The Spectacular Spider-Man was an animated series that ran for two seasons (2008-9) and 26 episodes. When high school geek Peter Parker gets bitten by a mutant spider, he finds himself with . . . spectacular . . . abilities. With great power comes great responsibility- and Pete must juggle high school, girl troubles, caring for his widowed Aunt Mae, and (of course) dealing with the super villains that keep popping up to terrorize New York.
The kids and I watched this series on Netflix, finishing it up today. Wow. I was impressed by the balance- it was light-hearted and action-packed, yet dealt with some impressively 'grown-up' themes of managing multiple responsibilities, the pain of feeling unloved, relational drama, protecting those you love at personal cost, and more. Reading the wiki page, I see it was planned to go three more seasons (~40 more episodes), but was canceled due to legal squabbling between Disney/Marvel and Sony over the rights. That's a shame; it concludes with plenty of loose ends, but could have been outstanding had it been able to run to the finish. It was pretty great anyway.
Rating: A
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