Lately I've been reading a lot of Spider-Man comics and I've noticed that he oftentimes gets the short end of the stick. For example, in The Web of Spider-Man (great series, I really recommend it) issue #13, Spider-Man is accused of trying to hit a pedestrian while he was actually saving him from getting hit by the truck. However, no one believes that he was saving that stranger because Spider-Man was wearing his black costume (picture below for reference)
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Obviously no hero wears a costume that color. I mean Venom wears a costume pretty similar to that. Why does Spider-Man have to wear his black costume? Because his red one was destroyed in a fire. So now Spider-Man has turned from a superhero into murderer all because of his costume color. So then Spider-Man goes bonkers because who wouldn't in that situation? He spends countless hours risking his life for these people, not asking for any credit, yet the people are judging him on the color of his costume. If you want to know how the comic ends then you'll just have to read it. Moving on, something similar happens in The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2, issue #47 where one of his enemies tells a reporter that she used to be Spider-Man's "lover" and that he was "kinky." While this is obviously untrue, the media blows this story out of control and suddenly Spider-Man has completely lost the faith of the public. There's one scene where Spider-Man hitches a ride on/in a cab and leaves without paying because he is about to die and while the driver screams that Spider-Man didn't pay the fare, a pedestrian replies:
"Fits though, y'know? I was watching TV and they were saying he's kinda weird..."
Yes, Spider-Man is weird enough to save your life countless times. In my opinion, in many different Spider-Man stories the public has no faith in him and when they so then it is very fragile. So next time you see your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, give him some love :)
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