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0:00This is Spider-Man's first comic, and
0:02if you compare it to the most popular
0:04superheroes of the era, everything
0:06indicated it was destined to fail.
0:08Superman and Captain America were
0:09strong, confident, and almost perfect
0:11adults. Peter Parker, on the other hand
0:13, was an insecure teenager who was
0:15bullied, had money problems, and could
0:17barely manage his own life. But the
0:19exact opposite happened. Spider-Man
0:21ended up becoming the favorite
0:23superhero of millions and forever
0:25changed how these stories are told.
0:28That insecure teenager would face off
0:30against villains as famous as the Green
0:32Goblin, Dr. Octopus, Venom, and the
0:33Punisher. But his comics would also
0:36dare to touch on much harsher topics
0:39like depression, substance abuse,
0:41self-harm, and the abuse of the
0:43innocent. And bringing him to the big
0:46screen would be just as complicated.
0:47For years, they tried to make his movie
0:49with directors like James Cameron and
0:51Tim Burton, and actors like Leonardo
0:53DiCaprio and Tom Cruise. There was even
0:56a horror version that Stan Lee hated.
0:59So, how did Spider-Man go from being a
1:02rejected idea to becoming Marvel's most
1:05important character? That is precisely
1:08what we are going to discover. We will
1:10learn the origins of his most famous
1:12characters and villains. We will also
1:14review some of his craziest storylines
1:16with clones, pregnancies, fake deaths,
1:18and romances worthy of a soap opera.
1:21And we will also go behind the scenes
1:23to learn about the movies that were
1:25never made, the most surprising stories
1:27from the sets, the fights between
1:29Marvel and Sony, and the possibility of
1:31Andrew Garfield being the official
1:32Spider-Man of the Avengers. All to
1:35answer one question. After so many
1:38decades, so many versions, and hundreds
1:41of superheroes, why is Spider-Man still
1:43one of our favorites? It all begins
1:45with Stanley Martin Lieber, a boy with
1:48a passion for reading. Among his
1:50favorite stories were Sherlock Holmes,
1:53about a detective chasing criminals;
1:55King Arthur, where a young man gains
1:57great power accompanied by huge
1:59responsibility; and The Spider, a
2:01masked vigilante who marks his victims
2:03with a spider symbol. Over time, that
2:06passion for stories awakened in him the
2:08dream of becoming a writer. However, he
2:11only manages to get a job at Timely
2:13Comics, where he starts as an assistant
2:15to Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, the
2:17creators of Captain America. That's
2:20right, contrary to what many might
2:22think, Stanley did not create all the
2:23characters that would later become part
2:25of the Marvel universe. In fact, there
2:29is still a great debate about who was
2:31the true creator of Spider-Man, and you
2:33will soon see why. Since Stanley was
2:35ashamed of working on comics, he
2:37decided to save his real name for the
2:39novels he planned to write one day.
2:41That is why, to sign these comics, he
2:43adopted the pseudonym Stan Lee. While
2:46working with Kirby and Simon, he
2:47learned the formula that superheroes of
2:49the era followed. They had to be strong
2:51, brave, and practically perfect, like
2:54Captain America or Superman. So, over
2:56time, he began to grow within the
2:58company. Stan wrote the stories while
3:00other artists took charge of drawing
3:02them, and that is where he created
3:04characters like The Destroyer. But in
3:06the 50s, something changed in people,
3:09and interest in superheroes began to
3:12fade. This was partly because, after
3:15World War II, the public was
3:16disillusioned and no longer connected
3:18the same way with those perfect heroes.
3:22So the company bet on darker and more
3:24varied genres with western, horror, and
3:27sci-fi stories in titles like Journey
3:29into Mystery, Strange Tales, and Tales
3:31of Suspense. But soon, even that didn't
3:34work. Comics sold less and less, and
3:37the company was on the verge of closing
3:39. And since Stan had never wanted to
3:41work in comics and was already thinking
3:44about quitting, his wife told him, "If
3:46you're going to leave anyway, why don't
3:48you write the stories you would
3:50actually like to read?" With little to
3:54lose, Stanley and Jack Kirby returned
3:56to superheroes and created a very
3:58different team: the Fantastic Four.
4:01Unlike the perfect heroes of the past,
4:03they argued, made mistakes, and had
4:05personal problems. They were more human
4:07, and that is why readers connected
4:09with them. The Fantastic Four became a
4:12success and saved the company, but
4:14perhaps more importantly, they finally
4:17made Stan fall in love with writing
4:19comics. After the Fantastic Four, the
4:22publisher adopted the name Marvel and
4:25returned to betting on superheroes, now
4:27within the same universe. To expand
4:30them, Stan created characters like Hulk
4:32and Thor, but his boss still wanted one
4:34more. One that would change the history
4:37of Marvel forever, and that would be
4:39Spider-Man. Pay close attention to this
4:47, because this is where the story of
4:48who created Spider-Man starts to get
4:50complicated. According to Stan Lee, one
4:53day he was in his office looking for an
4:55idea for his next hero when he saw a
4:57fly crawling up the wall. Then he
5:00thought, "What if I could create
5:02someone capable of climbing walls like
5:04an insect?" What would a superhero like
5:06that be called? Flyman, Insectman. They
5:10sounded quite ridiculous. Until he
5:12remembered The Spider, the vigilante
5:14from the magazines he read as a child.
5:16Thus was born a hero with the agility
5:19and the ability of a spider to stick to
5:22walls. And the perfect name also
5:24appeared: Spider-Man. But Stan wanted
5:26to do something different. He realized
5:29that many teenagers read comics, but
5:30none of the heroes were really like
5:32them. Back then, protagonists were
5:35almost always adults and the youth were
5:37relegated to the role of sidekicks.
5:41This time, Stan wants the teenager to
5:43be the hero, and not a perfect one, but
5:46someone with age-appropriate issues
5:48like acne, bullying, insecurities, and
5:50trouble talking to girls. This way,
5:53readers can admire him, but also see
5:56themselves reflected in him. But when
5:58he told his boss, he didn't like the
6:01idea at all. He told him that people
6:04hate spiders, that Spider-Man sounds
6:06too much like Superman, and that nobody
6:08wants to read about a weak, ordinary
6:11teenager. His boss rejected the idea,
6:13but Spider-Man stayed stuck in Stan's
6:15mind. No matter how much time passes,
6:18he just can't let go of the character.
6:21Then he discovers that Amazing Fantasy,
6:23a series of short stories, is about to
6:25be canceled. Since he has nothing left
6:28to lose, he takes advantage of its
6:30final issue, number 15, to introduce
6:33Spider-Man. But for that, he needs to
6:35give shape to the character. And pay
6:38close attention, because this is where
6:40the story of who really created
6:42Spider-Man starts to get complicated.
6:44First, Stan turns to the artist Jack
6:46Kirby. Then, Kirby tells him that years
6:49ago he had worked on a similar
6:51superhero called The Silver Spider. In
6:53fact, at the beginning, they had even
6:55thought about calling him Spider-Man.
