90s Marvel Cartoons: The Original MCU?

With the Marvel Cinematic Universe reaching its climatic conclusion to 10 years of serialised storytelling, Josh from Panels to Pixels takes a look at the Marvel Animated Series of the 90s; its history and how its legacy can still be felt in pop culture today.
From 1992 - 2000, eight shows across 253 episodes made up the Marvel Animated Universe, introducing a whole generation to the characters that would go on to dominate box offices worldwide.
They were: X-Men, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Silver Surfer, Spider-Man Unlimited and Avengers United They Stand.
So dust off your video tapes, grab a bowl of breakfast cereal and get stuck in to this video essay/documentary/love letter to the cartoons of our childhood.
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SPECIAL THANKS TO: Adam Chapman from the Comic Shenanigans podcast for allowing me to use audio from his conversation with Eric and Julia Lewald.
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[@newlyweb3448]

"Endgame is the most ambitious crossover event in history" Spider-Man 1994: Hold my beer

[@kobi7955]

*Plasma

[@trophygatherer]

Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

[@IronKnightPrime]

Endgame is not a crossover nor ia infinity war

[@SiddharthShenoy]

Hold my webs would be more accurate.

[@Badbandanaman]

They should just make the 90s spiderman and xmen series a live action remake tv series.. would be epic...

[@BiggestGal]

I remember Spiderman: The Venom Saga where we saw not just Spidey, Venom, and Carnage, but also Iron Man, War Machine, Baron Mordo, and Dormammu.

[@ultimateslayer1048]

Something that will not be possible on MCU

[@anthonyroach5342]

Remember when strange let Peter talk to uncle ben again 😥

[@richard26193]

Those episodes are my nostalgia peak

[@jdmcknight41]

@@ultimateslayer1048 its all about ,licenscing, and money these days...

[@danielhogan6255]

Its makes me sad that OUR Spidey is still in a space/time warp journey, with madam webb, searching for mary jane.... Tis a scary alternate reality.. On one hand gwen stacy doesnt die (possibly by peters hands) and instead Mary Jane gets chucked through a interdimensional black hole thanks in part to a fool scientist who took to calling himself "the spot" and mostly cuz gobbys a dick lol But to think it never got resolved...Spidey never got to save MJ....after EVERYTHING!!....we find shes still alive, shes trapped out there somewhere...but we never get to find her...and spidey never comes back... MCU kids? Imagine the snap permenently took out Tony Stark in Infinity War...and that was the end of the Avengers, nay the entire MCU...😂😂😂😂 lemme tell ya... thankfully......Stan the Man always found a way to. Get. Back. Up...

[@plagadivina7858]

90s rogue is legendary

[@buildawall5803]

She was my favorite because she can have all of them powers

[@BozheTsaryaKhrani]

Way too cringe and annoying

[@uzernam303]

I had a crush on her as a boy

[@spawnofthehell]

God tier babe

[@unknowninfinium4353]

Only good for banging.

[@UltimateTS64]

I always love looking at the old designs of the Marvel characters. They're just so classic

[@matthew1420]

Yeah. I like the classic look as well. Mainly from silver age to 90s. That's also why toy biz was the best at making marvel legends. Remember how many movie figures the Spider-Man trilogy got? It was a hilariously insane amount.

[@unknowninfinium4353]

Now it's made in China.

[@franksandoval6046]

@@matthew1420 you know marvel and saban are friends since Disney purchased marvel and power rangers

[@The_Inferior_Retroman]

@@franksandoval6046 Disney doesn't own power rangers anymore since in 2010 the rights were reverted back to saban.

[@kazallroberts]

Facts, I much prefer my heroes and villains have their own original look rather than a scripted uniform.

[@tls5669]

X-Men lore is so deep the show could have lasted another 5 years. Too bad it didnt

[@bayerhead]

Only because another shitty company took over for season 5 and ran it into the ground. Such an awesome show. I own the whole collection and my son's been watching lately. Stands the test of time

[@stonecold3697]

Agreed. It sucks how all the wrong people were in charge of all these great characters.

[@kh91132]

Did you know where to watch them ?

[@AlexLoranger]

I'm glad it existed.

[@UNKANNYENTERTAINMENT]

Yea it got real shoty towards the end.

[@feraligatr2111]

1994 Spider-Man is my childhood.

[@shengrant3088]

Feraligatr 21 this was the shit true 90$ kid had to prepare everything before it started there was no Netflix!! just skills

[@jadenyuki4818]

Same.

[@julioalfonsomayorquingutie3991]

i whas born on 1994 ♡

[@fatetestarossa2774]

Mine too

[@Shawn.Mathew]

Fox kids was the shit

[@victorortiz6272]

X-Men had the greatest intro.

[@BodaciousWickerman]

Victor Ortiz You know it! Closely followed by Spider-Man.

[@joshuadavid746]

Nah spectacular spiderman as the best intro EVER!!!!

[@rashidbinzamanshaan5841]

I like Spiderman TAS intro more than X MEN TAS intro

[@mansman2167]

Iron Man Season 2 begs to differ.

[@skeletoncrew6500]

To be honest all the 90s shows had great intros (with united as an exception) but I'd personally go with silver surfer's if we're talking about intros but as for songs I'd have to go with either 60s Spiderman or EMH

[@tolgaozatc4442]

I was born in late 90's. In Turkey all these animated series aired early 2000's. And they were HUGE hits. I really want to rewatch all of them after this video. My childhood in 18 minutes.

