Spider-Man Rescues BoySource: Yahoo! News
A Thai fireman turned superhero when he dressed up as comic-book character Spider-Man to coax a frightened eight-year-old from a balcony...
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Spiderman saves boySource: Annanova
This is just a nice story about some thoughtful public servants.

Nobody with good news calls in the middle of the night. As a father of college-age children, the late-night sound of the telephone ringing was chilling.
Superman and Spiderman Fight the Evil Recession ManSource: fresnobee.com
Superman and Spider-Man have not shown any signs of weakness - yet. But they are facing one of the biggest foes in their comic books histories: a bad economy...Marvel raising six of its monthly titles to $3.99, a 33% jump
The List: Our Top 10 Black SuperheroesSource: The Washington Post
This article's title caught my eye - I could only, in fact, think of one black superhero. The Green Lantern, though, is hardly on of the best, right? I had to read on to find out.
Spiderman saves ObamaSource: Reuters
President-elect, Barack Obama and Spiderman are both motivated by the same "mantra", so to speak.

Broadway is a strange place. In January they're closing the musical version of Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" -- and opening a musical based on Spiderman.
And it's being written by Bono and The Edge from U2.
Colbert Bests Obama, Wins Marvel White HouseSource: Wired News
Marvel's Daily Bugle headline is hot off the presses and details are sketchy for now, but it looks like the ballot results will be celebrated in Amazing Spider-Man No. 574.

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Marvel Comics Are Anti-EverythingSource: i09
Marvel Comics' big summer Spider-Man storyline, "New Ways To Die", promises to introduce a new villain into the webslinger's life: a mysterious character connected to his enemy Venom, called Anti-Venom. The most recent issue of Marvel's Fantastic Four series featured Mr.

With the announcement yesterday that Iron Man is going to open a whole can of Marvel worms, I thought it might be useful and interesting to take a closer look at some of the comic books and characters on their way to the big screen.