Spider-Man was an early star of Marvel's animated adaptations that date back to his own 1967 series debut. As one of the comic companies most popular characters, Spider-Man has starred in a number of animated series over the years that have explored his related characters in exciting new ways— though none were changed quite as much as 2017's Marvel's Spider-Man.

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Marvel's Spider-Man leaned heavily into Peter Parker's scientific passion by reimagining his one-time comic research job as Horizon High, a specialized school designed to foster scientific young minds. The school saw a number of equally reimagined tech-themed heroes and villains appear in new forms to fit the high school setting, which worked great for some characters— but not all of them.

10 Best: Vulture

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Adrian Toomes was one of the first villains Spider-Man faced both in the comics and in 2017's animated series, though his modern look was quite a bit different than the classic feathered costume he wore as the high-flying Vulture. Toomes was a former Horizon High teacher who designed his Vulture flight suit to get revenge on Max Modell for keeping the tech he created under his employ.

The Vulture costume was a streamlined armored suit that was equipped with a new sonic scream, and his tech was used by other villains like Spencer Smythe after it was purchased by Oscorp, later upgraded by extreme Vulture groupies known as the Wake Riders. Toomes would also take on the identity of the Goblin King using Hobgoblin tech to get revenge on Norman Osborn.

9 Worst: Mysterio

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Mysterio first appeared during a series of villainous debuts in the second season following a bounty that was placed on Spider-Man, and Quentin Beck was up to his usual tricks when he trapped Spider-Man in his funhouse after weakening him with a spider-sense numbing gas.

The biggest problem with Mysterio's redesign was the boring and simple look of the costume, which has historically been very detailed and extravagant in the comics and other adaptations— fitting for a career movie special effects master like Mysterio.

8 Best: Chameleon

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One of the final villains that Spider-Man faced during the gauntlet of villains he faced in the second season was the Chameleon, who had used his advanced holographic disguise tech to manipulate Spider-Man into falling into the various traps, including those set by Mysterio.

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Chameleon's new look not only modernized the character with his best animated costume yet but the high-tech upgrade suited the character well and perfectly explained his abilities, as previous versions of the character have sometimes questionable or unexplained powers/technology.

7 Worst: The Tinkerer

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Phineas Mason/The Tinkerer has not been adapted very often outside of the comics. Even when he is, it's very rarely in his original comic form of a small, elderly man with a brilliantly inventive mind who has made a career out of equipping tech-themed villains— which seems like a perfect fit for a tech-themed show like Marvel's Spider-Man.

Unfortunately, the version of the Tinkerer that appeared on the series was a bumbling inventor in a sleeveless trench coat who created his gear to interfere with sports games and then try to take out Spider-Man, though he was easily stopped.

6 Best: Steel Spider

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One of the more interesting character inclusions from the series was Oliver "Ollie" Osnick, introduced as a student at Oscorp Academy who creates anti-gravity technology that allows him to help defend his school during an attack by a number of transformed Rhinos.

After Ollie was added to a new team known as the Osborn Commandoes, he was mentally taken over by Doctor Octopus and forced to join his Sinister Six. However, his Steel Spider costume— while lacking an insignia— was definitely improved with the anti-grav tech, as the comic version only looked good when drawn by Mike Deodato.

5 Worst: Electro

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While it was great to see the (presumably) Francine Frye version of Electro get the chance to star in Marvel's Spider-Man without the shadow of her predecessor Max Dillon, her costume lacked any familiar qualities and her science upgrade felt more forced than some of the other characters.

This version of the character also evolved into her own energy form like other versions of the character, though it more resembled a monstrous villain like Zzzaxx or Genis-Vell's Photon and failed to either capture the essence of the comic Electro or create something memorable for the character.

4 Best: Swarm

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The character known as Swarm was given a major redesign for the animated series, both in design and story as the original comic version's Nazi ties may not have worked as well for a series geared towards children.

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Swarm was also tied to the Miles Morales Spider-Man on the series when his father Jefferson Davis was revealed as the villain, who had been transformed into a swarm of nanotech bees. Swarm's costume shared a similar hooded look like the comic character, though updated the bee premise with the high-tech angle to give the character a much better edge.

3 Worst: Prowler

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The Hobie Brown version of the Prowler appeared on Marvel's Spider-Man in a high-tech costume that looked like a merger between his Ultimate and Parker Industries costumes, though it was slightly overdone with tech and pouches that lost the Prowler design of the character.

One of the worst aspects of the reimagining of Hobie Brown's character was the fact that his Prowler tech was designed by his brother instead of himself like in the comics, which was contradictory to the usual science focus given to other characters.

2 Best: Hobgoblin

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Harry Osborn was first introduced as a student at Horizon High and best friend of Peter Parker whose move to Oscorp Academy led to the successful completion of his advanced flight glider and armor he used to create the Hobgoblin identity. While Harry was never the Hobgoblin in the mainstream comic universe, Ultimate Harry was transformed like his father into a monstrous version.

Harry briefly turned towards villainy in his anger at Spider-Man but spent more time as a hero in the role before it was usurped by his father and later Adrian Toomes. The high-tech upgrade worked well for the character, especially with the mask's explanation as protection from the fumes of his fiery sword and other weapons.

1 Worst: Dark Goblin

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Norman Osborn featured heavily in the first season of Marvel's Spider-Man as the head of Oscorp Academy who was locked in a secret battle against The Jackal and his plans to create a spider-army, which set him against Spider-Man and his allies as well. Norman donned the Hobgoblin armor and even wore Spider-Man's stealth suit, though he never became the Green Goblin.

After returning from his supposed death, he bonded with a synthetic symbiote to become Dark Goblin which was then further altered by a formula from the Jackal. The costume was an odd mixture of his transformed Ultimate form, his Green Goblin colors, and his Red Goblin symbiote that didn't quite measure up.

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