SPIDER-MAN
Name: Spider-Man
Spider-Man (Peter Benjamin Parker) is a fictional superhero in the Marvel
Universe. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first
appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962), and has since gone on to become one
of the most popular, enduring and commercially successful superheroes worldwide,
and is arguably Marvel's most famous character. When Spider-Man first appeared
in the early 1960s, teenagers in superhero comic books were usually relegated to
the role of sidekick to the series' main character -- Robin to Batman, Aqualad
to Aquaman and Speedy to Green Arrow. 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 relate.
Spider-Man has since appeared in various media, including several animated and
live-action television series, syndicated newspaper comic strips and a
successful series of films.
Marvel has featured Spider-Man in several differently-titled comic book series,
the first titled The Amazing Spider-Man. Over the years, the Peter Parker
character has developed from shy high school student to troubled college student
to a married teacher and a member of the superhero team the New Avengers. A
BusinessWeek article listed Spider-Man as one of the top ten most intelligent
fictional characters in American comics. In the Spider-Man film series, the
character is portrayed by actor Tobey Maguire.
Name: Spider-Man
Spider-Man (Peter Benjamin Parker) is a fictional superhero in the Marvel
Universe. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first
appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962), and has since gone on to become one
of the most popular, enduring and commercially successful superheroes worldwide,
and is arguably Marvel's most famous character. When Spider-Man first appeared
in the early 1960s, teenagers in superhero comic books were usually relegated to
the role of sidekick to the series' main character -- Robin to Batman, Aqualad
to Aquaman and Speedy to Green Arrow. 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 relate.
Spider-Man has since appeared in various media, including several animated and
live-action television series, syndicated newspaper comic strips and a
successful series of films.
Marvel has featured Spider-Man in several differently-titled comic book series,
the first titled The Amazing Spider-Man. Over the years, the Peter Parker
character has developed from shy high school student to troubled college student
to a married teacher and a member of the superhero team the New Avengers. A
BusinessWeek article listed Spider-Man as one of the top ten most intelligent
fictional characters in American comics. In the Spider-Man film series, the
character is portrayed by actor Tobey Maguire.