In 2002 Spider-man starring Tobey Maguire and directed by Sam Rami ushered in a new era of cinematic superheroes. Momentum had been building with adaptations of Marvel’s Blade, and the X-men, but it was the unparallelled success of Spider-man that really caused comics to explode onto theater screens in unprecedented quantities. The genie had been released from the bottle and there was no putting it back; comic books and movies were united.
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