History Awesome / SpiderMan

* The very first issue of ''Spider-Man'' where he breaks into the Fantastic Four's base to join the team and, when they won't let him and try to attack him, he fights all four of them until he decides its pointless and escapes. This was before he'd ever dealt with super villains and he still managed to impress the Thing with his strength and leave the Fantastic Four worrying about how powerful he would someday become. Spidey has a long history of fighting the Fantastic Four.

[[caption-width-right:350:"[[Film/SpiderManHomecoming C'mon, Peter! C'mon, Spider-Man!]] ''[[Film/SpiderManHomecoming C'mon, Spider-Man!!!]]''[[note]]Art by Creator/SteveDitko, from Issue #33 of ''The Amazing Spider-Man''"[[/note]]]]

--> '''Reed Richards''': [[TitleDrop Amazing...]]
--> (Spidey kicks him in the throat)
--> '''Spider-Man''': [[TitleDrop Spectacular.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"[[Film/SpiderManHomecoming C'mon, Peter! C'mon, Spider-Man!]] ''[[Film/SpiderManHomecoming C'mon, Spider-Man!!!]]''[[note]]Art by Creator/SteveDitko, from Issue #33 of ''The Amazing Spider-Man''[[/note]]]]

--> '''J. Jonah Jameson''': "A shame it can't be that way. But the ''Bugle'' prints the news...not fiction."

[[caption-width-right:350:"[[Film/SpiderManHomecoming C'mon, Peter! C'mon, Spider-Man!]] ''[[Film/SpiderManHomecoming C'mon, Spider-Man!!!]]''[[note]]Art by Creator/SteveDitko, from Issue #33 of ''The Amazing Spider-Man''[[/note]]"]]

-->'''Spider-Man''': This has '''never''' been about Spider-Man and Green Goblin. It has '''always''' been about Peter Parker and Norman Osborn. Now Halloween's over, Norman. That means no more masks. No more pumpkins. No more bombs. It's time for us to face each other... as MEN!\\
'''Green Goblin''': No. No! I kill your true love, you fall in love with someone else. I destroy your life and you build another! Why won't you fall down and die?!\\
'''Spider-Man''': Because then, Norman, you would win. ''(punches out Goblin)'' And I will '''never''' give you the satisfaction.
* Amazing #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:

* Spectacular Spider-Man Volume 2 issue 15 introduced a new villain called "Queen" who was sadly underused overall, but the issues she did appear in turned out [[DarkerAndEdgier dark]] and fun. She seems like just an ordinary women in a [[LittleBlackDress elegant and beautiful dress]] but in just one issue clearly establishes her threat with a wide array of powers. In the first few pages of her debut issue she 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 barley 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, [[spoiler: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.]] That's one hell of an introduction.

* 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, stopping lab meltdowns, and saving stray kittens from construction sites. 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.]]

* Showing a growth of trust, Peter used to be very ProperlyParanoid about people learning his dual identity as Spider-Man. He tells the Human Torch that there are currently 26 people who know the truth. Among those are Hobie Brown, Johnny Storm himself, Mockingbird aka Bobbi Morse (Torch is less touched when he learns this fact), Nick Fury, Felicia Hardy, Cindy Moon aka {{Silk}}, and a few others.

[[caption-width-right:350:"[[Film/SpiderManHomeComing C'mon, Peter! C'mon, Spider-Man!]] ''[[Film/SpiderManHomeComing C'mon Spider-Man!!!]]''[[note]]Art by Creator/SteveDitko, from Issue #33 of ''The Amazing Spider-Man''[[/note]]"]]

* 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 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]].

* 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, stopping lab meltdowns, and saving stray kittens from construction sites. 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'' #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]].\\
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A very simple moment in this scene: when the UN question whose authority Spider-Man speaks on, Thor steps forward.

-->'''Spider-Man''': ''(swinging away and singing)'' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny O señor Don Gato was a cat... on a high red roof Don Gato sat...]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"[[Film/SpiderManHomeComing C'mon, Peter! C'mon, Spider-Man!]] ''[[Film/SpiderManHomeComing C'mon Spider-Man!!!]]''"]]

'''Spider-Man:''' Ah -- you blinked. ''([[TalkToTheFist sends her flying with one punch]])'' Game to Spidey.

