Why Spider-Man really changed the comics industry

Spider-Man – a lot has been written about how Spider-Man revolutionised the comics industry when he arrived in 1962. The first teen superhero, going through all the problems a typical reader did, trying to balance his costumed identity against his heroic alter ego.

But here too was the first hero who would shoot from the wrist and immobilise his enemies with his sticky white fluid.

Of course these were more innocent days, and it seems they weren't as aware of either innuendo or Freud in those days, and the restrictive Comics Code gave it their full blessing …



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