The strongest versions of Spider-Man in the animated series, ranked

Key points

• Spider-Man: Unlimited had a powerful Reed Richards costume with unique abilities, making him one of the strongest animated Spider-Men.
• Ultimate Spider-Man is controversial but touted as the strongest due to improved gadgets, experience and powerful villains faced.
• Spider-Man: The New Animated Series is considered one of the weakest due to limited content, original villains, and lack of powerful enemies.

Spider-Man is a fan favorite and one of the most popular and recognized superheroes ever. Due to his fame, there have been many different Spider-Man animated shows over the years, from the 1967 show to the latest Marvel's Spider-Man in 2017. Each of these different versions of Spider-Man have shown their strengths and power in their respective universes, with some even traveling into the multiverse.

In this ranking we will look at some of the most popular and powerful versions of Spider-Man that have appeared in the animated series. While each Spider-Man has the same strength and abilities, there are small differences between each iteration, showing which variants are the most powerful.

8 Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

The unsuccessful sequel to the animated series.

• Released – 2003
• Net – MTV
• Racing for – 1 season

Despite the controversy, Spider-Man: The New Animated Series still holds a special place in the hearts of many fans. With its poor reception upon release, the show only lasted one season, limiting the amount fans got to see of this variant of Spider-Man.

In Spider-Man: the new animated series, Spider-Man only goes up against a small selection of his classic villains, such as Electro, Lizard, Kingpin, Kraven the Hunter, and Silver Sable, with the show choosing to create new original villains exclusively for the series. Due to the lack of content and powerful villains, this variant of Spider-Man never managed to unleash its full potential and is therefore considered one of the weakest animated versions of Spider-Man.

7 Spider-Man (1967)

The first animated Spider-Man show

• Released – 1967
• Net – ABC
• Racing for – 3 seasons

Spider-Man 1967 was the show that started it all. The show featured all the usual elements you'd expect from a Spider-Man story, including epic battles against his greatest enemies and saving citizens from danger. In the show, we see Spider-Man take on villains like Vulture, Electro, Rhino, Scorpion, and more.

Due to the limitations of animation at the time and the lack of “violence” allowed on prime time TV, the show had to be tamed with some fight scenes, meaning it's hard to judge how strong this Spider-Man is. is when compared to more modern iterations.

6 Marvel's Spider-Man 2017

The anime-style Spider-Man show

• Released – 2017
• Net – Disney Plus
• Racing for – 3 seasons

While this show is somewhat controversial among fans, it lasted three seasons, giving us plenty of feats to help us understand just how strong this version of Spider-Man is.

Throughout the series, Spider-Man encounters many of his classic enemies, such as Doc-Ock, Kraven the Hunter, Green Goblin, and Venom, but manages to resist and ultimately defeats them.

While this is impressive, it's not unexpected, and compared to other shows, these versions of classic villains are relatively weak despite the help of the Anime style (the Witch usually makes the characters stronger than the source material). Throughout the series, we don't see Spider-Man perform specific feats that aren't expected of the character, we see some great feats of strength and durability, but these aren't enough to classify this version of Spider-Man as any. taller.

5 The spectacular Spider-Man

The most popular Spider-Man show

• Released – 2008
• Net – CW and Disney XD
• Racing for – 2 seasons

The spectacular Spider-Man is one of the fan-favorite Spider-Man TV shows and is often considered one of the best among fans. In The spectacular Spider-Manwe see Peter Parker transform into Spider-Man and meet all of his classic villains, while Doc-Ock, Green Goblin, and Venom play the biggest villainous roles in the show. We will see this variant face some powerful enemies.

In the spectacular Spider-Manwe see Spider-Man clash with some of his most challenging enemies, such as Sandman and Electro, two villains who could pose a serious threat if they wanted to, and rampaging brutes like Rhino. These battles show how strong this version of Spider-Man truly is.

4 Spider-Man and his amazing friends

A unique and refreshing take on the animated Spider-Man shows

• Released – 1981
• Net – NBC
• Racing for – 3 seasons

Spider-Man and his amazing friends was a unique take on the Spider-Man character, teaming him up with a member of the X-men, Iceman, and a Human Torch-style character, Firestar. The show's premise sees Spider-Man and his teammates take on classic villains like Doc-Ock, Green Goblin, and Sandman.

This version of Spider-Man shows off his strength by taking on more powerful villains that he doesn't face often, such as Arachnoid, Dracula, Magneto, Loki, Dr Doom, Mordred, and Juggernaught. Taking on these villains, particularly Loki, Dr Doo, and Magneto, showcased the skill and power of this version of Spider-Man, proving himself stronger than some of his counterparts.

3 Spider-Man The Animated Series

The archetype of all Spider-Man shows

• Released – 1994
• Net – Fox boys
• Racing for – 5 seasons

Spider-Man The Animated Series is one of the most popular Spider-Man media pieces of all time. This show follows a more experienced Spider-Man, who studies at Empire State University and has already mastered his crime-fighting skills. Throughout the show, Spider-Man faces almost all of his classic villains, from Green Goblin to Carnage.

This version of Spider-Man shows off his powers by taking on some of the most powerful Spider-Man villains of all time, such as Carnage, Venom, The Rhino, and Hydro-Man. In addition to facing his villains, Spider-Man also encounters powerful villains such as a Sentinel and the ruler of the Dark Dimension, Dormammu. Not only can this version of Spider-Man take on these powerful villains, but he often showcases his physical strength, stamina, skill, and experience, making him one of the most powerful versions of Spider-Man in the animated shows.

2 Spider-Man (unlimited)

The show that started the nanotech trend

• Released – 1999
• Net – Fox
• Racing for – 1 season

Spider-Man from Unlimited entertainment has one of the most powerful Spider-Man suites of all time. His costume undeniably makes him an obvious contender for the strongest Spider-Man in the animated series. The suit was made with Peters' ingenious design and Nano-Tech from Mr Fantastic himself, Reed Richards.

The suit gives Spider-Man increased strength, speed and durability, as well as having invisibility technology, sonic blasts and explosive webs. This increased firepower makes this version of Spider-Man significantly stronger than his counterparts. This version of Spider-Man eventually joined the Spider Society and can be seen in the film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, giving this Spider-Man the ability to travel the multiverse. Unfortunately, this show only lasted one season, so fans didn't get to see the full potential of this Spider-Man variant.

1 The definitive Spider-Man

The controversial Spider-Man animated show

• Released – 2012
• Net – DisneyXD
• Racing for – 4 seasons

Despite many fans' love/hate relationship with this show, many fans can agree that this version of Spider-Man is easily the strongest in the animated series, and with more episodes than any other show, this version of Spider-Man -Man gets to show off. his strengths adequately. Whether looking at his improved web shooters, courtesy of SHIELD, his amount of experience at the end of the series, or his roster of powerful villains, it's easy to see just how strong this Spider-Man is.

In the show, fans see Spider-Man clash with his usual foes with characters like Doc-Ock, Green Goblin, and more. However, in this show we see Spider-Man face more powerful villains such as Dormammu, Loki, Doctor Doom, Deadpool, Ultron, Kaine, Anti-Venom, Carnage Queen, Goblin King, Wolf Spider, Spider-Slayers, and even the Grandmaster. The Ultimate Spider-Man often found himself traveling across the Multiverse interacting and learning from other Spider-Men and facing powerful enemies. Overall, this version of Spider-Man has more experience, skill, stamina, intelligence, and, of course, strength than any other Spider-Man in the animated series.