The Weird History of Spectacular Spider-Man’s "𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞"

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Intro: 0:00
Spin-Offs & Seasons: 1:30
Extended Universe: 2:24
The Problem: 4:45
Contradiction: 7:32
END: 7:53
#spiderman #marvel #xMen

[@WarpingFist]

Throughout this video, you may have seen me sprinkle in some artwork of marvel characters that have a similar art style to the spectacular Spider-Man. These artworks were created by Sean Galloway, who was incredibly influential when it came to the art style of the series, so you can majorly credit him for being the most important artistic influence for the show. His contributions to the series artistic development however, also means that his illustrations of other marvel characters gives us a rough idea of how they'd look within the Spectacular Spider-Man universe. Although, it is worth noting that these aren't official work for the series and more made for fun or created for completely separate marvel projects. It's also important to note, that these designs in no way reflect how they’d look like if they did hypothetically appear in the series but they still give us a very loose look at the wider spectacular Spider-Man universe. Check out more of his art here: www.deviantart.com/cheeks-74

[@Zen21922]

ok

[@shibumi8]

Not officially art but it does paint a wonderful picture of what could have been. 😆

[@wannahaveabadtime1626]

Yo, please dont stop posting videos because of lack of views, trust me you’ll get popular again one day

[@gavinspace]

my brain will remember everything from this video and completely forget everything i learned at school for an exam

[@theromanticavacodo]

What's worse is my brain already knew 80 percent of this information 😂

[@gavinspace]

@@theromanticavacodo same

[@brewmaster2912]

Same

[@lalhmangaihatahan]

relatable

[@irvinreevesinbaraj6134]

Same. Good luck to everyone giving exams today

[@FewerOnes]

It's quite depressing how we're never going to see this shared universe, I'm sure it would've been something special

[@user-pm6nx1fs2w]

I honestly prefer a show ending on a cliffhanger like this one did as opposed to 2011's ThunderCats where either one more episode or film was all that was needed

[@bartholomewnathaniel4900]

I think u mean something... spectacular 😂

[@pattik_]

There’s always hope 😢

[@chocov1233]

​@@user-pm6nx1fs2wThry only needed one more episode?!?! 😡

[@christianmanka3884]

EARTH’S MIGHTEST HEROES THEME SLAPS

[@henrygambles3652]

It’s amazing

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

True!

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

We never got a chance to see it be shared so that's why it's weird

[@WarpingFist]

and the fact that two different creators completely contradict each other when it comes to the shared universe.

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

@@WarpingFist actually

[@user-pm6nx1fs2w]

​@@thegreatacolyt1277giving out previous Marvel animated shared universes have been, it would have been nothing

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

@@user-pm6nx1fs2w it would have been cool. This show was going to be connected to EMH

[@GorgBlack]

4:49 The theme from the Avengers EMH intro always gives me goosebumps, how gorgeous it was.

[@Basher.G]

We were really robbed of 3 whole Spectacular seasons. Darn.

[@UltimateNut]

*5*

[@spyder-man0462]

This show needs a X-Men 97 treatment

[@WarpingFist]

That's what I'm hoping

[@GorgBlack]

And Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes too

[@deadcool3227]

@@GorgBlack Idk, I feel like it had a good ending

[@raidenstark315]

Greg weissman also confirmed hawkeye is still on the circus, doctor strange is still a surgeon and haven't had his accident yet,

[@hattoripool1533]

I wonder how different Spectacular Spider-Man would be if it actually took place in the same world as Emh, Wolverine and the X-Men and some of the other marvel animated movies

[@WarpingFist]

Occasional cameos? I don't think the story would be significantly affected.

[@user-pm6nx1fs2w]

It would have been no different than how Spider-Man ended up in Avengers EMH given that every time characters from one Marvel animated show crosses over into another, a certain amount of their portrayal and/or costumes is unnecessarily altered or theres serious retcons. The Wolverine & The X-Men cartoon and Hulk vs films are said to be all related in the same universe as Avengers EMH and you can see how that looks. It's like that stupid Transformers Aligned Continuity: It's send me all related, but you see it's not

[@Didkfkfoofododod]

They already take place in same universe. It's called yostverse.

