The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series)

The Spectacular Spider-Man
Genre	Superhero fiction Action/adventure
Created by	Stan Lee Steve Ditko
Based on	Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
Developed by	Greg Weisman Victor Cook
Written by	Greg Weisman Kevin Hopps Matt Wayne Andrew Robinson Randy Jandt Nicole Dubuc
Directed by	Victor Cook Jennifer Coyle Dave Bullock Troy Adomitis Dan Fausett Kevin Altieri Michael Goguen
Voices of	Josh Keaton Benjamin Diskin James Arnold Taylor Lacey Chabert Alanna Ubach Kevin Michael Richardson Daran Norris Vanessa Marshall Steven Blum Joshua LeBar Andrew Kishino Clancy Brown Alan Rachins
Theme music composer	The Tender Box
Opening theme	"Spectacular Spider-Man"
Ending theme	"Spectacular Spider-Man" (instrumental)
Composer(s)	Kristopher Carter Michael McCuistion Lolita Ritmanis Theme Song: The Tender Box
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Stan Lee Craig Kyle Eric S. Rollman
Producer(s)	Greg Weisman Victor Cook Diane A. Crea Joshua Fine
Editor(s)	Ralph A. Eusebio Bruce King
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Culver Entertainment Marvel Studios Adelaide Productions Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	The CW Disney XD Cartoon Network
Original release	March 8, 2008 – November 18, 2009
Chronology
Preceded by	Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Followed by	Ultimate Spider-Man
Website

The Spectacular Spider-Man is an American animated television series based on the superhero character published by Marvel Comics and developed for television by Greg Weisman and Victor Cook. In terms of overall tone and style, the series is based principally on the original stories by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, with a similar balance of action, drama and comedy as well as a high school setting. However, it also tends to use material from all eras of the comic's run and other sources such as the film series and the Ultimate Spider-Man comics.

The Spectacular Spider-Man premiered on March 8, 2008 during the Kids' WB programming block of The CW, and received positive acclaim. The series aired its second season on Marvel's sister network Disney XD in the United States and ended its run on November 18, 2009, also receiving positive critical attention. The entire series was broadcast in Canada on Teletoon. Although a third season was planned, the series was cancelled before production could begin due to legal problems between Disney (who purchased Marvel during the show's run) and Sony Pictures Television (who created the series).

The two seasons of the series are each set during a semester of Peter's high school years, with season one running from September to November and season two from December to March.

Producer Greg Weisman has stated that the show's theme is "The Education of Peter Parker." In keeping with this theme, each of the series arcs is named after courses of study: season one's arcs are Biology 101, Economics 101, Chemistry 101 and Psychology 101, and season two's arcs are Engineering 101, Human Development 101, Criminology 101 and Drama 101.

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