The Spectacular Spider-Man

My fan site for the new animated series.

1. Survival of the Fittest


Summer is over for Peter Parker and school's ready to start -- both literally (it's his junior year of high school), and in the real world of crime-fighting -- as Spider-Man faces his first real challenge (the Enforcers) and his first real super-villain (Vulture).

Date: March 8, 2008 10:00am
Channel: Kids' WB (39)
Writer: Greg Weisman
Director: (Unknown)

2. Interactions


Peter Parker and Spider-Man both try to make connections. Peter attempts to tutor the popular Liz Allan, while Spidey reaches out to stop a new menace, Electro.

Date: March 8, 2008 10:30am
Channel: Kids' WB (39)
Writer: Kevin Hopps
Director: Troy Adomitis

3. Natural Selection

Peter Parker and Spider-Man both have to learn own their choises when decisions made by Dr. Curt Connors transforms Pete's mentor into the Lizard.

Date: March 15, 2008 10:00am
Channel: Kids' WB (39)
Writer: Matt Wayne
Director: Dave Bullock

4. Market Forces


While Peter Parker resists taking on the responsibility of helping Aunt May pay the bills, Montana the Big Man's Enforcer - becomes the stunning Shocker to fulfill his responsibility: eliminating the Spectacular Spider-Man. 

Date: March 22, 2008 10:00am
Channel: Kids' WB (39)
Writer: Andrew Robinson
Director: Dan Fausett

5. Competition


Peter Parker and Harry Osborn try out for the football team -- and become a bit obsessed with going for the glory. Flint Marko, newly transformed into the Sandman, is out for glory too -- at the expense of our Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man!

Date: March 29, 2008
Channel: Kids' WB (39)
Writer: Kevin Hopps
Director: Troy Adomitis

6. The Invisible Hand


Peter Parker struggles to get a date for the Fall Formal, and to figure out a way to pay for it. Meanwhile, the unstoppable Rhino – the latest of the Big Man's creations – has sworn vengeance on Spider-Man. Spidey takes the battle directly to the source of his troubles, the previously invisible hand, who has been secretly conducting his villain-of-the-week attacks, L. Thompson Lincoln ( a.k.a Tombstone).

Date: April 12, 2008
Channel: Kids' WB (39)
Writer: Matt Wayne
Director: David Bullock

7. Catalysts


The episode takes place on the night of the Midtown High Fall Formal, and Peter Parker finds his overconfidence is nearly his undoing -- as both a teenager and a super hero. While his date, Mary Jane Watson, threatens to invert Midtown's social structure, Pete lets her popularity go to his head. So when the mysterious, murderous Green Goblin tries to force L. Thompson Lincoln (a.k.a. Tombstone) to step down as NYC's Big Man of crime, will Spider-Man take this new threat seriously enough -- or will he be so cocky that he loses his big head?

Date: April 26, 2008
Channel: Kids' WB (39)
Writer: Andrew Robinson
Director: Victor Cook

8.Reaction

 
Peter Parker and Spider-Man learn that actions have consequences when nebbishy Dr. Otto Octavius becomes the megalomaniacal Doctor Octopus. The cause: Green Goblin; the effect: Mayhem!

Date: May 3, 2008
Channel: Kids' WB (39)
Writer: Randy Jandt
Director: Jennifer Coyle

9.The Uncertainty Principle


It's hard to find clarity amid the masks, mysteries and menace of Halloween. Colonel John Jameson struggles to land his damaged space shuttle, while Spider-Man struggles to defeat Green Goblin, who also threatens Hammerhead and Tombstone. But Peter Parker's biggest challenge will be facing the awful truth when he finally learns the Goblins "true" identity.

Date: May 10, 2008
Channel: Kids' WB (39)
Writer: Kevin Hopps
Director: (TBA)

10.Persona


Spider-Man learns the hard way not to judge a book by its cover, when another Spider-Man starts making headlines ... as a crook! It's the Chameleon, master of disguise, looting the city and laying the blame at Spidey's feet. The Web-Slinger's forced to team up with another crook, the lovely Black Cat, to stop his foe's faux-Spidey crime spree and clear his name.

Date: May 17, 2008
Channel: Kids' WB (39)
Writer: Matt Wayne
Director: Dan Fausett

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11.Group Therapy

With Electro's help, Doctor Octopus busts himself, Vulture, Sandman, Rhino and Shocker out of Ryker's Island prison to quench their mutual desire for revenge. Even with his new black alien symbiote suit, Spider-Man finds The Sinister Six are more than he can handle. Peter Parker might wish for an easier way out of this predicament ... but be careful what you wish for, Pete.

Date: May 31, 2008
Channel: Kids' WB (39)
Writer: Andrew Robinson
Director: Jennifer Coyle

Review: Coming soon.

 

12.Intervention

Peter Parker finally gains enough self-awareness to realize the alien symbiote hasn't simply bonded with his Spider-Man costume, it's taken over his life! But when he tries to remove it, the symbiote fights back. Is it a war Pete can win?

Date: 2008
Channel: Kids' WB (39)
Writer: Greg Weisman
Director: David Bulock

Review: Coming soon.

 

13.Nature vs. Nurture


Spider-Man faces one of his deadliest enemies and a great friend....Venom.

Date: 2008
Channel: Kids' WB (39)
Writer: (TBA)
Director: (TBA)

Review: Coming soon.