Recent Portrayal of ‘Spider-man’ Fails to Grasp Original Ethos

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With Great Power: Recent Portrayal of Spider-Man Fails to Grasp Original Ethos

As a child in the early nineties with few kids that I knew living near me, I fell in love with comics. In those final days, after so long on the cultural fringe, the term "graphic novel" was in the process of transforming the medium into a more acceptable "adult activity."

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