The LEGO Spider-Man theme is the original Spider-Man series based on the first two movies. The theme was introduced in 2002 with the release of the first Spider-Man movie and was a sub-brand of the LEGO Studios theme. The frist series of sets released in 2003 were under the LEGO Studios branding. In 2004, in order to tie into the Spider-Man 2 movie, 7 new sets were released under the Spider-Man theme. After this series the theme was discontinued and LEGO lost the license to Spider-Man 3 to Mega Bloks. Spider-Man returned in the Marvel sub-theme LEGO Super Heroes.