Fact Fiend - The Limits of Spider-Man's Powers Are Utterly Ridiculous

[@codekeeper32]

So if Batman ever got spider sense he would be completely disabled because he views everyone and everything as a threat.

[@nofacejames]

That is an awesome interpretation and something I wish I could read as a full what if style comic.

[@victorkaranja1420]

Nah he'd be the same😂

[@bruh10246]

Batman has been known to study the art of zen training. So unlike spiderman where he actively ignore it, Batman would be crazy enough to respond to every single one accordingly

[@Wraithfire27]

for about ten minutes before he zen-ultra-mega-ninja-b.s.'s his way into accepting it.

[@DingusButDead]

​@@Wraithfire27Batman is literally just that kid on the playground that goes "Nuh-uh, I have a shield that blocks all of your attacks and a sword that defeats you instantly!"

[@novelredder8964]

In regards to his Spider-Sense, there is a point in the comics where he has ti actively ignore it due it going off against every “potential” threat. From bullets to paper cuts and incoming cars to a crack in the pavement. EVERYTHING. It was so debilitating, that it actually hindered him during fights because it was making him take in so much information whilst he was only trying to dodge one punch.

[@ecurps1]

Not sure if it got turned into a gag or if it was trying to explore that, but I've read about some comics where his need to ignore his spidey-sense gets him in trouble anyways, cause he couldn't properly gauge the threat level of the warnings. So he'd get a warning someplace he expected to be safe, then gets beaned in the head cause someone tossed a book or candy at him. ^^;

[@Helgatwb]

IIRC, it was a whole thing of how he adjusted to having the power. I also seem to recall him nerfing the ability so as to hide his identity.

[@chucklebutt4470]

Bro that's how it feels living with anxiety lmfao

[@Rekhan4242]

And I thought ADHD sucked!

[@CuppaLLX]

also the reason venom doesnt set it off is because they were bonded, but this only applies to peter. Ben the clone was created before the symbiote so his reacts to venom BUT he was bonded to carnage so carnage doesnt set his off but it sentsw off peters!

[@DenonuDoesGaming]

The answer is yes his Spider Sense works almost any threat physical towards Peter. I remember reading The Lizard book back in the day and they mentioned that it made Spiderman a safer driver since he could predict car accidents.

[@iamsushi1056]

Which is super funny because in nearly every universe Spider-Man is a terrible driver.

[@otaku_dexx7347]

​@@iamsushi1056it's not that he's a bad driver it's just that his spider sense makes him drive the safest route which happens to make him look like a psycho

[@Fireworker2K]

Now imagine all this but with ADHD/autism and experiencing sensory overload on top of it.

[@acemendoza3898]

He doesn't even own a drivers license (at least in the 616 universe). He doesn't need it because he hats there faster by web slinging.

[@fbiuzz]

@@iamsushi1056 Its less him being a terrible driver in that due to his spider-sense and superhuman reflexes, he drives in a way that would be utterly suicidal for a normal human.

[@ericlennon7585]

An old use of spider-sense you don't see anymore is stealth. It'll tell him if he is about to step on a creaky floorboard, a guard is about to turn around or that there is an alarm. combined with his speed, ability to crawl anywhere and his tech savviness makes spiderman impossibly good at sneaking into places.

[@TheRealHerbaSchmurba]

Im kinda glad. Spidey sense is supposed to be more preventative and not initiative. Kind of like how Miles was able to get away from the Spider society and the others couldnt keep up. Because spidey sense is defensive.

[@isomericgamer6644]

It's kind of in the spider man PS4 games.

[@seangaming2144]

​@@isomericgamer6644 I only noticed it now but yeah when you're in stealth and an enemy is about to spot you, your spider sense goes off

[@mosalacommodore6993]

Assassins creed: enter the spider-verse

[@arrexu01]

@@TheRealHerbaSchmurba which is more plot armour than anything because everyone there had spider sense

[@hraefn1821]

Miles' stealth is connected to his bioelectricity. He creates an electromagnetic field around himself that can refract and bend light around him. Predator style. Also while his unique abilities are OP it's been stated that peter is WAY stronger than he is and miles is comparatively weaker over all. Think of peter as the heavy hitter and miles as the ninja. That's even how they both play in the videogames.

