Peter parker has been kicking evils butt since 1962 when he was dreamed up by comic book icon stan lee and comic artist par excellence steve ditko we all know the story he was bitten by a radioactive spider etc etc but what made peter so wildly popular was that he was the first comic character that the readers could really relate to he wasnt a billionaire or an alien or a soldier peters just a high school nerd who is secretly utterly awesome this official marvel comics spider man t shir