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Spider-Man

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (L) and Spider-Man pose Novermber 17, 2010 in New York after unveiling 'Spider-Man, You're Hired' a special print and digital comic book promoting New York City's free job placement resources to help people in the job market. The comic book is available free from Marvel Comic's app on iTunes.

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  • French man ordered to keep away from Kirsten Dunst

    Goodson issued the order against Jean Christophe Prudhon, of Dijon, France, after a hearing Monday in Los Angeles.The " Spider-Man " star did not attend the proceedings but wrote in a sworn declaration that she is frightened of Prudhon after he recently tried   Read more »

  • 'Lion King,' 'Spider-Man' score big at box office

    are new records for both."The Lion King" earned $2,079,616 -- a jump of $547,000 over last week -- while the once-mocked "Spider-Man" made $2,070,195 over a week in which it celebrated ending its first year. Both shows were directed by Julie Taymor , though   Read more »

  • Matinee Spider-Man suffers head injury

    James Thomas , who stars as Peter Parker/Spider-Man at the Wednesday and Saturday matinees, injured his head backstage during Wednesday's performance and was taken to the hospital for stitches.The production was stopped for about 10 minutes in the early part   Read more »

  • 'Spider-Man: Edge of Time' aimed at younger gamers

    Edge of Timeâ is a disappointing follow-up to last yearâs âSpider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.â The game is a basic beat-em-up button smasher, with power-ups, repetitive gameplay and villains who blindly stand around waiting for Spidey to attack -- which alienates   Read more »

  • Julie Taymor sues 'Spider-Man' producers

    aware of the lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York. Taymor was not available to comment.Taymor who had been the "Spider-Man" director and co-book writer, was fired from the $75 million musical that features music by U2's Bono and The Edge in March after   Read more »

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About Spider-Man

Spider-Man (Peter Benjamin Parker) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero, created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. The character first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962), and has since gone on to become one of the most popular, enduring and commercially successful superheroes worldwide, and is arguably Marvel's most famous character. When Spider-Man first appeared in the early 1960s, teenagers in superhero comic books were usually relegated to the role of sidekick to the series' main character. The Spider-Man series broke ground by featuring Peter Benjamin Parker, a lone teenage high school student to whose "self-obsessions with rejection, inadequacy, and loneliness" young readers could relate. Unlike previous teen heroes such as Bucky and Robin, Spider-Man did not benefit from adult mentors like Captain America and Batman and had to learn for himself that "with great power comes great responsibility".

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