Spider-Man Goes on Crime Spree
Anyone who has enough money to buy a costume can dress up as your favorite superhero or Muppet. And that's beginning to become a problem.
Anyone who has enough money to buy a costume can dress up as your favorite superhero or Muppet. And that's beginning to become a problem.
Superheroes are often used to cheer up kids who've been confined to the hospital. And while costumed do-gooders are always appreciated, a Pittsburgh-area window washing company thought of a novel way to make the experience even more memorable.
Batman and Spider-Man are two of the most recognizable faces in popular culture. They're both multi-billion dollar franchises, with scores of comic books, movies, and cartoons all detailing their adventures in superheroing. When it comes to video games, though, each hero has had a storied past. Some of their games have been exceptional, others were so monstrous they were an affront to all things holy. Let's take a look through some of the highs and lows of these heroes' gaming histories, and see which of them swings ahead.
Fine. Time magazine was right -- Barack Obama is the Person of the Year. We can't argue with this photo, which was taken back in October.
As is always the case with highly anticipated comic book movies, there are plenty of internet rumors surrounding director Marc Webb's upcoming sequel to 'The Amazing Spider-Man.'
Arguably Marvel Comics’ biggest star, Spider-Man is a household name and an icon of popular culture. But how much do you really know about everyone's favorite wallcrawler?
The window washers at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, TN, kind of make 'Patch Adams' seem like a big old meany. Two of the hospital's three-man window washing team dressed up like Spider-Man, and then rappelled down the side of the building, lifting childrens' spirits while cleaning windows. But yeah, a clown nose is good too.
Despite the country’s diligent precautions, Hurricane Irene left a path of destruction in her wake. It was enough to even scare Spider-Man, who sounded a little intimidated by Irene during this interview with a local ABC reporter. Even superheroes need to evacuate sometimes.
Tobey Maguire is out, and British actor Andrew Garfield will be playing Spider-Man in next year’s ‘The Amazing Spider-Man,’ a reboot of the comic classic.
A photo of Garfield as Spider-Man graces the cover of the latest Entertainment Weekly, which also features behind-the-scene photos from ‘The Amazing Spider-Man,’ and interviews with Garfield, fellow cast member Emma Stone and director Mark Webb.
Anxious Spider-man fans were teased with a shot of newbie Spidey Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker. See the first picture here.