00:00Did you know that Spider-Man only exists because of a fly?
00:03This happened early on, when Stan Lee had already created the Fantastic Four, Hulk,
00:06the Human Torch, and even the Invisible Woman.
00:09But even with all that, Marvel's executives wanted more.
00:11They asked him to create a new hero, something that would be different from everything that
00:14already existed.
00:15And that was when the unlikely happened.
00:17While thinking of ideas, Stan looked at a fly climbing up the wall and had a sudden
00:20realization.
00:21What if I created a hero who could do that?
00:23At first, he even thought about calling him Insect Man or Mosquito Man, but none of those
00:27names seemed to work.
00:28That's when he came up with the perfect idea.
00:30Spider-Man, with webs, agility, spider sense, and most importantly, a human heart.