[@mileena622]

I used to watch them on Fox Kids...

[@ebay3472]

If you get Disney+ they have the majority of all the early marvel cartoons.

[@uboatfreak4390]

Same in Romania.

[@DanielGuerra92]

$2.99 for some pizza, a soda, & a comic? The 90's were so pristine.

[@sixscalemafia]

TheSaltyShrimp they were!

[@bradhodges4521]

Yes. Yes, they were..

[@borter567]

Except for comics

[@checksoverstripes2498]

TheSaltyShrimp 😔

[@danielx22]

everything but my salary has gone up since the 90's.

[@drewstar8611]

Damn I got chills when that Spider-Man theme kicked in! Good old days

[@Snyde70]

Both that theme and the x-men theme were done by Joe Perry. Goddamn 90s cartoons were awesome.

[@kevinpham_]

I am massively obsessed with this version of spiderman, even though my first spiderman show was spectactular spiderman, the 1994 verison of SPIDERMAN is the best, i saw most of it online before sometime ago and now I watching it again that whole series needs to be revised as a MOVIE from the LIzard vs spiderman hobglobin vs spiderman venom vs spiderman greengoblin vs spiderman, the disappearance of mary jane, neogenics - spiderman- morbious-craven-punisher, the black cat-king pin, silvermane, Blade and Spiderman vs the queen of vampires, captain america-6 forgotten warriors vs the red skull, sinister 6, xmen and spiderman crossover, then the BEYONDER's CHALLENGE and then MULTIVERSE SPIDERMAN VS SPIDERCARNAGE and then there is also an exclusive episode on youtube that where you find out that MARY JANE is finally found but Spiderman is with Madame the Black web and she and spiderman are very close to where Mary Jane ended up, but unfortunately they missed her because Madame spider's dimension ship broke mid way to reach her, so Peter left her and was teleport'd to the area Mary Jane was calling Peter out from in a new universe time line. That last episode really gave hope to Spiderman fans to finally make peace with the end of the original series. The best part is you can hear the voice of that PETER and it's the same guy who did the voice of the original SPIDERMAN of 1994 series. That whol series should have been the FILM of current spiderman movies,

[@roycerucker3525]

D

[@kingdarius7003]

@@kevinpham_ couldn’t have said it better fr !!

[@NazriB]

Lies again? MLS CUP UNICEF

[@anonfslkf190]

When I watched X-Men and Spiderman, I was blown away by the fact that the stories were almost exactly the same as the comic books I collected. They were all canon. Back then, the characters had not been "reinvented", "retconned" or rebranded for a younger generation. They were pure stories. And I was part of that. Like a story or a joke only you in the group can understand , because you were there...

[@Stephanie-kh6nx]

Exactly! The 90s cartoons and anime were fantastic!

[@magallanesagustin4952]

It sucks that I never got to see the 90s X-Men, Hulk and Iron Man in my country, just Spiderman and Fantastic Four.

[@International_man_of_mystery]

@@magallanesagustin4952 there was also an Avengers cartoon and Silver Surfer cartoon. Do you recall Silver Surfer at all? I’m curious because of the relationship with Fantastic Four

[@Gyrbae]

I will always remember that episode in Spider Man where he met Stan Lee. Even as a little kid it was a mindblowing moment for me. Also that one episode in Iron Man where War Machine is having a flashback of his little brother fucking drowning on screen. That has stayed with me until adulthood.

[@iceegaming4418]

Gyrbae I’ve never seen the show cause I was born after. didnt Stan lee tell Spider-Man that he created Spider-Man or sunny him like that?

[@randomduck8679]

@@iceegaming4418 Pretty much

[@GOATSportsMIXES]

Too bad we never got another season after that makes me sad

[@spider-manunknown9193]

GOAT Sports MIXES Don’t Worry Spider-Man Unlimited was the continuation of the show.

[@randomduck8679]

@@spider-manunknown9193 I don't think that was ever confirmed.

[@ericshun2552]

To this day I still hear the 90s Spiderman Twhip sounds when I read spider Man.

[@cowboy7597]

eric shun I hear spectacular’s

[@dildonius]

Oh yes. For a long time I heard the voice of Spider-Man Unlimited’s Peter Parker when reading Spidey books. But not because of the show, because I played the everloving SHIT out of Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro on PS1 in my young childhood and that game featured him in the role of Peter Parker as well. He just fits it so perfect in my head. Young but not too boyish, experienced but not too old.

[@WildYT]

Same

[@twistedyogert]

I hear Drake Bell.

[@danielhogan6255]

that robotic voice going on repeatedly about "radioactive spider blood" there too? that always used to crack me up... even as a kid I was like "are those really the only lyrics you could think of?" lol

[@bearboigolden1020]

R.I.P stan you will be missed

[@AlexLoranger]

He brought to us a wisdom no other could have brought.

[@loserscorner6746]

And Steve and Jack

[@weightycarlos]

X-Men TAS’ intro was ahead of its time. Nothing beats it.

[@j.mendezphotography8684]

Right now we can hope for a possibility that Deadpool 3 could the MCU intro with 90s with the iconic X-Men theme.

[@LivingOnBorrowedTime]

i used to sprint back from school just so that I could reach home early enough watch X-men on tv, good times.

