The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series)

*The Spectacular Spider-Man*
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Also known as	The Spectacular Spider-Man: Animated Series
Genre	Superhero; Action-adventure; Drama;
Based on	Spider-Man; by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko;
Developed by	Victor Cook; Greg Weisman;
Voices of	Josh Keaton; Lacey Chabert; James Arnold Taylor; Daran Norris; Vanessa Marshall; Joshua LeBar; Alanna Ubach; Clancy Brown; Alan Rachins;
Theme music composer	The Tender Box
Opening theme	"The Spectacular Spider-Man Theme"
Ending theme	"The Spectacular Spider-Man Theme" (instrumental)
Composers	Kristopher Carter; Michael McCuistion; Lolita Ritmanis;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Stan Lee; Craig Kyle; Eric S. Rollman;
Producers	Victor Cook (S1); Diane A. Crea;
Editors	Ralph A. Eusebio; Bruce King
Running time	22–23 minutes
Production companies	Adelaide Productions; Marvel Entertainment; Culver Entertainment; Sony Pictures Television;
Original release
Network	The CW
Release	March 8 –; June 14, 2008
Network	Disney XD
Release	June 22 –; November 18, 2009
Related
	Spider-Man: The New Animated Series; Ultimate Spider-Man; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse;
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The Spectacular Spider-Man is an American animated superhero television series developed by Victor Cook and Greg Weisman, based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. In terms of overall tone and style, the series is based primarily on the Stan Lee, Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr. era of The Amazing Spider-Man comics, with a similar balance of action, drama, and comedy, as well as a high school setting. However, it also blends material from all eras of the comic's run up to that point in addition to other sources, such as Brian Michael Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man comics (2000–2011) and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy (2002–2007).

Produced by Marvel Entertainment, Culver Entertainment, Adelaide Productions and Sony Pictures Television, the series aired its first season on The CW starting on March 8, 2008 and ended on June 14 later that year. Its second season premiered on Disney XD in the United States on June 2, 2009 and ended its run on November 18 of that year. The entire series was broadcast in Canada on Teletoon. Although 5 seasons were originally planned (consisting of 65 episodes and direct-to-DVD films), only two seasons aired. The show was cancelled after The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment, giving Disney the rights to Spider-Man shows, while Sony Pictures maintained the movie rights.

Despite its short run, The Spectacular Spider-Man has received widespread acclaim since its initial airing, and is considered to be the character's finest adaptation, with praise being given for its mature writing, unique art style, modernized faithfulness to the original comics, and the voice performances of the characters, particularly Josh Keaton's voice performance as the titular character. While there's been massive demand from viewers and fans who have continued to petition for the show to receive a revival following its cancellation, the series' iteration of Spider-Man did however make an appearance in the 2023 feature film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, with Keaton reprising his role.