Spidey Super Stories

Spidey Super Stories was a Marvel comic published as a tie-in with The Electric Company, taking its title from the regular TV segments featuring Spider-Man (played in pantomime by Danny Seagren) and absurd villains. Designed as an easy reading book and aimed at a younger audience, the series spotlighted Spider-Man and most of The Electric Company cast (including Easy Reader, the Short Circus, the director here called Rita, Jennifer of the Jungle and Paul the Gorilla, and Fargo North, Decoder). 
Apart from Electric Company characters, the comic had many of the supporting Spider-Man cast and featured regular team-ups/battles with other star Marvel heroes and villains. The comic ran from 1974 until 1982, with 56 issues total. Win Mortimer was the most frequent artist. In 1977, a Peter Pan record album adapting the comics was produced, with the regular Electric Company cast voicing their usual roles as well as the various Marvel characters.
==Appearances==
The first 26 issues featured a cover notice that "The Electric Company and Sesame Street are productions of The Children's Television Workshop."
* Issue #31 — Sam the Robot (specifically identified as "Sam the Sesame Street Robot") appears in the featured story "Star Jaws" (parodying Star Wars). Filling the roles of both C-3PO and R2-D2, Sam sought Spider-Man's assistance in an intergalactic war.
Spider Super Stories 31 excerpt.jpg|Issue #31 excerpt
==Muppet Mentions==
* Two televised sketches from The Electric Company were adapted for the comic which featured Sesame Street mentions:
** Issue 7, "Spidey Jumps the Thumper" (TV script by Tom Whedon) — A man asks The Thumper "Can You tell me how to get to Sesame Street?" before getting bopped on the head.
** Issue 21, "The Uninvited" (script by Tom Whedon, adapted by Pat Thackray) — J. Arthur Crank briefly sings "Rubber Duckie" before he's interrupted by the Uninvited.
Spideysuperstories7.jpg|Issue 7
Spideysuperstories21.jpg|Issue 21
* Issue 9, "Guess What's Coming to Dinner" — Maurice the plant's caretaker Pedro and the Electric Company gang throw a Green Party, inviting TV celebrities (including Mr. Hooper on the set of Sesame Street) and the press. However, they forget to invite The Incredible Hulk, who laments "It isn't easy being green."
Spidey_hooper.jpg|Mr. Hooper in "Guess What's Coming to Dinner"
Spideysuperstories9-b.jpg|Hulk has a familiar complaint.
==References==
* Spidey Super Stories #1 hangs in the window of Hooper's Store in Sesame Street Episode 0756.
* A marked-up copy of Spidey Super Stories #12 can be seen in the window of Hooper's Store in Sesame Street Episode 1961.
File:0756 comics and Big Bird jacket.jpg|Episode 0756
File:1961 Spidey Stories.jpg|Episode 1961
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