Spider-Man's secret identity exists.
Spider-Man is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The Spider-Man series broke ground by featuring Peter Parker , the high school student behind Spider-Man 's secret identity and with whose `` self-obsessions with rejection , inadequacy , and loneliness '' young readers could relate . Marvel 's Spider-Man , or simply Spider-Man , is an upcoming animated action-adventure , science-fiction television series based on the Spider-Man comics created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko .