 The original title for the series was The Amazing Spider @-@ Man , based on the Spider @-@ Man comic publication of the same name . In mid @-@ 2007 , the title was changed to The Spectacular Spider @-@ Man , as well a Spider @-@ Man comic series . Weisman prepared for his role as a story editor of the new series by going out and purchasing the first seven volumes of The Essential Spider @-@ Man , which he had previously read as a child. he re @-@ read them in order to " get the voice of those early stories " and took extensive notes . 
