Spider-Man is a fictional superhero created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in the anthology comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, as well as in a number of movies, television shows, and video game adaptations set in the Marvel Universe. In the stories, Spider-Man is the alias of Peter Parker, an orphan raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents Richard and Mary Parker were killed in a plane crash. Lee and Ditko had the character deal with the struggles of adolescence and financial issues, and accompanied him with many supporting characters, such as J. Jonah Jameson, Flash Thompson, Harry Osborn, romantic interests Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson, and foes such as Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin and Venom. His origin story has him acquiring spider-related abilities after a bite from a radioactive spider; these include clinging to surfaces, shooting spider-webs from wrist-mounted devices, and detecting danger with his "spider-sense".
When Spider-Man first appeared in the early 1960s, teenagers in superhero comic books were usually relegated to the role of sidekick to the protagonist. The Spider-Man series broke ground by featuring Peter Parker, a high school student from Queens behind Spider-Man's secret identity and with whose "self-obsessions with rejection, inadequacy, and loneliness" young readers could relate. While Spider-Man had all the makings of a sidekick, unlike previous teen heroes such as Bucky and Robin, Spider-Man had no superhero mentor like Captain America and Batman; he thus had to learn for himself that "with great power there must also come great responsibility"—a line included in a text box in the final panel of the first Spider-Man story but later retroactively attributed to his guardian, the late Uncle Ben. Marvel has featured Spider-Man in several comic book series, the first and longest-lasting of which is The Amazing Spider-Man. Over the years, the Peter Parker character developed from a shy, nerdy New York City high school student to troubled but outgoing college student, to married high school teacher to, in the late 2000s, a single freelance photographer. Spider-Man is Marvel's most popular superhero.
With the Hulk[]
The Hulk appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July 1964).
Powers & Abilities[]
Superhuman Strength:
- Is said to be one of the strongest Spider-Man out of all the Multi-Verse.
- Claims to have the proportionate strength of a spider.
- Originally lifted up to 10 tons, then 15, then 20 but usually peaks at 40 tons but he can really push more if he tries.
- Even when held back, can knock down fully grown men with ease.
- Even a single tap on the head was enough to render them unconscious.
- Supported the weight of the Daily Bugle, which weighs 365,000 tons with his bare hands.
- It was calc to 533,968.235 tons.
- Lifted a massive amount of rubble that he described as feeling like half of Manhattan on his back.
- Manhattan weights 125,208,467 tons.
- Struck down a dinosaur with a SINGLE Punch.
- Sent Gray Hulk into orbit with one punch, which lead to Gray Hulk forfeiting the match.
- Pulled down a Giant Robot with his strength.
- Knocked down Goliath (in his Giant form) down with pure strength.
- Matched Griffin in strength.
- Griffin is stronger than Wonder Man who's strength rivals Thor and is nearly as strong as Hulk mentioned by Namor.
- Held up and smashed a solid gold statue.
- Ripped up a staircase and was able to pummel through concrete pillars with it.
- Can toss away massive steel chunks off of him.
- Smashed the Lizard through a concrete wall.
- Held up a massive gold beam.
- Knocked out Tombstone with a single punch.
- Tombstone is durable to withstand a single punch.
- Supported the weight of a crane on his web for hours.
- Dug himself through solid cement.
- Using his webs, stopped two cars going to the opposite direction.
- Blitzed an beaten down Titania.
- He was able to drive Titania into a metal wall hard enough to crack it and throw her through a steel wall.
- Pushed away a steel door with one hand.
- Lifted up and freed himself from metal debris.
- Said debris was comparable to the weight of a locomotive (130 tons).
- Can tip over and even catch a 27 tonned armored car.
- Threw Thyploid Mary through a concrete wall.
- Lifted up a truck only to slam it down on Ultimate Green Goblin.
- Knocked out Bulldozer with a single punch.
- Staggered Mr Hyde with a single punch.
- Mr Hyde is someone who can throw vans around effortlessly.
- Lifted up a massive tank and then smashed another with it.
