10 Things Marvel Wants You To Forget About Spider-Man

Remember that time Spidey punched and killed a girl? No? Probably for the best.
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[@CSHawkins100]

Suprised that Mary Jane dying to cancer due to Spiderman's semen that became radioactive wasn't in this list. Look it up it's real, search for Spider-Man: Reign.

[@Daftanemone]

That's not part of a mainline series though. It was a what if style story

[@mr_bropo]

Mikel Kjell still though, it should've been added honestly

[@kaarinapolly2293]

Craig Hawkins IT was literally the first thing that came to my mind when I see the title!

[@greytiger2502]

Craig Hawkins, You beat me to it...

[@DoctorLazers]

Craig Hawkins Seeing how they referenced it in FUCKING 2016! I'm not entirely sure this something they want forgotten.

[@LucasBradley]

What should be on here: Spider-Man fought a villain called the Walrus, who had "the proportionate speed and strength of a walrus". (I'm not making this up, it's true)

[@demontorch]

Evolution Epoch and defeated him by flicking him

[@jasoncase9481]

Are you aware he was intentionally made to be a embarrassment? So no that doesn't belong on this list. What does is him fighting the super villain Fly. Possibly 1 of the dumbest decisions ever that flies something that most spiders eat is made as a foe. How very dumb not Intimidating and not a formidable foe yet I imagine the writer-creator watched Tom and Jerry and concluded by the writer he can make the same kind of theme happen. Wow that's as dumb as let's get rid of a cat by releasing a mouse to chase the cat away which obviously won't happen because cats eat mice, and mice run away from cats intentionally so they will survive. Yes a astounding dumb idea on that level.

[@Deadheadx33]

Jason Case i guess you could say the Fly is...a shit villain for wankers #shitvillainforwankers

[@jasoncase9481]

deadhead x33 I don't understand the joke.

[@user-di5uv1vw5j]

Nice one! I think it's time for WhatCulture to make Top 10 hashtags Ben has to offer.

[@TheBlackSerpentBeta]

You forgot the Clone Saga "What about the Clone Saga" ALL OF IT

[@Polar_Bear_Ron]

TheBlackSerpentBeta And One More Day, which was arguably worse. I straight up stopped reading Spider-Man for 7 years after that came out.

[@kevthepoet]

TheBlackSerpentBeta they just started a new clone saga. The fools!

[@siratheist1048]

I myself am in the process of rereading it and everything I've reread isn't bad and a lot of it is actually pretty good. Power and Responsibility is fairly good, Web of Death is really good when you consider the Superior Spider-Man storyline, Web of Life is fine, Funeral for an Octopus is good, Return of the Jackal is decent, The Death of Aunt May is brilliant and one of the only comics to make me tear up, Planet of the Symbiotes is passable but is only part of the Clone Saga in as far as Ben Reilly is a part of the story, and that's as far as I have currently read. I think one of the reasons it is remembered as being particularly bad is because of how long it was while being released but if you sit down with the issues (such as through Marvel Unlimited) and just read, it's not that bad. I know it is about to get worse but I feel better knowing that the whole thing wasn't the garbage I remember.

[@chrisquint3656]

+Sir Atheist if I remember correctly, Ben Reilly was actually the real Peter Parker, as in one storyline they killed MJs husband that was a clone

[@ORIGINALFBI]

Chris Quint No, that lie was fabricated to break Peter even more

[@SirAsdf]

Aunt May did eventually get married to J. Jonah Jamesons dad. Because apparently death by old age is something unattainable to comic characters.

[@jaketheberge1970]

Ryan McCarthy Well not the profitable I mean popular ones.

[@Bluesit32]

Ryan McCarthy And now JJJ Sr. is dead.

[@JoeHooker11]

I actually just finished Superior Spiderman last night and he was still alive. When did Triple J die?

[@Bluesit32]

Recently. During the "Dead No More: Clone Conspiracy" thing going on.

[@JoeHooker11]

Oh, okay. Didn't much care for the character anyway (as much as I saw him in SSM).

[@TheDukeofCheese12]

A video about a Marvel character, and I got an ad for a DC video game. Oh the irony...

[@EddiE8Darknight]

KDog1265 what game?

