World What got you into Spider-Man?

[PSYLENTGuardian]

I grew up on the 90's animated series, and the 2002 movie put Spidey at the height of my elementary school obsessions.
I was really able to relate to Peter Parker because I was the neighborhood genius-geek at my elementary school. The idea of the average kid who gains great power hooked me.

 

[Rylvan]

It was Spider-Man: The Animated Series for me too.

 

[SpaceWay2009]

It was actually the first Spider-Man movie by Raimi. After watching that, I got into it. I started watching the 90 series again, read some of the comics, played some video games of Spider-Man, and watch any other Spider-Man series, except before the 90s. Anything before the 90s, I didn't bother watching it.

 

[Venom75]

I really don't know myself,or can't recall. I think I've always been into Spidey since I was a little kid. Just my hero of choice at that time,I believe. In the late 70's I remember watching reruns of the 60's cartoon and having a Spider-man action figure. I think 2 things really made me a Spidey fanatic though:
1.) The McFarlene comics of the late 80's and the introduction of Venom is something I clearly remember putting me on "the path" to being a bigger Spider-man fan than I was. It also made me a Venom fanatic too.
2.) The first Spider-man film in 2002. There was just such a buzz to it and I couldn't wait to see it. I think that film(and series)really put Spidey on the map for ALOT of people.

 

[Thwip!]

The 90s animated series and my older cousin's copies of Macfarlane's Spidey work. Hooked from the instant I saw it. especially that amazing theme song from the 90s

 

[Chris Wallace]

Something about the image of him; that beautiful costume, the uniquely graceful, almost majestic way that he travels, it pulled me in. His equally unique powers, personality, backstory & rogues gallery is why I stayed.

 

[El Payaso]

The 1967-1970 cartoons. I saw them, in 1979 or 1980. Soon afterwards I saw comic books in a magazine stand, and like a year later or so I saw "Spider-man Strikes Back" in a theater. It was a two-parter episode of the 1970's live action TV series that was theatrically released here back then.

 

[spida-man]

the 90s animated series got me INTERESTED in Spidey, but the game from 2000 for PS1 and more specifically the ride at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure cemented me as a fan

 

[SoNicRaDiATioN]

Roger Stern's run on Amazing.

 

[Mistah K88]

BLAST from the past! a couple movies and an animated series have come and gone since I've started this topic and with a new movie on the horizon, let's see if we have any people who want to share their Spider-Fan origin stories...

Oh the 5 year old nephew who I mentioned in my Bat thread with a similar title... I'm sure it was Ultimate Spider-Man... Say what you want about that show, but little boys eat that stuff up...

 

[2kt09]

Spider-Man was pretty hard to avoid back then.

Obviously, I'd be leaning more towards the 2000s era with that first movie being what really brought me in (the trilogy was fine as a whole), paired with some movie tie-in games, and some random issues of Ultimate comics. I enjoyed the MTV cartoon via library rentals.
I binge watched the Spectacular show after seeing it weekly. I replayed that Ultimate Venom/Spider-Man game a few times.

Not much else reeled me in, though Shattered Dimensions and Edge of Time looked pretty cool.

Looking forward to that Insomnia game, the animated flick, and that new animated show.

 

[PeterBenParker]

TAS, the 2000 video game (and its sequel), the Raimi trilogy and TNAS. From there, it was some comics (Ultimate), SSM and a lot of tie-in stuff (Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, Friend or Foe, Ultimate Spider-Man, etc). I got into 616 comics later on but was glad when I did.

 

[hitmanyr2k]

Electric Company made me a Spider-man fan since I was knee high. I would be glued to the screen waiting for that segment which sometimes didn't happen. Then came the cartoons and the Nicholas Hammond TV series.

 

[ItchyWebShooter]

Watched TAS on Jettix or whatever it was called as a kid, Spider-Man 2002 was my favorite movie from the time it came out for YEARS... every time my mom went out of town, my dad, me, and my younger sister (and later my younger brother) would eat ice cream, watch that movie, then sleep on the floor. Formative moments I guess, lol.