[@JamesLawner]

Iron Man: Armoured Adventures was doing something like that where they brought in more Marvel characters and kinda hinted at a possible Avengers team-up, but the show was cancelled/ended before a 3rd season was made.

[@BrutusWasntTaken]

I personally head cannon it as taking place after Spiderman TNAS

[@arachnidcomics6404]

We were robbed. Sometimes I hate the timeline we’re stuck in.

[@WarpingFist]

They should've been allowed to make more seasons but I don't really mind that we didn't see this extended universe.

[@arachnidcomics6404]

@@WarpingFist true But the Spectacular tie-in and sequel movies would’ve been awesome to have seen.

[@Vendaxel]

Spectacular Spider-Man being a part of the yostverse will always be my headcanon

[@GorgBlack]

My Yostverse headcanon also includes Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes

[@SpectacularSpiderFan]

Unfortunatly it's not in the headcanon of the actual crator of the show

[@kinglycrimson]

It's literally canon

[@DarkLord-hl1fi]

For me Spectacular Spider-Man Wolverine And The X-men Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and the Hulk Vs movies are connected

[@SpectacularSpiderFan]

@@DarkLord-hl1fi Unfortunatly Spectacular is set on Earth-Earth-26496 Wolverine and The X-Men, Hulk VS, Thor Tales of Asgard, and EMH are set on Earth-Earth-8096

[@henrygambles3652]

I never knew this series was meant to have a connected universe though I do recall hearing rumors that there were plans to have the Human Torch cameo in one episode!

[@WarpingFist]

Yeah , apparently they wanted Human Torch to pop up in season 1 or 2? but they couldn't get the license or just changed their mind. I'm not really sure.

[@henrygambles3652]

@@WarpingFist Fair enough! Shame because considering his work here and on Young Justice I’m sure he would have done a good job! If I ever got the chance one animated series I’d pitch for Marvel would be Marvel Team Up following the comic book gimmick of having Spider-Man teaming up with one or marvel hero(including the FF,Daredevil,Iron Man,Captain America,The Avengers, Wolverine,The X-Men, Luke Cage,Iron Fist and many more) similar to how Brave and The Bold did it but with a less experienced Peter

[@mr.unpopularopinion6431]

I thought it was fun to share this fact but in Spider man: the new animated series, it calls out that both iron man, the fantastic four and the xmen are in his universe, additionally micheal Clarke Duncan(who played kingpin in the 2003 daredevil movie) voiced the character in the show.

[@WarpingFist]

Cool that a lot of series shared a universe with each other back then. the good ol days when everyone wasn't trying to make the next big team up.

[@mr.unpopularopinion6431]

@@WarpingFist yup, one last fun fact: the x men evolution show had a Christmas special that made a Easter egg of spider man in the newspaper that angel reads, Captain America and wolverine did s team up in a flashback(similar to how the 90s show did), hulk was referenced(however he technically only appeared in wolverine and the x mens) and Nick fury and shield was one of the big antagonists.

[@vitormachado4877]

@@mr.unpopularopinion6431 This is very crazy!

[@hectorgabrielsanchez6929]

The X-Men were originally going to be in the same universe as Sam Rami Spider Man

[@vitormachado4877]

Yes, that was Kevin Feige's wish

[@kadegetslaid634]

Who says they aren't? I mean nothing contradicts it really

[@TheSpideyFan958]

@@kadegetslaid634uhm..the fact he/she said originally?

[@maxcanonstunner6532]

We were so robbed. The Spectacular Spider-Man deserved way better than what it got.

[@emeraldphoenix5868]

We desperately need a Revival of Spectacular Spider-Man if the other Spidey shows are a huge Success which they will be.

[@WarpingFist]

who knows, with X-Men 97 being a huge success maybe marvel and other companies will scramble to make more revivals.

[@AaronPablos-ll3vk]

​@@WarpingFistdo you think it would've been better off without those heroes anyway?

