History Franchise / Spiderman

* ''ComicBook/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' (Vol. 2) (2003-2005)

* ''ComicBook/UntoldTalesOfSpiderMan'' (1995)

* ''Friendly Neighbor Spider-Man'' (2024)

* ''Spider-Man: Freshman Year'' (2024)

* ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' (2013)

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* ''Spider-Man (Joe Zito)''

-->-- Excerpt from the 1967 TitleThemeTune to the 1967 ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 Spider-Man]]'' animated series, and BootstrappedTheme for the entire franchise.

->''"And a lean, silent figure slowly fades into the gathering darkness, aware at last that in this world, '''with great power, there must also come--great responsibility!''' And so a legend is born and a new name is added to the roster of those who make the world of fantasy the most exciting realm of all!"''
-->-- '''The Narrator''', ''ComicBook/AmazingFantasyNumber15'', complete full closing caption. Written by Creator/StanLee.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[CharacterCatchphrase With great power]] there must also come [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility great responsibility.]]'']]

->''Is he strong? Listen, bud!\\
He's got radioactive blood!\\
Can he swing from a thread?\\
Take a look overhead!\\
Hey there, there goes the Spider-Man!''
-->-- Excerpt from the 1967 TitleThemeTune to ''WesternAnimation/{{Spider|Man1967}}-Man'', and BootstrappedTheme for the entire franchise.

