The fictional character
Spider-Man, a comic book
superhero created by
Stan Lee and
Steve Ditko and featured in
Marvel Comics publications, has appeared in six live-action films since his inception. Spider-Man is the alter-ego of Peter Parker, a talented young freelance photographer and aspiring scientist, imbued with superhuman abilities after being bitten by a radioactive/genetically-altered spider. The first live-action film was an American, made-for-television film-special that premiered on the
CBS network in 1977 (intended as a
backdoor pilot for what became a short-lived, weekly episodic TV series). It starred
Nicholas Hammond as Peter Parker/Spider-Man.