- Chipped The Thing's hide with a single strike.
- Stopped a thrown car with a kick.
- Flicked a train cart over.
- Easily overpowered a superhuman with the strength of ten men.
- Easily lifted up a lamp post and smash it over the front of a van.
- Can grapple evenly with Captain America.
- Steve can tear down steel doors easily and rip a statue apart.
- While losing breath and already heavily injured, pushed up a part of a building.
- Even when weakened, was able to break free off from Iron Man's grip and chip his armor.
- Punched through a stone chimney without effort.
- Crushed the Punisher's assault rifle in one hand.
- Supported a private jet's landing gear (58 tons).
- Staggered and tacked Venom through a concrete wall.
- Smacked down Iron Man hard enough for his Sensory Apparatus to be turned offline.
- Was able to tear down Pier 52.
- Infamously, beaten down Firelord to the point of knocking him out.
- Firelord is a Herald of Galactus.
- When enraged, easily humiliated and beaten down Kingpin.
- Strong enough to whack the Scorpion around.
- Knocked out Absorbing Man, who was amped by steel.
- Broke through three inches of steel.
- Easily pulled a truck via a string of his webbing.
- Supported the roof of a collapsed tunnel.
- Flipped an armored bus.
- Threw a car while several heavy Mindless Ones are on top of it.
- Shattered Kraven's sternum with a kick.
- Was able to physically push and stagger the Hulk.
- The feat itself was calced at around the low Kilotons range or Small Town.
- Punched out She-Hulk.
- As Superior Spiderman, slammed Wolverine's head into the ground hard enough for him to be knocked out.
- Usually knocks out Shocker, someone who can withstand firing his own
- Easily destroyed a water storage tank by plowing Namor through it.
- Even when holding back, traded blows with Daredevil.
- Daredevil can tip over a limo and can rupture skin with a single kick.
- Threw Daredevil through a series of thick cement walls.
- Punched Iron Man through a building.
- Slammed a small shack over Blackheart.
- As the Superior Spiderman, he and Cardiac easily crashed through concrete walls.
- When not holding back, punched off Scorpion's jaw.
- Beaten down Agent Venom in his Venom form.
- Even going as to far to punch some of his teeth out.
- Caught and placed down a chunk of a large metal crane.
- Easily held up a bus at one point.
- Was able to beat up Angelo Fortunato, a host of Venom.
- Threw up a van which held four people up a window.
- Ripped apart Dr. Octopus' titanium Tentacles.
- Titanium can withstand 434 MPa (that's 63,000 psi or 7,118 joules).
- Usually tangles with Venom and coming out on top most of the times.
- Even when slightly covered in the Symbiote Suit, Eddie can support the weight of a Ferris Wheel.
- Tore down two Sentinels without much effort.
- Knocked Green Goblin across a room with a single punch.
- Held up a huge chunk of stone and rock.
- Has defeated the Rhino on a daily basis.
- Rhino is someone who can make a building collapse just by clinging onto it.
- Spidey has even thrown and stomped him around in one occasion.
- Rhino is someone who can make a building collapse just by clinging onto it.
- Was easily able to lift up a train car.
- Train cars usually weight around (12,000 tons).
- Supported a huge helicopter.
- Able to rip and bend apart steel beams.
- Can go toe-to-toe with Hulk and Juggenaut on occasions.
- Albeit outmatched.
Superhuman Durability:
- Durability should be around the City Block level.
- Has taken several blows from superhumans and lived.
- Was able to take a building crashing down on him.
- Survived a building-destroying explosion (124 tons of TNT).
- Survived getting thrown a a mile, uninjured.
- Tanked an insane amount of electricity.
- From Electro no less.
- Has taken thrashings from Doctor Octopus' titanium tentacles.
- Lived after a missile blowing up just next to him.
- At the very least, the missile can output kilotons of TNT.
- Withstood a continuous assault from Thing, Ms Marvel and Iron Fist.
- Durable enough that a normal human actually broke his hands upon punching his abdomen.
