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Spider-Man
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From The Amazing Spider-Man #547 (March 2008)
Art by Steve McNiven & Dexter Vines
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance .Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug.^ Amazing Fantasy #15 .
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 ^ Spider-Man Masterworks 1 (1-10, Amazing Fantasy 15; w Stan Lee; a Steve Ditko).

 ^ I remember “Amazing Fantasy” #15 clearly, and i remember how perfectly the first two films caught the feel of the Lee/Ditko glory years.
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 1962)
Created by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko
In-story information
Alter ego Peter Parker
Species Human Mutate
Team affiliations Daily Bugle
New Fantastic Four
Avengers
Secret Avengers
New Avengers
Partnerships Venom
Scarlet Spider
Wolverine
Human Torch
Daredevil
Black Cat
Punisher
Notable aliases Ricochet, Dusk, Prodigy, Hornet, Captain Universe, Ben Reilly, Super Spider, Iron Spider, The Challenger
Abilities
.Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero.^ Ultimate Spider-Man #126 (Marvel Comics) Guest-starring the Ultimates!
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 ^ Amazing Spider-Man #538 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #538 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 ^ Amazing Spider-Man #536 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #536 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 .The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko.^ This was a story loosely based on the character of Spiderman created by Stan Lee.
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 ^ The popular Marvel Comics character Spider-Man was created by writer Stan Lee (who is Jewish) and artist Steve Ditko (who was a devout Objectivist from early in his work on the character).
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 ^ Okay, Stan Lee CREATED the mechanical web-shooters, you say.
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 He first appeared in .Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug.^ Amazing Fantasy #15 .
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 ^ Spider-Man Masterworks 1 (1-10, Amazing Fantasy 15; w Stan Lee; a Steve Ditko).

 ^ I remember “Amazing Fantasy” #15 clearly, and i remember how perfectly the first two films caught the feel of the Lee/Ditko glory years.
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 1962). .Lee and Ditko conceived of the character as an orphan being raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and as an ordinary teenager, having to deal with the normal struggles of youth in addition to those of a costumed crime fighter.^ Uncle Ben and Aunt May lead Peter inside.

 ^ I'm worried about Aunt May and Uncle Ben...

 ^ Peter Parker and Aunt May talk to the late Uncle Ben Parker .
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 .Spider-Man's creators gave him super strength and agility, the ability to cling to most surfaces, shoot spider-webs using devices of his own invention which he called "web-shooters," and react to danger quickly with his "spider-sense", enabling him to combat his foes.^ Peter then hypothesized that the bite gave him the proportional strength and agility of a spider, he was also able to stick to any surface, and he even developed a "spider sense" which warned him of danger.
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 ^ Featuring Spider-Man’s most fearsome foes and avenging allies!

 ^ He shoots out another WEB. SPIDER-MAN Hold on tight.
.When Spider-Man first appeared in the early 1960s, teenagers in superhero comic books were usually relegated to the role of sidekick to the protagonist.^ Spider-man has the best cast of any comic book.
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 ^ As for Spider-Man, the best comic book character in the history of the world...
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 ^ I have not ever read a Spider-man comic book.
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 .The Spider-Man series broke ground by featuring Peter Parker, a teenage high school student to whose "self-obsessions with rejection, inadequacy, and loneliness" young readers could easily relate.^ SPIDER-MAN Peter Parker told me all about it.

 ^ I think Tobey will make a great Spider-Man/Peter Parker.
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 ^ Peter realized that being Spider-Man was a responsibility he could not abandon.
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 [1]:210 .Unlike previous teen heroes such as James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes and Robin, Spider-Man did not benefit from being the protege of any adult mentors like Captain America and Batman, and thus had to learn for himself that "with great power comes great responsibility" — a line included in a text box in the final panel of the first Spider-Man story, but later retroactively attributed to his guardian, the late Uncle Ben.^ Here comes the Spider-Man!
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 ^ SPIDER MAN (V.O.) I wonder if every hero remembers their first punch.
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 ^ The tragic death of his Uncle Ben , a death that he could have prevented, taught Spider-Man that " With great power, comes great responsibility ", and on that day a true hero was born.
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.Marvel has featured Spider-Man in several comic book series, the first and longest-lasting of which is titled The Amazing Spider-Man. Over the years, the Peter Parker character has developed from shy high school student to troubled but outgoing college student to married high school teacher to, in the late 2000s, a single freelance photographer, his most typical adult role.^ Peter Parker even has an entire photography book published featuring his photographs, titled Webs: Spider-Man in Action .
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 ^ From Marvel Comics: Spectacular isn't just the title as Spider-Man's college years are augmented by authorial and illustrative excellence!

 ^ "Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Characters"] site says that Peter Parker is Protestant.
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 .He is now a member of an unofficial splinter group of the Avengers, one of Marvel's flagship superhero teams.^ Fantastic Four: At first it might not seem that this group, the brightly colored leaders of Marvel’s superhero universe, could work well in horror.

 ^ Spider-Man was one of 33 characters who were identified as the most religious superheroes in the Marvel Universe in Infinity Crusade (June 1993).
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 ^ I think one of the most interesting things about any new Avengers is the absence of Steve Rogers, always a cornerstone of the team.

 .In the comics, Spider-Man is often referred to as "Spidey," "web-slinger," "wall-crawler," or "web-head."^ HC (new printing) (Marvel Comics ) The first brand-new Spider-Man Masterworks volume in 12 years debuts just in time for SPIDER-MAN 2!
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 ^ As Harry said, this may not be the best Spider-man story ever told, but it stands right now as the best Spider-man movie ever made, and in my opinion, the 2nd best comic book movie ever made.
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 ^ Jackal- the man who made the spidey clones you see running around, he thought spider-man was the one who killed his beloved Gwen Stacy [wtc?!
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.Spider-Man is one of the most popular and commercially successful superheroes.^ To me, Spider-Man was one of those movies.
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 ^ The Rhino is one of Spider-Man’s most powerful foes, but he’s also one of the stupidest.
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 ^ He became Spider-Man, Marvel's most famous superhero.

 .As Marvel's flagship character and company mascot, he has appeared in many forms of media, including several animated and live-action television shows, syndicated newspaper comic strips and a successful series of films starring actor Tobey Maguire as the "friendly neighborhood" hero.^ This means that Raimi and the cast including star Tobey Maguire are out.
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 ^ Each issue provides synopses for dozens of individual comics, including back-up strips, introducing you to the characters, teams, places and equipment that appeared within, providing vital information about first appearances, where they last showed up and where they appeared next!
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 ^ Star: Tobey Maguire Star: Bryce Dallas Howard Star: James Franco Star: Topher Grace Star: Kirsten Dunst Star: Thomas Haden Church Director: Sam Raimi ( less ) Tags: kirsten dunst • marvel comics • spiderman • stan lee • superhero • tobey mcguire Extras .
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Contents

Publication history

Creation and development

.In 1962, with the success of the Fantastic Four, Marvel Comics editor and head writer Stan Lee was casting about for a new superhero idea.^ That was when he got the idea to join the Fantastic Four .
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 ^ Star: Tobey Maguire Star: Bryce Dallas Howard Star: James Franco Star: Topher Grace Star: Kirsten Dunst Star: Thomas Haden Church Director: Sam Raimi ( less ) Tags: kirsten dunst • marvel comics • spiderman • stan lee • superhero • tobey mcguire Extras .
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 ^ HC (new printing) (Marvel Comics ) The first brand-new Spider-Man Masterworks volume in 12 years debuts just in time for SPIDER-MAN 2!
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 .He said that the idea for Spider-Man arose from a surge in teenage demand for comic books, and the desire to create a character with whom teens could identify.^ Spider-man has the best cast of any comic book.
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 ^ But Spider-Man is not the only comic book character to be infused with Jewish values.
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 ^ As for Spider-Man, the best comic book character in the history of the world...
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 [2]:1 .In his autobiography, Lee cites the non-superhuman pulp magazine crime fighter The Spider as a great influence,[3]:130 and in a multitude of print and video interviews, Lee stated he was further inspired by seeing a spider climb up a wall---adding in his autobiography that he has told that story so often he has become unsure of whether or not this is true.^ Spider-Man climbing those walls.
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 ^ I can climb up the side of a wall.
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 ^ LIZ looks up and sees PETER hanging out the WINDOW two stories above her.

 [note .1] Looking back on the creation of Spider-Man, 1990s Marvel editor-in-chief Tom DeFalco stated he did not believe that Spider-Man would have been given a chance in today's comics world, where new characters are vetted with test audiences and marketers.^ Spider-Man looks down, at his hand.

 ^ Amazing Spider-Man #538 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #538 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 ^ Amazing Spider-Man #536 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #536 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 [2]:9 .At that time, however, Lee had to get only the consent of Marvel publisher Martin Goodman for the character's approval.^ Characters in the comic books from major publishers such as Marvel and DC have traditionally exhibited an unrealistic lack of religious affiliation and religious identity.
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 ^ However, Marvel 's owner Martin Goodman immediatly rejected the idea since people had a natural dislike for spiders and that teenagers are side-kick not heroes.
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 ^ Yeah, well it is marvel related and i am having a good time, but, why not accept the fact that spiderman 2 is not the only character created by marvel (stan the man lee).
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 [2]:9 In a 1986 interview, Lee described in detail his arguments to overcome Goodman's objections.[note .2] Goodman eventually agreed to let Lee try out Spider-Man in the upcoming final issue of the canceled science-fiction and supernatural anthology series Amazing Adult Fantasy, which was renamed Amazing Fantasy for that single issue, #15 (Aug.^ SPIDER-MAN Try to stay with me.

 ^ Amazing Spider-Man #44 (Vol.
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 ^ Amazing Spider-Man #46 (Vol.
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 1962).[4]:95
.Comics historian Greg Theakston says that Lee, after receiving Goodman's approval for the name Spider-Man and the "ordinary teen" concept, approached artist Jack Kirby.^ Spider-man is the best comic film, ever.
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 ^ From below, Spider-Man is approaching.
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 ^ I have not ever read a Spider-man comic book.
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 .Kirby told Lee about an unpublished character on which he collaborated with Joe Simon in the 1950s, in which an orphaned boy living with an old couple finds a magic ring that granted him super-human powers.^ Pavitr encountered an ancient yogi who gives him the magical powers of a spider to fight evil.
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 ^ As a teenager, Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider granting him spider-like super-powers.
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 ^ Dismayed with their son endangering himself with his constant climbing, his parents decide to send him to live at Fairburn Boys' School.
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 .Lee and Kirby "immediately sat down for a story conference" and Lee afterward directed Kirby to flesh out the character and draw some pages.^ This was a story loosely based on the character of Spiderman created by Stan Lee.
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 ^ Not quite the Spidey I know (though some of that might've come out in a full script), but then again, he hits some pretty hard times in the story.
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 ^ The first story arc would have to introduce all of the personalities to the reader, but there would be plenty of time to flesh them out down the road.

