Ranking Every Marvel Animated TV Series From Worst To Best
7. Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends
Though Spidey's cheap as chips sixties debut undoubtedly holds the title for the most iconic animated portrayal of the wall-crawler, Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends certainly comes close.
I get that Iceman and Firestar aren't really the first things that come to mind when you think of the web-slinger, but for a time they were Spidey's undisputed best buddies. The show had a format that was easy to follow and even easier to enjoy, and made a name for itself by employing a constant flow of team-ups over the course of its three season tenure. Said collaborations involved everyone from The Avengers (Iron Man, Thor and Cap all made individual appearances) to the entire line-up of the X-Men, so Spidey basically had the honour of introducing the rest of the Marvel Universe one goofy episode at a time.
And that's what it is, really. Just plain old goofy fun, and a great means of watching some of Spidey's most light-hearted adventures.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.