It definitely helps that spidey series come along with the helpless but sexy Mary Jane Watson. >:) But.......it's not about her.
It's about the reality of being a Superhero. Spidey is as susceptible to jealousy, hunger for revenge, selfishness, vindication, and depression as any of us are. As he scales heights or swings into the urban jungle from nowhere, he may be plagued by thoughts of lost love. As he fights, he may be doing so just to impress the girl of his dreams. As he revels in the crowd's cheers, his head may get as big as Gargantua. As he loses the love of his life, he dejectedly dumps Spidey identity just so to not be an "empty seat" anymore.
In short, he is just like anyone of us.
Spidey however always braces up in the nick of time. I prefer to think it's because of the righteouness steak in him. After all, underneath the latex suit is a geeky, polite, filial and lovelorn guy. All he ever asked for was to do well in his studies, and for Mary Jane Watson to notice him.
By evolving into a large semi-spider, his entire paradigm is shifted while his life is thrown off balance. The series brings us through the struggles he experiences as he learns the hard facts of being a Superhero.
It's hard to imagine that the director of Spidey used to produce B-grade horror flicks. With that in mind, I find it effortless to give the Spidey series 2-thumbs up. :D
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