Stan Lee wanted a teenage superhero, as a way to cut out the middleman of the DC superhero model by simply dropping the adult hero altogether and making the sidekick the main character. ![]() Stan Lee, who’d been with Marvel since the early 1940s, was now Editor-in-Chief, and Jack Kirby his go-to artist. ![]() From Simon/Kirby’s first issue of The Fly. Kirby nixed the name Silver Spider, suggesting Spiderman instead, which they briefly ran with before ultimately re-working and re-naming the character The Fly. He wishes upon a ring he finds in a magical spider web and is transformed into the adult superhero Silver Spider, fighting crime with a gun which shoots webs. Simon recruited Kirby to re-team once more, and they revisited an old idea of their’s about a young orphaned boy living with an old couple. Then Archie Comics approached Simon about creating a new superhero for them since DC was having success reviving all of its old superheroes. Simon went to work in advertising and Kirby caught on with DC Comics. Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created Captain America together for Marvel (then called Timely Comics) in 1940, but by 1959 they had split up as partners. The actual origins for Spider-Man go back over a decade earlier and don’t involve Stan Lee at all. The problem with Stan Lee’s story about how he created Spider-Man – the story included in the above clip – is that by his own admission he’s told this version of events so many times not even he knows if it’s true anymore. So, let’s go way back to the beginning and look at some notable as well as lesser-known elements of Spidey’s 52-year comic book history: 1. We still don’t know for sure who actually created Spider-Man In fact, the popularity of his films (and many, many, many animated shows over the years) might obscure his actual comic book history. Spider-Man is also the star of six theatrical films which have grossed a combined $4.84 billion worldwide since 2002. He’s the character you could relate to, escaping into the fantastical world of mad scientists and insane villains flying around on gliders while identifying with a main character who has to worry about paying the rent, holding down a job, being there for his friends and family, and enduring constant heartbreak. 1962) before anchoring his own solo line The Amazing Spider-Man (March 1963), Spider-Man has long been the poster boy and franchise character for Marvel Comics. ![]() Premiering in the final issue of Amazing Fantasy (#15, Aug.
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