 .Steve Ditko would be the inker.^ Steve Ditko was fairly hard-core Catholic so I doubt he would let Spidey be overtly Jewish.
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 ^ Goodman accepted, and with artist Steve Ditko on board, Spider-Man made his first ever appearance, and to Goodman 's surprise, it was very successful and Spider-Man would have his own series.
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 ^ Also, Steve Ditko was fairly hard-core Catholic so I doubt he would let Spidey be overtly Jewish.
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 [note .3] When Kirby showed Lee the first six pages, Lee recalled, "I hated the way he was doing it!^ The only way a person could hate this movie and have watched it at a midnight showing is if they had unrealistic expectations of the movie.
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 ^ And as if one foe at a time wasn't enough, the Sinister Six unite for the first time in the colossal AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1, a jam-packed 72-page Lee/Ditko extravaganza!
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 ^ Spidey's life in the month's to come.Out of the pages of NEW WAYS TO DIE comes ANTI-VENOM in his first solo adventure by Dan Slott!
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 .Not that he did it badly -- it just wasn't the character I wanted; it was too heroic".[5]:12 Lee turned to Ditko, who developed a visual style Lee found satisfactory.^ He returned to Spider-Man's home of New York when he discovered Aunt May was deathly ill, and found himself once again wanting to be a hero.
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 ^ As far as casting, DiCaprio would be cool, as long as we get the Lee/Ditko Spidey, who was young & slender, not very buff.
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 ^ Ditko was very involved with Spiderman's creation though so I'd say he had some influence as to the character development.
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 Ditko recalled:
.
"One of the first things I did was to work up a costume.^ So all in all, if you are not an uber-fan, you will probably have the same feelings for this one that you did for the first.
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 ^ He says one thing in a fight in this film that was apparently intended to be a wisecrack, and it was almost as weak as the single wisecrack in the first movie.
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 ^ The first Superman and the first two Batman movies are all good, as was X-Men purely based on the portrayal of Wolverine, but I can't think of a comic movie that has ever lived up to my love of the comic the way this one did.
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 A vital, visual part of the character. I had to know how he looked ... before I did any breakdowns. .For example: A clinging power so he wouldn't have hard shoes or boots, a hidden wrist-shooter versus a web gun and holster, etc.^ Oh, and mechanical web shooters make more sense than organic web shooters that just so happen to come out at the wrists.
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 ^ He tells the interviewer that he built his wrist-shooters himself, and that the webbing formula is a secret, but that the chemical process is similar to rayon.
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 ^ Spider-Man's web-shooter is worn at his wrist, and activated by the slightest touch of his finger upon the super-sensitive electrode located on the palm of his hand.
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 ... .I wasn't sure Stan would like the idea of covering the character's face but I did it because it hid an obviously boyish face.^ I think that cast of political and legal characters would effectively cover the bases of Marvel’s titles from Avengers to X-Men to the rest of the Marvel U. .

 ^ I like the idea of them getting ONE actor to do the character, without adding a voice over.
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 ^ I’m sure SHIELD would also be ordered to stop any superhuman who wasn’t registered.

 It would also add mystery to the character...."[6]
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Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug.^ Amazing Fantasy #15 .
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 ^ Spider-Man Masterworks 1 (1-10, Amazing Fantasy 15; w Stan Lee; a Steve Ditko).

 ^ I remember “Amazing Fantasy” #15 clearly, and i remember how perfectly the first two films caught the feel of the Lee/Ditko glory years.
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 1962). Cover art by Jack Kirby (penciller) & Steve Ditko (inker).
.In an early recollection of the character's creation, Ditko described his and Lee's contributions in a mail interview with Gary Martin published in Comic Fan #2 (Summer 1965): "Stan Lee thought the name up.^ This was a story loosely based on the character of Spiderman created by Stan Lee.
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 ^ So, once summer’s gone and we’ve snapped up today’s top box office draws on DVD… What do fans have to look forward to?
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 ^ Okay, Stan Lee CREATED the mechanical web-shooters, you say.
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 .I did costume, web gimmick on wrist & spider signal."^ Ben fashioned his own costume, and became the Scarlet Spider and utilized web capsules instead of the web shooters.
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 ^ During the clone saga, when Ben was given the Spider-Man mantle, he revamped the blue and red costume to have a bigger spider symbol with the web-shooters on the outside of his costume.
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 ^ However, he did build a mock-up wrist apparatus to make the public *think* the webs were artificially generated - he didn't want to be seen as a freak.
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 [7] .At the time, Ditko shared a Manhattan studio with noted fetish artist Eric Stanton, an art-school classmate who, in a 1988 interview with Theakston, recalled that although his contribution to Spider-Man was "almost nil", he and Ditko had "worked on storyboards together and I added a few ideas.^ SPIDER-MAN Yeah, but who's gonna work 'em?

 ^ Who is in the Spider-Man costume?

 ^ Spider-Man: A character almost canceled .
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 .But the whole thing was created by Steve on his own...^ In the Y2K issue of Premiere he said he had lost interest in the project because he feels that at this stage in his career he should only do things that are his own creations.
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 I think I added the business about the webs coming out of his hands".[5]:14
.Kirby disputed Lee's version of the story, and claimed Lee had minimal involvement in the character's creation.^ This was a story loosely based on the character of Spiderman created by Stan Lee.
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 ^ Oddly, while Doug Moench, his co-creator and original writer, gets some credit for his early stories, most other writers are rarely thought of in connection to the character.

 ^ Yeah, well it is marvel related and i am having a good time, but, why not accept the fact that spiderman 2 is not the only character created by marvel (stan the man lee).
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 .According to Kirby, the idea for Spider-Man had originated with Kirby and Joe Simon, who in the 1950s had developed a character called The Silver Spider for the Crestwood comic Black Magic, who was subsequently not used.^ As for Spider-Man, the best comic book character in the history of the world...
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 ^ The original Spider-Man franchise was fine!
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 ^ I have not ever read a Spider-man comic book.
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 [note .4] Simon, in his 1990 autobiography, disputed Kirby's account, asserting that Black Magic was not a factor, and that he (Simon) devised the name "Spider-Man" (later changed to "The Silver Spider"), while Kirby outlined the character's story and powers.^ Later Spider-Man fought a new villain named Tracer .
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 ^ He has the same power as Spider-Man and then some.
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 ^ Spider-Man: A character almost canceled .
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 .Simon later elaborated that his and Kirby's character conception became the basis for Simon's Archie Comics superhero the Fly.^ The groundbreaking elements weren't so much in the characters he created; they were in the fact that they had dimensions which had never been seen before in superhero comics.
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 ^ However, when Marvel started tracking continuity in their comics during the 1960s, it became more difficult to do Christmas stories on a regular basis.

 .Artist Steve Ditko stated that Lee liked the name Hawkman from DC Comics, and that "Spider-Man" was an outgrowth of that interest.^ Spider-Man Masterworks 2 (11-19, Annual 1; w Stan Lee; a Steve Ditko).

 ^ I liked Spider-Man 3 but this was just brilliant.
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 ^ SPIDER-MAN I'm not like you.

 [6] .The hyphen was included in the character's name to avoid confusion with DC Comics' Superman.^ Naming after the comic titles gives some kind of connection with the characters history.
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 ^ As for Spider-Man, DC had a short-lived, anarchid-based character, the Tarantula (not to be confused with Spider-Man's enemy of the same name), decades earlier.
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 [8]
.Simon concurred that Kirby had shown the original Spider-Man version to Lee, who liked the idea and assigned Kirby to draw sample pages of the new character but disliked the results—in Simon's description, "Captain America with cobwebs".[note 5] Writer Mark Evanier notes that Lee's reasoning that Kirby's character was too heroic seems unlikely—Kirby still drew the covers for the first issues of Spider-Man.^ SPIDER MAN (V.O.) I wonder if every hero remembers their first punch.
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 ^ Some cheer at Spider- Man's heroics.

 ^ I liked Spider-Man 3 but this was just brilliant.
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 .Likewise, Kirby's given reason that he was "too busy" to also draw Spider-Man in addition to his other duties seems false, as Kirby was, in Evanier's words, "always busy".[9]:127 Neither Lee's nor Kirby's explanation explains why key story elements like the magic ring were dropped; Evanier states that the most plausible explanation for the sudden change was that Goodman, or one of his assistants, decided that Spider-Man as drawn and envisioned by Kirby was too similar to the Fly.^ Seems to me the reason Smith didn't like Spider-Man was because he didn't get to direct it.
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 ^ The one Spider-Man stepped aside for.

 ^ Kraven was finally able to get the drop on Spider-Man.
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 [9]:127
Blake Bell, author and Ditko scholar, writes that it was Ditko who noted the similarities to the Fly. .Ditko recalled that, "Stan called Jack about the Fly", adding that "[d]ays later, Stan told me I would be penciling the story panel breakdowns from Stan's synopsis". It was at this point that the nature of the strip changed.^ But after reading the changes he wants to make to the Spidey story, I would hate it.
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 ^ I have some ideas on how I would have told the Civil War story, and I’ll get into specifics.

 ^ She later called Peter and told him that she had bad news.
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 "Out went the magic ring, adult Spider-Man and whatever legend ideas that Spider-Man story would have contained". Lee gave Ditko the premise of a teenager bitten by a spider and developing powers, a premise Ditko would expand upon to the point he became what Bell describes as "the first work-for-hire artist of his generation to create and control the narrative arc of his series". On the issue of the initial creation, Ditko states, "I still don't know whose idea was Spider-Man".[10] Kirby noted in a 1971 interview that it was Ditko who "got Spider-Man to roll, and the thing caught on because of what he did".[11] Lee, while claiming credit for the initial idea, has acknowledged Ditko's role, stating, "If Steve wants to be called co-creator, I think he deserves [it]".[12] Writer Al Nickerson believes "that Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created the Spider-Man that we are familiar with today [but that] ultimately, Spider-Man came into existence, and prospered, through the efforts of not just one or two, but many, comic book creators".[13]
.
The Amazing Spider-Man #23 (April 1965), featuring the Green Goblin.^ Amazing Spider-Man #44 (Vol.
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 Cover art by co-creator Steve Ditko.

Commercial success

.A few months after Spider-Man's introduction in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug.^ Amazing Spider-Man #44 (Vol.
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 .1962), publisher Martin Goodman reviewed the sales figures for that issue and was shocked to find it to have been one of the nascent Marvel's highest-selling comics.^ Amazing Spider-Man #538 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #538 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 ^ From Marvel Comics: After a wildly popular run on Spider-Man, artist Todd McFarlane set a record for the highest selling single comic book ever – a record that stands to this day – and later went on to create the multimedia phenomenon known as Spawn.

