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Study Says Spider-Man is the Most Popular
Marvel Movie Series at SLAS
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ccording to a recent survey conducted at SLAS,
students prefer the Spider-Man series over 10
other Marvel series, including X-Men, The Avengers,
Ironman, Thor, Captain America, Hulk, Guardians of
the Galaxy, Deadpool, and The Fantastic Four.
The survey numbers were close, and in second place
was Thor, with The Avengers in third.
11th grader Nikita Kirzyk countered Sarah’s senti-
ment stating, “I like Thor more than Spider-Man be-
cause Thor’s powers are better. There are also too
The newest and most popular Spider-Man mov- many Spider-Man movies.”
ie, Far From Home, released in 2019, grossed over
$1,000,000,000. There’s a total of 7 Spider-Man mov- Almost all of the movies from the Marvel Cinematic
ies. The first three movies, Spider-Man 1, 2, and 3 had Universe typically earn over $200,000,000 each. The
the actor Tobey Maguire play Spider-Man. Following newest Avengers movie, Endgame, released in 2019,
that, The Amazing Spider-Man 1 and 2 featured An- had a worldwide earning of over $2,000,000,000.
drew Garfield as Spider-Man, while the newest two
Spider-Man movies, Spider-Man Homecoming and All Marvel Studios movies originated from comics
Far From Home, featured Tom Holland as the protag- drawn in the 20th century. Marvel released its first
onist.
comic in 1939, and today, there are over 80 Marvel
movies.
Sarah Higashiyama, a tenth grader at SLAS, said she
prefers this series because, “It is funnier and more The most popular heroes from the franchise came
light-hearted than the others on the list.”
from comics created by former Marvel head of com-
pany Stan Lee (RIP).
by Myles Jin