[@Berzerk_Fury]

I would wake up tune Fox Kids watch X-men eat Lunchables drink CapriSun thinkin i was the hippest kid alive, Goosebumps And all those other shows was Badass 90s!

[@thunderenriquez255]

i cried when bcoz of an electrical power failure i failed to watch from xmen tas a wolverine episode where he left (the one ed eskimos)

[@daworm0912]

You forgot to mention Blade in Spiderman. That's how a lot of people knew him from when the movie came out.

[@skelly2593]

Yeah, was kinda bummed he didn't mention that or the Punisher episodes, really good representation of both characters.

[@al1kz]

Blade, Punisher, Dr. Strange - all of 'em were in Spiderman!

[@Jays_dead_cat]

Oh yeah Dr. Strange was in it. So was Mordo

[@ArlanKels]

I actually got hyped for the movie cause of him in the cartoon.

[@ziljin]

Blade is in the Ultimate Spiderman cartoon too. He's great!

[@danielmillwood6354]

X-Men: The Animated Series was KING - in London in the 90's that had children and teenagers HOOKED. Spider-man was a fantastic follow-up and I really enjoyed The Incredible Hulk.

[@BadBoyBird]

I live in london

[@Darwaxion]

MIKAEEL THE GAMER so? How is this related to the main comment?

[@alonzoeley5918]

I AGREE💯💯💯, From 🇺🇸👋🙌🙌

[@loserscorner6746]

There is something so London about that show... I don’t know why lol

[@stevenbryant8160]

Proof X-men and. Spider man and the hulk carried marvel before mcu

[@orlandolopezmartinez5282]

3:27 Beast wears a Howard the Duck T-shirt

[@bnferguson9827]

Holy shit he is!

[@orlandolopezmartinez5282]

@John Collins wearing a donald the human T-shirt?

[@lieutenantkettch]

DC/WB did it in the 90s too with Bruce Timm's DC Animated Universe that started off with Batman:TAS and ended with JLU.

[@thecypher7242]

Very true.

[@bradenhogan2]

And did it way better

[@c4onmylip]

Yep, and the arguments on the playground were the best lol. You were either a batman kid or a spider man kid in the late 90s/early 2000s and you had to argue with your friends about which show was cooler and who could beat who in a fight.

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

They didnt like crossing over. These shows are all just as great.

[@opnavesea]

i was in love with rogue as a kid

[@ChromeTecNina]

@bryan diaz varela you definitely couldn't raw dog her but couldn't you use a rubber?

[@ChromeTecNina]

@bryan diaz varela good point. My God that would be a nightmare LOL

[@kesorangutan6170]

My first waifu was Storm. Rogue is shit taste.

[@kesorangutan6170]

bryan diaz varela That was a joke...

[@gusmaiawork]

@@kesorangutan6170 no, it wasn't

[@jonathankinney14]

"PREVIOUSLY ON X-MEN"!!!!

[@frankiesamo1563]

Beast snorted crack

[@PokeDude011]

Wolverine gets friend zoned and takes his anger out on the Cajun.

[@bradcuzidk8306]

Logan walks in on Scott and Jean doing it and cries in the corner for an hour

[@leonardobraynen1524]

That was *MY LIFE!!!*

[@RThyrring]

There was also an episode of X-Men, “Old Soldiers” from Season Five, where Wolverine thinks back to when he fought in World War II along with Captain America, long before he was the subject of the Weapon X program (although he doesn’t seem to have bone claws back then)

[@loserscorner6746]

That’s awesome!

[@richardrichard688]

The bone claw idea for pre-Weapon X Logan came after the cartoon in the comics.

[@thenerdytherapist2996]

I was never a fan of bone claws....I like the line from X2 where Stryker says "you were always an animal, I just gave you claws."

[@ride-playerbb2818]

@@thenerdytherapist2996 I dunno. Wouldn't that nake him not mutant?

[@thenerdytherapist2996]

@@ride-playerbb2818 - his advanced healing is still his mutant power either way.

[@sonic-oe3yi]

Marvel should remaster the 1994 Spider-Man Animated Series in 1080p at the very least.

[@ethanskys857]

I’m trying so hard to find the box set on dvd in the uk

[@k-leb4671]

That would be awesome and a sure purchase.

[@probot6515]

@@ethanskys857 Get Disney+ instead.

[@admirgutic5781]

@@giamocco3496 To my knowledge Disney + uses the same master as the DVD just with less compression. 90s Spider-Man deserves a true HD remaster much like Batman the Animated Series

[@denniscleary7580]

The good old days when Saturday mornings had cartoons

[@Wilson-lx5pe]

Grow up

[@CulturePhilter]

Technically every morning has cartoons now.... and every afternoon... and evening. Plus if you factor in Netflix the middle of the night too :-)

[@justinconn1301]

The stuff on today aren't cartoons. It's not good at all

[@CulturePhilter]

Justin Conn - is it the animation style or the story telling you don’t like now? Because story-telling wise there are some great ones. Like Star Wars Rebels. Which is vertically much better than any 80s Star Wars cartoons.

[@D1craigRob]

Even weekdays after school doenst have cartoons now...

