Editing Spider-Man

:''Spider-Man is a [[human]] character from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Spider-man.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Someday we may learn more about this mysterious Spider-Man.]]

'''Peter Benjamin Parker''' is a photographer for a newspaper named ''The New York Daily Bugle'' under Editor-in-Chief [[Joe Robertson]]. Parker is ''also'' the friendly costumed hero '''Spider-Man'''.  Spider-Man possesses the abilities of Earth arachnids, allowing him to fire thread-like projectiles from his wrists.  These threads may be used to spin webs of near-limitless size, as well as to capture thieves and other assorted rogues in the selfsame manner as a spider entraps traditional insects. Those who wonder about his boundless strength would be advised to listen closely, as his spectacular might is the result of radioactive energy flowing through his very veins.  The aforementioned web-like materials fired from his wrists can also be used as a means of swinging to and fro, meaning that those who wish to observe the Spider-Man in action can best do so by simply looking overhead.  In addition, he is known to be primarily a nocturnal adventurer, appearing in the deep of night wherever evil is afoot.  His alacrity is so great, his timing so amazing, he has been compared to a flash of light.  Despite his best efforts and good intentions, it seems that his attempts at justice are often overlooked, and while other heroes may find celebrity and fortune, poor Parker is constantly in one hang-up or another.  Regardless, the Spider-Man soldiers on; wherever there is a fight or ruckus or tussle, the Spider-Man can be found! 

Sometimes he has a black costume, which he can control with his mind, and can shapeshift into normal clothes.  

He's kind of a smartass.


{{bigquote|Doom's robot army. Somebody did a full drive by on em-|[[Luke Cage]]}}
{{bigquote|-in their own hood. What? I can "talk street"!|Spider-Man...making a bad crossover that little bit more bearable, [[Man and Machine, Part One]]}}


==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
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In 1984, while covering the news of the new [[Decepticon]] fortress in [[Oregon]], Peter Parker/Spider-Man intercepted [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], who had been sent on a scouting mission, and attacked, thinking Gears was one of the invaders. When [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] threw a tank at a gaggle of unwary reporters, Gears saved them, convincing Spider-Man he was good. 

Spider-Man teamed up with the [[Autobot|Autobots]] to help rescue [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] from the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]. Spider-Man noted that he has had many adventures in his long history as a superhero.  [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] replied that he is sure tales of his exploits would be interesting... they could possibly even be described as ''amazing''.

Spidey managed to get the Autobots past the army with a little subterfuge, which lasted about ten seconds. While the Autobots dealt with both the human army ''and'' some invading Decepticons, he and Gears made their way into the base. After dispatching the cassettes and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], the pair found Sparkplug, and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]! He used his webbing to completely mummify Megatron, but it didn't hold for very long. Megatron blasted a hole in the floor of their base, so Gears, and Sparkplug would plummet to their deaths. Webbing saved Spider and Spark, but couldn't hold Gears' weight.

Spider-Man was aghast that the Autobots would treat their comrade's apparent death so nonchalantly. He followed the Autobots back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and Prime failed to explain in any adequate sense how Gears was neither dead nor alive right then. But Spider-Man couldn't stick around, so he left.  {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

[[Image:M23 noahacionrecycles.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Jameson was right, he's a bad influence.]]

''Megatron referenced Spider-Man's involvement just before reprimanding Starscream for challenging his authority.''  {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}}

Later, Spider-Man had become an iconic figure wearing a different costume, featuring a red mask with a black spiderweb pattern. [[Noah Acton]] wears a t-shirt bearing his likeness, indicating either kid appeal or counterculture status.  {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon===
[[Image:TheAutobotRun-Spideyshirt.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Kid, move your damn hand. We're more interested in Spider-Man, not you.]]
In 1985, Spider-Man had become an iconic figure wearing a different costume, featuring a red mask with a black spiderweb pattern. T-shirts were made of his likeness! <br>...wait, is that Noah?  {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

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===''New Avengers/Transformers''===
As part of the [[Avengers]], Spider-Man traveled to [[Latveria]] to investigate [[Doctor Doom]]'s apparent attack on the neighboring country, [[Symkaria]]. Upon arrival, he and his fellow heroes found a dome-shaped structure emitting radiation and broke into it. Inside the building, they came under attack from automated laser turrets, and while Spider-Man was busy webbing them up and cracking jokes, he was suddenly electrocuted into submission and kidnapped by [[Runabout|a car]]. When he regained consciousness, he found himself strapped to a table by a giant robot named [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who explained that the hero was about to help him and his [[Decepticon]]s conquer the world. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part One}} Megatron began extracting Spider-Man's radioactive blood, refining it into a powerful [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] isotope that he used to supercharge his troops. All Spidey could do was lay there and weakly taunt him. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}}

[[Luke Cage]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] came to his rescue, but were promptly defeated by the charged-up Megatron. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} However, after Megatron left to deal with the attacking Avengers and [[Autobot]]s outside, Spider-Man proved he still had enough strength to burst out of his restraints. After meeting with Ratchet and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], he agreed to power them up using Megatron's device as well. Ultimately, he didn't have to sacrifice even more blood, though, as [[Wolverine]] offered to take his place. Spider-Man followed Ratchet and Prowl outside, where he webbed up Megatron in an attempt to stop him from escaping. It ultimately failed, but at least he made the Decepticon leader look mighty silly as he lay tied up and helpless on the ground! After everything was wrapped up, Spidey and the other Avengers returned home on the [[Quinjet]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

===Crossovers===
Unseen scientist [[Mister Fantastic]] constructed large, transforming [[Mech|battle armour]] for various superhumans; Spider-Man received two, one based on each of his costumes, both of which could transform into a high-speed motorcycle. It is likely Richards gained the idea from Spider-Man, as it is inconceivable the encounter with the Transformers wouldn't have a lasting impact on the vigilante.<ref>''Crossovers'' Motorcyle Spider-Man packaging bio</ref>

One sign of such an impact is that Spider-Man's activities seem to be focused solely on fighting [[Carnage|hostile]] [[Venom (Crossovers)|aliens]]. One of those aliens has somehow stolen and altered Spider-Man's loyal living costume; how he'll reclaim it is unknown. He clearly misses it, based on his second, black-painted armour!

