History Awesome / Spiderman

* ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' Volume 2 issue 15 introduced the villain called the Queen, who takes control of nearly 1/3 of New York's population, anyone with an "insect gene", just by humming, her presence causes Peter's Spider-Sense to go ballistic and make him bleed from the nose and ears, and when someone not under her control honks his car horn at her she uses her PsychicPowers to send his car crashing into a building. She takes control of a nearby bank, with Spider-Man and Captain America arriving to confront her, but despite her seemingly normal appearance she proves to be a [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery deadly opponent]] for Spider-Man. He barely touches her in the fight, while she lands several solid kicks and punches on him and subdues him with a [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic scream]]. The issue ends with her having [[TheBadGuyWins captured Spider-Man and Captain America]], and after she defeats Spider-Man with a second scream, she catches him in a hug as he falls unconscious, holds him close while saying he shouldn't be ashamed he lost because he could have never beaten her, and pulls him into a deep wet kiss.

* The classic moment in Amazing #33, where, trapped under a giant machine with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean quickly flooding the room, a beaten and battered Spider-Man refuses to quit and lifts the machine off his back, all to save the rare isotope he needs to cure Aunt May's radiation poisoning. He goes on to escape from the flooding building, defeat an entire gang with his eyes closed while sporting an injured leg, make the life-saving serum, hustle J. Jonah Jameson into paying top dollar for his pictures, and ultimately save his Aunt May's life. The only thing that keeps this issue from being a full-on happy ending is that he scares Betty Brant, making her want to break up with him. Otherwise, the entire issue is a huge Crowning Moment of Awesome for your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

* ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #200 has Spidey confront ''the very man who killed Uncle Ben.'' Not just any foe, but the actual robber himself. Looking for the treasure of a deceased Prohibition-era gangland king, the crook breaks into Peter's apartment to kill him. Peter then proceeds to absolutely wipe the floor with him, and he's not even in his Spidey suit! However, the robber manages to pistol-whip Peter, and drags him to the warehouse Spidey fought him in. There, he beats the crap out of Peter, and leaves. However, an enraged Peter literally bursts out of his shirt and goes off to find the robber. The two battle, but Spidey gets shot and the robber flees. The robber comes back with Aunt May, who he kidnapped earlier, and intends to make her watch Peter die. Then Spidey comes swinging in, with a web-bandage under his suit and ready to fight the man who killed his father figure. What follows is a truly epic knock-down drag-out, hand-to-hand duel between Spidey and the robber. No superpowers or gadgets, just two very angry men going at it. At first, it seems like the robber is beginning to get the upper hand-then Spidey punches him into a wall and reveals to the terrified robber that he is Peter Parker, ''and he wants his long-due revenge''. Now absolutely frightened out of his mind, the robber runs through the warehouse, trying to find the exit, with Spidey turning the Spider-Signal into an object of fear, letting the murderer know that Spidey will follow him to the ends of the earth. Although the robber's heart problems ultimately kill him, Peter still manages to web his uncle's terrified, sweating killer to the exit door and while walking slowly and menacingly towards him, deliver an absolutely epic speech:

* Amazing #223 has Peter try to help a lonely, shunned but brilliant bookworm on campus, Roger Hochbert. In the hope of gaining a new friend and letting Roger get used to new surroundings, Peter invites him to a party. Unfortunately, Roger is cruelly pranked and made to drink vinegar, with the partygoers laughing as he flees. But Peter's seen this happen to himself all too many times, and he is ''pissed''.

* In the "ComicBook/WhatIf" storyline of the Other, Peter dies and the symbiote takes over his body. Said symbiote is now much stronger than normal as it is in the body that it's wanted for so long, and proceeds to take out Wolverine and Power Man before going to Mary Jane as it has plans to replicate itself. To stop it from hurting anyone else, MJ offers to go with it, but here's the moment of awesome as she then goes on to say something along the lines of, "You may get my body, but my soul will always belong to Peter, and if I go with you, I'm going to make your life horrible." This is so awesome because it actually scares off the newly dubbed Poison and makes him rethink her as a host.

** Which became a TearJerker as nobody, not even May, can tell that Peter's gone and Otto's [[GrandTheftMe stolen his body]].

* As angsty as Back in Black was, his "ShutUpHannibal" speech to Kingpin more than made up for it. The ensuing beat down he delivered as Peter Parker didn't hurt either.