[@ecurps1]

I don't know the context behind that Spidey/Hulk scene, either, but I was told by a fan that them being friends is cause Spider-Man is one of the only people who does not attack him in a fight. And that's honestly the best in my mind. ^^

[@ilshaguides]

I think one of the funniest things I ever heard was someone asking why (in the MCU) Tony Stark never makes anything for Black Widow or Hawkeye, but he develops an AI enhanced, nanotechnology based super suit for "Peter-I-Have-the-Coolest-Powers-in-the-World-Parker."

[@grinreaperoftrolls7528]

I really love your idea of spiderman’s spider sense helping him with surgery. I’m imagining it being like a game of operation where it buzzes every time he’s about to mess up. Kind of like how JJJ’s assistant buzzes his desk every time he puts his hand over the wrong pill bottle.

[@cesar6004]

Thank you Ms Brant

[@jasonhair2457]

When Doc Ock was Spider-Man, he actually performs brain surgery on a child. They don't specifically say his spider sense helped with this, but since he's a nuclear physicist and not a surgeon, I'd say it would have had to.

[@StarvingArtist600]

Peter's Spider sense actually is fully precognitive. It never reaches that in the 616 universe because that Peter only uses it passively, but there are other versions of Peter who actively train their spider sense to it's fullest potential. He was able to accurately give a blow by blow description of a fight Wolverine was having half a mile away, in the forest, and he could predict what someone was going to say before they said it, in a casual conversation (see; What If: Spider-Man vs Wolverine).

[@Dreadwing1000]

It is precognitive, he can detect Chameleon when he’s in disguise even if he isn’t doing anything that’s a threat to him in that moment

[@StarvingArtist600]

@@Dreadwing1000 Right, but it never reaches, or at least so far hasn't reached, it's full potential in the 616 universe because Peter only uses it passively.

[@Dreadwing1000]

@@StarvingArtist600 right but what I’m saying is in 616 it reacts to things in a manner of precognition, his spider sense reacts to someone potentially seeing his identity (even if they were already watching him and he had been unaware) or like I said Chameleon just being nearby sets it off even if he’s just in disguise and not attacking/about to attack which means it’s still precognition it just isn’t premonition there’s a difference

[@StarvingArtist600]

@@Dreadwing1000 I'm not saying you are wrong. I'm agreeing with you. I'm just saying that the spider sense is capable of more than what 616 Peter uses it for. The spider sense has always warned Peter when there was danger or even potential danger near that. It went off when MJ threw a pillow at him. It goes off when he's being watched, or, as you've said, Chameleon is near. But Peter didn't always know why it goes off. He can tell by the intensity of the buzzing how bad the threat is, and the general direction, but not always what the exact cause is. To go with your Chameleon example, Peter would know there is a threat somewhere in the area, but not who or what the threat was, until it went to a passive that, to being an active threat. He would just know to be on his guard. The Peter from the What if where his trained his spider sense could see the future, even if it has nothing to do with him. He was just fully psychic. When I say that 616 Peter didn't use the spider sense to its fullest potential, that's what i mean.

[@Dreadwing1000]

@@StarvingArtist600 oh yeah for sure, there are other spider’s who have gone theirs to the point of visions (Annie May, Assassin Spidey)

[@djsyntic]

I think the easiest explanation for why Peter's life is still rather crummy despite his spider-sense protecting him from literally everything is this... he ignores it almost all the time. And often when he's not ignoring it, he's actively going towards the danger (that's how he finds crime to fight). So let's use the example of getting a bad haircut that you describe in this video. Peter might think about getting a haircut, and his spider sense warns him that this is a dangerous barbershop to go into. But now either it's such a low danger level that he ignores it and goes in and gets a bad haircut (because it didn't warn him of the nature of the danger, only the direction of the danger). Or it's actually a really high level of danger, so he goes in thinking it's a bad guy. But nope, it was just an Avengers-level threat to his hair. In one of the comics, he actually encounters a Peter from another universe that instead of using his powers to fight crime, used them to become the CEO of a tech company. CEO Peter is so very confused about why Spiderman Peter wastes his powers. So sure, Spiderman has this amazing trump card that is his spider sense, but it still does fall down to how one goes about using it.

[@guyverjay1289]

His spider-sense is untrained, it's been explained before

[@johnsmith8981]

Yeah, in the stories where they actually heavily lean into his spider's sense, he gets pretty OP pretty quick. At its weakest, it's basically a warning saying, hey, something bad is about to happen without any indication of where it's going to come from. At its best, it literally becomes the psychic ability to predict the future.

