Spidey is tied with Iron Man as my fave and I love the fact that he both a.) is a giant nerd and b.) doesn't have a whole lot of money. I can really relate with him on that level. He is also laugh-out-loud hilarious in a lot of his comics, which I love.

I have a special spot in my heart for the original Spider-Man trilogy, regardless of the issues. The first one established that he was graduated high school the same year I was graduating high school, and feeling like I was as old as Spider-Man was really neat to me. It's a small, silly thing, but what can I say?

(It also arrived on the scene a few months after 9/11 so the parting shot of Spidey on the American flag in New York had a lot of special significance at the time.)