Spider-Man in other media
Spider-Man is a fictional superhero from Marvel who has been adapted and appeared in various media including television shows, films, toys, stage shows, books, and video games.
Television
Spider-Man has been adapted to
Animated series
- Spider-Man appears in a self-titled series (1967), voiced by Paul Soles.[2]
- Spider-Man appears in Spider-Woman, voiced again by Paul Soles.
- Spider-Man appears in a self-titled series (1981), voiced by Ted Schwartz.[3]
- Spider-Man appears in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, voiced by Dan Gilvezan. This version is a member of the titular group, alongside Iceman and Firestar.[3]
- Spider-Man appears in a self-titled series (1994), voiced by Christopher Daniel Barnes.[4]
- Spider-Man makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "Child of Light".
- Spider-Man appears in Spider-Man Unlimited (1999), voiced by Rino Romano. This version's suit was made using nanotechnology and possesses stealth technology and anti-symbiote sonic weaponry.
- Spider-Man appears in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, voiced by Neil Patrick Harris.
- Peter Parker appears in the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes episode "Frightful", voiced by Sam Vincent. This version is a freelance photographer.
- Spider-Man appears in The Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced by Josh Keaton.[4]
- Spider-Man appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, voiced by Drake Bell.[4]
- Spider-Man appears in Ultimate Spider-Man, voiced again by Drake Bell.[4] This version is a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the leader of a group of trainees consisting of Iron Fist, Nova, Luke Cage and White Tiger.
- Spider-Man appears in Marvel Mash-Up: Spidey and His Amazing Friends, voiced by Dave Boat.[4]
- Spider-Man appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced again by Drake Bell in the first and second seasons and by Robbie Daymond in the fifth.[4]
- Spider-Man appears in Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel, voiced again by Drake Bell.[4]
- Spider-Man appears in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. voiced again by Drake Bell.[4]
- Spider-Man appears in Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, voiced by Shinji Kawada in Japanese and Robbie Daymond in English.
- Spider-Man appears in a self-titled series (2017), voiced by Robbie Daymond.[5][4] This version is a student of Horizon High.
- Spider-Man appears in Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced again by Robbie Daymond.[4]
- Spider-Man appears in Marvel Super Hero Adventures, voiced by Cole Howard.[4]
- Spider-Man appears in Marvel Future Avengers, reprised by Shinji Kawada in Japanese and Robbie Daymond in English.[4]
- Spider-Man appears in Spidey and His Amazing Friends, voiced initially by Benjamin Valic and by Alkaio Thiele from the third season onward.[6][7]
- Spider-Man appears in two Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) Disney+ animated series.
- Zombie Hunter Spidey",[8] voiced by Hudson Thames instead of Tom Holland due to scheduling conflicts.[9]
- The character will appear in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, an animated series set in an alternate timeline of the MCU.[10]
Live-action series
- From 1978 to 1979, Nicholas Hammond starred as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the live-action television series The Amazing Spider-Man. The short-lived series, which had started out as a TV film in 1977, was created before the popular The Incredible Hulk television series of the same decade, and ran for two abbreviated seasons consisting of 13 episodes during the 1977/1978 and 1978/1979 seasons. The series concluded with a two-hour episode on July 6, 1979.[11]
- Takuya Yamashiro (山城拓也, Yamashiro Takuya) is Spider-Man in the Japanese Spider-Man television series, produced by Toei Company.
Film
Live-action
Early films
- Nicholas Hammond portrayed the character in the 1970s The Amazing Spider-Man TV series, with three films being theatrically released in Europe from 1977 to 1981.
- Spider-Man (1977)
- Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)
- Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1981)
- Spider-Man (1978) is a Japanese film based on the 1978 TV series of the same name, starring the alternate Spider-Man Takuya Yamishiro.
Sam Raimi's Spider-Man series
- In 2002, Columbia Pictures released the origin feature film Spider-Man, beginning a trilogy directed solely by Raimi. The film stars Tobey Maguire as the titular character, with Willem Dafoe co starring as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin.
- Maguire reprised his role in the 2004 sequel Spider-Man 2, adapting elements from the comic book storyline "Spider-Man No More". Alfred Molina co-stars as Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus.
- Maguire further reprised his role as Spider-Man in Eddie Brock / Venom, respectively.
- From 2008 to 2010, Spider-Man 4, leading Sony to cancel it in 2010. 4 was originally scheduled to release in 2011.
The Amazing Spider-Man film series
- Following the cancellation of Spider-Man 4, Sony rebooted the series with Curt Connors / Lizard, and Emma Stone as love interest Gwen Stacy.
- Max Charles portrayed a young Peter Parker in the opening scene of the film.
- Sony planned The Amazing Spider-Man to start a Aleksei Sytsevich / Rhino, respectively.
- Charles also reprised the role of young Parker.
