Everything about The Amazing Spider-man totally explained
The Amazing Spider-Man is an
American comic book series published by
Marvel Comics, and additionally a spin-off
television program and a daily
newspaper comic strip, all featuring the adventures of the
superhero Spider-Man.
Comic book
Spider-Man first appeared in the
comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962). The series was cancelled with that issue, but response to the character was so positive that a solo title,
The Amazing Spider-Man, was launched with a March 1963 cover-date.
The character was created by writer-editor
Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter
Steve Ditko, and the pair produced 38 issues from 1963 to 1966. Since then, many writers and artists have taken over the monthly comic through the years, chronicling the adventures of Marvel's most identifiable hero.
The Amazing Spider-Man is the character's flagship series. Most of the major characters and villains of the Spider-Man saga have been introduced here, and it's where key events occur. The title was published continuously until 1998 when Marvel Comics relaunched it with a new issue #1 (Jan. 1999), but on Spider-Man's 40th anniversary, this new title reverted to using the numbering of the original series, beginning again with issue #500 (Dec. 2003), and is currently published three times a month as part of Marvel's "Brand New Day" event.
Newspaper comic strip
The daily newspaper comic strip began on
January 3,
1977. It was first written by Spider-Man co-creator
Stan Lee and illustrated by
John Romita. The strip was surprisingly successful in an era with few serialized adventure strips. The strip slowly grew in circulation and
as of 2007 is still being published. Lee's brother
Larry Lieber illustrated and later wrote the strip for much of its run. In 1992,
Paul Ryan took over the penciling (with
Joe Sinnott inking) on the Sunday version of the strip, and drew that feature for just over three years. While the strip and the comic book feature the same characters, they don't share the same
continuity, and the strip has had a decreased emphasis on
supervillain enemies. A rare exception was the 1987 wedding of
Peter Parker and
Mary Jane Watson which occurred in both the comic book and the comic strip. Guest stars in the newspaper strip include
Wolverine,
Daredevil and
Dr. Strange. Villains include
Dr. Doom,
Kraven the Hunter, and
The Rhino. Stories from the strip have been reprinted in paperback and in
Comics Revue magazine.
Film
The 2004 movie
Spider-Man 2 was at one point tentatively titled
The Amazing Spider-Man, as was the animated series
The Spectacular Spider-Man.
Television program
Spidey got his shot at live-action TV stardom in April 1977, when he debuted in the
Amazing Spider-Man TV series.
Nicholas Hammond portrayed Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the short-lived series, which had started out as a series of TV-movies, obviously made to capitalize on the
The Incredible Hulk television series. The show was canceled a year after its debut.
Radio series
In 1995,
BBC Radio commissioned a Spider-Man 'audio book' which aired on BBC Radio 1 over 50 episodes on week days between
January 15 1996 and
March 24 1996. The performance was co-produced by
Brian May who also contributed to the musical arrangement and wrote and performed the theme tune.
The scope of the story included a number of familiar characters from the Spider-Man comic books as well as key figures from the Marvel "Heroes" universe such as
Fantastic Four,
Namor the Submariner, and
Doctor Doom.
The role of Spider-Man was performed by
William Dufries. Also included in the cast list was
EastEnders star
Anita Dobson.
Video and computer games
Numerous video and computer games have been released whereby the player controlled Spider-Man and had to do battle with various enemies.
Some specific examples:
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