![]() ![]() In the early '90s, just about a decade after the end of Spidey Super Stories, Marvel took a new leap forward with a separate continuity featuring alt-versions of many of its leading characters - the world of Marvel 2099. ![]() This later led to a full-on adult-focused prime time Spider-Man TV show starring Nicholas Hammond - also a Marvel first.Īlong with the popular segments on The Electric Company TV show, Marvel produced a series of all-ages comics called Spidey Super Stories running from 1974-1982.īorrowing the name of the TV segment, Spidey Super Stories featured a younger-leaning Spider-Man engaging in fun and funky adventures that weren't considered canon - one of the first alt-Spider-Man comics, and one of Marvel's first alternate versions of one of its main characters with a totally separate continuity. Though it wasn't fully formed and named until 2015, the idea of the Spider-Verse has been quietly brewing since Marvel first began expanding into media outside of comics.īack in the early '70s, Marvel licensed Spider-Man to the educational kids' show The Electric Company, leading to a series of cult-favorite animated shorts and even live-action segments, making Spider-Man to be Marvel's first character ever adapted into live-action. And Marvel has recognized Spidey's inherent mass appeal for decades, using him not just as a corporate mascot but often as its pioneer into new concepts, new publishing ideas, and even new media. The idea is practically baked into Spider-Man as a character, whether that was part of the original recipe or not. ![]()
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