6:57The protagonist was Tommy Troy, an
6:59orphan boy who lived with an elderly
7:02couple and found a magic ring capable
7:04of transforming him into an adult.
7:07However, the character had very little
7:09to do with a spider, and the
7:10editor-in-chief thought it had no
7:12potential. A decision he would surely
7:15end up regretting. But the idea didn't
7:17disappear completely. Over time, it
7:20evolved to become another superhero,
7:22The Fly, created in part by Kirby. This
7:25character could climb walls and had
7:27abilities very similar to those
7:28Spider-Man would later have. For this
7:31reason, years later, Kirby would claim
7:33that he had created the first version
7:35of the spider-man. And of course, there
7:38are definitely some similarities.
7:40However, when Stan asks Kirby to design
7:42the character, the result doesn't
7:44convince him. Kirby imagines Spider-Man
7:47as a strong, muscular hero, too similar
7:50to Captain America, and he even gives
7:52him a gun to shoot his webs. Since that
7:56isn't the image he has in mind, Stan
7:58turns to another artist, Steve Ditko.
8:02Ditko understands much better what he
8:03is looking for. He draws Peter as a
8:06skinny, hunched teenager with glasses,
8:09very far from the typical perfect hero.
8:12Also, he transforms Kirby's gun into
8:15two small devices worn on the wrists,
8:18from which Peter shoots his webs as if
8:20he were truly a spider. Ditko also
8:23designs the red and blue suit and makes
8:25an unusual decision for the time: to
8:27completely cover the hero's face. This
8:30way, no one can tell how old Spider-Man
8:32is, and any reader can imagine
8:33themselves under the mask. As you can
8:36see, each of these men contributed to
8:38the creation of the character, so it is
8:40difficult, if not impossible, to say
8:42that one person alone deserves the
8:43credit for creating Spider-Man. With
8:46the character ready, Stan finishes
8:47polishing his origin story. And in
8:50August 1962, in the final issue of
8:52Amazing Fantasy, the world meets
8:54Spider-Man. In this first comic, we
8:57meet Peter Parker, a 15-year-old
8:59teenager living in Queens with his
9:01Uncle Ben and Aunt May, who raised him
9:03since he lost his parents. And right
9:05here we find the first stage of
9:06Spider-Man's story: adolescence. In it,
9:09Peter is brilliant, shy, and studious,
9:11but also insecure, impulsive, and
9:13somewhat arrogant. He is bullied at
9:15school and still does not understand
9:17the weight of his decisions. Everything
9:19changes during a science exhibit when a
9:21radioactive spider bites him, giving
9:23him agility and the ability to climb
9:24walls. Using his knowledge, Peter
9:27builds some web-shooters. However, he
9:29is not yet thinking about becoming a
9:31hero. What he wants is to earn money,
9:33become famous, and prove that he is no
9:35longer the weak kid everyone mocked.
9:37That is why he decides to enter a
9:39wrestling competition, where his
9:40performance impresses a producer so
9:42much that he invites him to appear on
9:44television. To do so, Peter designs a
9:47red and blue suit and adopts a new
9:49identity. Spider-Man. The character
9:53quickly becomes a sensation, and the
9:55fame starts to go to his head. For that
9:58reason, one night, when he sees a thief
10:00escaping and a policeman asks him to
10:02stop him, Peter refuses. He says he is
10:05tired of taking orders and that from
10:07now on he will only worry about one
10:09person: himself. Thus, the thief
10:11manages to escape. A few days later,
10:13Peter receives terrible news. A thief
10:15surprised his Uncle Ben, and when he
10:17tried to stop him, he lost his life.
10:20Dressed as Spider-Man, Peter goes out
10:22in search of the culprit, but upon
10:24capturing him, he discovers it is the
10:26same thief he let escape days earlier,
10:28and then he understands what really
10:31happened. Ben, without powers and no
10:34way to defend himself, tried to stop
10:36the thief and lost his life. Peter,
10:38however, did have the strength to stop
10:41him, but he chose not to. From that
10:43moment on, he realizes that having
10:45power also means using it to protect
10:47those who cannot defend themselves. In
10:50other words, with great power comes
10:52great responsibility. That is how the
10:56first comic ends, but Spider-Man's
10:59story is just beginning because,
11:01against all odds, Amazing Fantasy
11:03number 15 becomes the publisher's
11:05best-selling issue. Seeing the success,
11:09Stan’s boss calls him to his office
11:11and says, "Stan, remember that
11:12character we liked so much? We need to
11:15give him his own series." And so, a few
11:18months later, The Amazing Spider-Man
11:20comic hits the stands. The first issue
11:24of The Amazing Spider-Man makes it
11:26clear that Peter is not a perfect hero,
11:27but a young man with very real problems
11:29. After Uncle Ben's death, Aunt May
11:32doesn't have the money to pay the bills
11:34. Peter wants to help her, and for a
11:36moment, he even considers robbing a
11:38bank. In the end, he regrets it because
11:40he doesn't want to become a criminal.
11:42The problem is that the publisher of
11:44the Daily Bugle is already convinced
11:45that Spider-Man is a criminal, and thus
11:47begins a campaign to present him to the
11:49city as a threat. And with this dynamic
11:52, one of the most recognizable and
11:54entertaining characters in the series
11:55appears: J. Jonah Jameson. As the story
11:59progresses, many others will be added,
12:00making the Spider-Man universe grow
12:02more and more. One of them is Flash
12:04Thompson, the star of the school's
12:05football team. Flash constantly teases
12:08Peter and calls him "Puny Parker." The
12:11irony is that he is also Spider-Man's
12:13number one fan, not knowing he has been
12:15bullying his favorite superhero the
12:17whole time. Also, to spark interest in
12:20this new character, Marvel includes the
12:23Fantastic Four in the first issue of
12:25The Amazing Spider-Man. Peter needs
12:27money and tries to join the team
12:28because he thinks they will pay him,
12:30but they explain that they don't even
12:32receive a salary. Here is a curious
12:34detail. If you notice, many of Marvel's
12:36first characters get their powers
12:38thanks to radiation. Peter is bitten by
12:40a radioactive spider. The Fantastic
12:43Four are exposed to cosmic rays. Hulk
12:46is born from gamma radiation, and
12:48Sandman changes after coming into
12:50contact with a nuclear reactor. And
12:52this is no coincidence. These stories
12:56appeared in the middle of the Cold War,
12:58when atomic bombs and nuclear energy
13:00generated as much fear as fascination.
13:03For the third issue of The Amazing
13:05Spider-Man, Stan Lee wants to create a
13:07villain who can really put Spider-Man
13:09on the ropes, someone capable of
13:11matching him in both intelligence and
13:13strength. Thus, one of his most iconic
13:16enemies is born, Doctor Octopus, a
13:18brilliant scientist who builds a
13:20harness with four mechanical arms.
