Episode 180 Spider-man Homecoming? How does he keep sticking around?

Today's Topic How a teenage boy has stuck around for so long?

Worldbuilding is not only the big parts of a fictional world, the cultures, maps, and states. It is the details. I would argue that the characters of a world, or the faces as I like to call them are the most important detail. However, this is a discussion for a different podcast episode. Let’s skip to Spider-man!

Spider-man homecoming is a great reason to look at one of the best fictional characters

Spider-man was born in august on 1962. However, he is still one of the most influential and oldest teenagers in the human experience. Marvel tries to age him. He is a nice character with some age. However, it is his youth and people’s ability to connect with him that make him such a powerful character.

Get the stories and hear the tips in this episode of the Worldbuilder’s Anvil Podcast

Listen to Michael and I as we look into Spidey, the Wall Crawler, good old web head, Your friendly neighborhood Spider-man

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Podcast Show Flow

9 movies since 2002 countless television and comic appearances
(My first memory was electric company) and the high budget 1970’s live action and high budget tv experiences
Michael's first
Relatable with his target audience (Dorky kid struggling through high school or college)
Not a billionaire / playboy / Super Soldier or an alien
Imperfect
Less powerful than his foes (Anti superman)
Real struggle was not against his foes, but how to live his life)
- Supervillains took these struggles to the next level
  - Kraven (Bullies)
  - Kingpin (The unknown)
  - Venom (The price of shortcuts)
  - Green Goblin (Nightmares about a life we cannot control)
  - Doc Octopus (Being crushed by the school system)
We are only one minor thing from being a superhero