1+Spider-man

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For this assignment I chose to look at the original story of how Peter Parker, a high school student, becomes the superhero Spider-man. The main printed comics source was Spider-man’s debut in Marvel Comics //Amazing Fantasy #15// (AF) from 1962. I also looked at //The Amazing Spider-man// (AS) volume 1/issue 1 from 1963 and //The Ultimate Spider-man// volume 1 Power and Responsibility (USPR) from 2009 to see how the basic story was expanded upon. //Spider-man//, the first movie version, (SM) directed by Sam Raimi in 2002 with Tobey Maguire in the lead role was the film source. Episode 21 from the 1967 animated //Spider-man// cartoon series (SC) that gives the back story was also included as I felt it was an interesting transition between print and film.======

(Figure 1. Spider-man in web, 1967)

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I have concentrated on print and media portrayals that depict Spider-man's beginning, a common aspect of all sources. While the printed versions of Spider-man relate the basics of Peter Parker’s transformation and initial conflicts, USPR and the film go on to include encounters with super-villains that appear in later issues of AS, Ultimate Spider-man and SC episodes.======

Story Summaries Adaptation to Film Characters Critical Story Components What makes a Spider-man? Additional Spider-man Information Bibliography

Source codes: (these will appear at the bottom of each page for reference) AF (Amazing Fantasy #15, 1962 debut); AS (Amazing Spider-man, vol. 1 1963); USPR (Ultimate Spider-man, vol. 1 2009, Power and Responsibility); SM (Spider-man movie, 2002); SC (Spider-man cartoon, episode 21, 1967)