* Spidey's battle with TheJuggernaut in ''Amazing'' 229-230. The fact that Spider-Man is completely outmatched might make the fight seem ridiculous, but it instead ends up being a testament to Spidey's willpower, ingenuity, and sense of justice, as he throws everything he can at the villain in an effort to stop him. The fight ends with Spidey jumping on Juggernaut's back and covering his helmet's eyeholes as the villain pounds at him, until Juggernaut accidentally wanders into a deep cement building foundation, leaving a battered and exhausted Spidey the victor. Proof that the "Parker Luck" isn't always bad, and that Spider-Man's refusal to submit is one of his greatest weapons.
* Amazing Spider-Man 231-232 has Spidey fight Mr. Hyde, who's also after the Cobra. Realizing the criminal is more trouble than he's worth, and with a bad ankle weighing him down, Spider-Man tosses the Cobra to Hyde and webs them together... while also planting a spider-tracer to keep tabs on him. Eventually Spider-Man tracks Hyde down and continues the fight, and despite Hyde's superior strength, he wins the day through speed, goading Hyde into making mistakes, and sheer tenacity.
* Amazing Spider-Man 246 has a quiet moment for J. Jonah Jameson. The entire comic shows a series of [[HerCodeNameWasMarySue of idealized fantasies and daydreams]] for different characters but while Felicia Hardy goes fully into her daydreams and has to be snapped by a doctor, and MJ and Peter snap out due to guilt and insecurity, Jameson is the only one whose sense of reality is so strong that he overcomes it. Jameson has a fantasy where he beats up Spider-Man in the printing presses of the Bugle as his staff cheers him on (including Peter because of course Jameson thinks they're different people) and it has Spider-Man admit that he's a menace, he's no hero, and Jameson of course was right all along. It ends with the presses printing Jameson's battle but the last panel shows the real headline (Spidey saves the day):

* Granted it was with the Power Cosmic but he still punched the damn Hulk into orbit. ''Accidentally.'' And then he flies into space to retrieve him. Also a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

* The end of the classic Amazing Spider-Man #18. Not only is it a crowning moment for Peter but one for Aunt May too. Up to that issue Peter never had it rougher. Due to running away from the Green Goblin after learning his Aunt had collapsed, the entire city, super hero, and villain communities were labeling Spider-Man as a coward. To make it worse Jonah was gloating about it all over the place, Aunt May was slowly recovering, and Peter was afraid to fight any villains for fear of leaving his Aunt unable to take care of herself. Not only that but money was getting so tight that Spidey was ready to sell his web fluid for money, course it being unstable didn't help so that option was out. Near the end Peter decides to let the world win and gives up being Spider-Man. Only to go downstairs to find his Aunt up and about. She refuses his help and explains that Parkers are tough and should never give up no matter what. After her stirring speech Peter returns to his room and re-dons his Spidey costume vowing to continue his fight. It has a crowning moment of awesome for Flash Thompson, the one person who stuck by Spider-Man's side and even donned a costume to go out and fight crime. This resulted in getting his butt handed to him by three guys, and despite Spidey never coming to his aid he still believed in the guy.
* That glorious moment in #19 when JJJ, about to do another speech gloating how he proved Spider-Man is a phony, learns the shattering news that Spidey's back in action and his face falls to the floor.
* The principal of Peter's high school gets a moment in an early issue of ''The Amazing Spider-Man''. The Sandman, hiding out in the high school, accidentally walks into an occupied classroom that the principal is dropping in on. Sandman taunts his new hostages and mentions that so long as he's around, he'd like to have the diploma that he never got when he was in school. The principal balks, saying that a diploma must be ''earned'', and refuses to back down on the issue. When the rather irate Sandman threatens the students, the principal throws himself in front of the class and orders the kids to run for it while he holds the Sandman off. Luckily, Spider-Man arrives just in time to keep the poor guy from being clobbered by the Sandman.
* Spectacular Spider-Man Volume 2 issue 15 introduced the villain called the Queen, who takes control of nearly 1/3 of New York's population, anyone with an "insect gene", just by humming, her presence causes Peter's Spider-Sense to go ballistic and make him bleed from the nose and ears, and when someone not under her control honks his car horn at her she uses her PsychicPowers to send his car crashing into a building. She takes control of a nearby bank, with Spider-Man and Captain America arriving to confront her, but despite her seemingly normal appearance she proves to be a [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery deadly opponent]] for Spider-Man. He barely touches her in the fight, while she lands several solid kicks and punches on him and subdues him with a [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic scream]]. The issue ends with her having [[TheBadGuyWins captured Spider-Man and Captain America]], and after she defeats Spider-Man with a second scream, she catches him in a hug as he falls unconscious, holds him close while saying he shouldn't be ashamed he lost because he could have never beaten her, and pulls him into a deep wet kiss.

