Viva Spider-Man is a student film and Spider-Man fan film created in 1980 based on the animated series Spider-Man from 1967. It is based on the episodes "King Pinned" and "Criminals in the Clouds". The film's creator, Jim Kreig would later go on to be a writer for Spider-Man: The Animated Series.

Plot

The film begins in a diner where Peter Parker and a female friend, Susan, are talking. Susan sees a basketball player from their high school, Roy Robinson, whom she says she likes. Peter gets upset at this and starts saying bad things about him, and Susan storms off. Peter begins to daydream about by Susan, and becoming better than Robinson. He decides to go to his gym coach to get on the school basketball team to impress to Susan, figuring his secret spider-like powers will make him a star player, but the coach refuses to give him a tryout, saying the team roster is full but offering Peter the role of waterboy.