8.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Spider-Man (1994)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.3
Overview
Bitten by a neogenetic spider, Peter Parker develops spider-like superpowers. He uses these to fight crime while trying to balance it with the struggles of his personal life.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Female Combat: Yes
Overview
Bitten by a neogenetic spider, Peter Parker develops spider-like superpowers. He uses these to fight crime while trying to balance it with the struggles of his personal life.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The series maintains a neutral stance by focusing on universal ethical principles, particularly individual responsibility and moral choices, rather than engaging in systemic political critiques or promoting specific ideologies.
This animated series maintains traditional casting for its core characters, faithfully adapting their established comic book identities without explicit race or gender swaps. The narrative focuses on classic superhero themes, presenting traditional identities neutrally or positively without incorporating explicit DEI critiques or making DEI themes central to the storyline.
Secondary
The series features Black Cat, a character with enhanced physical abilities and martial arts training, who frequently engages in and wins close-quarters physical combat against multiple male opponents, including various henchmen and criminals.
Spider-Man: The Animated Series, a product of 1990s television, contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative and character portrayals exclusively reflect heterosexual relationships and identities, resulting in no direct LGBTQ+ representation within the series.
The 1994 'Spider-Man' animated series does not include any transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on superhero action, character development, and villain conflicts, without engaging with gender identity issues. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate within the scope of this rubric.
Spider-Man: The Animated Series faithfully adapts its Marvel Comics source material. All major and recurring characters, such as Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, J. Jonah Jameson, and various villains, retain their established genders from the comics. No character canonically established as one gender is portrayed as a different gender in the series.
This animated series faithfully adapts the established races of its Marvel Comics characters. No major or legacy character who was canonically, historically, or widely established as one race is portrayed as a different race in the show.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.4
8.3
Critic Ratings
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