* In ''Amazing Spider-Man'' 587, during the "Character Assassination" arc, Spidey gets himself out of a super-tough neck brace by using ''leverage''. As he said once in Marvel Adventures, "Why do people keep forgetting that I'm really, really ''smart''?"
* In ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #203, nearing the end of the "ComicBook/MaximumCarnage" arc, Spider-Man -while distracting the villains so his allies can get the Alpha Magni-Illuminator to stop them- lectures the villains while they try their very hardest to kill them, with only damage on his costume all they have done. This of course leaves him helpless and he is hit by a Psychic blast which turns his "shame, self-disgust, anger, and pain" onto himself which he also promptly survives, making two Moments of Awesome in the same two pages.

* ''Amazing'' #656. After being shot in the stomach, and establishing Massacre as an emotionless killing machine with efficiency rivaling The Joker, Spidey shows up in an upgraded armoured Spider-Suit. Massacre tries to blow up his hostages with bombs strapped to their chests. Spidey uses magnetic webbing to cut off the signal to the trigger. Massacre blasts at them with his machine gun, Spidey blocks it with his suit. Massacre decides to blow up another bunch of hostages across town, Spidey webs the trigger. Massacre gets tired of this and pulls out a rocket launcher. Spidey blocks that too. After a good kick, Massacre is in range of multiple police snipers. Yes, Spidey blocks those as well. "Today nobody dies. Not even you."

* In ''Amazing Spider-Man'', after being beaten down by Green Goblin and trying to save Aunt May again, he saves a blown-up Daily Bugle by holding it on his back while everyone escapes. And to stop it from falling he uses all of his webbing to hold it in place.
* After returning from a TimeSkip in ''Amazing Spider-Man #591'', Peter stops by the mayor's office to try and finally bury the hatchet between himself and now-mayor J. Jonah Jameson. He's instead chased out when Jameson decides that his position has made the webslinger scared and sics his Anti-Spider task force on him, declaring that they'll hunt him around the clock and [[TemptingFate there's nothing he can do about it]]. Spidey's response? Kick his heroing into overtime, swinging all over the city doing everything he possibly can to help all at once. Why? [[BerserkButton Because it'll drive Jameson ballistic]]. Soon the newspapers are swimming in Spider-Man headlines; everything from thwarting armed robberies and stopping lab meltdowns to saving stray kittens from construction sites. And outcry towards Jameson's actions bubbles up as well, both from exasperation at his vendetta against a well-regarded superhero and his wasting taxpayer money on a task force Spidey was running circles around. As Jameson wonders aloud what more the web-head can to do taunt him, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor he's greeted with a basket being lowered to his window by a web with said kitten sitting in it.]]

* ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #682: We get a few pages of Peter commenting on how the things he's created at Horizon as Peter Parker are helping people with things like organ transportation, to providing more chance of people avoiding head trauma thanks to more protective bicycle helmets, before lamenting that he's finally doing what Uncle Ben had wanted for Peter by using his intellect to help people. Which turns into an IronicEcho and a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Dr. Octopus as it's revealed in ''686'' that all of Peter's creations at Horizon were being used by the mad scientist ''against'' him.
* ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #683. Spidey, donning his brand new Anti-Sinister Six Armor and flanked by ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and Thor, bursts into a room where various leaders are discussing whether or not to give into Dr. Octopus' final demands. When Al Gore tells Spidey that Octavius' work could help mankind, Spidey responds by punching him in the face, mostly because he knows that everyone would be ''insane'' to let a mad man like Doc Ock win. Of course It was the Chameleon... but it still manages to be an awesome moment for Spidey, since it show just how CrazyPrepared he was for the Sinister Six when he created his new Spider Armour, as he had implemented something similar to ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'s Radar Sense in order to tell if someone was the Chameleon or not.

