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This article is about the Marvel Comics character. For other uses, see Spider-Man (disambiguation).
Spider-Man
Promotional art for The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 2, #50 (April 2003)
by J. Scott Campbell and Tim Townsend.
Publisher
Marvel Comics
First appearance
Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962)
Created by
Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
Characteristics
Alter ego
Peter Benjamin Parker
Team
affiliations
New Avengers
Daily Bugle
Secret Avengers
"New Fantastic Four"
Notable aliases
Ricochet, Dusk, Prodigy, Hornet, Captain Universe, Ben Reilly
Abilities
Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, and durability
Gifted intellect
Ability to stick to solid surfaces
Clairvoyant "spider-sense"
Night vision
Accelerated healing factor
Toxic stingers that extend from forearms
Ability to produce both organic and synthetic spider-webbing
Spider-Man (Peter Benjamin Parker) is a fictional, comic-book superhero in the Marvel Comics 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 saw print in the early 1960s, teenagers in superhero comic books were usually sidekicks. The Spider-Man series broke ground by featuring Peter Parker, a hero who himself was an adolescent, to whose "self-obsessions with rejection, inadequacy, and loneliness" young readers could relate.[1] 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 published several Spider-Man comic book series, the first being 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.[2] In the Spider-Man film series, the character is portrayed by actor Tobey Maguire.
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