After being bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker finds that he now has spider-like super powers. Hoping to use his newfound abilities for wealth and fame, he lets his ego blind him to the needs of others, and indirectly causes the death of his Uncle Ben when he refuses to help a police officer catch a fleeing criminal. Humbled by his failure, he resolves to use his talents for fighting crime, and becomes the superhero Spider-Man.

While he fights assorted super-villains, from the power mad Hobgoblin to morally twisted Venom, Peter also must balance his personal life, including his girlfriend Mary Jane, studying at Empire State University, his job as a photographer at the Daily Bugle, and it's Publisher J. Jonah Jameson, who has convinced himself that Spider-man is a menace to the people of New York that has to be brought down.

Adapting the comic books, Spider-Man premiered on FOX KIDS in November 1994, and ran a total of 65 episodes before bowing out on January 31st 1998 with a two-part finale. Set in the first few years of Spider-Man’s life as a crime fighter, the show portrays the hero’s first encounters with his colorful rouges gallery and is often considered to be the pinnacle example of season long story-arcs.

Spider-Man: The Animated Series was produced by John Semper Jr. The show currently airs on ABC Family and Toon Disney and selected episodes are available on DVD.