Thursday, July 16, 2009

Spiderrman Helps Save a Child in Real Life

By Andrew Taylor

Is there no end to Spiderman's popularity? The answer is a resounding "no". Spiderman is one of those timeless classic superheroes which appeal to young and old alike, with Spiderman costumes continuing to be top sellers for fancy dress retailers.

Spiderman costumes are available in both adult and child sizes and range from the classic red Spiderman, to the new black Spiderman "Venom" costume. Accessories include red or black gloves and boot covers with the classic webbing pattern printed on them. A plethora of Spiderman toys, games, wallpaper, bed linen, lamps, lunch boxes and memorabilia is also widely available.

For spidey fans and Peter Parker followers, you will be happy to know that then next film is due out in 2011 continuing the adventures of our hero. The takings show that spiderman 1 and 2 are amongst the top grossing films of all time and so of course, the makers will want to continue to feed our appetite for more.

Now we come to a new direction for the character, namely the infusion into the music scene with the inclusion of 12 songs from U2. This together with other costs, will make this musical the most expensive in Broadway's history.

A report came in that in Thailand a child was rescued by a fireman wearing a spiderman outfit. Apparently the child crawled out on the roof to escape the fire and would not come back when called by his teacher. A fireman overhead his mother saying he loved spiderman. So we want back to the fire station, to put on a spidey outfit he just happened to have in his locker, and returned to coax the child back to safety.

When the boy saw the fireman he smiled and promptly threw himself into his superhero's arms. It transpires the fireman keeps a Spiderman costume in his locker to liven up fire drills in schools.

The Israeli news headlines this year ran a story, that Highway police were called to apprehend a man in a Spiderman costume, who was frightening commuters by throwing ropes at their cars (presumably improvised "web-shooters") and jumping on top of them.

AS expected the police arrested him very quickly. Under questioning later, he recounted that he had woken up in hospital and found himself dressed in the costume. He remembered nothing else. So doctors were called in to asses his mental health. If they profiled many of us they would realize many have a secret desire to dress up and become Spiderman. - 23802

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