[@TheDukeofCheese12]

Injustice 2

[@GhostBear3067]

I got an add for the new Justice League movie...

[@oxykilldone5113]

I'm pretty sure that Marvel wants us to forget that they sold the movie rights for Spider-Man to Sony. Almost everyone wants to forget that Spider-Man 3 and emo Peter ever happened.

[@dericjames2018]

oxyKILLdone Spider Man 3 is Sony and it still is and also it wasn't bad.

[@oxykilldone5113]

I know it was Sony, that's why I mentioned the movie rights. I honestly don't personally know anyone that liked emo Peter, it was way too cheesey. Venom was also shoehorned into the movie, feeling like a complete waste of a good villain.

[@dericjames2018]

oxyKILLdone Venom still sucks awful character.

[@oxykilldone5113]

No, I meant emo. Nothing about that screamed evil to me.

[@selfiekroos1777]

Sm3 was bad and asm2 was bad. 1,2 and 1 were great.

[@josephkirby3515]

STOP MAKING VIDEOS WITH THIS VOICE. PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU.

[@beebburg8487]

stop making videos

[@yourfavmaganda]

he is great tho

[@sindri1447]

Why? Ben has an amazing voice in my opinion. Stop bitching.

[@beebburg8487]

*finger-guns* nice opinion

[@ironicugandan5826]

Joseph Kirby His #wankers thing is the most annoying thing about this channel

[@thetrueamericandream2673]

The idea of John Belushi, Bill Murray, and Dan Akroyd teaming up with Spider-Man is the best thing I've ever heard

[@spiderjerusalem100]

This is why i don't read the golden and silver age Marvel and DC comics. The art is unappealing (to me at least) and the storyline's are all over the fucking place. There's also a heavy dose of stupid and "....wtf?".

[@ninjarai001]

Serpico's Beard drugs mate. They were on all the drugs back then

[@queenlele6193]

Serpico's Beard Thank you

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Serpico's Beard It's why comic books have the negative, juvenille image they have for some and mostly had pre-Watchmen and stuff. That being said I do enjoy Superman being a complete dick back then because it's realistic, provides him with ample character flaws to combat his superpowers and it's sometimes funny as hell.

[@spiderjerusalem100]

Watchmen really was the one which made people realise that comic books can be taken just as seriously as books and movies. I don't read much Marvel or DC to be honest i'm more in to Image and Dark Horse.

[@trans8010]

Gotta disagree there on the everything before 1975 was just silly stuff. Comics grew up in 1970. That was when Batman went back to his gothic grim detective roots to better escape the pop art camp of the 1960's, Spider-Man, and Green Arrow alongside Green Lantern started tackling social and drug issues, and we're only a few short years away from Gwen Stacy's demise and Captain America's battle with Government corruption. Gerry Conway broke up the Fantastic Four in a heartbreaking labotomy story involving Reed Richards own son. I do agree on modern comics being born because of the X-Men. I just don't agree with the year. 1980 and the Dark Phoenix Saga is where I would mark the birth of the modern era. What Chris Clairemont did in 1975, was more or less the same as what Len Wein or Gerry Conway was doing with the other Marvel titles. X-Men was focusing more on plots and action rather than the characters. It would take a few years into the run, for Chris to really develop his style and by adding pathos and nuances to a bunch of stereotypes, properly refined and gradually work in subtle moments of character evolution.

[@MrLucasD123]

#4 isn't a big deal. In an issue of Spider-Man/Deadpool, they have Penn and Teller in it

[@venissastewart1460]

Lol, when you said "neeeerrrd" I laughed so hard, my back hurts. That was great.

[@Linklex7]

Actually, Peter did get that final college credit. Doctor Octopus did it for him during Superior Spider-Man, when he was embarrassed to find out the arch nemesis who stopped him from taking over the world so often . . was a collage dropout. In recent comics, Peter is referred to as Dr Peter Parker

[@BuckingBadger]

You forgot "One More Day"

[@Linklex7]

Chris Lancour No, fans want to forget that. Marvel still wants us to remember OND/BMD & The Clone Saga (seeing as we are on part 3 of that stupid story now).

