For someone who's a fan of superhero movies, the past few years must be grand — there's almost always a new film in theaters, and it's almost always about Spider-Man. OK, perhaps there were five whole years in between the Tobey Maguire trilogy and when the Andrew Garfield version was picked up. But are either of those Spider-Men anything like the original?
More than 50 years ago, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko caught the attention of Marvel fans with the tale of Spider-Man in an issue of "Amazing Fantasy." The humble one-man-show, unique from other superheroes who required sidekicks or bands, won Spidey his own series.
From the comic book hero to the blockbuster success, Spider-Man continues to be a favorite (and if you're unlucky enough to suffer a spider bite, at least you can console yourself that you too might discover hidden strength, thanks to Peter Parker's example). But would you ever really want to be Spider-Man? Let's see what that would cost — in the infographic below, we look at the cost of being Mr. Parker back when we first met him and today, with all the technological innovations and inflation.