[@JaxBlade]

BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL VIDEO! This took me back to being a kid watching every single one of these series in the 90s! Classic times, When the X-men teamed up with Spidey I LOST IT as a kid and me and my friends couldnt believe it happened and we talked in depth about it at recess xD, Love this video! keep up the great work

[@doaldox]

JaxBlade same stared buying comics that had team ups after that

[@jonathangarza1656]

JaxBlade was the same for me as well. Its what got me into comics and marvel. Spiderman since then became one of my favorite characters and being the kid of a single mom which i know sounds silly but taught some life lessons. Also before DBZ is what made me want to workout. They all had ripped muscular bodies.

[@asdfoio]

oh yes, i remember that too! and hearing the Xmen theme inside an episode of Spiderman TAS was soo damn hot!

[@vincentperez1083]

JaxBlade also featured blade, doctor strange, captain america, iron man, shield, the punisher, daredevil, and many more, this takes me back it also makes me sad cause I miss those times it was good even through the bad with the help of all my favorite cartoon shows and other shows like boy meets world family matters etc etc

[@Dargonhuman]

Yep. You could tell that the people writing these shows were either comics alumni or comics geeks wanting to do as much justice to the characters and world building as they could given the constraints of the medium and timeslot. The fact that they managed to accomplish as much as they did despite all that is a testament to the talent and passion of everyone involved.

[@ryantoussaint4619]

It’s SO annoying that Blade doesn’t get his credit. It was his film that ushered in and begun the work of the MCU we have now. The OG X-Men and Spiderman continued the trend but it was Blade that ushered in a new age of awesome comic book films. Lets not forget that.

[@geeebuttersnap2433]

Blade might have been the first marvel character to have a successful movie, but it was not the first one featuring a black superhero or even be r rated. That belongs to Spawn which came out 1997. But the guy who made the character did help with the venom character, so he is heavily influenced by Venom.

[@ryantoussaint4619]

@@geeebuttersnap2433Where did I mention that Blade was the first Black superhero? What does Spawn have to do with the MCU? He isn’t even Marvel. What does Venom have to with anything? Did you actually even read my comment properly?? 😂

[@darkwoods1954]

I like to think of Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes as a spiritual sequel to the 90s Marvel Animated Universe.

[@1MarkKeller]

Moral of the story ... don't skimp on the animation or the story line and always crossover characters and name drop.

[@SgtTwilight]

I know this is a joke comment but the 2017 Spider-Man series actually follows the second part of this and that's why it suffers. It spends to much time building a universe with constant crossovers and name drops that it forgets to tell a story.

[@tommyvasquez2708]

Jordan DeHart i mean the advertising was so extra but did they really have to reference the mcu every 3 scenes

[@leonardobraynen1524]

Spider-Man TAS was really the one to feature other Marvel Characters... that and series like Iron-Man & Fantastic Four season 2's.

[@pikistikman]

Toei did that a lot, back in the 70s. Tatsunoko as well. Animation was never very good (yeah yeah, deadlines, I know), but Mazinger Z tai Ankoku Daishogun is still legendary to this day. Plot: Kabuto Kouji, a high school Chad by day and a super robot pilot by... different times of the day. He lives in Anywhere (real-life Atami-chou in reboot Shin Mazinger), Japan, Kouji fights against the evil robots of Doctor Hell after his grandfather dies and leaves him Mazinger Z-- an invincible mechanical monster that has the power to make Kouji a god or a devil. Kouji learns to pilot Mazinger, overcoming the difficulties of controlling the damn thing, culminating in the made-for-TV movie Mazinger Z vs The Great General of Darkness. It was here that the animation saw a drastic increase in quality, as well as pitting Kouji against his own mortality. For the first time, it's a very real possibility that Mazinger will lose against the general and his cronies. I highly reccomend the film to any comic book fans who want to get into Japanimation.

[@JMitsuruDavis]

If you build it, they will come

[@kazemizu]

Yep, I hear 1990’s voices of peter parker and J.J. When I read the comics.

[@fugit1vegaming397]

kazemizu for me, I hear JJ as J.K Simmons

[@HELLO_KORO]

For me i hear josh Keaton as peter

[@something_els3]

I hear Yuri Lowenthal for Spidey J.K. Simmons as JJJ The whole 90’s X-Men is how you imagine the X-Men IMO And a whole lot more voices I like

[@sammast51]

I honestly think that silver surfer is the most underrated MAU show, it introduced some of the vosmic stuff really well

[@ChaotixBR]

17:42 Naaaaaah, just go to Disney plus. Still with the cereal though.

[@SirBlackReeds]

This comment should take top spot.

[@shyguyN1CK]

God that Spider-Man intro music takes me WAYYYYY back. Wonderful times...

[@hujan1744]

Me too i even have some of the first eposodes, from Dock Ock armed and dangerous to the episode where it ended with MJ getting water powers, man i need to watch it again

[@gqartstudio]

The 90s spiderman cartoon will always be my favorite super hero cartoon. Great video, man

[@VocalBear213]

GQ Design Studio then try watching spectacular spider-man. I, being a hardcore 90-s Spidey fan, was really surprised of the quality of the show

[@tokinGLX]

@2:02 that lick in the theme song...so iconic!

[@samirjohnson4524]

Lick?

[@GrubHubPerk]

@@samirjohnson4524 probably means sick

[@GhostSamaritan]

@@GrubHubPerk No. Guitar lick.

