Spidey, Fandom, and Me

Saw Spider-Man: No Way Home last night. Don’t worry, no spoilers. This isn’t really about the movie, not even really about the ol’ web-head himself, but about the phenomenon of fandom.

I’ve been a Spidey fan all my life. I could cite the whens and hows, the media consumed, the back-issues I have (good lord), the ups, the downs. The years of being a weirdo, only to see the whole world join the weirdos in loving this guy.

And that’s really the point. Last night, in a packed theatre during a pandemic, watching the movie that got Peter so right it hurt, hearing…