![]() ![]() Ben Cooper was in the habit of buying the license of new/unknown characters at a low cost, and this time the gamble paid off.Īn online search will bring up a few articles written about this early costume. It is almost unbelievable that Ben Cooper would acquire the license for Spidey, since his comic book series only began in February or March of 1963. It turns out that the first Ben Cooper Marvel product is the very first piece of Marvel memorabilia known to be produced! Way back in 1963, a Spider-Man costume was available. Let’s not even get into the pain of the rubber band getting tangled in the hair on the back of your head… And we all know how hard it was to breathe in that vacuum formed mask (condensation building up inside near your mouth within the first few seconds). Some people believe it was designed with that color as a safety feature, to make the costume more visible on a dark night. There was so much yellow on the chest of the costume. How many of you dressed up in Ben Cooper products over the years?įor a super devoted Spidey fan like me, it was a bit of a downer that the costume did not match the comic book design. Supposedly, the Spider-Man costume has been the best-selling superhero costume for Ben Cooper over the decades. I loved Spider-Man so much that in my mind I WAS Spider-Man!! (my way of thinking probably has not changed over the decades) Thankfully, I was able to live out my dream with costumes available from the wonderful Ben Cooper company. ![]() When I started my life-long obsession with Spider-Man, I was 4 years old. ![]()
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