Line #19 TearJerker/SpiderMan


1	Tearjerkers in the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' franchise.
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3	[[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/AmazingFantasyNumber15 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/myfault.png]]]]
4	[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheWoobie The first of many.]]]]
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6	!!!Comics
7	[[index]]
8	* TearJerker/TheAmazingSpiderMan2018
9	* TearJerker/SpiderManBeyond
10	* TearJerker/SpiderManLifeStory
11	* TearJerker/SpiderMen
12	* TearJerker/SpiderVerse
13	* TearJerker/SuperiorSpiderMan2013
14	* TearJerker/UltimateSpiderMan
15	* TearJerker/UltimateSpiderMan2024
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17	!!!Live-Action Movies
18	* TearJerker/SpiderManTrilogy
19	** TearJerker/SpiderMan1
20	** TearJerker/SpiderMan2
21	** TearJerker/SpiderMan3
22	* TearJerker/TheAmazingSpiderMan
23	** TearJerker/TheAmazingSpiderMan2
24	* TearJerker/MarvelCinematicUniverse
25	** TearJerker/SpiderManHomecoming
26	** TearJerker/SpiderManFarFromHome
27	** TearJerker/SpiderManNoWayHome
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29	!!!Video Games
30	* TearJerker/SpiderManEdgeOfTime
31	* TearJerker/SpiderManPS4
32	** TearJerker/SpiderManMilesMorales
33	** TearJerker/MarvelsSpiderMan2
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35	!!!Western Animation
36	* TearJerker/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries
37	* TearJerker/TheSpectacularSpiderMan
38	* TearJerker/UltimateSpiderMan2012
39	* TearJerker/MarvelsSpiderMan
40	* TearJerker/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse
41	** TearJerker/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse
42	[[/index]]
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44	* '''[[DeathByOriginStory Uncle Ben's death]]'''. One of the most defining deaths in comic book history, in all of fiction even. As many already know, Peter's selfish attitude while being Spider-Man allows a mugger to escape...who later shoots and kills Ben Parker. Upon realizing his uncle's murder was inadvertently his fault and was preventable, he breaks down into tears, wracked with guilt. It's this tragedy which sparks Peter to become a better hero to honor his uncle.
45	* [[WordOfGod According]] to Stan Lee, one of the reasons Spider-Man wears a mask is so his enemies can't see when he's afraid. It truly shows how human and vulnerable Spider-Man is.
46	* Aunt May's death in ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #400 is widely considered a perfect, poignant sendoff for the character. She spends her final weeks with Peter and Mary Jane, telling them how proud she is of both of them, expressing hope and love for their unborn child, and reveals that she knew Peter was Spider-Man for some time and asks him how free it feels to swing around the city. When she develops a fever and becomes tired Peter is concerned, but she brushes off doctors because she can feel it's her time. Her deathbed scene has Peter quoting from ''Literature/PeterPan'' as she dies, Ben Reilly is also seen crying, and the comic ends with her tombstone next to Uncle Ben's, with the inscription "She taught us love."
47	-->'''Aunt May:''' Don't you see, my sweet nephew? This past week together...it's been a gift. A chance for us to take our leave. I couldn't just fade away like that. I ''had'' to hold on...just a little bit longer. You've never been good at letting ''go'', Peter. Losing your parents the way you did...makes it so ''hard'' for you. But not all leave-taking is bad. I've had a ''good'' life. A ''long'' life. But I'm ''tired'', Peter. It's my time. ''It's my time.''
48	* After Aunt May's presumed death in ''Amazing Spider-Man #196'', Peter has a heart-to-heart with Robbie Robertson about it, comparing it to his arm being cut off and having no idea how he'll go on without her. Robbie opens up and tells him about times he felt the same way, including when his 6-month-old son, Patrick Henry Robertson, died suddenly, but ends by telling him despite it all he ''will'' go on and even smile and laugh again.
49	-->'''Robbie:''' It goes on. We have our ups and downs, and sometimes the downs seem to ''stifle'' and crowd us until we beg for ''any'' relief...but you'll go on...and I'll go on...and though we don't know what's out there, we'll still ''plunge'' ahead because we've got to...because we aren't the types to shut ourselves off from the world.
50	* 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."
51	* "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man," in which Spider-Man visits Tim, a nine year old fan. The story's heartwarming enough already (especially when Spidey shows Tim his secret identity), but what really gets readers is the revelation at the end that Tim was diagnosed with cancer and given a few weeks to live.
52	* The one event in Spider-Man history which everyone should know - ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied.
53	** "I saved you, honey... don't you see? quietly I saved you..."
