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** Might not directly count, however—Spider-Man could have conceivably had both a profitable wrestling career ''and'' a live Uncle Ben if only he'd bothered to stop that thief running right past him...
** He does continue to make some money on the side by selling pictures of himself to the Bugle.
*** In ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', Spidey signed away his image rights away during his stint as a wrestler in his origin story. This causes problems where he can't control his image to such a degree that footage of him actually doing stunts was cheaper than CGI because they didn't have to pay the stuntman. Spidey is annoyed. Later down the line, the Kingpin gains controlling interest of the movie studio that made the Spider-Man Movie and all related merchandise, setting up the simple problem that if Spider-Man does nothing about his criminal empire, the Kingpin makes money. If he does something about the criminal empire, the Kingpin makes money off of tourists buying Spidey-shirts. In theory he ''could'' easily stop him, he was a 17 year old in New York without a guardian's approval when he signed away his image rights, but it would require blowing his secret identity.▼
▲*** In ''[[Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', Spidey can't control his image to such a degree that footage of him actually doing stunts was cheaper than CGI because they didn't have to pay the stuntman. Spidey is annoyed. Later down the line, the Kingpin gains controlling interest of the movie studio that made the Spider-Man Movie and all related merchandise, setting up the simple problem that if Spider-Man does nothing about his criminal empire, the Kingpin makes money. If he does something about the criminal empire, the Kingpin makes money off of tourists buying Spidey-shirts.
*** Averted in ''[[Spider Girl]]''. Mary Jane realizes that all of that time Peter spent wishing he could use his face for some sort of profit could be averted with their daughter, so she opens up the Spider-Girl Store to sell Spider-Girl merchandise. Mayday's initially angry when she finds out about the store (thinking someone else was profiting on her image), but when MJ revealed the truth (and that the proceeds were going towards college), she was actually thrilled.
* [[Marvel Universe|Marvel's]] ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'' story arc opens on a group of supers with a reality TV show. [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|Sweet crap]], does this ever end badly.
* [[Booster Gold]] initially became a "hero" because he wanted to make money off the fame and the endorsements that would follow. [[Gone Horribly Wrong|It didn't]] [[Dead Little Sister|go so well]]. After decades of being a [[Butt Monkey]], comic relief, and going through [[Break the Haughty]] on more than one occasion, he has finally given up on this idea. Instead he's now the protector of time itself; to avoid being erased from history by his enemies [[Jerkass Facade|he can't let anyone else think that he's anything more than a stupid greedy coward]].
* [[Averted]] with [[Zatanna|the Zatara family]], who use their powers both as superheroes and [[Magicians Are Wizards|stage magicians]].
* Inverted with ''[[Fantastic Four]]''. Reed tells in his infant daughter he made the four celebrities to make up for making his friends freaks so they wouldn't have to live in a world that hates and fears them (A very well founded fear in the Marvel universe). He was right and the Fantastic Four are some of the few superhumans the Marvel universe loves and respects because their various money making ventures have put their faces ''everywhere''.
== [[Film]] ==
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