168 Fun Facts About Spider-Man

Tom Holland's Spider-Man made his first MCU appearance in which film?

Captain America: Civil War, in which Tony Stark recruits Peter onto the team sent to capture the renegade Avengers.

Which Spider-Man villain began as a private investigator hired to learn how Peter got his photos?

The Scorpion, Mac Gargan, whose experimental treatment and mechanical tail made him a match for Spider-Man but drove him insane.

Who is credited, alongside Stan Lee, with co-creating Spider-Man?

Ditko drew the first 38 issues of The Amazing Spider-Man and co-created much of the supporting cast and the rogues' gallery with Stan Lee, before leaving Marvel in 1966.

What event is responsible for the wall-crawler gaining his superhuman abilities?

Being bitten by a radioactive spider, in the comics; the 2002 film swapped in a genetically engineered spider instead.

Which wrestling legend played Bonesaw McGraw, the wrestler Peter faces in the 2002 Spider-Man film?

Randy Savage, the 'Macho Man'; Peter wins but is swindled out of his earnings, so he lets the promoter's robber escape.

Spider-Man first appeared in which Marvel anthology comic?

Amazing Fantasy, which was already slated for cancellation, so publisher Martin Goodman had nothing to lose by letting Stan Lee try out a teenage hero.

Which blustering newspaper publisher campaigns relentlessly against Spider-Man while employing Peter Parker?

J. Jonah Jameson is a fixture of the comics, films and cartoons alike, paying Peter for Spider-Man photos while denouncing the hero as a menace on the front page.

Which actress plays Aunt May opposite Tom Holland's Spider-Man?

Marisa Tomei, playing a much younger May than before, who learns Peter's secret only when she walks in on him in the suit at Homecoming's end.

Which director abandoned his planned Spider-Man film in the 1990s before Columbia adapted his ideas for the 2002 film?

James Cameron, whose treatment gave Peter webs from his own body instead of gadgets, an idea the 2002 film kept.

Which scientist hero discovered that Spider-Man's black costume was a living alien?

Reed Richards, whose tests showed the suit was a living symbiote bonding with Peter; he removed it with a sonic blaster.

Marvel published a Spider-Man anti-drug story without which industry body's seal of approval?

The Comics Code Authority, which refused its seal even though a federal health department had requested the story; it sold well, and the Code later relaxed its drug rules.

In which New York City borough, in the neighbourhood of Forest Hills, did Peter Parker grow up?

Queens, at 20 Ingram Street in Forest Hills, the modest house Aunt May later turns into a boarding house.

In 'One More Day', which demon erases Peter and Mary Jane's marriage in exchange for saving Aunt May?

Mephisto, whose deal wiped the marriage from history; IGN called the story the worst comic Marvel published in 2007.

Which figure in Peter Parker's life is remembered for the line 'with great power comes great responsibility'?

Uncle Ben, though Spider-Man's debut ran the line as a narrator's caption; later comics and the 2002 film put it in Ben's mouth.

What are the wrist devices Spider-Man uses to fire his webbing called?

Web-shooters, wrist gadgets Peter built himself in the comics; the 2002 film swapped them for webbing from his own wrists.

In Spider-Man: Far From Home, which Stark AI does Peter inherit through a pair of glasses?

E.D.I.T.H., which commands an orbital arsenal of drones; Peter hands control of it to a new hero who turns out to be the villain.

Which DC hero did Spider-Man meet in the first modern crossover between Marvel and DC?

Superman, in 1976's Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man, where the two heroes foil a plot hatched jointly by their arch-enemies.

In Spider-Man: Homecoming, what is the name of the artificial intelligence in Peter's suit?

Karen, voiced by Jennifer Connelly, who is married to Paul Bettany, the voice of Tony Stark's earlier AI, J.A.R.V.I.S.

Which actress shares Spider-Man's upside-down kiss in the rain in the 2002 film?

Kirsten Dunst, as Mary Jane Watson; the rain-soaked kiss won Best Kiss at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards.

Who directed Tobey Maguire in the 2002 'Spider-Man'?

Maguire's casting in Raimi's 2002 film brought him international recognition after years of supporting roles.

Which director helmed 'The Amazing Spider-Man' film released in 2012, starring Andrew Garfield?

Marc Webb, known for '500 Days of Summer,' directed 'The Amazing Spider-Man,' which served as a reboot of the film series.

Which crossover gave Spider-Man the black costume later revealed as an alien symbiote?

