Representation of Reality in the Text of the Spider-Man Comic Strip

American superhero comics have long captured the hearts of young readers, and their film adaptations have expanded the number of viewers. The storylines of comics about Superman, Captain America, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Hulk and other superheroes of DC and Marvel publishing houses arouse interest not only in literature and film industry, but also in scientific environment: comics are studied as a phenomenon/genre of mass culture; a means of education and a kind of creolised text. This article shows the significance of comics by representation of reality. The important political, social and cultural events that took place in the USA and in the world in the 1960s are represented with verbal and non-verbal components of “Amazing Spiderman” comic strip. There are the research of nuclear weapons, the space race between the USA and the Soviet Union, the military intervention in Indochina, the economic crisis, the growth of crime and the formation of American youth in the comic strip.