Marvel Animation Bombards Netflix Streaming
Posted on Apr 28, 2011 in articles by Jim Mroczkowski
On their website today, Marvel announced that Netflix's Watch Instantly service-- boon for the bored, merciless time thief for everyone else-- will begin streaming hours upon hours of their animated shows this year, beginning immediately with a slate including:
The Incredible Hulk (1996-97)
Spider-Man Unlimited (1999-2001)
Iron Man: Extremis Marvel Knights Animation (2010)
Astonishing X-Men: Gifted Marvel Knights Animation (2010)
Spider-Woman: Agent of the S.W.O.R.D. Marvel Knights Animation (2010)
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes (2006)
Silver Surfer (1998)
Black Panther Marvel Knights Animation (2010)
Iron Man: Armored Adventures Season 1 (2009)
The inaugural list looks like it has a little something for fans and curiosity seekers alike. (That Fantastic Four series was woefully underrated, and I'll be checking out Silver Surfer mostly because I'm not sure I believe it was a real show.) Plus, you can finally catch up on those motion comics you missed.
I know what you're thinking, though: "But what about my favorite show, which is inexcusably missing from that list?" Well, good news: there's a lot more coming this summer, including the nineties X-Men cartoon that seems to have hooked so many readers back in the day, The Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes! and just about every Spider-Man cartoon that comes to mind. A huge trove of sixties toons will be on their way in the fall, along with a few as-yet unannounced surprises.
Of course, they are quick to note that release dates are subject to change without notice. This is no surprise to heavy Netflix users: if you're a fellow Saturday Night Live fan, you may remember the long, dark purgatory of patience you endured when they announced that show's release last year only for nothing to happen as calendar pages sailed away in the wind. Still, if having too much to look forward to counts as a problem, you're having a pretty good day.