54	** And [[CharacterDevelopment Mary Jane's]] [[http://spideykicksbutt.com/WhyYouMaryJane/WhyYouMaryJanePart2B.jpg reaction towards the grieving Peter]] makes it ''even more'' of a TearJerker. Doubles as one of MJ's biggest [=CMOAs=] as well... it's difficult to stay and comfort a guy after he tells you "you wouldn't be sad if your own mother died!" (And for the record, MJ's mother HAD already died, and she was actually QUITE sad about it.) But MJ realises how deep Peter's grief and despair is, [[YouAreNotAlone and refuses to leave him alone.]]
55	** While it happened much earlier, the death of Captain Stacy also hits the waterworks. Considering how Cap. Stacy had shown to be an ally to Spidey, this death hit him very hard. Especially considering how Gwen is completely on her own now due to it, she hates Spider-Man with all her being due to thinking he killed her father, and Peter carrying even more guilt than usual (and not even being able to tell his girlfriend he is Spider-Man).
56	*** It gets even worse when you consider Captain Stacy's last words to Spidey to "[[LastRequest be good to (Gwen)]]." Considering what happened, it's painfully clear that Peter failed miserably in that regard.
57	* "[[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1985136.html?thread=66738544 Maybe Next Year]]" is an issue about Peter remembering his Uncle Ben's tradition of taking him out to a Mets baseball game. Since it's [[ButtMonkey the Mets]], they never win, but Uncle Ben always tells Peter they have to keep cheering...
58	** The water works increase by the end. The last game he went to with Ben reveals that for once the their team actually wins, which causes an excited Peter to finally understand Ben's message of always supporting the team no where he was relentlessly bullied, to the seemingly endless TraumaCongaLine that followed throughout his entire life. All while trying to escape an army of violent hunters who brutally harm him shortly after he was betrayed by Vulture. The issue ends with Spider-Man finding him and hopelessly trying to keep him alive. As Peter watches Gibbon die in his arms, the later, unable to speak, mentally curses himself for the long string of missteps that brought him to this end. His last thought before dying, finding some joy in the fact that he no longer hears anyone laughing at him.
59	* Any reference to the physical abuse and bullying that Otto Octavius endured as a child.
60	* In one of Otto's PetTheDog moments, he tried to develop a cure for AIDS in order to save an infected ex-girlfriend. He felt devastated when he realized that he failed. His ex eventually died.
61	* In ''Superior Spider-Man'', circumstances forced Octavius to break up with his girlfriend, Angelina (Stunner). She's ''devastated'', and Octavius also looks unhappy as he leaves.
62	* When the Hand tries to resurrect Otto using Spider-Man's life-force, Spidey manages to escape forcing Stunner to substitute herself thinking they can cheat the ritual requirement of death as Angelina's Stunner body is only a digital avatar. Instead it fries her brain leaving her comatose, and a revived Octavius is heartbroken cradling her real body.
63	* The ending of ''Superior Spider-Man'' Vol.2; in the end, despite all of Octavius's attempts to become more than his former villain status, [[spoiler:circumstances force him to resume his old villainous ruthlessness through a deal with Mephisto, his old body restored]].
64	** After Flash Thompson's death Peter gives a heartfelt speech about how Flash was a hero to him and how now he'll never get to tell him.matter what... And then after this heartwarming moment the narration reveals that this all takes place just three days before Ben's murder.
65	* ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay''. When Peter and Mary Jane are about to lose their memories, Mary Jane says this:
66	--> '''Mary Jane''': Peter, whatever he [Mephisto] does or undoes, it doesn't matter. Because whatever he does to pull us apart would have to be stronger and bigger than what brought us together and kept us together, no matter what happened. And there is no power in the universe big enough for a job like that. Not the devil, not god, not ANYONE. We will find each other and be together again.
67	** And as of Nick Spencer's Amazing Spider-Man #1, they are.
68	* ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Volume 2, Issue #36 is this, and how could it not be? It covers the destruction of the World Trade Center and the title character left without words over the senseless carnage that happened.
69	* In [=ASM=] #700, Peter dying in Doc Ock's body.
70	** It gets worse - 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.''
71	* In issue 9 of ''Superior Spider-Man'', 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.