 [4]:97 .A solo series followed, beginning with The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (March 1963).^ Amazing Spider-Man #44 (Vol.
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 .The title eventually became Marvel's top-selling series[1]:211 with the character swiftly becoming a cultural icon; a 1965 Esquire poll of college campuses found that college students ranked Spider-Man and fellow Marvel hero the Hulk alongside Bob Dylan and Che Guevara as their favorite revolutionary icons.^ Spider-Man was a hero.
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 ^ He develops superhuman powers and becomes the hero Spider-Man .
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 ^ He became Spider-Man, Marvel's most famous superhero.

 .One interviewee selected Spider-Man because he was "beset by woes, money problems, and the question of existence.^ SPIDER-MAN I need that money!

 ^ SPIDER-MAN Because it's right.

 ^ And one day Spider-Man will pay.

 In short, he is one of us."[1]:223 Following Ditko's departure after issue #38 (July 1966), John Romita, Sr. replaced him as artist, and would provide the pencil drawings of the character over the next several years. .In 1968. Romita would also draw the character's extra-length stories in the magazine-format series The Spectacular Spider-Man, a graphic novel precursor designed to appeal to older readers but which lasted only two issues.^ I hope spider-man 3 will NOT be the last.
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 ^ This series would also make the 10th television series about Spider-Man.
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 ^ This would be the first time that Marvel would have Spider-Man as a cartoon character.
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 [14] Nonetheless, it represented the first Spider-Man spin-off publication aside from the original series' summer annuals begun in 1964.
.An early 1970s Spider-Man story led to the revision of the Comics Code.^ Spider-man is the best comic film, ever.
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 ^ I have not ever read a Spider-man comic book.
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 ^ Reprinting stories from SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #7-9.
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 Previously, the Code forbade the depiction of the use of illegal drugs, even negatively. .However, in 1970, the Nixon administration's Department of Health, Education, and Welfare asked Stan Lee to publish an anti-drug message in one of Marvel's top-selling titles.^ HC (Marvel Comics) In 1962, in the pages of a comic book slated for cancellation, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko gave birth to one of the most-enduring icons in American popular media: the one and only Amazing Spider-Man!
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 ^ But Stan Lee was so sure Spider-Man would be accepted he struck a deal with Goodman : he would publish the story on the last issue of Amazing Fantasy (#15).
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 ^ Completing the entire Stan Lee/Steve Ditko Spider-Man run in one massive volume —including every page, every pinup and every letters column.

 [1]:239 .Lee chose the top-selling The Amazing Spider-Man; issues #96–98 (May–July 1971) feature a story arc depicting the negative effects of drug use.^ Amazing Spider-Man #44 (Vol.
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 .In the story, Peter Parker's friend Harry Osborn becomes addicted to pills.^ Peter throws an anxious look at M.J., who listens while Norman Osborn assassinates her character and Harry mumbles, softly, offering no objections.
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 ^ His relationship with Parker and son Harry made the story very interesting.
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 ^ Peter Parker will become Patsy Parker, a highschool girl with a complexion problem.
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 .When Spider-Man fights the Green Goblin (Norman Osborn, Harry's father), Spider-Man defeats the Green Goblin, by revealing Harry's drug addiction.^ OCTAVIUS The man in the mask, the "Green Goblin."
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 ^ Harry then became the new Green Goblin so that he could battle Spider-Man.
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 ^ Harry Osborne: I’m totally going to kill Spider-Man .
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 .While the story had a clear anti-drug message, the Comics Code Authority refused to issue its seal of approval.^ And it all leads into one of the landmark moments of Marvel history, the Comics Code defying 'drug' issues.
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 ^ And it all leads into one of the landmark moments of Marvel history, the Comics Code defying "drug" issues.
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 .Marvel nevertheless published the three issues without the Comics Code Authority's approval or seal.^ Amazing Spider-Man #538 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #538 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 The issues sold so well that the industry's self-censorship was undercut[1]:239 and the Code was subsequently revised.
.
The Amazing Spider-Man #96 (May 1971), the first of three non-Comics Code issues that prompted the Code's first update, allowing comics to show the negative effects of illegal-drug use.^ Amazing Spider-Man #538 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #538 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 Cover art by Gil Kane
.In 1972, a second monthly ongoing series starring Spider-Man began: Marvel Team-Up, in which Spider-Man was paired with other superheroes and villains.^ The Spider-man trilogy is the best superheroe series.
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 ^ He became Spider-Man, Marvel's most famous superhero.

 ^ SPIDER MAN It's not up to you.
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 .In 1976, his second solo series, The Spectacular Spider-Man vol.^ Amazing Spider-Man #44 (Vol.
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 .2, began, running parallel to the main series.^ The Best of Spider-Man series began as an anthology drawn from all the spider-books, but in the second it was dominated by the JMS Amazing run, and the third was entirely Amazing.

 .A third series featuring Spider-Man, Web Of Spider-Man, launched in 1985, replacing Marvel Team-Up.^ SPIDER MAN It's not up to you.
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 ^ Who was the first superhero to team up with Spider-Man?

 ^ Will Spider-Man be up to the challenge?

 .The launch of a fourth monthly title in 1990, written and drawn by popular artist Todd McFarlane, debuted with several different covers, all with the same interior content.^ Todd McFarlane, the force behind this title, made a big splash with his work on The Amazing Spider-Man.

 ^ From Marvel Comics: After a wildly popular run on Spider-Man, artist Todd McFarlane set a record for the highest selling single comic book ever – a record that stands to this day – and later went on to create the multimedia phenomenon known as Spawn.

 ^ From Marvel Comics: After a wildly popular run on Spider-Man, Todd McFarlane held the single-comic sales record.

 The various versions combined sold over 3 million copies, an industry record at the time.[1]:279 .There have generally been at least two ongoing Spider-Man series at any time.^ Suddenly, Spider Man is there.
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 ^ I heard Spider-Man was there.
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 ^ But Spider-man was always there.
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 .Several limited series, one-shots and loosely related comics have also been published, and Spider-Man makes frequent cameos and guest appearances in other comic series.^ Amazing Spider-Man #538 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #538 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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.The original Amazing Spider-Man ran through issue #441 (Nov.^ Amazing Spider-Man #44 (Vol.
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 1998). .Writer-artist John Byrne then revamped the origin of Spider-Man in the 13-issue miniseries Spider-Man: Chapter One (Dec.^ The one Spider-Man stepped aside for.

 ^ To me, Spider-Man was one of those movies.
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 ^ The original Spider-Man franchise was fine!
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 1998 - Oct. .1999, with an issue #0 midway through and some months containing two issues), similar to Byrne's adding details and some revisions to Superman's origin in DC Comics' The Man of Steel.^ John Byrne showed this in an early issue of the rebooted Superman sometime around 1987-ish.
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 ^ Spider-Man has gone through the most costume changes of any comic superhero.
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 ^ Before Spider Man, I suppose I held up Donner's Superman as the best comic book movie ever made.
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 .Running concurrently, The Amazing Spider-Man was restarted with vol.^ (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #49 (VOL. 2) - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 2, #1 (Jan. 1999). With what would have been vol. 2, #59, Marvel reintroduced the original numbering, starting with #500 (Dec. 2003).
By the end of 2007, Spider-Man regularly appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man, New Avengers, Spider-Man Family and various limited series in mainstream Marvel Comics continuity, as well as in the alternate-universe series The Amazing Spider-Girl, the Ultimate Universe title Ultimate Spider-Man, the alternate-universe tween series Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, and the alternate-universe children's series Marvel Adventures Spider-Man and Marvel Adventures: The Avengers.
.When primary series The Amazing Spider-Man reached issue #545 (Dec.^ Amazing Spider-Man #44 (Vol.
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 .2007), Marvel dropped its spin-off ongoing series and instead began publishing The Amazing Spider-Man three times monthly, beginning with #546-549 (each January 2008).^ Amazing Spider-Man #538 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #538 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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Fictional character biography

Main article: Fictional history of Spider-Man
.In his first appearance, Peter Parker is introduced as an orphaned science whiz teenager living with his aunt and uncle in the Forest Hills section of New York City.^ Peter Parker and Aunt May talk to the late Uncle Ben Parker .
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 ^ Peter Parker spent his younger days with Aunt May in Forest Hills.
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 ^ Peter Parker is a fifteen year old teenager that attends Midtown High School in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City.
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 .He is a brilliant student but the subject of mockery by his peers who regard him as a bookworm, and perpetual victim of bullying by Eugene "Flash" Thompson, who would call him "Puny Parker" and humiliate him daily.^ FRIEND 2 (to the Teacher) Flash was just standing there and Parker sucker-punched him!
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 ^ But Parker was a loser who believed that the good things which were long overdue to him had finally arrived with the spider-powers, so nothing else was his concern anymore.
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 ^ Would you know who the first person was to discover Peter Parker's secret identity?

 .One day, he is bitten by a radioactive spider during a science demonstration.^ When taking a picture of M.J., he is bitten by a radioactive spider.
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 ^ He was bitten by a radioactive spider.
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 ^ Set your spider-sense to tingling as some of the most requested secrets from the time between ONE MORE DAY and BRAND NEW DAY are revealed.
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 .As a result, he gains spider-like powers such as super-strength, the ability to climb walls, and a phenomenal jumping skill.^ He gained increased strength, agility, reflexes, spider-sense, and the ability to cling on walls.
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 ^ Spider-Man climbing those walls.
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 ^ Channel that fabulous woman sent by the all female Amazons to the “man’s world.” Wonder Woman’s powers include super-strength, hand-to-hand combat ability, and flight.
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 .Peter's own intelligence allows him to develop gadgets which fire adhesive webbing.^ He fires a web at Sandman, lassoing him...
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 ^ Peter generates his own web-fluid and builds MECHANICAL WEBSHOOTERS to utilize the fluid.
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 ^ Peter, fighting for consciousness, fires webs at the wall...
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.
The fateful spider bite that gave Peter Parker his powers.^ Do the spider bite scene, and Peter's subsequent power shift.
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 ^ When he’s taken to the prison, he’s unmasked, and the news teams at the site are quick to make sure that the entire world knows that Peter Parker is Spider-Man!

