HOW do you kill off Spider-Man? I've puzzled over that question through all three installments of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man saga, and the answer still eludes me. The spider-bite that transformed Peter Parker, uber-nerd, into a wall-crawling, webslinging superfreak obviously augmented his strength to...

From comic Book to Silver Screen Spider-Man swoops into theaters Friday to catch thieves like flies and snare audiences in a huge box-office web. The Marvel Comics superhero, who celebrates his 40th anniversary this year, leaps from two-dimensional panels to the big-screen...

Ultimate Spider-Man focuses on the young high-schooler Spider-Man, a superhero who hasn't fully realized his complete potential. But what pushes this game to the top is the ability to play Spidey's arch enemy, Venom. The story, which seems to come straight from the comic book...

Nobody could have seen this celebrity breakup coming: After more than 20 years of marriage, Spider-Man and Mary Jane are kaput.Joe Quesada, editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, said it was time to shake things up in the life of Peter Parker, the nerdy New Yorker who...

A review of the movie "Spiderman," derived from the popular comic and cartoon series. The main storyline is the transformation of Peter Parker from a shy, bullied teenager into a person who uses his powers and abilities for good against evil, assumes responsibility for his actions, and grows as an individual. Well-presented and suspenseful, the movie fulfills expectations of fans of the comic book version.

This essay is about the movie Spiderman and why young people today are so interested in movies like that. It also is combined with Neal Gabler's Inside every superhero lurks a nerd..