[@jdp3578]

Spider-man's powers have sometimes fluctuated in how strong each of them are, like he suddenly isn't as strong as he is normally, or his spider sense just going off constantly, or the most interesting, his mutation advancing to the point that he developed organic webs, and the man-spider mutation.

[@imatiu]

His Physical strength is one notable example of this, Spider-Man once fought and beat Firelord, a guy who can tank cannon fire from Interstellar battleships and who used to be a Herald of Galactus, Spider-Man not only beat the guy, he panicked since nothing he did seemed to work, including blowing up a gas station with Firelord at ground Zero, so in his panicked state Spider-Man started to pumch him holding nothing back, and ended up punching him unconscious.

[@shadowanderson2004]

One of my favorite things said about Spider-Man’s swinging is that although his spider sense can guide him to an anchor point he still has to do the math in his head of what angle to lean his body and when to release so that he doesn’t splat on the sidewalk.

[@craiga.glesner424]

Funny thing is you missed one of his also OP powers; Gadgeteer. He can do Stark level gadget building, I mean he does build the web-shooters and in FAR FROM HOME he totes cobbles together a weapon and shield out of spare drone bits. People forget how good Peter is with tech in addition to his spider powers. He could lose the spider powers and still be a serious gadget hero.

[@bruh10246]

I guess it doesn't count as a "spiderman" power, more of a Peter parker thing

[@craiga.glesner424]

@@bruh10246 it’s a fair cop. So only the gadget Peters are dangerous without powers.

[@TheRealHerbaSchmurba]

He’d probably just be the gadget seller

[@hellnoodlerat4937]

It's not really a "power." Peter just has a genius level intellect

[@seangaming2144]

​​@@TheRealHerbaSchmurbathat sounds like that would be a cool what if comic.If peter never gets bit he someway or somehow becomes either the tinkerer or his apprentice

[@squashmallow2006]

9:00 This is true. One of the few times Spider-Man doesn't hold back is when he's fighting, you guessed it, Green Goblin, one of the few people who can take those hits. That's why even in No Way Home, you see a bit where Goblin dodged a punch, and that same punch ended up denting and cracking the super-thick metal shield they were fighting on, and Goblin later on took over 10 of those punches to his face.

[@JaharNarishma]

That movie showed the holding back part very well. The first time Spider-man punched the Green Goblin, he punched the Goblin in the head with increasing strength with no apparent reaction from the Goblin. In the end he didn't hold back and the Goblin was recoiling with every hit.

[@CanniestTread6]

From what I saw when he first punched goblin he seems to be holding back not hitting him with his fist but with his forearm and the goblin was laughing the whole time not reacting that showed him he was more durable than the rest so when he fought him in the shield he wasn't holding back

[@WyattRumore]

The Amazing Spider-Man movies kinda do the best job of showing what exactly Spidey can do. When Andrew is toying with his new powers he balances of one finger on the edge of a rooftop, casually smashed his sink, etc

[@Babylon_Dreams]

Regarding Spider sense extremes, there is a What-If comic where Spider-man starts killing. During the story he gets tons of assassin training and his spider sense basically becomes precognition. Assassin Spider is pretty damn OP.

[@RealmsCrossMyths]

The reason Peter Parker is bad at everything else is *most likely* because his spider sense guides him into messing up to deflect any suspicion of him being a hero. "How can Peter Parker be the guy that swings through the city, catches cars hurtling through the air, and dodges pipes, clubs, fists, etcetera, without even looking at his surroundings half the time, if just sticking my foot out a little causes him to stumble and drop all the stuff he's holding?"

[@Lectrikfro]

Just like how Barry Allen is always late to everything to disguise the fact that he is The Flash

[@RealmsCrossMyths]

@@Lectrikfro The only difference is that the flash doesn't have a passive ability that makes him late; the flash has to actively decide to be late, except when he's literally being slowed down by something.

[@karlking9871]

Talking about his spider sense there was a novel that i read, where him and a few other heroes are in a diner and drinking a coffee, and the other guys get knocked out because of a sedative int he coffee, but Peter never got knocked out. his spider sense didn't directly warn him but it did make him hesitate to drink so he never took a sip and kept talking.

[@Tannerbot2k]

The issue where spider-man beats Wilson Fisk in poker was amazing. Watching Fisk try to contain his fury after Spider-Man took him to the cleaners was a triumph of the artist.