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!! "Spider-Tropes, Spider-Tropes, friendly neighborhood Spider-Tropes":
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Future retellings, across several mediums, of Peter’s days just short of becoming Spider-Man have made him a more pure-hearted person from the get-go, while also makeing him far more willing to forgive and work with his former enemies after becoming Spider-Man. However, in the original Stan Lee and Steve Ditko run, it was quite evident that Peter was more of an irritable teenager, a good guy yes, but not an ideal pure hero, which gave weight to Peter’s immediate decision of trying to make money as soon as he got super powers instead of trying to be a hero right away; it was only after much hard-earned experiences that Peter grew to be up a fantastically heroic person.
* TheAdjectivalSuperhero: The ''Amazing''/''Spectacular''/''Sensational'' ''Spider-Man'', although Spidey himself prefers to use "Your ''Friendly Neighborhood'' Spider-Man" (which was eventually used as a book title itself). He may well have been the TropeCodifier for this, as his first appearance was in ''Amazing Fantasy'', which was soon after [[SpotlightStealingSquad canceled, and replaced]] on the newsstands with ''Amazing Spider-Man''.
** When improvising a costume out of a borrowed Fantastic Four costume and [[BrownBagMask a mask out of a paper bag]], he became the ''Amazing'' or the ''Bombastic'' Bag-Man.
** He is also the ''Avenging'' Spider-Man while a member of the Avengers, and the ''Fantastic'' Spider-Man while a member of the Fantastic Four.
** When ComicBook/{{Venom}} acted as him during Dark Reign as a member of the ''Dark Avengers'', he was called the ''Sinister'' Spider-Man. ''Sinister'' has also been applied to ComicBook/{{Silk}} as she drifts towards a FaceHeelTurn.
** The ''Superior'' Spider-Man is ComicBook/DoctorOctopus having hijacked Peter's body.
** When [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Blade}}]] [[ComicBook/MightyAvengers needed to hide his identity]], with the help of a BlandNameProduct Spider-Man outfit from a costume shop, he became the ''Splendiferous'' Spider Hero. [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS With "Spider Hero" written across his chest.]] The Superior Spider-Man [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments was not amused]].
** ComicBook/SpiderGirl also eventually inherited ''Amazing'' and later ''Spectacular'' from her dad.
** The ''Radioactive'' ComicBook/SpiderGwen ([[ComicBook/{{Doom}} That can't]] [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall be good!]]).
** ComicBook/MilesMorales is often referred to as the ''Ultimate'' Spider-Man, referring to his original book, to distinguish him from Parker.
* AnimatedAdaptation: This could take a while...
** The [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 1967 adaptation]], which introduced the famous "Does whatever a spider can" theme song.
** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderWoman'', courtesy of Creator/DepatieFrelengEnterprises, aired from 1979-1980.
** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1981'', which was most famous for having him meet up with Doctor Doom ''repeatedly''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'', which aired around the same time as the above series, saw the webhead team up with Iceman and Firestar, and is much better-known nowadays.
** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' was pretty much John Semper doing the best he could with horrible animation, censorship and ExecutiveMeddling. Nonetheless, the series has remained ''the'' Spider-Man animated adaptation for many fans, with Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes' portrayal of the character often considered one of the best.
** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManUnlimited'' was a sequel-but-not-really to the above series, which sees Spider-Man hopping aboard a spaceship to Counter-Earth, fighting alongside new allies and running into high-tech, futuristic versions of his classic rogues gallery. Notable for ending on a CliffHanger.
** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries'' blended CGI and cel-shading to create a unique form of animation. The series itself is set immediately after the events of the first Sam Raimi film, though its sequels would later render it CanonDiscontinuity.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' is the first animated Spider-Man series to focus his time as a teenager in high school, as it was originally in the comics. The show is also widely considered an AdaptationDistillation as it stays true to the comics (through using a lot of elements from the original Spider-Man comics that were written by Creator/StanLee and Steve Ditko; the show brought in characters, storylines, and plot elements with a similar balance of action, drama and comedy as well as a high school setting) in addition to utilizing material from all eras of the comic's run and other sources such as the more recent the ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' comics and the [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Sam Raimi movies]], making a Spider-Man cartoon that is very popular and recognizable to both older and younger fans.
** ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'' is very loosely adapted from the comic book with the same name while using some elements from the 616 and Marvel Cinematic Universe. Aiming for a more comedic tone than its predecessors, the series tries its best to put a different spin on all the old characters and try to bring in something new.
** ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'', Disney's newest foray into adapting the Spider-Man mythos for younger audiences.
** ''WesternAnimation/SpideyAndHisAmazingFriends'' Disney Junior's take on the web-slinger for the preschool crowd.
** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', Spidey's first animated feature-length film.
* BootstrappedTheme: The theme song for the 1967 cartoon is one for the franchise as a whole. Covers for it and variations appeared in ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' and a full orchestral symphonic opening for ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''. It's also a popular standard covered by Music/TheRamones and Music/{{Aerosmith}} among others.
* BrieferThanTheyThink: Adaptations tend to emphasize the high school element to the degree that it has arguably become LostInImitation. Brian Michael Bendis took this to the logical extreme in the ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' comics, where 200+ issues were written and completed over a span of a decade without Peter or his class graduating from high school. Meanwhile, the recent Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse films feature the webhead being played by Tom Holland, the youngest actor yet to play Spider-Man, and he's still in high school as of his seventh movie appearance (three of those being solo films) and 6 years of real-time.
