Thanks to Musicfighter on our message board for bringing this to my attention. On June 5th, 1962 Amazing Fantasy #15 went on sale. So take time to wish Spidey a happy 50th birthday. What would you put in his birthday card? Write it in the comment section.
Brad Douglas
View articlesBrad created the Crawlspace back in 1998 while attending college at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He’s the webmaster and writes front page news items, and also produces, hosts and edits the podcast. He’s been collecting Spider-Man comics since the age of three and is a life-long fan of the webhead. His website has been featured in USA Today, Entertainment Weekly and on Marvel.com and inside the comics themselves. The Crawlspace is one of the first Spider-Man fan sites to ever hit the internet. Millions of people visit the site every year.
Brad has interviewed several “Spider-Celebrities” over the years including co-creator Stan Lee. He’s also interviewed actors who have portrayed Spider-Man like Paul Soles (Voice Actor from the 67 Spider-Man Cartoon), Dan Gilvezan (Spidey Voice Actor from Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends) ,Yuri Lownthal (Voice Actor from the Spider-Man PlayStation game) and Nicholas Hammond (Spider-Man 1977 Actor).
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Happy birthday old Spider, thanks for being my favorite character for the past 23 years
So officially Peter Parker turned the big five-0 and the current people in charge his tales of high flying adventures can’t even keep all of their fans happy at all, how sad is that? I think even though I’m writing a day later I can’t help but thank the Three most important who brought him to life: Steve Dikto, Jack Kriby, and of course the man who put the words to the character and still does in a everyday enjoyment for us Stan Lee!
i would write happy birthday super powered dead person who made me cry when i saw the video of your death!
Happy DAY AFTER your b-day, Spiderman.
Holy crap I forgot! I was thinking August but that’s just the cover date! Thanks, Crawlspace!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR SPIDER-MAN!
Happy 50th, Web-Head!
Thanks for teaching generations of us about the power of responsibility.
(Well, until around 10 years ago, anyway…Ugh!)
Face it Tiger, you just sold your marriage to the devil.
Thank you for making my life interesting.(-; @#3 That is hilarious.
F*** YEAH!!!! 50!!!! ROCK ON WEB-HEAD!!!!
~Lament~
Happy Birthday Spidey!! Thanks for all the imagination over the years!
Who cares? According to Marvel, the character must never age…
… you have no idea how much it hurt to type that
Face it tiger, you threw away the jackpot!
Thanks for the mention Brad!
Happy birthday Spidey, the amazing brother I wish I had!