- Even when uncostumed, was able to stand up immediately after getting thrown through a wooden wall by Rhino.
- Took several blows and hits from Green Goblin.
- Green Goblin can stomp a sword in two.
- Tanked getting slammed through a wall by the Hulk.
- Lived after being thrown miles away from Captain Universe.
- Survived being thrown through buildings and streets.
- Survived being on the edge of a mountain busting explosion which was able to vaporize snow.
- Lived through being on the receiving end of multiple Pumpkin Bomb explosions.
- Pumpkin Bomb explosions can melt through steel and stagger superhumans.
- Has taken brutal beatings from Morlun.
- Stood up after getting thrown around by Kingpin.
- Broke away from Carbonadium arms strangling him.
- Has taken several punches from someone who can fight Red Hulk evenly.
- Survived being thrown through several blocks by Doc Ock.
- Was alive after being blasted by a blast hot enough to melt an entire floor.
- Barely affected by electricity meant for traffic lights.
- Survived a fight with Typhloid Mary.
- Even surviving being immolated by her.
- In the Iron Spider Suit, took a direct punch to the face from Captain America.
- Survived being thrown through three walls and dozens of meters.
- Withstood a blast from Shocker's gauntlets.
- Survived being close to a rocket's nozzle.
- Withstood being punched through a wall by Morlun.
- A monster's mandibles were unable to cut him up.
- Tanks getting smashed through a tree trunk.
- Survived having a section of a grating thrown at him by the Hulk.
- Stood up after getting slammed into a bus hard enough to buckle it.
- Survived having several vehicles slammed onto him.
- Lived through being in the epicenter of a building busting explosion.
- Also survived being beaten down by a superhuman afterwards.
- Survived being in contact with acid.
- Withstood being blasted by an energy blast.
- Said blast was strong enough to melt a vault door.
- Slept off a broken arm and a bullet wound.
- Unfazed by getting punched by Punisher.
- Punisher can punch down Multi City Block heroes like Daredevil and Deadpool.
- Withstood Shaker's vibrations for a solid minute.
- His vibrations are strong enough to shatter lead, steel and granite.
- Survived being slammed through a sidewalk Anti-Venom.
- Survived being rammed in the hest by Rhino.
- Lived through a punch from Venom that sent him flying over a building.
- Survived getting a car thrown at him by the Lizard.
- Can survive being stabbed by Carnage's tendrils.
- Walked off a backhand from Venom, which crippled his ribs for a bit.
- Was only annoyed by Hercules throwing and piling him up with atleast four cars.
- Able to take hits from Rhino, who is an 80 tonner, and survive.
- Rhino is someone who tear down buildings in his charge.
- Survived being slammed into the ground hard enough to shatter it and being t
- Tanked hits from Phoenix empowered Colossus.
- Survived being stomped through a street by Goliath.
- Was only knocked down by a backhand from the Thing.
- Took hits and punches from Tombstone.
- Tombstone can easily punch through concrete with his fists.
- Stood up after Green Goblin's Glider rammed him on the back.
- Survived blows from Venom, a being that can rip apart tanks easily.
- Tanks a Mjolnir throw from a hulkified Thor....somehow.
- Barely flinched when Kraven slammed a wooden staff over his face.
- Kraven is someone who can overpower gorillas and take on superhuman foes.
- Blocked a Truck thrown at him with only his head and shoulder.
- And was unfazed for the most part.
- Can survive strikes from godlike characters like the Hulk.
- Coupled with his willpower, incredibly hard to put down.
Regeneration:
- Recover faster than anyone else from bee stings despite being stung the worst by Swarm.
- Heals his optic nerves at an "astonishing speed".
- Heals from acid in his eyes in a single night of sleep.
- A broken arm heals in one night.
- Survives an explosion that melted metal and is fighting superhumans the following day.
Speed/Agility:
- Movement speed should be around Supersonic range.
- Reaction speed should be around Massively Hypersonic+ while being Relativistic with Spider Sense on.