13:23After an accident, the tentacles become
13:25fused to his body and he begins using
13:27them to commit crimes. If you think
13:29about it, even visually, they seem made
13:31to face each other. A spider against an
13:33octopus. Two creatures with eight limbs
13:36. Shortly after, in issue 14,
13:39Spider-Man's great archenemy, the Green
13:41Goblin, appears. He is one of Marvel's
13:44most famous villains, and part of this
13:46is due to his physical appearance.
13:48Originally, Stan Lee wanted the Goblin
13:51to be a demon or mythological creature,
13:53but Ditko insisted he be an ordinary
13:56human in a terrifying costume. The
13:58Green Goblin wants to become the leader
14:00of the criminal underworld, but to do
14:02so, he needs to eliminate Spider-Man.
14:04To achieve this, he tricks him with a
14:07fake offer to star in a movie for $
14:0950,000, a fortune for Peter and his
14:12financial problems. However, the
14:14supposed film shoot turns out to be an
14:17ambush where Hulk also appears. In the
14:20midst of the chaos, the Goblin escapes
14:22and Peter discovers the movie will
14:23never be made because the producer
14:25decided to replace Hulk with Spider-Man
14:26. The curious thing is that in this
14:29issue, it is never revealed who is
14:30behind the Green Goblin's mask, so
14:31readers begin to come up with their own
14:33theories. Some believe it could be J.
14:35Jonah Jameson or even Uncle Ben. And as
14:38that mystery continues to grow, Stan
14:40Lee and Steve Ditko realize Peter
14:42cannot stay in high school forever.
14:44They want him to grow with the story so
14:46that readers can accompany him through
14:48each new stage. That is why, in issue
14:5131, both Peter and the comic enter a
14:53second stage: young adulthood. Peter
14:56begins college, and with it come new
14:58romances and increasingly serious
15:01problems, such as substance abuse. At
15:04college, he meets Harry Osborn, a rich
15:06and cocky young man who lives
15:07frustrated because he feels his father
15:09despises him, though we still don't
15:11know who that father is. He also meets
15:14Gwen Stacy. At first, she and Harry
15:16treat him with contempt, but Peter is
15:18no longer the shy, insecure high school
15:20kid. Now he has more confidence and
15:22knows how to stand up for himself.
15:24Furthermore, Peter seems to be the only
15:26guy who pays no attention to Gwen,
15:27which makes her start to become
15:29interested in him. Over time, the three
15:31end up becoming great friends, although
15:33something more begins to arise between
15:35Peter and Gwen. In the midst of this,
15:37problems begin behind the scenes. Stan
15:40Lee and Steve Ditko no longer agree on
15:42the direction of the character or on
15:44who deserves the credit for his
15:46creation. So Ditko ends up leaving the
15:49series. Taking his place is John Romita
15:52Senior, who gives the comic a fresh
15:53look. And that is noticeable from his
15:56first issue, number 39, where he picks
15:58up the Green Goblin mystery. After more
16:00than 30 issues and almost 2 years, the
16:02revelation finally arrives. The Goblin
16:04captures Spider-Man, removes his mask,
16:06and discovers that he is actually Peter
16:08Parker. Convinced that he has already
16:10won, he unmasks himself as well. The
16:12Green Goblin is Norman Osborn, Harry's
16:15father. Peter manages to break free and
16:17they both face off. During the fight,
16:19they cause an explosion that leaves
16:21Norman unconscious. When he wakes up,
16:24he has forgotten that Peter is
16:25Spider-Man and that he himself is the
16:27Green Goblin. After this great start,
16:30Romita introduces new villains like
16:31Rhino, Shocker, and Kingpin. To create
16:34Kingpin, Stan Lee was looking for
16:35something different, an enemy who
16:37wasn't a mad scientist or a mutant, but
16:39a criminal who could exist in the real
16:40world. To design him, Romita was
16:42inspired by the actor Sydney
16:43Greenstreet in the movie The Maltese
16:45Falcon. And thus Wilson Fisk is born,
16:48the great crime boss of New York.
16:51Kingpin has no superpowers; his
16:52strength lies in his enormous size, his
16:54intelligence, his money, and the army
16:56of criminals he controls. Also, since
16:58Romita has a special talent for drawing
17:00female characters, he starts giving
17:01more weight to Peter's romances. And so
17:05, in issue 42, Peter finally meets Mary
17:07Jane Watson, a redhead who enters the
17:09story with one of the most famous lines
17:11in comics. Face it, tiger, you just hit
17:14the jackpot. However, at first, Peter
17:17and Mary Jane decide to remain just
17:18friends. Peter is in love with Gwen,
17:20and in issue 59, they finally start a
17:22relationship. Meanwhile, Mary Jane
17:25starts dating Harry Osborn. Today, when
17:28we think of Peter Parker's great love,
17:30Mary Jane almost always comes to mind,
17:32in large part thanks to Sam Raimi's
17:342000s films. But in the early comics,
17:36Gwen Stacy was Peter's great love, and
17:38everything seemed to indicate that she
17:40was his soulmate; what could go wrong?
17:42At the same time, Spider-Man makes the
17:44jump from comics to television with his
17:46first animated series, and his
17:48popularity skyrockets. The series
17:50leaves behind a theme song that
17:51everyone recognizes decades later.
17:55And it also gives us one of the most
17:57famous memes on the internet. In the
17:59episode "Double Identity," a criminal
18:00disguises himself as Spider-Man, and
18:02when the real one appears, they both
18:04point, saying, "That man is an impostor
18:06.""Meanwhile, in the comics, the drama
18:08reaches one of its most intense moments
18:10with the return of Doctor Octopus.