Spider-Man 2 deepened my love for the character. I played both PS1 games growing up and then of course the movie tie-in games. Spent countless hours trying to beat the Shocker in the subway level on the first movie game on PS2 before finally mastering it. The second tie-in game is still my favorite video game of all time (not much of a gamer though).

I bought the first hardcover volume of Ultimate Spider-Man (basically the first 2 TPBs combined in a hardcover) at Books A Million for like $13.00 on sale. I was hooked. Collected USM for awhile, then my local paper did giveaway issues of Lee/Ditko Spidey in their Sunday paper for awhile. They split each issue up into 2 11/12-page books, the first with the original cover and the second part with new art on the front. I learned to love early Spider-Man with those, especially the reprints of AF 15, ASM 1, ASM 3-5, ASM 9, and ASM 11-12.

Spectacular was one of the first TV shows I ever watched in realtime as it came out. Deepened my love and affection for the character even more, and I'm so thankful to have been able to appreciate it during its original run (and revisit it now whenever I want!).

Since then, I've just fed my Spidey addiction by revisiting great runs from before my time like Lee/Ditko, Lee/Romita, Roger Stern/JRJR, DeFalco/Frenz, DeMatteis/Buscema on Spectacular, JMS/JRJR, USM by Bendis/Bagley/Immonen and so on.

I'll probably continue loving this character for the rest of my life.

 

[Herofan]

For me it was the 1990s animated series (probably) and/or children's picture books derived from some of its episodes (about Dr. Octopus and the Lizard) and leading into it, then not long into the television series I also got pretty excited and in to various of the comic books but mostly the relatively recent ones (of the mid-'80s onward and especially of the '90s). I kind of remember Untold Tales of Spider-Man #17 being the first comic book issue I read.

My interest in the character and the older issues has always been pretty strong (and my interest in the really old issues kind of grew) but I have had a lot less interest in new Spider-Man issues (but also comics generally) from 2001 and especially after the mid-2000s, only reading a few of the major new issues and really few now.

 

[Darepool]

Old hand-me-down issue of Amazing Spider-Man #276. The launching pad.

 

[zeptron]

I first played Spider-man vs The Kingpin(both Genesis and Sega CD versions). However Spider-man TAS is what introduced me to the majority of Spidey's world.

 

[Mistah K88]

It's a new year, so might as well bring this thread up to see if we have new people who wish to share the progenitor to their fascination with the Web Head.

 

[Venom 1988]

Not new but figured I never posted I posted in this thread before. Honestly I can't remember as I think I've been a Spidey fan as long as I can remember but the earliest memory I have was getting VHS tape of an episode from the Spider-Man 80s cartoon (not Amazing Friends, the other solo series that seems to be less popular). The episode was Revenge of the Green Goblin and I still have it to this day.

 

[Mandon Knight]

Reading Spider-man comics among all I read across DC & Marvel as a child and then the 70's tv show, moving onto Spider-man and his Amazing Friends cartoon series in early '80's.

 

[Pennywise]

It was Spider-Man: The Animated Series as with a lot of people on here.

 

[Brutikus]

It was Spider-Man: The Animated Series for me too.

Sames.

 

[Hobgoblin]

I was a committed Batman fan and a friend of mine kept trying to get me into Spidey. The character just didnt interest me and I resisted stubbornly. He once showed me some Mark Bagley art of Spidey villains and it grabbed my attention. I liked them all but the Hobgoblin one really caught me. After that, I saw the Green Goblin series that started in 1995 and picked up issue #1. I was hooked and never looked back. Ironically, I still read Spider-Man and my buddy gave up during the Clone Saga.

 

[Jermobooka]

I honestly don’t remember what the exact thing was. It was a multitude of things. The biggest contributing factors were probably that my first non-baby toy was a Spider-Man figure that I carried everywhere and the Raimi trilogy I had on DVD. I watched those movies so much, it might’ve been an obsession.

 

[zeptron]

I played a few Spider-man games in the early 90s. Spider-man TAS is what introduced me to the majority of his world.