"The Spectacular Spider-Man" (2008) TV series

Creator:

Stan Lee

Seasons:

1 | 2

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

An animated television show that focuses on a 16-year-old Peter Parker and the origins of Spider-Man.

Plot Keywords:

Marvel Entertainment | Based On Comic | Spiderman | Superhero

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Josh Keaton	...	Peter Parker / ... (26 episodes, 2008-2009)
Lacey Chabert	...	Gwen Stacy (24 episodes, 2008-2009)
Joshua LeBar	...	Flash Thompson / ... (21 episodes, 2008-2009)
Grey DeLisle	...	Sally Avril / ... (19 episodes, 2008-2009)
James Arnold Taylor	...	Harry Osborn / ... (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Alanna Ubach	...	Liz Allan / ... (18 episodes, 2008-2009)
Vanessa Marshall	...	Mary Jane Watson / ... (17 episodes, 2008-2009)
Clancy Brown	...	George Stacy / ... (16 episodes, 2008-2009)
Deborah Strang	...	Aunt May Parker (16 episodes, 2008-2009)
Steve Blum	...	Green Goblin / ... (15 episodes, 2008-2009)
Alan Rachins	...	Norman Osborn (15 episodes, 2008-2009)
Daran Norris	...	J. Jonah Jameson / ... (14 episodes, 2008-2009)
Andrew Kishino	...	Kenny 'King' Kong / ... (14 episodes, 2008-2009)
Phil LaMarr	...	Randy Robertson / ... (14 episodes, 2008-2009)
Ben Diskin	...	Eddie Brock / ... (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	L. Thompson Lincoln / ... (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Peter MacNicol	...	Dr. Otto Octavius / ... (12 episodes, 2008-2009)
John Di Maggio	...	Hammerhead / ... (12 episodes, 2008-2009)

Also Known As:

The Amazing Spider-Man (USA) (working title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7 | Australia:PG

Company:

Adelaide Productions

Trivia:

Dee Bradley Baker reprises his role as the voice of Dr. Curt Connors/the Lizard on this cartoon series. Baker had previously provided the voice of the Lizard in the 2000 "Spider-Man" video game for the Nintendo 64 and Playstation game consoles, and was the voice for Dr. Curt Connors in the 2001 Playstation sequel game "Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro".

Movie Connections:

Featured in Spider-Man: Re-Animated (2009) (V)

Redeems the web crawler

After the very disappointing Spider-Man 3 I'm happy to see things improve and what better way to improve by a whole new animated series.

This show is yet another reboot for the Spider, so far it's a good new take. at first I didn't think I would care for this show, I really had no interest but inside me I am a Spider-Man fan and therefore I had to check it out when it first aired, and I loved every second of it. I haven't been able to fault this show since it aired, everything seems to be working out well in terms of humor, drama, characters, plots, etc. Not only that the show has a pretty good pace of things, all balanced right unlike some action packed shows which don't have a heavy balance of all things considered.

I'm glad this show hasn't been another superhero disappointment like The Batman was for me when that first aired, and progressed. This is no The Batman, it kind of feels like the Batman: The Animated Series for Spider-Man here, little bit, but in terms of being well written and depth. Nothing highly dark or crazy here, yet.

Sometimes change is good, isn't it? Hope the series gets better and better.