Ranking Every 2017 Comic Book TV Show Worst To Best
17. Marvel's Spider-Man
Disney XD
Since Spectacular Spider-Man left the airwaves in 2009, Marvel have struggled to find a true replacement. Ultimate Spider-Man had a long run, reimagining Peter Parker as a S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent in waiting alongside Iron Fist, Nova and White Tiger, but it wasn't anywhere near as memorable (or as spectacular), as that previous series was.
Marvel's Spider-Man, on the other hand, is a considerable step-up over that series. Reimagining the wall-crawler's early days by placing him at a school for gifted youngsters (no, this one doesn't have a Danger Room), of which Miles Morales also attends.
It's a fun little series, and while it's still early days, it's an obvious improvement over Ultimate Spidey, with a decidedly more dorky Peter Parker leading the way.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
