Marvel Super Hero Adventures
Marvel Super Hero Adventures is an American-Canadian animated series based on characters created by Marvel Comics. Aimed at a preschool audience, the shorts first air on Disney Channel's Disney Junior block, followed by the Disney Junior channel and later the Marvel HQ YouTube channel and DisneyNOW app.[1]
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Directed by | Svend Gregori |
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Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 35 |
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Running time | 3.5 mins. |
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Original network | Disney Channel Disney Junior YouTube DisneyNOW |
Original release | October 13, 2017 |
Plot
The series depicts Spider-Man telling the viewers on how he helped another superhero stop a villain.
Production
The series was announced via The Hollywood Reporter on September 7, 2017 as part of a multi-media push across publishing and merchandise aimed at introducing the Marvel Universe to a younger audience.[2] The first season, which consists of ten 3.5 minute episodes, debuted on October 13, 2017.[1] The second season followed on October 22, 2018.[3] The third season began on Disney Junior and DisneyNOW on April 1, 2019, with the fourth on April 6, 2020.[4]
The series is directed by Svend Gregori and produced at Atomic Cartoons.
Cast
- Cole Howard - Spider-Man
- Brian Drummond - Iron Man, Groot
- David Atar - Thor
- James Blight - Hulk
- Adrian Petriw - Ant-Man
- Zac Siewert - Miles Morales
- Aliza Vellani - Ms. Marvel
- Michael Daingerfield - Captain America, Tinkerer
- Jacqueline Samuda - Captain Marvel
- Omari Newton - Black Panther
- Jesse Inocalla - Reptil
- Emily Tennant - Ghost-Spider
- Gigi Saul Guerrero - Spider-Girl
- Deven Mack - Falcon
- Michael Dobson - Ultron, Absorbing Man
- Marlie Collins - Wasp
- Diana Kaarina - Nebula
- Trevor Devall - Rocket Raccoon
- Toren Atkinson - Doctor Strange
- Elysia Rotaru - She-Hulk
- Matt Cowlrick - Loki, Hot Dog Vendor
- Luc Roderique - Doctor Octopus
- Ian James Corlett - Electro, Swarm
- Mark Oliver - Stegron
- Sam Vincent - Green Goblin, Miek, Blackjack O'Hare
- Andrew Francis - Hobgoblin
- Odessa Rojen - Ironheart
- Nicole Oliver - Morgan le Fay
- Tabitha St. Germain - Boy, Girl
- Bill Newton - Mister Fantastic
- Lauren Jackson - Invisible Woman
Episode list
Season 1
Series # | Season # | Title | Original airdate | |
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1 | 1 | "One Big Mess" | 13 October 2017 | |
Spider-Man teams up with Iron Man when Ultron plans to pollute the city. | ||||
2 | 2 | "Uh Oh, It's Magic!" | 13 October 2017 | |
Spider-Man teams up with Thor when Loki plans to ruin everbody's summer fun. | ||||
3 | 3 | "That Drone Cat" | 27 October 2017 | |
Spider-Man and Miles Morales thwart Doctor Octopus' heist and then work to rescue a kid's cat named Mittens who ran into a factory. | ||||
4 | 4 | "Rock and Roll" | 27 October 2017 | |
When a rockslide threatens to collapse a bridge, Spider-Man and Ant-Man must persuade Hulk to follow their advice when it comes to helping the trapped people. | ||||
5 | 5 | "Electric Youth" | 27 October 2017 | |
Spider-Man teams up with Ms. Marvel when Electro robs a bank. | ||||
6 | 6 | "The Toys Are Back In Town" | 1 December 2017 | |
Spider-Man teams up with Captain America when Tinkerer steals everyone's toys and combines them into a dangerous robot. | ||||
7 | 7 | "Way Outer Space" | 1 December 2017 | |
Spider-Man teams up with Captain Marvel to save the astronauts on a malfunctioning shuttle. | ||||
8 | 8 | "Family Friendly" | 2 February 2018 | |
Black Panther teaches Spider-Man the importance of family when they team up to fight Absorbing Man. | ||||
9 | 9 | "Stomp and Listen" | 1 December 2017 | |
Spider-Man teams up with Wasp when Rhino goes on a rampage. | ||||
10 | 10 | "I'm Positive!" | 1 December 2017 | |
Reptil teaches Spider-Man about being positive when they team up to fight Stegron when he robs a museum. |
Season 2
Series # | Season # | Title | Original airdate | |
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11 | 1 | "Evil Mittens" | 26 October 2018 | |
Spider-Man, Ant-Man, and Wasp work together to get Mittens down from the tree. Unfortunately, Ant-Man uses a growing disk on Mittens causing him to go on a rampage. | ||||
12 | 2 | "Doctor Octopus’s Garden" | 26 October 2018 | |
