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Spider-Man | |
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) |
Created by | |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Peter Benjamin Parker |
Species | Queens, New York City |
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Spider-Man is a
supervillain group.When Spider-Man first appeared in the early 1960s, teenagers in superhero comic books were usually relegated to the role of
The Peter Parker character developed significantly from 1962, when he was simply a science-wiz nerdy teenager who becomes Spider-Man, to a troubled college student in the late 1960s and 1970s, a married superhero from 1987 to 2007, a single freelance photographer in the late 2000s, and the leader of a multinational company in the mid-2010s. Doctor Octopus operates as the
Spider-Man is one of the most popular and commercially successful superheroes.
Publication history
Creation and development
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In Spider-Man: The Ultimate Guide (2001),
At the time, Lee only had to get the approval of Spider-Man from Marvel publisher
"[Goodman] 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."[20]
Goodman eventually agreed to a Spider-Man tryout in what Lee in numerous interviews recalled as what would be the final issue of Amazing Adult Fantasy, renamed
After the character's approval, Lee approached Kirby. In The Steve Ditko Reader, Theakston recounted that Kirby told Lee about an unpublished character on which he had collaborated with Joe Simon in the 1950s; that character's story was that an orphaned boy living with an old couple found a magic ring that grants him superhuman powers. After Kirby told Lee that story, the pair "immediately sat down for a story conference" according to Theakston, and Lee afterwards directed Kirby to flesh out the character and draw some pages with Ditko as the inker.[23][24] When Kirby showed Lee the first six pages, Lee recalled, "I hated the way he was doing it! Not that he did it badly—it just wasn't the character I wanted; it was too heroic."[23]: 12 After this, Lee turned to Ditko, who designed Parker as a skinny, awkward teenager as well as a visual style that Lee found satisfactory.[8] Ditko recalled:
One of the first things I did was to work up a costume. 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. ... 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. It would also add mystery to the character....[25]
Creation/contribution disputes
There had been many disputes regarding who created Spider-Man, whether it was Ditko or Lee, wholly Ditko, or Kirby. The following section is composed of those three's accounts, additionally including Stanton and Simon.
In a 1965 interview, Ditko described his and Lee's contributions as the latter having thought the name up, and the former doing the costume and the web part on wrist & spider signal.[26] At the time, Ditko shared a Manhattan studio with noted fetish artist Eric Stanton, an art-school classmate who, in a 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. But the whole thing was created by Steve on his own... I think I added the business about the webs coming out of his hands."[23]: 14 Kirby disputed Lee's version of the story and claimed Lee had minimal involvement in the character's creation, saying tthe idea for Spider-Man with him and and his partner
Commercial success
In late 1962, Goodman reviewed the sales figures of Amazing Fantasy #15 and was shocked to find it was one of Marvel's high-selling comic issues.
By late 1964, Ditko eventually began plotting the Amazing Spider-Man stories and draw them with Lee scripting the dialogue (first credited in issue 25, cover-dated June 1965); the pair were not on speaking terms by the time The Amazing Spider-Man #38 (July 1966) was completed, which became Ditko's final issue. As of April 2023[update], the exact reasons for the Ditko–Lee separation has not been fully explained: In a January 1966 interview with the New York Herald Tribune, Lee explained that he left Ditko alone to plot the Spider-Man stories, only filling in the dialogue;[31] in a 2010 deposition, John Romita Sr., who succeeded Ditko as Spider-Man artist and collaberated with Lee for issues #39–97 (Aug. 1966–Jun. Jun. 1971), described this: "[Lee and Ditko] ended up not being able to work together because they disagreed on almost everything, cultural, social, historically, everything, they disagreed on characters..."[32][33] It had been believed it was over the identity of the Green Goblin, a plotline that began with the character's introduction; Lee said he wanted to reveal Goblin as Norman Osborn and Ditko wanted to be a "nobody". The latter refuted that claim in one of his essays, having already planted Osborn in his art as a member of J. Jonah Jameson's club.[34][35][36] Ditko would later return to Marvel in the 1990s after a period at Charlton Comics, creating the character Speedball.
In 1968, Romita drew the character's extra-length stories in the comics magazine
In 1972, Marvel Comics successfully managed to launch a second monthly Spider-Man title, Marvel Team-Up, featuring Spider-Man teaming up with multiple Marvel Universe characters. The Spectacular Spider-Man magazine was revived as Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man in 1976. Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Sensational Spider-Man Other titles include Spidey (2015–2016) by Robbie Thompson, a comic book simply titled Spider-Man by Todd McFarlane, and Web of Spider-Man; Chip Zdarsky also wrote two alternate universe mini-series in 2019 and 2021: Spider-Man: Life Story and the What If? story Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow.
