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What a comeback for an “old” comic book hero
Spider-Man: A Super Hero With Genuine Longevity
My childhood (and still) my favourite
I have been a Spidey fan ever since I started receiving pocket money. Round about the mid sixties. In those days the South African Rand (ZAR, more commonly denominated by the capitl letter R) was pegged to the pound, which meant a Rand was worth $2. And comics, imported from the US, only cost 6 cents each.
I used to get R2 a week, so, happy days.
Every Saturday, my brother and I went “shopping”. He bought literally bags of sweets. I bought at least four comics and still had plenty over for the other good stuff. We even, usually, had enough left over to go to the movies.
The good old days, right?
Anyway, I was reading a news article (link attached at the end of this piece) yesterday about the success of the new Spidey movie: Spider-Man: Brand New Day at the South African box office. And it brought back so many memories. Like me, training in the back yard, trying to be like Spidey. Not to mention, trying to figure out how to make webbing and a way to squirt it from my wrists.
Never figured that out, of course.
