the heroes to save Bobby and the GuardStar.