History TearJerker / SpiderMan

* Amazing Spider-Man 657, particularly the last page. This is right after [[spoiler: Johnny Storm's death]] and Peter's going to mourn with the ComicBook/FantasticFour. The whole comic alternates between being a tearjerker and a CrowningMomentOfFunny, but it ends on a particularly tearjerking note with [[spoiler: Peter watching Johnny Storm's video-will of sorts, in which Johnny not only gives Peter his spot on the team, but his spot in the Fantastic Four family.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheWoobie The first of many.]][[note]]Art by Creator/SteveDitko, Amazing Fantasy #15, but you knew that already[[/note]]]]

* Aunt May's death in ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #400 was a perfect, poignant sendoff for the character. So naturally, it was treated to a sloppy {{Retcon}} three years later.
** "...And straight on 'til morning"

[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheWoobie The first of many.]]]]

!!Trivia

* Spider-Man lost both of his creators in 2018, Creator/SteveDitko and Creator/StanLee, in late June and on November 12 respectively.

* Spider-Man lost both of his creators in 2018, Creator/SteveDitko and Creator/StanLee, in lare June and on November 12 respectively.

* [[spoiler:Flash Thompson's death. After many decades of character development, starting off as a JerkJock bully towards Peter and slowly evolving into a GuileHero in the form of Agent Venom, and then Anti-Venom, he performs a HeroicSacrifice against the Red Goblin and encourages Peter to finish the fight they started, even calling Peter ''his'' hero and friend. While it proves to show that Peter's life may always be filled with tragedy, this scene, as well as Flash's funeral, is also a beautiful sendoff to a longtime supporting character, and, as a hero, a beloved EnsembleDarkhorse.]]

* [[spoiler:Flash Thompson's death. After many decades of character development, starting off as a JerkJock bully towards Peter and slowly evolving into a GuileHero in the form of Agent Venom, and then Anti-Venom, he performs a HeroicSacrifice against the Red Goblin and encourages Peter to finish the fight they started, even calling Peter ''his'' hero and friend.]]

* From Webspinners - Tales of Spider-Man comes [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/760115.html The Show Must Go On]], wherein Spider-Man's first supervillain the Chameleon has a breakdown after trying to start a new life. He goes to a circus and becomes a clown named Eugene and, although he likes his new life and the person he's become, finds that he is still unable to fully rid himself of his past, even if only in his head. He pretends that he's holding MJ hostage on a bridge in order to draw out Spider-Man into meeting him so that they can hopefully talk. They discuss what drove Chameleon into giving up his new, happy life, getting personal with Peter's mask off and Chameleon asking to be called by his first name Dmitri. Chameleon finally is able to work himself up into confessing what's really been driving him into despair: that he loves Peter. Peter, out of shock rather than out of mocking, laughs. Chameleon, although trying to brush it off and act like he was joking and even joining in on Peter's laughter, is clearly crushed. Seriously, his face after Peter starts laughing is heartbreaking. Not to mention when he softly says, "Stop it..." in a way that could be construed as telling Peter to stop making him laugh, but is clearly actually him begging for Peter to stop laughing. And Peter never meant to laugh, it was his reaction to the shock of Chameleon's confession, not any malice. After they finally stop, Chameleon hands over the gun he was holding to Peter, telling him that he was glad he could make him smile and that he looks nice when he does. Chameleon then proceeds to fold his arms over his chest, smile peacefully, and falls off of the bridge. Although Peter quickly dives him afterwards, horrified that he's accidentally driven a man to suicide and in a similar manner to how Gwen Stacy died, he's too late and Chameleon hits the water. Chameleon wound up surviving this, but it's still one of the most tearjerking moments in any Spider-Man comic.