Peter Parker obtained his black suit on Battleworld during the 1984-1985 Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars storyline, initially believing it to be a new fabric suit.

Which Across the Spider-Verse villain is a scientist whose body is covered in holes he can travel through?

The Spot, a scientist who blames Miles for his mutation and absorbs collider energy across universes until he threatens the multiverse.

In the 1973 story where Gwen Stacy dies, the art shows the Brooklyn Bridge, but which bridge does the text name?

George Washington; Stan Lee later said he mislabeled the artist's Brooklyn Bridge, and some reprints now say Brooklyn.

Which writer's 2005 New Avengers series made Spider-Man a full-time Avenger?

Brian Michael Bendis, whose relaunch put Spider-Man and Luke Cage on the team after the original Avengers disbanded.

Which extra power does Miles Morales have that Peter Parker's Spider-Man lacks?

Camouflage, which makes him effectively invisible; he can also paralyze foes with a 'venom strike' through his gloves.

In Far From Home's post-credits twist, which shapeshifter is revealed to have been posing as Nick Fury?

Talos, a Skrull disguised as Fury on the real Fury's orders while Fury was away in space commanding a group of Skrulls.

Felicia Hardy, Spider-Man's on-off love interest, operates under which costumed identity?

Black Cat, daughter of cat burglar Walter Hardy; Felicity Jones played Felicia in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but the sequels meant to make her Black Cat were never made.

Which villain did Thomas Haden Church play in Spider-Man 3?

Sandman, an escaped convict who falls into a particle accelerator that fuses his body with sand.

Which tabloid newspaper buys Peter Parker's freelance photos of Spider-Man?

The Daily Bugle is a pastiche of the New York Daily News and the New York Post.

Which Across the Spider-Verse hero from London uses a guitar as his weapon?

Spider-Punk, Hobie Brown, whose body, guitar and outline were each animated at different frame rates to match his anarchic style.

What is the name of Miles Morales' best friend and confidant?

Ganke Lee is Miles Morales' best friend and the first person Miles confides in about his abilities. He often acts as Miles' 'guy in the chair,' providing tech support and advice.

Which of these nicknames belongs to Spider-Man rather than to another comic-book hero?

The Web-Slinger, the Web-Head and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man are all his; the others belong to the Hulk, Captain America and another Marvel hero.

Which classic comic story, in which Peter quits being Spider-Man, mostly inspired the film Spider-Man 2?

'Spider-Man No More!', the 1967 story in which an overwhelmed Peter gives up being Spider-Man, just as the film's Peter does.

In Into the Spider-Verse, what is the job of Miles Morales's father, Jefferson?

Police officer, and Jefferson Davis sees Spider-Man as a menace even as his own son becomes one.

Whose Spider-Man campaign helped inspire Miles Morales's look?

Donald Glover, whom Miles's co-creator saw in Spider-Man pajamas on Community; Glover later played Aaron Davis in Homecoming.

Which Spider-Man villain is Max Dillon, a lineman transformed by a freak lightning accident?

Electro is Max Dillon, a lineman whose lightning strike let him generate and control vast amounts of electricity; Shocker, despite the name, uses vibration.

Which Spider-Man villain, a geneticist trying to regrow his lost arm, turned himself into a reptilian monster?

The Lizard is Dr. Curt Connors, a herpetologist whose regrown arm came with a monster that resurfaces again and again, bent on replacing humankind with reptiles.

Who was the first character to take on the mantle of the Scarlet Spider?

Ben Reilly, a clone of Peter Parker created by the Jackal, was the first character to adopt the identity of the Scarlet Spider during the infamous 'Clone Saga' storyline.

Which serial killer bonded with a symbiote spawn while sharing a prison cell with Venom's host?

Cletus Kasady, who became Carnage, a darker Venom created because the writers didn't want to replace Venom's existing host.

Who received sole screenplay credit for the 2002 Spider-Man film?

David Koepp, after the other writers who reworked his draft all voluntarily gave up their share of the credit.

Which actor played the Green Goblin in the 2002 Spider-Man film?

Dafoe returned to the role nearly two decades later in No Way Home.

Who composed the score for the 2002 Spider-Man film?

Danny Elfman, who also wrote The Simpsons theme, scored Spider-Man 2 as well but declined the third film after clashing with its director.

Spider-Man (2002) was the first film ever to gross roughly how much in a single weekend?

$100 million, which it passed in just three days on the way to a then-record $114.8 million opening.

What was removed from the 2002 Spider-Man film after the September 11 attacks?

