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Eric D.
10-19-2009, 11:22 PM
I couldn't imagine that the last year and half or so has gone by w/o a thread about this animated series, - i looked before posting but didn't find anything.

I recently bought the 1st season on DVD, watched all the episodes in quick order, and i've gotta say, -this is a really great series. I had been leery about b/c at first consideration i thought it was going to be exclusively for a very young target audience, -but it managed to keep both me and my son enthralled.

It does a great job of adhering to most of the canonical Spider-Man, - and seemed to part ways on only a few trivialities, - plenty of story arcs with a wide variety of villains. The arc i was most impressed with was the Spider-Man/Alien Costume --Eddie Brock/Venom story. (specifically Episode 12: Intervention)

The stories preserve the mythos of the original Lee/Ditko run, the animation production has come up with a design that is aesthetically pleasing to watch. Witty dialogue, solid voice work, elaborately well structured season. Great show for all ages.

Best Spidey animated adaptation ever.

noh-varr
10-19-2009, 11:47 PM
I love the series, just started watching it recently though. It's odd, I can't imagine picking up a Spider-Man comic (unless a small list of writers started working on it) but I love cartoons with him as the star.