[@jordanscott4543]

+Linklex7 clone conspiracy is actually really fucking good.

[@alexmansfield3268]

David Blyth dude renew your vows kicks so much fucking ass. Mary-Jane manages to be useful without changing her character or personality and it doesn't feel like their trying to shove feminist bullshit down your throat like female Thor. Peters daughter gave me flashbacks of mayday Parker aka spider woman which pretty much made me almost cry cause I grew up on spider girl. And Peter is like able and isn't a batman rip off like some other recent spider man comics I know

[@kaineskeptic6484]

That and Sin's past fall into the 'shan't be named' category due to being so fucking awful.

[@mestre12]

i though you would mention that hes sperm did kill Mary Jaine in one of the universe.

[@spideytheguy6679]

mestre12 I *Though* He Would Mention That To

[@tripmin3r469]

his* Mary Jane* Mr.bad grammar.

[@tripmin3r469]

*Universes

[@aussietalks6642]

I thought he would talk about it to

[@DAsrada]

R A D I O A C T I V E S P I D E R S E M E N

[@HomTolland69]

His voice sounds like that sassy uncle that constantly buggers everyone at the dinner table. I like it

[@thejuggernaut81]

Fairly tame as far as misses go if you think about it. Compared to Batman's whimsical adventures in space and the fact that he fought a villain, dressed as a pencil, that could erase evidence with his head.

[@TheMDXtremeReal]

Top 10 Uncle Ben deaths

[@memelord0458]

TheMDXtreme I found you

[@TheMDXtremeReal]

Youssef sobeih o shet

[@memelord0458]

TheMDXtreme I see everywhere

[@cheshirekat3050]

Speak English.

[@ironman-rp4xe]

4:00 the dabing spider

[@hypeares2898]

we think alike

[@jordanscott4543]

They don't want us to forget about the spidermobile, he just recently made one and showed Johnny Storm. Johnny was mad and lashed out at spidey because he made one without him

[@roostergriffin]

Actually, Marvel *has* discussed Spidey's flirtation with Objectivism. A recent story has Spider-Man talking about how he was into Ayn Rand in college, speaking of it the way another college student might speak of being perpetually stoned or streaking across the quad.

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

What about the fact that Spidey was at one point going to be a clone? They planned to make Peter Parker a clone and Ben Riley the real Spider Man, but of course the fans despised this idea and its entire execution, so Marvel quietly retconned it to where Ben Riley was the clone, and then never mentioned it again.

[@masterlygaming8689]

Ben is one of my favourites from whatculture

[@Cartoonmania-ci3yj]

I've been a spider-man fan for a few years, so I'm a little shocked that they didn't mention even worse moments that happened to the character. Here's three that I could remember. 1. Sins past : even the writer admits that this was terrible, but marvel for whatever reason won't retcon this out of continuity . 2. The time Peter Parker may or may not have been molested . 3. The time spider-man fought against aliens that wanted to peer pressure teens into having sex. Man the 80's sure were fun.

[@DaveKnowsComics]

Skip westcott is definitely number 1. Sins Past, One More Day, Spider-Man Reign and the radioactive... fluid, robot parents, the fact that Marvel said Ultimate Comics and 616 wouldn't crossover, but they still wanted Miles Morales around so they had to go back on that, the series Trouble and more. I really like these lists on WhatCulture Wrestling much better. I feel these comics ones miss out on a lot of key answers. Also, sometimes, the entries are things that the comic company brings up and reference themselves. So not so sure they want us to forget.

[@PalataoBola0]

My Whatculture Top 3 1.Adam Blampied 2.King Ross 3.Ben and his #

[@LovelyMagickPegacorn]

Two words: Sins Past

[@RADPENCILS]

YES!!! THE most glaring omission!

[@santos8468]

Joseph Arevalo Ah, so that's what it's called. Gwen Stacy and Norman Osborn had a secret tryst? What the fuck?

[@cheshirekat3050]

Oh GOD that was awful! There is no WAY that Gwen would have had SEX with Osbourn! It's about as believable as Storm ripping the living heart out of a team-mate. Or Batman going on a shooting spree (*cough. Frank Milliar cough*). Is it SO difficult for the writers to write comic book characters who act like people in the real world?! Or even to write the characters behavior consistently?

