With yet another Spider-Man movie arriving in theaters, we realize that we’ve seen Peter Parker grow up over the last 55 years. Interestingly, depending on the medium, we get tales of everyone’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man at various ages in his life. Which brings us to this week’s Major Spoilers Poll of the Week.
Stephen Schleicher
Stephen Schleicher began his career writing for the Digital Media Online community of sites, including Digital Producer and Creative Mac covering all aspects of the digital content creation industry. He then moved on to consumer technology, and began the Coolness Roundup podcast. A writing fool, Stephen has freelanced for Sci-Fi Channel's Technology Blog, and Gizmodo. Still longing for the good ol' days, Stephen launched Major Spoilers in July 2006, because he is a glutton for punishment. You can follow him on Twitter @MajorSpoilers and tell him your darkest secrets...
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Spider-man is only a few years older than I am. but I feel like i grew up with Peter Parker, in a way, so I think, now that I am an Adult, I prefer the older grown up Peter.
Been a while since I read spidey regular like, but I liked his college years better, out of the cheesy teen garbage but not stuck in the adult garbage yet.
I like Peter in nearly every age group (even the older adult of MC2 and other older/elderly versions from various alternate realities and “What If?” stories), but I’m most partial to the High School age Peter. Stories of that setting have some unique characteristics that you don’t often see in stories of the older and more experienced Peter, and revisiting Peter’s adventures at that age helps me appreciate just how far he has come over the years.
High school Peter Parker is the my favorite. The Juxtaposition of high school nerd and super hero defines the character for me. He beats the green goblin, but gets in trouble for being late to school. Classic.