Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse introduced other versions of the web swinging hero. Newly crowned Spider-Man, Miles Morales teams up with Peter B. Parker, Spider-Gwen, Spider-Noir, Spider-Ham and Peni Parker. However, of these alternate Spider heroes, one that should have been among them is the tokusatsu version known as “Supaidaman.” Created by Toei, this mech-riding Marvel hero is unique to Japan and has not seen much action since the 1970s aside from a shoutout in the 2018 pop culture flick “Ready Player One. Producer Phil Lord has some ideas about bringing the tokusatsu Spider-Man back in a potential sequel. But there’s a catch. This will only happen if Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse makes $200 million at the U.S. box office. The film has earned $114 million in the U.S. and $224 million worldwide.
I will IF we cross 200 domestic. Deal everybody? https://t.co/Fu0K06hxzq
— philip lord (@philiplord) January 2, 2019
Toei’s Spider-Man starred Shiji Todo as Takuya Yamashiro, a motorcross racer by day and Spider-Man by night. he battles against the dangerous Iron Cross Army when he dons the Spider Protector suit within his Spider bracelet that can shoot webbing and summon the Spider Machine GP-7 flying car, and the Marveller spacecraft. The series lasted 41 episodes, which aired on Wednesday 19:30 JST time slot of Tokyo Channel 12 (TV Tokyo) from May 17, 1978, to March 14, 1979.
