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Spider-Man and the Kingpin Inspired Ankle Bracelets?

by Brad Douglas

It seems you learn something new everyday when you’re searching for front page Spidey news. I stumbled across this article that says a 1977 Spider-Man newspaper strip inspired the creation of the modern day ankle bracelet. It seems Stan Lee had the Kingpin create a tracking device for Spider-Man.
A judge in New Mexico read the comic strip in the paper and was inspired. The honorable Jack Love thought this would be a great way to eliminate overcrowding jails and have low level offenders stay at home. Judge Love teamed up with amateur engineer Mike Goss. Together they created the National Incarceration Monitoring and Control Services (NIMCOS).
More than 100 million Americans use ankle bracelets and they have the Kingpin of Crime to thank for it.

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Brad created the Crawlspace back in 1998 while attending college at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He’s the webmaster and writes front page news items, and also produces, hosts and edits the podcast. He’s been collecting Spider-Man comics since the age of three and is a life-long fan of the webhead. His website has been featured in USA Today, Entertainment Weekly and on Marvel.com and inside the comics themselves. The Crawlspace is one of the first Spider-Man fan sites to ever hit the internet. Millions of people visit the site every year.
Brad has interviewed several “Spider-Celebrities” over the years including co-creator Stan Lee. He’s also interviewed actors who have portrayed Spider-Man like Paul Soles (Voice Actor from the 67 Spider-Man Cartoon), Dan Gilvezan (Spidey Voice Actor from Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends) ,Yuri Lownthal (Voice Actor from the Spider-Man PlayStation game) and Nicholas Hammond (Spider-Man 1977 Actor).

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2 Comments

Mark Alford says:

November 22, 2015 at 4:55 pm

That is an awesome bit of trivia. I love stuff like that. The guy who created Wonder Woman was also the guy who created the polygraph test. Goes hand in hand with her lasso of truth.
hornacek says:

November 21, 2015 at 9:35 am

Star Trek has been hogging the spotlight for years with inspiring cell phones, smart phones, iPads, etc. It’s about time Spidey got some credit.

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