[@bonxlinx]

Cheshire Kat agreed. But cheating happens in real life tho

[@theartoonnerdologist411]

Cheshire Kat Batman killed vampires tho

[@devin_so_devious]

😂😂 I love that we can just tell how much fun Ben had with this video

[@Kdkjdjewerdnxa]

Can we stop with the wankers joke

[@blackphoenix77]

Ryan Right? it's not funny at all

[@yungslyme4341]

blackphoenix77 it is you have a bad sense of humor

[@blackphoenix77]

Michael J. Caboose #shutthefuckup #shutthefuckupforwankers

[@yungslyme4341]

blackphoenix77 no #isaidnototheshitwanker

[@blackphoenix77]

Michael J. Caboose Tosser. #tosserforwankers (keeping with the theme of British insults lol)

[@brightfilms8026]

If aunt may got married to someone else it wouldn't be a stepdad it would be his uncle

[@timriggins70]

Bright Films It wouldn't even been an uncle. May is his aunt by marriage. Any husband she would marry would just be his former aunt's new husband.

[@Aztyph]

Spidey Mobile, huh? Well, it could be worse: He could have had his own mech to go along with it. Imagine how absurd that would be. ...wait.

[@amandapike2477]

One plot Marvel really wants you to forget is in 2002-2004 they gave him organic webbing, that he actually shot from his body. They did this to tie into the Toby Maguire films but later quietly dropped it but the biological webshooters were brought back for the 2010 Spider-Man Turn off the Dark Broadway musical.

[@connorwhitehead5471]

The spider mobile is cannon in the Old Man Logan story

[@Tigercup9]

"And his supporting cast," he says, while showing a picture of someone with no *support*, if you know what I mean.

[@yagrammylemons]

tbh Ben is the best commentator at WhatCulture has his #s r always funny

[@StoogesTheTwo]

norris williams no, they suck now

[@theslanderousgent4475]

Gabriel Carrion that's a matter of opinion. In some people's eyes (possibly the majority) they're trash. In others eyes they're great. But your opinion is noted

[@sic6664]

norris williams Agreed. I never liked Adam's voice that much.

[@kevthepoet]

norris williams ha ha just read a comment begging him to stop the hashtag jokes and stfu lol

[@aimanali8558]

Nah, I hate Ben Adam was the best, I WANT ADAM BACK GET HIM BACK FROM WHATCULTURE WRASTLING AND WCPW!!!

[@mr.madhatter5538]

"no use crying over spilt magicians..." - i honestly chuckled at that one

[@Foebane72]

That animal stampede animation was HILARIOUS!

[@kevinflynn4591]

0:26 holy. No wonder Peter dated Mary Jane

[@ebuzzmiller34]

Doctor Octopus transferring into Peter Parker's body and not being able to get an erection.

[@robertohernandezpena324]

Dom King WHAT, that happend?

[@bigevil1001]

"The Other" happened before "Spider-Island"

[@TheTonybudd]

~2:10 "recklessly headbutting an on coming bullet"~ that's an amusing turn of phrase!! bravo chuckle generator . . .

[@ikmnification5737]

Spider-man's parents returning, but they aren't his parents, but then they are but then they're not...or something like that.

[@Bluesit32]

IKMNification Oh GOD, that storyline...and what it led to! "I am the Spider. Peter Parker is dead. Bury the man, become the spider..." Trying to make him 90s edgy, I guess...

[@notnotteodor2453]

The Spider mobile was recently brought back

[@theamazingb2448]

Spidey: "Now dig on this.." Me: *shivers*

[@delocx5816]

This had me craking up Good job

[@queenlele6193]

The spider mobile . Wow they tried to copy off of the bat mobile .

[@jonahjameson1866]

Queen LeLe it wasn't really a copy it was just so they could make toys of it but yeah it's a stupid idea.

[@mamasboy7569]

My stepdad offered me a candy bar. When I said yes he gave me fun sized. #Shitstepdadforwankers

[@heyyou9472]

Masterpotato it was a good day, huh?

