Living on the edge.Greg Weisman, Victor Cook and their collaborators were Spider-Man fans who knew and respected the character’s history and deftly incorporated elements from a ton of different sources, including the original Stan Lee/Steve Ditko comics, Brian Bendis’ Ultimate version and the Sam Raimi films. This was a continually entertaining, heartfelt and exciting show, delivering the best TV version of Spider-Man to date – perhaps even the best adaptation of Spidey ever, including the movies. Among TV shows that ended too soon, The Spectacular Spider-Man will always remain one of the tough ones for me - something I was strongly reminded of watching the new The Spectacular Spider-Man: The Complete Series Blu-ray, which was released this week, no doubt thanks to Sony wanting to capitalize on their release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
