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ABC Family cashes in with ultimate SPIDER-MAN marathon
By: Christopher Allan SmithDate: Tuesday, April 16, 2002
The ABC Family Channel has come up with one of the cooler SPIDER-MAN tie-in events with a three-day marathon of the best episodes of the four animated SPIDER-MAN cartoon series.
The series, which at various times have run from the 1960s all the way until today, will have their best episodes shown during SPIDER-MAN THROUGH THE YEARS on ABC Family starting at 7 a.m. on May 25.
First up is the 1960s THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, with the early-1980s SPIDER-MAN AND HIS AMAZING FRIENDS, the 1990s SPIDER-MAN show and then the short-lived SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED following.
According to ABC Family, the episodes to be shown are as follows:
Saturday, May 25 - X-Men Crossovers
7-7:30 a.m. "The Power of Dr. Octopus" - 1967 - Episode 1 of this series, featuring the villain's first animated appearance
7:30-8 a.m. "A Firestar is Born" - "Amazing Friends" - Firestar explains her origin during a X-Men reunion (team's first animated appearance)
8-8:30 a.m. "The Mutant Agenda, Part 1" - 1995 - A cyborg seeks revenge on Firestar, her friends and the X-Men
8:30-9 a.m. "The Mutant Agenda, Part 2" - 1995 - Part two of the cyborg vs. Firestar, her friends and the X-Men
Sunday, May 26 - Green Goblin Attacks
7-7:30 a.m. "To Catch A Spider" - 1967 - Features bad-guy group The Sinister Six, including Green Goblin, Electro and Vulture
7:30-8 a.m. "Triumph of the Green Goblin" - "Amazing Friends" The Green Goblin attacks as the gang attends a superhero costume party
8-8:30 a.m. "Turning Point" - 1995 - The Green Goblin kidnaps Spider-Man's girlfriend Mary Jane and flies her to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge
8:30-9 a.m. "World's Apart, Part 1" - "Unlimited" - Venom and Carnage stow away on John Jameson's space shuttle to Counter-Earth; Peter Parker designs a Nano-Tech costume with new features and hijacks a shuttle to go after themMonday, May 27 - Mysterio Materializes
7-7:30 a.m. "Return of the Flying Dutchman" - 1967 - Features all of Spider-Man's foes, including Mysterio
7:30-8 a.m. "Spidey Goes to Hollywood" - "Amazing Friends" Mysterio cons Spidey into making a deadly movie; The Incredible Hulk guest stars
8-8:30 a.m. "The Haunting of Mary Jane Watson" - 1995 - After finally getting her big break in movies, Mary Jane comes to believe she's being haunted, or is it another one of Mysterio's tricks?
8:30-9 a.m. "World's Apart, Part 2" - "Unlimited" - When Venom and Carnage attack the revolutionaries' headquarters, Spidey helps drive them off. Jameson invites Spidey to join his cause, but he only wants to return to Earth
