American Superheroes 1 the debut of Superman in 1938 2 Extraordinary powers and abilities, relevant skills and/or advanced equipment 3 Proto-Types ( before 1938) Golden Age (after 1938 DC comics) Silver Age ( 1950s Marvel comics) Deconstruction( 1970sclassics and anti-heroes) Struggles ( 1990s anti-heroes rule: Wolverine, SpidermanMarvel / BatmanDC )
Superman Wonder Woman Flash man Batman
Iron Man Hulk Spiderman X-man Fantasic Four
Writer : Stan Lee
Artist: Steve Ditko
WHO! 1962 August
PETER PARKER! (an orphan) FRIEND! Mary Jane Aunt May Uncle Ben Harry Osborn Gwen Stacy PETER PARKER! (an orphan) Venom Doctor Octopus Sandman Lizard Green Goblin FOE!
Harry Osborn
Mary Jane Gwen Black Cat Wife extremely beautiful and sexy
Uncle Ben
Aunt May
Gwen Stacy College co-ed killed by Green Goblin blond first love
Green Goblin Go insane pumpkin bomb (Halloween) terrorize NY
Doctor Octopus Doc Ock. Mad scientist Octavious
Sandman
Venom Spiderman Eddie Brock Reporter sin-eater suicide host
Lizard
WHY!
Irradiated Spider!
What!
cling to walls superhuman strength a sixth sense ("spider-sense“) perfect balance and equilibrium, superhuman speed and agility
applied science +chemistry+ physics costume to conceal his identity mechanical web-shooters
Costume Under-arm Webbing device capable of generating its own webbing and improving most of Spider-Man's abilities Under-arm Webbing device
Spider Web 1rope-like strand to swing 2a net to bind enemies, 3a single strand yanking (使勁一拉)opponents into objects 4strands for whipping foreign objects at enemies 5simple glob(水珠) to foul machinery or blind an opponent 6shield, a spherical protection or hemispherical barrier, a club(棒), or a hang-glider wing (滑翔翼)
Vocabularies Proto-type原型;標準;模範 1 : an original model on which something is patterned 2 : an individual that exhibits the essential features of a later type 3 : a standard or typical example
Glob水珠、 (一團)東西 1:a small drop 2 : a usually large and rounded mass Yank 1 : to pull or extract with a quick vigorous movement 2 : to remove in or as if in an abrupt manner <yanked the story from the evening edition>
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