** "...And straight on 'til morning" SingleTear
* The mini comic [[http://i.imgbox.com/jp5WyzEH.jpg "Leah".]] What makes it even more of a tear jerker is that the writer made it in remembrance of a friend. The story is inspired from ''Literature/TheLittleMatchgirl'', so the tearjerker has to be expected. It also combines with heartwarming, though, that instead of DyingAlone, Leah falls into a coma alone and she's found by Spidey who immediately takes her to the hospital. But the doctor informs him that the girl won't make it. Spidey kisses her on the cheek while wishing "Sweet dreams, Leah." Later, we are shown that while dying, Leah has a DyingDream where she and Spider-Man go into adventure along with '''many''' other Marvel heroes, among them includes ComicBook/IronMan, ComicBook/MsMarvel, ComicBook/SilverSurfer, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] and even the ComicBook/SubMariner. The words on the last panel take it all, "Sweet. Sweet Dreams." ''Sob''.
** Of course, it does lose a bit of impact when you realize that she probably could have been cured in moments if he'd simply thought to call one of those other heroes.
*** Seeing as no one in the Marvel Universe can stop an old woman from dying of a gun shot wound, ''Comicbook/OneMoreDay'', the scene doesn't necessarily lose any impact.

* The one event in Spider-Man history which everyone should know - [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied The. Night. Gwen. Stacy. Died.]]

** Oh, it gets worse - [[spoiler:no-one, not Peter's friends & family or the rest of the Avengers, knows the switch happened. ''Aunt May & Mary Jane watched Peter die & didn't realise it.'']]
** You think that's bad? In issue 9 of ''Superior Spider-Man'', [[spoiler: Otto erases Ghost-Peter and all his memories after a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and (arguably true) TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. Peter is destroyed after losing all his memories: of Uncle Ben, of Captain Stacy, he even forgets HIS OWN NAME.]]

* Even his debut ends with one. You know? Uncle Ben's death?

* Amazing Spider-Man 657, particularly the last page, always has this troper in tears. This was right after [[spoiler: Johnny Storm's death]] and Peter's going to mourn with the ComicBook/FantasticFour. The whole comic alternates between being a tearjerker and a CrowningMomentOfFunny, but it ends on a particularly tearjerking note with [[spoiler: Peter watching Johnny Storm's video-will of sorts, in which Johnny not only gives Peter his spot on the team, but his spot in the Fantastic Four family.]]

* During the Gauntlet, Peter Parker was unemployed and being battered by his classic enemies. The only good thing to come out of everything was that Aleksei Sytsevich, the Rhino, had married and reformed. When the new Rhino kills Aleksei's wife, Spider-Man desperately pleads and struggles in vain to keep Aleksei from becoming the Rhino again and is left with nothing but fear and loneliness when he fails.

** The Gauntlet seems to be full of this. Another case of TearJerker, mixed with horror for good measure appears when [[spoiler: Curt Connor loses control of his SuperPoweredEvilSide and ''kills his son Billy'']]. It's horrifying and heartbreaking because it depicts [[spoiler: a father losing control of himself and killing his own child]]. Even worse, [[spoiler: the experience essentially destroys "Curt" as well, [[SplitPersonalityTakeover leaving the Lizard in charge]].]]
*** What makes the above even worse is [[spoiler: Billy's last words: "You're going to kill me, aren't you? I knew it..."]]
** They piled it on stupidly thick in The Gauntlet. [[spoiler:Little Keemia screams at Spider-Man that she hates him. He'd gotten involved in a murder case when a friend of his was implicated for screwing up the evidence, to find that the victims, a woman and her lawyer, were involved in an acrimonious fight with Flint Marko, the Sandman. She'd been snowing him into believing he had a daughter, even though it was no longer physically possible for him to have a child, and he'd become so obsessed with trying to be a good father that a part of himself had split off and killed them in order to get them out of the way without him even being aware of it. Spider-Man defeats him and gets the girl back, but because her grandmother (who had been her caretaker when Marko took her) admitted she wasn't watching the child when she was taken, CPS is putting her in the foster system, after Spider-Man had promised her she'd be with her family in order to make her go with him. Not knowing what happened to her mother, Keemia had thought her "father" was a good father, and so having lost everything as a result of leaving him, views Spider-Man as a liar and a thief.]]