18:12During the final battle, one of his
18:14mechanical arms causes a building to
18:16collapse. The debris is about to crush
18:18a child, but George Stacy, Gwen's
18:20father and former police captain,
18:22manages to save him and takes the
18:24impact instead. As he lies dying,
18:26George asks Spider-Man to take care of
18:27his daughter. So at that moment, Peter
18:30understands that George always knew who
18:32was hiding behind the mask. The problem
18:34is that Gwen believes Spider-Man is
18:36responsible for her father's death, and
18:38Peter, who already blames himself for
18:40not being able to save him, is
18:42devastated to hear her blame Spider-Man
18:44. And the relationship between them
18:45breaks down. Gwen feels abandoned, and
18:48in issue 93, she moves to London to try
18:50to overcome the loss, but Peter cannot
18:52forget her. He travels to England to
18:56find her, and finally, Gwen returns to
18:58New York. While all this is happening
19:01within Peter's story, outside the pages
19:03, Stan Lee receives an unexpected
19:04request. The National Institute of
19:07Mental Health proposes using the comic
19:09to talk about drug use, and he loves
19:11the idea of using his stories to touch
19:13on real problems. The problem is that
19:15the Comics Code Authority, in charge of
19:17approving comic book content, does not
19:19allow the topic to be mentioned. Even
19:21so, Stan decides to publish the story
19:23without their seal. In it, Harry goes
19:26through one of the worst moments of his
19:28life. Mary Jane breaks up with him and
19:30starts flirting with his best friend,
19:32Peter. At the same time, his
19:34relationship with his father worsens
19:35and the pressure of college starts to
19:36overwhelm him. Desperate to escape it
19:39all, he accepts some pills offered to
19:41him by a classmate. As Harry falls
19:43deeper into addiction, Norman Osborn
19:45also loses control. The pain over what
19:48his son is going through reawakens the
19:50Green Goblin, who recovers his memories
19:52and returns to seek revenge against
19:54Peter. Readers love that Spider-Man
19:57dares to talk about such real topics;
19:59however, this is also one of the last
20:02stories Stan writes for the character,
20:04as after almost 10 years, he stops
20:06being the lead writer and goes on to
20:09run Marvel. The series is left in the
20:12hands of other writers who begin to
20:13take it down increasingly mature and
20:15dark paths. Thus we enter the third
20:18stage, adulthood, where Peter loses
20:20people he loves, gets married, faces
20:22increasingly disturbing enemies, and
20:24learns that no matter how hard he tries
20:26, he won't always be able to save
20:28everyone. And so we reach issue 121 of
20:31The Amazing Spider-Man, where one of
20:33the most painful arcs in history begins
20:36. The Green Goblin captures Gwen Stacy
20:39and takes her to the top of a bridge.
20:42Spider-Man arrives to rescue her, but
20:44during the fight, Norman throws her
20:46into the void. Peter shoots a web and
20:49manages to stop her fall. For an
20:50instant, he thinks he has saved her,
20:52but next to Gwen's neck a single word
20:54appears," snap, "and when he pulls her
20:56back up, he discovers she is no longer
20:58breathing. The most tragic part is that
21:01Marvel confirms Gwen did not die from
21:03the fall. She died because the web
21:05stopped her body abruptly, but her head
21:07kept moving, and the impact broke her
21:09neck. In other words, by trying to save
21:13her, Peter ended up causing her death.
21:16Gwen's death changes superhero stories
21:18forever. Until that moment, the beloved
21:20person was almost always rescued at the
21:22last second. This time, Spider-Man did
21:24everything possible to save her and
21:26still couldn't prevent the tragedy,
21:28because no matter how many powers he
21:30has, Peter is still human. From then on
21:33, Spider-Man's stories start to become
21:35darker and introduce increasingly
21:36complex characters. Thus, in issue 129
21:39of The Amazing Spider-Man, Frank Castle
21:42, better known as The Punisher, appears
21:45for the first time. To create him, they
21:47were inspired by Mack Bolan, the
21:49protagonist of the novel The
21:50Executioner, a Vietnam War veteran
21:52whose family was murdered by the mafia.
21:55They also took elements from vigilante
21:56cinema, very popular in the 70s, where
21:58ordinary men decided to take justice
22:00into their own hands and operate above
22:02the law. Thus was born Frank Castle,
22:05another Vietnam veteran who, after
22:06losing his family at the hands of the
22:08mafia, vows to end criminals by
22:09resorting to violence and murder. Over
22:12time, The Punisher becomes one of
22:14Marvel's most popular anti-heroes, and
22:17in 1986, he gets his own comic book
22:19series. But let's return to Stan Lee.
22:22As head of Marvel, he promotes a new
22:23series to bring together his most
22:25popular heroes, Marvel Team-Up. And
22:28since Spider-Man is already a fan
22:29favorite, he becomes its main
22:31protagonist, sharing adventures with
22:32characters like the Human Torch, the
22:34X-Men, and Thor. From here on, Peter's
22:36adventures are no longer told solely in
22:38The Amazing Spider-Man. Little by
22:40little, other series appear, such as
22:42Peter Parker: The Spectacular
22:43Spider-Man and Spidey Super Stories.
22:46With so many stories being published at
22:48the same time, the world of Spider-Man
22:49starts to grow in different directions
22:51and becomes increasingly difficult to
22:52follow. But this expansion will also
22:55have a great advantage. Over the years,
22:57Marvel would accumulate hundreds of
22:59characters, villains, and plotlines.
23:01Thus, when Spider-Man reached the big
23:03screen, the movies had plenty of
23:05material to choose from. By then, the
23:07character was already everywhere. His
23:09face appeared on action figures,
23:10underwear, vitamins, and even rolls of
23:12toilet paper. In 1977, he made the leap
23:15to television with live-action actors.
23:18The first movie was so successful that
23:19CBS decided to turn it into a series
23:21starring Nicholas Hammond. That same
23:24year, Stan Lee brought Spider-Man to
23:25another medium: newspapers. With his
23:28own comic strip, the character reached
23:30millions of people who had never bought
23:31one of his comics. And as Spider-Man
23:34conquered new media, his world within
23:36Marvel continued to grow. By the 80s,
23:39he was ready to participate in one of
23:41the publisher's most important events:
23:43Secret Wars. It all started when toy
23:46company Mattel wanted to launch a new
23:48line of action figures and asked Marvel
23:49for a story that would bring together
23:51their most famous characters. Thus was
23:54born Secret Wars, a 12-issue series in
23:56which Marvel's most important heroes
23:58and villains are transported to
24:00Battleworld, an artificial planet where
24:02the Beyonder forces them to fight. In
24:05the middle of the battle, Dr. Doom, one
24:07of the Fantastic Four's great villains,
24:10takes advantage of the chaos to steal
24:12the Beyonder's powers and briefly
24:14becomes the most powerful being in the
24:17universe. However, the Beyonder ends up
24:19reclaiming them and sends everyone back
24:21to Earth. This story, along with the
24:23new version of Secret Wars published in
24:252015, will serve as inspiration for the
24:27Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret
24:29Wars films. If you would like us to
24:31make a video later analyzing both
24:33comics, let me know in the comments.
24:35But returning to Spider-Man for our
24:36story, the most important thing happens
24:38in issue number eight. During a battle,
24:41Peter tears his uniform and finds a
24:43strange black substance that creates a
24:45new suit. At first, the suit seems
24:47perfect; it changes shape just by
24:49thinking about it and even produces its
24:51own webs. What Peter doesn't know yet
24:53is that it’s not a suit, but a living
24:55being. When he returns to Earth and his
24:58own comics, he begins to feel exhausted
25:00and increasingly strange. Worried, he
25:02goes to Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic,
25:04who discovers that the substance is an
25:06alien symbiote, an organism that has
25:08bonded with Peter physically and
25:10mentally. Worse still, while Peter
25:13sleeps, the symbiote takes control of
25:15his body and goes out to fight crime.
