April 5, 1978 –

Marvel Comics’ first live-action Spider-Man based TV series, The Amazing Spider-Man debuted on CBS TV on this date.
Stan Lee, Spider-Man’s co-creator, disliked the show and was vocal about his dissatisfaction with it; he had stated in interviews that he felt the series was “too juvenile” and that the Spider-Man character was being treated as a “Cardboard character
