"[4] The series revolved around teenager Peter Parker, a high school student who develops extraordinary strength and spider-like powers after being bitten by a radioactive spider.

Parker decides to become a crime-fighting, costumed superhero, but must deal with family tragedies, personal problems and the insecurity of youth.

As Spider-Man, Parker risks his life to fight super-powered criminals such as Doctor Octopus, Mysterio and the Green Goblin.

Peter is also a freelance photographer for the Daily Bugle, but editor J. Jonah Jameson considers Spider-Man a criminal and writes front-page headlines critical of his activities.

[5] The first season dealt primarily with Peter's job at the Daily Bugle, focusing on his relationship with Jameson, his romance with receptionist Betty Brant, and often being called into action as his alter ego.

Peter's life, apart from the Bugle office and his Aunt May's Forest Hills home, was rarely dealt with in early episodes.

Peter's character (blue suit, yellow vest, white shirt and red tie) was designed by Steve Ditko and art consultant John Romita Sr.

Because of the show's limited budget, Spider-Man's costume only has webbed areas on his head, arms and boots; the rest is plain, except for the spiders on his chest and back.

The series relied on reused stock animation, including Spider-Man swinging across the New York City skyline and Peter removing his shirt to reveal his spider suit.

[citation needed] Its lyrics were written by Academy Award winner Paul Francis Webster, with music composed by Bob Harris.

In 2002, the Winnipeg jazz rock band Volume released a CD, The Amazing Spider-Band, adapting the background music.

The Spanish and Italian versions used a different theme song, written by Erick Bulling and Santiago and sung by Chilean singer Guillermo "Memo" Aguirre, dubbed over the original introduction.

In the Italian version, the show's title (L'uomo Ragno) was superimposed in large yellow type over the first two shots of Spider-Man swinging through the city.

The series aired on ABC Family in 2002 as part of the network's Memorial Day weekend-long "Spidey-Mania" marathon, to coincide with the release of the first Spider-Man movie.

[citation needed] A number of episodes were released on VHS during the 1980s, 1990s and the early 2000s, usually compiled with other Marvel Comics characters' cartoons.

During the Early-2000s, Buena Vista Home Entertainment released a selection of episodes as bonus features on DVDs of the 1990s animated series.

On June 29, 2004, Buena Vista Home Entertainment released a six-disc DVD boxset titled Spider-Man: The '67 Collection; containing all 52 episodes, uncut and fully restored, and also including a booklet with an introduction by creator Stan Lee.

[29] In Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) easily avoids him in a chase scene due to his slow and stilted animation.