The creation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is, rightly, heralded as the masterstroke that made Marvel Studios what it is today; no longer were superheroes (or superhero properties) hemmed into their own individual worlds onscreen, but instead able to fulfill the promise of their comic book counterparts by interacting with each other in unexpected and fun ways — something that can be seen in the latest Marvel offering on Disney+, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. But there’s the thing: 2008’s Iron Man wasn’t the first time Marvel had tried to do that kind of thing onscreen. In fact, the 1980s had an entire TV show based around the idea that heroes should and could hang out with other heroes. For your consideration, Marvelites: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.

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