A shot of the Twin Towers; certain sequences were also re-filmed before the May 2002 release.

Which novelist helped conceive the story for Spider-Man 2?

Alvin Sargent wrote the screenplay from a story by Chabon and the team of Alfred Gough and Miles Millar.

Which actor played the tentacled villain in Spider-Man 2?

Alfred Molina, whose performance critics singled out; he reprised the role in No Way Home.

Which Academy Award did Spider-Man 2 win?

Best Visual Effects, at the 77th Academy Awards, where its two sound nominations lost to Ray and The Incredibles.

In Spider-Man 2, what does Peter begin to lose?

His powers, which fade under stress and exhaustion until he gives up being Spider-Man and embraces civilian life.

Which producer pushed for Venom to be added to Spider-Man 3?

Avi Arad, who felt the films leaned on the director's favorite villains rather than ones modern fans wanted, though the director disliked Venom's 'lack of humanity'.

Who played Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man 3?

Bryce Dallas Howard, eldest child of director Ron Howard; the producers asked for Gwen Stacy to be added to the film.

Which rock singer wrote 'Hero', the song recorded for the 2002 Spider-Man film?

Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, who sang it with Saliva's Josey Scott; it became a top-10 hit in both the US and the UK.

Which planned sequel's cancellation in 2010 led Sony to reboot the series with The Amazing Spider-Man?

Spider-Man 4, dropped when its director couldn't get a script he was happy with, so Sony started over with a new cast and director.

Who played the reptilian villain in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)?

Rhys Ifans, the Welsh actor best known then as Spike, Hugh Grant's slovenly flatmate in Notting Hill.

Which actor plays Flash Thompson, reimagined as a rich, smug classmate, in Spider-Man: Homecoming?

Tony Revolori, the young lobby boy Zero in The Grand Budapest Hotel, playing a Flash who bullies Peter on social media rather than as a jock.

Which rock band covered the 1967 cartoon's 'Spider-Man' theme song for the 2002 film's soundtrack?

Aerosmith; for Spider-Man 2, the closing credits swapped in a crooner's take on the same theme by Michael Bublé.

Who played Harry Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2?

Dane DeHaan, who two years earlier played Andrew, a bullied teen whose telekinetic abilities turn destructive, in Chronicle.

Which actor plays Peter's best friend Ned in Spider-Man: Homecoming?

Jacob Batalon, whose Ned discovers Peter's secret and appoints himself Peter's 'guy in the chair'.

Who directed Spider-Man: Homecoming?

Jon Watts, whose previous film was the small thriller Cop Car; he went on to direct Far From Home and No Way Home.

Which villain does Michael Keaton play in Spider-Man: Homecoming?

Vulture, a salvage boss put out of business by the Department of Damage Control, played by the actor who was Batman in 1989.

What is the name of Zendaya's character in Spider-Man: Homecoming?

Michelle, who goes by MJ; the filmmakers say she is not Mary Jane Watson, only a nod to her.

Which villain does Jake Gyllenhaal play in Spider-Man: Far From Home?

Mysterio, a fired Stark illusions specialist who fakes the Elemental attacks with drones, then frames Spider-Man and exposes his identity.

In Spider-Man: Far From Home, which city's canals does the Water Elemental emerge from?

Venice, during Peter's class trip, though the Elementals later turn out to be drone-powered illusions.

In Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter asks which sorcerer to magically make the world forget his identity?

Doctor Strange's botched spell cracks open the multiverse and pulls in villains from other realities, after Far From Home ended with Peter's identity exposed.

What does a sling ring let Ned do in No Way Home?

Open portals, and while searching for Peter, he and MJ find two alternate versions of Peter instead.

Who voices Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?

Shameik Moore, the breakout star of the Sundance hit Dope, who returned to voice Miles in Across the Spider-Verse.

Which Oscar did Into the Spider-Verse win?

Best Animated Feature, breaking a six-year run of Disney and Pixar winners in the category.

Which musician cameos as a Brooklyn bystander in Into the Spider-Verse?

Post Malone, whose soundtrack duet with Swae Lee, 'Sunflower', became the first song ever certified 2x Diamond by the RIAA.

Which company is funded by Kingpin in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?

Alchemax, whose Super-Collider Kingpin uses to seek other versions of his wife and son, killed in a crash fleeing him.

What is the multiversal team Miles encounters in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse called?

The Society, short for the Spider-Society, which turns on Miles when he tries to stop his father's death, a 'canon event' it insists must happen.

Which brand's world did a teen fan animate for Across the Spider-Verse?

