A second season of Spectacular Spider-Man is assured and the Spidey merchandise machine could be a huge success for Sony. Above, Shocker is another Spider-Man villain.

Spidey Spins On
With more episodes of The Spectacular Spider-Man in the works, what will the second season hold for the wall-crawler? Will Peter Parker be finding life any easier as a student and budding superhero? The answer is: not likely.

"Look for season-one villains wanting to take another crack at Spidey," advises Cook. "Molten Man is among new villains to make an appearance in the new season."

"We'll be introducing Mysterio, Kraven the Hunter and The Master Planner, amongst others," adds Weisman. "As for the direction [of the series], we're continuing the progression of all our subplots. If we've done our job, it should all feel very organic." Still, Spidey shouldn't worry; other heroes may be on the way for Culver Entertainment and Sony Pictures Kids.

"We're all having a blast working with Marvel to bring Spidey to the small screen and hope to be able to keep him web-slinging for awhile," Vogel says. "At the same time, we're exploring other existing properties with the same kind of universal appeal as Spider-Man, as well as looking for new characters whose stories will hopefully have the same kind of staying power as Spidey has had all these years."

Janet Hetherington is a freelance writer and cartoonist who shares a studio in Ottawa, Canada with artist Ronn Sutton and a ginger cat, Heidi.