* A relatively small one, but in Marvel Team-Up #6 (2005), X-23 not only makes it clear to Spidey that she can't stand him, but that, to his shock, every other hero feels the same way. Even Captain America, of all people, admits that he dislikes Spider-Man, though only to a certain extent. Sure, Peter is often the cause of his own reputation, but you still can't help feeling sorry for the poor guy [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/7666/1162823-marvel_team_up_06__2005__page_20.jpg]].

* A relatively small one, but in Marvel Team-Up #6 (2005), X-23 not only makes it clear to Spidey that she can't stand him, but that every other hero feels the same way. Even Captain America admits his dislike of Spider-Man to an extent. Sure, Peter is often the cause of his own reputation, but you still can't help feeling sorry for the poor guy [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/7666/1162823-marvel_team_up_06__2005__page_20.jpg]].

* A relatively small one, but in Marvel Team-Up #6 (2005), X-23 not only makes it clear to Spidey that she can't stand him, but that every other hero feels the same way. Even Captain America admits his dislike of Spider-Man to an extent. Sure, Peter is often the cause of his own reputation, but you still can't help feeling sorry for the poor guy [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/7666/1162823-marvel_team_up_06__2005__page_20.jpg.]]

* A relatively small one, but in Marvel Team-Up #6 (2005), X-23 not only makes it clear to Spidey that she can't stand him, but that every other hero feels the same way. Even Captain America admits his dislike of Spider-Man to an extent. Sure, Peter is often the cause of his own reputation, but you still can't help feeling sorry for the poor guy [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/7666/1162823-marvel_team_up_06__2005__page_20.jpg.

* A relatively small one, but in Marvel Team-Up #6 (2005), X-23 not only makes it clear to Spidey that she can't stand him, but that every other hero feels the same way. Even Captain America admits his dislike of Spider-Man to an extent. Sure, Peter has a tendency to cause this bad reputation himself, but you still can't help feeling sorry for the poor guy.

* A relatively small one, but in Marvel Team-Up #6 (2005), X-23 not only makes it clear to Spidey that she can't stand him, but that every other hero feels the same way. Even Captain America admits his dislike of Spider-Man to an extent. Sure, Peter has a tendency to cause this bad reputation himself, but you still can't help but feel sorry for the poor guy.

* A relatively small one, but in Marvel Team-Up #6 (2005), X-23 not only makes it clear to Spidey that she can't stand him, but that every other hero feels the same way. Even Captain America admits his dislike of Spider-Man to an extent. Sure, Peter has a tendency to cause this bad reputation himself, but you still can't help feeling sorry for the poor guy.

* A relatively small one, but in Marvel Team-Up #6 (2005), X-23 not only makes it clear to Spidey that she can't stand him, but that every other hero feels the same way. Even Captain America admits his dislike of Spider-Man to an extent. Sure, Peter often causes this outlook himself, but you still can't help feeling sorry for the poor guy.

* A relatively small one, but in Marvel Team-Up #6 (2005) X-23 not only makes it clear to Spidey that she can't stand him, but that every other hero feels the same way. Even Captain America admits his dislike of Spider-Man to an extent. Sure, Peter often causes this outlook himself, but you still can't help feeling sorry for the poor guy.

* A relatively small one, but in Marvel Team-Up #6 (2005) X-23 not only makes it clear to Spidey that she can't stand him, but that every other hero feels the same way. Even CAPTAIN AMERICA admits his dislike of Spider-Man to an extent. Sure, Peter often causes this outlook himself, but you still can't help feeling sorry for the poor guy.

* A relatively small one, but in Marvel Team-Up #6 (2005) X-23 not only makes it clear to Spidey that she can't stand him, but that every other hero feels the same way. Even CAPTAIN AMERICA admits his dislike of Spider-Man to an extent. Sure, Peter often causes this outlook himself, but you still can't help feeling sorry for the poor guy http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/7666/1162823-marvel_team_up_06__2005__page_20.jpg.