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Novel(s) Spider-Man: Mayhem in Manhattan (1978)The Amazing Spider-Man: Crime Campaign (1979)The Hulk and Spider-Man: Murdermoon (1979)The Ultimate Spider-Man (1994)Spider-Man: The Venom Factor (1994)Spider-Man: Carnage in New York (1995)Spider-Man: The Lizard Sanction (1995)Spider-Man: Midnight Justice (1996)Spider-Man: Deadly Cure (1996)Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk: Doom's Day Book One: Rampage (1996)Spider-Man: Goblin's Revenge (1996)Spider-Man: The Octopus Agenda (1996)Spider-Man: Global War (1997)Spider-Man: Lizard's Rage (1997)Spider-Man and Iron Man: Doom's Day Book Two: Sabotage (1997)Spider-Man: Warrior's Revenge (1997)Untold Tales of Spider-Man (1997)Spider-Man and Fantastic Four: Doom's Day Book Three: Wreckage (1997)Spider-Man: Valley of the Lizard (1998)Spider-Man: Wanted: Dead or Alive (1998)X-Men and Spider-Man: Time's Arrow Book 1: The Past (1998)X-Men and Spider-Man: Time's Arrow Book 2: The Present (1998)X-Men and Spider-Man: Time's Arrow Book 3: The Future (1998)Spider-Man: Venom's Wrath (1998)Spider-Man: The Gathering of the Sinister Six (1999)Spider-Man: Goblin Moon (1999)Spider-Man: Emerald Mystery (2000)Spider-Man: Revenge of the Sinister Six (2001)Spider-Man: The Secret of the Sinister Six (2002)Spider-Man (2002)Spider-Man 2 (2004)Spider-Man: Enter Doctor Octopus (2004)Spider-Man: Down These Mean Streets (2005)Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours (2006)Spider-Man 3 (2007)Spider-Man: Drowned in Thunder (2007)Spider-Man: Requiem (2008)Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt (2014) Film(s) Spider-Man (1977)Spider-Man (1978)Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1981)Spider-Man (2002)Spider-Man 2 (2004)Spider-Man 3 (2007)The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)Captain America: Civil War (2016)Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)Avengers: Infinity War (2018)Animated Spider-Man (2018)Spider-Man: Homecoming 2 (2019) |
Spider-Man is a superhero who has been adapted in various media including television shows, films, toys, stage shows, books, and video games.
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Television
Spider-Man has been adapted to television many times, as a short-lived live-action television series, a Japanese tokusatsu series, and several animated cartoon series. There were also the "Spidey Super Stories" segments on the PBS educational series The Electric Company, which featured a Spider-Man (played by Danny Seagren) who did not speak out loud but instead used only word balloons.
Animated series
Live-action series
Motion comics
Spider-Man appears in the Spider-Woman motion comics. In this series, he is voiced by Geoff Boothby.
Hammond series
Nicholas Hammond portrayed Peter Parker / Spider-Man on-screen in the 1970s The Amazing Spider-Man tv series, and in three films which were released theatrically in Europe.
Raimi series
Webb series
Marvel Cinematic Universe
On February 9, 2015, it was announced that Sony and Disney made a deal for Spider-Man to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a new film to be released on July 7, 2017. The companies announced on June 23, 2015 that after many auditions, Tom Holland had been cast to play Spider-Man within the MCU. In November 2016, Holland announced that he's signed for 6 films in the MCU.
Other
Animation
Novels and books
Spider-Man features in three original Marvel novels published in the 1970s by Pocket Books -- Mayhem in Manhattan by Len Wein and Marv Wolfman, and Crime Campaign and Murder Moon, both by Paul Kupperberg. In the 1990s, Byron Preiss published a series of novels based on Marvel Comics, edited by Keith R. A. DeCandido, and written by various authors including Adam-Troy Castro, Tom DeFalco, and Diane Duane; Preiss also published two Spider-Man short-story anthologies. Byron Preiss' license eventually lapsed, and the new licensee, Pocket Star (an imprint of Pocket Books), released Down These Mean Streets, by DeCandido, in 2005. In 2006, they released The Darkest Hours by Jim Butcher, and in 2007, Drowned in Thunder by Christopher L. Bennett. Some of the Preiss novels were team-ups with other Marvel characters (including the X-Men, Iron Man, and the Hulk), while others were solo adventures. The Byron Preiss novels shared a common continuity and occasionally referenced events in earlier novels, while later novels included a time-line.
