Pretty sure the webs are formulated to dissolve in a couple hours.
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Yes, this is well established in the comics and animated series. It's actually one way Spider-Man proves Mysterio is impersonating him. The fake Spider-Man's webs don't dissolve on their own.
And the MCU. First solo movie spidey says it will disolve in a couple hours when he leaves Glover stuck to his car.
So disappointing Glover hasn't actually been Prowler yet
You haven't seen the new spiderverse yet?
So disappointing Glover hasn’t actually been Prowler yet
Ummmm... spoilers but... Glover has been Prowler. (Not your Prowler though).
And the newer movies with the dude who had ice-cream in his groceries.
Donald Glover, who is a big Spider-Man fan and was rumored at one point when he was younger to be the next Spider-Man actor. They nod to this in Community when they show Troy wearing Spider-Man pajamas.
Maybe you can answer this for me, but I always thought that his ability to shoot webs came from being bit? How can he reformulate his own webs if it's coming from his body? Is that addressed in canon? I never got real deep into comics, this was just a thought that I had while I was watching Spider-Man: Far From Home today.
Depends which origin story you’re following. In the Spiderverse some Spidermen have the natural property of shooting webs, while others built their own web shooters.
I’m not too much into the comics, but even between Spiderman 1-3 and Amazing Spiderman 1,2 (the movies) that’s a difference.
The Spiderman in the MCU built his own web shooter and could adjust the formula. It also means he can run out when plot requires.
Huh, I think I just realized why I never got too invested in comics. Guess I like more concrete story lines. Thanks for the answer!
Prime Spider-man (earth 616 Spider-Man) whatever you want to call it, is more or less universally depicted as having mechanical webshooters that he invented. The big exception is the Sam Raimi Spider-man movies from the early 2000's which is probably what confused you.
I haven’t read the first run of the Amazing Spider Man comics (1960s) in over a decade, but I remember that Peter gained the knowledge to create webbing from the spider bite, and then applied science to create web shooters and cartridges. There’s so many comics out there I haven’t read any other Spidey comic, and probably got halfway through Amazing Spider-Man v1.
He makes the webbing and shooters. His powers are the strength, wall crawling, and spider sense, and he's smart, so he supplemented that with the web swinging, which those powers make possible.
I wonder if they catch a bug or two before they do though? That would be cool:-).
Hmm now someone needs to mop up the gooey white spiderslime
Unless it's formulated to sublimate into a gas I suppose.
Annoying? Quite the opposite. Forget the self dissolving property of the web and assume it's there forever. Now you got a material that is extremely light and extremely strong and flexible. Companies are going to pay to collect them. It's gonna be like ambergris, but exclusive to one city. People would flock to collect Spider-Man web. I wouldn't be surprised if Spider-Man web is outlawed by the government and becomes even more valuable.
In the comics he tries to sell the compound and no one wants it iirc due to its lifespan. Stupid but at least it's brought up
Parker could simply quit his job as a freelance photographer and sell the formula to his own web shit, because he made them himself and aren't part of his super powers.
As a superior raimi fan, I have no idea what you're talking about.
I firmly believe that the only reason Raimi made it that way in his movies is to have that scene of Peter learning how to use them.
"Up, up and away web!"
I like mechanical web shooters better but that scene was pretty funny
This is literally the very first thing he tries to do in the comics before he becomes Spider-Man and it doesn't work because the people he reached out for thought it was too short-lived.
But also, needing to juggle real life responsibilities like having a job is one of the main appeals of Spider-Man as compared to, say, the Avengers.
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According to the comics, webbing dissolves and fades away after a day.
Is that accurate? I haven't kept up with comics in a long time, but when I sort of did, it was said to be an hour rather than a day. (I always assumed this was so you wouldn't worry about people being trapped for 24 hours or however long.)
Not trying to be argumentative or anything, just curious if the lore changed, or maybe I misremembered.
It could have been an hour, it was first mentioned in the earliest comics that the webbing fades away, and I’m not sure what they said more recently.
Bruh I hate to break it to you, but they already have to do that. I took this photo on the 66th floor of the Sears tower this last summer. Note that the spider is on the outside of the window.
He’s just chilling between fighting crime.
Damn, look at that little guy go!
Can he swing from a web?
I mean, probably.
They can just leave ‘em up there until the next time New York is destroyed.
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