Village Voice Sic: Inferiority Complex Anti-Social Castration Oedipal Guilt Neurotic

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Sally Kempton for the Village Voice opined in 1965 that "Spider-Man has a terrible identity problem, a marked

inferiority complex, and a fear of women. He is

anti-social, [sic] castration-ridden, racked with Oedipal guilt, and accident-prone ... [a] functioning neurotic".[45] Agonizing over his choices, always

attempting to do right, he is nonetheless viewed with suspicion by the authorities, who seem unsure as to whether he is a helpful vigilante or a clever

criminal.[102]

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