A number of Spider-Man children's books have also been published, from early readers and picture books to novels. Guide books include DK Publishing's Spider-Man: The Ultimate Guide, by Tom DeFalco and Spider-Man: Inside the World of Your Friendly Neighborhood Hero by Matthew K. Manning.
Comic strips
Radios
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.
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 Dufries. 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.
At the Butlins family entertainment resorts in the United Kingdom, a musical titled Spider-Man On Stage played in 1999. The show contained music by Henry Marsh and Phil Pickett and a book and lyrics by David H. Bell. The original cast album by Varios Records runs 44 minutes.
In 2002, the company 2MA produced the first live-action Spider-Man stunt show, 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 Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, a musical stage version (loosely based on the 2002 live-action film and based on the comics) titled Spider-Man Rocks! was produced, combined singing and action stunt sequences similar to a Broadway musical. The attraction ran from May 2002 to August 2004, when it was replaced by Fear Factor Live! Because it is loosely based on the 2002 film, Green Goblin is basically in his comic book form instead of his movie form.
A Broadway musical titled Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark opened at the Foxwoods Theatre in New York on June 14, 2011. The show is directed by Julie Taymor and features music by Bono and The Edge. The production stars Reeve Carney, Jennifer Damiano, T.V. Carpio and Patrick Page. The much-in-the-news troubled musical, is the most expensive piece of live theatre to date, and features high-flying action sequences and stunts. It holds the record for the most preview performances, with 182 before its opening.
Spider-Man is featured in Marvel Universe Live!, a 2014 arena show.
Video games
Dozens of computer and video games starring Spider-Man have been released for over 15 different gaming platforms.
The Amazing Spider-Man, a puzzle-oriented action game developed by Oxford Digital Enterprises and released in 1990 for the Amiga, then later ported to PC:DOS, Commodore 64, and Atari ST. The title was published by Paragon Software Corporation and features over 250 screens.
In 1990, The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin, developed and published by Sega, premiered on the Sega Master System and was later ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1991, the Sega Game Gear in 1992, and the Sega Mega-CD in 1993. Fundamentally, the game is the same on each platform with each iteration including new levels, enhanced graphics and a few incremental improvements to the game play. The story involves Spider-Man trying to collect six keys from six villains to defuse a bomb in New York planted by the Kingpin. Spider-Man has a finite supply of webfluid and the only way to replenish is to take photos, most profitably of the supervillains, to sell to the Daily Bugle.
The Amazing Spider-Man is the title of a video game released for the original Nintendo Game Boy. It was published in 1990 by LJN Ltd. (a subsidiary of Acclaim), and developed by Rare. It is a platform side scrolling action game. The game play involves running across New York chasing supervillains to locate Mary Jane Watson.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was released the following year and was developed by B.I.T.S. The game is a side-scrolling beat-'em up. Spider-Man attempts to clear his name after he is accused of a crime committed by the Hobgoblin. In 1993, B.I.T.S. released the third in the series titled, The Amazing Spider-Man 3: Invasion of the Spider-Slayers.
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, as well as appearing in both Marvel: Ultimate Alliance games. He is also a playable character in Capcom's series of Marvel-based fighting games, first appearing in Marvel Super Heroes as well as every game in the Marvel vs. Capcom series of games starting from Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter. While not appearing in the main series due to licensing issues, Spider-Man appears in Marvel Super Hero Squad, Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet, and Marvel Super Hero Squad Online as a playable character. He appears as a playable character in the Facebook game Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
Spider-Man appears as a non-playable character in the 2003 game, X2: Wolverine's Revenge and is voiced by Rino Romano. He is also mentioned in the 2013 video game Deadpool.
Spider-Man is a playable character in the 2014 and 2015 games Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes and Disney Infinity 3.0, with Drake Bell reprising his role.
The Amazing Spider-Man is a game based on the 2012 movie of the same name for the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, A sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was released in 2014 along with the movie of the same name.
A new Spider-Man game was announced during the Sony Electronic Entertainment Expo 2016 Press Conference under the working title "Spider-Man PS4" with the hashtag #spidermanPS4.