Ultimate Spider-Man April 1st on Disney XD … With Nova!

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Spider-Man is getting yet another TV incarnation. But this time he’s teaming with some other lessser-known Marvel characters whose presence will surely please some Marvel comics fans.

The announcement was made today by Gary Marsh, President and Chief Creative Officer, Disney Channels Worldwide, at the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif.

In the “Ultimate Spider-Man” universe, Peter Parker is a teenager. And while he’ll face some recognizable Spider-Man villains, he’ll also get some help. Spidey is working with Nick Fury’s Shield team, which includes White Tiger, Power Man, Iron Fist and Nova.

Yup, Nova.

I’m super psyched that the cosmic hero who has had a recent renaissance in the Marvel world will be getting some on-screen exposure. I’ve long thought an animated Nova series had potential. And this could be a step in that direction.

“Ultimate Spider-Man” will be part of the new Marvel Universe block of programming that will debut April 1 on Disney XD. The second season of Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes also will be part of that block.

UPDATE: A release from the network this afternoon said that Nova, White Tiger, Iron Fist and Power Man also will be teenagers in this version. And a short trailer of the series shown to us this morning revealed that Whit Tiger we’ll see will be the female hero currently donning the costume in the comics.

The voice actors for those four supporting roles were not announced. Drake Bell (“Superhero,” “Drake & Josh”) voices Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Chi McBride (“Boston Public,” “Pushing Daisies”) is Nick Fury, JK Simmons (“Spider-Man”) is J. Jonah Jameson, Stan Lee (“Spider-Man”) as Stan the Janitor, Clark Gregg (“Iron Man”, “Thor,” “The Avengers”) is Agent Coulson and Steven Weber (“Wings”) voices Norman Osborn.