 ^ Shortly after he was bitten by the radioactive spider that gave him his amazing powers, Peter Parker accidentally crushed a steel pipe as if it was paper.
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 Amazing Fantasy #15, art by Steve Ditko.
.As Spider-Man, he becomes a successful TV star.^ Guest-starring Spider-Man!
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 ^ Peter goes home, and on the tv finds JJJ up to his usual Spider-man menace "rantics."
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 ^ Spider-Man got hold of a mystical amulet that gives the holder tremendous power but becomes violent and prolong wearing of the amulet will subsequently kill him.
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 .One day at a studio he refuses to stop a thief, saying that it is the job of the police, not that of a star.^ I mean, considering all the good he was doing, he wouldn't be so wanted by the police solely based on what one newspaper was saying about him.
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 ^ I say this as a huge fan, who has followed the studio’s going-ons obsessively.
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 ^ Spider-Man would wear the sewn black suit by night and his old red & blue one by day but stopped wearing it since it reminded him of Venom.
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 .Later he returns home to learn that his beloved guardian, Uncle Ben, has been murdered and an angry Spider-Man sets off to capture the killer.^ Spider-Man 2 Spider-Man returns and has to face off against Doc Ock!
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 ^ UNCLE BEN (waves it off) He's seventeen.
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 ^ SPIDER-MAN This is where you get off.
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 .When he does, he is horrified to find that the man is none other than the burglar he refused to subdue.^ I'd like to shoot something other than Spider-Man.

 ^ And we're confident that our you'll find our prices lower than or comparable to that of most other costume retailers.
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 ^ Peter Parker is determined to find out, but first he'll have to match journalistic wits with none other than Eddie Brock!

 .Learning that with great power comes great responsibility, Spider-Man becomes a vigilante.^ Here comes the Spider-Man!
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 ^ He was captured by SHIELD and was thought to control his powers and becomes Spider-Man.
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 ^ And with great power comes great responsibility.

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.After his uncle's death, Peter and his Aunt May become desperate for money, so he gets a job as a photographer at the New York Daily Bugle selling photos to J. Jonah Jameson, who proves to be jealous of Spider-Man and has begun to vilify Spider-Man in the paper.^ More Spider-Man photos.

 ^ Man, i hate the woman who plays Aunt May.
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 ^ And learn why J. Jonah Jameson really hates Spider-Man!

 [16] .As he battles his enemies for the first time, Parker finds juggling his personal life and costumed adventures difficult.^ And that sometimes you only find the line by tripping over it the first time you cross it.
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 ^ In another issue of Ultimate Spider-Man , Peter Parker has recently lost his Spider-Man costume for the second time in a row.
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 ^ The first time she met Tigra, they were battling to stop Le Fay from taking over the body of Jessica Drew.

 .In time, Peter graduates from high school,[17] and enrolls at Empire State University, where he meets roommate and best friend Harry Osborn and his second girlfriend (having been romantically involved with Betty Brant before) Gwen Stacy,[18] and Aunt May introduces him to Mary Jane Watson.^ I had to learn to love again, and she taught me how-- MARY JANE WATSON: Peter .
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 ^ HARRY (cont'd) Just a best friend.
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 ^ Peter just starts his junior yeah of high school and gets pushed around by jocks but made friends in Harry Osborn and Gwen Stacy.
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 [19] .As Peter deals with Harry's drug problems, and Harry's father is revealed to be Spider-Man's nemesis the Green Goblin, Peter even attempts to give up his costumed identity.^ PETER Shut up Harry...

 ^ After a battle, Spider-Man's costume was torn up, so he attempted to gain a new costume.
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 ^ Harry then became the new Green Goblin so that he could battle Spider-Man.
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 [20][21] .In the course of his adventures Spider-Man has made a wide variety of friends and contacts within the superhero community, who often come to his aid when he faces problems that he cannot solve on his own.^ Here comes the Spider-Man!
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 ^ He turns dramatically to face Spider Man.
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 ^ SPIDER-MAN Do you know who I am?
.Enemies frequently endanger his loved ones,[22] with the Green Goblin managing to cause the death of Gwen Stacy.^ GREEN GOBLIN One day he will destroy it.
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 ^ Jackal- the man who made the spidey clones you see running around, he thought spider-man was the one who killed his beloved Gwen Stacy [wtc?!
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 ^ In this continuity, during the final battle with Norman Osborn as the Green Goblin, Spider-Man lost one of his legs which forced him to retire his Spider-Man mantle.
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 [23] .Though haunted by the death of Gwen, he begins to date Mary Jane Watson.^ Thank you, Mary Jane Watson.
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 ^ MARY JANE WATSON: Long enough.
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 ^ Mary Jane Watson's startling secret!

 .Peter discovers what he thinks is a black version of his Spider-Man costume,[24] which turns out to be an alien symbiote; Peter is able to reject the symbiote after a difficult struggle,[25] though the symbiote returns several times as Venom for revenge.^ The return of the black costume, the alien symbiote, Eddie Brock...
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 ^ Peter then created a costume and became the Amazing Spider-Man .
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 ^ Spider-Man leaps out of frame.

 Peter eventually marries Mary Jane Watson.[26] .In a controversial storyline, Peter becomes convinced that Ben Reilly, the Scarlet Spider (a clone of Peter created by his college professor Miles Warren) is the real Peter Parker, and that he, Peter, is the clone.^ Spider-Man's origin and Peter Parker's college graduation!

 ^ Later it was revealed that the Scarlet Spider was deceived and was the real Peter Parker, and that Spider-Man was the clone.
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 ^ Ben Reilly (Scarlet Spider) has also been shown to be able to sense the tracers with his spider-sense.
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 .Peter gives up the Spider-Man identity to Reilly for a time, until Reilly is killed by the returning Green Goblin and revealed to be the clone after all.^ OCTAVIUS The man in the mask, the "Green Goblin."
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 ^ SPIDER MAN But the scariest thing of all was...
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 ^ GREEN GOBLIN Who's the photographer who takes the pictures of Spider-Man?!

 .In stories published in 2005 and 2006 (such as "The Other"), he develops additional spider-like abilities including biological web-shooters, toxic stingers that extend from his forearms, the ability to stick individuals to his back, enhanced Spider-sense and night vision, and increased strength and speed.^ He gained increased strength, agility, reflexes, spider-sense, and the ability to cling on walls.
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 ^ Watching through the night After the events of "the Other," Spider-Man has gained the night vision ability.
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 ^ Spider-Man's vision was also enhanced.
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 .Peter later becomes a member of the New Avengers, and reveals his civilian identity to the world,[27] furthering his already numerous problems.^ Mary Jane later talked to Spider-Woman who reveals that something was not right with Peter.
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 ^ Peter Parker will become Patsy Parker, a highschool girl with a complexion problem.
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 ^ After this tragedy, Peter would become a costumed crime fighter protecting New York.
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 .His marriage to Mary Jane and public unmasking are later erased due to a deal made with the demon Mephisto, resulting in several adjustments to the timeline, such as the resurrection of Harry Osborn and the return of Peter's mechanical web-shooters and loss of his additional spider-like abilities.^ He unmasks himself revealing to be Harry Osborn.
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 ^ Peter has made a modified version of the spider-tracer for Mary Jane to wear on her necklace.
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 ^ Organic vs. Mechanical web-shooters.
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 [28] .After months of the new status quo in the Marvel Universe where nobody but Peter himself knew the identity of Spider-Man, he unmasks to his teammates on the New Avengers at the request of Ronin, the team's new leader, in order to earn the team's trust.^ In spite of himself, Spider-Man is listening.

 ^ Relaunches as Marvel Adventures Spider-man .

 ^ SPIDER MAN Do you still trust me?
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 [29] .Around this time he also unmasks for the Fantastic Four.^ At the same time the Fantastic Four are trying to stop this their own way.
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 ^ Cap and the Fantastic Four are still around and fighting the good fight, but the Avengers disband, since the team is torn in two.

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Powers and equipment

Main article: Spider-Man's powers and equipment
.A bite from a radioactive spider on a school field trip causes a variety of changes in the body of Peter Parker and gives him superpowers.^ Peter Parker always believed the radioactive spider-bite that granted him his powers was an accident.
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 ^ When Spider-Man is unmasked for the first time in his 44-year history, readers may draw some new conclusions about Peter Parker: .
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 ^ Pavitr encountered an ancient yogi who gives him the magical powers of a spider to fight evil.
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 [31] .In the original Lee-Ditko stories, Spider-Man has the ability to cling to walls, superhuman strength, a sixth sense ("spider-sense") that alerts him to danger, perfect balance and equilibrium, as well as superhuman speed and agility.^ Also, catch the story that started it all: the origin and Spider-Man!

 ^ Spider Man 2 is the perfect example of that.
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 ^ He gained increased strength, agility, reflexes, spider-sense, and the ability to cling on walls.
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 .Some of his comic series have him shooting webs from his wrists.^ We spot one, our gloved wrist rises up into frame, shoots out a web, and we leap from the building, swinging off into space again.
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 ^ He has evolved a pair of biological web shooters that allow him to generate his own web in his forearms and shoot it from his wrists in a similar manner to what his web shooters would do.
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 ^ THWIP! A single strand of webbing shoots out from his wrist, straight up.

 [31] .Brilliant, Parker excels in applied science, chemistry and physics.^ Science (particularly physics and chemistry) has been one of Peter Parker's most consistent passions.
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 .The character was originally conceived by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko as intellectually gifted, but not a genius.^ This was a story loosely based on the character of Spiderman created by Stan Lee.
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 ^ Spider-Man Masterworks 2 (11-19, Annual 1; w Stan Lee; a Steve Ditko).

 ^ Digest reprints of the new series "re-imagining" the original Lee/Ditko run.

 However, later writers have depicted the character as a genius.[32] .With his talents, he sews his own costume to conceal his identity, and constructs many devices that complement his powers, most notably mechanical web-shooters.^ Organic vs. Mechanical web-shooters.
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 ^ Okay, Stan Lee CREATED the mechanical web-shooters, you say.
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 ^ Ben fashioned his own costume, and became the Scarlet Spider and utilized web capsules instead of the web shooters.
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 [31] .(This mechanism ejects an advanced adhesive, releasing web-fluid in a variety of configurations, including a single rope-like strand to swing from, a net to bind enemies, a single strand for yanking opponents into objects, strands for whipping foreign objects at enemies, and a simple glob to foul machinery or blind an opponent.^ Peter then would make him a red and blue outfit and mask and produces a web-spinning fluid enabling him to swing from the buildings above the streets of Manhattan.
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 ^ Suddenly Spider-Man comes swinging into frame, right toward the camera, dangling dramatically from a web strand.
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 ^ EXT. ROOFTOP - NIGHT THWIP! Up on a rooftop, a web strand shoots into the corner of a building cornice, holding the camera in place.
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 .He can also weave the web material into simple forms like a shield, a spherical protection or hemispherical barrier, a club, or a hang-glider wing.^ In guilt Norman turns back into his human form and asks the SHIELD agents to kill him.
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 ^ Early in his career Peter had developed a set of wrist gauntlets that produced a chemical that when mixed with air hardened to form a web-like material.
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 ) .Other equipment include spider-tracers (spider-shaped adhesive homing beacons keyed to his own spider-sense), a light beacon which can either be used as a flashlight or project a "Spider-Signal" design, and a specially modified camera that can take pictures automatically.^ When taking a picture of M.J., he is bitten by a radioactive spider.
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 ^ He is also able to see in the dark using his spider-sense.
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 ^ It was originally a small signal tracer, but eventually Peter was able to modify his tracers for him to be able to track it using his spider-sense.
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Enemies

Main article: List of Spider-Man enemies
.
The many villains of Spider-Man.^ SPIDER-MAN How many do you have?

