Mighty Mike used to love this show...

[thebitterguy]

Back in the Realms days, Mighty Mike Marano used to tell us tales of the Japanese Spider-Man show. We, of course, thought he was just nuts, but it turns out he was right.

Kinda wacky, that.

Comments

[rbowspryte.livejournal.com]

WTF WAS THAT! WTF was with the giant robot!

It looked like they used the same outfit used by the electric company and the short lived North american Spider-man series in the seventies.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

Spider-Voltron? WT?

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

That was classic. The giant robot really made it, you know?

There's a joke in there about Spider-san, but it would probably be culturally insensitive of me to mention it.

[bandersnitch.livejournal.com]

Why do the Japanese have to add a flying transforming MECH to everything???

I always got bugged by the toys that featured Spiderman on a motorcycle or a car because that is SO NOT Spiderman. He doesnt need a motorcycle when he is SPIDERMAN. (a plane of some sort I could see, he doesnt fly afterall)

But a Mech?

[terminal-pariah.livejournal.com]

HOW I SHOT WEB?

[malliabu.livejournal.com]

Wicked!!! I would've traded my childhood Spidey cartoon for that.

[uniquecrash5.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, that rules.

Thank you, sir.

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

The toys bugged you, eh? Appropriately enough.

[stop-no-dont.livejournal.com]

... well OF COURSE he had a giant mecha. Didn't everybody back in those days?

[racing-girl.livejournal.com]

Spidey vs. Golderak???? very odd... yet sooooo Japanese!

Domo arigato Mr. Roboto!

[thebitterguy]

You're welcome. I feel foolish for doubting its existence initially.

[thebitterguy]

Ayep. They were the wood panelled station wagon of the '70s.

[thebitterguy]

Apparently the Spider-Man/HT mini included the Spider-Buggy as a plot device. I really need to find those books.

[thebitterguy]

Well, there's only so much you can do with a spider-suit in those pre-spandex days.