- Following the underwhelming box office performance and critical reception of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sony cancelled their shared universe and the proposed Sinister Six spinoff, originally scheduled for 2016 and 2018, respectively.[14]
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Sony, Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Company announced in February 2015 a deal for Spider-Man to appear in the MCU, with Tom Holland portraying the character.
- Before his official debut in Captain America: Civil War (2016), Parker previously appears and is referenced.
- In Justin Hammer's drones.[15] Holland confirmed in 2017 that it was retroactively decided the boy was a young Parker.[16]
- The first reference to Spider-Man within the Marvel Cinematic Universe following the deal with Sony is at the end of Ant-Man (2015). According to director Peyton Reed,[17] the reference is made by a reporter who says to Sam Wilson (who is looking for Ant-Man), "Well, we got everything nowadays. We got a guy who jumps, we got a guy who swings, we got a guy who crawls up the walls, you gotta be more specific".
- In
- Peter Parker's first on-screen MCU appearance is in Avengers Civil War. In the post-credits scene, he fiddles with a device that projects the Spider Signal on the ceiling of his bedroom.
- In Karen (voiced by Jennifer Connelly).
- Holland reprises his role as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the two-part conclusion to Avengers films Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame(2019).
- In Infinity War, Parker joins Stark,
- In Endgame, Spider-Man restored to life right before the May.
- Holland reprises his role in TheDailyBugle.net.
- The home media release of Far From Home features a short film titled Peter's To-Do List, which were scenes cut from the theatrical release.
- The home media release of Far From Home features a short film titled
- Holland reprises his role in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), following Parker after his identity being exposed in Far From Home. The film deals with the concept of the Multiverse, allowing previous Spider-Man actors to reprise their roles such as Maguire and Garfield to their versions of the character, named "Peter-Two" and "Peter-Three" respectively to differentiate from Holland's Parker ("Peter-One"), ultimately appearing with Dafoe, Molina, Church, Ifans, and Foxx also reprising their roles of Osborn, Octavius, Marko, Connors, and Dillon from the Raimi and Amazing Spider-Man films.
- Prior to No Way Home's release, Sony executive Amy Pascal stated in an interview with Fandango that a new trilogy of Spider-Man films was in development at Sony and Marvel Studios,[23] but Pascal and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige later clarified that while they planned to develop more Spider-Man films starring Holland, development was yet to begin.[24]
Other appearances
- The MCU incarnation of Spider-Man makes an uncredited mid-credits scene of the Sony's Spider-Man Universe film Venom: Let There Be Carnage, portrayed again by Tom Holland.[25]
- An infant Peter Parker makes a cameo appearance in Madame Web.[26]
Animation
- Spider-Man appears in the Lego Marvel Super Heroes films.
- The character debuts in Maximum Overload, voiced by Drake Bell.[4]
- In Avengers Reassembled, Spider-Man is voiced by Benjamin Diskin.[4]
- In Lego Marvel Spider-Man: Vexed by Venom, Spider-Man is voiced by Robbie Daymond.[4]
- In Lego Marvel Avengers: Climate Conundrum, Spider-Man is voiced by Cole Howard.[4]
- The character debuts in
- A main and Noir versions of Peter Parker / Spider-Man appear in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), produced by Sony Pictures Animation and directed by Bob Persichetti; respectively voiced by Jake Johnson and Nicolas Cage.[27] Chris Pine also voices a version of Peter Parker in the film that is similar to his Earth-1610 counterpart.[28] Johnson voices the main version in the sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). Several alternate universe variations of the character appear, including the Spider-Man (1967) version (voiced by Jorma Taccone), Lego Spider-Man (voiced by Nic Noviki), The Spectacular Spider-Man version (voiced again by Josh Keaton), the Insomniac series' version (voiced again by Yuri Lowenthal), and the Earth-65 version (voiced by Jack Quaid), who became his universe's Lizard.[4]
Novels and books
Spider-Man features in three original
A number of Spider-Man children's books have also been published, from early readers and picture books to novels. Guide books include
Motion comics
Spider-Man appears in the
Comic strips
- The daily newspaper comic strip The Amazing Spider-Man debuted on January 3, 1977.[32]
- Mr. and Mrs. Spider-Manwas published in 2008.
- Spider-Man met the Peanuts characters in two strips published in The Romita Legacy.[33] In one, Spider-Man webs up Lucy so Charlie Brown can kick the football while in the other he webs up Snoopy and spins him around as a prank.[34]
Radio
In 1995, BBC Radio commissioned a Spider-Man radio play which aired on BBC Radio 1 over 50 episodes on week days between January 15, 1996, and March 24, 1996. The performance was co-produced by Brian May, who also contributed to the musical arrangement and wrote and performed the theme tune.[35]
The scope of the story included a number of familiar characters from the Spider-Man comic books as well as key figures from the Marvel Universe such as the Fantastic Four, Namor the Submariner, and Doctor Doom. The role of Spider-Man was performed by William Dufris. The cast list included EastEnders star Anita Dobson.
