"After Corman lost the Spider-Man rights, Cannon Group purchased them for $225,000 plus profit-sharing, and took out a 50-page pull-out ad touting Spider-Man among its upcoming productions..."
http://io9.com/5843007/the-secret-history-of-spider+man-movies
"Stan Lee kept rejecting these script drafts — but at the same time, kept bucking to play J. Jonah Jameson himself."