[@shreyashshrestha6085]

Lick in music means “musical phrase”

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I hum that riff all the time. 🎶Dah, nah, na,na..na, nah🎶. Idk how to write out my humming the theme song lol

[@human.j.vitor9981]

Thank you X-MEN for paving the way to cinematic universes. The first one to kickstarted the boom of comicbook movies in this century.

[@SA80TAGE]

Actually, Blade came out 2 years before X-Men, but everyone conveniently forgets about that r-rated gem.

[@vincently1995]

Disney: ▪Marvel Studios: ▪The Avengers ▪Gaurdians of the Galaxy ▪20th Century Studios (formerly 20th Century Fox): ▪X-Men ▪Fantastic Four ▪Daredevil Universal Pictures: Hulk Sony Pictures: ▪Spider-Man ▪Venom ▪Ghost Rider Lionsgate: ▪The Punisher ▪Man-Thing New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.): Blade

[@richardrichard688]

@@SA80TAGE True, but Blade isn't a conventional superhero, he just hunts vampires. Technically Howard the Duck was the first Marvel character to receive a cinematic outing in 1986 but was silly and best forgotten really.

[@SA80TAGE]

@@richardrichard688 ah so you're just going to ignore the first Captain America film released in 1979 then. Good stuff. I don't know myself if that was the first one, but Howard the Duck sure wasn't.

[@SA80TAGE]

@@richardrichard688 Oh wait scratch that, there was a Captain America movie way back in 1944 lol..... but at least I got the character right.

[@LongEaredFox_]

This video is absolutely fantastic, well scripted, to the point and superbly researched! Thanks for this video man it was incredibly insightful!

[@darrensmith6504]

I love your content man!!!

[@raybordier4798]

What this guy said.

[@andrewseeley8524]

YES! So well done - great job!!

[@pikistikman]

LongEaredFox >state of the art CG backgrounds The worst part is, I know you're telling the truth .

[@quaky123]

We need more people like you

[@SephBentos]

As soon as the X-Men theme started, my hairs stood on end and I got a shiver. Iconic.

[@faustomadebr]

Seph Bentos Music by Michael Kamen, the maestro from Metallica S&M.

[@robcranston3484]

One of the great theme songs

[@MrJH101]

It was the ‘90s Spider-Man theme that did it for me. That was simply the one I remember watching first as a kid, but I know exactly what you mean.

[@Kingmegadon]

As soon as the first note of the X-Men intro started playing, instant head banger mode.

[@woiowoiow190]

“Stan Lee’s universe” was awesome in my opinion.

[@AlexLoranger]

1992 X-Men is my childhood.

[@ComicPower]

The Storm we got in the animated form was excellent. The two different versions we got in live action were not so impressive..

[@NerdsOnlytv]

Comic Power I feel like Xmen Apocalypse Storm can be redeemed in the Dark phoenix movie if it's good.

[@darthXreven]

shit dude, all of the X-men we got in the animated show outclassed their live action versions except Hugh Jackman who just always seemed to get it....

[@NerdsOnlytv]

that's true, it makes an X-Men fan like me want to just start making videos about how I would make the movies.

[@sunkid02]

Comic Power to be completely honest every animated version of storm (at least that ive seen so far) is better adaption of storm that any of the live action versions hell even xmen evolution storm i think was way better than live action

[@ComicPower]

@Comic Book Kid. The Dark Phoenix movie has been pushed back to open 2019. Thats not a good sign to me! It sounds like its in trouble and they need time to fix it! I guess we have 2 more years of groaning until Disney finishes buying out Fox and the X-Men come to the MCU. So Marvel can repair all of the damage that Fox did..

[@GigaChadh976]

Hate the fact that marvel these days treats their animated shows like they were after thoughts. They got potential, if the animation is decent and someone who gives a shit about the characters and story

[@sainttrunks1982]

ikr

[@SensiofRabbitude]

They should have spun off shows from Earth's Mightiest Heroes, to create a modern extended animated universe. I believed in their Spiderman from his handful of appearances in that show, more than I'm ever likely to believe in Ultimate Spiderman.

[@sainttrunks1982]

#JacksonPentony Yeah that's true.

[@ArlanKels]

I'm still pissy that they killed off Spectacular Spiderman and Mightiest Heroes for watered down worse versions.

[@JeffreyPiatt]

The cartoons in the 90's were produced by Saban entertainment produced by Haim Saban . Now there under Marvel Television under Isaac Perlmutter. Who also controls the comics' Disney split Marvel studios off to Walt Disney Studios because they wanted out from under Isaac Perlmutter.

[@antmagor]

I loved watching Stan open the marvel action hour. It was like watching an episode of Mr. Rogers neighborhood except Stan was Like Mr. Rogers way cooler older brother.

[@nickngaronoa6955]

'I am the rock on the eternal shore, crash against me & be broken!!!' (Apocalypse, x men animated)

[@robertprince2651]

Dialogue of a madman.

[@octavdumitru]

”Reflect on the cartoons of the past that got us here” That line alone put a node in my throat and almost made me tear up. Growing up watching all those cartoons and seeing how much they contributed to the phenomenon we live today is absolutely mind blowing, much like this video. AMAZING work my man! I was looking for this kind of video for a loooong time.