* ''Comicbook/AvengersVsXMen'': After spending years as a background character during Marvel's Crisis Crossovers, Spider-Man gets back into the limelight during Issue 9. To emphasize [[ComicBook/XMen Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Magik, and Colossus]] have gained the powers of the Phoenix and began reshaping the world to their own image. The Avengers oppose them, so the Phoenix X-Men capture some of them in a volcano. To save them, the Avengers infiltrate the volcano but Colossus and Magik find them. Spider-Man notes that Colossus and Magik have been having issues about their control over their powers, so he tricks them into knocking each other out. Taking into consideration that the Phoenix X-Men have been [[CurbstompBattle curbstomping]] the Avengers, their defeat at the hands of Spider-Man is impressive.

** Which recently became a TearJerker as nobody, not even May, can tell that Peter's gone and Otto's [[GrandTheftMe stolen his body]].

** Awesome/SuperiorSpiderMan

* In the battle at the end of ComicBook/CivilWar after Spidey defects to Captain America's side. In the space of two frames, Spider-Man takes down Bishop, Doc Samson, The Radioactive Man and Blizzard before kicking Reed Richards in the neck, all this while avoiding Reed's flailing arms.

* Spider-Man's fight with Iron Man in ComicBook/CivilWar. "What kind of techno geek do you think I am, that I wouldn't find your suit's lockdown code and program an override?" What makes it even better is that Peter's wearing his Stark Armor/Iron Spider costume, and Iron Man uses his override for the suit, and then admonishes Peter for never examining the tech he was wearing; only for Spidey to then reveal that he had not only found Stark's override and created his own override for ''that'', but also that his also had the added bonus of disabling Stark's Iron Man armor long enough for him to escape, all the while Peter admonishes Stark for thinking he wasn't bright enough to find to his override, nevermind program an escape to it.

* Awesome/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse

* A Marvel Team-Up story involved a pre- Characters/NewMutants Karma, using her [[PeoplePuppets powers]] on Spidey. The story climaxed with Spider-Man fighting the Fantastic Four- while under the control of Karma's more ruthless brother- to a stalemate until someone else could knock out the mutant. That's four-on-one, where the one is your friendly neighborhood arachnid and the four are people who [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu regularly fight Galactus]], also simultaneously under the control of a single mind who has full experience of using multiple bodies at once.

* Awesome/TheAmazingSpiderManNickSpencer

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* Heck, the cane laser in Fisk's hands was quite awesome several times. During the critically acclaimed The Death of Jean De Wolff storyline, Kingpin is on the phone, denying his involvement in the honest police woman's death. Spiderman sneaks in, believing that Kingpin is actually behind it. Without even looking back or getting off the phone, Kingpin takes up his cane and fires onto the ceiling behind him. Spidey dodges and the laser blast [[ImprobableAimingSkills hits the dead center]] of the spot where Spidey was seconds ago

* Awesome/SpiderIsland
* Awesome/SuperiorSpiderMan

!![[Film/SpiderMan1 The 2002 film]]
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!![[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan The 2012 reboot]]
* [[Awesome/TheAmazingSpiderMan Has its own page]]

* His stint as ComicBook/CaptainUniverse. Basically, an extra-dimensional being (or something similar) called the Enigma Force detected that a great calamity would occur, and as such beings are wont to do, it selected a hero in order to stop it, choosing Spider-Man. The result was that our favorite web-slinger became Captain Universe. Basically, he won the SuperpowerLottery ''again'', this time getting {{Flight}}, Energy Blasts, NighInvulnerability, his SuperStrength was increased by a factor of FIFTY, his five (not counting SpiderSense) senses went into overdrive, and he gained psionic control over his webbing, essentially making it into a ''literal'' source of SwissArmySuperpowers. Anyhow, some time after that, Loki decided that he wanted to do some mischief, so he magically combined THREE prototype ultra-powerful [[ComicBook/XMen Sentinels]] into one "Tri-Sentinel", which could apparently only be stopped by something as powerful as Captain Universe. Ultimately, Spider-Man burned himself out stopping the Tri-Sentinel and lost his newfound powers, but damn if it wasn't awesome.

