• "Dr. Fright" Dr. Fright (Skip Hinnant ) has a face so frightenly ugly that he conceals it beneath an oversized top hat. He uses this to his advantage, revealing his face to unsuspecting victims; after they become frozen in fright, he is easily able to confiscate their wallets and other valuables. He plans to freeze Spidey so he cannot interfere in his criminal activities. However, Spidey "freezes" Dr. Fright after holding a mirror up as he reveals his face, allowing Spidey to take the villian into custody.

• "Meet Mister Measles" -- The fiendish Mr. Measles (Skip Hinnant ) – armed with a large bag of measles-causing "spots" – plans to spread a worldwide measles epidemic. He infects several people, requiring them to spend 10 days in bed (Mr. Measles: "In the dark! No books! No magazines! Nothing to read!"), by which time he expects to infect everyone and thus allow him to gain autocratic rule. While, Spidey catches Mr. Measles before a large-scale outbreak happens, the villian gets a moral victory: Spidey becomes ill with the measles.

• "Spidey Jumps the Thumper" -- The Thumper (Hattie Winston ), who fancies herself as Napoleon Bonaparte, gets revenge on innocent people because she didn't get a yellow pony for her 8th birthday. After assaulting several people (hitting them over the head with an oversized boxing glove), Spidey manages to nab The Thumper (but only after he, too, is thumped). The Thumper's attempt to bribe Spidey falls on deaf ears.

• "Spidey Meets the Beekeeper" -- A half-human half-bee mutant named The Queen Bee (Hattie Winston ) plotted to rule the world; her underlings were also mutated bee-human creatures (played by members of The Short Circus). Spidey tracks her down and foils her plans, but after placing her in his web, the other mutated bee-humans beat down Spidey while she escapes.

• "Little Miss Muffett" -- Based on the nursery rhyme. Spidey comes to the rescue of the title character (Hattie Winston ) after a large spider terrorizes her. However, Spidey and the spider (a large prop) become friends, as Miss Muffett leaves in disgust.

• "The Bookworm" -- Easy Reader (Morgan Freeman) is helping his friend, Valerie (Hattie Winston ) sort books at the library, when they suddenly notice large holes in the books. They suspect that a large bookworm (a purple- and green-striped sock puppet) is behind the damage. Easy Reader and Valerie try to beat back the oversized worm by throwing books at it, but it continues to advance on the pair. Spidey arrives in time and eventually catches The Bookworm in his web; however, The Bookworm manages to crawl through the web and escape.

1975-1976

• "The Birthday Bandit -- The Birthday Bandit (Jim Boyd ), dressed in a multi-colored suit, steals birthday party items (e.g, cake, ice cream, balloons, etc.) from a home, telling what he's doing in Dr. Seuss-style rhyme. Spidey, who is trying to enjoy a rare day off, learns of the theft from a news report on the radio and investigates. Meanwhile, The Birthday Bandit shows up later at another home, concluding that an oversized cake is a trap set by Spidey. Spidey shows up to catch The Birthday Bandit and spends the rest of the day in his birthday suit ... doing laundry.

• "Spidey Meets the Prankster" -- Spidey is visiting his friends, the Short Circus, at school when several practical jokes by an unknown culprit develop (e.g., squiggly snakes pop out of textbooks; a chocolate pie baked in home ec class has been replaced by a mud pie; a telephone receiver has been glued onto the base). Spidey eventually links the pranks to Principal Prescott (Jim Boyd ), who after his capture admits he was frustrated by a series of recent pranks by the Short Circus and only wanted to get even. The teen-agers promise not to pull any more pranks, but one of them quickly glues Principal Prescott's hand to a door knob.

• "Spidey Meets the Blowhard" -- A man dressed in a tuxedo and cape (Luis Avalos ), who fancies himself as the Big Bad Wolf, plots revenge on Fargo North, Decoder (Skip Hinnant ) after the detective foiled his plans to blow down Trenton, New Jersey. Meanwhile, Fargo's friends -- Spidey, Easy Reader (Morgan Freeman), Jennifer of the Jungle (Judy Graubart ) and Paul the Gorilla (Jim Boyd ) -- plan a surprise party for their friend. Later, when Fargo is asked to blow out the candles, The Blowhard crashes the party to enact his revenge. However, Spidey (with some help from Paul) is quickly able to capture the villian. The episode ends with Spidey and Paul shopping for another cake, since Paul used the original to stun The Blowhard.

• "Who Stole the Show?" -- A former child star named Winky Goodyshoes (Hattie Winston ) bemoans her inability to find suitable work. Later, she steals the props and costumes from an auditorium, where a dress rehearsal is in progress. Spidey catches Winky before she can literally move the show too far off-Broadway. However, the cast of the production remembers the former child star and they offer her a chance to star in the show - as the villain!

• "Spidey Meets the Yeti -- An abominable snowman-type creature (Jim Boyd ) is homesick after wandering away from his home in the Frozen North, and sits on various cold items to help him cope (including a cake with icing, thinking it to be made of ice). Spidey sets a trap to catch the Yeti, after which a policeman (Morgan Freeman) wants to take him into custody. However, Spidey successfully persuades the policeman (who was one of the Yeti's victims) to let him take him back home.

Other media

From 1974 to 1982, Marvel Comics issued a comic book called Spidey Super Stories, aimed at children ages 6-10. A total of 57 issues were produced. During the early years, a comic-book version of one of The Electric Company Spidey skits was included.

All issues were declared "easy to read" by Easy Reader (an Electric Company character played by Morgan Freeman).