Wanting to break into show business, Stan Lee partnered with Grantray-Lawrence Animation to produce The Marvel Super Heroes (1966) animated series; Spider-Man was intended as part of the show's lineup, but was given a concurrently-produced solo series.[citation needed]
Fictional character biography
Early years
Peter Parker is introduced in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962) as a shy, nerdy science-wiz high school student that is bitten by a radioactive spider during a demonstration in radiology; gaining the porporationate strength, speed, and agility of a spider, Parker begins a television career as the Amazing Spider-Man to win money and
Despite his superpowers, Parker struggles to help his widowed Aunt May pay rent, is taunted by his peers—particularly football star Flash Thompson—and, as Spider-Man, engenders the editorial wrath of newspaper publisher J. Jonah Jameson and battles his enemies for the first time.[39][40][41] Parker finds juggling his personal life and costumed adventures difficult, but in time, graduates from high school and enrolls at Empire State University (a fictional institution evoking the real-life Columbia University and New York University).[42] [43] There, he meets roommate and best friend Harry Osborn, future girlfriend Gwen Stacy,[44] and Aunt May introduces him to Mary Jane Watson.[41][45][46] As Parker deals with Harry's drug problems, and Harry's father Norman is revealed to be Spider-Man's nemesis the Green Goblin, Parker attempts to give up his costumed identity for a while.[47][48][7]: 239
1970s
When Gwen Stacy's father, New York City Police Department detective captain George Stacy, is accidentally killed during a battle between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus, Parker's relationship with her becomes strained, a storyline which is eventually resolved.[49][50] During this time, the rules of the Comics Code Authority are loosened, allowing Spider-Man to fight vampiric or werewolf villains, like Morbius, the Living Vampire and Man-Wolf. ref from Man-Wolf's page to be added
In issue #121 (June 1973),[41] the Green Goblin throws Gwen Stacy from a tower of either the Brooklyn Bridge (as depicted in the art) or the George Washington Bridge (as given in the text).[51][52] She dies during Spider-Man's rescue attempt, Spider-Man swore revenge against his nemesis; a note on the letters page of issue #125 states: "It saddens us to say that the whiplash effect she underwent when Spidey's webbing stopped her so suddenly was, in fact, what killed her."[53] The following issue, Spider-Man vengefully attacks and overpowers the Green Goblin who appears to have accidentally killed himself in the ensuing battle.[54]
Working through his grief, Peter eventually develops tentative feelings toward Mary Jane, and the two "become confidants rather than lovers".[55] A romantic relationship eventually develops, with Parker proposing to her in issue #182 (July 1978), and being turned down an issue later.[56] Parker went on to graduate from college in issue #185,[41] and becomes involved with the shy Debra Whitman and the extroverted, flirtatious costumed thief Felicia Hardy / Black Cat,[57] whom he meets in issue #194 (July 1979). During this time, Aunt May suffers multiple heart attacks and is on the verge of death,[58] Parker confronts the Burglar who killed his Uncle Ben, who has teamed up with Mysterio, who immediately dies upon learning his secret identity.[59]
1980s
1990s
Early-to-mid 2000s
J. Michael Straczynski started writing The Amazing Spider-Man in 2001 with vol. 2 #30, employing Parker as a science teacher at Midtown High, reuniting him with Mary Jane Watson, and letting his Aunt May know his secret identity. Straczynski added new elements to the Spider-Man mythos by introducing Morlun, Ezekiel Sims, and the Other.
Spider-Man is a major player in the
Brand New Day, Big Time, and death
Events that occur during this time are
Nick Spencer's Amazing Spider-Man run
From mid-2018 to late 2021,
Zeb Wells' Amazing Spider-Man run
From October 2021 to March 2022, The Amazing Spider-Man was made thrice-monthly and features a format similar to Brand New Day, with a rotating cast of writers and artists–including XX. This format is for the storyline "Beyond" (#75–93), in which the revived Ben Reilly returns as Spider-Man with support from the Beyond Corporation; Peter falls into a coma for most of the run after receiving radioactive poison until waking up and resuming his active duties as Spider-Man while Ben suffers a mental breakdown and becomes the villain Chasm.[62]
Wells began a solo run with Amazing Spider-Man vol. 6, which involves Peter Parker having done an incident six months prior in its opening storyline. This is resolved in issues 21–26, revealing...(I don’t know).
