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[comics] Every Generation’s Favourite Superhero — profile of Spiderman… ‘For each new generation of teen inadequates, he is the hero-as-nerd, the shy, tongue-tied, non-jock ninny who nevertheless wastes the bad guys and gets into the bra of the top cheerleader. He is always stuck somewhere between 17 and 22. He is the Immortal Teen who, for brief periods, turns into the Urban Übermensch. For the mag-loving kid in the omniplex stalls, he could so easily be one of them. That’s why fans, anoraks and commentators discuss his exploits as if he’s a friend and call him by the matey diminutive “Spidey”. No Batman fan ever dreamt of calling his hero “Batty”.’

Spider-man Profile

This entry was posted on Monday, July 19th, 2004 at 8:40 am and is filed under Comics.

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‘No Batman fan ever dreamt of calling his hero “Batty”.’

of course not. they call him ‘Bats.’

And it’s SpiderHYPHENman…. ;)

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