The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008)
The Spectacular Spider-Man is a 2008 action & adventure series created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. It stars Josh Keaton, Lacey Chabert and Joshua LeBar.
Sixteen and stretched thin, Peter Parker juggles a junior year of high school with a second job nobody can know about. After a summer testing his new powers on street-level crooks, he steps up to real super-villains while keeping his grades, a crush, and a paycheck from falling apart. This series leans hard into the balancing act, treating the science-club brain and the wisecracking mask as the same overloaded kid. Snappy fights, a rogues' gallery introduced with care, and the classic New York teen-hero problem of never having enough hours in the day.
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What is The Spectacular Spider-Man about?
Sixteen and stretched thin, Peter Parker juggles a junior year of high school with a second job nobody can know about. After a summer testing his new powers on street-level crooks, he steps up to real super-villains while keeping his grades, a crush, and a paycheck from falling apart. This series leans hard into the balancing act, treating the science-club brain and the wisecracking mask as the same overloaded kid. Snappy fights, a rogues' gallery introduced with care, and the classic New York teen-hero problem of never having enough hours in the day.
When was The Spectacular Spider-Man released?
The Spectacular Spider-Man was released on 8 March 2008.
How many episodes does The Spectacular Spider-Man have?
The Spectacular Spider-Man has 26 episodes across 2 seasons.
Who made The Spectacular Spider-Man?
The Spectacular Spider-Man was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
Where can I watch The Spectacular Spider-Man?
The Spectacular Spider-Man is available on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home and Google Play Movies.
Where to watch The Spectacular Spider-Man
Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies
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Cast
- Josh Keaton as Peter Parker / Spider Man (voice)
- Lacey Chabert as Gwen Stacy (voice)
- Joshua LeBar as Flash Thompson (voice)
- Grey DeLisle as Sally Avril (voice)
- Alanna Ubach as Liz Allan (voice)
- Vanessa Marshall as Mary Jane Watson (voice)
- James Arnold Taylor as Harry Osborn (voice)
- Deborah Strang as May Parker (voice)
- Clancy Brown as George Stacy (voice)
- Alan Rachins as Norman Osborn (voice)
- Phil LaMarr as Rand Robertson (voice)
- Ben Diskin as Eddie Brock (voice)
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A few thoughts on The Spectacular Spider-Man
If the high-school-hero angle lands, The Amazing Spider-Man runs the same origin in live action, a lankier, more anxious Peter finding his footing. Its sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2 widens the villain roster and the personal stakes, closest in spirit to this show's habit of piling responsibilities on one overwhelmed teenager.
Live-action Spider-Man movies for the full web-slinger run
The Spectacular Spider-Man treats Peter Parker as one overloaded kid, science-club brain and wisecracking mask both. These live-action Spider-Man movies chase the same balance, the everyday teenager and the costumed hero as the same person, juggling school, crushes, and villains across New York rooftops.
Spider-Man in the comics his stories come from
This series draws its rogues and its rhythms straight from the comics. These collected runs are the source, Peter Parker on the page balancing a paycheck, a crush, and a city full of super-villains, with the wisecracks and web-slinging that shaped every screen version since.
Teenage heroes juggling super-powers and growing up
The Spectacular Spider-Man is really about a teenager keeping grades, a job, and a secret identity from all collapsing at once. These shows share that pull, young heroes learning strange new powers while trying to survive ordinary adolescence, the double life straining everything at home and school.