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"  Spider-Man turned fifty yesterday, officially attaining the new middle age, but he remains the greatest superhero of all time. The main reason that Spider-Man is greater than Superman and Batman (and I really think that the contest comes down to those three) is that he has a sense of humor. It&amp;#039;s always been amazing to me that Jerry Seinfeld would be obsessed with Superman because the caped crusader has no sense of humor at all. He barely even cracks any one-liners. Superman drearily fulfills his duty just like what he is: a man who is above other men, who is more than them. After he has triumphed, he goes and sulks in the Fortress of Solitude. As for Batman, he is essentially a violent emo-kid with abandonment issues. Even at his best, he doesn&amp;#039;t amount to much more than a reluctant vigilante. Spider-Man is both lighter and more serious than the other two. His story is the story of any kid with a special talent. The biggest lesson he learns, and the reason that Peter Parker is so much more enjoyable to pass time with than either Clark Kent or Bruce Wayne, is humility. Spider-Man takes his talent seriously \u2014 &amp;quot;with great power comes great responsibility&amp;quot; \u2014 but doesn&amp;#039;t take himself seriously, always joking about his own failures even while he&amp;#039;s crushing bad guys. The current president gets this superpower self-deprecation so perfectly that he plays the same game. For the record, that&amp;#039;s the second time he&amp;#039;s tried to feed on Spider-Man&amp;#039;s magic. Spider-Man came later than Batman and Superman, but he was the first recognizably vulnerable superhero, and therefore the best. It also didn&amp;#039;t hurt that the original animated show from the sixties has the greatest theme music of any show ever. (Warning: Do not listen to this unless you want it stuck in your head for a week.) Now that he&amp;#039;s fifty, Spidey&amp;#039;ll need his sense of humor and his humility more than ever. The good news is that he seems like the only one among all the superheroes who could take it in stride. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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