Spider-Man teams up with Ghost-Spider when Doctor Octopus steals the Green Diamond and other green things in a museum. | ||||
13 | 3 | "Mine!" | 2 November 2018 | |
Iron Man invents a tractor beam at the same time when Rhino has escaped from prison. When Spider-Man borrows it from Iron Man when the tractor beam isn't finished, Rhino gets magnetized enough to attract every item in the city. | ||||
14 | 4 | "Now That’s Funny!" | 2 November 2018 | |
When Black Panther unveils a vehicle made from Vibranium, it is hijacked by Ultron. Spider-Man and Black Panther must team up to reclaim the vehicle and defeat Ultron. | ||||
15 | 5 | "LISTEN" | 9 November 2018 | |
When Green Goblin robs a bank, Spider-Man accidentally loses Captain America's shield which he can't control as they work to reclaim the shield and defeat Green Goblin. | ||||
16 | 6 | "Sticky Mittens" | 19 December 2018 | |
When a beekeeper's honey bees go missing, Spider-Man and Ms. Marvel discover that Swarm is responsible where he plans to have the honey for himself which also prevents the plants from being pollinated. Spider-Man and Ms. Marvel must rescue the honey bees and defeat Swarm and his Techno-Bees. | ||||
17 | 7 | "Cloudy With A Chance of Smiles" | 19 December 2018 | |
When Spider-Man gets infected with the Venom symbiote, Hulk must get control of his emotions in order to save Spider-Man and New York from the Venom symbiote. | ||||
18 | 8 | "That’s Why They Make Chocolate & Vanilla" | 21 December 2018 | |
Spider-Man and Spider-Girl head to an ice cream parlor where their plans to obtain ice cream are thwarted when Electro plans to short-circuit the fuse boxes for the ice cream parlors since the ice cream always melts in his hands. | ||||
19 | 9 | "It's An Alien!" | 6 February 2019 | |
Spider-Man and Captain Marvel come across a crashed spaceship. They discover that its passenger Miek is stealing sugar while leaving green slime. | ||||
20 | 10 | "You Go High, I’ll Go Low" | 21 December 2018 | |
When Hobgoblin steals all the money from the bank, Spider-Man goes after him and runs into Falcon who is also after Hobgoblin after he stole Falcon's power ray. They now must work together to defeat Hobgoblin and reclaim the power ray. |
Season 3
Series # | Season # | Title | Original airdate | |
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21 | 1 | "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" | 1 April 2019 | |
As Spider-Man escorts Black Panther to the convention center, they spot Nebula who is carrying a box that contains a replacement part for her crashed ship as her running out into the road causes Black Panther to crash his power car. Spider-Man must persuade Black Panther and Nebula to make up for that incident. | ||||
22 | 2 | "The Claws of Life" | 2 April 2019 | |
Spider-Man runs into Rocket Raccoon and Groot when they are tracking down Blackjack O'Hare. As they work together to stop Blackjack O'Hare from stealing gold, Spider-Man must teach Rocket Raccoon that yelling is not the best way to get things done. | ||||
23 | 3 | "Not So Dry Cleaners" | 3 April 2019 | |
Spider-Man is recruited by Doctor Strange to help with his Sorcerer Spring Cleaning Time at the Sanctum Sanctorum. After most of it is done, the final thing to do is for Doctor Strange and Spider-Man to wash the Cloak of Levitation. | ||||
24 | 4 | "From Hulk to Eternity" | 4 April 2019 | |
While at the beach, Spider-Man accidentally wrecks Hulk's sandcastle while playing volleyball with She-Hulk. When Hulk builds one that is too large enough to threaten the boardwalk, Spider-Man and She-Hulk must help Hulk keep the collapsing sandcastle from burying everything on the boardwalk. | ||||
25 | 5 | "Sticky Rain" | 5 April 2019 | |
When the city's new park and playground is having a ribbon-cutting ceremony, it is crashed by a left-out Hobgoblin who starts dumping garbage all over it. Spider-Man and Miles Morales must work to stop Hobgoblin's littering spree. | ||||
26 | 6 | "Try It, You’ll Like It" | 2 September 2019 | |
When Spidey is feeling nervous about a mission to outer space, Iron Man reminds his apprehensive apprentice that trying new things is just as important as being confident in what you already know. | ||||
27 | 7 | "Bend, Don’t Break" | 3 September 2019 | |
Spidey and Ghost-Spider chase the rampaging Rhino, but when their original plan doesn’t slow him down, Spidey is swiftly reminded that super heroes need to be flexible with their plans. | ||||