 ^ The 20 greatest Spider-Man villains.
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 ^ Spider-Man's spider signal is to signal out villains.
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 Art by Sean Chen.
.Writers and artists over many years have managed to establish an exciting and notable rogues gallery of villains to face Spider-Man.^ He turns dramatically to face Spider Man.
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 ^ I am so excited about Spider-Man 3!!
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 ^ SPIDER-MAN How many do you have?

 [note .6] The most infamous and dangerous enemy as voted by fans is the Venom.^ He’s meant to be Spiderman’s most dangerous enemy.
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 ^ Fansoking Says: September 8th, 2007 at 6:17 am Green Goblin is the most dangerous enemy but Venom is the best .
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 .[33][34][35] Other characters include the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, the Hobgoblin, Kraven the Hunter, Carnage, the Scorpion, the Sandman, the Lizard, Mysterio, the Vulture, Electro, the Kingpin, Hydro-Man, the Shocker, and Morlun.^ In this continuity, during the final battle with Norman Osborn as the Green Goblin, Spider-Man lost one of his legs which forced him to retire his Spider-Man mantle.
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 ^ GREEN GOBLIN (CONT'D) Make your choice, Spider-Man, and see how a hero is rewarded!

 ^ It seems inevitable that a Spiderman 4 would feature Carnage (introducing Venom sets it up too well), but I’d rather see Scorpion–or maybe Kraven.
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 .As with Spider-Man, the majority of these villains' powers originate with scientific accidents or the misuse of scientific technology, and they tend to have animal-themed costumes or powers, and many have green costumes.^ SPIDER-MAN How many do you have?

 ^ He has the same power as Spider-Man and then some.
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 ^ The original Spider-Man franchise was fine!
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 .At times these villains have formed groups such as the Sinister Six to oppose Spider-Man.^ Spider-Man's spider signal is to signal out villains.
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 ^ "I WILL own the box office, just wait and see Neither pirate or ogre will overcome me nor will villains created from goo or from sand be able to stop me for I'm Spider-man!"
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 ^ I didn't hate Spider-Man, but I didn't love it either...it was solid entertainment, but failed to make it in to my top films of all time.
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 .It is revealed that Spider-Man has new enemies in New Avengers.^ Spider Man II news by coop .
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 ^ HC (new printing) (Marvel Comics ) The first brand-new Spider-Man Masterworks volume in 12 years debuts just in time for SPIDER-MAN 2!
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 ^ Upon returning to Earth, Spider-Man discovered that his new costume was in fact a living creature called the Symbiot.
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Supporting characters

Main article: Spider-Man supporting characters
.Spider-Man was conceived as an ordinary person given great power.^ He has the same power as Spider-Man and then some.
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 ^ "He's made 3 great Spider-Man movies.
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 ^ I personally have no interest in Spider-man.
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 .The comics detail his civilian life and family, friends, and his romances.^ What Parker is most grateful for is the people in his life - his close friends and family.
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 ^ From Marvel Comics: Whether she's going to school or hanging out with her friends at the Coffee Bean, Mary Jane Watson is always the life of the party.

 .Spider-Man is most famous for; however, his super-heroic adventures.^ Spider-Man was a hero.
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 ^ He became Spider-Man, Marvel's most famous superhero.

 ^ Some cheer at Spider- Man's heroics.

 .Peter was raised by his loving aunt, May Parker, and his uncle and father figure, Ben Parker (usually referred to simply as Aunt May and Uncle Ben), after his parents died.^ Uncle Ben and Aunt May lead Peter inside.

 ^ UNCLE BEN Love you for that, kiddo.
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 ^ PETER My parents died when I was little.

 .Uncle Ben is tragically murdered by a burglar that Peter had allowed to escape before.^ Peter's Uncle Ben surprised The Burglar but was shot and killed.
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 ^ He fights against the forces of evil because he is trying to make up for his original sin of letting the burglar go that killed Uncle Ben.
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 ^ I know Ben Parker is Peters real uncle through daddy, but i dont recall May ever being mentioned as Mary's sister.
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 .Peter believes that his uncle's death was morally his fault, and he decides to use his powers responsibly and become a super-hero.^ The tragic death of his Uncle Ben , a death that he could have prevented, taught Spider-Man that " With great power, comes great responsibility ", and on that day a true hero was born.
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 ^ As a teenager, Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider granting him spider-like super-powers.
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 ^ Peter has become emotionally distant to the inhabitants of Battleworld and is nothing more than just a skeleton that the symbiote is using to move.
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 [15] .After the murder of her husband, Aunt May is virtually Peter's only family, and she and Peter are very close.^ Favor Peter looking for Aunt May.

 ^ Peter muttered to Ben as the latter laid there dead, “Rest easy...brother.” Aunt May had also seemingly died during this saga.
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 ^ Above: Note the hand-stitched "God Bless Our Home" wall hanging on the wall of the kitchen in Peter Parker and Aunt May's home.
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.Peter's first love interest is his college girlfriend Gwen Stacy, who is later tragically killed by the Green Goblin.^ GREEN GOBLIN I'll kill you!
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 ^ Later Peter encountered a clone of himself and a clone of Gwen Stacy .
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 ^ This was where Peter met Harry Osborn and Gwen Stacy for the first time.
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 [23] .It is later revealed in the comics that she refused to give custody of her children to their biological father Norman Osborn, (the Goblin's true identity), with whom she had had an intimate relationship behind Peter's back.^ Norman nods to him, Peter nods back.

 ^ This is my father, Norman Osborn.
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 ^ Later it was revealed that the two that attacked Peter were Gwen’s twin children and that their father was Norman Osborn.
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 [36] Originally merely Gwen Stacy's competition, Mary Jane Watson (or, 'MJ') eventually became Peter's best friend and then became his wife.[26] .Her marriage to Peter was later erased due to a deal made with Mephisto to save Aunt May's life.^ Peter remembers that he once gave Aunt May a blood transfusion that saved her life.
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 ^ The marriage was later taken away after Peter and Mary Jane made a deal with Mephisto in order to save his Aunt May 's life in One More Day .
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 ^ PETER Aunt May, listen to me.

 [28] .Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat, is a reformed cat burglar who was Spider-Man's girlfriend and partner at one point,[37] but rejected him when he revealed his identity to her, as she was only interested in his costumed persona.^ Spider-Man knows she's my girlfriend.

 ^ His goal was to catch Spider-Man and he finally succeeded at one point.
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 ^ LIZ moves to Flash, who's dressed in the SPIDER-MAN costume.

 .She eventually learned to love Peter on his own merit, but never on the level at which she loved Spider-Man.^ Spider Man is everything Peter is not...
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 ^ I should never have told her I was Spider-Man.
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 ^ You're in love with Spider-Man?
.Eugene "Flash" Thompson was originally Peter Parker's high school tormentor, and later one of his closest friends.^ Join MJ, Harry Osborn, Liz Allen, Flash Thompson and Harry's nerdy friend, Peter Parker, as they experience the thrilling highs and the crushing lows of high-school existence in this new teen drama!

 ^ Join MJ, Harry Osborn, Liz Allen, Flash Thompson and Harry's nerdy friend, Peter Parker, as they experience the thrilling highs and the crushing lows of high-school existence in this electric teen drama!

 ^ Other enemies now knowing Parker's true identity begin to launch attacks on the friends and family that are closest to him.
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 Due to brain damage, he suffered amnesia and regressed to his bullying personality,[38] though he eventually recovered from this. .Harry Osborn, son of Norman Osborn, was Peter's best friend in college, who eventually follows his father's footsteps and becomes the second Green Goblin,[39] ultimately resulting in Harry's death.^ Father vs Son Harry again tries to fight his father, but is beaten to death.
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 ^ HARRY (cont'd) Just a best friend.
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 ^ I reckon Green goblin is the best villain.
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 .He was resurrected due to the erasure of Peter's marriage to Mary Jane, and all related events, from history.^ Peter breaking the news to Mary Jane.
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 ^ Mary Jane all the way!
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 ^ MARY JANE WATSON: It's all right.
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.J. Jonah Jameson, the irascible publisher of the Daily Bugle newspaper, is Peter's first employer.^ EXT. DAILY BUGLE -- LATE DAY Spider-Man, unconscious, tumbles from what used to be Jameson's window and plummets toward the ground below.

 ^ JK Simmons is pitch perfect again as J. Jonah Jameson, but while the character gets more screen time he's nowhere near as fun as his turn in the first film.
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 ^ CUT TO: INT. DAILY BUGLE - DAY The front page of a tabloid newspaper, the Daily Bugle, carries three bold words in enormous typeface: WHO IS SPIDER-MAN?!
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 .While he employs Peter Parker as a photographer, he is also Spider-Man's greatest critic by dint of being jealous of Spider-Man, and hence, he is largely responsible for public distrust of the hero.^ Spider-Man was a hero.
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 ^ Spider Man is everything Peter is not...
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 ^ Focus more on Peter Parker than Spider-Man.
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 .Joseph "Robbie" Robertson was the Editor-in-chief at the Daily Bugle, a moderating influence on Jameson, and a father figure to Peter after Uncle Ben's death.^ Robbie Robertson looks up, in the newsroom of the Daily Bugle.

 ^ UNCLE BEN I know I'm not your father, Peter...

 ^ And Peter, needing a father figure, is seduced by this.
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 .Betty Brant was the secretary at the Daily Bugle, and was once in love with Peter.^ Peter notices a copy of the Daily Bugle on the kitchen counter.

 ^ Peter continued to teach at Midtown High School and also resumed his freelance photography for the Daily Bugle.
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 ^ Peter is the one who gets that pic, and a job as a freelance photographer at the Daily Bugle.
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Cultural influence

Comic-book writer-editor and historian Paul Kupperberg, in The Creation of Spider-Man, calls the character's superpowers "nothing too original"; what was original was that outside his secret identity, he was a "nerdy high school student".[40]:5 Going against typical superhero fare, Spider-Man included "heavy doses of soap-opera and elements of melodrama." Kupperberg feels that Lee and Ditko had created something new in the world of comics: "the flawed superhero with everyday problems." This idea spawned a "comics revolution."[40]:6 .The insecurity and anxieties in Marvel's early 1960s comic books such as The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, and X-Men ushered in a new type of superhero, very different from the certain and all-powerful superheroes before them, and changed the public's perception of them.^ Amazing Spider-Man #538 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #538 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 ^ Amazing Spider-Man #536 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #536 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 ^ Amazing Spider-Man #44 (Vol.
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 [41] .Spider-Man has become one of the most recognizable fictional characters in the world, and has been used to sell toys, games, cereal, candy, soap, and many other products.^ As for Spider-Man, the best comic book character in the history of the world...
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 ^ SPIDER-MAN How many do you have?