[@TevyaSmolka]

Spider-man the clone saga and one moment in time are prime examples

[@larrywolf2509]

The Spider-mobile isn't anything to forget about. Spider-man *needs* a car. Not everyplace in the Marvel Universe is New York City and even in the suburbs there's NOTHING for Spidey to dangle from. If Spider-man ever wanted to superhero literally anywhere else, he'll need a damned car to get around...

[@MrDman21]

One More Day should have been #1

[@jamesmelia8028]

Marvel wants you to forget Spider-man 3

[@ROBOTPETER101]

What's really great about the Spider Mobile is how Peter is constantly shitting on it, and it's literally left at the bottom of river...until Pete starts using it again for some reason.

[@forge4119]

You forgot the time he tried to join the Justice League.

[@tajaytucker8415]

10 things marvel wants you to not remember Every marvel movie before Iron Man.

[@shawnhutchison7959]

#BENFORKING

[@espurious]

Forking what?

[@shadowshandbro]

This is going to bother me, but Spidey turning into a spider in the Morlun storyline took place before Civil War, and that took place LONG before Spider-Island...

[@johnlemus7921]

What you forgot to mention is that Charlie was suicidal. She tricked Peter into killing her.

[@End3rDJgaming]

You forgot the part where Spider-Man kills Gwen Stacy by impregnating her with radioactive spider semen.

[@gabrielbriones1530]

MrDrProfSkeleton *Mary Jane

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

The #Wankers joke has lost its appeal.

[@cheshirekat3050]

5:00 Actually, I read that storyline when it came out (it was done when they were trying to put a mystical spin on Spiderman's origins and nature.). I actually thought that they pulled that third try, off, pretty well.

[@Foxhound686]

the way you say "what the fuck!!??" is literally the best thing ever

[@LateNightHalo]

The # joke isn't funny :/ and it isn't funny that you keep reusing it

[@TheWheelsHaveEyes73]

LateNightGaming You could call this a shit comment for wankers #shitcommentforwankers

[@tylercamp8808]

There is the fact of Kingpin originally being a Spider-Man character before he became closely connected with Daredevil.

[@TheBigfella79]

man you get me laughing, even on the bad days :) thanks mate

[@Mvpj2298]

great idea! more like this please

[@Macephtopheles]

Pretty decent list besides the Spider-Mobile. It's frequently brought up in the comics. Hell, now Spider-Man is the head of Parker Industries he actually has a new and improved one which he uses occasionally. And I guess the frequent shots of the Doc Ock 'Superior Spider-Man' were to bait people into going "That wasn't *THE* Spider-Man though!"..? xD

[@putzthewondersloth]

The spider-buggy makes a reappearance (with a Deadpool-themed paintjob) in the Spider Man, Deadpool team-up.

[@coladict]

8:42 David has toys of Matt Smith and Christopher Eccleston.

[@Griezz]

What about one of the more generally reviled Spidey plot lines, SINS PAST? It was a retconned Spider history, stating that a teenage Gwen Stacy had two kids with a far older Norman Osborn. Damned canon!

[@JediMB]

There's another instance of Peter having a spidery transformation in ASM #437, where he also teams up with Synch from Generation X.

[@tyrant-den884]

It's going to take me one more day to forget these.

[@donkeyman9992]

I often forget that Spider-Man has super strength. I guess his other powers (Web-Slinging, Wall-Crawling, and Spider-Sense) are just way more creative and prominent.

[@tyras1012]

I only say six words: "The Return Of The Spider Mobile"!

[@jtee5723]

Batman rings Spider-Man - "hello, is Ben there? Spider-Man - "nah he's at the theatre with your parents" 😆

[@TheMaestroMizerous]

Anyone know where I can get the image of the thumbnail for this video it looks fantastic.

[@jeremiahlynds3465]

I would have thought he'd be dodging phys-ed due to the fact he might actually look awesome

[@Mrtfarrugia]

how in it shit step-dads for walkers? it's his aunt and uncle.

[@mattwo7]

I'd say Turn Off the Dark but Deadpool reminded us it existed in MvC3 in both a slight reference in intro line "I'm going to rough you up like a broadway musical" (without the context it sounds more like like "hur hurr, u r from new yurk" ) and a direct reference in a voiced win line...