[@johnrichmond5342]

Xmen and spider man animated was the shit. Was the best marvel had

[@johnrichmond5342]

Secret wars story arch was so cool

[@youngmoneyc502]

I liked Iron Man too

[@znjjnj1853]

Because these shows created by WB animated studio,, who crate DC animated movies these days,, now full of marvel control by Disney and their animation studio,,but without games,,WB games studio still create some logo games for marvel,,,

[@hujan1744]

Agree but don't forget on Spectacular Spider-man man

[@galemara7990]

And Hulk tas

[@Larry]

You need to check out Spider-Man and Friends, that was the MCU in the '80s!!!

[@richardmcquade6658]

And Amazing Spider-Man. Thor was in one episode with Loki. As well X-Men connected through Firestart and Iceman. Not to mention the costume ball that had Marvel character costumes.

[@sergioargs2035]

Spider-friends move out!

[@alexkelly6449]

I loved that show as a kid

[@twilightman2816]

@@richardmcquade6658 Captain America was in an episode (Iceman was trying to interview him as part of a school project). Tony Stark made a cameo in the episode where they explained how the three of them became a team. And never mind "connected", the X-Men appeared in at least a couple of episodes. (They tried creating an X-Men cartoon spin-off; it didn't get picked up).

[@marlonclark1896]

and the marvel super heroes show was the mcu of the 60's

[@malikkelly9247]

When I was a kid I had a feeling they were all connected and then X-Men met Spider-Man I literally flipped

[@JurassicRod]

The Venom symbiote arriving on earth on a meteorite in central park in Spider-man 3 felt to me to be inspired by how the symbiote returned to earth in the Spider-man the animated series episode Venom Returns where pretty much the same thing happened. Though the animated series handling of the Venom saga is far superior to Spider-man 3.

[@RokuroCarisu]

Venom was really just a cameo in that movie. They chose the main villain to be Sandman for some reason, and then cramped in a Green Goblin imposter on top of that.

[@garygao6072]

IMO, I find Spectacular Spider-Man having the best Venom Saga. God I miss that show

[@RokuroCarisu]

RPV Why would they have made a movie with the black costume and not feature Venom?

[@vincentperez1083]

Shockwaves 97 Spiderman the animated series was the best hands down

[@MrBlonde47]

RokuroCarisu could have been a build up for another movie. With Peter using the black suit to defeat sandman and green goblin and the movie ending with him getting rid of the suit and Eddie Brock getting it. Which would’ve been a decent cliffhanger for a follow up film (except Topher Grace was a terrible Eddie Brock)

[@grobanworldnews4216]

The animated X-Men show was so much better than the live action movies.

[@agentofchaos7456]

Dude, that final season was ass though.

[@TerdSmasher303]

Yea just stick to the first 3 and you're golden hahaha, any show that makes a money will get stretched out more then it need so it can make more money.

[@mikeyforrester6887]

It was because they went bankrupt. After that the Marvel comic artists couldn't legally work on the cartoons.

[@racpatrice]

It was one of my favorite cartoons. The first being Justice League

[@RokuroCarisu]

Jubilee

[@Maravillante]

What about Avengers Earth Mightiest Heroes? If there was a series that had the potential to recreate the most iconic Avengers/Marvel's stories it was that one

[@maninthetrenchcoat5603]

Yeah, but then Hank Pym got shafted.

[@carlbloke8797]

Maravillante yeah but then sadly Disney bought Marvel and made them cancel it

[@wolverineofthex-men8324]

That Avengers series alone was better than most of Disney's MCU........in my opinion, that is.

[@kaiser1963]

That was the last great marvel cartoon that got cancelled because Disney wanted an avengers show that was more like the mcu and made that newer trash avengers show

[@user-zt4pz4pc9f]

in the 90's i was obsessed by X-Men! the best X-Men animation ever!!!!

[@garyconstanza3120]

"Seeing Spidey guest-star on TV with so many other Marvel characters is a unique feature that only my series will ever have". Little did he know...

[@Ando1428]

yeah but in todays cartoons the plot is so weak that it screws with anyone and everyone who watched the originals.

[@ReblazeGaming]

Gary Tomás Constanza Martinez what?

[@garyconstanza3120]

That there would be other shows and movies that would have that very same feature

[@ebenezeroofinf1282]

Dhyan Baruah ur kinda right

[@dhyanbaruah7881]

Gola245 I saw it once in toonami. Sooo weird...

[@GianniEndo]

The nostalgia is real in this video! & That into and logo is top notch btw, I love it!

[@ghostwarrior3878]

Salvatore Anzalone this is why kids never have any good cartoons anymore this is a good example of good sat morning cartoons

[@viclor2876]

Salvatore Anzalone I just got chills!

[@captainmurphy9854]

That x-men music gave me goosebumps. I still have my vhs tapes of episodes haha

[@richardrichard688]

Me too but still bought all the DVDs.

[@vrushabhbhaskar1348]

SO GLAD I FOUND THIS VIDEO! 12:28 I remember watching this episode as a teenager (during the mid-2000s). Then, Jetix Channel aired the 90's Spiderman animated series in India! And boy Was I HOOKED BY THE SHOW! Used to watch it every day after school! As an Indian kid who had grazed through Fantastic 4, X-Men and Hulk, I was psyched by that episode. Also, that was the first time I SAW IRON MAN, AND his Suit-Up scene BLEW MY MIND. As a child, these little things have a huge impact on you, and I'm glad I got to witness this

[@kaitlynjade7679]

Spider-man the animated series is what got me into comics as a kid :))

[@phyllishammond9886]

Kaitlyn Jade that was the best Spiderman cartoon ever.

