A few days ago
Why does Spider-Man has a dash but Superman doesn’t?
Is it because a spider is living thing and super is not?
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A few days ago
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Actually, it’s not a dash. It’s just a piece of web string that got stuck to the paper the first time Spider-Man signed an autograph. Then his name got published in the papers like that and he had to keep the dash ever since. Plus, if you wrote Spider-Man without the dash, it just looks like some regular person’s last name. See if you can pick out the superhero from this list below:
Fleckman
Mellman
Peterman
Herman
Shulman
Spellman
Forkman
Spiderman
Goldman
Silverman
Tinman
Aquaman
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A few days ago
I think that Spider-man is hyphenated because that superhero’s abilities or powers are those of a spider’s, enhanced or embedded in a man … spider-man. However, Superman’s abilities or powers were not gained through some “interaction” with another “thing”, living or not. Perhaps another example might be, the Swamp-thing. However, sometimes that one is hyphenated, and sometimes it is not.
Just my 2 cents worth. 🙂
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A few days ago
Maybe because Spiderman can spray a web, pull on it, and yank himself forward. Superman can’t do that.
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