In The Mind of Spider-Plush

Aw man, I am so looking forward to this. Believe it or not, I don't need Wikipedia to tell you the story of how the Hulk was created. Stan Lee says he was actually inspired by monster movies, films like Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he wanted the hero and villain to be one in the same, and he also wanted to show that the monster was actually misunderstood. So, just like with pretty much everything, he asked Jack Kirby to do everything while he added words and took 70% of the credit. So, anyway, The Incredible Hulk #1. Written by Stan Lee, drawn by Jack Kirby. The cover features the Hulk towering over Bruce Banner, look, he's huge! Everyone is just terrified of him, they're all yellow for some reason. "The strangest man of all time!!" You can tell this comic released before I was born. "Fantasy as you like it!" Gee wiz! "Is he man or monster? Or... is he both?" One thing that was always clear to me, even as a child, is that the Hulk ...

Originally posted on... Wait a minute... This isn't part of my "From The Archives" section, I have to do this again!  Let's take a look at Amazing Fantasy #15 again because my review style has changed a lot since that old review and my grammar is way better. If you want to read that review on the old website, click here . Well, let me tell you the story of Spider-Man with my new writing skills (I'm never gonna do this again) Way back in the 60's, a man called Stan Lee was sitting in his desk thinking about what to put in the last issue of Amazing Adult Fantasy. When he saw a fly crawling on the wall, which made him think "Gee, wouldn't it be nice to have a superhero that can crawl on walls?" Or at least that's how he tells the story. He was thinking about it for a couple minutes when he came up with Spider-Man, a hero that was a teenager with problems like me and you, so that we could relate to him. He presented the idea to the editor Martin ...