25:18He manages to separate them and locks
25:19the creature away at the Fantastic
25:21Four's headquarters. But the symbiote
25:22escapes and comes looking for Peter
25:24again. Desperate to get it off,
25:26Spider-Man reaches a church bell tower
25:28and uses the loud sound of the bells to
25:30weaken it. The blows leave Peter
25:32unconscious, but before leaving, the
25:34symbiote puts him to safety and hides
25:36in the church. Remember this detail
25:40well because it will be very important
25:42later when a man named Eddie Brock
25:44enters the scene. All of this reflects
25:46an important shift, the change to much
25:48darker Spider-Man stories during the
25:5080s. One of the best examples is the
25:53Jean DeWolff arc. Jean is a New York
25:55police captain and an old ally of
25:57Spider-Man. But this time, the story
25:58doesn't wait until the end to put her
26:00in danger. It starts by revealing that
26:02she has been killed. From there, Peter
26:04tries to find the culprit and ends up
26:06uncovering a web of violence and
26:07corruption within the police force
26:09itself. With all this, the comic
26:12stopped feeling like a simple fight
26:13against a villain and became a much
26:15more serious story about guilt and the
26:17search for justice. But Marvel also
26:19takes advantage of this darker tone to
26:21talk about real-world problems. The
26:22publisher participates in campaigns to
26:25prevent suicide, bullying, and child
26:28abuse. One of the best-known comes in
26:301984 with the special comic Spider-Man
26:33and Power Pack. In this story, Peter
26:36reveals that as a child, he also
26:37suffered from abuse by someone close to
26:39him. The goal is to teach children to
26:42recognize these situations, protect
26:43themselves, and ask for help. A comic
26:45that for many made him go from being a
26:47fictional hero to a real-life one. In
26:501987, a much happier moment arrives.
26:53After years of stories together, Peter
26:55finally proposes to Mary Jane. The
26:57wedding becomes a major event, and not
26:59just in the comics. Marvel organizes a
27:02ceremony at Shea Stadium in Queens,
27:05where two actors play the couple and
27:07Stan Lee marries them in front of the
27:10public. But while Peter is living one
27:13of the happiest moments of his life,
27:14Kraven's Last Hunt arrives, one of the
27:16darkest stories in the saga. Kraven the
27:19Hunter is no longer satisfied with just
27:20defeating Spider-Man. He needs to prove
27:23he can be better than him, so he
27:24paralyzes him, buries him alive, and
27:26takes his place for two weeks. But
27:28Peter survives and manages to escape
27:30from the grave. When he returns to
27:32confront him, Kraven refuses to fight.
27:34He is convinced he has already proven
27:36his superiority and shortly after takes
27:38his own life. The story becomes one of
27:41the most famous Spider-Man tales
27:43because, as we can see, it takes the
27:45character into much more serious and
27:46adult territory. Shortly after, another
27:50key moment arrives in issues 299 and
27:52300 of Amazing Spider-Man, where Venom
27:54finally appears. At first, the writers
27:57imagined the character as a woman who
27:59blames Spider-Man for her husband's
28:01death. However, they changed course and
28:04created Eddie Brock, a reporter whose
28:06career is ruined because of the hero.
28:09Eddie hits rock bottom, and while
28:10looking for answers in a church, he
28:12encounters the symbiote that Peter had
28:13rejected. The two share the same
28:16resentment, so they unite to take
28:18revenge on Spider-Man. Over time, Venom
28:20becomes one of the fans 'favorite
28:22characters. Although he is born as a
28:25villain, he gradually becomes an
28:27anti-hero and even ends up starring in
28:29his own movies. And here we reach the
28:32fourth stage of the character, his
28:35midlife crisis. You see, after decades
28:37of telling stories about Peter Parker,
28:39the writers seem to start running out
28:41of ideas and jump into increasingly
28:43exaggerated concepts. Some work quite
28:46well, like his adventures with the
28:48Avengers, but others seem straight out
28:50of a soap opera with clones,
28:51pregnancies, fake deaths, and identity
28:53changes that end up becoming some of
28:55the most hated plots in comics. In this
28:58stage, Marvel keeps looking for ways to
29:00keep him relevant. Thus is born Revenge
29:03of the Sinister Six, where Doctor
29:05Octopus gathers Electro, Sandman,
29:07Mysterio, the Vulture, and the
29:09Hobgoblin to finish off Spider-Man.
29:11Does that sound familiar? Decades later
29:14, a version of this group would reach
29:15the big screen, but we will get to that
29:17later. For now, Spider-Man also begins
29:20to get closer to the Avengers, with
29:21whom he fights during The Infinity
29:23Gauntlet, and you surely already know
29:25where all this is heading. In this
29:27story, Thanos gathers the six Infinity
29:28Stones and gains the power to eliminate
29:30half of the living beings in the
29:32universe. Although Spider-Man is not
29:34yet part of the Avengers, he fights
29:36alongside them to stop him. Then the
29:39writers introduce Carnage, a villain so
29:41violent that he makes Venom look
29:42harmless. You see, Cletus Kasady is a
29:45serial killer who was a cellmate of
29:47Eddie and Venom when they were detained
29:49on Ryker's Island. Venom eventually
29:52escapes, but leaves something behind, a
29:54child of the symbiote named Carnage.
29:58Unlike Venom, Carnage is red, is
29:59stronger than Venom, and his suit can
30:01create a wide variety of weapons. He
30:05becomes the main villain, someone who
30:06is truly scary because his actions have
30:08no motivation. Carnage kills simply
30:11because he can. Marvel didn't expect it
30:14, but this comic became a hit. The
30:17Carnage fever reaches its peak in 1993
30:21with the 14-part story called Maximum
30:24Carnage. In this arc, Spider-Man and
30:26Venom join forces for the first time to
30:28stop Carnage's reign of terror. But
30:30they can't do it alone, so they recruit
30:32a team consisting of Captain America,
30:34Cloak and Dagger, Deathlok, Firestar,
30:36Iron Fist, Morbius, and Nightwatch. At
30:39the same time, they launch a new series
30:41called Marvel 2099, the first time they
30:43dare to create a new universe to tell
30:45the story of Marvel superheroes from
30:47scratch in the year 2099. Here,
30:51Spider-Man is no longer Peter Parker,
30:53but Miguel O'Hara, a genetic engineer
30:55of Mexican and Irish descent. Miguel
30:57works at Alchemax, where they seek to
30:59create genetically enhanced humans
31:01using the DNA of the 20 th-century
31:02Spider-Man. Miguel tries to quit, but
31:05his boss drugs him with a highly
31:07addictive substance only produced at
31:09Alchemax, forcing him to stay. One
31:11night, he is in the lab trying to
31:12remove the substance from his body
31:14through genetic experimentation. His
31:16rival finds him and sabotages his
31:17treatment by introducing Spider-Man's
31:19DNA into his genetic code. This causes
31:22an explosion, and out of the smoke
31:24emerges Miguel O'Hara, now with fangs
31:26and claws. In this series, Miguel faces
31:28futuristic versions of the Green Goblin
31:30, Venom, and the Vulture. The series
31:32continues for 4 years and they even do
31:35a crossover where Peter Parker and
31:37Miguel O'Hara meet, but eventually, fan
31:40interest in Marvel 2099 comes to an end
31:42, at least for now. Meanwhile, in the
31:45other comic series, Aunt May receives a
31:47visit from a mysterious person. We
31:50never see his face until Peter Parker
31:52finally comes face-to-face with this
31:55man, who turns out to be Peter Parker.