Spider-Man later teamed up with fellow superhero [[Iron Man]], who built him a third battle suit—one that transformed into a helicopter and could combine with Iron Man's own bomber mech to form a "super jet".<ref>''Crossovers'' Spider-Man/Iron Man packaging bio</ref>

Iron Man apparently has a soft spot for the wall-crawler, as he constructed Spider-Man a ''fourth'' battle suit for when two wheels just aren't good enough.  The transforming car mech can match Iron Man's suit in speed and is better armored than the original cycle suit.<ref>''Crossovers'' Race Car Spider-Man packaging bio</ref>

==Toys==
===Crossovers===
[[Image:MarvelcrossoversSpider-man.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Is it perverted to think that this is actually a good likeness?]]
*'''Spider-Man''' (Marvel, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles

:''[[Crossovers]]'' Spider-Man transforms into a red and blue motorcycle. He has a "webbing missile" launcher on each arm, and the missiles become twin exhaust pipes in vehicle mode. Also , much of his transformation mirrors that of the 2007 movie Arcee.

:[[Venom (Crossovers)|Venom]] is not a [[black repaint]] of him. (Yay!)

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[[Image:MarvelCrossover Spider-manblack.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Alternate scene from ''Spider-Man 3'': What would have happened if the symbiote possessed Peter's scooter, not his shoe.]]
*'''Black Costume Spider-Man''' (Marvel, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles

:A solid black [[redeco]] of the above toy, including the formerly transparent parts. Er, yeah.

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[[Image:Crossovers-toy_SpiderMan09.jpg|right|250px|thumb|up up and awwayyyyyy]]
*'''Spider-Man''' (Marvel, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles

:Another redeco of the original toy, the 2009 edition of Spider-Man replaces the light blue parts with dark blue, akin to his film and some of his comic appearances. This release featured new box art of Spider-Man.

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[[Image:Crossovers-toy_SpiderManCombiner.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Great, so now he really is Iron Man's bitch.]]
*'''Spider-Man / Iron-Man''' (Marvel two-pack, 2009)
**''Accessories:''

:This Spider-Man toy transforms into a slim, high-speed helicopter with big underslung engine pods. He comes packaged with [[Iron Man]] (who transforms into a stealth bomber), and can combine with him in either mode to form a "giant super bomber" or... well, Spider-Man with a stealth bomber on his head.

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[[Image:Crossovers-toy_SpiderManCar.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Oh god no! Does this mean he'll end up like that other [[wikipedia:Spider-Man%27s_powers_and_equipment#Spider-Mobile|Spider-Mobile?]] ]]
*'''Spider-Man''' (Marvel, 2010)

:This Spider-Man toy transforms into a streamlined futuristic "Spider-Car" based loosely on a LeMans-style racer.  It is fairly compact and unfolds in to a roughly 7" tall robot with much more angular features than the original motorcycle version.  Unlike nearly ever other [[Crossovers]] figure, this one lacks a [[gimmick]] of any kind other than being a transforming Spider-Man.

:The toy's instructions are somewhat crazy, as they go through the entire transformation sequence, then it ends with a picture of Spider-Man transformed a totally different way from the waist down (resembling the picture on the back of the card).  This was likely done because transforming him the correct way makes it impossible for him to stand without splaying his legs far out to the sides.  The instructions also fail to note the step wherein his legs extends slightly to reveal double-jointed knees.

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[[Image:Crossovers-toy_BlackSpiderManCar.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
*'''Black Costume Spider-Man''' (Marvel, 2010)

:A second "black costume" redeco, now for the car version of Spider-Man.

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==Notes==
* Reprints of Spider-Man's encounter with [[Iron Man|the Iron Man of 2020]] were used as a back-up strip in [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|''Transformers'' UK]].
* It's occasionally claimed that a Spider-Man story published as part of the "[[wikipedia:Clone_Saga|Clone Saga]]" during the 1990s features a line where Peter claims that he had never been to Oregon, thereby "clearly" establishing Spidey's guest appearance in [[Prisoner of War!|issue 3]] of the Marvel US ''Transformers'' comic as being not part of the mainstream ("616") Marvel universe. In fact, however, Peter claims (in a monologue) having never been to '''Utah''' in ''Spider-Man'' #57 (1995), since [[wikipedia:Kaine|Kaine]]'s murder of Louise Kennedy had happened there (in ''Spider-Man: The Lost Years'' #3).
*Spider-Man and other Marvel characters who have interacted with Transformers are now considered to be from the [[Earth-120185]] universe and not the [http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Earth-616 616 universe].
*[["Weird Al" Yankovic]] wrote a song about Spider-Man, called "Ode to a Superhero."
*Peter Parker has always been a grounded character with real-world problems. His aunt is frequently sick, he has girlfriend troubles, and his spy parents were killed by a Communist mastermind and framed for treason, but were revealed years later to be alive, only they were actually evil robots.

==External links==
* [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/c:Marveldatabase:Peter_Parker_%28Earth-616%29 Spider-Man at Marvel Database]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man Spider-Man at Wikipedia]

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