Watch Order (Release Order)Recommended
0 / 6 watchedEach show is a fresh start, so watch in release order and skip the flagged optional entry freely.
- 1 Spider-Man: The Animated Series 5 seasons and 65 episodes, 1994 to 1998. The classic starting point.
- 2 Spider-Man Unlimited 13 episodes, 1999 to 2001. Loose Counter-Earth follow-up, optional, ends on a cliffhanger.
- 3 The Spectacular Spider-Man 2 seasons and 26 episodes, 2008 to 2009. Fan favorite cut short by a rights shift.
- 4 Ultimate Spider-Man 4 seasons, 2012 to 2017. Team-up era with S.H.I.E.L.D. trainees.
- 5 Marvel's Spider-Man 3 seasons, 2017 to 2020. Separate continuity from Ultimate.
- 6 Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Season 1, 10 episodes, January to February 2025. Peter mentored by Norman Osborn.
About Spider-Man
Every Spider-Man cartoon below is its own continuity, so no single timeline connects them. The 1994 series runs 65 episodes of classic adaptations, Spectacular Spider-Man condenses early Spidey into two dense seasons, Ultimate Spider-Man leans into team-ups across four, and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man reimagines Peter mentored by Norman Osborn instead of Tony Stark.
Release order is the recommended path because each show reintroduces its world from scratch. Spider-Man Unlimited is the lone exception: a loose Counter-Earth follow-up to the 1994 series, and it ends on a cliffhanger.
Good to know
Counts: the 1994 series ran 5 seasons (1994 to 1998), Unlimited 13 episodes (1999 to 2001), Spectacular 2 seasons and 26 episodes (2008 to 2009), Ultimate Spider-Man 4 seasons (2012 to 2017), Marvel's Spider-Man 3 seasons (2017 to 2020), and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 1 with 10 episodes (2025). Spectacular ended when TV rights shifted to Marvel, and Unlimited was cut short by low ratings against Pokemon and Digimon. The 2003 MTV series The New Animated Series (13 CGI episodes) is a minor entry left out of the list. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 moved from fall 2026 to January 2027, and season 3 is confirmed.
