Spiderman Question

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How exactly did the spider bite turn that kid into Spiderman? Normally, spider bites cause a series of biochemical reactions that liquefy the prey's innards and turn it into a Slurpee for the spider. But after Peter Parker was bitten it caused a series of genetic changes that caused him to have spider characteristics. It was in a laboratory where genetic experiments were taking place. This suggests that these spiders might have had something different going on with them. Was it genetic recombination treatment that entered Peter Parker's body after the bite? What are your thoughts on this very important and relevant topic?
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  • I guess you can compare to like in "Dawn of the dead", if you got bit by a zombie, naturally you would turn into a zombie!
  • Did they ever show what happened to the spider that bit Peter Parker?

    I'm thinking you are on to something in saying that it was in a laboratory where genetic experiments were taking place and asking if the recombination treatment entered into Peter's body after the bite. And I'm also thinking some reverse engineering occurred and so the spider went through those series of biochemical changes and liquefied into goo. It basically became a spidey slurpee!

    That's what I think.

    Terra
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    • Yeah, what happened to that spider?
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  • I don't think Ditko and Lee ever explained it, beyond the spider having been radioactive. That was Stan's big tech contribution in the 60s. Unspecified radiation for Spiderman, cosmic rays for the FF, and gamma rays for the Hulk.

    Fortunately, it appears Lee ignored the fact that genetic alterations resulting from exposure to these sorts of radiation are almost always harmful or fatal. Otherwise it would have been SpiderCorpse, the Phantastic Phlegm, and the Inedible Bulk.


    Paul
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    • Don't forget Toxic Waste. If there wasn't radiation, a splash of toxic waste would always give you superpowers. In the 1940's the Superheroes usually got their powers from Magic. It's where I got mine.

      Sometimes, when I read comics from the 50's and 60's, I marvel (get it? Marvel? ) at how little the writers knew about science at all.

      Your Kung Fu is strong.

      I have a friend who's 5 year old captured a spider and kept trying to get it to bite him, so he could get superpowers. He just wouldn't believe that it wouldn't work.

      He's now seven years old and now regularly posts on this forum.

      (Sorry, I really couldn't resist that)
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  • Actually, some spiders just poison the prey. Before, and perhaps a bit INTO, the 1960s, radiation was seen as an odd thing and probably understood by few. The idea of mutations was popular but often spread to the idea of causing insanity, madness, uglyness, or supernatural abilities. Most with supernatural abilities, that weren't otherwise affected, were cast as heros, most others were cast as super villains. Of course, as Paul said, radiation is more likely to DESTROY your viability than enhance it, or merely alter it, in some way.

    And YEAH, I forget about the comic and cartoon, but the movie DID say the spider was a genetic experiment. Radiation was just one of the things used.

    Steve
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    • I read through this thread....

      It's like being on the inside of a Big Bang Theory episode....just having a chat with Sheldon and Leonard....:p
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    • I knew someone would call me on the incompleteness of my spider description, lol. With Spiderman 1 made in 2002, I -- for once -- was impressed by Hollywood changes to story. It did tweak and modernize how he would be transformed into Spiderman and actually made it more cool and credible (not that it could ever really be credible), but it didn't sacrifice the main charm of the story -- that Spiderman was a regular young guy, very much a "bookworm" (60's description), slightly awkward. It didn't lose the compelling aspects of the original story-line and character as some 70's Spiderman cartoons did.
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  • Son Goku > Spider man.
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    Spiderman Question

    How exactly did the spider bite turn that kid into Spiderman? Normally, spider bites cause a series of biochemical reactions that liquefy the prey's innards and turn it into a Slurpee for the spider. But after Peter Parker was bitten it caused a series of genetic changes that caused him to have spider characteristics. It was in a laboratory where genetic experiments were taking place. This suggests that these spiders might have had something different going on with them. Was it genetic recombination treatment that entered Peter Parker's body after the bite? What are your thoughts on this very important and relevant topic?