Kids’ WB! Senior Vice President and General Manager Betsy McGowen announced that the title of the new Spider-man animated series will be “The Spectacular Spider-Man”. It begins airing on Kids’ WB! on The CW in early 2008.

“The use of the ‘Spectacular’ title is a homage to Marvel’s wildly popular series of Spider-Man comics, and is very reflective of the enthusiasm and high regard we have for the production,” McGowen said. “This promises to be a stand-out animated series that will perfectly complement both Sony Entertainment’s box office-shattering films and the amped-up action on Kids’ WB! every Saturday.” If this is anything like Warner Brothers other superhero related animated series then it will surely be that for sure.

The new animated series deals with the Spidey mythos at the beginning of his super hero career as a nerdy 16-year-old with new-found powers after being bit by a radioactive spider. It will also focus on the Peter Parker’s pressures as a teenager while having to battle super-villains in the real world.

Greg Weisman (”Gargoyles,” “The Batman”) is supervising producer on “The Spectacular Spider-Man.” Victor Cook (”Hellboy: Blood and Iron”) is producer/supervising director. The series is produced by Culver Entertainment.