I’m back with another nerdy paradise. The newest edition to the pop culture psychology books focuses on Spider-Man and it just makes me so happy.
If you haven’t heard of these books before, allow me to introduce you. Dr. Travis Langley is a psychologist who teaches at a university in Arkansas. He’s also a massive nerd and found a way to combine his two interests. Dr. Langley gets other psychologists to look at a concept through the eyes of a particular character or series in pop culture. You learn things through the media examples in their essays and it’s just a wholesome, good time.
Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs [Buy Bookshop Amazon] is the newest book in the series, and it might be my favorite yet. This series of essays looks at concepts through examples in the comics, animated series, and the movies starring Tobey MacGuire, Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland, and the first Spider-verse movie.
Basically, there’s something in here for everyone, no matter your favorite Spidey. I loved getting to know more about the character’s history as well as different variations. There are a few I didn’t know anything about, so that was cool to see how similar traumas can shape someone differently. I also loved that Danny Fingeroth (who I met once and had no idea who he was) wrote a section. That added perspective from someone who wrote the character and worked with Stan Lee was really special.
Now, go read this so we can discuss if Spider-Man really is the most neurotic superhero or not.
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