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The Amazing Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk was the third season of the ‘80’s Spider-Man resurgence, and this season had him back on top billing with brand new episodes, after the previous season when the Hulk had had the new episodes.

 

This storyline featured Peter Parker as a college student at Empire State University. While there, he became friends with fellow students Bobby Drake and Angelica Jones. It turned out that each had a secret identity – in addition to Peter being Spidey, Bobby was Iceman and Angelica was Firestar. All three moved in with Peter’s Aunt May, along with Angelica’s dog, Ms. Lion, and Peter and Bobby turned their room into a secret headquarters which was revealed when the football trophy on the mantle was moved.

 

Spider-Man and Iceman were already established Marvel characters. Firestar was created as a substitute for the Human Torch, which producers were concerned would encourage kids to play with fire. The rest of the Spider-Man gang from Marvel was there as well – Aunt May, jerky Flash Thompson, and newspaper publisher J. Jonah Jameson, along with villains Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Doctor Doom, Mysterio, Kingpin, and Kraven the Hunter. The overall series had a lighter tone than some of the other versions, held together by the witty banter between the three super hero friends.

 

The other half of the show featured the Incredible Hulk. In this series, mild-mannered scientist Dr. Bruce Banner sees a teenager named Rick Jones riding out on the testing ground just as the doctor is about to test a secret gamma bomb. He runs out to save the boy, and throws him in a ditch just as the bomb explodes. Rick is saved, but Dr. Banner is exposed to the gamma radiation which turns him into the green, bulging, and shirtless Incredible Hulk.

 

Turning into the Hulk whenever he gets angry, Banner keeps his transformations a secret from his girlfriend Betty Ross, the daughter of General "Thunderbolt" Ross. This animated green giant was a bit less dour than he had been in the 1970’s live action series, but his turning into a huge monster when his temper was provoked provided ample adventures for this cartoon version.

 

Marvel Comics’ Stan Lee, the creator of both Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk, provided narration on both segments. After another season, the Hulk segments were cancelled and the show went back to it’s original title, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.