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There are very strange camps of Spidey fans when it comes to humor in Spider-Man comics, movies, & games:
Spider-Man should make jokes.
Vs.
He shouldn't make jokes.
Spider-Man should be able to screw up and be the butt of a joke.
Vs.
He shouldn't be the butt of jokes.
1/5
Spider-Man should make jokes.
Vs.
He shouldn't make jokes.
Spider-Man should be able to screw up and be the butt of a joke.
Vs.
He shouldn't be the butt of jokes.
1/5
The answer to all of this is:
Yes.
He should be ALL of these contradictory things.
It's a matter of context.
He tells jokes to disorient bad guys.
To put innocent bystanders at ease in stressful situations.
To bag on himself in his own inner-monologue.
We've all seen this.
2/
Yes.
He should be ALL of these contradictory things.
It's a matter of context.
He tells jokes to disorient bad guys.
To put innocent bystanders at ease in stressful situations.
To bag on himself in his own inner-monologue.
We've all seen this.
2/
Sometimes he screws up.
Sometimes his pants rip.
Sometimes Johnny Storm tapes a "Kick Me" sign on his back.
He can be the butt of jokes.
Stan Lee himself wrote TONS of scenes like this.
However...
3/
Sometimes his pants rip.
Sometimes Johnny Storm tapes a "Kick Me" sign on his back.
He can be the butt of jokes.
Stan Lee himself wrote TONS of scenes like this.
However...
3/
There'll be times when things get serious.
When someone Spider-Man cares about has been hurt.
When the lives are on the line.
Or even the whole world is at stake.
And he'll get deadly serious.
We shouldn't see him joking during the Night Gwen Stacy Died or Kraven's Last Hunt.
4/
When someone Spider-Man cares about has been hurt.
When the lives are on the line.
Or even the whole world is at stake.
And he'll get deadly serious.
We shouldn't see him joking during the Night Gwen Stacy Died or Kraven's Last Hunt.
4/
Sometimes people equate "I prefer things this way" to "It must ALWAYS be this way".
But w/ Spidey, the real answer is: With thousands of comics, lots of movies, and dozens of games, there's a broad interpretation of how Spidey can be portrayed.
And they're all equally valid.
5/5
But w/ Spidey, the real answer is: With thousands of comics, lots of movies, and dozens of games, there's a broad interpretation of how Spidey can be portrayed.
And they're all equally valid.
5/5
