American Superheroes1 the debut of Superman in 1938

2 Extraordinary powers and abilities, relevant skills and/or advanced equipment

3 Proto-Types ( before 1938) Golden Age (after 1938 DC comics) Silver Age ( 1950s Marvel comics) Deconstruction ( 1970s classics and anti-heroes) Struggles ( 1990s anti-heroes rule: Wolverine, Spiderm

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Superman

Batman

Wonder Woman

The Flash

Hulk

Fantasic Four

Spiderman

Iron Man

X-men

Writer : Stan Lee

Artist: Steve Ditko

WHO!

1962 August

PETER PARKER!(an orphan)

Mary JaneFRIEND!

FOE!

Aunt MayUncle Ben

Venom Doctor OctopusSandman

LizardGreen Goblin

Gwen StacyHarry Osborn

Harry Osborn

Mary Jane

Gwen Black Cat Wife extremely beautiful and sexy

Uncle Ben

Aunt May

Gwen Stacy

College co-ed killed by Green Goblin blond first love

Green Goblin

Go insane pumpkin bomb (Halloween) terrorize NY

Doctor Octopus

Doc Ock. Mad scientist Octavious

Sandman

VenomEddie Brock Spiderman

Reporter sin-eater suicide host

Lizard

WHY!

Irradiated Spider!

What!

cling to walls superhuman strength

a sixth sense ("spider-sense“) perfect balance and equilibrium, superhuman speed and agility

applied science +chemistry+ physics

• costume to conceal his identity

• mechanical web-shooters

Costume

• capable of generating its own webbing and improving most of Spider-Man's abilities

• Under-arm Webbing device

Spider Web

1rope-like strand to swing 2a net to bind enemies,3a single strand yanking (使勁一拉 ) oppone

nts into objects4strands for whipping foreign objects at ene

mies5simple glob (水珠 ) to foul machinery or bli

nd an opponent6shield, a spherical protection or hemispheric

al barrier, a club (棒 ), or a hang-glider wing (滑翔翼 )