31:58It is actually Ben Reilly, his clone,
32:00who adopts the identity of Scarlet
32:02Spider to fight crime alongside Peter.
32:05More than a superhero comic arc, the
32:06truth is that this story seems lifted
32:08from a soap opera. So many things
32:10happen. Ben Reilly becomes the Scarlet
32:12Spider. Mary Jane is pregnant, Aunt May
32:14passes away, and Peter discovers that
32:16he is actually Ben's clone. After all
32:19this, in issue 229 of The Spectacular
32:21Spider-Man, Peter abandons the
32:23Spider-Man mantle and moves to Oregon
32:25with Mary Jane to have their baby in a
32:27quieter place. But New York is not left
32:30without the superhero, since Scarlet
32:31Spider is there. So, the Spider-Man
32:34titles become Scarlet Spider comics
32:37until 1996, when Ben Reilly adopts the
32:40Spider-Man identity. Then the secret is
32:43revealed. Norman Osborn is alive and is
32:45the mastermind behind all the chaos.
32:48Then Norman murders Ben Reilly, Peter
32:50returns as Spider-Man, and Mary Jane
32:53loses the baby. So nothing really
32:56changed. And yes, as you are imagining,
32:59this is remembered as one of the worst
33:01Spider-Man plots for being
33:03unnecessarily complicated and
33:05melodramatic. Fortunately, something
33:07else happens in this decade that
33:09distracts everyone from the Clone Saga
33:11disaster. In 1998, the world meets May
33:13Parker, the daughter of Peter and Mary
33:15Jane. Although in the main universe the
33:18baby had not survived, the writers keep
33:20wondering what would have happened if
33:21she had. So they write a comic about
33:24this idea. May Parker inherits her
33:26dad's powers, but her dad forbids her
33:28from using them. He feels she is too
33:30young to fight crime. Obviously, May
33:33doesn't listen to him and becomes
33:34Spider-Girl. From this emerges a new
33:37Marvel universe called the MC2, where
33:39they introduce the new generation of
33:42Avengers, who, like May Parker, are
33:44children of the original superheroes.
33:47But Spider-Girl is the most popular. In
33:49fact, she is the female Marvel
33:50character with the longest-running
33:52series, with 100 comics. Meanwhile, at
33:54Marvel, they face a new problem: how to
33:57make a new audience interested in
33:59Spider-Man, a character much older than
34:02them. So they create the concept of
34:04Year One, which is basically a reboot
34:06of the original story, adapting it to
34:09feel more modern. Spider-Man: Chapter
34:11One goes on sale in December 1998.
34:15Although they do a good job adapting
34:17the story, sales keep declining, as
34:18young people are no longer buying
34:20comics—not just Spider-Man's, but the
34:22comic book industry in general begins
34:24to experience a severe drop. However,
34:27the solution lies in something that
34:29will change Spider-Man's history
34:31forever: cinema. Proof of this is the
34:34Blade movie. It premieres that same
34:36year and becomes the first Marvel film
34:39to achieve true box office success. Its
34:42warm reception sparks the interest of
34:44studios, and soon after, an X-Men
34:46adaptation begins development. When
34:49that also triumphs with critics and
34:51audiences alike, a new era for
34:53superhero movies begins. Now the time
34:55has finally come for Marvel's most
34:57beloved superhero to shine on the big
34:59screen, although the idea of bringing
35:01him to cinema had been circulating for
35:03decades. Since the late 70s, and
35:05especially after the success of
35:06Superman, Marvel wanted to bring its
35:08characters to the movies. And of course
35:10, one of the first candidates was
35:12Spider-Man. A producer asked Lee to
35:14write the script. However, after the
35:17commercial failure of Superman III, no
35:18one wanted to risk financing another
35:20superhero movie, and the project ended
35:22up sinking. But that was just the first
35:25of several failed attempts. Some time
35:27later, another studio picked up the
35:28idea, though with a rather strange
35:30twist. They wanted to turn Spider-Man
35:33into a horror movie. They even hired
35:35the director of The Texas Chain Saw
35:38Massacre 2. Stan Lee hated the proposal
35:41and demanded a version much closer to
35:43the comics. Thus began a third attempt,
35:45now under the direction of Joseph Zito.
35:48He wanted Tom Cruise as Peter Parker,
35:50but constant budget cuts ended the film
35:53once again. In the early 90s, the
35:56project was resurrected for a fourth
35:58time, now in the hands of James Cameron
35:59. The director imagined Leonardo
36:02DiCaprio as Peter Parker and proposed a
36:04much more adult version of the story
36:06that included an intimate scene between
36:07Peter and Mary Jane on the Brooklyn
36:09Bridge. Additionally, Spider-Man would
36:12face Electro and Sandman. For a moment,
36:15it seemed this version would finally
36:17reach theaters, but Fox, the studio
36:18Cameron was working with, failed to
36:20secure the rights to the character. So
36:23the director abandoned the film and
36:25focused on another story you might know
36:27. Titanic. It wasn't until 1998 with
36:31the release of Blade that Hollywood
36:33became seriously interested in
36:34superhero movies again. By then, Marvel
36:38was bankrupt and ended up selling the
36:39film rights for Spider-Man to Sony to
36:41try to dig itself out of ruin. And Sony
36:44didn't waste any time; they considered
36:46Michael Bay, Tim Burton, David Fincher,
36:48and Baz Luhrmann. In other words, they
36:50sought out some of the most
36:51sought-after directors in Hollywood,
36:53but there was one who wanted the job
36:55more than anyone: Sam Raimi, who had
36:57been a fan of the comics since he was a
36:59boy. During a meeting with Sony and
37:01Marvel Films, Sam spent nearly an hour
37:02explaining why he was the right person
37:04to direct the film. And when he
37:06finished speaking, everyone agreed.
37:08They had finally found their director.
37:11Sam decided to stay quite faithful to
37:13the original comics. The film follows
37:15almost step by step The Origin of the
37:17Hero, the spider bite, his time in
37:19wrestling, and the death of Uncle Ben
37:21at the hands of the thief Peter let go.
37:23However, it also takes several ideas
37:25from Ultimate Spider-Man, a comic book
37:27reboot that modernizes the story. Even
37:30so, Sam makes some important changes.
