Sam Raimi's answer to the decadelong dilemma was quite simple. He didn't make a film about Spider-Man. Instead, Raimi chose to make a movie about the man behind the mask, Peter Parker. As a comic ...

The superhero movie genre changed forever as a result of the release of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films, which officially brought the world of Stan Lee’s Marvel Comics into the mainstream.

Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film (along with Fox's first X-Men film) signified the launch of a new age of superhero movies.

Sam Raimi almost ghosted the MCU, and it wasn’t because of scheduling or salary. The real reason? A wave of “awful” fan backlash from Spider-Man 3 nearly crushed his superhero spirit.