Lego: Preston Mutanga's fan-made brick remake of a Spider-Verse trailer so impressed the filmmakers that they recruited him for the scene.

Which studio developed the 2018 PlayStation 4 title Marvel's Spider-Man?

Insomniac Games, the studio behind Spyro and Ratchet & Clank, which Sony bought outright the following year.

Which villain of 2018's Marvel's Spider-Man secretly leads the Inner Demons gang while running a homeless shelter?

Mister Negative, philanthropist Martin Li, whose F.E.A.S.T. shelter is where Aunt May volunteers while he plots to unleash the Devil's Breath virus.

Which horror icon voices Venom in the 2023 video game Marvel's Spider-Man 2?

Tony Todd, whose Venom in the game turns out to be Harry Osborn, bonded to the symbiote.

On which network did Spider-Man: The Animated Series air from 1994 to 1998?

Fox Kids, where the show renamed Spider-Man's villain team, the Sinister Six, the Insidious Six.

Who plays the struggling journalist who becomes the host in the 2018 film Venom?

Tom Hardy, who also voices Venom itself and played both roles again in two sequels, ending with Venom: The Last Dance.

Which artist drew Venom's first full appearance, in The Amazing Spider-Man #300?

Todd McFarlane, who later left Marvel to help found Image Comics in 1992 and launched his own hit series, Spawn.

Who became the alien symbiote's host after Spider-Man rejected it in the comics?

Eddie Brock, a reporter fired after Spider-Man caught the real Sin-Eater, whose hatred drew the waiting symbiote to him in a church.

What was Doctor Octopus's profession when he built his mechanical arms?

Nuclear physicist: he designed the arms to aid his atomic research until a lab accident fused them to his body.

How many mechanical arms does Doc Ock have?

Four, and in Spider-Man 2 their artificial intelligence takes over his judgment once the chip restraining it is destroyed.

What grenade-like weapons does the Green Goblin throw?

Pumpkin Bombs come with razor-sharp bat-shaped blades and the Goblin Glider, all of it Halloween-themed to match the goblin mask.

Which artist drew Mary Jane Watson's famous face reveal in The Amazing Spider-Man #42?

John Romita Sr., who modeled her on Ann-Margret in Bye Bye Birdie, down to the red hair and short skirts.

Which artist co-created Miles Morales?

Sara Pichelli, an Italian former animator who designed Miles's black-and-red costume and drew his first solo series.

Which Into the Spider-Verse hero does Nicolas Cage voice?

Spider-Man Noir, voiced by Nicolas Cage, born Nicolas Coppola, who took his stage name partly from Marvel hero Luke Cage.

What are the first names of Gwen Stacy's parents?

George and Helen; Captain George Stacy was killed by falling debris during a Spider-Man battle, and Gwen blamed Spider-Man.

What is the real name of the futuristic Spider-Man of the year 2099?

Miguel O'Hara, a geneticist whose boss hooked him on a drug; trying to purge it, a sabotaged machine made half his DNA spider.

Who voices Spider-Man 2099 in the Spider-Verse films?

Oscar Isaac, whose character's post-credits trip to the 1967 cartoon's world recreates the famous meme of two Spider-Men pointing at each other.

Which villain is the half-brother of Sergei Kravinoff?

The Chameleon, the very first supervillain Spider-Man faced, who later set his half-brother Kraven on him.

What is the Rhino's real name?

Aleksei Sytsevich, a Russian thug; Paul Giamatti played him in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Which stage musical role launched Tom Holland's career as a child?

Billy Elliot, in London's West End, where he started as Billy's best friend Michael before being promoted to the title role in 2008.

Which 2012 disaster film marked Tom Holland's live-action movie debut?

The Impossible, based on María Belón and her family's ordeal in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, with Holland as the eldest son.

For which 2009 war film did Tobey Maguire earn a Golden Globe nomination?

Brothers, a remake of Susanne Bier's Danish film, in which he plays a Marine captain who returns from Taliban captivity with PTSD.

Which David Fincher film was one of Andrew Garfield's breakout roles?

The Social Network, in which he played Eduardo Saverin, the co-founder whose Facebook stake is diluted until he is pushed out.

What is Spider-Ham's real name?

Peter Porker, star of Marvel's 1983 humor one-shot, voiced by John Mulaney in Into the Spider-Verse.

What giant robot did the Japanese TV Spider-Man pilot in the 1978 Toei series?

Leopardon, which the Japanese Spider-Man later brought into Marvel's 2014 Spider-Verse comic event, where a villain destroyed it.