37:32For starters, Peter no longer builds
37:34his web-shooters. In this version, the
37:36webs come out organically from his
37:38wrists, an ability similar to that of
37:39Miguel O'Hara in the Spider-Man 2099
37:41comics. He also takes some traits from
37:44Gwen Stacy and gives them to Mary Jane
37:46Watson, who becomes Peter's main love
37:47interest. As the project takes shape,
37:50it is time to choose the cast. Sony
37:52proposes actors like Heath Ledger, Jude
37:54Law, and Ewan McGregor to Sam. However,
37:56he already has someone in mind, a young
37:58actor named Tobey Maguire. At first,
38:01Sony is not convinced, but Tobey
38:03surprises them during his audition and
38:06ends up landing the role. To play
38:08Norman Osborn, they choose Willem Dafoe
38:10, who becomes so committed to the film
38:13that he refuses to leave the Green
38:15Goblin suit to a stunt double. He
38:17insists on putting it on himself and
38:19performing the villain's scenes
38:21personally, even though it is not easy
38:23at all. The suit is made up of 580
38:26pieces and it takes about half an hour
38:27to put it on, though the suit also
38:29causes some problems. Since it is green
38:32, they cannot film him in front of a
38:34green screen. That is why, in several
38:36digital scenes, they have to film
38:37Spider-Man and the Goblin separately.
38:39For the role of Mary Jane, they
38:41consider actresses like Jaime King,
38:42Kate Hudson, and Julia Stiles, but they
38:44ultimately choose Kirsten Dunst. During
38:46filming, she and Tobey Maguire fall in
38:48love and begin a relationship.
38:50Additionally, together they film one of
38:52the most memorable scenes in the movie.
38:53Mary Jane slips in the cafeteria and
38:55Peter manages to catch her along with
38:57all her food before she hits the floor.
38:59And although it looks like a special
39:01effect, Tobey Maguire really does catch
39:04the tray. To achieve this, they glue
39:06his hand to it and repeat the take 156
39:09times over 16 hours until finally all
39:11the food falls in the right place. That
39:15attention to detail, added to Sam's
39:17respect for the comics, makes the film
39:19a resounding success, which paves the
39:21way for Spider-Man 2, inspired by the
39:23comic" Spider-Man No More, "where Peter
39:25gets tired of his life as a hero
39:27destroying everything. The sequel
39:30succeeds again and ends up being
39:32considered one of the best superhero
39:33movies in history. Then comes
39:36Spider-Man 3, which pits Peter against
39:38Sandman, the new Green Goblin, and
39:41Venom, marking the end of Tobey Maguire
39:43as Spider-Man. That is how a trilogy
39:46ended, one that a whole generation grew
39:48up with and is still remembered with
39:50great fondness today. However, Sam
39:52Raimi's saga was not intended to end
39:54there. After so much success, Sony
39:57launched a fourth film, once again with
39:59Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man. The
40:01problem is that Sam is not satisfied
40:03with the script. He asks the studio for
40:05more time, but Sony refuses. And since
40:08he cannot tell the story he wants, Sam
40:09leaves the project and Tobey Maguire
40:11withdraws with him. But Sony needs to
40:14release a Spider-Man movie every so
40:16often; otherwise, the character's
40:18rights return to Marvel. So the studio
40:21takes the fastest way out: starting
40:23from scratch. They hire Marc Webb,
40:26director of 500 Days of Summer, and
40:27begin looking for their new Spider-Man.
40:30For the role of Peter, they consider
40:31actors like Josh Hutcherson, Drake Bell
40:33, Joe Jonas, and Logan Lerman. But
40:35Andrew Garfield ends up getting the
40:38part thanks to his humor and, above all
40:40, the way he moves. Since Spider-Man
40:43spends much of the movie behind a mask,
40:44Webb needs someone capable of
40:46expressing themselves with their whole
40:47body, and Andrew pulls it off.
40:49Furthermore, his Peter Parker is very
40:51different from Tobey Maguire's. He is
40:52no longer so shy or completely isolated
40:55from others. He is more sarcastic,
40:57rebellious, and has a much more
40:59alternative style. To play Gwen Stacy,
41:01Peter's new love interest, they
41:03consider several actresses, including
41:05Lily Collins and Mia Wasikowska.
41:08However, when Emma Stone does a screen
41:09test with Andrew, the chemistry between
41:11them is evident, and she ends up
41:12getting the role. In fact, during
41:15filming, they also begin a relationship
41:17in real life. When The Amazing
41:19Spider-Man hits theaters, it's clear
41:21the public still wants to see more of
41:24Spider-Man, so Sony doesn't wait long
41:26to start a sequel. This time the story
41:28approaches one of the character's most
41:30tragic moments. Harry Osborn becomes
41:32the Green Goblin, captures Gwen, and
41:34drops her from the top of a tower.
41:37Peter manages to reach her with a web,
41:38but it is already too late and Gwen
41:40dies. The scene recreates her famous
41:42death that we discussed earlier from
41:43the 1973 comics. Even Emma Stone's
41:46wardrobe is inspired by what Gwen wears
41:48in those pages. However, despite being
41:51based on one of the character's most
41:53beloved stories, the film failed to
41:54convince the audience, which became a
41:56huge problem for Sony. The studio had
41:59already announced two more films
42:01scheduled for 2016 and 2018. In them,
42:04Peter would face the loss of Gwen and
42:06begin a new relationship with Mary Jane
42:08Watson, played by Shailene Woodley.
42:10Marc Webb also planned to introduce
42:12Venom, Black Cat, and the Sinister Six,
42:14but after the poor reception of the
42:16second film, all those plans vanished,
42:18and with them, the possibility of
42:20Andrew Garfield becoming the official
42:22Spider-Man of the Marvel Cinematic
42:23Universe, which was just beginning to
42:25take shape at the time, also
42:27disappeared. The idea is not so
42:30far-fetched. The Amazing Spider-Man and
42:33The Avengers were both released in 2012
42:35, and there was even a rumor that
42:36Oscorp Tower was going to appear
42:38briefly in The Avengers to imply that
42:40both stories took place in the same
42:42universe, but that connection never
42:43happened. In addition to losing his
42:47subsequent films, Andrew Garfield also
42:49lost the chance to become the Avengers'
42:51Spider-Man. Even so, Sony and Marvel
42:53finally reached an agreement to share
42:55the character and bring him into the
42:57Marvel Cinematic Universe. There was
43:00only one condition: they had to start
43:02over from scratch with a new Peter
43:04Parker. But before we get there, let's
43:06go back to the comics. By this time,
43:08Peter enters the fifth and final stage
43:11of his life: that of a mentor. It all
43:14begins in the Spider-Men miniseries,
43:16where the Peter Parker from Earth-616
43:18travels to the Ultimate universe and
43:20meets Miles Morales, an Afro-Latino
43:22teenager with powers similar to his own
43:24. Miles gains his abilities after being
43:27bitten by a genetically modified spider
43:30that accidentally ends up in the home
43:32of his uncle, Aaron Davis, who is
43:34secretly the thief known as the Prowler
43:37. In addition to strength and agility,
43:39Miles can turn invisible. At first, he
43:41does not want to become a superhero,
43:43but when his universe's Spider-Man dies
43:44, he realizes someone must take his
43:46place. When Peter meets Miles, he is at
43:49first surprised to discover that
43:50another Spider-Man exists. However, he
43:53soon begins to guide him and teaches
43:54him the true meaning of the phrase,"
43:56With great power comes great
43:57responsibility. "After so many years of
44:01facing loss and learning from his
44:02mistakes, Peter can finally become the
44:04figure he never had: a mentor for the
44:06next generation. This relationship
44:09continues in Spider-Man 2. After the
44:11events of Secret Wars, Miles arrives in
44:13Peter's universe, and both continue to
44:15share the name Spider-Man. Since then,
44:18Peter acts as his guide and at times as
44:20a figure. paternal. Regarding the new
44:23movie, the first challenge is to find
44:25the new Peter Parker. More than 15
44:27actors audition, but only six make it
44:29to the final stage. Among them is Tom
44:32Holland, who has a great advantage.
