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[[File:AmazingFantasy15.jpg|frame|Spidey's first appearance, August 1962.]]
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''Spider-Man'' was also featured in a short-lived 1970s live-action series (which was pulled when the network noticed that they were running an awful lot of superhero shows at the same time -- ''Spider-Man'' was a contemporary of ''[[Wonder Woman]]'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk]]'' and ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'').
A [[Japanese Spider-Man|live-action]] ''Spider-Man'' was also produced as a [[Toku]] series in Japan, which borrowed the costume [[In Name Only|but little else,]] and teamed the arachnid hero with a [[Humongous Mecha]]. (This series inspired the development of the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' franchise.)
In 2002, Sony Pictures released the first in a series of ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]'' feature films starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst and directed by Sam ''"[[Evil Dead]]"'' Raimi. The success of this film helped spark the Marvel superhero movie boom of the 2000s. This eventually ended after three films. A second attempt was made by 2012, directed by Marc Webb and starring Andrew Garfield, but also faltered at two entries. A third reboot, this time as part of the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], started in 2017 with Jon Watts at the helm and Tom Holland as Spidey, though this version actually made his first appearance a year earlier in ''[[Captain America: Civil War (film)|Captain America: Civil War]]''. Meanwhile, a [[Venom (2018 film)|film starring rogues' gallery member]] [[Venom (comic book)|Venom]] directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Tom Hardy that ironically doesn't mention Spidey at all was released in 2018, with a 2021 sequel following. A [[Morbius (film)|film starring Jared Leto as other rogues' gallery member]] [[Morbius, the Living Vampire]] was released in 2022. A [[Kraven the Hunter (film)|Kraven the Hunter]] film is scheduled for 2023 starring Aaron-Taylor Johnson.
A [[The Musical|Broadway Musical]] based on the characters started production in 2010, called ''[[Spider Man Turn Off the Dark]]''. It was originally directed by [[The Lion King|Julie Taymor]] and features music written by [[U2|Bono and the Edge]]. [[Troubled Production|The production has been plagued with injuries]] stemming from the stage machinery used to make its titular character swing through the air. After a disastrous series of previews in which critics savaged the show and Julie Taymor's departure from the show, the book was completely rewritten before it's much-delayed official debut in June 2011. Despite the fact that reviews were only marginally better, the show continued to sell well in spite of (or possibly because of) the reputation it gained on Broadway.
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* ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'' - Spidey has been an Avenger since the ''Avengers Disassembled'' event.
* ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|FF]]'' - When the Fantastic Four reinvented themselves as the Future Foundation, Spider-Man was asked to fill the spot left by the fallen Human Torch.
* ''Spidey Super Stories'' - Aimed at younger audiences, often including adaptations of the shorts from ''[[The Electric Company]]'', it ran 57 issues.
=== Storylines ===
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* Unofficial Turkish movie ''[[Three Big Men]]'' (1973) which gained [[Cult Classic|notoriety status]] since it features [[Captain America (comics)]] and [[El Santo]] fighting an [[In Name Only|evil]] Spider-Man.
* Yet another reboot occurred with the inclusion of Spider-Man in ''[[Captain America: Civil War (film)| Civil War]]'' in 2016, followed by a new trilogy directed by Jon Watts with Tom Holland as Peter: 2017's ''[[Spider-Man: Homecoming]]'', 2019's ''[[Spider-Man: Far From Home]]'', and 2021's ''[[Spider-Man: No Way Home]]''. This version of Peter also appeared in 2018's ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' and 2019's ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]''.
* ''[[Venom (2018 film)|Venom]]'' - 2018 film starring rogues' gallery member [[Venom (comic book)|Venom]] directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Tom Hardy that ironically doesn't mention Spidey at all, with a 2021 sequel.
* ''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]'' - animated trilogy started in 2018 starring Shameik Moore as Miles Morales.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[The Electric Company]]''. Ironically, the [[Affectionate Parody]] shorts here were Spidey's first live-action incarnation.
* ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' - A short-lived 1970s live-action series, [[Screwed by the Network|which was pulled when the network noticed that they were running an awful lot of superhero shows at the same time]].
* ''[[Japanese Spider-Man]]'' - Japan had an officially licensed series that was [[In Name Only|In Name and Costume Only]].
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* [[Action Series]]
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: In the [[Sam Raimi]] films, Spider-Man's webbing is organic, Gwen Stacy showed up ''after'' he started dating Mary Jane (both of whom have personalities that are closer to each other's comic book interpretations) and there have been a few costume changes (most obviously is the Green Goblin who went from torn purple robes and a rubber mask to a full body green battle suit). However, fans love the movies (''1'' and ''2'', anyway; ''3'' definitely flies into [[Love It or Hate It]] territory) despite the changes.
