8 SPIDEY FACTS ABOUT SPIDER MAN!
1. Friendly neighborhood… fly-man? Superhero creator Stan Lee actually planned to create a fly or insect character instead. Stan Lee was searching for inspiration when he watched a fly crawl up a wall in his office. That’s when he came up with the idea of a hero who could walk up vertical surfaces. He tried creating characters out of other insects, such as mosquitoes. But, everything changed the day he chose spiders! 2. Steve Ditko to the rescue! Once Stan Lee had come up with the idea of a teenage superhero with the powers of a spider, he turned to his trusty co-creator, Steve Ditko, to create the costume. Thus, the red and blue suit was born. 3. Spiderman, or Spider-Man? Although you’ve probably seen both spellings, the correct one is actually ‘Spider-Man’. The hyphen is more important than you might think! Stan Lee specifically put in the hyphen to help people distinguish Spider-Man from DC’s Superman. 4. I spy with my spider eye. In The Amazing Spider-Man movies, we...