[@PosthumanHeresy]

Spider Sense is canonically a psychic power. One alternate universe has Assassin Spider-Man, who trained with Wolverine. His Spider Sense became so developed that he's constantly making the Jojo Part 2 reference. He knows what you're gonna do before you decide to do it. The reason is that it's not a Spider DNA power, it's a Spider Totem power. Kaine also has a more developed Spider Sense, which is why he's fully psychic. It _is_ seeing the future, the problem is that he has never actually practiced and just uses it at the weakest it can be.

[@Gunthersby]

Spider-man is unable to miss the urinal by accident, no matter what sudden stream split or errant droplets might occur. Spider-man is probably an amazing nutritionist because his Sense would warn him if food will be bad for him if he eats it... It's possible Spider-Sense gives him urges to eat weird stuff because it'd be good for him, like off other people's plates, or possibly straight-up a bug off the wall. His Spider-Sense would let him know to go "relieve stress" to reduce risk of prostate cancer, and similarly can warn Spider-man about things that would be good or bad for his mental health. Spider-Sense is the One Weird Trick that Doctors Hate.

[@ericmalikyte885]

"Why is Spider-Man so OP at Super-hero stuff, but bad at everything else?" Clearly, he's got adult ADHD.

[@markborsos646]

his inner monologue also never shuts up

[@normalhuman9878]

As an adult with ADHD, I concur

[@ericmalikyte885]

@@markborsos646 Neither does mine.

[@InfiniteSkiegh]

Well, in mile's case if he's invisible and can't see his spidersense would likely guide him where to go. You'd still be able to hear and feel, so even invisible you'd have methods to potentially navigate your surroundings.

[@RoballTV]

There is a great issue of Spiderman where he does lose it, on an earlier Herald of Galactus. And the whole time he's just trying to survive until he panic rushes the Heraldm expecting to die. And flattens him hard.

[@wild_lee_coyote]

When you get into the Spider-Verse then things get really weird. Like there is a Spider-Man that is literally is just spiders that fill up a Spider-Man costume. So when you get multiple Spider-Men teaming up you can get a force more powerful than the Avengers.

[@Ubernerd3000]

It’s SPIDERS, man…

[@ethanfaulkinbury8640]

All this tells me is there is absolutely no reason Peter Parker should be broke, EVER.

[@queenannsrevenge100]

Just because it warns him about an action that will harm him doesn’t mean he can do something about it - most of his money problems in the comics come because something tragic always seems to happen after he comes into any money - Aunt May needs medicine or an operation, someone he knows needs help, he makes just enough money the day before the rent is due, etc. You could possibly say his spider-sense manages to help him make enough money to avoid the dangerous situations, but no more than that 😆

[@nicholaskratzert]

Dr. Otto Octavius agreed.

[@SunGawdRa]

If you give Peter a million dollars, half of it will go to charity, he'd invest 200k in a way that will go belly up, and 300k would get lost, conned, or stolen from him. Probably after a visit to Felicia.

[@dcbandit]

I think the effect of the Spider Sense is to replicate the effect of having a spider's eyesight without giving him multiple, or maybe the ability to sense vibrations in the air like a spider can sense vibrations on its web, or maybe effectively both. It also has elements of a second sense.

[@kuno3336]

I like that in the first Black Cat & Mary Jane comic, MJ reveals that even in a coma Peter's Spider-Sense works, so if you pointed a gun at him while in that coma his body would reflexively move to get out of the way. I'm assuming not a perfect dodge, just like launching itself in a direction the gun isn't

[@Voss013]

Aaaaand now I'm reveling in horror at the idea of a spider scaled up to Spider-Man's size... and power level. Forget burning down the house, burn down the neighbourhood.

[@IcefireC67]

Dont look up spiders-man or man-spider An arachnaphobe's nightmare

[@Muljinn]

Better dust off and nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

[@devonmayer4648]

The movie "8 legged freaks" covered that scenario rather well.

[@blackops7809]

Then you should play Kill It With Fire since the final boss is a giant spider, and you nuke the city

[@vxicepickxv]

Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[@xenicmark]

I love when seemingly non related characteristics accidentally work together. For example Spidey is a very smart student. One can say due to his spider sense he can intuitively design things. For example I can see him intuitively make his web shooters. Making them into something that oscorp didn't intent to make. Also Fun Fact: There is now actually a material that pretty much sticks to surfaces like spidey. It doesn't use any adhesive it just has very tiny ridges in its surface and pulling on them in one direction causes the material to stick and the opposite direction causes it to release. The material has been used to pull a car. So basically thats a real thing now.

