Yes or BS – Spider-Man Edition

Spider-Man made his comic book debut 54 years ago today, so let's test your knowledge on the web slinger with a Yes or BS.

1. There is a Black/Hispanic Spider-Man named Miles Morales.
   1. Yes - He debuted in 2011, in the comic Ultimate Comics: Fallout #4.
2. Stan Lee almost based the character on a fly instead of a spider.
   1. Yes - He originally came up with the idea after he saw a fly on the wall. But he ended up going with a spider even though the head of Marvel was against it, because he said people hate spiders.
3. Director James Cameron was supposed to do a Spider-Man movie in the '90s, but it never got made.
   1. Yes - He wanted Leonardo DiCaprio to play Spider-Man.
4. There's a character in the comics named Jack Kirby who goes around cleaning up Spider-Man's webs. That's there aren't old webs everywhere.
   1. BS - According to the comic books, they dissolve after an hour. And Jack Kirby isn't a character, he was one of the original artists who worked on the Spider-Man comics.
5. Spider-Man is supposedly Jewish, but Marvel has never confirmed it.
   1. Yes - Peter Parker is from a Jewish neighborhood in Queens, NY. Stan Lee's parents were both Jewish immigrants, and several people involved with Spider-Man have said he's Jewish, including Andrew Garfield, who played him in two movies.