"Spider-Man is primal. They [Marvel] don’t know why, I can tell you. Peter Parker is everyone who isn’t Flash Thompson. Flash Thompson is the guy to whom everything comes easy. He drives to high school in a sports car. He’s the captain of the football team. He dates cheerleaders. He has girls do his homework for him. I mean, he lives the life of Riley, he has a grand old time. And everyone who’s not Flash Thompson is Peter Parker. He’s not a nerd. He isn’t a jerk or a failure. He’s not a guy that doesn’t want to go to parties or go on a date. Look at him; he’s a good looking guy! He’s smart, he’s talented, and underneath…he’s super! I mean, this guy is incredible…but he’s not Flash Thompson. Each of us has something that prevents us from being Flash Thompson. One guy isn’t Flash Thompson because his nose is too big. One guy isn’t because he hasn’t got any money. But Peter Parker’s reason is the most generic of all - it’s responsibility. Things keep coming up that prevent him from going to parties. It’s not that he doesn’t wanna go, it’s not that he isn’t popular when he gets there. It’s that he can’t go because Dr. Octopus is looting the city. And because he has a sense of responsibility. He can’t go out because Aunt May is sick, and who’s gonna take care of her? Stan used to say that Peter Parker is driven by Guilt. That’s bullshit. Guilt is when you fail, and you feel bad about it. Well, that happened once to him. Responsibility is when you stay up all night and get it done. So Peter Parker has that responsibility. He’s the success…and he pays the price. And everybody who wasn’t Flash Thompson is Peter Parker. Because we all have problems in our lives that keep us from having the life we want to have. THAT’S primal."

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And this is why I am, and always will be, a Spider-Man fan.

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