World What are the defining moments of Spider-Man

[Red]

For me...

1. Death of Gwen Stacy

2. Origin

3. Spider-Man no more

4. Brother VS Brother

 

[The Joker]

Death of Captain Stacy: He loses someone he cares for because he did act.

Master Planner saga: Shows the true inner strength of Spider-Man.

 

[Dr.Dude]

Heh, well, okay, here's my list then.... Thanks to spiderfan.org for some of the issue numbers that had slipped my mind.

• The origin - AF #15
• Sinister Six - ASM Annual #1
• The Master Planner - ASM #31-33
• Spider-Man No More - ASM #50
• Death of Captain Stacy - ASM #89-90
• Death of Gwen Stacy/The Goblin - ASM #121-122
• The original Clone Saga - ASM #149
• Burglar returns - ASM #200
• The Symbiote/Venom saga - ASM #252-300
• The Sin-Eater - SSM #107-110
• The marriage - ASM Annual #21
• Kraven's Last Hunt - Oct./Nov. 1987
• Death of Harry Osborn - SSM #200
• Maximum Carnage - 1993
• Death of Aunt May - ASM #400
• Coming Home - ASM #30-35 (JMS' later works aside, this story was classic)

Probably missed a few, heh, but ah well....

 

[DACrowe]

1. Death of Uncle Ben. C'mon THIS DEFINED SPIDER-Mn.. There would be no superhero if Uncle Ben hadn't been gunned down by that burglar (or in the movie's case the hijacker) that he could have stopped. This and unmasking the burglar IS what defined Spider-Man.

2. Being bitten by the radioactive spider. Again go back ot the origin. He was bitten and the spider gave him his abilities and the confidence to grow into a great guy that even Flash Thompson would become friends with and not just another average joe who everyone forgot from high school. It made him special.

3. The Death of Gwen Stacy. Kinda' defines the tragedy of his life. He has had a lot of tragedy because of being Spider-Man like losing his daughter. However, this was the worst thing that coulda' happened to him. It really broke poor Pete and gave him a maturity and seriousness that has never left him. It was really the end of his boyhood in most respects.

4. ASM #33, this issue defines Spidey's resilence. Here he knows he could lay down and die and he should. But he lifts the tons of weight to save his aunt and not fail her like he did Uncle Ben even if it breaks him (pops his muscles and breaks his leg). This adversity has been mimcked in many challenges since. Whether being broken but having to still go stop a baddie (breaking an arm, having a limb, etc.) and literally (the 30th anniversary had a touching tribute of it when he fought the Lizard and wouldn't give up on poor Doc Conners).

5. The Wedding Issue. Yeah this pretty much was the defining moment of Peter Parker's life in the last 25 years. He marries MJ. He has cold feet and misses Gwen and has his doubts (as does she) but he puts his photo of Gwen away and steps forward and is genuinely happy (until Mackie ****s it up) and is ready to enter the next stage of adulthood.

The next level would be him to rise a child but baby May was pretty much killed off ASAP. I hope instead of relying on terrible publicity stunts (he unmasks himself and is the unwitting....a word that should never have been used to describe Pete....pawn of George W. Bush....er...IRon Man) and let him grow up a little more just as Stan Lee had intended, and the next step is to start a family not move into a skyscraper and become a celeberty, but hey I guess that happens to all average joes though....

 

[CrypticOne]

Death of Gwen Stacy

Spider-Man No More

Master Planner saga

 

[Citizen_Kaine]

1. Death of Uncle Ben
2. Death of Gwen Stacy
3. The Wedding

Are definites,

1. The Spider could've bitten anyone(Shut up JMS), however Uncle Ben's death is what caused Peter Parker to become Spider-man

2. It shuffled the deck in an enormous way. The long time love intrest was killed, and MJ was subsequently given that role. Norman Osborn was killed, leading his son into the role of the Green Goblin which would eventually cause his own death. Gwen's death caused Miles Warren to go nuts and become the Jackal. Because of this, Ben Reilly and the entire Clone Saga are created

3. The wedding basically made sure that the characters MJ and Spider-Man were synonymous. In every form of Spider-Man there is a Mary Jane as well, Ultimate, MC2, Cartoons, Kirsten Dunst even plays MJ in the movies.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Death of Captain Stacy: He loses someone he cares for because he did act.

Master Planner saga: Shows the true inner strength of Spider-Man.

Two of my favorites. Those, and the Death Of Gwen and George, and of course Uncle Ben are easily some of the most important moments in Peter's life, imo. Possibly the top five.

 

[The Symbiotic]

1. Secret Wars-Gaining the Alien Symbiote

2. Maximum Carnage!!!!!! PWNS ALL!

 

[James"007"Bond]

A lot of the obvious ones have been mentioned but I have to add the clone saga too.
Peter being led to believe that he was a clone but still overcomming the traumatic shock of "living someone elses life" and persevering, making a life for himself is a testament of one's willingness to face adversity head on and over come it. This was easily a pshcholgical mind bender that would have crippled a lesser man.

 

[James"007"Bond]

A lot of the obvious ones have been mentioned but I have to add the clone saga too.
Peter being led to believe that he was a clone but still overcomming the traumatic shock of "living someone elses life" and persevering, making a life for himself is a testament of one's willingness to face adversity head on and over come it. This was easily a pshcholgical mind bender that would have crippled a lesser man.

 

[James"007"Bond]

A lot of the obvious ones have been mentioned but I have to add the clone saga too.
Peter being led to believe that he was a clone but still overcomming the traumatic shock of "living someone elses life" and persevering, making a life for himself is a testament of one's willingness to face adversity head on and over come it. This was easily a pshcholgical mind bender that would have crippled a lesser man.

 

[James"007"Bond]

damn connection! srry for the triple post