Spider-Man is a fictional
superhero created by
writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared
in the anthology comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age
of Comic Books. He appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics,
as well as in a number of movies, television shows, and video game adaptations.
The character is conceived as an orphan within the Marvel Universe named Peter
Parker being raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his
parents Richard and Mary Parker were killed in a plane crash. Lee and Ditko
depicted the character as having to deal with the normal struggles of
adolescence and financial issues with a large array of supporting characters,
such as J. Jonah Jameson, Daily Bugle editor and smear campaigner of
Spider-Man; and classmates such as Flash Thompson, Harry Osborn and romantic
interests Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson. His origin story depicts him as
being bitten by a radioactive spider and thus acquiring spider-related
abilities, such as the ability to cling to most surfaces; shoot spider-webs
using wrist-mounted devices of his own invention, which he calls
"web-shooters"; and react to danger quickly with his
"spider-sense", enabling him to combat his many superpowered foes,
such as Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin and Venom. Originally, the character uses
these abilities for stardom, but after letting a burglar escape who is
responsible for shooting his uncle, he learns to use his power responsibly.
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. The Spider-Man series broke ground
by featuring Peter Parker, a high school student from Queens behind
Spider-Man's secret identity and with whose "self-obsessions with
rejection, inadequacy, and loneliness" young readers could relate.[9]
While Spider-Man had all the makings of a sidekick, unlike previous teen heroes
such as Bucky and Robin, Spider-Man had no superhero mentor like Captain
America and Batman; he thus had to learn for himself that "with great
power there must also come 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.
Marvel has featured Spider-Man
in several comic book series, the first and longest-lasting of which is titled The Amazing Spider Man Venom Comic Books.
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