[@emeraldphoenix5868]

@@WarpingFist But there's just one tiny little Problem that,There's some people who really don't want Spectacular Spider-Man to Return and should just stay in the Past.

[@WarpingFist]

@@AaronPablos-ll3vk No, the series doesn't need other Marvel characters to show up. it's more like a fun novelty.

[@WarpingFist]

@@emeraldphoenix5868 …..really? well then those guys are numb nuts. Nobody says no to more spectacular Spider-Man content.

[@j-zhirngaming9550]

Man it be great if they bring this show back

[@WarpingFist]

We need this to get the X-Men 97 treatment.

[@j-zhirngaming9550]

@@WarpingFist i haven't seen the show but from what i heard yea it definitely does

[@DarkLord-hl1fi]

Only if Sony sells Spectacular to Disney or they work out a deal like MCU Spider-Man

[@negligible_reality]

I see a lot of comments on this video of people saying they hope Spectacular Spider-Man gets a revival after the success of X-Men '97, and while I totally agree and would also love that, I unfortunately don't think that's likely. If anything I think it's more likely we'll be getting a revival of Spider-Man: The Animated Series since it's also from the '90s and even shares a universe with X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men '97. Even that is unlikely though since the head of Marvel Animation stated that they're not currently interested in making more revivals and want to focus solely on X-Men '97, and will most likely bring in other characters from older series through cameos and guest appearances like the ones we got in the first season of X-Men '97. There's also the fact that Marvel Animation already has a Spider-Man show, "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man", in the works right now which is an alternate universe spin-off with ties to the MCU. I just don't see Marvel and Disney launching two complete different and totally separate Spider-Man shows at the same time like that, despite what fans want. As sad as it is, I just don't see Spectacular Spider-Man getting revived any time soon. I think the most we could realistically look forward to could be another guest appearance in the next Spider-Verse movie, although I would personally love it if Marvel would give us a continuation or tie-in comic book series.

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

Then again, Spidey & his Amazing Friends is still airing new episodes so it’s not a complete bummer.

[@mattdoesntknowwhattodowith5760]

I mean there is the spectacular spider-men comic written by weissman right now, not connected to the show obviously but it’s the guys

[@brownjordan0523]

I really dig the Idea of Spidey operating in a pre coexisting Marvel universe. It would pay as tribute to each characters debut in the Comics. Fantastic four= November, 1961 Ant-man=January, 1962 The Hulk= May, 1962 Spider-man=August, 1962 Thor= August, 1962 (a few weeks after Spidey) Ironman=March, 1963 The X-men= September, 1963 The Avengers= September, 1963

[@fernandodelgado4329]

I had a 6 inch Spectacular Spider-Man figure from Hasbro but I stupidly gave it away to my cousins because I was sad that 😔 when it was cancelled and I was told that I was told to have action figures even though I am 19 years old and I know that I won't get my Spectacular Spider-Man figure back.

[@WarpingFist]

I'm The cousin. You ain't getting it back Fernando

[@theromanticavacodo]

I still have the wisecracking spider-man and it still works. It's a shame they don't make affordable quality toys anymore🙃

[@user-zh5lj1ec4k]

Ha ha ha. Your sadness brings me Joy.

[@bearbbb12]

eBay is where I got some of my spectacular Spider-Man figures

[@estebanjuarez1158]

"The famous mexican singer"

[@WarpingFist]

I heard he's decently popular there

[@angelbasiliorodriguezbusto2065]

He appears on TV quite a bit, it feels cursed lol

[@francescozenocchini4428]

Why on Earth we had to live in the only universe where The Spectacular Spider-Man was cancelled in 2012 and never got a proper conclusion😭

[@henrygarcia39]

What’s makes this all a mess is that Drake Bell was Spider-Man in EMH to set up Ultimate Spider-Man but then Ultimate Spider-Man and the other cartoons it shared a universe with weren’t even in continuity with EMH. And even though I would like Spectacular Spider-Man to be in the EMH universe, what gets in the way of that is the Vault being different in both cartoons. I wouldn’t want any of these marvel cartoons from this era to be in separate universes. That all came out at such similar times but the issue with the Vault and other things is why I don’t really buy the Yostverse theory, much as I want it to be true.

