Happy 60th birthday Spider-Man!
The rad, webbed superhero is celebrating 60 years since he was created.
Marvel is paying tribute to the month with a special 1000th issue of the Amazing Fantasy comic – in which Spider-Man first appeared – on 31 August.
The magazine will feature stories from top creators like Dan Slott, Jonathan Hickman, Neil Gaimon, and Rainbow Rowell which will explore the past and future of Spider-Man.
HISTORY
Peter Parker (also known as Spider-Man) first appeared in the 15th issue of the Amazing Fantasy comic in 1962. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created it.
At first, the comic’s publishers didn’t think anyone would like Spider-Man, and the creators were only given 11 pages to tell his story.
However, that comic edition sold so well that the following year in March, Spider-Man got his own comic book series called: The Amazing Spider-Man.
There have now been more than 900 issues published of The Amazing Spider-Man comic.
