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SPIDER-MAN
NOVEMBER 7, 2007
Dr. Ruth Buskirk
poster
Spider expert (and Spidey fan) Dr. Ruth Buskirk kept the SRO crowd of spider enthusiasts enthralled. The program presented scenes from the movies Spider-Man I and Spider-Man II, as well as panels from the original Stan Lee-Steve Ditko comic. Audience members besieged Dr. Buskirk with questions about real spider habits, spider silk strength and production, and web-building versus the depictions in the films.