[@remidowning2098]

Not to sound weird sis but we look exactly the same wtf

[@ClarenceDass]

OMG! that X-men theme is a hard hit of nostalgia.

[@efrainjunior2409]

Multiverse Fact: The two 90's Marvel cartoons takes place in Earth-92131, (the number 92131 means a reference to October 31, 1992, the premiere date of the first episode of X-Men: The Animated Series). Speaking of 92131, the Marvel Action Hour cartoons takes place in Earth-534834, which is a separate universe to the primary 90's Marvel.

[@blknpinay25]

X-Men!! Legit got chills when the theme song started playing..

[@peterprimes497]

" Hey tin woodsman!" I'm sending you back to OZ...... in pieces... I wish they worked that into the modern films. 90s Xmen animated was so great

[@emersonsrandomvideos248]

90's MCU is really something that stan lee would have approved of.

[@angelurbina8158]

Which he did. That last cameo was part of the crossover with other Spider-Men from various multiverses. The Spider-Man from that universe didn't have super powers and was simply an actor that told Peter to take him home and that he should look out for Stan Lee.

[@Beyondtheblackwall]

Lol would have? He was part of it 😆

[@jarlbalgruuf7701]

What a dumb comment

[@emersonsrandomvideos248]

@@jarlbalgruuf7701 Fuck u

[@herozoneonline4356]

MAU* MCU is the movies.

[@stray_cat87]

Man... I remember waking up each morning only to watch x men and spider man 1994

[@KERBLIMEY]

We need another animated series similar to the 90's one we had.

[@McSuperfly101]

I remember watching Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends back in the 80’s which would regularly include episodes with characters like Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Nick Fury, Storm, Cyclops etc...

[@jaysanchez5804]

When wolverine had an Australian accent lol

[@jasonlombert6623]

This guy wasn't around in the 80s he thinks all this was only done In the 90s 🤣

[@vincentleone940]

I brought up this same point in a comment just a few minutes ago. Heck the leads alone were a crossover. Spidey, future X Man Iceman, and Firestar who in the comics became a part time Avenger herself. So right there you have an XMan, an Avenger, and Spidey as the 3 leads.

[@richardrichard688]

@@vincentleone940 It was going to be The Human Torch representing the F4 at first but they wanted a female in the group so created Firestar for the series.

[@skyknight0408]

90s Spiderman cartoon is still my favorite Spiderman. It aired in Germany under the name "New Spiderman" because the older Spiderman cartoons were still on re-runs on some stations! Loved the connected storylines.

[@dazastir]

This is my childhood! Nothing compares to the 90’ animated X-Men - I’m rewatching them now on Disney +

[@Talion-jv1zp]

For those of you that have the possibility, please give the 2nd Season of Fantastic 4 Show a try. The animation is so much better than in the first Season and its a really, really great show. Especially the episodes where the Fantastic 4 team up with Galactus to stop Ego or team up with Thor and Ghost Rider to stoo Galactus are outstanding in my opinion.

[@kazallroberts]

Facts, I feel like season two should have been the whole show instead of having one season being cheesy and another being serious.

[@Facade953]

I grew up with the DCAU and the Marvel 90's cartoons.Thank you for this magnificent video!😊

[@edwnx0]

the 90s cartoons had a huge impact because all the kids who grew up watching it are now grown up and the main audience of the movies! without the Spider-Man cartoon, i wouldn't know about Daredevil, Captain America, etc.

[@KaizerMan]

Yeah not the main audience. People born from around 1992 onwards were unlikely to have seen most of these series upon initial broadcast but I’d say those people are the majority of the audience. Like at least 1 in 5 of the cinema-goers/movie-viewers wont have spent their childhood in that Marvel cartoon golden era But I do agree though and definitely feel without the cartoons who knows if we’d have had the 00s cartoons or X-Men movies or Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man’s. The cartoons defo set off a snowball effect culminating with the MCU

[@Jlmwb]

X-men was the best cartoon of the 90s that and Dragon Ball Z my personal all time favorites

[@thomassalas5191]

What about Jackie chan adventures?

[@ricardonb6375]

That was 2000's show

[@MrNetWraith]

The 90s MCAU in a forgotten gem that deserves more appreciation and attention.

[@Badbandanaman]

They should just make the 90s spiderman and xmen series a live action remake tv series.. would be epic...

[@narcoticchaloopaful]

The X-Men theme is the first thing I can remember air guitaring to

[@Notetaker1790]

My 2000's self went to watch the 1990's iron man cartoons and I think I haven't been that happy since my first ever video game.

[@SSKMusicBeats]

Ironically Avengers Endgame beats Detective Pikachu in 2019 #revenge

[@Officerdown76]

SSK Music Beats I mean avengers was set up for many years this is the first ever live action pokemon movie you can see why avengers did better then detective pikachu. But hey both did amazingly well we should be proud of both doing so well

[@luisalbertoarenasaraya4579]

Spidey joined the Avengers before Ash won a league.

[@legoking6165]

I gave you your ninety-first like.

[@gustavgnoettgen]

This should be shown in museums. Great video. I didn't know how special this series were!

[@LazerzZ]

Great video mate, love this kinda shit Can’t wait to see more!

[@oneboredplank8726]

LazerzZ surprised to see you here

[@gazebo3496]

Wow lazzers didn't expect to see you here I love your work

[@biancabumblebee3340]

This was the best show ever! 90s x-men was my life.