* His stint as ComicBook/CaptainUniverse. Basically, an extra-dimensional being (or something similar) called the Enigma Force detected that a great calamity would occur, and as such beings are wont to do, it selected a hero in order to stop it, choosing Spider-Man. The result was that our favorite web-slinger became Captain Universe. Basically, he won the SuperpowerLottery ''again'', this time getting {{Flight}}, Energy Blasts, NighInvulnerability, his SuperStrength was increased by a factor of FIFTY, his five (not counting SpiderSense) senses went into overdrive, and he gained psionic control over his webbing, essentially making it into a ''literal'' GreenLanternRing. Anyhow, some time after that, Loki decided that he wanted to do some mischief, so he magically combined THREE prototype ultra-powerful [[ComicBook/XMen Sentinels]] into one "Tri-Sentinel", which could apparently only be stopped by something as powerful as Captain Universe. Ultimately, Spider-Man burned himself out stopping the Tri-Sentinel and lost his newfound powers, but damn if it wasn't awesome.

* Awesome/SpiderMan1967

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* Awesome/JMSSpiderMan

* ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #200 has Spidey confront ''the very man who killed Uncle Ben.'' Not just any foe, but the actual robber himself. Looking for the treasure of a deceased Prohibition-era gangland king, the crook breaks into Peter's apartment to kill him. Peter then proceeds to absolutely wipe the floor with him, and he's not even in his Spidey suit! However, the robber manages to pistol-whip Peter, and drags him to the warehouse Spidey fought him in. There, he beats the crap out of Peter, and leaves. However, an enraged Peter literally bursts out of his shirt and goes off to find the robber. The two battle, but Spidey gets shot and the robber flees. The robber comes back with Aunt May, who he kidnapped earlier, and intends to make her watch Peter die. Then Spidey comes swinging in, with a web-bandage under his suit and ready to fight the man who killed his father figure. What follows is a truly epic knock-down drag-out, hand-to-hand duel between Spidey and the robber. No superpowers or gadgets, just two very angry men going at it. At first, it seems like the robber is beginning to get the upper hand-then Spidey punches him into a wall and reveals to the terrified robber that he is Peter Parker, ''and he wants his long-due revenge''. Now absolutely frightened out of his mind, the robber runs through the warehouse, trying to find the exit, with Spidey turning the Spider-Signal into an object of fear, letting the murderer know that Spidey will follow him to the ends of the earth. Although [[spoiler: the robber's heart problems ultimately kill him]], Peter still manages to web his uncle's terrified, sweating killer to the exit door and while walking slowly and menacingly towards him, deliver an absolutely epic speech:

** [[spoiler:Which recently became a TearJerker as nobody, not even May, can tell that Peter's gone and Otto's [[GrandTheftMe stolen his body]].]]

* In the battle at the end of ComicBook/CivilWar after [[spoiler:Spidey defects to Captain America's side]]. In the space of two frames, Spider-Man takes down Bishop, Doc Samson, The Radioactive Man and Blizzard before kicking Reed Richards in the neck, all this while avoiding Reed's flailing arms.

* Spider-Man's [[spoiler:fight with Iron Man]] in ComicBook/CivilWar. [[spoiler:"What kind of techno geek do you think I am, that I wouldn't find your suit's lockdown code and program an override?"]] What makes it even better [[spoiler:is that Peter's wearing his Stark Armor/Iron Spider costume, and Iron Man uses his override for the suit, and then admonishes Peter for never examining the tech he was wearing; only for Spidey to then reveal that he had not only found Stark's override and created his own override for ''that'', but also that his also had the added bonus of disabling Stark's Iron Man armor long enough for him to escape, all the while Peter admonishes Stark for thinking he wasn't bright enough to find to his override, nevermind program an escape to it.]]
* In ''Amazing Spider-Man'' 587, during the "Character Assassination" arc, [[spoiler:Spidey gets himself out of a super-tough neck brace by using ''leverage'']]. As he said once in Marvel Adventures, "Why do people keep forgetting that I'm really, really ''smart''?"
* In ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #203, nearing the end of the "ComicBook/MaximumCarnage" arc, Spider-Man [[spoiler:-while distracting the villains so his allies can get the Alpha Magni-Illuminator to stop them-]] lectures the villains while they try their very hardest to kill them, with only damage on his costume all they have done. [[spoiler:This of course leaves him helpless and he is hit by a Psychic blast which turns his "shame, self-disgust, anger, and pain" onto himself which he also promptly survives, making two Moments of Awesome in the same two pages.]]