44:34Thanks to his training in ballet,
44:36musical theater, and gymnastics, he can
44:38do his own stunts. In the final
44:40audition, he shares the scene with
44:42Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans. He
44:43improvises with Downey with total
44:45naturalness and then surprises Evans
44:47with a backflip. With that, he finally
44:49convinces them. Tom debuts in Captain
44:52America: Civil War and a year later
44:54premieres his first solo movie,
44:55Spider-Man: Homecoming. This version
44:58also changes his love interest. Instead
45:00of repeating the story of Peter and
45:02Mary Jane, they create a new character,
45:04Michelle Jones, played by Zendaya.
45:06Although everyone knows her as MJ,
45:08producer Kevin Feige clarifies that it
45:10is not Mary Jane Watson. The nickname
45:12is simply a tribute to Peter's most
45:14famous love interest in the comics. And
45:17as it already seems to be a tradition
45:18in these films, Tom Holland and Zendaya
45:20also begin a relationship off-screen.
45:22Years later they get engaged and by
45:242026 they are already married. Another
45:26important change is that this version
45:28skips the traditional Spider-Man origin
45:30. We don't see the spider bite again or
45:33the moment when Peter discovers his
45:34powers. When we meet him, he has
45:36already been fighting crime for a while
45:38. However, the three films end up
45:40telling another type of origin. At the
45:43end of No Way Home, Peter must make a
45:45decision to repair the multiverse: make
45:47the whole world forget who he is. By
45:50then he has already lost Aunt May and
45:51now he must also walk away from his
45:53friends and the woman he loves. And so,
45:56in the final scene, we see him living
45:58alone in a small New York apartment and
46:00hand-sewing his own red and blue suit.
46:03He no longer has Tony Stark's
46:05technology, powerful contacts, or
46:06anyone to rescue him. It is right there
46:09when Peter finally becomes the
46:11independent Spider-Man from the comics.
46:13That is why, for many, the trilogy
46:15works as a kind of origin story that
46:17little by little leads him to the
46:19classic Spider-Man. And that is
46:21precisely the Peter Parker we see in
46:23the fourth film. Spider-Man: A New Day.
46:26But while Tom Holland stars in this new
46:29stage, Sony also works on another
46:31version of the character. In 2018, they
46:34release Spider-Man: Into the
46:36Spider-Verse, which quickly becomes one
46:38of the most recognized superhero films.
46:42This time the protagonist is Miles
46:43Morales, that young Afro-Latino who
46:45first appeared in comics in 2011.
46:48Curiously, one of the inspirations for
46:50creating him came from an episode of
46:52Community in which Donald Glover
46:53appeared wearing Spider-Man pajamas.
46:56Upon seeing it, writer Brian Michael
46:57Bendis began developing the idea of a
46:59new Spider-Man. The film was in
47:02production for several years, as its
47:03creators needed time to develop its
47:05visual style. Instead of using
47:08traditional 3D animation, they mixed 2D
47:10and 3D elements so that each scene
47:13looked like a moving comic book page.
47:16The result drew so much attention that
47:18it won the Oscar for Best Animated
47:20Feature in 2019. Meanwhile, in the
47:23comics, we find Peter at a very
47:25different point in his life. The series
47:27Spider-Man: Life Story, published in
47:292019, poses a quite interesting
47:31question. What would have happened if
47:33Peter Parker had aged in real time
47:35since he received his powers in 1962?
47:39In the sixth issue, we meet a 72-
47:41year-old Peter who still protects New
47:43York and acts as a mentor to Miles
47:45Morales. In this universe, Earth lives
47:48under the constant threat of Dr. Doom,
47:50so Peter, Miles, and Jessica Jones
47:52organize an attack on his space station
47:54, but upon arriving, they face a dying
47:56Otto Octavius, who captures Miles.
47:59Peter tries to reason with him and begs
48:01him to remember what it once meant to
48:03be a true scientist and hero. At the
48:05last moment, Otto releases the young
48:07man. However, the station is about to
48:09explode. Peter gathers his last bit of
48:11strength and pushes Miles into an
48:13escape pod, sacrificing himself so he
48:15can reach Earth safe and sound. Thus,
48:17Peter permanently hands over the
48:19responsibility of Spider-Man to a new
48:21generation represented by Miles Morales
48:23. Although Life Story does not belong
48:26to the main continuity, it functions as
48:28a possible conclusion to Peter Parker's
48:30entire life. It begins as a teenager
48:32learning the meaning of responsibility
48:35and ends as a man willing to sacrifice
48:37everything to protect the one who will
48:39continue his legacy. As we saw, it
48:42seems the figure of Spider-Man remains
48:44stronger and more popular than ever, so
48:46it is time to answer the question we
48:48posed at the beginning. Why? Why, after
48:51so many decades and among hundreds of
48:53superheroes, does Spider-Man remain one
48:56of our favorites? In my opinion, and
48:59after doing all this research, his
49:01timelessness and popularity lie in what
49:03made him different in the first place.
49:05And that is that Spider-Man never tried
49:08to connect through admiration. It was
49:10never intended for him to be the
49:12strongest or perfect. Spider-Man
49:14connected because of his relatability,
49:16because he is one of us. He is someone
49:18who makes mistakes, who loses people he
49:20loves, who doesn't always make the
49:22right choice, and who discovers again
49:23and again that doing the right thing is
49:25rarely the easiest. Stan understood
49:28this perfectly, and that is why I think
49:30the decision to completely cover
49:32Spider-Man's face was so brilliant,
49:33because anyone could be under that mask
49:35. Regardless of skin color, country, or
49:39age, any child could imagine it was
49:41them climbing the buildings of New York
49:43. In that sense, Spider-Man never told
49:47us to wait for a hero to appear to save
49:49us, but he did make us think that any
49:51one of us could become one. As Stan
49:54himself said, the person who helps
49:56others simply because it is the right
49:59thing to do is, without a doubt, a true
50:01superhero. Perhaps that is why the mask
50:04and suit never had defined eyes, age,
50:06or skin color, because they were never
50:08meant to hide Peter Parker. They were
50:11meant so that anyone could see
50:12themselves behind them, to remember
50:14that you don't need an imposing
50:16physique or extraordinary powers to
50:17choose to do what's right. No.

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