Can you tell me what the main difference is between a superhero and a supervillain? No, it’s not the difference in their physical or cerebral power or their background, or even their actions. Because let’s face it, every superhero is as flawed as the villains (and that’s the beauty of superhero movies). To me, the difference lies in a particular ethos– "With great power comes great responsibility.”You surely have heard this quote in a variety of contexts–in the Bible (New King James version, Luke 12:48), “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required…,” in old maxims, and sayings by the great personalities such as Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and others. In the comic and cinematic world, the quote stands as Spider-Man's moral backbone. In this article, we trace the connection between the quote “With great power comes great responsibility” and Spider-Man, and how it has become the “Spidentity” (please pardon the word play here!). The Quote’s Origin in Cinema and ComicsOn screen, the axiom debuted at the end of the first episode (Superman Comes to Earth) of the film series, Superman (1948), as Jonathan Kent explains the onus of the superpowers to his son, Clark. But, he didn’t deliver the exact quote in the scene; he just spoke in its essence as he tried to nudge Clark in the righteous direction, now that he is Superman. This was two decades before Spider-Man even existed. The quote debuted in the comics with Spider-Man. It first appeared...
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