The Amazing Spider-Man
CBS's live-action Spider-Man, dropped in part because the network did not want to be known for comic books.
The Amazing Spider-Man opens with a main title sequence of 58 seconds.
It arrived on CBS in 1977, when Candid Camera, Guiding Light and As the World Turns were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
58sFan upload of the 1977 intro. The better-ranked copy is upscaled to 4K.
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