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This Irish three-year-old nominated Spiderman for the ice bucket challenge... and Spidey stepped up

Now THAT is a superhero.

Aug 25th 2014, 12:24 PM 38,500 Views 27 Comments

ON FRIDAY, WE published a frankly adorable video of three-year-old Elijah O Riain doing the ice bucket challenge.

Before taking the challenge, Elijah nominated his mate Lucia, rock superstar Bono… and Spiderman.

Source: Elijah O Riain/YouTube

Cork man John Hourihan saw the video, and decided to make things happen. So he tweeted it at Dan Slott – the artist who writes The Amazing Spider-Man for Marvel Comics.

Hey @DanSlott you know Spidey. Will he accept his nomination? http://t.co/qgHf9gfkl2
— John H (@HourihanJ) August 23, 2014

Source: John Hourihan/Twitter

It didn’t take long for Spidey to step up to the plate.

Slott tweeted this image in reply. It must have been quite a bucket.

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Now THAT’S what we call a superhero. Fair play Spidey, fair play.

The question is: where’s Bono’s?

Source: funnyjunk

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This Irish three-year-old nominated Spiderman for the ice bucket challenge... and Spidey stepped up