Editorial: Spider-Man Is One Of Us

Take a look at this brilliant editorial explaining just how important Spider-Man is.

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Capeless Crusader

When I was growing up in the 1990s, there were three super-heroes everyone knew of, regardless of how they felt about super-heroes, comics, and the like. These three were Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man. While many others heroes have risen in popularity since, it seems that the big three are still the best known and most marketable super-heroes out there.

While I liked all three, my favorite among them was Spider-Man. When I was a kid, I read the Spider-Man comics when I could (though I rarely had access to them) and used to eagerly watch every episode of the ’90s Spider-Man cartoon that I could catch (they were shown at odd hours of weekdays where I was living, so I never managed to really consistently make them a part of my TV schedule). If you asked me why I liked Spider-Man as a kid, I’m not sure I could have…

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