- Peter's most identified trait.
- Can dodge automatic fire.
- Was easily able to speedblitz five superheroes and supervillains in the Civil War.
- One of which was Mr Fantastic, who can react in Massively Hypersonic+ speeds.
- Stated to have reflexes forty times faster than an average man.
- Stated to move so fast that his mind is unable to be read.
- Can casually move over Faster Than Eye speeds over a large distance.
- Able to dodge a bunch of laser fire from different directions.
- Dodged Iron Man's repulsor shots.
- Was fast enough to outswing homing bullets.
- Evaded several ninjas at once.
- Was able to catch a berserk Wolverine's arms.
- Can outspeed Punisher almost casually.
- Punisher is skilled enough to tag speedsters and dodge a concentrated blast from Electro.
- Should be faster than Hawkeye and Black Panther at the very least.
- They both reacted to a girder thrown by an alternate universe Hulk.
- The feat itself has been calced at around Mach 9029.063446.
- They both reacted to a girder thrown by an alternate universe Hulk.
- Easily ran up to the side of a building.
- Was able to effortlessly take out a group of goons.
- Without the use of his Spider-Sense, dodged a dart trap.
- Stopped Marrow's projectiles before they hit someone.
- Countered Speedball mid-leap.
- When Doc Ock became the Superior Spiderman, dodged Thor's lightning (671 million miles per hour).
- With Spider Sense, can dodge laser beams going at the speed of light.
- Defused a bomb in nine seconds.
- Can dance around Doc Ock's tentacle attacks.
- Outraced bullets while being underwater.
- Flips over a man while he was shooting at him.
- Outpaces the Goblin Glider.
- Can balance himself on a flagpole with one hand.
- Appeared and disappeared in front of a man.
- Easily blitzed Stilt-Man with a series of blows.
- Effectively blitzed Daredevil.
- Daredevil has admitted that Peter was the faster between them.
- Has often been the faster between him and Deadpool.
- Deadpool is someone who can weave around electrical charges.
- Can keep up and dodge blows from Daredevil.
- Fast enough to catch and shoot down bullets with his webs.
- Perceived a falling house in slow motion.
- Tagged Quicksilver while he was blitzing him.
- Even while partially drugged, dodged an almost point blank shotgun blast.
- Saved Vermin from getting shot at.
- Dodged several launched grenades and even timed an explosion.
- Can swing and leap around New York City.
- Has caught a swing from Typhloid Mary.
- Mary is someone who can keep up with Daredevil.
- Was able to punch down Speed Demon.
- Can even catch bullets in some cases.
- Broke into Avengers Mansion so fast that the guards failed to react in time.
- Has kept up with Wolverine and even blitzed him from time to time.
- Wolverine was able to keep up with Captain America, someone who can dodge out of the way of Relativistic ships.
- Easily leaped and weaved over a laser grid.
- While in mid air, weaved through gunfire.
- Wolverine has had trouble blocking his attack effectively.
- Easily dodged several Goblin Blasts at once.
- Agile enough to leap around a room and evade bullets at the same time.
- Blitzed Stilt-Man with a flurry of blows.
- In the Iron Spider Suit, has dodged a shield throw from Captain America.
- Was able to leap ahead of Doctor Octopus.
- Doctor Octopus' tentacles allows him to cross city blocks in an instant.
- Can dodge Cyclop's Optic Blasts.
- Which can travel at the speed of light.
- Easily dodged out of a sniper bullet's way.
- He even sneaked up behind the shooter.
- Weaved and rolled out of Hobgoblin's Goblin Glider blasts.
- Flipped and rolled around laser shots that were a few meters away from him.
- Dodges Electro's lighting blasts on an almost daily basis.
- Can catch a bullet and weave through oncoming fire.
- Dodged a gunfire shot before it was even fired.
- Easily leaped and jumped around lasers.
- Bounds across buildings.
Skills and Abilities:
Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant:
- Created the Way of the Spider.
