Editing Spider-Man (section)

===Early years===
In [[Forest Hills, Queens|Forest Hills]], [[Queens]], New York City,<ref name=kempton/> [[Midtown High School (comics)|Midtown High School]] student Peter Benjamin Parker is a science-whiz orphan living with his [[Uncle Ben]] and [[Aunt May]]. As depicted in ''[[Amazing Fantasy]]'' #15 (Aug. 1962), he is bitten by a [[radioactive]] spider (erroneously classified as an insect in the panel) at a science exhibit and "acquires the agility and proportionate strength of an [[arachnid]]".<ref name="Debut">{{Cite comic|date=August 1962|title=[[Amazing Fantasy]]|writer=[[Stan Lee|Lee, Stan]]|artist=[[Steve Ditko|Ditko, Steve]]|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]|issue=15|location=New York City, NY}}</ref> Along with heightened athletic abilities, Parker gains the ability to adhere to walls and ceilings. Through his knack for science, he develops a gadget that lets him fire adhesive webbing of his own design through small, wrist-mounted barrels. Initially seeking to capitalize on his new abilities, Parker dons a costume and, as "Spider-Man", becomes a novelty television star. However, "[h]e blithely ignores the chance to stop a fleeing [[Burglar (comics)|thief]], [and] his indifference ironically catches up with him when the same criminal later robs and kills his Uncle Ben." Spider-Man tracks and subdues the killer and learns, in the story's next-to-last caption, "With great power there must also come—great responsibility!"<ref name="daniels95">[[Les Daniels|Daniels, Les]]. ''Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics'' (Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1991) {{ISBN|0-8109-3821-9}}, p. 95.</ref>

In the first issue of ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' (March 1963), despite his superpowers, Peter struggles to help his widowed Aunt May pay the rent, is taunted by Flash, and continues fighting crime and saving the city as Spider-Man, but his heroic deeds engender the editorial wrath of newspaper publisher of the ''[[Daily Bugle]]'', [[J. Jonah Jameson]], holds a grudge against Spider-Man, and continues making false statements about Spider-Man despite his heroism. Peter gets hired as a [[Freelancer|freelance]] photographer by Mr. Jameson to take pictures of Spider-Man, with him being unaware that Spider-Man is Peter Parker.<ref name="saffel21">Saffel, Steve. ''Spider-Man the Icon: The Life and Times of a Pop Culture Phenomenon'' ([[Titan Books]], 2007) {{ISBN|978-1-84576-324-4}}, p. 21.</ref><ref>{{Cite comic |writer=[[Stan Lee|Lee, Stan]] |artist=[[Steve Ditko|Ditko, Steve]] |story=Spider-Man"; "Spider-Man vs. the Chameleon"; "Duel to the Death with the Vulture; "The Uncanny Threat of the Terrible Tinkerer! |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |volume=1 |issue=1–2 |date=March, May 1963 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |location=[[New York, NY]]}}</ref> Spider-Man fights his [[List of Spider-Man enemies|enemies]], including superpowered and non-superpowered [[supervillains]]—his [[archenemy|archenemy and nemesis]] [[Green Goblin]] and then [[Doctor Octopus]], [[Sandman (Marvel Comics)|Sandman]], [[Chameleon (Marvel Comics)|Chameleon]], [[Lizard (Marvel Comics)|Lizard]], [[Vulture (Marvel Comics)|Vulture]], [[Kraven the Hunter]], [[Electro (Marvel Comics)|Electro]], and [[Mysterio]], defeating them one by one<ref name="gcd">[http://www.comics.org/series/1570/ ''Amazing Spider-Man, The'' (Marvel, 1963 Series)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722100707/http://www.comics.org/series/1570/ |date=July 22, 2010 }} at the [[Grand Comics Database]]</ref>—but Peter finds juggling his personal and superhero life difficult. In time, Peter graduates from high school<ref>{{Cite comic |writer=[[Stan Lee|Lee, Stan]] |artist=[[Steve Ditko|Ditko, Steve]] |story=The Menace of the Molten Man! |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |volume=1 |issue=28 |date=September 1965 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |location=[[New York, NY]]}}</ref> and enrolls at Empire State University (a fictional institution evoking the real-life [[Columbia University]] and [[New York University]]),<ref name="saffel51">Saffel, p. 51</ref> where he meets roommate and best friend [[Harry Osborn]] and girlfriend [[Gwen Stacy]],<ref name="mnyc">{{Cite book |last=Sanderson |first=Peter |title=The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City |publisher=[[Pocket Books]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-4165-3141-8 |location=New York City |pages=30–33}}</ref> and Aunt May introduces him to [[Mary Jane Watson]].<ref name=gcd/><ref>{{Cite comic |writer=[[Stan Lee|Lee, Stan]] |artist=[[John Romita Sr.|Romita, John]] |story=The Birth of a Super-Hero! |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |volume=1 |issue=42 |date=November 1966 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |location=[[New York, NY]]}}</ref><ref name="saffel27">Saffel, p. 27</ref> As Peter deals with Harry's drug problems, and Harry's father, [[Norman Osborn]], is revealed to be the Green Goblin, Peter attempts to give up his costumed identity for a while.<ref>{{Cite comic |writer=[[Stan Lee|Lee, Stan]] |penciller=[[John Romita Sr.|Romita, John]] |inker=[[Mike Esposito (comics)|Mickey Demeo]] |story=Spider-Man No More! |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |volume=1 |issue=50 |date=July 1967 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |location=[[New York, NY]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite comic |writer=[[Stan Lee|Lee, Stan]] |penciller=[[Gil Kane|Kane, Gil]] |inker=[[Frank Giacoia|Giacoia, Frank]] |story=The Spider or the Man? |title=The Amazing Spider-Man |volume=1 |issue=100 |date=September 1971 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |location=[[New York, NY]]}}</ref> Gwen Stacy's father, [[New York City Police]] detective Captain [[George Stacy]], is accidentally killed during a battle between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus (issue #90, November 1970).<ref name="saffel60">Saffel, p. 60</ref>