72	* ''ComicBook/RevengeOfTheGreenGoblin''[='=]s final issue, ''Peter Parker: Spider Man'' Volume 2, #25. The comic begins with a nightmare many people have had: Peter being trapped in a coffin, buried six feet under. While it's a hallucination, the truth isn't all that much better. Peter is currently being held captive and tortured by Norman towards some sinister end. As the issue goes on, it becomes clear that Norman isn't just doing this out of some sadistic need to torment his arch nemesis. He wants to make Peter join him as the next goblin, to get him to reject the light and instead accept the darkness, and the goblin formula. And he succeeds. Peter breaks. Despite a last minute vision of Aunt May keeping from actually drinking the formula, he still accepted it, and this is something Norman doesn't let Peter forget.
73	* In ''Spectacular'' #200, Harry in Green Goblin gear abducts MJ and takes her to ''the'' bridge for a little talk. MJ accuses Harry of wanting to push her off like Norman did to Gwen. Harry takes offense and reveals how much Gwen's death has affected him.
74	-->"You know... I still miss Gwen. So much. There are times... even after all these years... when I just can't believe it. 'It can't be true,' I think. 'She can't really be dead.'"
75	** The last two pages of the story, where dialogue-less panels depict Harry dying and Spidey breaking the news to Mary Jane. The final panel, a picture of Peter and Harry in their college days laughing together with their arms around each other, only adds salt to the wound.
76	** As Harry is dying after snapping out of the Goblin persona and saving Peter, Peter asks him why he did it, and Harry gasps out his last words: "Hey... what else could I do? You're my best friend."
77	* "The Longest Hundred Yards" story from ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #153 follows Bradley Bolton, a former ESU football star who once ran nearly the entire length of the field in the conference championship game only to be stopped a foot short from the goal line as his team goes on to lose. He gives up on football and becomes a computer developer for Stark International, developing a computer that is meant to catalogue all Worldwide Habitual Offenders and eventually settling down and having a wife and daughter. However when returning to Empire State University for a homecoming, henchmen for the Kingpin kidnap Bolton's daughter and force him to trade the final component of the W.H.O. computer in exchange for her safety. Meeting at the ESU football stadium, the site of Bolton's prior [[MyGreatestFailure greatest failure]], Bolton hands over the device, only for the kidnappers to double-cross him and attempt to leave with his daughter. In a desperate attempt to save his daughter, Bolton once again races the entire length of the football field avoiding machine gun fire along the way. Even though he ends up getting hit with the slugs halfway down the field, he still keeps on going, eventually making it the full hundred yards and rescuing his daughter before succumbing to his injuries. Peter, who had met and befriended Bolton earlier that day, is so incensed at [[YouAreTooLate having arrived too late to save him]] that he ruthlessly delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on the kidnappers and tells the leader "the hell he's not (worth it)" before slugging him in the jaw, one of the closest times Spidey's come to delivering a PrecisionFStrike.
78	** He's still furious about not saving Bolton at the start of the following issue, accosting a group of muggers attacking a young woman and taking his frustration over Bolton's death out on them, nearly beating one the muggers to death before being stopped by their would-be victim.
79	* Yes it's part of ComicBook/TheCloneSaga but that doesn't stop the 3-issue miniseries ''Spider-Man: The Lost Years'' from being this. [[ComicBook/ScarletSpider Kaine]] gets it the worst though when his clone degeneration accelerates at the same time he finds out Louise Kennedy, the woman he'd fallen in love with, was really a DirtyCop which is enough to make him snap.
80	-->"Even then I wanted to call out to her... beg her not to leave me. But I'd humiliated myself enough. Even Professor Warren hadn't made me feel so small, so... ridiculous. Then why did I cling to these feelings; exult in them? Why did I drink from my cup of shame slowly... relishing each small sip? Perhaps because the source of my shame was ''her''. The only love I'd ever known. The only love I ever ''would'' know. And I wanted to savor even the dregs of that love... before I destroyed her."
81	* Peter and MJ's goodbye: Even if JMS [[ExecutiveMeddling couldn't stop the disaster]], he at least managed to make the goodbye scene not suck.
82	* If you can get past the whole Mary Jane dying because of radioactive cells from having sex with Peter, then the ''ComicBook/SpiderManReign'' story can actually be quite sad, like when Doctor Octopus gives the original Spider-Man costume back to a crushed Peter Parker, but Doctor Octopus was already dead, trying to find Peter so that he could bring the age of Super Heroes back, he put a recorded message into his arms to deliver this.
83	** What happens to Sandman's daughter. He wasn't even aware of her existence, and he only realizes her true identity right before she's murdered by the Mayor's thugs. His horror and grief at her fate is what ultimately gives him the strength to rebel and help Spider-Man defeat Venom and rid New York of its fascist regime.