[@Rockmanbalboa]

I remember there's some old news where they comment on avengers assemble being a continuation to emh but then they changed I think after the success of the first avengers film. I also remember that Yost wanted the shows connecting, but I don't know if I'm remembering right, but there was a want at least in wolverine and the X-Men to follow it's own path and not connect, maybe spectacular team decided the same thing.

[@diegocamacho6477]

I always thought Spider-Man being one of the only heroes (if not the only one) was really interesting.

[@vitormachado4877]

Many times things are going well and those involved are happy, but something stronger comes along that puts a barrier in the projects and disrupts everything.

[@justinclark397]

I don’t know why but for some reason I always really liked the idea that Spectacular Spider-Man and X-Men Evolution shared a universe.

[@Zebra_fandomfella03]

These canceled spectacular Spider-Man spin offs would have been way better than most of Sony's Spider-Man spin off movies these days

[@pepito2847]

The Spiderman and Human Torch crossover idea actually sounds like it might’ve been true As it would be a nice nod to the 2000s Ultimate Spider-Man game where he races the torch Both the game and Spectacular Spider-Man are based largely on the Ultimate Spider-Man comic series

[@ArcTrooperRod-269]

& Now we live in a world where Peter B. Parker & Armored Adventures Tony Stark can cohexist, Thanks to Jonathan Hickman 😎

[@protag64toons2.0]

Wait really?

[@tyghcoderxtreme8839]

a series of college era movies in the spectacular universe would have been awesome :(

[@bearbbb12]

I remember hearing that spectacular Spider-Man was supposed to cameo in earths mightiest heroes however I didn’t know that they apparently had voiced lines in earths mightiest heroes🤯 I wish we could somehow retrieve that audio and dub it back over

[@Eric_1991]

Its been 15 years and im still salty about them cancelling this show

[@BlazorA02]

So that's TWO projects Greg worked on that he wanted to expand into their own massive universes...that got canceled and BOTH times...Disney was involved in SOME way or another!!!

[@angryjack7963]

I always wondered if they were gonna have other heroes appear in the Spectacular Spider-Man

[@djsuperrap6685]

I feel that the show if it had kept going it was gonna do something similar to the The Batman (2004) where they both have 5 seasons, the first three focuses on Spiderman an his Story, then around the fourth season, an fifth that's when we start to see little crossovers with some of the other marvel characters not almost every episode like how ultimate Spiderman did, but like every other like two to three episodes, but that's just my thoughts on it. All I'm saying is that there was way more story to be told in Spectacular Spiderman.

[@KindaSlow]

Earths mightiest heroes intro is gas

[@harsyakiarraathallah2222]

It's a Shame that this Series would Never start it's own Franchise. It's the DCAU of Marvel!

[@chethasgb1962]

It’s connected. Including Wolverine and the X-Men animated series(2008-2009)

[@WarpingFist]

I don't think Spectacular Spider-Man is connected to any other series. I may be wrong but was there any official confirmations or Easter eggs proving that it's connected?

[@ultimateslinger9857]

It always kills me when I see what we got robbed of with this show😢

[@dominicfuentes4070]

I wished the Marvel Characters would got there own spin-offs like Captain America, Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Black Panther, Nick Fury, Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, Blade, the Midnight Sons, Wolverine (a solo animated series), Deadpool, Mystique, Daredevil, the Heroes for Hire, Punisher, Moon Knight and the Marvel Knights set in the Yostverse.

[@leone_solaris]

While my inner fanboy wants spectacular Spider-Man to be part of the yostverse my head canon is both Spider-Men are adjacent to each other having similar lives but separated by specific details of their universe's.

[@protag64toons2.0]

So pretty much your saying EMH spider-man is a variant of spectacular spider-man?, yeah I like that

[@skinnyweenie8679]

Huh... The Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon was planned to expand a Marvel universe of it's own and the Spidey from Avengers: EMH isn't the same one from Spectacular as debunked from Greg Weissman. Tbh, I'm fine with that but it is sad that expanded Marvel universe plan never fully happened.

