1. As Spider-Man leaps to top of box office charts, worth remembering so popular a character was created by a true eccentric. Steve Ditko, the primary creator, shunned the spotlight (unlike credit-hog Stan Lee), living in overlapping covert worlds of fetish porn & libertarianism
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Replying to @HeerJeet
There is, for want of a better word, an inherently queer aspect to superheroes: idolization of perfect human physiques wearing flamboyant and/or revealing costumes. Emphasizing the heroes' heterosexuality and virtue usually keeps this aspect well concealed, but not always.
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Replying to @OliverGoldie1
Yes -- and it's one of the redeeming parts of genre. It helped create a space for alternative sexualities in popular culture.
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