Kiss singer Gene Simmons is seeking to trademark the Spider-Man web shooting hand symbol. It’s also known as the “rock on” or “I love you” in sign language. As you know Spider-Man first used the hand gesture back in 1962. Simmons says he first used the hand symbol back in 1974 during Kiss’ Hotter Than Hell tour. Check out this article for more info. What do you think? Does Simmons stand a chance with trademarking the gesture?
Brad Douglas
View articlesBrad 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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Actually; Spider-Man first used the two fingers thwip in Amazing Spider-Man 90 when Gil Kane took over the task of drawing the character.
The issue is from 1970, so it still precedes the guy from K.I.S.S.
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Gene Simmons thinks???
Oh no…this is not a good idea. What is Gene Simmons thinking??