[@user-sq4pe5yb8v]

his artstyle is so good

[@matthewk122]

Really wish they can bring back earth mightiest heroes crossover with Wolverine and X-men. Such shame that spectacular Spider-Man not connected to earth mightiest heroes

[@zillauniverse7208]

You forgot to mention that Wolverine and The X-Men was airing around the same time as Spectacular Spider-Man so the X-men showing up was even more unlikely.

[@WarpingFist]

To be fair, I completely forget that show exists countless times (it's mid)

[@zillauniverse7208]

@@WarpingFisthard disagree on it being mid but ok

[@reginaldmcgrady]

Wish we would have gotten this.

[@ethandoyle4978]

Dang , I knew there was gonna be more seasons , but having other marvel characters/heroes. Now I really wish Weisman got to make this happen, hopefully someone will allow him to get the chance to conclude the spectacular Spider-Man series and possibly make this a reality

[@erikpopoca1765]

Man I wish we would get a film that closes out the goblin storyline. Just to close out that last scene in season 2

[@dawudabdulali3827]

Another W vid, dang if spectacular NEVER got cand if woudve been the greatest spidey show ever made along side 90s spidey show if that wasnt cand as well. Oh and LET GREG WIESSMAN COOOK !!!!

[@bloopblop5710]

My personal headcanon is that Avengers: EMH, Wolverine And The X-Men, and Spectacular Spider-Man all exist live in the same universe.

[@WarpingFist]

That's my head canon too.

[@bloopblop5710]

@@WarpingFist I think if all 3 got to continue I'm sure they could've worked something out. The overall plans in the video could've stayed mostly the same aside from some alterations which is normal in most creative endeavors. This could've been Marvel's DCAU, but they blew it.

[@WarpingFist]

@@bloopblop5710 Dc had the benefit of their patent company completely owing the Ip’s. For marvel, the ip rights were too spread out to different companies, so establishing a universe would be very difficult I think.

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

I love the animated movie Next Avengers heroes of tomorrow

[@somerandomfan2096]

In My Headcanon The Spectacular Spider-Man IS CONNECTED TO The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes

[@Stickfigure-ly7gf]

If the X-Men had appeared in The Spectacular Spider-Man, they would believe that he's a mutant, just like in the comics.

[@Deadlierquill96]

I just started watching avengers emh because I thought hey that kinda looks like spectacular spider man

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

I hope avengers earth's mightiest heroes getsca revival like X-Men 97

[@CaptainRex767]

Hey WarpingFist have u thought about doing a video on the underrated wolverine and the X-Men series

[@WarpingFist]

I'd have to come up with an exciting topic surrounding the series. Plus, I have yet to see it.

[@MorphingGrid101]

I'd love if the Yostverse comes back but if Spectacular Spider-Man properly introduces some characters to his show would be awesome like an episode where The Hulk causes devastations on NY and cements himself as something more than a myth, the F4 could make a cameo as failing to stop the Hulk and the next episode is Spiderman and the entire NY city trying to rise after the destruction produced by the emerald giant

[@breadsandwich4162]

To be honest all these ideas like the Hulk being a myth, Captain America inspiring Spider-Man, and Iron Man not being Iron Man at the start of Spider-Man's career isn't necessary a contradiction to EMH. I like to consider them canon to one another.

[@agentseptember7836]

We lost Spectacular Spider-Man? Big whoop. We lost S3-5+ movies and a whole other Marvel universe? *sniffle*Pass the tissues mate...

[@WarpingFist]

You sound like you’re from Australia mate

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

It’s things like these that I don’t believe there was a Yostverse, all of the Marvel shows & movies were mainly their standalone stories that they’re basically in their own continuities.