* [[Adaptational Personality Adjustment]]: The original version of Peter Parker was a well-meaning teenager, but dealing with puberty, being raised by an elderly aunt and uncle, and being bullied for being the school outcast. As a result, he's a bit more irritable and immediately jumps on the idea of using his new spider powers to make money as a wrestler while letting a robber go because the police are supposed to handle dangerous criminals. As a result, he suffers a massive [[Break the Haughty]] after that same robber kills Uncle Ben. More modern incarnations of Peter Parker tend to lean towards [[Adorkable]] and being nicer; Uncle Ben's death is played up as his [[Moment of Weakness]] the ''one'' time he tries to be selfish.
* [[Alertness Blink]]: Most times the spider-sense activates.
* [[Alliterative Name]]: [[Stan Lee]], Spidey's creator, was the [[Trope Codifier]] for the trend, because he found names easier to keep track of if he used alliteration as a mnemonic. Examples include: Betty Brant, Curt Connors, Spencer Smythe, Glory Grant, J. Jonah Jameson, John Jameson, Kenny "King" Kong, Otto Octavius, Peter Parker, Randy Robertson. Randy's father Joe might also count, since his nickname is "Robbie".
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* [[Animal-Themed Superbeing]]: See above.
* [[Animated Adaptation]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Subverted, in that whenever Peter
** When he was originally introduced, however, he fit the [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type]] [[This Loser Is You|I]] characterization fairly well. He hasn't changed all that much, but the world has; [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|flaws and problems in a hero were big news when Spider-Man first put on his suit, but now they're expected of every character.]]
** Venom is more this trope played straight. He was initially introduced as a villain, but was shown to only harbor violent emotions towards Spider-Man, and actually fought crime on occasions when he wasn't hunting Spider-Man. He even got a spin-off comic that was all about his actions of taking down bad guys.
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* [[Catgirl]]: Western costumed variant in the Black Cat.
* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: Justified in that he blames himself for his inaction with Uncle Ben when he could have saved him just by stopping the robber earlier, he takes this to the logical extreme and even other superheroes think he needs a vacation at times.
* [[Climb, Slip, Hang, Climb]]: Ordinarily this never happens to Spider-Man for obvious reasons, but it does turn up in stories where he loses one or more of his powers and has to fake it.
* [[Cloning Blues]]: Dear lord, where do we start...
** [[Shaped Like Itself|With the]] [[Clone Saga]]?
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* [[Doom Magnet]]
* [[Dramatic Dislocation]]: He once did this in order to put a ''dislocated jaw'' back into place after battling Hammerhead. Proportionate strength of a spider + metal garbage bin = ''ow''.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: From her more recent depictions, you'd never guess that Gwen Stacy started out as [https://web.archive.org/web/20130508105732/http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=32&Itemid=50&limitstart=113 this] kind of character.
** Peter was often quite the egotistical jerk back in those days. Fans are often surprised to read the story where he crashed the Human Torch's frat party simply out of spite.
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: [[wikipedia:The Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2)#.22The Last Temptation of Eddie Brock.22 .28Issues 38-39.29|Eddie Brock is dying of cancer.]] [[Byronic Hero|Alone, and forgotten except as a remorseless monster to the public at large,]] [[Oh Crap|and the remnants of his old]] [[The Symbiote|"pal"]] [[Byronic Hero|are floating around in his head telling him]] [[Complete Monster|that he still has one chance at revenge]] [[Oh Crap|by killing a comatose May Parker or just disappearing off the world with nothing to show for it.]] Or he can just sit in his bed waiting to die [[Complete Monster|with Venom tormenting him until the end of his wasted life.]] [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/3/31005/1080771-last_temptation_9_super.jpg Instead,]{{Dead link}} [[Take a Third Option|he]] [[Better to Die Than Be Killed|cuts himself trying to remove the remnants of Venom from his blood]] [[Crazy Awesome|and it works.]]
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* [[Kayfabe]]: The comics treated the fight between Peter and the wrestler as real; [[Grandfather Clause]] meant that the first movie followed this as well, though it was explained in issue #14 of ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web'' that Crusher Hogan was actually a "shoot" wrestler—in which the outcome of the match is not scripted.
* [[Keeping Secrets Sucks]]
* [[Keep the Home Fires Burning]]: Mary Jane gets this plot a lot, notably in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130827212605/http://spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/spiderman_web/031.html Kraven's Last Hunt] storyline.
* [[Knockout Gas]]: Enemies of Spider-Man have used it from time to time. Mysterio, Kraven, the Chameleon, the Hobgoblins, and [[Norman Osborn|Green Goblins]] are all culprits.
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: J. Jonah Jameson's poor treatment of Peter Parker and his financing attempts to capture/kill Spider-Man have repeatedly come back to haunt him.
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