 The low box office performance of 1983's "Superman III" made feature-film adaptations of comic book properties a very low priority in Hollywood until the 1990s.In 1985, after a brief option on "Spider-Man" by Roger Corman expired, Marvel Comics optioned the property to Cannon Films.Cannon chiefs Menahem Golan and his cousin Yoram Globus agreed to pay Marvel Comics $225,000 over the five-year option period, plus a percentage of any film's revenues.