Miles Morales aka the Ultimate Spider-Man uses his 'spider-sense' ability in the 'Ultimate Spider-Man' cartoon series. (Photo : YouTube/Disney XD)
The upcoming "Marvel's Spider-Man" animated series will feature Peter Parker as Spider-Man, Miles Morales as the Ultimate Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy as Spider-Gwen. However, it has also been confirmed that at some point the series will explore the "Spider Island" storyline.
"Another story we have coming up on the Spidey side, we'll get to 'Spider Island' at some point," Marvel Animation Vice President Steve Wacker told CBR. "That was a big Spider-Man story in publishing."
It is pointed out that Wacker did not specifically mentioned the animated series when discussing the "Spider Island" arc. However, the upcoming live-action movie is already tackling a story about the Vulture and the animated movie is featuring Miles Morales but not Peter Parker.
This would mean only the animated series would have the opportunity of tackling the storyline sometime in the future. This could take place either in Season 1 or beyond that.
"Spider Island" was a storyline in the comic books that first emerged in 2011. The story revolved around the citizens of New York inheriting powers similar to Peter Parker but had adverse effects, such as many of the people turning into humanoid spiders.
Wacker also indicated that the "Superior Spider-Man" storyline could be adapted as well. He explained it was the last major storyline he did for the comics with comic book writer Dan Slott.
The "Superior Spider-Man" series ran from 2013 to 2014 and focused on Doctor Octopus, Screen Rant reported.. The evil doctor managed to switch bodies with Peter Parker right before Octopus' body died from cancer, ultimately leading to Peter dying as well.
Octopus, in Peter's body, continued to masquerade as a super-hero and had to deal with the remnants of Peter's conscience. The series later ended with the status quo returned to normal.
No specific release date has yet been announced but the show is expected to premiere this July. This will be around the same time the live-action "Spider-Man: Homecoming" film will launch in theaters. The official trailer for the film can be viewed below:
