User blog:ARTaylor/A Look Back at 2017

Well my fellow true believers, the year is coming to a close and another is just around the corner. It's that time when we look back over what happened over the last twelve months as we move forward.

The divisive Ultimate Spider-Man series came to an end. At one-hundred four episodes, it is the most numerous animated series based on Marvel Comics, though it only lasted four seasons meaning it did not last as long as X-Men and Spider-Man.

Marvel replaced that series with the latest wallcrawler series Spider-Man while Walt Disney Animation Studios began Big Hero 6, the follow-up to the Oscar winning film. Big Hero 6 was renewed for a second season before the first even began.

We also saw the release of Lego Marvel Super Heroes – Guardians of the Galaxy: The Thanos Threat.

Avengers Assemble had a Civil War in their most recent season.

It was revealed that the third season of Guardians of the Galaxy would follow the California Adventure theme park ride and be subtitled Mission Breakout.

Marvel released a series of shorts based on Ant-Man that thematically followed the events of his live-action film. They also released the Emmy-nominated Rocket & Groot.

Marvel and Funko released new shorts: Cosmic Sleigh Ride, Mjolnir Mischief, and Time to Unwind.

Sony Pictures Entertainment officially announced that Miles Morales would be the subject of their upcoming animated film, that they revealed was titled Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. We learned that Shameik Moore had been cast as Miles, Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali would be his uncle Aaron Davis, Brian Tyree Henry would play his father Jefferson Davis, and Liev Schreiber would be the still-unrevealed villain.

We learned that Donald Glover would be making an animated Deadpool series for FX along with his brother and Atlanta co-creator Stephen.

It was also announced that Marvel would make a new anime series called Marvel Future Avengers. We also learned about Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors.

Dan Buckley was named President of Marvel Entertainment.

Stan Lee, Mark Hamill, Jack Kirby, and Clyde Geronimi were named Disney Legends.

The Walt Disney Company announced their intentions to purchase the film and television rights of 21st Century Fox, which include the X-Men and Fantastic Four. This hopefully means the end of the long-running feud between Marvel against the the characters owned by Fox.

As with every year, we tragically lost several figures including Miguel Ferrer, Jack Mendelsohn, Rich Buckler, Adam West, Joan Lee, Martin Landau, June Foray, and Len Wein.