[@kahaula32]

100% agreement on that!

[@buildawall5803]

Yes

[@SexyBeenHere]

Me too

[@thomassalas5191]

I always loved when they showed cable and bishop

[@SCHRODINGERS_WHORE]

Same

[@BodaciousWickerman]

X-Men the Animated Series is the best Marvel adaptation of all time.

[@BozheTsaryaKhrani]

BodaciousWickerman SM was better

[@ca6331]

Both were brillianr but x men edges it for me. X men delt with real life stuff

[@9577frasier]

Better than avengers earths mightiest heroes?

[@mrsinister8978]

@@BozheTsaryaKhrani nah nothing can beat Xmen: TAS

[@joshlaplana1320]

The best comic adaptation of all time

[@SatsuiNoSoju]

This was my childhood growing up! I remember as a kid I always thought Wolverine's name was "X-Men"😂 memories.. subscribed😌

[@xp10199]

I called him X- Man 😂

[@kfox4439]

That “I AM IRON MAN” tune oh man I remember Saturday mornings being so good 👍

[@richardrichard688]

That was a very strange show IIRC.

[@oblue0033]

I remember seeing these old reruns when I was younger.

[@Lanosrep]

Who's coming back to this now that this universe has been revived?

[@bmase2648]

“And I said to Jack, ‘What if his skin turns green?’” 😂😂😂

[@Sweetstick]

Ah, nostalgia... I must have watched every episode of spider man TAS and it was the reason I loved venom so much.

[@ovadosemafia1093]

I know I’m high but GOT DAMN the x men theme song was fire🔥🔥🔥

[@tls5669]

My ringtone

[@andrewryan2814]

Joe Perry of Aerosmith plays the guitar in the Spider-Man theme

[@raphprospere1699]

I got molested to that theme as a kid, don't feel to bad it was my older female cousin so could have been worse.

[@thtboyjosh_]

Raph Prospere sorry to hear that Or read 🤔

[@tylerartis7542]

@@raphprospere1699 thanks for making it weird dude

[@lukeyznaga7627]

thank you for this Panels to Pixels! Thank you for this. This was a big part of my world back then. And like others said, this is what got me BACK into comic book collecting and buying nostalgia superhero toys.

[@JustinRichards]

Really well made video. Lots of research has been done. Great job.

[@HVSF-gm6xe]

This was genius i never thought of the fact that all those cartoons were connected. You are right in a way it was the original mcu. I wish marvel could make an animated universe like this again but done right.

[@ReblazeGaming]

Kendall Versus I mean we had ultimate spiderman and hulk and the agents of smash. They were in the same universe

[@HVSF-gm6xe]

ReblazeGaming true but it just wasnt nowhere near as good as this. There universe had too many flaws and shows were mostly bad

[@Seras99]

I thought this universe have about.... three our four multiverse?

[@HVSF-gm6xe]

Yea

[@OM19_MO79]

Kendall Versus The connection is artificial, there's no real continuity across the shows except for that appearing in the Marvel Action Hour shows and Hulk. About Spider Man and X-Men, there's no proof of a real single continuity, but since both continuities don't contradict too much, it's been accepted that they occur in the same universe because of the episode "The Mutant Agenda", which loosely connects both shows. Marvel has never done it right and has tried it 3 times (Yostverse, Disney XD, and the current one).

[@robbambam3581]

The opening theme song to the xmen was perfect. As soon as it started playing i got goosebumps and knew shit was about to be awesome for the next 30 minutes

[@Strider-Ragnarok]

One of my favorites suit-up moments was from Iron Man 2 at the race car scene with the briefcase... 5:08

[@SpiderDan2099]

Man the 90's rocked!! Does anyone else wonder 'What If' Marvel never sold rights? What a crazy ride though! EXCELSIOR!

[@abc4781]

I'd personally refer to it as the MAU ( Marvel Animated Universe )

[@davidjohnson8304]

abc4781 fawk u

[@yvngarmz5984]

Great official title

[@TheInfamousWolf]

I'm not alone !?!?!??!?!

[@andrewryan2814]

If Black Panther led it would it be... Ebony Mau?

[@kobi7955]

@@andrewryan2814 good one

[@andrewbreland7293]

This is my childhood. And now I watching them again with my kids

[@tedblackman]

Love this video thank you for the walk down memory lane

[@aromero9243]

The intro to X-Men is way better than any Avengers movie!

[@aliazzam626]

Great content. You deserve way more subscribers.

[@PanelstoPixels]

Thanks! That means a lot!

[@cristiantanase8859]

Agreed

[@alleycatgaming5433]

I can kinda fix that

[@aliazzam626]

alleycat gaming how?

[@alleycatgaming5433]

Ali Azzam I subscribed

[@ilmago1980]

Great video. This is exactly how I became a huge marvel fan. Those animations were my Saturday morning routines.

[@sweetlowfatjesus9663]

Really wish they finished Silver surfer series at least a 1 hour episode to wrap it up, left us on such a huge cliffhanger :/.

[@wolverineofthex-men8324]

Silver Surfer was awesome. I always watched that show as a kid. A second season or a good series finale should do the trick. :)

[@zakrowe1301]

I know, that show was so good

[@debashishmahato4591]

Thanks bro. I was looking for this a long time