[@GeordyBaldie]

"does spiderman ever get papercuts/stub his toe" this being about the man who quite literally has no know/defined durability and will rip bits of brick apart before his skin will rip off his hand. No I don't think paper will do the trick otherwise he'd have some kind of paper themed villain akin to the ketchup one in DC

[@herogames935]

The dc guy your talking about is named condiment king

[@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511]

Spiderman tiene un villano parecido llamado trapster

[@christphern]

Slight correction, Secret Empire is after Miles was brought into the main universe, thus IS in the 616 universe, meaning Cap’s classic shield is made from vibranium. That said, Hydra Cap wasn’t using his classic shield in Secret Empire, so I don’t think it’s known what it was made from.

[@KateSuhrgirlPlays]

My thinking is if Spider-Man can do everything a spider can, then he shouldn't need to make web shooters no matter how cool that is. He should be able to produce them naturally since spiders dont make their own "web shooter" but rather use the one they biologically have.

[@thebolas000]

Maybe he does have a natural spinneret where spiders normally do, but the placement makes it awkward to use in a fight.

[@loceelen]

Word has it that spiders have hairs called trachabotria that allow spiders to feel a change in air pressure, so a real life example of spider sense.

[@richardryley3660]

I read a theory that suggests that the reason Peter always has such terrible luck is that it is his Spider Sense balancing out. He is able to use the Web of Life and Destiny to avoid events that would be fatal to him. But that gain causes a loss somewhere else. Peter's Spider Sense may protect his wallet ss well as his life because otherwise he would lose even MORE money. Peter can't really catch a break when it comes to employment. Miles Morales's Spider Sense being so powerful may mean this drawback isn't quite so severe for him. This would fit with the concept of the new movie, that being Spider-Man is suffering and Miles rejecting that. I also like the idea being repeated here, that bad things happen to Peter either because he ignores his Spider Sense, or can't listen to every little warning or he'll go nuts. Or even that his Spider Sense is hiding his identity. What if every time something bad happened, Peter's idenity would have come out if it didn't?

[@alexanderholscher6548]

One of my favorite spider sense moments is in Avengers EMH, when he's trying to disarm a bomb that Kang set up but can't figure out how it works, so he just starts pulling out any part that doesn't trigger his spider sense when he touches it.

[@rurikaunimoto]

I love the fact even the hulk, a rage monster, loves Spiderman.

[@samburgerwithcheeze8145]

Funnily enought PS4 Spider-Man doesn't rely on his spider sense to swing, he's smart enough to do the calculations in his head which is crazy to me.

[@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511]

Sabes siempre me pregunte si la mordida de la araña además de volver a Peter más fuerte y más rápido también lo volvió más listo?

[@mindlessmeat4055]

I seem to recall in one comic that Peter went in for an eye exam and the moment that he put this weird eye testing contraption on his spider sense went off. I believe he was being hypnotized or something.

[@Insomniac11th]

Hulk saying spider man is his friend gotta be one of my favorite comic scenes

[@IcefireC67]

Its funny the original song says that peter "does whatever a spider can" Yet most spider-men dont have the ability to make their own webs like the toby mcguire one can

[@herogames935]

There's probably a few species of spider that can't make their own webbing (no I cant confirm this statement i have arachnophobia and I have no intention of looking into it as a result)

[@IcefireC67]

@@herogames935 but generally spiders make their own webs Majority of the spider species can do that. Yet, its the polar opposite when it comes to the variations of peter parker

[@troywalkertheprogressivean8433]

I don't know any spider that produces silk from their legs/arms tho......😏

[@vxicepickxv]

It's played in the late 1970s version of the Japanese Spider-Man, and I don't think spiders have giant mecha either.

[@IcefireC67]

@@vxicepickxv but thats where the "man" part comes in lol

[@Cultureghost]

Always loved the idea of Spider-Man developing his own martial art maximizing his own unique advantages and style. Plus The Way of the Spider sounds cool as hell.

[@jamichealruiz]

Facts 💯🔥🕷🕸

[@NocStrand]

"Spiderman could kill any person he ends up fighting with, but didn't because he's a nice guy" *Sceneswap to Evil Peter Dancing... The editor needs a bonus for that genious edit!

[@wrenwry]

What if the spidey sense didn’t alert Peter to May or Ned’s presence before he took off the mask because it knew they wouldn’t harm Peter if they knew his identity.

[@squashmallow2006]

Would make sense. It's also the same reason why May could throw a banana right at Peter's face in Far from Home and Peter couldn't sense it.

