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    Character » Spider-Man appears in 17251 issues.

    Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider as a teenager, granting him spider-like powers. After the death of his Uncle Ben, Peter learned that "with great power, comes great responsibility." Swearing to always protect the innocent from harm, Peter Parker became Spider-Man.

    Will we ever get a darker live-action Spider-Man series?

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    #1  Edited By thedarkknight9283

    So far, Spider-Man has gotten more and more childish since the first film came out in 2002. Honestly, I'm sick of Spider-Man being treated like a childish character. If you read any 80's and 90's Spider-Man comics, you would know that Spider-Man is far from a childish character.

    I'd like to see a live-action Spider-Man series that is like the 90's Animated Series, but much more darker and adult - something akin to the Batman Arkham Games.

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    @thedarkknight9283:

    Feeling's mutual as to the treatment of Spider Man as a kiddie character. However I don't want him going all dark like Batman. More gravitas and mature elements sure, but not straight up darkness.

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    @ursaber: not dark af.

    Of course not.

    But yeah I agree with you guys

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    @jb681131 said:

    @thedarkknight9283: Well there is a Venom movie coming.

    If it actually pans out cause I can see that movie getting botched by Sony.

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    We got one, it's called Daredevil. It's like Spider-Man, but deconstructed and taken seriously. Daredevil is the Spidey even Spidey wishes he was.

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    I think the term "dark" is often wrongly bandied around to mean that everything must be overly bleak, heavy, and grim. Whilst I do like elements of that in the ongoing saga of Spider-Man, I think a balance of Spider-Man's humor, his wit and sarcastic banter amidst the melodrama is essential. I will always prefer the adult Spider-Man stories that are a little more grounded in realism with mature and sophisticated storytelling. JMS did it well until he got screwed over by editorial mandates.

    Slott and Zdarsky's banal, infantile and buffoon Spider-Clown needs to be destroyed ASAP, what an embarrassment and insult.

    "Kravens Last Hunt" is a classic example of a dark story, it was masterfully written, it entertained the readership and was true to Spider-Man's character traits.

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    Probably. There is the Venom movie by Sony, so I can see other movies being made.

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    I will never take a Spider-Man aimed at being grounded and bittersweet seriously, the character is as outlandish as any traditional superhero and is in a setting where magical gods exists and he fights freaks that get powers from science experiments or even alien entities.

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