Spider-Man

"Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions"

"Peter Parker is not a typical action hero. Hes probably the most down-to-earth, most carefully drawn, and least plastic of comic book figures."

"I needed Spidey in my life as a kid, and he gave me hope...Peter Parker has inspired me to feel stronger, he made me, Andrew, braver. He reassured me that by doing the right thing its worth it, its worth the struggle, its worth the pain, its worth even the tears and the bruises and the blood...He saved my life."

"Spider-Man: The Animated Series"

"Peter Parker is such a positive character, hes pure wish fulfillment, an underdog."

"People often say glibly that Marvel succeeded by blending super hero adventure stories with soap opera. What Lee and Ditko actually did in The Amazing Spider-Man was to make the series an ongoing novelistic chronicle of the lead characters life. Most super heroes had problems no more complex or relevant to their readers lives than thwarting this months bad guys.... Parker had far more serious concern in his life: coming to terms with the death of a loved one, falling in love for the first time, struggling to make a living, and undergoing crises of conscience."

"Spiderman, Spiderman, Does whatever a spider can. Spins a web, any size, Catches thieves just like flies. Look out! Here comes the Spiderman."

"I was hoping against it, believe it or not. People laugh when I say this, but I did not want to do Spider-Man. I wanted to stay on Daredevil. The only reason I did Spider-Man was because Stan asked me and I felt that I should help out, like a good soldier. I never really felt comfortable on Spider-Man for years. ...I felt obliged to [mimic] Ditko because ... I was convinced, in my own mind, that he was going to come back in two or three issues. ... I couldnt believe that a guy would walk away from a successful book that was the second-highest seller at Marvel. ... After six months, when I realized it wasnt temporary, I finally stopped trying to [mimic] Ditko. ...I was doing these nine-panel pages and the thin line, and I was doing Peter Parker without any bone structure — just like Ditko was doing, I thought."

"Steve was hired by a guy named Stan Lee to create a comic book super hero who was part man, part spider. My father contributed to the costume, the idea of the web shooting out of Spider-Mans wrist, and the movement which he made with his hands to release the web. In the early stories, Spider-Man had an Aunt May who was named after my fathers own favorite Aunt May Cerniglia from his mothers side. She was a full blooded Russian, like his mother Anna Telesewski. Aunt May married an Italian and lived in New York."

"[We] worked on storyboards together and I added a few ideas.... I think I added the business about the webs coming out of his hands."

"My contribution to Spider-Man was almost nil..."

"Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man"