[@NickChad]

There was a character with Spider-Man's powers who used spider sense to play the stock market and get rich. I think his name was Ezekiel. (Edited for hyphen)

[@dylanbaer4481]

I think I got a good guess on why his clothes turn invisible. Y’all said spiderman has those hairs ALL over his body. Maybe they penetrate into the suit and just make anything between the hairs invisible too. I mean he can shoot venom out now. Why wouldn’t he be able to cast a field of invisibility. It would be cool to see an older miles able to turn others invisible too.

[@Voxrar]

Another thing about it in some of the comic lines, in particular with Amazing Spiderman movie where it gets shot and in Into the Spiderverse with Miles Morales, being the spider sense can tell you of danger, but its up to them to react to it.

[@greyborg3846]

Spider-Man is OP. Also, about Miles in Secret Empire. That event did take place in the main 616 universe, so not an alternate universe. However, I believe Sam Wilson had the original Vibranium shield at that time and Stevil(evil Cap) had a replacement shield which was not made of vibranium, though was surely still very durable.

[@julianmcmillan2867]

Depending on the storyline, Spider-Man's powers are basically the result of some organisation, usually Oscorp, trying to replicate or create a supersoldier serum or THE supersoldier serum. Now, clearly, something went wrong because Captain America doesn't stick to walls or develops a Spidey sense. But maybe something went very right. Spider-Man's powers are basically the apex of what everyone who ever worked on a supersoldier serum wanted it to be. This dude is basically indestructible, aside from bullets, but in terms of combat. He has advanced healing, lightning fast reflexes to the extent that theoretically, the only way he can get hit by something is if he allows it or if it is Venom, can bench up to 70 fucking tons, whose strike force will turn almost anybody into a blood smear and is REALLY fast. My dude is Captain America on steroids hyped up on flakka after snorting a metric ton of cocaine.

[@yoyo51010]

There is a story where spider sense allows him to hack one of Kang's super computer of the future just by warning him which key not to press

[@rogerelliss9829]

It should be noted that in both the mcu and the comics, spideys spidersense sensed the snap before people started dissapearing.

[@d-m.n_--2]

The common house spider was chosen because there will always be that one dumb person in real life that gets themselves bit by a spider just so they can get powers. Common house spiders cant kill humans usually.

[@dahn57]

Common house spider's venom is quite strong (Comparatively), but they cannot pierce human skin with their bite

[@hamyman35]

​@@dahn57faaaaaaaaaaaaaalse

[@dahn57]

@@hamyman35 That the best you've got?

[@hamyman35]

@@dahn57 not trueeeeeeeee! Is that better?

[@dahn57]

@@hamyman35 Child

[@iprainwater7461]

I believe he knows he could do better. I think he believes, on a subconscious level, that he doesn't deserve happiness.

[@JorbyIsBad]

The reason madame webb sees the future is because the spider sense is LITERALLY premonition, and she is the most connected with it.

[@giraffetamer12]

spider man being that powerful makes venom that much more terrifying because venom would be constantly trying to convince peter not to hold back anymore

[@meteorjuice4088]

He’s a little OP, but the devs balanced him by him always having to endure never-ending, crippling personal tragedy

[@iamsushi1056]

In the first Spiderverse movie doesn’t it imply that the spider that bit Miles was from another universe because of the way it phased and glitched?

[@Lectrikfro]

This was confirmed in the second Spiderverse movie

[@nvposprey252]

The comic where iron man asked spider-man how he sticks is a kids comic where the three heroes gotta watch hell hounds. I like how kids comics give better feats and estimates than established stories

[@Scriven42]

"Yes, Spider-man is Hulk friend." That would be fucking hilarious in the movies, let's see this!

[@dadsfreetimeclassicgaming1220]

11:46 there's a amazing Spider-Man comic with a hologram on it where he spends the whole afternoon explaining his powers in great detail to Mary Jane. He keeps referencing different comics but I read all this.

[@Marx1684]

21:24 Spidey sense for std’s. About to handle business & the wrong tingling feeling starts….😂

[@bubu1066]

I wonder if spider senses stop him from getting food poisoning from the taco truck down the road?! Also, what would happen if Spiderman went on anti anxiety meds. Would it kill his senses?

