Comics I Want The Web Shooters Back

[celldog]

I thought those little gadgets really helped give us an idea of how smart Pete was. He had to make them and make his web fluid. His webs were a lot tougher then too. Geeez...everybody seems to breaking his organic stuff. These days, he does nothing.

I also liked the sense of danger that running out of fluid presented.

 

[spider greg]

Yea it would be nice to have them back, but apparently writers these days can't be bothered with small details that would make things more interesting in their storylines, to use the term loosely.

 

[celldog]

Yea it would be nice to have them back, but apparently writers these days can't be bothered with small details that would make things more interesting in their storylines, to use the term loosely.

I agree. I mean how does Pete use his mind these days?? He teaches kids?? Those artificial webs were so tough, it could hold the Rhino or the Thing.

I think Aunt May snapped his webs recently.

 

[Joker]

yes, cause they mentioned them what, once a year maybe? that's such a huge difference...

 

[arachnid-guy]

one possible way to implement them back is to make Pete's organic web kind of go out of control and he needs the shooters to 'control' the amount of web.

hm...i think this was going to be put into the spidey movie!

ah well, its an idea!

 

[Gregatron]

These day, "Peter" uses his mind by swearing, punching, and generally acting like a moron.

 

[Happenstance]

Id love to know what Stan lee really thinks of Spidey now, not just what he will say to not ruffle and feathers.

 

[Gregatron]

Id love to know what Stan lee really thinks of Spidey now, not just what he will say to not ruffle and feathers.

Stan is too humble and to noble to take potshots at the current creators, even if he really doesn't like the state of things (although, he probably doesn't follow the books). He's above that.

 

[Happenstance]

Stan is too humble and to noble to take potshots at the current creators, even if he really doesn't like the state of things (although, he probably doesn't follow the books). He's above that.

Yeah thats what I meant about him not wanting to ruffle feathers. Id just be interested to know his real feelings on a lot of the things that have happened over the last few years.

 

[arachnid-guy]

He's probably ordering their execution right now.

Well, in my warped dreams, anyways.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

stan apparently said, on organic webshooters:

"wish i'd thought of that" or something along those lines. i like the way if he gets in trouble, his main trait is at hand. this is how writers have used the organic webs. pete's brains will be used elsewhere in future, you'll see. if he doesnt come up with a new invention each year you guys get all antsy...

 

[Gregatron]

stan apparently said, on organic webshooters:

"wish i'd thought of that" or something along those lines. i like the way if he gets in trouble, his main trait is at hand. this is how writers have used the organic webs. pete's brains will be used elsewhere in future, you'll see. if he doesnt come up with a new invention each year you guys get all antsy...

I thought Stan said he wished they'd worked the mechanical ones into the movies.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

im going from a quote on another board, so it could be more internet rumour. but stan never critisizes marvel so i think im probs right on this

 

[Happenstance]

It does sound like something Stan would say. I just find it hard to believe he's not just being his none confrontational self and not saying what he really thinks. I mean if he'd wanted organic webs then he would have given him those. If he'd wanted Pete to get his powers from a spider god then thats how it would have happened.

 

[celldog]

I can live with them being organic in the movie. The metal shooters don't translate well to film. But keep it in the comics.

 

[SpideyInATree]

Well, it doesn't really make much of a difference at this point whether it's webshooters or organics webbing.

But I liked the web shooters simply because Peter invented them at the age of fifteen. Came up with the fluid. In the early issues of Amazing Spider-Man, one thing Stan Lee did awesome at, was how his shooters would either run out, or malfunction during an epic, dramatic, much needed moment.

And I really liked them when Ben Reilly upgraded the arsenal with impact webbing and the web stingers. Those were some really neat ideas, that much like the entire Clone Saga, has become ignored...except in Spider-Girl...where the web shooters still reign supreme. So, if you want web shooters, read Spider-Girl in October.

But I really don't care whether he has organics or web shooters at this point. If they're not going to run with the arsenal upgrades, than what's even the point of keeping the shooters around?

But, yeah, they will be sorely missed.

 

[Dangerous]

Staus quo is so crap these days, the organics are the least of Spidey ills.

 

[Dangerous]

Atleast FNSM and SSM have been fun reads for me.

 

[Parker]

I'd like the web-shooters to come back, but right now I'd settle for Spidey getting rid of that cheesy iron hunka junk costume and basically phasing out every consequence of The Other.

 

[Dangerous]

I'd like the web-shooters to come back, but right now I'd settle for Spidey getting rid of that cheesy iron hunka junk costume and basically phasing out every consequence of The Other.

For starters.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

It does sound like something Stan would say. I just find it hard to believe he's not just being his none confrontational self and not saying what he really thinks. I mean if he'd wanted organic webs then he would have given him those. If he'd wanted Pete to get his powers from a spider god then thats how it would have happened.

but spiders dont spin webs out of their arms. it wasnt a natural power. so he probs thought - he'll need a machine to ndo it. it makes sense really. just happens movie-generation has decided he could get spinnerettes in his arms. evolution gives the best to deal with the surroundings. web shooters in arms much more effective than in ass. so there they are. makes sense but stan just didnt think of it. i honestly dont think he cares. i think he likes the idea.

 

[mr. black]

This is all conjecture so don't go directly quoting me as a wholly reliable source, but supposedly Stan Lee did want the webbing to originally be organic, but realised it wouldn't get past any of the censorship from having this 'spray' or 'fluid' come out of the body of a teenage boy.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

Atleast FNSM and SSM have been fun reads for me.

FNSM

SSM #28 (feral was bad though. zzzzzzz)

 

[e-three]

Right now it's really easy to ignore because it's never really brought up that often that his webs are organic now. Like many people I prefer the good old web shooters but I do think there are some small things about the organics that could be explored...like since they're organic and not man made, does it mean they no longer dissolve after an hour? Are they weaker than web fluid? Stronger? Since he no longer has the adjustable nozzle, does that mean he can't make different types of webs anymore?

And probably the one thing I'd be most curious to find out, can he make webs indefinitely? If you remember, back when Spidey fought Venom for the first time, he was able to beat him because Venom used so much webbing trying to trap Spider-Man earlier that his "reserves" were running low, since the symbiote basically made the webbing out of itself. As Spidey put it, it was like a person losing lots of blood. Now I know Spider-Man isn't a symbiote, but his body has to be using something to generate those webs...something that has to be replenished perhaps? If so, then maybe if he uses his webs too much and/or too quickly he starts to get weak too, like the aforementioned person losing lots of blood? Or what effect would physical illness have on his ability to generate webbing?

I'm not saying devote a story arc to webbing or anything like that, but those types of things could be explored lightly here and there. I mean, if you're going to go with organic webs you might as well do something with it other than just "oh, I don't need web shooters anymore!"

 

[celldog]

I'd like the web-shooters to come back, but right now I'd settle for Spidey getting rid of that cheesy iron hunka junk costume and basically phasing out every consequence of The Other.

You know it's gonna go away. Spidey will end up turning on Tony because someone dies. But Tony no doubt has some fail safes woven into the spidey suit, that will take Pete down.