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** It was explained in 90s that sometimes Peter does not know why his spider-sense is tingling. The explanation showed a man with a hidden gun. Peter knew that man is a danger but was not sure why as the man was just walking on the street.

** Which is, quite frankly, [[Ass Pull]] bulls&@*. Peter as demonstrated on countless occasions the ability to use his Spider-sense to detect and react instantly to attacks from people sneaking up behind him, from above or below, in the dark, (even when there's no actual threat, he's even darkened an area deliberately to take advantage of his Spider-Sense a few times) when he's been blinded, when his eyes are closed, when hit with smokescreens. while ''stunned or knocked unconscious...'' Every time he's known about and reacted to threats he couldn't possibly have really known the source of.

* ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'': Xavier excusing Emma trying to mentally seduce Scott while she was treating him. As one who believes so strongly in his ethics, he would not have stood for that. He would have thrown her out, regardless of whether anything physical occurred. It's not as though Xavier never misused his power, but he still has standards (but now writers are trying to [[Retcon]] those standards away).

* There was a villain who blamed [[The Flash|Max Mercury]] for the death of his family, gained access to a time machine, and used it to try and destroy Max Mercury. He was temporarily incapacitated with horror when asked why he hadn't used it ''to save his family''.