52 episodes of 'Spider-Man' cartoon released on six-disc DVD collection

By MARK RAHNER
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Spider-mania is in full swing with "Spider-Man 2" in theaters, and the old cartoon with the cool theme song finally hits DVD: "Spider-Man: The '67 Collection" (Buena Vista, unrated). The 52 short episodes on six discs look prehistoric, but they're major unfinished business for boomers and fans, featuring Doc Ock and other villains only foreshadowed in the movies, not to mention Ray Ellis' jazz score. The box also includes lyrics for Bob Harris and Paul Francis Webster's theme song.
"Wonder Woman -- The Complete First Season" (Warner, 1976): The campy series makes you appreciate how far female action has come with "Alias" and "Kill Bill." But remember, it came on the heels of the awful 1974 "Wonder Woman" TV movie starring Cathy Lee Crosby, and Lynda Carter was the perfect embodiment of William Moulton Marston's heroine. Also, it gave female viewers in the '70s a role model and gave males Carter shoehorned into a preposterous bullet-breasted costume.
The short doc points out that Wonder Woman's magic lasso compelled people to tell the truth, and Marston helped invent the polygraph. Young Debra Winger, who plays Wonder Girl, is MIA from the extras.