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the idea of this being a world where superheroes exist means that we don’t

have to spend any time addressing any of these issues. We just get right into the fun of it.” Reintroducing Peter Parker as a naïve high school kid with everyday adolescent issues also allows a young audience to be empathetic to the character. Moreover, following his experience fighting alongside the Avengers in Civil War , he’s aware of the great responsibility that comes with being Spider-Man, triggering the dilemma – what could compare to that? “We introduced Spider-Man in Civil War and you got to see the banter and the fun and contrast

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1977- 1979) This live-action TV series starred Nicholas Hammond as Peter Parker. The pilot was released in cinemas.

was “the best thing in the world” according to director Jon Watts. Spider-Man: Homecoming isn’t constrained by the need to recount his origin story (and the death of Uncle Ben!), a criticism that was levelled at the 2012 reboot The Amazing Spider-Man . “Not only did they take care of the origin story and heavy lifting in Captain America:

SPIDER-MAN (2002) Tobey Maguire's casting might have divided opinion, but Sam Raimi's filmmaking style was a great fit.

SPIDER-MAN 2 (2004) The best of the Raimi Spider-Man movies, thanks largely to the inclusion of Doc Ock (Alfred Molina).

If we can put Spider-Man back in the MCU, which he was always a part of in the comics, everybody wins – and the biggest winner is the fans

SPIDER-MAN 3 (2007) Too many villains and Topher Grace as Venom (really?). Even Raimi has admitted the third one wasn't good.

between he and the other heroes there. And now, after the greatest vacation of all time, in which he got to spend time with these rock stars, he’s got to go back to high school,” Feige elaborates. “So it exacerbates his problem – a problem that I certainly had and I think most people who go to high school have – ‘Is there something more for me out fifteen years old you often think you’re ready for something before you really are. That’s the fun of this movie, that’s the relatability of Peter Parker, and that’s why we wanted to do this and reintroduce Spider-Man to audiences through the lens of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.” there?’ But Peter knows there is because he just did it. He thinks he’s ready and of course when you’re

Civil War – which they did so economically and beautifully – we also didn’t have to spend time explaining why this fifteen-year- old kid would have come up with the idea of becoming a superhero," says Watts. "He’s grown up in the MCU; when Peter Parker was eight years old, he saw

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2012)

Tony Stark say ‘I am Iron Man’ on TV. So

• Spider-Man: Homecoming is out on Oct 18

Andrew Garfield was a more brooding Peter Parker, but did we really need a reboot after just 10 years?

However, when the sales figures for the issue were received a few months later, Goodman and Lee were surprised to find it was Marvel’s best-selling issue to date. The dormant Spider-Man was resurrected and in March 1963, re-launched with his own comic, The Amazing Spider-Man.

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (2014)

A chaos of noise and colour, with an electric Jamie Foxx and another Green Goblin. Truly a tangled web.

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