By James Aquilone on May 3rd, 2007
There are actually 73 reasons to love Spider-Man, but due to time constraints and laziness I have reduced them to the 4 most important. If you have other reasons for loving Spidey, please share them.
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Superman pretended to be a nerd. Spider-Man was a nerd. Peter Parker was a socially inept kid, a complete dork that you could relate to. That was the brilliance of Stan Lee‘s creation and the only reason why Tobey Maguire can star in a superhero movie without being laughed off the screen. It also put every geek on the lookout for a radioactive spider.
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| 2) The Villains
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You can be the coolest superhero in the universe, but if your enemies are crap, then you might as well hang it up. From Doc Ock to the Lizard to Sandman, Spider-Man battles the baddest baddies. The Green Goblin scared the pants off me as a kid, so it was probably good that Venom wasn’t around during my childhood years.
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| 3) The Suit
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A superhero is only as good as his costume. If you have a lame get-up, you have a lame superhero. Whether it’s black or red and blue, Spidey has one of the most kick-ass costumes in comicdom. There’s an Iron Spider-Man suit kicking around now that I’m not too crazy about, but two out of three ain’t bad. Either way, Spidey is all about the suit.
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| 4) The Theme
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“Spider-Man, Spider-Man / Does whatever a spider can / Spins a web, any size / Catches thieves just like flies / Look out, here comes the Spider-Man…” In its toe-tapping elegance, the theme to the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon has been branded into the synapses of every Spidey fan. And we wouldn’t have it any other way.
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May 4th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
When I was a kid I was obsessed with the live action show. I also loved the cartoon Spiderman and his Amazing Friends. I can’t say that I love Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker but I am a spider fan!
May 7th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Explain “obsessed”…
June 9th, 2009 at 12:13 am
A 5th one is his funny remarks.I love when he paires up with another hero and makes fun of both he/she and the bad guys.Its so funny when he’s with deadpool.
6th is he is a scientist…Enough said.
June 13th, 2010 at 9:08 am
He has had some great cartoons, i remember fondly the spiderman and friends version with iceman and firestar, i loved it as a kid