- A fighting style that uses his bullying experiences, his superhuman capabilities, his mastery of acrobatics, concepts from his training with Captain America and his training from Shang-Chi.
- Way of the Spider utilizes up close and personal combat, striking nerve clusters and pressure points with spider strength and spider speed.
- A fighting style that uses his bullying experiences, his superhuman capabilities, his mastery of acrobatics, concepts from his training with Captain America and his training from Shang-Chi.
- Basically stomped Wolverine in a fight.
- His methods are volatile, enabling him to rival practically all types of combatants.
- Received training from Captain America and Shang Chi.
- Has fought on par with Daredevil, despite him holding back.
- Took down a hundred armed men with nothing but his fists.
- Can fight on par with Taskmaster.
- Utilizes a fighting style that directly complements his superhuman abilities.
- Using Way of the Spider, stomped Spider Woman.
- Stalemated and even landed a solid kick against Shang Chi.
- Shang Chi is arguably the greatest martial artist in the Marvel Universe.
- Can fight just as well even when he's sticking onto walls.
Genius-Level Intellect and Skilled Inventor:
- According to Parker his IQ is north of 250.
- Noticed by Reed Richards and Hank Pym.
- Was a former scientist at Horizon Labs.
- Made the Spider Tracers, something the Iron Man suit can't detect.
- Hacked into the Iron Spider system, overriding Tony's mechanism.
- Made an explosive fifteen times more powerful than TNT.
- Even top scientists can't replicate his web formula.
- Creates a device that can turn two mutated people back to normal.
- Invented an antidote for a suicide potion.
- Created an exo-suit that heats up based on how hard he punches.
- Within seconds, came up with several calculations to stop an imperfect vibranium's frequency.
- Peter has been able to do an unbelievable amount of calculations on the fly.
- Created his own web shooters.
- Doctor Octopus has stated that Parker was a genius in his own right.
- After losing his Spider Sense, built a bulletproof Spider Suit.
- After having a month of prep, created the Sinister Six buster armor.
- Which included proofing that can nullify Electro's lightning, a device that allows him to see through Chameleon's disguises and eyes in the helmet that can see through Mysterio's illusions.
- Reed Richards, the smartest man in the Marvel Universe, admitted that he was just as smart as Peter in his age.
- Disarmed a bomb that Reed and Tony Stark couldn't disarm.
Indomitable Will:
- His mental strength is also shown when he successfully wrestles control of nanobots from Doctor Octopus.
- Mentally overpowered Doctor Octopus.
- Willpower is so strong that he has been considered as the greatest of all the Spider-Totems in the Multiverse.
- Has struggled to balance his life as a student and his superhero duties constantly.
- Can break himself free off of illusions.
- Fought off Psycho Man's emotional manipulation.
- Did not let up in fighting Morlun, even when he was bruised and battered.
- Never backed down against fighting larger foes like the Juggernaut.
- He is able to emerge from defeat even stronger.
Spider-Sense:
- Alerts him to personal danger in proportion to the severity of that danger.
- Though the exact mechanism of this ability is unknown.
- Gives Peter near omni-directional presence of his surroundings.
- Peter claims it to be an "Instinctive Ability".
- While the exact nature of the ability is unknown, is stated to be connected to the Web of Life and Destiny.
- Linked with his reflexes, allowing the Spider Sense to be triggered even if Peter is asleep or stunned.
- He can even locate where people were with his Spider-Sense.
- Can feel a disturbance in space-time.
- Perceives time in slow motion.
- Can sense a dangerous person even when he's not immediate danger.
- Able to detect invisible or well hidden people.
- Was able to detect Black Panther being hidden in the shadows.
- Can, somehow, react to teleportation.
- Gives off minor tingles to minor threats.
- Can be used to detect whenever someone is lying.
- Able to sense that a threat is still dangerous even if he or she is knocked out.
- This is how Peter swings in the city since the Spider-Sense aims him.
- Subconsciously prevents Peter from making any mistakes.
- Even if Peter is drugged, the Spider-Sense works on a subconscious level.