 ^ To me, Spider-Man was one of those movies.
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.Spider-Man has become Marvel's flagship character, and has often been used as the company mascot.^ Spider-Man: A character almost canceled .
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 ^ This would be the first time that Marvel would have Spider-Man as a cartoon character.
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 ^ Relaunches as Marvel Adventures Spider-man .

 .When Marvel became the first comic book company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1991, the Wall Street Journal announced "Spider-Man is coming to Wall Street"; the event was in turn promoted with an actor in a Spider-Man costume accompanying Stan Lee to the Stock Exchange.^ Amazing Spider-Man #538 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #538 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 ^ Amazing Spider-Man #536 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #536 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 ^ From Marvel Comics: The saga of the alien costume!

 [1]:254 .Since 1962, hundreds of millions of comics featuring the character have been sold around the world.^ As for Spider-Man, the best comic book character in the history of the world...
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 ^ Raimi, like Singer before him, understands the essence of Marvel Comics: there has to be enough of a logical grounding in the real world for any movie featuring Marvel characters to work.
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 ^ This element of the character remains compelling in 2002 - in 1962, for a "kid's" comic book, it was miles ahead of its time.
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Spider-Man joined the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from 1987 to 1998 as one of the balloon floats,[44] designed by John .Romita Sr.,[45] one of the character's signature artists.^ Volume also includes the historic 500th issue featuring artwork by legendary Spidey artist John Romita Sr.!
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 ^ The demands of it are not easy for any one artist to draw, especially if you play up the multiple personality aspect of the character.

 A new, different Spider-Man balloon float is scheduled to appear from at least 2009 to 2011.[44]
.In 1981, Dan Goodwin donned a Spider-Man suit and scaled the Sears Tower in Chicago, Illinois, and the Renaissance Tower in Dallas, Texas, to promote high-rise firefighting and rescue.^ SPIDER-MAN Don't mind us.

 ^ Spider-Man to the rescue!
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 ^ CUT TO Spider Man, creeping around a high-rise.
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.When Marvel wanted to issue a story dealing with the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the company chose the December 2001 issue of The Amazing Spider-Man.^ Amazing Spider-Man #538 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #538 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 ^ Amazing Spider-Man #536 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #536 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 ^ Amazing Spider-Man #44 (Vol.
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 [46] .In 2006, Spider-Man garnered major media coverage with the revelation of the character's secret identity,[47] an event detailed in a full page story in the New York Post before the issue containing the story was even released.^ A mysterious villain has discovered Spider-Man's secret identity...

 ^ ON THE NEWS, the manhunt for Spider Man is the top story.
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 ^ Even if he is, what can Spider-Man do about it?
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 [48]
.In 2008, Marvel announced plans to release a series of educational comics the following year in partnership with the United Nations, depicting Spider-Man alongside UN Peacekeeping Forces to highlight UN peacekeeping missions.^ Amazing Spider-Man #538 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #538 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 ^ Amazing Spider-Man #536 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #536 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 ^ (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #56 (VOL. 2) - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 [49] .A BusinessWeek article listed Spider-Man as one of the top ten most intelligent fictional characters in American comics.^ As for Spider-Man, the best comic book character in the history of the world...
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 ^ The one Spider-Man stepped aside for.

 ^ To me, Spider-Man was one of those movies.
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.Spider-Man was named Empire magazine's fifth-greatest comic-book character.^ Spider-man has the best cast of any comic book.
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 ^ As for Spider-Man, the best comic book character in the history of the world...
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 ^ I have not ever read a Spider-man comic book.
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Non-Marvel versions and parodies

.Marvel made its own parodies of Spider-Man in such comics as Not Brand Echh, which was published in the late 1960s and featured such characters as Peter Pooper alias Spidey-Man.^ Amazing Spider-Man #538 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #538 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 ^ Amazing Spider-Man #536 (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #536 - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 ^ (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #56 (VOL. 2) - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 [52] .There was also Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham, who appeared in the 1980s.^ PETER There's only fourteen spiders.

 ^ Mary Jane later talked to Spider-Woman who reveals that something was not right with Peter.
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 ^ There he confronts Strand, who is holding MJ. Peter tells him to let her go and Strand shrugs.
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.Japanese artist Ryoichi Ikegami drew a manga version of Spider-Man for the Japanese market between 1970 and late 1971. Peter Parker was renamed Yu Komori and various other Marvel characters, such as Electro and the Lizard, also featured but with different backgrounds.^ I think Tobey will make a great Spider-Man/Peter Parker.
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 ^ But Peter Parker was and is totally different.
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 ^ An example of this took place in Peter Parker: Spider-Man Vol.
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.Another Japanese manga was Hideshi Hino's The Bug Boy, which has been cited as inspired by Spider-Man.^ SPIDER-MAN Let's have it, old boy!

 ^ SPIDER MAN Sorry boys.
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 ^ In another issue of Ultimate Spider-Man , Peter Parker has recently lost his Spider-Man costume for the second time in a row.
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 [53] .Like Peter Parker, Sanpei Hiromoto is bitten by a strange and tiny creature which turns him into a being with powers — in this case, a huge, poisonous bug.^ As a teenager, Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider granting him spider-like super-powers.
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 ^ Peter turns, thinks like crazy.
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 ^ Peter Parker's stared into the abyss - but did it stare back into him?
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 .Unlike Parker, the bullying Sanpei experienced at school has not been balanced by a loving family home, and thus he becomes a supervillain rather than a hero.^ They captured the essence of Peter Parker PERFECTLY, a down-on-his-luck geek with girl problems, money problems, family problems, school problems, work problems, etc.
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 ^ The only thing they love more than a hero is to see that hero fail, fall, screw-up...
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 ^ So many times, these things get made into issues that it BECOMES the character, rather than adding a facet to him/her/it.
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.The French comic Télé-Junior published strips based on popular TV series.^ Ultimate Spider-Man is the name of a comic book series started in 2000 as part of the new "Ultimate" line of comics published by Marvel Entertainment Group.
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 ^ The second one was fantastic and used the far more popular tv series origin story.
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 ^ Famous for his creation of the popular science fiction TV series Babylon 5 , Straczynski came to Spider-Man with no experience at all in writing comic books.
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 .In the late 1970s, the publisher also produced original Spider-Man adventures.^ SPIDER-MAN I'm afraid we're too late.

 ^ Relaunches as Marvel Adventures Spider-man .

 ^ EXT. DAILY BUGLE -- LATE DAY Spider-Man, unconscious, tumbles from what used to be Jameson's window and plummets toward the ground below.

 .Artists included Gérald Forton, who later moved to America and worked for Marvel.^ The popular Marvel Comics character Spider-Man was created by writer Stan Lee (who is Jewish) and artist Steve Ditko (who was a devout Objectivist from early in his work on the character).
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 [54] .These strips were short stories with little or no continuity between them.^ Long story short, I plan on "killing" him off (but only for a little while), cuz he's a great character and I don't want to overuse him and get bored with him.
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 ^ After all, many of these books had more than one story an issue, and continuity wasn’t very well maintained.

 .Télé-Junior's version included regular characters from the comics like J. Jonah Jameson, Robbie Robertson and Flash Thompson, who is at the friendly stage of his relationship with Parker.^ I'm glad that you, like HArry can openly weep at MOVIES BASED ON F-ING COMIC BOOK Characters!!!
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 ^ From Flash Thompson to Betty Brant, dear old Aunt May to "Jolly" Jonah Jameson, they make for incomparable drama, so don't back, reserve that copy today, True Beliver!
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 ^ JK Simmons is pitch perfect again as J. Jonah Jameson, but while the character gets more screen time he's nowhere near as fun as his turn in the first film.
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 .Villains including the Vulture and Electro also appeared.^ This time around, Spidey meets his match against such classic villains as Electro and the Lizard, and faces the return of one of his first foes: the Vulture!

 ^ Spidey 5: Electro and Vulture ( Again I think they would fit together well, plus they are both very powerful and awsome villains) .
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In the 1973 Turkish film 3 Dev Adam (known in English as Three Mighty Men or Turkish Spider-Man vs. Captain Turkish America) Spider-Man is portrayed as the villain of the film, confronted by Captain America and Santo (a Mexican wrestler character). .He has no spider powers in the film, however.^ Spider-Man in the Ultimate Marvel universe However Norman Osborn had found out about Peter's powers and had his team expose him to his OZ formula.
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 ^ However, Spider-Man wouldn't take no for an answer and Strange allowed Peter to go through time and space to ask for answers.
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 ^ Related Pages: - Spider-Man: No More - compare essentially identical scenes from Amazing Spider-Man #50 and the Spiderman 2 feature film adaptation.
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.The Indian version of Spider-Man, Spider-Man: India was created by Sharad Devarajan, Suresh Seetharaman and Jeevan J. Kang along with Marvel Comics.^ From Marvel Comics: The powerhouse creative team of Mark Millar and Terry Dodson bring you a hyper-realistic, action-packed look at Spider-Man — as you've never seen him before!

 ^ As Harry said, this may not be the best Spider-man story ever told, but it stands right now as the best Spider-man movie ever made, and in my opinion, the 2nd best comic book movie ever made.
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 ^ HC (variant) (Marvel Comics) MARVEL MASTERWORKS: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN V. 2 VARIANT EDITION HC - Peter Parker’s chosen profession is a series of unrelenting tests - but through all his trials, Spider-Man remains steadfast in his determination to use his gifts for the benefit of all.
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.The Arachnid (formerly The Adventures of Lil' Spidey) is an unofficial continuation of the Spider-Man series, following Spider-Man's first son Tom Parker.^ This animated series was supposed to be the continuation of Spider-man: The Animated Series show in 1994.
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 ^ He has been a dangerous Spider-Man villian at first.
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 ^ Tom would rule as Peter Parker/Spider-Man.
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In other media

Main article: Spider-Man in other media
The theatrical poster for Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002).
.Spider-Man has appeared in comics, cartoons, movies, coloring books, novels, records, and children's books.^ (Flash appears) SPIDER-MAN Flash!

