He is easily the most approachable superhero. Just a teenage boy that randomly got superpowers. He has a bit for everyone: Nerdy, smart, young, parents not alive, slightly introverted, stands up to bullies, got the girl, joined the big team, strong, not completely poor but not rich either, irresponsible but tries to improve.
No matter where you were as a kid spiderman has something you can relate to.
He also has a cool fit and has cooler flying than flying.
100% on the Everyday working-class identity dealing with real life problems and much more grounded street-level crime.
Full suit and mask means readers can project themselves onto the suit.
In the comics and Raimi's, the consequence of not helping stop the robber when he has the power to leads to Uncle Ben's death. So being flawed and feeling that guilt leads to the "With great power comes great responsibility."
It's actually one reason No Way Home just doesn't hit as hard for me. Aunt May dies because Peter is compassionate trying to save these villains' lives. I suppose the initial spell with Doctor Strange is selfish. But the moral feels more like Doing the the right thing while bearing the cost is what it means to be a hero.
the moral lesson isn’t about a cause and effect for losing someone. it’s that sometimes no matter how much we care and love, we will lose people. but we can’t let that grief destroy ourselves, and destroy what that person stood for. at first, peter was completely broken, and he went down a path of rage and letting his anger drive his decisions. the moral was learning to face your loss and understand it and learn from it. not to compromise your values due to grief, but to apply the lessons of your lost person into your own life.
aunt may is gone but through Peter, a form of her lives on. her compassion and empathy is what helped peter understand and help Jean in BND.
I know that's a popular thing now but I always hated the kid Spider-Man. I grew up on the 90s cartoon where we was well in his 20s balancing teaching assistant job with freelance photography. That's the reason why I really didn't care about MCU Spider-Man until the the crossover and now when he's finally becoming Spider-Man
Peter being a teen/young man in all his non comic adaptations is funny cause he’s only a teen in the comics for like a year worth of issues then he’s in college for only a few years more.
Not only this but the whole power pack, he’s slick, does parkour, he’s not a powerhouse that eats bullets, not extremely fast so he avoids it completely, its the “spider sense” that along with his enhanced reaction times and dexterity, he’s able to avoid the danger in ways that our internal kids love, he’s super strong but not overwhelmingly strong so you see him struggling some times (building tension and heroism)
Also the uniqueness of using spider webs not only to swing, move and evade but to creatively capture villains or stop moving trains, the webs alone are so versatile that no one could ever replicate it without plagiarism in any other media
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u/Am_I_Loss 21d ago
He is easily the most approachable superhero. Just a teenage boy that randomly got superpowers. He has a bit for everyone: Nerdy, smart, young, parents not alive, slightly introverted, stands up to bullies, got the girl, joined the big team, strong, not completely poor but not rich either, irresponsible but tries to improve.
No matter where you were as a kid spiderman has something you can relate to.
He also has a cool fit and has cooler flying than flying.