The Spectacular Spider:Man: Volume 5

ALL episodes in this Spectacular Spider-Man animated series are absolutely The Best Spider-Man cartoons and stories since the 1966 Amazing Spider-Man IN COLOR cartoons!! Season 1 was well... Spectacular! Season 2 was highly anticipated and DID NOT DISAPPOINT - equally Spectacular!! The ONLY disappointment is that there is NO Season 3 or more!! What is it with Disney - the new owners of Marvel!? This entire series deserves more and more seasons! The retelling of the early Spider-Man stories with totally modern twists was a stroke of genius! With all the material having been written in the Classic Comic Books how could Disney cancel this series!!?? Then again Disney did the same thing with their equally ground breaking reinterpretation of Iron Man with their Iron Man Armor Adventures - BUT that is another sad story for for an equally fantastic series!! What's worse they left us with a cliff hanger!! What really happened to Tony Stark Sr.!!?? DISNEY - wake up and bring both series back!!! There were non better!

One of the best animated shows made. For anyone who is a fan of Spidey or animated action in general, check this out. The first season of the show was great. The second season, which starts with this volume, is even better. The one major drawback is there isn't going to be a third season, so after you watch vol.'s 5,6,7,8, that's it. And if you do check out all the volumes of season 2, you'll realize what a shame that truly is. Great storylines, memorable characters, intense action and appropriate for all ages. Can't really say enough about Spectacular Spiderman......

i broke down and bought this volume edition with the understanding that a "complete" 2nd season dvd would never materialize. This like the series itself is a victim of the ambiguous licensing war between Sony & Marvel/Disney. That being said, IMO, this series was the single greatest (and truest) superhero animation adaptation ever made. Hats off to Victor Cook, Greg Weisman, and Sean Galloway. And yes, I do feel this is better than the excellent and much heralded Batman Animated Series. If you grew up on Spiderman comics and haven't seen these, give it a chance... you won't be sorry.

I'm not going to review the content of this series. Suffice it to say that it is a great rendition of Spiderman and well worth it for any fan to pick up. What I want to pass along is that at least now (with the most recent lower prices on each disc) it is worthwhile to actually buy these as separate volumes. If you want Season 2 (the last season) of Spectacular Spiderman you need to pick it up as four separate discs (Vol 5, 6, 7, and 8). Each disc is now priced at approximately $7 so a full season still costs more than it should have, but if you are a fan of the show I think you will think it is worth it. I did and I am looking forward to finally enjoying season 2 of "your friendly neighborhood Spiderman"!

This is a great adaptation of the long-running Spider-man comics series. The animation remains strong and the storytelling is top notch here in volume five. It's also a very good way to introduce kids to the idea of serialized story arcs between episodes as well.

My 2yr old daughter loves Spiderman (maybe daddy influenced her a little) but now she loves watching it. But hates the commercials on the DVR episodes we have recorded. So we got her these DVDs to have no commercials and she can watch Spiderman all she wants. It isn't same Spiderman as new Disney XD channel series on now, but is still good. She recognizes Peter Parker and Spiderman no problem.

I've been watching the series with my 6 year old who now loves spider-man, and he adores this series. He's great with it because by the end of each episode, no matter how bad it looks for spidey he still ends up OK at the end, which he's good with. I like this take on spidey, I just wish this series kept going. Will be picking up the last disks soon.

Everything I loved about the first season continues here, the updated yet classic Spidey is in full force. If you don't want to wait for a full second season release ( I didn't) this is worth picking up at a discount. If you can get it in the $5-$6 dollar range you're only paying for 4 episodes this disc has.