Peter Parker, an orphan living with his aunt and uncle in Queens County, New York, was bitten by a mutated spider during a school outing, granting him superpowers. His transformation into Spider Man was motivated by the death of his uncle, and he harbored a secret crush on his high school classmate, Mary. This young man, seemingly ordinary when not in his superhero guise, was hugely popular upon his debut, appealing due to the strong sense of relatability.
From the beginning, he was just a typical American high school student, bullied at school, without many friends, secretly in love with a girl but too scared to confess, wasn't he? Perfectly fitting the image of most American high schoolers. After becoming a superhero, he excelled at upholding justice, but in his day-to-day life, he was still a young man struggling to make ends meet, much like many other young Americans, right?