[@matthewwilson3474]

That spidey vs wolverine was a accident on Spideys part

[@Spideydgamer]

When dock ock stoles Spider-Man's body

[@Art1966]

You left out the best part of the Spider-mobile story, Spider-man didn't know how to drive, and the Torch nearly shit his pants on the test drive with him, as Spidey forgot to mention his lack of driving experience.

[@jasonblalock4429]

Speaking of Spidey-dates, for awhile in the Ultimate line he had hooked up with Kitty Pryde, which I thought was pretty damn smart. She's nearly invulnerable, so she might actually survive being Parker's girlfriend.

[@CHR0N1CL3]

Yeah She'll survive the Spider-Semen XD

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

Jason Blalock What I never want to forget about Spider-man is his relationship with Black Cat.They are my favorite couple in comics.I hope they get back togather at least for one issue.I know that at the moment Doc. Ock(Superior Spider-man)beat her up and drove Black Cat insane and now she wants to kill Spider-man(who is back to Petter Parker),but this is comics and I know things can change at any given moment,so I hope that Felicia's morality and love for Petter will be restored.

[@afikamadyo6812]

He actually didn't want to get involved and it was his shyness that got Ben killed

[@GhostBear3067]

That Saturday Night Live crossover should have waited for the introduction of the comical Deadpool.

[@amandapike2477]

Marvel doesn't want us to forget Aunt May almost married Doctor Octopus. In fact it has been brought up many times, including last year. Her most recent husband (actual marriage) was J. Jonah Jameson's father, who just passed away.

[@amandapike2477]

Peter Parker has a degree now. While Doc Ock had his body during Superior Spider-Man he got a doctorate. He still has it.

[@FearsomeVoid]

The Spider-Mobile was a stupid idea, not to mention it looks ugly. The Batmobile is cool because it actually fits Batman, for Spider-Man it would be more fitting if they made a robot in form of a spider which Spider-Man could control, it would help him to climb higher buildings, shoot bigger webs and fight against bigger and stronger enemies

[@felixgifford1]

I though Mary Jane was killed by his radioactive seaman.

[@DarkCraig409]

Aha, I saw that little nod to USM #43. Peter thinking about Jean Grey naked while she's in his mind. Classic! Also, one issue later we were treated to the line "Dude, check out what they did to my nipples. **Snort**"

[@timpind.8237]

Spoderman, Spoderman, dos watever a spoderman dos

[@alexmayer6367]

Here's the thing about the Spider-Mobile, Spider-Man has to return the Spider-Mobile to the company and when he dives into the river to get it it's gone. Then in Issue 160 (1976) It makes a come back where the Tinkerer has made it remote control operated and found a way to make a mist that clogs his web shooters and nullifies his powers. Spider-Man stops the Tinkerer (of course!) then returns the battered Spider-Mobile to the same people in the video by hanging it from webbing even though they were on the fourteenth floor. So its not that Marvel forgot about it, its story was wrapped up and they never chose to bring it back.

[@JustGeorge770]

Is that David Tenant at 8:43? Ya know whose Killgrave and Dr Who.

[@eskreskao]

Do "embarrassing Spidey moments" include those about his supporting cast? Because, you know, Gwen Stacy slobbering on the Green Goblin's knob would be a pretty big one.

[@Keznen]

What about The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Everyone On Set Looks Like They Wanna Go Home?

[@migz6395]

The spidermobile was actually used in the Old Man Logan series by hawkeye and wolverine so it wasn't technically thrown away

[@ScratchedOut]

Ben absolutely needs to be doing more videos.

[@seandingdong3423]

At 7:46, what issue or series is that? it looks like a recoloring of the classic comic?

[@HangulMaster]

Whatculture, the spider mobile wasn't forgotten. Spider mobile came back in the original Old Man Logan series. Blind Hawkeye drives it.

[@capybaragames347]

I think there was one comic where they made spider man so overweight that he couldn't web sling. That one was swept under the rug too

[@blackcat289]

What about Spider-Man being as rich as Tony Stark? I'm sure that will be added to the list in a few years.

[@wp6192]

I would love a Bill Murray and Spider-Man team up for some reason.