The Strongest Spider-Man Versions In Animated Series, Ranked

Key Takeaways

• Spider-Man: Unlimited had a powerful suit from Reed Richards with unique abilities, making him one of the strongest animated Spider-Men.
• Ultimate Spider-Man is controversial yet touted as the strongest thanks 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 foes.

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 animated Spider-Man 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 has shown their strengths and power in their respective universes, with some even traveling the multiverse.

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

8 Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

The Unsuccessful Sequel To The Animated Series.

• Released – 2003
• Network – MTV
• Ran For – 1 Season

Despite the controversy, Spider-Man: The New Animated Series still holds a special place in many a fan’s heart. With its poor reception upon release, the show only ran for one season, limiting how much fans got to see of this Spider-Man variant.

In Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, Spider-Man only comes up against a small selection of his classic villains, like Electro, Lizard, Kingpin, Kraven the Hunter, and Silver Sable, with the show opting to create new original villains exclusively for the series. With the lack of content and powerful villains, this Spider-Man variant never got to unleash its full potential and thus, is considered one of the weakest animated versions of Spider-Man.

7 Spider-Man (1967)

The First Animated Spider-Man show

• Released – 1967
• Network – ABC
• Ran For – 3 Seasons

Spider-Man from 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 foes and saving citizens from harm’s way. In the show, we see Spider-Man go up against 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 at the time, the show had to be tame with some of the fight scenes, meaning it’s hard to judge how strong this Spider-Man is when compared with more modern iterations.

6 Marvel’s Spider-Man 2017

The Anime-Style Spider-Man Show

• Released – 2017
• Network – Disney Plus
• Ran For – 3 Seasons

Although this show is somewhat controversial among the fan base, it ran for three seasons, giving us a lot of feats to help dissect how strong this version of Spider-Man is.

During the series, Spider-Man encounters many of his classic foes, such as Doc-Ock, Kraven the Hunter, Green Goblin, and Venom, but he manages to hold his own and eventually defeats them.

Although this is impressive, it’s not unexpected, and, compared to other shows, these versions of the classic villains are relatively weak despite the help of the Anime style (Witch usually makes characters stronger than the source material). During the series, we don’t see Spider-Man carry out any specific feats that aren’t expected from the character, we see some great acts of strength and durability, but these are not enough to rank this version of Spider-Man any higher.

5 The Spectacular Spider-Man

The Most popular Spider-Man show

• Released – 2008
• Network – CW & Disney XD
• Ran For – 2 Seasons

The Spectacular Spider-Man is a fan-favorite Spider-Man TV Show and is often regarded as one of the best among fans. In The Spectacular Spider-Man, we see Peter Parker grow into Spider-Man and encounter all his classic villains, while Doc-Ock, Green Goblin, and Venom play the most important villainous roles in the show. We get to see this variant take on some powerful foes.

In The Spectacular Spider-Man, we see Spider-Man go up against some of his most challenging foes, like Sandman and Electro, two villains who could be serious threats if they wanted to be, and raging brutes like Rhino. These battles showcase how strong this version of Spider-Man truly is.

4 Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

A Unique And Refreshing Take For Animated Spider-Man Shows

• Released – 1981
• Network – NBC
• Ran For – 3 Seasons

Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends was a unique take on the Spider-Man character, having him team up with a member of the X-men, Iceman, and a Human Torch-style character, Firestar. The premise of the show sees Spider-Man and his teammates take on classic villains like Doc-Ock, Green Goblin, and Sandman.

This version of Spider-Man showcases his strength by taking on more powerful villains he doesn’t often face, like The Arachnoid, Dracula, Magneto, Loki, Dr Doom, Mordred, and Juggernaught. Going up against these villains, specifically Loki, Dr Doo,m and Magneto showcased the skill and power of this Spider-Man version, proving himself stronger than some of his counterparts.

3 Spider-Man The Animated Series

The Archetype for all Spider-Man Shows

• Released – 1994
• Network – Fox Kids
• Ran For – 5 Seasons

Spider-Man The Animated Series is one of the most popular pieces of Spider-Man media of all time. This show follows a more experienced Spider-Man, who is studying 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 showcases his powers by taking on some of the most powerful Spider-Man villains of all time, with the likes of Carnage, Venom, The Rhino, and Hydro-Man. As well as taking on his villains, Spider-Man also encounters powerful villains like 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 frequently showcases his physical strength, durability, skill, and experience, making him one of the most powerful versions of Spider-Man in animated shows.

2 Spider-Man (Unlimited)

The Show That Started The Nano-Tech Trend

• Released – 1999
• Network – Fox
• Ran For – 1 Season

Spider-Man from the Unlimited Show has one of the most powerful Spider-Man suites of all time. His suit undeniably makes him an obvious contender for the strongest Spider-Man in the animated series. The suit was made with Peters’s genius design as well as Nano-Tech from Mr Fantastic himself, Reed Richards.

The suit gives Spider-Man increased strength, speed, and durability, as well as having Invisibility Tech, Sonic Blasts, and Exploding Webs. This increased firepower makes this version of Spider-Man significantly stronger than his fellow 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 ran for one season, so fans didn’t get to see the full potential of this Spider-Man variant.

1 Ultimate Spider-Man

The Controversial Spider-Man Animated Show

• Released – 2012
• Network – Disney XD
• Ran For – 4 Seasons

Despite many fans’ love/hate relationship with this show, many fans can agree that this version of Spider-Man is undoubtedly the strongest in the animated series, and with more episodes than any other show, this version of Spider-Man gets to showcase his strength properly. Whether looking at his improved Web-shooters, courtesy of S.H.I.E.L.D., his amount of experience by 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 going up against his usual foes with characters like Doc-Ock, Green Goblin, and more. However, in this show we see Spider-Man face down against more powerful villains like 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 Multi-verse interacting and learning from fellow Spider-Men and going up against powerful foes. Overall, this version of Spider-Man has more experience, skills, durability, intelligence, and, of course, strength, than any other Spider-Man from the animated series.