Personality and themes
Powers, skills, and equipment
Supporting characters
In Peter Parker's civilian life, he is supported by his Aunt May and girlfriend Mary Jane "MJ" Watson. J. Jonah Jameson is the publisher of the
After Jameson retires,
Enemies
Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created long-lasting enemies for the young Spider-Man to face during their early-to-mid 1960s Amazing Spider-Man run. These enemies were:
- The Chameleon
- The Vulture
- Tinkerer
- Doctor Octopus
- Sandman
- the Lizard
- Electro
- the Enforcers (Fancy Dan)
- Big Man (Frederick Foswell)
- Green Goblin (Norman Osborn, Harry Osborn, Bart Hamilton, Phil Urich)
- Mysterio
- Kraven the Hunter
- Scorpion (Mac Gargan)
- Molten Man
Vulture, Doctor Octopus, Sandman, Electro, Mysterio, and Kraven the Hunter would form the supervillain team the Sinister Six. The Sinister Six would undergo several iterations and members, but Doctor Octopus would generally remain the leader.
Future writers/artists of Amazing Spider-Man would create further villains, such as:
- Hydro-Man
- Rhino
- Kingpin, who is popularly known as an enemy of Daredevil
- Shocker
- Prowler (Hobie Brown)
- Beetle (Janice Lincoln)
- Tombstone
- Hammerhead
- Jackal
- Morbius, the Living Vampire
- Hobgoblin (Ned Leeds, Phil Urich, Roderick Kingsley)
- love interestfor Peter
- Venom (Eddie Brock), who eventually becomes an antihero and stops being antagonistic
- Carnage (Cletus Kasady), Venom's offspring who later briefly bonds to Norman Osborn
- The Spot
- Taskmaster
- Jack O'Lantern
- Mister Negative
Alternate versions
On the mainstream
Marvel Comics publishes several alternate universe stories and imprints, during which an alternate Spider-Man appears. In the
Cultural impact and legacy
In The Creation of Spider-Man, comic book writer-editor and historian Paul Kupperberg calls the character's superpowers "nothing too original"; what was original was that outside his secret identity, he was a "nerdy high school student".[63]: 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".[63]: 6 One interviewee of the 1965 Esquire poll of college campuses selected Spider-Man because he was "beset by woes, money problems, and the question of existence. In short, he is one of us."[7]: 223
When Marvel wanted to issue a story dealing with the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the company chose the December 2001 issue of The Amazing Spider-Man.[64] In 2006, Spider-Man garnered major media coverage with the revelation of the character's secret identity,[65] an event detailed in a full-page story in the New York Post before the issue containing the story was released.[66]
Spider-Man became the archetype for angsty adolescent heroes and the most imitated character in the superhero genre since Superman debuted in 1938.[67]
Effect on Steve Ditko's career
After leaving The Amazing Spider-Man, Ditko was a recluse and Ayn Rand objectivist who isolated himself while his characters, Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, were being adapted for film franchises; Ditko spent his last years writing essays about his beliefs and hatred of comic book fans, until his lonely death in June 2018.
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Comic book reception
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi (April 16, 2015). "The Insufferable Spider-Man". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
In other media
Since his conception in 1962, Spider-Man has been featured in various
Spider-Man has also appeared in video games, with a notable video game version being
See also
Further reading
References
- ^ Amazing Spider-Man #434
- ^ Spider-Man #91
- ^ Spectacular Spider-Man #257
- ^ Sensational Spider-Man #27
- ^ Amazing Spider-Man Annual #36 and Amazing Spider-Man #149–151
- ^ What If? (vol. 2) #31
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8018-7450-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-0756641238.
Deciding that his new character would have spider-like powers, [Stan] Lee commissioned Jack Kirby to work on the first story. Unfortunately, Kirby's version of ... Peter Parker proved too heroic, handsome, and muscular for Lee's everyman hero. Lee turned to Steve Ditko, ... who designed a skinny, awkward teenager with glasses.
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- Fly, which Joe Simon had done for Archie Comics. [Lee] called [Kirby] about it but I don't know what was discussed. I never talked to [Kirby] about Spider-Man... Later, at some point, I was given the job of drawing Spider-Man.
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- ^ 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 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".
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- ^ Sanderson, Marvel Universe, p. 84, notes, "[W]hile the script described the site of Gwen's demise as the George Washington Bridge, the art depicted the Brooklyn Bridge, and there is still no agreement as to where it actually took place."
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External links
- Official website
- Spider-Man at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Peter Parker (Earth-616) on Marvel Database, a Marvel Comics wiki