Spider-Man: Difference between revisions

* [[Call It Karma]]: J. Jonah Jameson's attempts to capture and destroy Spider-Man have given him no end of grief over the years.

* [[Camera Sniper]]: Common, but most of the time it's Peter Parker's own camera on auto-shutter taking the pictures of Spidey in action. But not always.

* [[Can't Stop the Signal]]: The ''[[What If]]'' issue [http://www.4thletter.net/2006/11/the-top-100-what-if-countdown-part-19/ "What If Gwen Stacy Had Lived?"] concludes with a {{spoiler|reversal of this trope, in that it's the ''villain'' who sends information to the press rather than the hero. The Green Goblin posts evidence of Spider-Man's [[Secret Identity]] to the hero's "second-greatest enemy": [[Da Editor|J. Jonah Jameson]].}}

* [[Catgirl]]: Western costumed variant in the Black Cat.

** Gerry Conway's late 1980's, early 1990's ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' run was built upon the concept of "A Day In the Limelight", as far as his run centering around the Joe Robertson, a longtime supporting cast member of Spider-Man. Similarly, the only Spider-Man stories by loathed writer Howard Mackie that are liked by fans are the ones that had Howard focusing on the supporting cast members.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Our dashing hero.

* [[Deconstruction]]: The series has always had elements of this, [[Older Than They Think|long before]] [[Alan Moore]] wrote ''[[Watchmen]]''. Notably, the series frequently showed how being a superhero would create problems, and how ''not'' using your superpowers would create even more.

** Also a front runner in the idea that if someone decided to be an ideal hero/citizen/human being, it would have serious ramifications on their social, romantic, family, and professional life.

** ''[[The Punisher]]'' even started as one of Spidey's enemies.

* [[Run the Gauntlet]]: Spidey's first battle with the Sinister Six was one of these, where he was forced to battle the Vulture, Electro, Kraven, Sandman, Mysterio and Doctor Octopus one after another to save Aunt May and Betty Brant.

* [[Sanctuary of Solitude]]: Venom's origin story: Eddie Brock, down-on-his-luck reporter, [[media:Venom_origin_in_church.jpg|is contemplating suicide in a church]] while Spider-Man is trying to escape from the Symbiote. After he successfully drives it off, it bonds with Eddie, and Venom is born.

* [[Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up]]: Subverted in that Flash Thompson matured and became a much nicer guy after he graduated from high school and enlisted in the army. His tour of duty made him a much more intelligent and introspective character.