The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV Series)

The Spectacular Spider-Man is a series that ran between March 8th, 2008 and March 18th, 2009 for two seasons. The show was targeted at both young, new viewers, as well as an older, more sophisticated audience that enjoyed the other previous series.

It is the seventh series to focus on the character after, , , , SMU undefined, and.

Background
Like Spider-Man, The Spectacular Spider-Man follows the adventures of Peter Parker as he deals with his social life while being a costumed superhero. However, unlike the Marvel Animated Universe version this Peter Parker is still in high school. The show deals with typical teenage angst while the MAU version dealt more with early adulthood problems.

The series will use the comics' storylines but condensed to include the classic storylines and characters.

Season two came out in March 2009. Then after a few months Sony announced that they will end The Spectacular Spider-man series and create a new series called Ultimate Spider-Man (and it was a terrible idea. Compared to this series Ultimate is in no way Superior).

Following The Walt Disney Company's purchase of Marvel Entertainment Sony relinquished all television rights to Spider-Man, including animation, in exchange for "some concession vis-a-vis the live action Spider-Man features" thus raising questions about what will happen to the series. If Marvel or another company does not pick it up then the series will end. If another company does continue to produce it is may mean that the series will be allowed to use non-Spider-Man characters.

With many months of near-silence on the subject, it hadn't been looking good for the series. On April 13, 2010, Marvel Comic's Tom Brevoort was asked about Spectacular on formspring, and simply said, "That was a wonderful cartoon, but finished now." Though asked for clarification, he added, "I'm not officially connected to the show, so I can't tell you anything officially; the people connected with it will have to do that." This came along with the announcement of a new Spider-Man series eventually called.

Cast

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! Actor !! Role(s)
 * Josh Keaton || /Peter Parker
 * Clancy Brown ||  /Alex O'Hirn
 * Lacey Chabert ||
 * Grey DeLisle ||
 * Andrew Kishino ||
 * Joshua LeBar ||
 * Vanessa Marshall ||
 * Daran Norris || /John Jameson
 * Alan Rachins ||
 * Deborah Strang ||
 * Cree Summer ||
 * James Arnold Taylor ||
 * Alanna Ubach ||
 * Thom Adcox || /Phineas Mason
 * Dee Bradley Baker || /
 * Jeff Bennett || /Montana
 * Steven Blum ||
 * Xander Berkeley || /Quentin Beck
 * Angela Bryant ||
 * Max Burkholder ||
 * Robert Costanzo ||
 * John DiMaggio || /Flint Marko
 * Benjamin Diskin || /
 * Charles Duckworth ||
 * Robert Englund || /Adrian Toomes
 * Crispin Freeman || /Max Dillon
 * Elisa Gabrielli ||
 * Brian George ||
 * Dorian Harewood ||
 * Tricia Helfer || /Felicia Hardy
 * Kelly Hu ||
 * Clyde Kusatsu ||
 * Phil LaMarr ||  /Fancy Dan
 * Stan Lee ||
 * Eric Lopez || /Mark Allan
 * Jane Lynch ||
 * Peter MacNicol || /Otto Octavius
 * James Remar ||
 * Kevin Michael Richardson ||
 * Kath Soucie ||
 * Eric Vesbit || /Sergei Kravinoff
 * B. J. Ward ||
 * Greg Weisman ||
 * Thomas F. Wilson ||
 * Edward Asner ||
 * Irene Bedard ||
 * Nikki Cox ||
 * Jim Cummings ||
 * Keith David ||
 * Bill Fagerbakke ||
 * Miguel Ferrer ||
 * Danny Trejo ||
 * Courtney B. Vance ||
 * }
 * Brian George ||
 * Dorian Harewood ||
 * Tricia Helfer || /Felicia Hardy
 * Kelly Hu ||
 * Clyde Kusatsu ||
 * Phil LaMarr ||  /Fancy Dan
 * Stan Lee ||
 * Eric Lopez || /Mark Allan
 * Jane Lynch ||
 * Peter MacNicol || /Otto Octavius
 * James Remar ||
 * Kevin Michael Richardson ||
 * Kath Soucie ||
 * Eric Vesbit || /Sergei Kravinoff
 * B. J. Ward ||
 * Greg Weisman ||
 * Thomas F. Wilson ||
 * Edward Asner ||
 * Irene Bedard ||
 * Nikki Cox ||
 * Jim Cummings ||
 * Keith David ||
 * Bill Fagerbakke ||
 * Miguel Ferrer ||
 * Danny Trejo ||
 * Courtney B. Vance ||
 * }
 * Eric Vesbit || /Sergei Kravinoff
 * B. J. Ward ||
 * Greg Weisman ||
 * Thomas F. Wilson ||
 * Edward Asner ||
 * Irene Bedard ||
 * Nikki Cox ||
 * Jim Cummings ||
 * Keith David ||
 * Bill Fagerbakke ||
 * Miguel Ferrer ||
 * Danny Trejo ||
 * Courtney B. Vance ||
 * }
 * Jim Cummings ||
 * Keith David ||
 * Bill Fagerbakke ||
 * Miguel Ferrer ||
 * Danny Trejo ||
 * Courtney B. Vance ||
 * }
 * Danny Trejo ||
 * Courtney B. Vance ||
 * }
 * Courtney B. Vance ||
 * }

Edward Asner previously voiced J. Jonah Jameson while Jim Cummings played Shocker on. Jane Lynch played an Oscorp Executive on.

Episodes

 * Season One
 * Season Two

The series ran between March 8th, 2008 and March 18th, 2009 for twenty-six episodes.

Reception
In January 2009, IGN dubbed the series the 30th best animated television series. It beat at 84 and  at 59. is the only Marvel series to beat this series at 13.

In July 2013, IGN ranked the series the twenty-first animated series for adults.

The episode received an Annie Award nomination in Storyboarding in a Television Production.