Live performances
In 1987 Marvel staged a mock wedding at Shea Stadium as publicity stunt to promote the wedding issue of The Amazing Spider-Man.
A Spider-Man balloon appeared in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from 1987 to 1998. A newer version also appeared from 2009 to 2014. Spider-Man also appears as a costume character on the Disney Cruise Line float starting in 2022.
At the
In 2002, the company 2MA produced the first live-action Spider-Man Stunt Show, Spider-Man Stunt Show: A Stunt Spectacular staged in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The same show played at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England in 2003 and 2004. Spider-Man has also made stage appearances in Pantomime at the Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre and the Churchill Theatre, Bromley, United Kingdom. In 2003 a similar stage show called Spider-Man Live! toured North America.
At
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Spider-Man is featured in Marvel Universe Live!, a 2014 arena show.[39]
Spider-Man, and other Marvel characters, currently make live appearances in Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure, Walt Disney Studios Park, and Hong Kong Disneyland. He also makes appearances in Marvel Super Hero Island at Universal Islands of Adventure
Video games
Dozens of computer and video games starring Spider-Man have been released for over 15 different gaming platforms.
In 1990,
As well as various games based on the Spider-Man license, Spider-Man has also appeared in a few cross-over titles. He appears as a guest character in X-Men: Mutant Academy 2 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2.
Spider-Man appears in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance voiced by Quinton Flynn. He is one of the main heroes that help Nick Fury fight Doctor Doom's Masters of Evil. Spider-Man appears in its sequel Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 voiced by Benjamin Diskin.
He is also a playable character in
While not appearing in the main series due to licensing issues from Sony, Spider-Man appears in
Spider-Man appears as a non-playable character in the 2003 game, X2: Wolverine's Revenge voiced again by an uncredited Rino Romano. In a deleted scene, Wolverine encounters Spider-Man off of his home turf. Spider-Man states that he heard about the big breakout at the Void and rode out to the town on the charter bus with the other superheroes who can't fly or teleport. When Spider-Man asks if Wolverine needs help fighting Magneto, Wolverine has him deal with the chaos in town until Damage Control arrives.
Spider-Man is a playable character in the 2014 and 2015 games
The Amazing Spider-Man is a game based on the 2012 film of the same name for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. A sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, was released in 2014 along with the film of the same name. Spider-Man is voiced by Sam Riegel for both of these games.
Spider-Man appears as a playable character in various mobile games including
Attractions
- Spider-Man headlines as the main protagonist in 1999's 3-D film, ride movement, and special effects for the very first time. The plot centers around Spider-Man battling the evil Sinister Syndicate, who has stolen the Statue of Liberty using an anti-gravitygun and threatens to destroy it unless the city surrenders to them.
- Disney's California Adventure, and Walt Disney Studios Park in Paris that are slated to open around 2020.[42][43]
Web series
- Spider-Man appears in several episodes of the stop-motion animated web series Marvel Superheroes: What the--?!.
Unofficial media
Series
- Italian Spiderman, an Australian film parody of Italian action–adventure films of the 1960s and 1970s, first released on YouTube in 2007.
Fan films
- Spider-Man: an unauthorized short film directed by Donald F. Glut and released in 1969.[44]
- 3 Dev Adam: a 1974 Turkish cult film, in which Spider-Man is featured as a villainous crime boss.
- Spider-Man Versus Kraven the Hunter: a 1974 short film written and directed by Bruce Cardozo, endorsed by Marvel Comics and authorized by Stan Lee.
- Viva Spider-Man: a 1989 student film. Its creator, Jim Krieg, would later write for Spider-Man: The Animated Series.[45]
- The Green Goblin's Last Stand: a 1992 fan film, based on The Amazing Spider-Man comic book story "The Night Gwen Stacy Died", directed, written, and starring actor-stuntman Dan Poole. It was acclaimed for its high-risk stunts and guerrilla marketing.
- Spider-Man Lives: A Miles Morales Story is a 2015 Spider-Man fan film based on Miles Morales.
- Spider-Man: Lotus is a 2023 Spider-Man fan film also based on "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" comic as well as "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man" comic and "Spider-Man: Blue".
See also
Notes
- ^ Only named "New Goblin" in promotional material and the credits.
- ^ With further releases on PlayStation 5 on November 12, 2020 and Microsoft Windows on August 12, 2022
- ^ With a further release on Microsoft Windows on November 18, 2022
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This epic crossover appears in the book The Romita Legacy, but no one seems to know anything more about the story behind it.
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External links
- King Features: The Amazing Spider-Man (comic strip official site)