[@fandomgacha3361]

his spider sense has actually done that multiple times. even in one comic, his spider sense warned him about someone else getting food poisoning from a hotdog (but he did alter his spider sense to sense danger from everyone). i dont think the anxiety meds could stop it because its not actually anxiety, its more of a mystical thing. the only things that can override it is things specifically made to override it (green goblins bombs, mysterios gas, one of horizons devices etc)

[@theenigmaalie2792]

I need one of these about the Snyder verse and it’s just Karl dismantling the arguments those people make

[@doubledamn2599]

You missed the 'Stingers' Peter could grow at one point. Also just all of Spider-Man: The Other. The dying, being reborn from a web-cocoon thing, and having your old body eaten by spiders that gain sentience and turn into a woman. Plus whatever the hell 'Tantric Energy' is, I don't think it's mentioned again outside of one panel.

[@pyguy7]

7:48. I laughed and giggled so hard with glee at that. There is no other image that makes my day better than that

[@sticktotheextreme]

13:30 wait a minute does that mean is spider man is buying some thing online and there's a better offer some where does his spidey sense tell him to "save his money"

[@celtic19]

The best explanation I could think of with why miles can invisible with clothes on is if they just link it to his bio electricity and say he can tap into a translucent energy which creates a aura of invisibility so clothes apply

[@Dornul]

I'm surprised you guys never really touched upon Spider-Man's web fluid. I've been reading the Omnibus #1, and Spider-Man does some very stupid stuff with it in those first issues. Not just talking about making a shield with it, or a parachute or a glider, but he also makes a flying bat with it to distract someone in one issue. I also never really understood the self dissolving characteristic of the web fluid. Sometimes it lasts for hours, sometimes it's gone in seconds. How does that work?

[@nofacejames]

I've always heard it explained away that the web shooters have multiple cartidges which are loaded with different types and formulas of web fluid. Some dissolve quickly, under an hour or so, and some are almost permanent, like the ones he used to stash backpacks around the city in the PS4 game.

[@Dornul]

@@nofacejames in these early comics, where he does all these unexplained things with it, that isn't the case, I think. There's this one issue where he's trying to sell his web fluid recipe to get money to pay for aunt May's medicine. The buyers don't like the fact that it dissolves, and Spider-Man thinks to himself that it would take him months to change it so it doesn't dissolve. To me that sounds like he doesn't know how to change the rate at which it dissolves, at least not back then. But still it dissolves at different rates, depending on the situation.

[@charactername111]

I feel like it should be noted that the powers of Spiderman aren't all connected across all these different comic/movie universes

[@Don_life313]

His stamina also seems to be limitless due to fighting morlun for over 12 hours straight

[@jamichealruiz]

Yup Spider man’s Willpower Is Insane He’ll Be Perfect For a Green Lantern Ring

[@Tannerbot2k]

It really is wonderful to see Karl get to go on a tear about stuff he likes.

[@DexyD20]

What blows my mind is that we've recently found out that spiders actually do have a "spider sense" tho it's not as op as Spiderman's, it's still insane because they can feel, I believe, 1/10 of a micron of movement from wind, electric fields, and vibrations! Allowing them to feel where food or danger is multiple feet away from them🤣🤣🙃

[@RicPendragon]

It's so disturbing seeing Karl without Tattoos after all these years 😂Those first 8 minutes really messed with my head

[@joehosler4921]

did he get them removed or is this a reupload of an old video?

[@zagzig3734]

​@@joehosler4921I think it's a compilation of earlier videos

[@RicPendragon]

@@joehosler4921 it's a compilation of multiple Spider-man focused videos, new and old

[@ilovemalechickens]

​@@joehosler4921re upload

[@SamSphinx]

So Secret Empire DID take place in 616. It's just that Cap had a different shield at that time, presumably non-vibranium

[@bryanlorente9390]

You forgot his greatest power, the ability to throw dirt in your eyes

[@hershtheonly4799]

Spider-Man absolutely felt discomfort when he was dusted. Nebulous impending doom?... anyone?

[@whitegames1701]

@15:42 damn thought there was going to be a canon story where Aunt May was a supervillian

[@OverlordZenith]

I really love the new spider boy because his spider sense is fully precognitive. He can sense that a mugging is about to happen with the next 15 minutes 9 blocks away from his current position and arrive in time to stop it.

