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Mark Haslett
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Posted: 02 July 2025 at 1:49pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

This discussion has kept this childhood-favorite image front and center in my head for days now. I think this shows Romita's Spider-Man strength as pretty much the same level as Ditko's:

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Craig Earl
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Posted: 02 July 2025 at 2:33pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Ah, the common error.

Spiders are not insects!
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Richard Stevens
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Posted: 02 July 2025 at 2:58pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

What a great image. Spidey tipping that bus is like me tipping a couch. I can't chuck the couch at Doc Ock, but I can tip it up to get something underneath. Relatable!
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Brian Rhodes
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Posted: 02 July 2025 at 3:10pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply

There was a Silver Age Pinup of Spider-Man holding a platform over his head, and standing on it were the “only heroes possibly stronger than Spidey”.  As I recall, those characters were The Thing, Hulk, Thor, Hercules, and Namor.  So I have always viewed Spider-Man’s strength as slightly less than the Marvel heavy weights.

But I think since the Silver Age, all of the above have been depicted with greater strength levels than then. So, do you want him to be slightly less powerful than them then, or slight less than they are now?

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Peter Martin
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Being strong doesn't mean you can't be knocked out. Spider-Man has amazing agility and avoids getting hit... But if he is hit, it still hurts. I don't think that particularly changed in the 80s (e.g. I remember Daredevil punching him out in the Death of Jean Dewolff storyline).

As for what the strength level is... I think he can lift a small car over his head. Tilting a bus seems in that range.
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