Disney XD’s Ultimate Spider-Man Bids Goodbye With “Graduation Day”; New Spider-Man Title Set For 2017

It's not easy to say goodbye to something that you really like. As the saying goes, "parting is such sweet sorrow," but sad faces comes with a new beginning; a brighter horizon to look forward to in hopes that it will eventually bring the old habit back. Such is the case of Disney XD's Ultimate Spider-Man.

After four spectacular seasons, everybody's favorite web-slinger will bid bye-bye with a two-part TV series finale on January, 2017, said TV Series Finale. The final episode will be entitled "Graduation Day" - a fitting lead to close an animated series that will go down the ranks of X-Men, Batman and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of the 90's.

Disney XD's press release said that Graduation Day "will see Spider-Man stop Doctor Octopus and the Superior Sinister Six from destroying all of the heroes in New York City." But while Spidey will take a temporary hiatus, Disney XD will, for their part, prepare a "fresh take" on the swinging web-head.

Newsarama quoted Disney XD Senior Vice President of Programming Marc Buhaj when he said that "Spider-Man is the biggest action hero in the world." He added that Spidey's iconic character "makes relatable and aspirational for the Disney XD audience." As for the new Spider-Man title, Buhaj noted that it will "engage both new and existing Spidey fans" with compelling drama, exciting action and of course, Spider-Man's signature sense of humor.

Disney XD announced Ultimate Spider-Man in early 2012 alongside The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes which was on its second season. Fans saw Peter Parker as a neophyte superhero that teamed up with fellow crime fighters Nova, White Tiger, Iron Fist and Power Man and S.H.I.E.L.D, courtesy of Nick Fury's appeal. In season 3, Spider-Man became a member of the Avengers, but he decided to stick with S.H.I.E.L.D. Its final season brought the emergence of the new Sinister Six, Carnage, Spider-Woman and more.

Disney XD's press release added that from 2016 to date, Ultimate Spider-Man has reached 51 million total views across the United States, generated around 4 million consumer engagements via VOD/STB and is among Disney XD's top5 animated series "in key targeted boy demographics. Disney XD's new Spider-Man title will be aired sometime in 2017.