"With great power comes great responsibility"

You may know him as the wall-crawler, the web-head, or simply put by one of his lovers, 'tiger.'

Whatever you call him you can rest assured he's you're one and only friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

Growing up, I was introduced to Batman. The bat-mobile, gadgets, and dark allure spoke to me. He was beyond intriguing. As I grew older, and understood how real-life worked, my interest began to shift. I saw my parents scratch to pay rent; I struggled with payments myself, fell further and further in being able to relate to the ladies, and so-on and so forth. This is where Peter Benjamin Parker stood out to me.

Sure, powers play a part in how I see a hero, but the fact that Marvel went out of their way to make a super-hero seem like the most average/regular joe when the mask was off was genius. A part of us tries to see a bit of ourselves in these heros, and with Spider-Man, I felt I was veering into the deepest reflection of a mirror. I lived his life...to an extent. I lived with both of my parents, and wasn't a brainiac, but was an outcast and dealt with the struggles of day to day life just as Peter did.

What also made Spider-Man cool was his villains. Let it be known, my favorite comic-book villain of all time is The Joker. He's sick, twisted, and is the epitome of what an arch nemesis should be. But 'Spidy's' villains had style, flair, and a sick lust for evil. Take the Green Goblin, Spider-Man's version of the Joker. He's nuts, strong, and flies around on a scary glider in a horrifying Goblin outfit armed with bombs to the teeth. Then there's Venom, Spider-Man's reflection of terror. Venom was written as an alien creature hell bent on Spider-Man's destruction after Peter fought and rejected the alien as a host (symbiotic relationship).

With his troubles in school, to his troubles with the ladies, to his cool powers and abilities (wall-crawling, web-slinging, sixth-sense having, super weight-lifting awesomeness) Spider-Man is the regular guy's super-hero. A guy you can share a brew and talk about your troubles with and at the same time, expect to save you if you've got a 6'7" man in a rhino suit chasing you atop a sky scraper. The 'amazing' Spider-Man.