SpiderMan is a superhero who appears in American comics published by Marvel Comics.
In the first Spider-Man story, in Marvel Comics' Amazing Fantasy, American teenager Peter Parker, a poor orphan, is bitten by a radioactive spider. As a result of the bite, he gains superhuman strength, speed and agility along with the ability to stick to walls.
Writer Stan Lee and illustrator Steve Ditko created Spider-Man as an add-on story to a canceled anthology series. At the time, the teenage main hero was unknown in comics. However, young readers responded strongly to Peter Parker, leading to a steady stream of titles and eventually media, including video games, several cartoons and a TV series, live action movie, a live action series. and a Broadway musical.