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For the past forty years, one of the most popular and enduring comic book heroes has been Spider-Man. Written as a last-ditch effort by Stan Lee to get the character off his chest, Spider-Man made his entry into the Marvel Universe through Amazing Fantasy #15, in 1962. Since it was Amazing Fantasy's last issue, the Spider-Man story was meant to be a throwaway , but due to overwhelming mail and sales figures, the character was given his own solo title, which proved to be one of Marvel Comics' most successful and popular titles. To this date, the character's comics sell consistently in the top 20, and movies and cartoons of the character have been wildly successful and profitable. What makes Spider-Man, as a character, different from the various superheroes published by both Marvel Comics and DC Comics over the past decades, and how does this translate into him being such a popular and important icon? What was the target audience of the original story, which introduced the character,......

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