 ^ And please do more spider-man movies.
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 ^ Spider-man has the best cast of any comic book.
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 [42] .On television, he appeared as the main character in the animated series Spider-Man, which aired from 1967–1970 on ABC,[55] the live-action series The Amazing Spider-Man (1978–1979), starring Nicholas Hammond, the syndicated cartoon series Spider-Man (1981–1982), Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981–1983), Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994–1998), Spider-Man Unlimited (1999–2000), Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003) and The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–present).^ This would be the first time that Marvel would have Spider-Man as a cartoon character.
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 ^ The company that made had produced the 1978 New Fantastic Four and 1979 Spider-Woman animated series.
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 ^ (Marvel Comics) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #55 (VOL. 2) - A comic published by Marvel Comics.
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 .In one episode of The Super Hero Squad Show, the Mayor of Superhero City tells Wolverine of a hero that was bitten by a radioactive insect.^ As a teenager, Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider granting him spider-like super-powers.
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 ^ Even though they like one another, they never develop a romantic connection due to her fascination with super heroes.
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 ^ One night as Spider-Man Peter finds a store where some thugs force themselves into a store where a hodded man had already done the "super hero thing" .
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.A tokusatsu show featuring Spider-Man was produced by Toei and aired in Japan.^ IN MID-AIR Spider-Man, the cable in one hand, M.J. on his back, falls with the tram to the water below.

 ^ Peter Parker even has an entire photography book published featuring his photographs, titled Webs: Spider-Man in Action .
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 ^ This new suit granted Spider-man additional strenght, the ability to produce its own webbing and to instantly change to other clothes.
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 It is commonly referred to by its Japanese pronunciation "Supaidā-Man."[citation needed]
Spider-Man also appeared in other print forms besides the comics, including novels, children's books, and the daily newspaper comic strip The Amazing Spider-Man, which debuted in January 1977, with the earliest installments written by Stan Lee and drawn by John Romita, Sr.[56] Spider-Man has been adapted to other media including games, toys, collectibles, and miscellaneous memorabilia, and has appeared as the main character in numerous computer and video games on over 15 gaming platforms. .Spider-Man was also the subject of a series of films directed by Sam Raimi and starring actor Tobey Maguire as the title character.^ This means that Raimi and the cast including star Tobey Maguire are out.
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 ^ Spider-man 3 was a joke, but so is Sam Raimi.
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 ^ Spider-Man: A character almost canceled .
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 .The original Spider-Man film was released May 3, 2002, its first sequel, Spider-Man 2, premiered June 30, 2004, and the next sequel, Spider-Man 3, premiered on May 4, 2007. Spider-Man 4 was scheduled to be released May 6, 2011, however Sony announced that the series would be rebooted, and a new director and cast would be introduced.^ Variety confirms that Sony has set 'Spider-Man 4' for a May 6, 2011, release.
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 ^ Is Marc Webb the right director to reboot 'Spider-Man'?
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 ^ However, they arrest Spider-Man also.
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 .The reboot is scheduled to be released in Summer 2012.[57][58][59] It was announced on February 10, 2010 that the new film, which is still untitled, will begin production later this year directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt.^ Comment by Dave in New Hampshire — January 12, 2010 @ 9:40 pm Reply to this post The cancellation was announced by Columbia Pictures and director Sam Raimi.
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 ^ Comment by al — January 12, 2010 @ 8:57 am Reply to this post The Hollywood elites must have a really really low opinion of the public to ‘reboot’ something as new as the Spidey franchise… good grief..
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 ^ You've got to figure 3D now is uppermost on Sony minds given the post- Avatar climate, and Summer 2012 is more than enough time to make the reboot with new technology.
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 Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin will produce the 3D film to be released July 3, 2012.[60]
.A Broadway musical, Spider-Man: Turn Out the Dark, is slated for production in 2010. The score and lyrics were written by Bono and The Edge of U2.^ Spider-Man leaps out of frame.

 ^ He turns dramatically to face Spider Man.
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 ^ But then turned to crime and has a hatred over Spider-Man.
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Awards and honors

From the character's inception, Spider-Man stories have won numerous awards, including:
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  • 1962 Alley Award: Best Short Story — "Origin of Spider-Man" by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko, Amazing Fantasy #15
  • 1963 Alley Award: Best Comic: Adventure Hero title — The Amazing Spider-Man
  • 1963 Alley Award: Top Hero — Spider-Man
  • 1964 Alley Award: Best Adventure Hero Comic Book — The Amazing Spider-Man
  • 1964 Alley Award: Best Giant Comic - The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1
  • 1964 Alley Award: Best Hero — Spider-Man
  • 1965 Alley Award: Best Adventure Hero Comic Book — The Amazing Spider-Man
  • 1965 Alley Award: Best Hero — Spider-Man
  • 1966 Alley Award: Best Comic Magazine: Adventure Book with the Main Character in the Title — The Amazing Spider-Man
  • 1966 Alley Award: Best Full-Length Story - "How Green was My Goblin", by Stan Lee & John Romita, Sr., The Amazing Spider-Man #39
  • 1967 Alley Award: Best Comic Magazine: Adventure Book with the Main Character in the Title — The Amazing Spider-Man
  • 1967 Alley Award Popularity Poll: Best Costumed or Powered Hero — Spider-Man
  • 1967 Alley Award Popularity Poll: Best Male Normal Supporting Character — J. Jonah Jameson, The Amazing Spider-Man
  • 1967 Alley Award Popularity Poll: Best Female Normal Supporting Character — Mary Jane Watson, The Amazing Spider-Man
  • 1968 Alley Award Popularity Poll: Best Adventure Hero Strip — The Amazing Spider-Man
  • 1968 Alley Award Popularity Poll: Best Supporting Character - J. Jonah Jameson, The Amazing Spider-Man
  • 1969 Alley Award Popularity Poll: Best Adventure Hero Strip — The Amazing Spider-Man
  • 1997 Eisner Award: Best Artist/Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team — 1997 Al Williamson, Best Inker: Untold Tales of Spider-Man #17-18
  • 2002 Eisner Award: Best Serialized Story — The Amazing Spider-Man vol.^ Channel that fabulous woman sent by the all female Amazons to the “man’s world.” Wonder Woman’s powers include super-strength, hand-to-hand combat ability, and flight.
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     ^ Season 5 starts off with the much anticipated Wedding of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson-Parker.
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     ^ Mary Jane Watson comes out the side door of a television studio.

     2, #30–35: "Coming Home", by J. Michael Straczynski, John Romita, Jr., and Scott Hanna
  • No date: Empire magazine's fifth-greatest comic-book character.[51]
  • 2009 Autopsy Award, "Best Character Of The Year".[62]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Lee, Stan; Mair, George (2002). Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee. Fireside. ISBN 0-684-87305-2. "He goes further in his biography, claiming that even while pitching the concept to publisher Martin Goodman, "I can't remember if that was literally true or not, but I thought it would lend a big color to my pitch."" 
  2. ^ Detroit Free Press interview with Stan Lee, quoted in The Steve Ditko Reader by Greg Theakston (Pure Imagination, Brooklyn, NY; ISBN 1-56685-011-8), p. 12 (unnumbered). "He gave me 1,000 reasons why Spider-Man would never work. Nobody likes spiders; it sounds too much like Superman; and how could a teenager be a superhero? Then I told him I wanted the character to be a very human guy, someone who makes mistakes, who worries, who gets acne, has trouble with his girlfriend, things like that. [Goodman replied,] 'He's a hero! He's not an average man!' I said, 'No, we make him an average man who happens to have super powers, that's what will make him good.' He told me I was crazy".
  3. ^ Ditko, Steve (2000). Roy Thomas. ed. Alter Ego: The Comic Book Artist Collection. TwoMorrows Publishing. ISBN 1893905063.  "'Stan said a new Marvel hero would be introduced in #15 [of what became titled Amazing Fantasy]. He would be called Spider-Man. Jack would do the penciling and I was to ink the character.' At this point still, 'Stan said Spider-Man would be a teenager with a magic ring which could transform him into an adult hero -- Spider-Man. I said it sounded like the Fly, which Joe Simon had done for Archie Comics. Stan called Jack about it but I don't know what was discussed. I never talked to Jack about Spider-Man... Later, at some point, I was given the job of drawing Spider-Man'".
  4. ^ Jack Kirby in "Shop Talk: Jack Kirby", Will Eisner's Spirit Magazine #39 (February 1982): "Spider-Man was discussed between Joe Simon and myself. It was the last thing Joe and I had discussed. We had a strip called the 'The Silver Spider.' The Silver Spider was going into a magazine called Black Magic. Black Magic folded with Crestwood (Simon & Kirby's 1950s comics company) and we were left with the script. I believe I said this could become a thing called Spider-Man, see, a superhero character. I had a lot of faith in the superhero character that they could be brought back... and I said Spider-Man would be a fine character to start with. But Joe had already moved on. So the idea was already there when I talked to Stan".
  5. ^ Simon, Joe, with Jim Simon. The Comic Book Makers (Crestwood/II, 1990) ISBN 1-887591-35-4. "There were a few holes in Jack's never-dependable memory. For instance, there was no Black Magic involved at all. ... Jack brought in the Spider-Man logo that I had loaned to him before we changed the name to The Silver Spider. Kirby laid out the story to Lee about the kid who finds a ring in a spiderweb, gets his powers from the ring, and goes forth to fight crime armed with The Silver Spider's old web-spinning pistol. Stan Lee said, 'Perfect, just what I want.' After obtaining permission from publisher Martin Goodman, Lee told Kirby to pencil-up an origin story. Kirby... using parts of an old rejected superhero named Night Fighter... revamped the old Silver Spider script, including revisions suggested by Lee. But when Kirby showed Lee the sample pages, it was Lee's turn to gripe. He had been expecting a skinny young kid who is transformed into a skinny young kid with spider powers. Kirby had him turn into... Captain America with cobwebs. He turned Spider-Man over to Steve Ditko, who... ignored Kirby's pages, tossed the character's magic ring, web-pistol and goggles... and completely redesigned Spider-Man's costume and equipment. In this life, he became high-school student Peter Parker, who gets his spider powers after being bitten by a radioactive spider. ... Lastly, the Spider-Man logo was redone and a dashing hyphen added".
  6. ^ Mondello, Salvatore (Mar 2004). "Spider-Man: Superhero in the Liberal Tradition". The Journal of Popular Culture X (1): 232–238. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3840.1976.1001_232.x. "a teenage superhero and middle-aged supervillains—an impressive rogues' gallery which includes such memorable knaves and grotesques as the Vulture,". 

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 ^ I did the same thing when i saw one of your posts.:D dont worry about the name, it was just a mistake .
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 ^ One of the twins, named Sarah Stacy , believed Spider-Man; however, the other twin, named Gabriel who later assumed the alias of the Grey Goblin , did not.
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  • IPA: /ˈspaɪdə(r) mæn/

Proper noun

Singular
Spider-Man
Plural
Spider-Men
Spider-Man (plural Spider-Men) (diminutive: Spidey)
  1. (fictional character) A Marvel Comic character created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko; later, a movie and cartoon character with spider-like abilities such as adhering to most solid surfaces and proportionate strength, agility, etc.