84	** Venom. It is outright stated that Eddie and the symbiote have clearly truly become one being - Venom, but what is especially notable is how [[AdaptationalVillainy much more vile]] he is in this story, having entirely foregone any shred of antiheroism in favor in destroying the city Spider-Man fought for many years, out of sheer pettiness over being rejected. The tearjerking part of it is that...''what made him snap?'' He could have easily started off normally, having put aside his feud with Spider-Man to fight criminals himself, but then years later, something had made him turn away so hostilely; to become the utter monster he is here. Whatever happened to ''Reign'''s Venom to make him this way must have been beyond soul-crushing, and yet still not enough to justify [[MoralEventHorizon what he does in this story.]]
85	* Even his debut ends with one: Uncle Ben's death.
86	--> '''Peter''': ''My fault... All my fault... Because I didn't stop that punk when I could have! Now Uncle Ben is dead! He's dead!!!''
87	* Amazing Spider-Man 657, particularly the last page. This is right after Johnny Storm's death and Peter's going to mourn with the ComicBook/FantasticFour. The whole comic alternates between being a tearjerker and a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment\|s}}, but it ends on a particularly tearjerking note with 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.
88	--> '''Johnny''': If you’re hearing this, I’m sorry, pal. Sorry that I’m gone. ‘Cause... well... I know how you feel when it comes to losing family. And that’s what you are to me. Family. So... if you’re thinking of this as my last will and all... I’m not leaving you my sports cars or stuff like that... I’m leaving you the best thing I ever had... My spot on this team. A place in this family. The best sister, two brothers, niece, and nephew a guy could ask for. They-- We all love you, Pete. So? You up for it, bro? We’re all here for you.
89	* [[ChristmasEpisode "The Final Curtain"]] from ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #27. It starts with Peter visiting Uncle Ben's grave on Christmas Day to have a chat with his ghost and wish him Happy Holidays, and it slowly slips into Peter sharing a recurring nightmare about finally being defeated by his foes, all interspersed with flashbacks of a seven year-old Peter freezing up on stage during a class play. Peter comes clean about all of the crushing fears and insecurities that he deals with every day when facing his Rogues' Gallery... and it gets all the more heartbreaking when Uncle Ben pointedly tells him, at one point, that he's not really there, and that Peter's just talking to himself. In the end, there's ''no one'' with whom Peter can be this honest about how much being Spider-Man scares him, but he still puts up with it every day, because, well... [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility it's his responsibility]].
90	* The Gauntlet:
91	** During this arc, Peter Parker is unemployed and being battered by his classic enemies. The only good thing to come out of everything is 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.
92	--> A sound comes out of Spider-Man that's so soft it screams. It's the sound of his heart breaking.
93	** Another case of TearJerker, mixed with horror for good measure appears when Curt Connor loses control of his SuperPoweredEvilSide and ''kills his son Billy''. It's horrifying and heartbreaking because it depicts a father losing control of himself and killing his own child. Even worse, the experience essentially destroys "Curt" as well, [[SplitPersonalityTakeover leaving the Lizard in charge]]. What makes it even worse is Billy's last words: "You're going to kill me, aren't you? I knew it..."
94	** 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.
95	* From Webspinners - Tales of Spider-Man comes [[https://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/7671641.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.
96	* Spider-Man and Mary Jane were happy that they will be parents. However, the Green Goblin had MJ poisoned which killed her unborn baby. Mary Jane not hearing any crying from her daughter kept asking why is her daughter not crying and the doctor looking at her seemingly not know how to tell her that her daughter is dead. When Peter arrive all that he could do was hug his wife as they both cry.
97	** Much later, the nurse who poisoned MJ on the Goblin order said that May is alive. Spider-Man is convinced that the said May is his daughter while Mary Jane try to tell him that it could be a trick but he doesn't listen and leave to the place where he thinks he daughter is being held. He fights the Goblin who admitted that he didn’t take his daughter as she is dead, but Peter doesn't believe him and shout at him to stop lying and defeat him then he enter the place looking for his daughter completely convincedthat he will find her there only for someoneto hit him on the back of his head. Spidey turn and see that it is his aunt May who was replaced with an actress that was injected with her DNA. At that moment he realised that his daughter is really, really dead. Spidey gives a BigNo as his nemesis laughing at him outside.
98	* 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. What makes it worse is to hear Captain America, of all people, express this opinion, even if only to a minor 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]].
99	* "The Death of Jean [=DeWolffe=]" hits Peter pretty hard. Jean was usually BrutallyHonest towards Spider-Man, but she was still one of his defenders and friends. Readers had previously learned she actually had a crush on Spidey, which Peter discovers when going through her things and finding pictures of himself.
