Spider-Woman (Season 1)

Spider-Woman (1979) is a Marvel animated series you can watch online on iFILM. As a girl, Jessica Drew was bitten by a venomous spider, and her scientist father saved her only with an experimental serum — the same shot that left her with powers she never asked for.

Grown up, Jessica edits Justice Magazine, but the moment danger breaks she slips away to become Spider-Woman, flying, clinging to walls and dropping enemies with stunning blasts of energy. This was one of Marvel's earliest swings at giving a heroine her own cartoon, sixteen late-1970s episodes that arrived long before the modern blockbuster wave. Joan Van Ark voices the lead. The animation is dated, sure, but as a slice of comic-book history it's worth digging up. Stream Spider-Woman online on iFILM.