Product Details

• Actors: Christopher Daniel Barnes, Sara Ballantine, Roscoe Lee Browne, Rodney Saulsberry, Jennifer Hale
• Writers: Joe Simon, Larry Lieber, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko
• Producers: Avi Arad, John Cawley, John Semper, Joseph Lampone Jr.
• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: July 2, 1997
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0793941768
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,967 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must For Fans!, January 30, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Spiderman: The Hobgoblin [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is actually made from an episode of Spiderman that aired on television. I purchased it for my four and a half year old son who adores Spiderman. He also has the VHS tape of the origin of Spiderman (made in the 60's). He likes this episode better though, because of the story involving Hobgoblin and Kingpin. It certainly shows how far our animation has come in 30 years. The look is definitely updated for the 90's; Peter Parker no longer wears glasses, and looks more well built than he did in years past. Still he carries the angst of not being able to do the right thing which is what always made Spiderman different from other superheroes (as is evidenced by how the doctor and Mary Jane feel about his treatment of Aunt Mae).

This is definitely not the "Ultimate Spiderman" (Spiderman trapped in a different universe) for which I am grateful. Thank you Marvel, I hope you put out more episodes, so we can collect them all.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Awesome!, June 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Spiderman: The Hobgoblin [VHS] (VHS Tape)

...It's Spider-Man for heaven's sake! Of course they use previous animation it's cheaper that way of course, but it's still a totally awesome storyline with great action and Spider-Man as witty as ever!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great episode, May 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Spiderman: The Hobgoblin [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The reason the Kingpin story didn't seem to "go anywhere" is that this isn't a movie, it's an episode from the 1990s Spider-man TV show on Fox. I liked the show quite a bit; it had pretty good animation and the stories were interesting, even if they didn't always hold completely true to the comic book's stories. Chances are if the sound and animation don't line up in places, it's more likely to be the result of the video production (I've seen it happen before). Spider-man is one of the few cartoons I've watched which had characters that seemed more real and actually developed over time (another cartoon that did a good job with that was the Real Ghostbusters).