The next classic Marvel cartoon to get the X-Men ‘97 treatment shouldn’t be Spider-Man

Lasting just 13 episodes, Silver Surfer debuted on Fox Kids in Feb. 1998. By mid-May, it had exhausted its episodes and was banished from Saturday mornings like Galactus banished Zenn-La to the far reaches of the universe. (I encourage you to watch the cartoon if you’d like to understand that reference.) Silver Surfer was developed by television veteran Larry Brody, who’d previously written on dozens of dramas beginning in the 1970s, as well as some cartoons, including a few episodes of the aforementioned Spider-Man: The Animated Series.