Spider Man turns 60 in June

On June 5th, 1962 everyone's favorite friendly neighborhood Spider-Man debuted in Amazing Fantasy #15.

Spider Man was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko

Last month, Marvel Comics confirmed they'll be releasing Amazing Fantasy #1000 to mark the special occasion.

The story revolves around Peter Parker, bitten by a radioactive spider and "acquires the agility and proportionate strength of an arachnid"

The first Spider man movie was released on May 2, 2002. It featured Tobey Maguire as Spider Man

In 2015, Sony and Disney made a deal for Spider-Man to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Spider Man made his MCU debut in  Captain America: Civil War

Marvel created an Indian version of Spider Man named Pavitr Prabhakar