Many would argue that Lionel Messi is superhuman when he has a ball at his feet — so it is only appropriate that he has been immortalised as a comic book hero by a Cork artist.

He’s always been a rebel — but now it’s official. Web-slinging superhero Spider-Man is from Cork.

Lines drawn from Marvel’s new Spider-Man and cartoons of Seamus Coleman intersect at the son of a Ballycotton trawlerman. Don O’Mahony talks to Will Sliney.