[@ericsander3620]

I honestly prefer Spider-Man as a standalone character, or at least have his shared universe very limited so Spidey only teams up with other street-level heroes and only fights street-level villains so no Avengers, no X-Men, no Fantastic Four, no SHIELD, no Guardians of the Galaxy, and none of their respective enemies. That's the reason I love Spectacular Spider-Man so much, it only focuses on Spider-Man, his own supporting cast, his own enemies, and his own problems making the rest of Marvel Universe so irrelevant that it's not even mentioned.

[@Thejrguy]

Hopefully they can bring spectacular Spider-Man back because they brought back X-men 97

[@sunnydlight8275]

They need to bring it back

[@Fish-Noodles]

Im watching this instead of studying for my final tmrw 😂

[@WarpingFist]

I'm your teacher joe, you get an F

[@romanovskiy_savior]

Почему это видео у меня в рекомендациях? Любил этот мульт про человека паука в детстве, один из лучших мультсериалов! С любовь из России :3

[@Callmeyassine]

we want an xmen 2000 video about the unused concept arts of the movie

[@WarpingFist]

Funny you say that because I've been thinking to make a video like that for a while. Soonish I guess.

[@Callmeyassine]

@@WarpingFist I can't wait for it and don't forget the other movies

[@flamewave9935]

@@WarpingFistif you need to find conceptual art for that film go into the special features DVD of the film. There’s a ton of production material on that thing

[@christianbegaye7740]

Marvel heroes doesn’t care Spider-Man, they’re better than him, so I care Spiderman, and in my fanfic is “Spiderman Legendary”

[@re11o]

What could’ve been😢

[@joshuataylor7443]

Wiseman seems to be a bit too ambitious with this project.

[@alexanderyodice1422]

You telling me this man was trying to give us the same childhood as the dummy’s that watched the Batman animated series?????? BUT WIT SPIDEY ???? And we HAVE THE 90s to deal with??? I hate that this series never happened.

[@seanking8427]

I actually would love it if Spectacular had a shared universe with other Marvel Heroes

[@WarpingFist]

Were just gonna have to imagine the possibility.

[@redhood1278]

They could explore miles morales, the fantastic four , daredevil cameo and many more

[@giornothepastaboss285]

0:32 what show?

[@WarpingFist]

Thor tales of asgard

[@dreadnaut1536]

so Disney ruined literally everything.... its so over

[@rjthomas2237]

This show and marvels earth mightiest avengers should’ve been brought back … not x-men 97 !

[@joshuataylor7443]

Do thing the show has flaws like with Venom villain arc is is flaw because he know that Pater is Spider Man the guy who save them from the Lizard and didn’t abandoned them to make a paper.

[@theromanticavacodo]

4:47 hit me hard 😭 sure I miss spectacular more, but this show....

[@WarpingFist]

I'd bring Avengers back over Spectacular tbh.

[@theromanticavacodo]

@@WarpingFist but since EMH was supposed to be part of a expansive universe, wouldn't it just feel more incomplete from a story telling point? Where as Spectacular could focus on a single narrative.

[@WarpingFist]

@@theromanticavacodo Oh right, I didn't even consider that

[@theromanticavacodo]

​@@WarpingFist I'm glad they didn't include any other characters, because then they had more room to flesh our apideys. The only characters I could potentially see working are the FF and Daredevil

[@Impulsa2023-uv9jz]

Please make video about lost Sinister Six movie or The Amazing Spider-Man 3 with Venom

[@WarpingFist]

I technically already did the ladder kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5jcfWqXg7B5rJYsi=xydhndxxa9IZ082x

[@villagerofficer]

I see

[@nicholase82]

Honestly I would have preferred Peter sticking with Gwen in the series.

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

Sony Pictures Entertainment still owns Spider-Man

[@WarpingFist]

not the TV rights I believe

[@AaronPablos-ll3vk]

​@@WarpingFistWho did you want him to end up with?

[@colemcgwire1950]

FIRST

[@AaronPablos-ll3vk]

Who did you want him to end up with?

[@renstimpy5472]

Most of everything that the spider verse has to offer is immortality and incredibly homosex. That's why acouple of straight people who worked at marvel at the time had to branch off and tried to make a none gay version of spiderman hence "venom"