Sure, you’re pretty familiar with Spiderman’s many extra-comic-ular appearances, such as cartoons, a live-action series and the recent trilogy of blockbuster movies. What you probably didn’t know was that in 1978 Japan had its own Spider-Man who one-upped Peter Parker with something the teenager couldn’t even aspire to—a giant, transforming robot.
Supaidā-man was the result of a deal struck between Toei and Marvel giving the Japanese film/TV company free-reign to use Marvels characters for four years. Apart from his costume, Supaidā-man was a tokusatsu hero through and through.
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“Spider-Man (tokusatsu).” Wikipedia Wikimedia Foundation, Inc July 14, 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_(tokusatsu)>
“Spider - Man Op (Toei - 1978) w. Ger Subs.” YouTube YouTube, LLC July 14, 2009 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMvs0aSfFLs>
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