is he strong? listen bud, he's got radioactive blood!

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is spiderman as interesting and classic a concept as everyone says? what creative team would you like to see on a spiderman book? how would you change the concept to make it ideal? and does he have any not shit villains or what? answer in order.

― ethan, Saturday, 1 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

No. Buzz-Off™. Bees. No.

― Greg, Saturday, 1 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

at this point i should probably point out that spiderman has a villain named 'swarm' who is basically just a bunch of bees shaped like a guy wearing a purple hood. which explains a lot, really.

― ethan, Saturday, 1 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes. He is the ultimate super hero, if you take the model of "adolescent identification" as the super heroes raison d'etre. I wouldn't change a damn thing. I'd just continually reprint the Lee/Ditko issues til the end of time. Fuck Todd "Rich Canadian Goon" McFarlane for sending a grate character down a shit spiral for the last decade.

― jess, Saturday, 1 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"With great power comes great responsibility". Spiderman is the greatest. The Lizard is the most poignant villain ever, and Morbius the most camp.

― dave q, Saturday, 1 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

All American superheroes are crap, except Batman, but then he isn't a superhero, he's just been filed wrong.

― DG, Saturday, 1 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

DG - Daredevil is equally non-superhuman as Batman, except a)he's blind, b)he didn't have extremely wealthy parents, and c)he's not a crypto-paedophile

― dave q, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Robin is an Adult. Its so hot and gay but not ness. paedo

― anthony, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

American superheros as opposed to whom exactly, DG? Judge Dredd? Miracleman? ;)

― jess, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Blurillaz!

― dave q, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Being bitten by a radioactive spider is a truly rubbish way of becoming a superhero.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

And once again I acknowledge the inherit MSTness of the whole thread. Or at least its title.

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Inherit?

― Greg, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'Inherent' would have been a better word, wouldn't it?

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes Jess, as opposed to Judge Dredd as that is BESTEST.

― DG, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Robin was 12 wasn't he, or the second one was, or something. Where do I get this factoid from? (Ans: your sick brain, Tom.)

Spider-Man: the Lee/Ditko stuff is best not cuz it's amazing derring- do but because of the comedy-drama aspects. All the scenes w/JJJ are hilarious and the plots are completely stupid. Later writers never got this right after Ditko's plotting input went - his acid was the neccessary counterpart to Lee's soapiness. The best issue ever is the one where JJJ builds a spiderman-killing robot and brings it into the Bugle newsroom whereupon it chases Peter Parker with hilarious consequences.

― Tom, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Judge Dredd = 2nd bestest. NEMESIS = bestest. He had a spaceship shaped like his head! Beat that, dreddy!!!

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― |\|0|2/|\4|\| |=4'/, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I love the expression "with hilarious consequences". It's nearly as good as "scrapes".

― Sam, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i have to think that spiderman was a tax write-off or something. such a crap character/origin. plus, his web doesn't shoot out of where it's supposed to. you know what i'm talkin' about.

my favorite villain in the spiderman series is the green goblin/hobgoblin. i mean, he rides a little bat-shaped thing around, throwing pumpkins. i think i could base a religion on that.

― your null fame, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

is he strong? listen bud, he's got radioactive blood!

I would've thought having radioactive blood would be guaranteed to make you very weak indeed.

― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 14 July 2003 07:38 (twenty-two years ago)

He doesn't have radioactive blood anymore. At least not the movie Spidey. Maybe in the sequel he'll get nuked.

A few weeks ago, I was sitting around boozing with my uncles and one of them, the crusty one, said, "Why didn't they just make up a new superhero? That Spider-Man had nothing to do with the character I grew up with. I mean, if they wanted to make a movie about a superhero with genetically-modified spider genes and who spins webs out of his hands (instead of his ass, like a real damn spider!), why didn't they make The Incredible Spider-Like-Teenager or some damn thing?!?"

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 14 July 2003 13:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I think in the Marvel universe there must be extra major security at anything nuclear to stop people trying to jump into the reactors, since it's about 99% certain you'll get superpowers.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 14 July 2003 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

instead of his ass, like a real damn spider

the spider on his costume has just six legs too. This is an affront to arachnologists.

― MarkH (MarkH), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 06:58 (twenty-two years ago)

(also spiders in the wild get on very well with goblins)

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 09:39 (twenty-two years ago)

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