* Spider-Man vs. Fusion. Spidey still went toe-to-toe with someone who appeared to be collecting superpowers like they were going out of style, sustained a[[spoiler:n illusionary]] ''broken neck'', and still managed to deliver a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and stand up for another round. (It has to be acknowledged that Fusion may have appeared to have every power in Marvel New York, but all he could actually do was a CompellingVoice. The fact that Spidey went head-to-head with him before he actually found this out qualifies). At the end came perhaps the actual crowning moment: Fusion says that even if Spidey knows about the true source of the powers he's being hit with, it won't stop them hurting, and delivers a Hulk Punch. Spidey doesn't even notice it.

* ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #682: We get a few pages of Peter commenting on how the things he's created at Horizon as Peter Parker are helping people with things like organ transportation, to providing more chance of people avoiding head trauma thanks to more protective bicycle helmets, before lamenting that he's finally doing what Uncle Ben had wanted for Peter by using his intellect to help people. Which turns into an IronicEcho and a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Dr. Octopus as it's revealed in ''686'' that [[spoiler:all of Peter's creations at Horizon were being used by the mad scientist ''against'' him.]]
* ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #683. Spidey, donning his brand new Anti-Sinister Six Armor and flanked by ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and Thor, bursts into a room where various leaders are discussing whether or not to give into Dr. Octopus' final demands. When Al Gore tells Spidey that Octavius' work could help mankind, Spidey responds by punching him in the face, mostly because he knows that everyone would be ''insane'' to let a mad man like Doc Ock win. Of course [[spoiler:It was the Chameleon]]... but it still manages to be an awesome moment for Spidey, since [[spoiler:it show just how CrazyPrepared he was for the Sinister Six when he created his new Spider Armour, as he had implemented something similar to ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'s Radar Sense in order to tell if someone was the Chameleon or not]].

* ''Comicbook/AvengersVsXMen'': After spending years as a background character during Marvel's Crisis Crossovers, Spider-Man gets back into the limelight during Issue 9. To emphasize [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/XMen Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Magik, and Colossus]] have gained the powers of the Phoenix and began reshaping the world to their own image. The Avengers oppose them, so the Phoenix X-Men capture some of them in a volcano. To save them, the Avengers infiltrate the volcano but Colossus and Magik find them. Spider-Man notes that Colossus and Magik have been having issues about their control over their powers, so he tricks them into knocking each other out. Taking into consideration that the Phoenix X-Men have been [[CurbstompBattle curbstomping]] the Avengers, their defeat at the hands of Spider-Man is impressive.]]

* After a battle between Terminus & Alpha manages to knock all of the air craft in the surrounding area out of the air, Spider-Man gets himself onto a specific plane - The private jet of Jay Jameson, father of J. Jonah Jameson & Aunt May's new husband. After managing to get the engines working again (Twice), Jay points out to Spidey that the landing gear is damaged. Cue Spidey forcing the gear down & holding the jet on his back as it lands, and to top it all off, once emergency crews arrive, tell them to get the two passengers before helping him. Hell, [[spoiler:J. Jonah Jameson even barges past the various emergency workers & genuinely thanks Spider-Man for saving his family]].
* In this [[http://arousinggrammar.com/2013/09/03/flash-thompson-superhero-pt-1/ link]] talking about how Flash Thompson became a hero, he gets a CMOA in one of the most beautiful comic stories ever told. He sits in a hospital, chatting to a general about his experiences in Iraq. Sure, it's badass, it's amazing, it's beautiful. But what makes it all worth it? When Flash is telling his story of how he sacrificed [[spoiler: his legs]] to save a nearly-dying comrade, it's intercut with panels of ''some of the most the badass things Spider Man has ever done to that point.'' They also all deliberately mirror Flash's experiences- Spidey holds up a building, Flash opens fire on a heavily-defended one. Spidey ignores the Kingpin's bodyguards and goes straight for the man himself, Flash tackles the building head-on. Spidey tries to stop the Juggernaut, Flash tries to stop his friend from getting blown up. ''Spidey fights Kraven, The Vulture, Mysterio, Electro, Doc Ock and Sandman at once?'' Well, Flash gets attacked with pistol, rifle and SMG fire by six men, and ''wins.'' It all goes to show how the nerd he bullied in the early 60s, the ''teenager'' who went through Hell and back, experienced so much pain and torment in a few years, willing to do whatever it takes to protect New York from crime, inspired Flash to be a hero in the midst of all the blood and fire and spilled guts that go with [[WarIsHell war]].

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* Awesome/{{JMSSpiderMan}}
* Awesome/SpiderManTrilogy

With great power comes great responsibility. And great awesome too.