If you were a kid of the 1980s I’m sure you had one of these. Spider-Man and the Hulk even tried solving the puzzle. Some folks on Pinterest made a Marvel cube and even Andrew Garfield had the toy on his desk in the first Amazing Spider-Man movie. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the classic toy.
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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The c is silent.
It’s Rubik. No c.
That crazy little cube ended up frying a million brains. Somewhere in Heaven the great Albert Einstein is throwing it against the wall out of frustration.
Googlealso marked the anniversary.
No wonder Hulk got so upset – he was trying one of the 4-by-4 cubes! I think that one was called Rubik’s Revenge?