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» SpiderMable takes to the streets of Edmonton

Brittney MacDonald
Life & Style Editor
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ou love Superman, you love

Thor—well, get ready for
SpiderMable! Much in the same
vein as BatKid from November,
2013, six-year-old Mable Tooke

got to play superhero for the day
: local news announcing the

: disappearance of Edmonton

: Oilers captain Andrew Ference.
: Sergeant Steve Sharpe of the

: Edmonton Police Department

: pled to the camera for

: SpiderMable to help him and

: get to city hall right away for

: a meeting with Mayor Don

: Iveson.

on September 28 in Edmonton,
Alberta.

While undergoing
treatment for acute
lymphoblastic leukemia, Tooke
developed an affinity for a
certain web-slinger every comic
fan knows and loves, but her
love of Spiderman didn’t stem
from the fancy movies or the

new cartoons, but rather the old : . -
: with Spiderman, who greeted

: her excitedly with a high five

: and told her he was there to

: help. After SpiderMable briefed
: her hero on the situation,

: they met with the Mayor, who

: formally requested the help of — :
: the city’s newest caped crusader :
: (yes, she did have a cape).

: From there, the dynamic duo

: went to the police department

: where the culprit was identified

Stan Lee comics of the 1960s.
Talk about being a true fan!
Moved by Tooke’s story and
her situation, the Children’s
Wish Foundation decided to
make her a superhero for a day,
and even flew Spidey in from
New York so she could fight
crime alongside her favorite
Avenger. But they needed more
than clever costumes and a

: sense of childish wonder to pull
: it off—they needed the help of

: an entire city to make this wish
: come true. Well, they got it, and
: they got it in spades! Edmonton
: more than rose to the occasion,

: as volunteers poured in to help

: and fans lined the streets to

: cheer SpiderMable on.

The day began with the

There, SpiderMable met

crooks,

 
  

    

: as the evil Mysterio, one of
: Spiderman’s arch nemeses.

In her quest to save Andrew

: Ference, SpiderMable got to

: zip line in West Edmonton

: Mall, save Spiderman’s friend
: Black Cat, and defeat Mysterio
: in the Edmonton Zoo—with

: the help of a lot of silly string!
: After freeing Ference, Tooke

: celebrated with a superhero

: party in the zoo’s otter room.

As a reward for her service

to the city, as well as for saving
: a fan-favourite hockey player—
: this is Canada after all—

: SpiderMable got to drop the

: puck at the Edmonton versus

: Arizona game the following

: night.

When asked why he wanted

: to help, Ference told Global

: News: “Having kids of my own,
: to see a smile on a kid’s face,

: you can’t put a price on it;

: especially somebody who’s gone
: through a pretty tough time

: like her.”

Though Tooke has been

: in treatment for her leukemia

: since September 2013, things

: are looking up. Hopefully, it will
: enter remission soon.

Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP

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