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‘The Amazing Spider-Man’s’ amazing transformations Web-slinging Spidey has swung his way across stage, page and screens big and small throughout the years. Here are a few of his memorable incarnations.
Andrew Garfield is the newest star to don Spider-Man’s blue and red costume in "The Amazing Spider-Man,” which hits theaters on July 3.
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Emma Stone stars as Gwen Stacy, Parker's high-school love interest, in "The Amazing Spider-Man."
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Andrew Garfield's Spidey skills have him sticking to the top of subway cars.
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Rhys Ifans plays villain Dr. Curt Connors, a.k.a. the Lizard — a green-scaled, yellow-clawed super-monster.
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Wrote Washington Post critic Ann Hornaday: "Garfield and Stone whip up a warm, convincing froth as two teenagers caught up in a beguiling case of puppy love."
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" 'The Amazing Spider-Man' serves as something of an audience audition for Garfield, who delivers a more recessive, withholding performance than Maguire but whose lithe, rangy physique aptly lends itself to his character's arachnidan alter ego," wrote Hornaday.
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Tobey Maguire, as Peter Parker, and Kirsten Dunst, as Mary Jane Watson, shared a steamy upside-down kiss in 2002's "Spider-Man."
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"Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark," a Broadway musical interpretation of Spider-Man, became the Great White Way's most expensive musical ever produced. It was also a critical flop, plagued with accidents that maimed its cast when daring stunts went wrong.
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The cover of the 1962 Spider-Man comic "Amazing Fantasy" was sold by ComicConnect.com for $1.1 million in 2011.
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The villain Mysterio made his first appearance in "The Amazing Spider-Man" No. 13.
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In "The Amazing Spider-Man" #41, Spidey tackles super-villain the Rhino.
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In comic No. 45, as in the new movie, Spider-Man battles the Lizard.
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In comic No. 50, Peter Parker decides to give up his identity as Spider-Man.
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The 100th anniversary issue was published in 1971.
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Spoiler alert: The Green Goblin meets his demise in issue No. 122.
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The wedding of Aunt May and Doctor Octopus is at the center of issue No. 131.
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Spider-Man battles the Sinister Six.
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The villain Vulture returns in No. 240.
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Spider-Man battles Venom in the 25th anniversary issue.
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With a new, more muscular look, "The Amazing Spider-Man" comics entered Volume 2 in 1999.
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"Spidey Meets the President!" is a five-page story featuring Spider-Man and President-elect Obama on Inauguration Day in "The Amazing Spider-Man's" 583rd issue.
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Marvel Comics' "Ultimate Fallout" saw the role of Spider-Man taken over in August by Miles Morales after the death of Peter Parker. The new Spider-Man brought about other changes, including the suit, which boasts a sleek, streamlined black outfit with a deep-red spider on the chest and cobwebs on the shoulders and head.
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Miles Morales, described as a new Spider-Man for the Obama age — a half-black, half-Latino nerd — replaced longtime comic-book favorite Peter Parker, who was white, hailed from Queens and was killed off in June.
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Spider-Man, shown here in issue No. 600, was the brainchild of writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko.
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