100	-->"Was she doing some sort of study on me? No, she would have kept that at her office. She kept these because she liked them. But... she never said anything particularly warm to me. Heck, she usually chewed me out. It can't be. She couldn't have cared for me. Why didn't she ever say anything if she felt... we could have... It can't be true. She was always so cool, so aloof. Blast it, why did she have to be that way?"
101	* Mary Jane's backstory, as seen in Amazing Spider-Man issue 257 and the one-shot ''Parallel Lives''. Coming from a broken home with an abusive father, a dying mother and a put upon sister, it's heartbreaking (yet understandable) how MJ left that world of baggage to focus on her dreams.
102	* 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; words that Peter solemnly returns in his funeral. 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.
103	-->'''Flash''': People ''need'' you. They need...Peter Parker...[[TitleDrop the amazing Spider-Man]]. My hero. ''My friend.''
104	* In issue 310 of ''Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man'' a film student is making a documentary about Spider-Man with the interviews consisting of people sharing their opinions and encounters with Spider-Man. However one woman shares the story of how her son was the lookout for to criminals robbing a store. While Spider-Man caught the two criminals he let the boy go. The story goes on a heartwarming path as she shares how after that her son did a complete 180 even doing better in school thanks to Spidey helping him with his math. Later on however she reveals the two criminals her son was a lookout for got out on bail and blamed him for them getting caught and murdered him. Spider-Man proceeds to capture the criminals and leave them for police… then takes off his mask a cries. A heart wrenching reminder just how Peter with all his powers is still just human.
105	* ''Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #6'' has a [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/a-heartbreaking-reveal-in-spectacular-spider-man-shows-1820089951 heartbreaking moment]] for J. Jonah Jameson, who interviews Spider-Man since the latter needs information on his assumed sister Teresa. The two go back-and-forth at each other, until Jameson realizes he's lost ''everything'' in his life--his job at the Bugle, his mayorship, his wife, and his self-respect, and hating Spider-Man is the only reason he can go on. Peter then reveals his identity to Jameson, telling him YouAreNotAlone and that he's entrusting him with his secret.
106	** Jonah has another when he's horrified at realizing how young Peter was back then and operating as Spider-Man during the time travel arc, and that he could have been killed or sent into the US prison system thanks to Jonah's own vendetta against Spider-Man. The guilt is enough for him to try and futilely persuade his younger self to give up that vendetta, only to set the disastrous alternate timeline into motion.
107	* A side story to The Hunted story arc follows the point of view of minor villain The Gibbon. From his childhood
108	* ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #78, "The Long Goodbye," has Black Cat at death's door after being gunned down by Dr. Octopus's men during a fight with the Owl three issues earlier. Knowing Doc Ock is out for revenge after Spidey ripped his tentacles off and unsure if he'll survive, Peter spends the entire issue making peace with himself and his loved ones before heading for the final confrontation.
109	* The 1984 comic ''Spider-Man and the Power Pack'' features two stories meant to teach kids about what they should do if they are being abused. In the Spider-Man story titled ''Secrets'' it is revealed that Peter was sexually abused by his babysitter Skip Westcott when he was young, and since then no story has mentioned or contradicted this addition to Peter's backstory meaning that it is canon to the main Earth-616 version. To make it worse many have noted that Skip's almost white hair makes him look like a younger version of Ben Parker, which makes the situation even more traumatic, and the comic implied that until he retold the story in an attempt to help an abused child tell his parents about what his babysitter is doing Peter had blamed himself for what happened with Skip.
110	* ''Devil's Reign: X-Men'' #2 shows us Emma Frost telepathically manipulate Spider-Man into helping her basically kidnap a young girl (she's actually helping her escape from the Kingpin because she witnessed Elektra assassinate someone on his orders). When Spider-Man continues to press matters, the cynical Emma decides to read his mind so as to draw out what she presumes to be selfish reasons for him being a superhero. Instead, she's greeted with all the tragedies of Peter's life: Uncle Ben's death, his regret about refusing to stop the robber, Aunt May's financial troubles, and his failure to save Gwen Stacy. Emma is understandably shocked and overwhelmed by Peter's inherent sadness.
111	-->'''Emma Frost''': [-...You were just a boy.-] [[SincerityMode Thank you for what you do.]]
112	* ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan2022'' starts out with Peter alienated from ''everyone''. The worst part is that MJ has met someone else and is looking after a pair of foster kids, seemingly happier without Peter in her life, although how content she is is soon called into question when we, the reader, discover that she was chained to her family through a mystical curse.

Context TearJerker / SpiderMan