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Spiderman to hog the limelight

Cartoon Surprises began this week with a promise to bring alive cartoon characters that will appeal to a 36-year-old as well as a cartoon character that appeals to the two-year-old toddler.

Bred on a staple diet of cartoons on television and comic books, the young and the old cannot resist the charm of Spiderman, a character, who was created for Marvel Comics by comic book writer, Stan Lee.

All of us have at some point in time, stared at a spider making its way up on an invisible thread and wondered how fascinating it would be to have similar powers. Stan Lee gave similar powers to a high school student by the name of Peter Parker in his comic strip.

Deema Hussain, the Head of the Cartoon Surprises theme week and the Head of Events, Exhibitions and Public Relations, Dubai Port Authority in Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, said: "We selected some of the most popular cartoon characters to represent the week. Teletubbies was voted the highest in popularity listing that we did in the below five category, while Spiderman, especially after the movie release won hands down."

Bit by a radioactive spider, Peter gained the powers of a spider magnified by the radiation. Peter's new found superhuman abilities included incredible superhuman strength, superhuman reflexes and equilibrium, the ability to stick to most surfaces and an intuitive sense for danger. He was also able to spin and shoot webs.

Today is your chance to see Spiderman in real life performing spidery acrobats in front of your own eyes. Watch as he interacts with the audience at the Wafi City at 5pm in demonstrating his superhero skills.