@saint: The Japanese Spider-Man (1978-1979) In the early days of adapting comic books into live-action television shows, things like character accuracy were rarely a concern to the producers. In the late 70s Marvel made a licensing deal with the Toei Company that would take that concept to the next level resulting in one of the most bizarre yet amazing adaptations to date. The man behind this wonderfully bizarre creation is producer Gene Pelc, who while visiting Japan was surprised that a culture so fond of comic books (Manga) had no apparent interest in American comic books. He approached Stan Lee with the idea of expanding Marvel into this untapped market share. In this series, there would be no Green Goblin or Doctor Octopus to menace our hero, instead, Spider-Man would be fighting alien invaders called The Iron Cross Army, whose minions were biological weapons known as Machine Bem, creatures who could change their size and form to better threaten Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends. Western audiences may find the Japanese Spider-Man to be a little on the campy side, with the acting on display being fairly over-the-top and very arch, but as this show was ostensibly for kids, this kind of thing was expected by Japanese viewers at the time, and though the shoestring budget for this series resulted in some really goofy monsters and weird looking robots, it just adds to the show’s charm. #spiderman #random #tv

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