Why didnt Peter Parker stop the burglar who killed Uncle Ben?
Are Spider-Mans foes inherently evil, or are they victims of circumstances beyond their control?
What do the many web-slinging superheroes across the Spider-Verse tell us about the choices we make in the world(s) we inhabit?
And who really wants to date a superhero, anyway? Especially an underdog like Spider-Man . . .
Spider-Man has been ranked among the best-selling superhero characters since the 1960s, often as the best-selling superhero of all time. Much of his popularity lies in his humanity and his status as the poster boy for neurotic superheroes.
In Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs, Travis Langley (author of the acclaimed Batman and Psychology and Stranger Things Psychology) is back with his team of expert contributors to plumb the psychological depths of our favorite friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Drawing examples from comic book stories, motion pictures (including the animated blockbuster Spider-Verse movie series), and a few well-known video games or TV cartoons, Dr. Langley and his team will untangle a variety of sticky psychological issues found throughout the famed web slinger's time-tested saga to help readers better understand psychology.
Acclaimed author, psychology professor, Wheel of Fortune game show champion, and superherologist Dr. Travis Langley has returned with the newest installment of his lauded Pop Culture Psychology series. Backed by an entourage of expert contributors, Dr. Langley explores the psychology of real human nature through the lens of one of the best-selling superhero characters of all time: Spider-Man.
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Friendly neighborhood psychologist Travis Langley and his fantastic team explore the amazing minds of Peter Parker, Miles Morales, and many more in this spectacular edition of all things Spider-Man! E. Paul Zehr, PhD, author of Chasing Captain America: How Advances in Science, Engineering, and Biotechnology Will Produce a Superhuman
Travis Langley has put together an amazing (see what I did there?) collection of essays about Spider-Man. If youre a fan of Spider-Man, this book will fascinate you, as the essays illuminate our understanding of exactly what makes Peter Parker and the people around him tick. Highly recommended. Michael A. Burstein, winner of the Astounding Award, multiple Hugo and Nebula Award nominee, author of The Friendly Neighborhood of Peter Parker in Webslinger: Unauthorized Essays on Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
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| Acknowledgments: Our Amazing Friends |
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| Foreword: "He Must Be a Neurotic of Some Sort" Spidey and Me ... and You! |
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| Introduction: "A Really Tough Life" and "the Real Pain" |
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1 Why Does He Keep Doing What a Spider Can? |
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2 Why Do Heroes Stick? The Social and Psychological Functions of Hero Stories |
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3 Reweaving: How Those Great Powers Alter a Young Hero's Sense of Self and World |
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Web File I Before the Bite: Psychosocial Stages of Parker Development |
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4 Along Came a Spider-Mentor |
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5 From a Leap to a Spark: Miles Morales and the Coming-of-Age Experience for Latinx and Black Heroes |
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6 Finding Your Inner Superhero: Adolescent Moral Identity Development |
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7 Into the Spidentity: The Multiverse of Personality and Identity |
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Web File II Posttraumatic Growth and Why We Keep Talking About Uncle Ben |
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8 Spidey's Sticky Love Life: Relationships |
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9 Behind the Mask: The Web of Loneliness |
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10 The Grief Goblin: Archnemesis or Greatest Ally? |
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Postscript: Attachment and Adverse Childhood Experiences |
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Web File III Narcissists: Their Own Worst Enemies |
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11 Spider-Man, Murder Co-Victim: Guilt, Anger, and Posttraumatic Growth |
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12 Climbing the Walls: Neurosis, Psychosis, and Metamorphosis |
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13 Radioactive Reaction: Anger, Trauma, and Self-Control |
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Web File IV Across Generations: How Miles Morales Sees Teen |
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14 Spidery Strengths and Virtues: From Radioactive Bite to Values-Driven Life |
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15 Daring to Dream the Myth Onward: The Persistence of Archetypal Themes in Spider-Man |
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16 You'd Think Having Superpowers Would Make Life Easier |
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17 The "Cure" for Spider-Man: Therapy Offers an Alternate Way Home |
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Web File V Life Lessons from the Hero Overhead |
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Travis Langley, PhD, is a distinguished professor of psychology at Henderson State University. He has been a child abuse investigator, courtroom expert, Wheel of Fortune game show champion, and popular keynote speaker. Author and editor of fourteen books, he speaks regularly at events throughout the world, discussing the psychology of heroism and the power of story in peoples lives. The New York Times, LA Times, Saturday Evening Post, CNN, MTV, and hundreds of other outlets have covered Langleys work. He has also given interviews for several documentaries, including AMC Visionaries: Robert Kirkmans Secret History of Comics, Superheroes Decoded, Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics, Legends of the Knight, and Hulus Batman & Bill.
Follow Travis Langley as @Superherologist on Instagram and Twitter. Join him as he investigates the best and worst in human nature through his Psychology Today blog, Beyond Heroes and Villains, and through the Batman and Psychology page at Facebook.com/BatmanBelfry.
Alex Langley, MS, is the author of Make a Nerdy Living, 100 Greatest Graphic Novels, and The Geek Handbook series as well as the graphic novel Kill the Freshman. He also wrote chapters for several Popular Culture Psychology books, most recently Stranger Things Psychology: Life Upside Down. Online, he has covered retro and modern gaming for Arcade Sushi, edited content for web celebrity @ActionChick Katrina Hill at ActionFlickChick.com, served as gaming editor at Nerdspan.com, and co-created the YouTube web series Geeks and Gamers Anonymous. He regularly speaks on nerdy topics and shares writing advice at fan conventions such as Wonder-Con, Fan Expo, and San Diego Comic-Con International. His published works also include academic papers, and he likes your hair like that.
