This week's 'Theme Song By Rock Stars' is Spider-Man (the 1994 Series) written and performed by big-time Spider-Man fan Joe Perry of Aerosmith fame.
Way back when James Cameron was suppose to make a Spider-Man feature film in 1994, FOX and Marvel Films developed an animated series to go alongside the feature. The main villains of the movie were suppose to be Electro and Sandman so the creators of the show decided to not put these two villains in the show. But when they realized that this movie would never be made they put Electro in season five. Sandman never made it at all.
Fans regard this show as the most true to the feel and look of the comicbooks. Origins were fairly close to the originals for the most part and villains' costumes and attitudes were a good update. This show was also the most popular of all the Spider-Man cartoons over the years (although some will say the '67 series is the best) lasting 5 seasons and 65 episodes!
The show was cancelled when FOX decided they only wanted shows that were animated in-house. Two last episodes were cobbled together to bring some closure to the series but most fans were not happy with the way it turned out and hoped for many years that it would return and resolve unresolved plot lines.
