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The theme song that plays at the beginning and end of the shorts was written by Gary William Friedman. Aside from Spider-Man himself, no characters from the comic series ever appeared on 'Spidey Super Stories'. Due to the series' budget limitations, comic book panels were interspersed through each skit in lieu of special effects. Unlike other live-action and cartoon productions of Spider-Man, this version of the web-slinging hero did not speak out loud, instead communicating only with word balloons (having a similar role to Clarabell the Clown of Howdy Doody), in order to encourage young viewers to practice their reading skills. In many of these sketches, in keeping with Stan Lee's writing style, viewers were addressed as 'true believers'.

The cast of The Electric Company played the roles of the various characters in each story, with another serving as narrator. Stories involved the masked superhero foiling mischievous characters who were involved in petty criminal activities, although sometimes the crooks would commit more serious crimes such as assault or larceny.

It predated the pilot film of the series The Amazing Spider-Man by three years, becoming the first live-action rendition of Spider-Man, and was the first live-action rendition of a Marvel character in any medium since the Captain America serial of 1944. It premiered during the first show of The Electric Company's fourth season (1974–1975), which was given the production number 391.

Overview Įpisodes featured the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, provided to the Children's Television Workshop free of charge, and was played (always in costume) by puppeteer and dancer Danny Seagren. ' Spidey Super Stories' is a live-action, recurring skit on the original version of the Children's Television Workshop series The Electric Company.

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