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 Spider-Man

Spider-Man
Box artwork for Spider-Man.
Developer(s) Parker Brothers
Publisher(s) Parker Brothers
Release date(s)
 1982
Genre(s) Action
System(s) Atari 2600, Odyssey 2
Mode(s) Single player, Multiplayer
Series Spider-Man
.This is the first game in the Spider-Man series.^ Amazing Spider-Man Series 17 .
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 ^ Amazing Spider-Man Series 19 .
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 ^ Spectacular Spider Man the toy series .
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 For other games in the series see the Spider-Man category.
.Spider-Man is an action video game released in 1982 by Parker Brothers for the Atari 2600 and Odyssey 2. It was the first video game to feature Spider-Man.^ Videos tagged spider-man .
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 ^ Spider-Man is the first in the Spider-Man film series.
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 ^ Spider-Man vs. Shinobi Spider-Man's first foray into video games was Parker Brothers' Spider-Man for the Atari 2600 in 1982.
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Gameplay

.The game involves players controlling Spider-Man to scale a building using his web shooters in order to defuse bombs planted by the Green Goblin.^ OCTAVIUS The man in the mask, the "Green Goblin."
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 ^ Spider-Man download from Game Revolution .
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 ^ Spider-Man and the Fantasic 4 to their web based casino games.
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 .Spider-Man is only able to use his web lines to move up the building, and if touched by enemies they will cut the line and send him plummeting below, though the player can shoot another web in time to save themselves.^ Spider-Man 3 is coming up.
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 ^ AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. He climbs straight up the building.

 ^ He shoots a WEB up at the ceiling between themselves and the door.
.Upon reaching the top of the building, Spidey must then face off against the Goblin, who has planted a "super bomb", whose fuse is activated upon defeating a certain number of enemies and/or defusing a certain number of small bombs.^ The biggest question is who the villain will be that Spidey will have to face off against this time.
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 ^ We didn't know who to root for in this film; Spidey turned bad, Sandman, the bland Goblin Jr. Tobey's twin who became a bad guy right at the end?
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 ^ The stories didn't involve super-villains and such, but instead, people building atomic bombs, mind control chemicals, kidnappings, etc.
  • Spider-Man@Everything2.com 2 February 2010 17:20 UTC everything2.com [Source type: General]

 .Once the fuse is lit, there is a limited time to reach the super bomb before it detonates, claiming one of Spidey's lives.^ In "Spidey Meets the President!," one of the super hero's oldest enemies, the Chameleon, tries to stop Obama's swearing-in ceremony.
  • CBC News - Books - Spidey saves Inauguration Day for Obama in comic 6 February 2010 13:35 UTC www.cbc.ca [Source type: General]

 ^ The Green Goblin's set up time bombs on top of a building, and it's your job as Spider-Man to get those bombs before they detonate.
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 ^ Once it was in possession of Mister Negative, now it's fallen into the hands of the Living Vampire, and Spidey's on a quest to get it back!
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 .Upon defeating the Goblin (which involves simply avoiding him) and defusing his super bomb, the game starts over at the next level, which may feature faster-moving and/or more instances of the Green Goblin, taller buildings, taller scaffold sections or a quicker-depleting supply of web fluid.^ Poster features super villain Green Goblin on his glider.
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 ^ The game involves climbing a sky scraper, rescuing hostages and defusing bombs set by the Green Goblin.
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 ^ But all that changed when Peter was bitten by a radioactive spider during a science experiment leaving him with super-human powers and the ability to spin spider-webs.

 The building is also sometimes a different colour.

editSpider-Man series

Spider-Man · Doctor Doom's Revenge · The Amazing Spider-Man (Game Boy) · The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin · Spider-Man: The Video Game · The Amazing Spider-Man 2 · Return of the Sinister Six · Arcade's Revenge · Invasion of the Spider-Slayers · Lethal Foes · Maximum Carnage · Separation Anxiety · The Animated Series · Web of Fire · War of the Gems · Spider-Man (2000) · The Sinister Six · Mysterio's Menace · Enter Electro · Spider-Man (2002) · Spider-Man 2 · Ultimate Spider-Man · Battle for New York · Spider-Man 3 · Friend or Foe · Web of Shadows

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Spider-Man is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by writer and editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 in August 1962. The idea was that he would be an orphan being raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben as an ordinary teenager. He would deal with the normal struggles of being young as well as the struggles of being of a costumed crime fighter. His powers were that of super strength and agility, the ability to cling to almost every surface, the ability to shoot spider-webs using an device that he invented which he calls "web-shooters," and reacting to danger quickly with his "spider-sense", enabling him to combat many foes similar to that of a spider.

Spider-Man first appeared in the early 1960s when teenagers in superhero comic books were usually relegated to the role of sidekick to the protagonist. The series featured Peter Parker, a teenage high school student who sometimes suffered rejection, inadequacy, and loneliness, that most young readers could easily relate to.[1]:210 Unlike some teen heroes such as Bucky and Robin, Spider-Man never had any adult mentors Captain America and Batman to teach him to be an superhero and thus he had to learn for himself that "with great power comes great responsibility" — a quote that he would cherish from his late Uncle Ben after he died.

Marvel has featured Spider-Man in several comic book series such as The Amazing Spider-Man, Spectacular Spider-Man and Sensational Spider-Man and so on over the years. Peter Parker has developed himself from shy high school student to troubled but outgoing college student to married high school teacher but his most typical adult role is being a single freelance photographer. He was even part of the group the New Avengers, and the Fantastic Four. Spider-Man has had a lot of nicknames over the years such as being referred to as "Spidey," "web-slinger," "wall-crawler," or "web-head."

Spider-Man has been one of the most popular and commercially successful superheroes. Often considered to be Marvel's flagship character and company mascot, he has appeared in many forms of media such as animation and movies.

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Publication

The first time that Spider-Man (who is also known as) Peter Parker appeared was in the Amazing Fantasy #15 comic book in August 1962. Because of the success it had, Spider-Man obtains his own comic book series called The Amazing Spider-Man and others would soon be created such as Spectacular Spider-Man, Sensational Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man.

Fictional character biography

In Peter Parker's first appearance, he is introduced as an orphaned science whiz teenager living with his aunt and uncle in the Forest Hills section of New York City. He is a brilliant student but also gets picked on by his peers who accuse him of being a bookworm, and constantly gets bullied by Eugene "Flash" Thompson, who calls him "Puny Parker" and humiliate him daily. One day, he is bitten by a radioactive spider which then gives him his powers that turn him to Spider-Man.

As Spider-Man, he then becomes a successful TV star. The career then goes to his head that one day at a studio he refuses to stop a thief, saying that it is the job of the police, not that of a star. He thn returns home to learn that his beloved Uncle Ben, has been murdered and as Spider-Man he angrily sets off to capture the killer. When he does, he is horrified to find that the man is none other than the Burglar he refused to subdue. Learning that with great power comes great responsibility, Spider-Man becomes a vigilante. After his uncle died, Peter and his aunt become desperate for money, so he gets a job as a photographer at the Daily Bugle selling photos to J. Jonah Jameson, who seems to be jealous of Spider-Man and makes Spider-Man look bad in the paper. As he battles many enemies for his first time, Parker finds it difficult juggling both his personal life and costumed adventures at the same time. In time, he would then graduate from high school, and enroll at Empire State University, where he meets roommate and best friend Harry Osborn and his second girlfriend (having been romantically involved with Betty Brant before) Gwen Stacy, Peter also discovers his best friend Harry has a drug problem and that Harry's father is revealed to be one of Spider-Man's nemesis the Green Goblin, Peter then attempts to give up his costumed identity. In the course of his adventures though Spider-Man has made quite a few of friends and contacts within the superhero community, who often come to his aid when he faces problems that he cannot solve on his own.

His loved ones are frequently endangered by enemies which turns out to be an alien symbiote. After noticing the symbiotes true nature Peter then rejects the symbiote after a difficult struggle. In a controversial storyline, Peter becomes convinced that Ben Reilly, the Scarlet Spider who is actually a clone of Peter created by his college professor Miles Warren is the real Peter Parker, and that he, Peter, is actually the clone. Peter gives up the Spider-Man identity to Reilly for a while until Reilly is killed by the returning Green Goblin and revealed to be the clone after all. He for a little bit develops additional spider-like abilities including biological web-shooters, toxic stingers that extend from his forearms, the ability to stick individuals to his back, enhanced Spider-sense and night vision, and increased strength and speed. He even becomes a member of the New Avengers, and reveals his civilian identity to the world, which causes more problems such as Aunt May being shot. Due to his Aunt May almost dying, his marriage to Mary Jane and public unmasking are later erased due to a deal made with the demon Mephisto, resulting in several adjustments to the time line, such as the resurrection of Harry Osborn and Spider-Man original powers. After months of just Peter knowing Spider-Man's identity he then unmasks himself to the New Avengers and the Fantastic Four.

Spider-Man in pop culture

Spider-Man is one of the most well know superheroes ever created. He is normally considered to Marvel Comic's flagship character. His quote With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility is one of the most popular superhero quotes ever used. He has also been adopted in other media such as television and video games and most popularly Sam Raimi's film trilogy which includes Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, and Spider-Man 3.

Television

Spider-Man has appeared on television numerous times, in both live-action and animated television programs. In animation he has appeared in an 1967 television series named after him, he also appeared in Spidey Super Stories by the electric company, he appeared as an guest star in an Spider-Woman animated series. There was also an 1981 animated series of him and then an animated series called Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends soon after. And then in the Marvel Animation Age in 1994 there was another series about him and there wa an spin off of it called Spider-Man Unlimited. After the Sam Raimi movies there was an animated series of Spider-Man in MTV called Spider-Man: The New Animated Series and in 2008 there is an animated series called The Spectacular Spider-Man. It is also said that he will appear in The Super Hero Squad Show. In live action there is Amazing Spider-Man and an tokatsu series of Spider-Man in Japan.

Characters

Supporting characters in the Spider-Man series include:

  • Aunt May
  • Uncle Ben
  • Mary Jane Watson
  • J. Jonah Jameson
  • Robbie Robertson
  • John Jameson
  • Liz Allan
  • Black Cat
  • Flash Thompson
  • Betty Brant
  • Harry Osborn
  • Ned Leeds
  • Gwen Stacy
  • George Stacy
  • Ben Urich
  • Ben Reilly

Villains in the Spider man series include:

  • Venom
  • Sandman
  • Kingpin
  • Green Goblin
  • Hobgoblin
  • Doctor Octopus
  • The Lizard
  • Electro
  • Carnage
  • Mysterio
  • Vulture
  • Chameleon
  • Rhino
  • Shocker
  • Kraven The Hunter
  • Mr. Negative

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References

  1. ↑ Wright, Bradford W (2001). Comic Book Nation. Johns Hopkins Press. ISBN 0801874505. 
  2. ↑ "Sony and Marvel Studios Set New Release Dates!". Superhero Hype!. 2009-03-11. http://www.superherohype.com/news/spider-mannews.php?id=8161. Retrieved 2009-03-12. 

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