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''Spider-Man'' was also featured in a short-lived 1970s live-action series (which was pulled when the network noticed that they were running an awful lot of superhero shows at the same time -- ''Spider-Man'' was a contemporary of ''[[Wonder Woman]]'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'' and ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'').
A [[Japanese Spider-Man|live-action]] ''Spider-Man'' was also produced as a [[Toku]] series in Japan, which borrowed the costume [[In Name Only|but little else,]] and teamed the arachnid hero with a [[Humongous Mecha]]. (This series inspired the development of the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' franchise.)
In 2002, Sony Pictures released the first in a series of ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]'' feature films starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst and directed by Sam ''"[[Evil Dead]]"'' Raimi. The success of this film helped spark the Marvel superhero movie boom of the 2000s. This eventually ended after three films. A second attempt was made by 2012, directed by Marc Webb and starring Andrew Garfield, but also faltered at two entries. A third reboot, this time as part of the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], started in 2017 with Jon Watts at the helm and Tom Holland as Spidey, though this version actually made his first appearance a year earlier in ''[[Captain America: Civil War (film)|Captain America: Civil War]]''. Meanwhile, a [[Venom (2018 film)|film starring rogues' gallery member]] [[Venom (comic book)|Venom]] directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Tom Hardy that ironically doesn't mention Spidey at all was released in 2018, with a 2021 sequel following. A [[Morbius (film)|film starring other rogues' gallery member]] [[Morbius, the Living Vampire]] was released in 2022.
A [[The Musical|Broadway Musical]] based on the characters started production in 2010, called ''[[Spider Man Turn Off the Dark]]''. It was originally directed by [[The Lion King|Julie Taymor]] and features music written by [[U2|Bono and the Edge]]. [[Troubled Production|The production has been plagued with injuries]] stemming from the stage machinery used to make its titular character swing through the air. After a disastrous series of previews in which critics savaged the show and Julie Taymor's departure from the show, the book was completely rewritten before it's much-delayed official debut in June 2011. Despite the fact that reviews were only marginally better, the show continued to sell well in spite of (or possibly because of) the reputation it gained on Broadway.
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