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

Creator:

Stan Lee
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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)

Series Directed by
Dave Bullock		(5 episodes, 2008)
Jennifer Coyle		(4 episodes, 2008-2009)
Victor Cook		(3 episodes, 2008)
Troy Adomitis		(2 episodes, 2008)
Dan Fausett		(2 episodes, 2008)
Kevin Altieri		(2 episodes, 2009)
Michael Goguen		(2 episodes, 2009)

Series Writing credits
Stan Lee		(26 episodes, 2008-2009)
Kevin Hopps		(7 episodes, 2008-2009)
Andrew Robinson		(6 episodes, 2008-2009)
Matt Wayne		(4 episodes, 2008-2009)
Greg Weisman		(3 episodes, 2008)
Nicole Dubuc		(3 episodes, 2009)
Randy Jandt		(2 episodes, 2008-2009)

Series Produced by
Diane A. Crea	....	producer (26 episodes, 2008-2009)
Joshua Fine	....	associate producer (26 episodes, 2008-2009)
Stan Lee	....	executive producer (26 episodes, 2008-2009)
Victor Cook	....	producer (13 episodes, 2008)
Craig Kyle	....	executive producer (13 episodes, 2008)
Greg Weisman	....	supervising producer (13 episodes, 2008)
Eric S. Rollman	....	executive producer (4 episodes, 2008)

Series Original Music by
Kristopher Carter		(26 episodes, 2008-2009)
Michael McCuistion		(26 episodes, 2008-2009)
Lolita Ritmanis		(26 episodes, 2008-2009)

Series Film Editing by
Ralph A. Eusebio		(13 episodes, 2008)
Bruce King		(13 episodes, 2008)

Series Casting by
Jamie Thomason		(13 episodes, 2008)

Series Production Management
Sherrian Felix	....	assistant production manager (13 episodes, 2009)
Ian Richter	....	executive in charge of production (8 episodes, 2008)

Series Art Department
Mike Inman	....	background painter (26 episodes, 2008-2009)
Adam Van Wyk	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 2008)
Jay Oliva	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Sound Department
Eric Lewis	....	dialogue recording engineer: Studiopolis, Inc. / dialogue recording engineer (26 episodes, 2008-2009)

Series Visual Effects by
Ulysses Argetta	....	digital effects supervisor (13 episodes, 2008)

Series Animation Department
Thomas Perkins	....	character designer (11 episodes, 2008)
Mike Mangan	....	animatics (5 episodes, 2008)
Mike Inman	....	background artist (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Music Department
Greg Herzenach	....	musician (26 episodes, 2008-2009)
Mark Mattson	....	music mixer (26 episodes, 2008-2009)
Mako Sujishi	....	music mixer (26 episodes, 2008-2009)

Series Other crew
Jennifer L. Anderson	....	post production assistant / production assistant (26 episodes, 2008-2009)
Sherrian Felix	....	production coordinator (13 episodes, 2008)
Jamie Thomason	....	dialogue director (13 episodes, 2008)
Adam Tootla	....	production coordinator (13 episodes, 2008)

Production Companies

• Adelaide Productions
• Culver Entertainment
• Marvel Enterprises
• Sony Pictures Television

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Television (2008-) (USA) (TV)
• Kids' WB (2008-) (USA) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)

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:

Peter MacNicol provides the voice for Doctor Octopus on "The Spectacular Spider-Man". In real life, McNicol is a fan of the Spider-Man comics and Doctor Octopus is his favorite Spider-Man villain.

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.