Japanese Spider-Man

Chris: After 64 weekly columns where David Uzumeri and I took on the best and worst super-hero stories that American movies and TV had to offer, I wanted to do something different. That's why this week, we're kicking off a brand new series examining a super-heroic epic from across the sea: Supaidaman, the live-action Japanese Spider-Man show from 1978...

While superheroes as we know them are largely American creations, characters like Superman, Spider-Man and Batman are highly recognizable not only this country, but all over the world. So can we really blame other countries for wanting to take them and make them their own...