** It can't be overstated how awesome the storytelling is here. For most of their fight, Spidey is just running from Firelord, because this is a Herald of freakin' Galactus, a guy who has taken on the heavy hitters like Thor, whole teams of Avengers, and the Fantastic Four. Who the heck is Spider-Man to think that he can take on this monster? So he opts to dodge and taunt Firelord, luring the herald into incoming trains, soon-to-be-dynamited abandoned buildings, and a freakin' gas station, in the vain hope that TheCavalry will arrive to stop Firelord. All that barely even slows down the herald, until finally, ''finally'', Spidey is caught out in the open, with no other options left, and he goes '[[LetsGetDangerous screw this being clever shit and fuck this guy]]', and rains [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown blow after blow after blow after blow]] on Firelord, relying on his Spider-Sense to stay one step ahead of the herald's counterattacks. He is so consumed by fear and fury that he only realizes he's won when Captain America peels him away, and the Avengers are gathered around Firelord's unconscious body. Spider-Man beat a guy who gave Thor trouble, and didn't even realize he'd won.

** It can't be overstated how awesome the storytelling is here. For most of their fight, Spidey is just running from Firelord, because this is a Herald of freakin' Galactus, a guy who takes on the heaviest of hitters like Thor, whole teams of Avengers, and the Fantastic Four. Who the heck is Spider-Man to think that he can take on this monster? So he opts to dodge and taunt Firelord, luring the herald into incoming trains, soon-to-be-dynamited abandoned buildings, and a freakin' gas station, and all that barely even slows down Firelord, until finally, ''finally'', Spidey is caught out in the open, with no other options left, and he goes '[[LetsGetDangerous screw this being clever shit and fuck this guy]]', and rains [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown blow after blow after blow after blow]] on Firelord, relying on his Spider-Sense to avoid the herald's counterattacks. He is so consumed by fear and fury that he only realizes he's won when Captain America peels him away, and the Avengers are gathered around Firelord's unconscious body. Spider-Man beat a guy who gave Thor trouble, and didn't even realize he'd won.

* 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 robberies, stopping lab meltdowns, and saving kittens from trees. 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.]]
-->'''Spider-Man''': ''(swinging away and singing)'' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny O señor Don Gato was a cat... on a high red roof Don Gato sat...]]

* 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 robberies, stopping lab meltdowns, and saving kittens from trees. As Jameson wonders aloud what more the web-head can to do taunt him, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor he's greeted with a bucket being lowered to his window by a web with said kitten sitting in it.]]
-->'''Spider-Man''': ''(swinging away and singing)'' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny O señor Don Gato was a cat... on a high red roof Don Gato sat...]]

* 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 headlines are swimming in Spider-Man headlines; everything from thwarting robberies, stopping lab meltdowns, and saving kittens from trees. As Jameson wonders aloud what more the web-head can to do taunt him, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor he's greeted with a bucket being lowered to his window by a web with said kitten sitting in it.]]
-->'''Spider-Man''': ''(swinging away and singing)'' [[CrowningMomentOfFunny O señor Don Gato was a cat... on a high red roof Don Gato sat...]]

* 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 CrowningMomentOfFunny.

* ''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 an AwesomeMoment 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.]]

** On top of that, he's gotten GenreSavvy and hired Hobie Brown to don the webs from time to time to throw off the villains.

* Spectacular Spider-Man Volume 2 issue 15 introduced a new villain called "Queen" who was sadly underused overall, but the issues she did appear in turned out [[DarkerAndEdgier dark]] and fun. She seems like just an ordinary women in a [[LittleBlackDress elegant and beautiful dress]] but in just one issue clearly establishes her threat with a wide array of powers. In the first few pages of her debut issue she 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 barley touches her in the fight, while she lands several solid kicks and punches on him and beats him with a [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic scream]]. The issue ends with her having [[TheBadGuyWins capturing Spider-Man and Captain America]], and after she defeats Spider-Man with a second scream, [[spoiler: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.]] That's one hell of an introduction.

* Mary Jane gets her own Moment of Awesome when Spidey's foe [[MasterOfDisguise The Chameleon]] uncovers his secret identity and imprisons him. To rub salt into the wound, Chameleon assumes the form of Peter Parker and goes to Peter and MJ's apartment, intending to have some "fun" with MJ. What could have been a horrible moment ends when Mary Jane, immediately realizing "Peter" is a fake, beats the Chameleon senseless with a baseball bat, leaving him battered and broken both physically and mentally.