* CapitalismIsBad: The earliest instances of Peter Parker as an industrialist were in an alternate timeline in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''VideoGame/SpiderManEdgeOfTime'' and in both instances, the two wealthy Parkers were shown as jerks and bad guys
* ComingOfAgeStory: Adaptations tend to follow similar beats even when it is restricted to selected periods (his high school period and occasionally but rarely his college). Modern versions such as Ultimate Marvel and the MCU have Spider-Man trying to go from small steps hero to a bigger kind of hero working for the Ultimates or the Avengers.
* FriendlessBackground: In Adaptations, such as ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', this is dialed down with Peter having Ultimate MJ as his friend from childhood and confiding in her his secret early in his run, which carried over in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' and ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' where Peter's no longer entirely alone.
* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Spider-Man's origins have moved from being bit by a [[RadiationInducedSuperpowers radioactive]] spider in the original to being bit by a genetically enhanced "super spider" in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', and both the [[Film/SpiderMan1 original movie]] and [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan the reboot]]. The '90s ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Spider-Man]]'' cartoon actually goes half-way, being bit by a spider that was hit by "neogenic" radiation. The mainstream comics [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski eventually]] decide to hint that his powers [[DoingInTheScientist might actually be magic]], which to be fair makes more sense than radiation.
** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099'', however, goes fully this way -- Miguel O'Hara is a geneticist who's working on ways to combine man with beast for helpful purposes, but he's drugged with the FantasticDrug Rapture, which affects him on a ''genetic level''. He attempts to cleanse himself of it with a previous version of his DNA, but a jealous co-worker sabotages it, turning him into who we know now.
* LostInImitation: On account of Spider-Man's adaptation into diverse movies, games, cartoons, and even newspaper strips, which take a CompressedAdaptation and CompositeCharacter approach, many elements get lost in the process. Not helping is when elements from these adaptations became CanonImmigrant. This tends to polarize Spider-Man's fanbase and it's partially to correct this, that recent stories like ''Spider-Verse'' were put into effect. The end result is that depending on where you start from, you end up having a different Spider-Man in your head.
** For many people, before Creator/SamRaimi's films, especially internationally[[note]]Marvel comics in its back issues weren't always published regularly and serially in TheEighties and TheNineties around the globe and even then the decades of continuity and ongoing stories made it hard for newcomers to get into[[/note]], their main exposure to Spider-Man was Creator/StanLee's newspaper strip that was published and syndicated in many newspapers around the world. It was in this newspaper that Spider-Man first married Mary-Jane Watson. In this strip, which is LighterAndSofter than the regular continuity, Peter Parker is an ExperiencedProtagonist who is HappilyMarried and his dynamic with MJ is closer to [[Literature/TheThinMan Nick and Nora]] rather than the WetBlanketWife she was in the mainstream comics. Most of the action has Peter working for JJJ at the Daily Bugle as a photographer (when Peter had [[WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs taken a variety of jobs]] in 616 continuity). Eventually, the marriage went from the newspaper strip to the main comics continuity, and for a long time, Peter became known for being the most famous superhero who was a married man, which explains the backlash with ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay''.
** Until very recently, most audiences who knew of Spider-Man tended to see Mary Jane as his ComicBook/LoisLane and never even knew about Gwen Stacy (or Betty Brant, or Liz Allan), except through the internet. The ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'' comics likewise established the most famous LegacyCharacter of Peter's at the time to be his daughter with MJ. The reason is that most of the cartoon adaptations and Sam Raimi's movies had established her as Peter's true love and the fact that Gwen Stacy had died was something that censorship would not allow kid's cartoons to put across. Gwen Stacy's fame as a murder victim in regular continuity is further diluted with her appearance as a supporting character in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' and the success of ''ComicBook/SpiderGwen'' and the upcoming animated series where she has spider-powers from the start.
** Likewise, for most people who come to the character from the newspaper strip or follow the regular continuity, Spider-Man hasn't been a KidHero or high-school student since his early issues. He graduated from high school to college similar to Marvel Comics EarlyInstallmentWeirdness where they averted ComicBookTime and had characters age and progress. However, cartoons and movies by focusing on his origins tend to paint him as that. Creator/BrianMichaelBendis' popular ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' wrote 200 issues with Peter still not graduating high school and the series ended without him graduating.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley explicitly modeled Ultimate Peter on Romita's version, and their Peter is a fairly good-looking teenager. In the film versions, Creator/AndrewGarfield looks the most like the handsome Peter of the comics, while both Tobey Maguire's and Tom Holland's version of Peter, resembles the original version of Peter [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse who could pass for nearly anyone on the street]].
* {{Sidekick}}: Spider-Man's non-sidekick status gets diluted a little in Adaptations like ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' and ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', where Peter is designated as officially in "apprentice status" to either Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. or to Tony Stark. And in the case of the latter, Spidey has his suit and equipment handed to him by Tony Stark.
* SneakingOutAtNight: Many adaptations that use his younger iterations where he's still a teenager (e.g. ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', or cartoons like ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' and ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'') sometimes use this trope, partially to get some drama out of it. One common example is Spidey thinking that he needs to wrap up a fight quickly so he can be home before May discovers he's gone.
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->''Spider-Man, Spider-Man\\
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man!\\
Wealth and fame? He's ignored\\
Action is his reward!\\
To him...\\
Life is a great big bang-up\\
Wherever there's a hang-up\\
[[TheStinger You'll find the Spider-MAAAAAN!]]''

