Ms. Lion

Ms. Lion, or Miss Lion, is a fictional dog and a recurring animal character featured on the 1981 animated television series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. She was introduced in the pilot episode of the series "The Triumph of the Green Goblin".

Biography
Ms. Lion was a blonde-haired cocker spaniel and the pet of college student Angelica Jones. She was female and usually wore a yellow bow in her ears. Ms. Lion was affectionate and usually in a good mood, but was quick to growl at anything she found displeasing or untrustworthy. Ms. Lion was also one of the few that knew that Peter Parker, Bobby Drake, and Angelica Jones doubled as the costumed super-heroes known as Spider-Man, Iceman, and Firestar, respectively. Collectively, these three were known as the Spider-Friends.

By and large, Ms. Lion stayed at the Parker residence and was looked after by Pete's elderly aunt, May Parker, while the three went off fighting injustice as super-heroes. Which means, poor old Aunt May had to clean up the dog's poop. Every now and again however, the dog would find herself attending Angelica, Pete & Bobby in the midst of some wild adventure.

Abilities

 * Enhanced smell: Like most dogs, Ms. Lion's sense of smell was stronger than that of a human's. Her olfactory senses were acute enough that she could distinguish different people by scent. This was how she was able to ferret out the true identity of the Chameleon, when he tried to impersonate one of the Spider-Friends' super-heroic allies.

Weaknesses

 * Cowardice: Ms. Lion was not a particularly brave animal. She tended to run and hide at the first sign of danger, but would always emerge in high spirits once the danger had passed.

Notes & Trivia



 * Voice actor Frank Welker provided the vocalizations for Ms. Lion on the series.


 * Ms. Lion is exclusive to the continuity of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. She has no direct counterpart in the Marvel Universe, though some variations of the Ms. Lion character have appeared in alternate continuities.


 * Ms. Lion appeared in sixteen out of twenty-four episodes of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.


 * Ms. Lion also made appearances in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends comic book series.