Natural Selection (The Spectacular Spider-Man) aired on March 15, 2008, on the Kids WB! block for The CW network, and met overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, who praise it for its action sequences, narrative direction, and the new design for Lizard. During his patrol, Spider-Man stops a group of thieves who are breaking into a bakery. Simultaneously, Spider-Man takes pictures to give to the "Daily Bugle." He happily leaves and returns home before his curfew. However, upon reviewing the photos, he discovers they are unfortunately unusable. Meanwhile, Dr. Curt Connors injects himself with an experimental serum, in an attempt to regrow his missing arm, before
The Bugle by listeners from October 2012 to mid-2016. In the summer of 2014 "The Bugle" was put on hiatus so that Oliver could focus on his then-forthcoming television show "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" with weekly Bugle publication having resumed in October. From summer 2015 to June 2016 episodes were published intermittently when the hosts' work schedules permitted. On June 3, 2016, it was announced that Oliver would be leaving the Bugle as a permanent co-host, no longer able to regularly host due to family and work commitments. The "fourth season" of "The Bugle" would continue to be hosted by