I’ve mentioned many times on the I.T.C.H. blog (use the search box in the upper right if you don’t believe me) that the 1966 Batman TV show inspired more comics-oriented songs than anything else under the sun. But examining the cartune landscape in detail, I see that Spider-Man is running a close second! Wow!

As with Batman, many of the songs are versions of the cartoon TV show theme, “Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can…” There are fast versions, slow versions, vocal versions, instrumental versions, jazz versions, punk rock versions, and more! While this accounts for a lot of the Spider-Man-related songs, there are plenty more from the Spider-Man movies. Of course, there are batloads of Batman movie themes as well, and Batman has the edge because there have been more Batman movies than Spider-Man movies (so far). If you take away the film soundtracks, I’d estimate that Batman and Spider-Man are pretty close in terms of number of song tributes. Since I’ve covered Batman so many times in the past, I’m going to balance that out with a bunch of Spider-Man music. Okay with you?

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We begin with the first (and so far, only) Rockomic. Browsing the blogosphere I see that several others have beaten me to the punch on this one, so I’ll be brief.

Not based on a movie or a TV show, this is an album of Spider-Man songs along with a story. You can even kind of read along with the panels as you listen. A neat idea that didn’t quite take off, but still a historic artifact in the nexus of comics and music that we call home.

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Click the link below to hear the “hit” from this collectible LP. In the weeks to come we’ll bring you more Spider-Music to enjoy.

Amazing Spider-Man Rockomic - The Webspinners