* BatPeople: In some appearance -- like in an ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' story arc and in [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries animated]] [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 series]] -- Morbius was transformed into a half-man half-bat monster, seeing more like an anthropomorphic bat with wings.

The Wallcrawler, the Webhead and the Webslinger. ''The'' [[IShallTauntYou King of Taunts]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Snark]]. '''The''' [[TheEveryman Everyman Hero]]. '''''[[TropeCodifier The]]''''' ([[KidSidekick non-sidekick]]) Teen Superhero, '''''The''''' Heart of the Marvel Universe and Company.

He's Amazing! He's Sensational! He's Spectacular!

He's just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man!

ComicBook/SpiderMan is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/SteveDitko in 1962. He is considered to be Marvel's most popular and famous superhero. He is one of -- if not ''the'' -- premier company mascots of Marvel Comics and is as central to them as WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse is to Creator/WaltDisney.

Peter Parker is a shy, bookish, and constantly picked-on high school student who lives with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in Forest Hills, Queens due to the death of his parents. On a field trip to a science lab, he was bitten by a radioactive (and in some newer stories genetically-modified) spider, giving him amazing powers: the proportional strength of a spider, the ability to crawl on walls, a SpiderSense to warn him of danger, as well as super-fast reflexes. A brilliant young man and budding inventor, Peter developed his own formula for an adhesive fluid that resembles and mimics a spider's web which he fires from wrist-mounted shooters, working as both a [[GrapplingHookPistol grappling tool]] and a projectile weapon.

Initially ebullient and overawed by his transformation from picked-on kid to superhuman, a TragicMistake that leads to the death of his beloved Uncle Ben permanently instills in Peter a sense of responsibility and duty to his fellow citizen. As the web-slinging, wall-crawling Spider-Man, Peter fights crime while trying to keep his identity secret from his widowed Aunt May and from the public at large, even if as a superhero from a struggling background starting out with almost entirely independent resources, he has few ways to defend himself from the misunderstandings and weak communication caused by his actions in the public eye.

Becoming a superhero on the cusp of adulthood, forced to grow up fast while barely having time to enjoy his youth, Spider-Man is ''the'' underdog superhero -- scrapping to earn every inch of his triumphs, big and small, while living with the consequences of his actions, good and bad, and the ways it affects him and his loved ones for every waking day that follows.

Debuting originally in ''ComicBook/AmazingFantasyNumber15'', Spider-Man was an immediate hit and quickly became Marvel's top-selling title and in a few short years, he became one of the most iconic heroes, [[NewerThanTheyThink and despite starting]] nearly twenty years after both ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Batman}} closed the gap between them to become just as notable and proverbial in the global consciousness. Just like them, Spider-Man has a supporting cast that is equally iconic and popular -- his elderly Aunt May, his famous editor/boss J. Jonah Jameson, his school friends and rivals (Flash Thompson, Harry Osborn) and of course his LoveInterest who alternately like either Peter but hate Spider-Man or vice-versa, or are otherwise too much for him or anyone to handle (Gwen Stacy, Felicia Hardy, Mary Jane Watson). His RoguesGallery is also one of the most notable and famous in comics' history -- the Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus, Venom, Rhino, Vulture, Scorpion, Mysterio, Kraven the Hunter, as well as a series of popular LegacyCharacter and sidekicks (ComicBook/MilesMorales, ComicBook/SpiderGirl among others below).

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[CharacterCatchphrase With great power]] must also come [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility great responsibility.]]'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[CharacterCatchphrase With great power]] comes [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility great responsibility.]]'']]

* ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan2018'' (Vol. 5) (July 2018 - September 2021)
* ''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan2018'' (December 2018 – September 2022)

* ''ComicBook/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' (Vol. 2)

* ''ComicBook/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' (Vol. 1)

* ''Peter Parker, ComicBook/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''

* ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963'' (Vol. 1)
** ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManLeeAndDitko'' (1963)

* ''Literature/SpiderManTheVenomFactor''

* ''The Literature/SinisterSixTrilogy''

** ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' is the first animated Spider-Man series to focus his time as a teenager in high school, as it was originally in the comics. The show is also widely considered an AdaptationDistillation as it stays true to the comics (through using a lot of elements from the original Spider-Man comics that were written by Creator/StanLee and Steve Ditko; the show brought in characters, storylines, and plot elements with a similar balance of action, drama and comedy as well as a high school setting) in addition to utilizing material from all eras of the comic's run and other sources such as the more recent the ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan'' comics and the [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Sam Raimi movies]], making a Spider-Man cartoon that is very popular and recognizable to both older and younger fans.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[ArcWords With great power]] comes [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility great responsibility.]]'']]

* ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderManInsomniac''

* ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'' (2018)

* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelUniverseDisneyXD''