Spider-Man in Other Media - Real-life Spider-Men

Real-life Spider-Men

Real-life "Spider-Men" include:

• "Spider Dan" Goodwin climbed the glass of two Chicago skyscrapers, the Sears Tower and the John Hancock Center, using suction cups in 1981.

• Alain Robert, nicknamed Spider-Man, is a rock and urban climber who has scaled more than 70 tall buildings using his hands and feet, without using additional devices. He sometimes wears a Spider-Man suit during his climbs. In May 2003, he was paid approximately $18,000 to climb the 312-foot (95 m) Lloyd's of London building to promote the premiere of the movie Spider-Man on the British television channel Sky Movies.

• 'The Human Spider', alias Bill Strother, scaled the Lamar Building in 1921.

• Fathers 4 Justice member David Chick used a Spider-Man outfit to obtain publicity for fathers' rights.

• Sonchai Yoosabai, a firefighter from Thailand, is considered a real-life Spider-Man. He rescued an 8-year old boy with autism from falling off the ledge of a building by scaling it with no ropes and then rescuing the boy.