[@nekospaw]

fun fact! in one of the what if? he tunes his spidersense into basically precognition. I think it's from one where he becomes an assassin/trained by wolverine. Way back in one of the old marvel encyclopedias, it stated you'd tear spider-man's arms and legs off before his grip on a surface would fail. There was a time he mutated into a giant spider and gave birth to himself, giving him long retactable forearm bone spikes, organic webbing and fangs (i think a poisonous bite too but it's been a long time). I believe during civil war 1, tony stark developed something to trigger peter's spidersense constantly. Venom blasts are not unheard of, see Jessica Drew, the original spider-woman.

[@nathanfish1998]

KZbin must be reading my mind at this point, because I went to bed last night and thought: "I haven't watched Fact Fiend in several months, and haven't gotten it recommended in so long. I should search it up and watch a few videos from them" I wake up and then open up KZbin. This is at the top of my recommended

[@damianjones6666]

There is an amazing scene in the original secret wars Issue 3 where spiderman fights the X-Men comprising of professor X, Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Rogue, Colossus and Nightcrawler he defeats them all easily. definitely worth a look

[@normalhuman9878]

34:26 Spider-Man doesn’t _have_ to do those epic combos, he just makes it look like he’s trying harder than he really is so the villains don’t feel bad

[@jawbarry]

I like to think he can alter gravity but only at the points where he makes direct contact with surfaces

[@vennom14]

I know this is old, but there's a megavillain who absorbs powers, and he wants Spider-Man because no one can beat his spider sense. Then let's talk about Shang-Chi teaching Parker a specialized martial arts that perfectly compliments his spider sense. Miles is the ultimate Mary Sue. Not complaining, just a fact

[@zzonka7878]

The best part of this video is imagining spidey in all these scenarios. Spider-Man in scrubs performing surgery, Spider-Man entering the stock market, Spider-Man pulling girls with his dance moves, Spider-Man sitting on his bedroom floor alone, Spider-Man sprinting away from a barber, Spider-Man sitting in court.

[@thebolas000]

Spider-man has been in court a few times, but I wish he had a nice suit and tie over his hero suit.

[@khoreybrown4349]

About his speed I read somewhere that he can run About 200 mph if you want a quantifiable number. His swinging speed can be much faster of course because he just builds momentum.

[@sabrock3941]

You guys are great! Thank you for all of the ridiculous facts I now know!

[@ValiareTheForsaken01]

I'm now imagining Pete at his computer, checking his email and his spider sense goes off when he's about to click the link on a fake paypal email or something.

[@MrPonytron]

The Secret Empire storyline is in the main 616 universe. This takes place after the Secret War event from 2015 when Miles is stuck in the 616 after the Ultimate universe is destroyed

[@ashleysmith38]

Spiderman struggles so much because of his crippling adhd

[@Muljinn]

Along with his depression and crippling self doubt.

[@ashleysmith38]

@Muljinn so true dudes got ruff luck for a super

[@linus8380]

"it's so Spider-Man it hurts" is possibly one of the most simple yet effective ways to describe in a sentence, what Spider-Man's life is like,

[@ManicPandaz]

Spiderman is the type of character that would start an open world RPG and star at the starting town grinding to lvl 99 beating up common thugs and robbers.

[@enishi4ty5]

19:01 i see the spider sense like an invisible spider web and any movement in his vicinity is noticed but mostly ignored otherwise he would be constantly overwhelmed (ig tobey spiderman showed this in the school fight)

[@enishi4ty5]

19:56 yes it would try to guide him, however if he is too nervous he might mess up anyway. its basically just the force

[@max666tall]

Black Cat once started flirting with Spider-Man to bypass his spider sense to get the drop on him

[@cesarelo1249]

The easy answer is that depending who's writing Spider-Man dictates how strong or weak he is. No need to explain it any further .

[@Drewpeanut2911]

Well aren’t you the sharpest crayon in the box.

[@marvelsandals4228]

"My spider sense is going crazy! ...because of the existential dread of life in the modern world."

[@squashmallow2006]

19:17 Nope. His Spider-Sense, as far as I know, can't do that. But you know what is more broken than the Spider-Sense? Daredevil's hearing. Because he in fact CAN hear someone's heartbeat to tell whether they're lying or not.

[@An_Axident]

I like to think that the spider sense works like a D20 in a TTRPG. Its not exactly what you want, but the best outcome in the situation.

[@Mosethyoth]

It wouldn't make you render a squirrel to a pulp of flesh because you decided to kick it though.

[@jtfbreedlove]

There is a classic comic where spidey just lets loose and ko's Firelord, a herald of galactus.

[@blackfire3744]

His spider-sense can be set off when he's in proximity to someone that has cancer.