- Iron Fist stated that Spider Man is untouchable because of his spider-sense.
Gear & Equipment:
Artificial Web Shooters:
- Wrist-Mounted.
- The trigger rests high in the palm and requires a double tap from the middle two fingers to activate.
- Tensile strength is estimated to be 120 pounds per square millimeter of cross section.
- Which means one should apply over a half a ton of force to break even a centimeter of it.
- Protected by a band of spring steel which requires a 65-pound pressure.
- Strong enough to hold a building and the tensile strength has been compared to steel.
- Able to restrain the Hulk and the Thing.
- If needed, Peter can web up his own fists to strengthen his punches.
- A webbed up punch was strong enough to make Tombstone bleed.
- Webs, for the most part, are fireproof.
- Can withstand Human Torch's fire to an extent.
- Can form a web shield with it if needed.
- Has devoted many hours of practice to weaving his webs in many different ways.
Utility Belt:
- Holds cartridges of extra webbing and freeze capsules.
- New Spider-Tracers that are now wired for sound.
- A newly upgraded Spider-Signal that has a UV light setting for forensic analysis.
- Also holds several cartridges for specialized webbings.
Spider-Tracers:
- The tracers are small enough to remain unnoticed, in general.
- Typically Peter plants one on a departing enemy, or throws one to adhere to an escaping enemy, and then follows the target to their hideout for later attack.
- Can be shot from his web shooters for more accuracy.
- Well made enough that the Iron Man suit's sensors can't detect it.
- Able to sense the tracer within a 100-yard radius.
Webware:
- A wrist device invented which allows anyone to have affordable internet access and unlimited data anywhere on Earth.
- Virtually waterproof.
- Outfitted with a GPS that is very similar to the ones used in the Spider-Tracer's.
- Peter's Webware is outfitted with a special new type of encryption that reconfigures its internal mechanisms through a computer that is very difficult to crack.
- An attempt by Zodiac ended up providing S.H.I.E.L.D with location for all their worldwide bases.
Feats[]
- One of Marvel's first teenaged superhero.
- And it's finest too.
- An honorary member of both the Fantastic Four and The Avengers.
- Created the Way of the Spider, his own martial art.
- Regained his body after Doc Ock became the Superior Spiderman.
- Has the most girlfriends out of any superhero.
- The teacher of Hope Summers, the mutant messiah.
- Managed to defeat the entire Avengers Academy without his Spider-Sense.
- Had the courtesy of having his parents, who were secret agents, beat the Red Skull once.
- No seriously. Peter's agent parents took down Red Skull.
- Found and beaten down Uncle Ben's killer.
- In the Avenger's Earth's Mightiest Heroes series, led a team consisting of Wolverine, War Machine, The Thing, Iron Fist and Luke Cage.
- Became blood brothers with Wolverine during a time travel adventure.
- Took on villains in all shapes and sizes, ranging from the devious Green Goblin to the lethal Venom and came out on top.
- Stopped the, frankly ridiculous, Clone Wars.
- Revealed his true identity during the Civil War.
- Teamed up with Venom to take down Carange.
- In Shattered Dimensions, teamed up with different versions of himself to stop Mysterio, who had the Tablet of Order and Chaos.
- Was able to lead an army of Spider Men in the Spider-Verse storyline.
- Noted by Cable, who seen in the future, as the greatest hero in the future.
- Owns the Leopardon.
- 'Nuff said.
- Has worked and teamed up with countless heroes in the Marvel Universe.
- Beat the Hulk, who can:
- Destroy Nightcrawler's universe.
- Channel enough energy to destroy two universes.
- Once stomped Wolverine in battle.
- Wolverine is extremely hard to put down.
- Can go up against the likes of Captain America in hand-to-hand combat while blindfolded.
- Defeated Iron Man on occasions.
- Defeated Quicksilver with his Spider-Sense.
- Defeated Superboy (Kon-El) (DC vs. Marvel #3).
- Has held on his own against the likes of the Fantastic Four and even the X-men.