28 | 8 | "That’s What Friends Are For" | 4 September 2019 | |
When his webs won’t work during a fight with Green Goblin, Spidey is reminded by his flexible super-friend, Ms. Marvel, that he has more than one super power: he also has super-smarts! | ||||
29 | 9 | "Happy Birthday" | 5 September 2019 | |
Spidey and Captain America celebrate Cap’s birthday but, of course, no Avenger’s birthday can go uninterrupted! It seems like Loki’s up to his usual mischief... or is he? | ||||
30 | 10 | "Things That Go HaHa! In the Night" | 6 September 2019 | |
Spidey and Spider-Girl take on magical menace Morgan Le Fay, but when she conjures a mystical monster, our spider-heroes are forced to face their fears. |
Season 4
Series # | Season # | Title | Original airdate |
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31 | 1 | "Charge Ahead" | 6 April 2020 |
32 | 2 | "Aww... Do I Have To?" | 7 April 2020 |
33 | 3 | "It's On Me" | 8 April 2020 |
34 | 4 | "Promises Promises" | 9 April 2020 |
35 | 5 | "Outside the Box" | 10 April 2020[lower-alpha 1] |
Specials
Season # | Title | Original airdate |
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1 | "Be Like Spidey!" | 27 February 2019 |
2 | "Meet Captain Marvel!" | 6 March 2019 |
3 | "Meet Thor!" | 13 March 2019 |
4 | "Spidey Remix with Miles!" | 20 March 2019 |
5 | "Spidey Spyin' with Thor!" | 27 March 2019 |
6 | "Spidey Spyin' with Electro!" | 6 July 2019 |
7 | "Meet Ms. Marvel!" | 6 July 2019 |
8 | "Spidey Spyin' with Miles!" | 6 July 2019 |
9 | "Spidey Remix: Villain Fails!" | 7 July 2019 |
10 | "Meet Black Panther!" | 7 July 2019 |
Franchise
Marvel Super Hero Adventures pre-school franchise was announced by Marvel Entertainment in September 2017 consisting of a short-form animated series along with publishing and merchandise during "Marvel Mania" October.[2] The toy line was manufactured by Hasbro with additional merchandise from Mad Engine, Jay Franco, GBG, Jakks Pacific and others.[5]
In the publishing field, Marvel Press issued chapter books beginning in September[2] and of course from Marvel Comics a five-issue miniseries starting in April 2018.[6] Super Hero Adventures has Spider-Man teaming with another Marvel hero.[2] The first early reader chapter books was Deck the Malls! teamed Spider-Man with Spider-Gwen written by MacKenzie Cadenhead and Sean Ryan and art by Derek Laufman. Three additional chapter books were planned continuing into 2018.[2] With low orders, the limited series was re-solicited as a series of issue 1.[7]
- Comic books - five #1 issues written by Jim McCann with art by Dario Brizuela:[8]
- Marvel Super-Hero Adventures: Spider-Man and the Stolen Vibranium #1[7]
- Marvel Super-Hero Adventures: The Spider-Doctor #1 (Marvel Super-Hero Adventures #2)[7]
- early reader chapter books:
- Deck the Malls! teamed Spider-Man with Spider-Gwen written by MacKenzie Cadenhead and Sean Ryan and art by Derek Laufman[2]
Notes
- This episode was first released on the Marvel HQ YouTube channel on April 9, 2020.[4]
References
- Napoli, Jessica (October 12, 2017). "First Look: 'Marvel Super Hero Adventures' Stars Spider-Man and Other Heroes in Preschooler-Focused Series". TV Insider. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- McMillan, Graeme (September 7, 2017). "Marvel Launches Multiplatform 'Super Hero Adventures' Preschooler Program (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
- Goldman, Eric (October 17, 2018). "Marvel Super Hero Adventures Season 2 Premieres October 22". Marvel.com. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- Dinh, Christine (April 3, 2020). "Here's What's Coming From Marvel Animation in April". Marvel.com. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- Whyte, Alexandra (September 8, 2017). "Marvel swings into preschool content". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications Ltd. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
- Hill, Jacob (January 18, 2018). "Marvel to Launch All-Ages Super Hero Adventures Comic". CBR. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
- Johnston, Rich (March 2, 2018). "Marvel Renames Its Super Hero Adventures Comics to Make Each a #1". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- Hill, Jacob (January 18, 2018). "Marvel to Launch All-Ages Super Hero Adventures Comic". CBR. Retrieved December 11, 2019.