Spider-Man's 1978 Toei giant robot inspired robots in which franchise?

Super Sentai, which added giant robots from Battle Fever J onward and whose footage was later reworked into America's Power Rangers.

Which two U2 members wrote the music for the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark?

Bono and the Edge, whose show ran a record 182 previews, during which director Julie Taymor was fired.

Which Greek myth is woven into the Broadway musical Turn Off the Dark?

Arachne, the mortal weaver a goddess turned into a spider, whom critics felt the show clumsily grafted onto Peter's origin.

Which artist drew Ultimate Spider-Man's first 111 issues?

Mark Bagley, whose unbroken run with one writer broke Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's record as Marvel's longest-running creative team.

Which villain takes over Peter Parker's body in The Superior Spider-Man?

Otto Octavius, who, dying, swapped minds with Peter, left him to die in the old body, then set out to be a superior Spider-Man.

Which writer launched The Superior Spider-Man series in 2013?

Dan Slott, who received death threats from fans after Amazing Spider-Man #700 killed off Peter Parker to set it up.

Frank Miller made the Kingpin which hero's archenemy?

Daredevil, whose life as lawyer Matt Murdock the Kingpin tears apart in Miller's acclaimed 1986 story 'Born Again'.

Which wrestling style has the Kingpin trained in, despite having no superpowers?

Sumo wrestling, and most of his 450-pound bulk is muscle rather than fat.

Which writer created the Hobgoblin but left The Amazing Spider-Man before revealing who wore the mask?

Roger Stern, whose successors unmasked Ned Leeds; Stern later returned to reveal his intended culprit, Roderick Kingsley.

What is the real name of the hero Silk?

Cindy Moon, who spent years sealed in a vault to hide from the hunter Morlun, until Peter freed her.

Who was the first major Spider-Woman?

Jessica Drew, rushed out in 1977 because Stan Lee feared another company would claim the Spider-Woman name first.

Which future Fritz the Cat director took over the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon after its first season?

Ralph Bakshi, whose team cut costs by recycling footage from another of his shows, Rocket Robin Hood.

Who voiced Peter Parker in the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon?

Paul Soles, a Canadian actor who also voiced Hermey the elf in the 1964 special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

In their 1964 debut, how did the original Sinister Six take on Spider-Man?

One at a time, since none would give up the honor of killing him, and he mocked them for not teaming up.

Which writer created Morbius the Living Vampire?

Roy Thomas, the first writer other than Stan Lee on The Amazing Spider-Man, who debuted Morbius during the 'Six Arms Saga'.

In the comics, which organization employed Peter Parker's parents before they died in a sabotaged plane crash?

The CIA; they were spying on Albert Malik, the Red Skull, who had an assassin sabotage their plane.

In the comics, which university did Peter Parker attend?

Empire State University, where his future best friend Harry at first mistook Peter's shyness for snobbery.

Who married Harry Osborn in the comics?

Liz Allan, Peter's high-school crush who once dismissed him as a loser, and who met Harry at Betty Brant and Ned Leeds's wedding.

Who played Spider-Man in the 1977 CBS television film?

Nicholas Hammond, who as a teenager had played Friedrich von Trapp in The Sound of Music.

What was the second ongoing Spider-Man series, launched in 1972, called?

Marvel Team-Up, which paired Spider-Man with guest heroes in all but ten of its 150 issues until Web of Spider-Man replaced it.

Which developer made the 2000 Spider-Man game for the PlayStation?

Neversoft, the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater studio, which built Spider-Man on that game's engine.

What is the Carnage-possessed Doc Ock created for the 2000 video game called?

Monster-Ock, the final boss of a story in which Spider-Man is framed by a doppelgänger and must stop a symbiote invasion.

Marvel's Spider-Man (2018) passed which game's record as Sony's fastest-selling first-party release?

God of War, whose 3.1 million sales in three days Spider-Man beat with 3.3 million.

Which X-Man was one of Spider-Man's two teammates in NBC's 1981 cartoon Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends?

Iceman, Bobby Drake, a founding member of the show's Spider-Friends and a former X-Man, voiced by Frank Welker.

Who voiced the Hobgoblin in the 1990s Spider-Man: The Animated Series?

Mark Hamill, Luke Skywalker himself, who was also voicing the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series.

Who stars as Sergei Kravinoff in Sony's 2024 film Kraven the Hunter?

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who had played another Marvel character, Quicksilver, who dies shielding Hawkeye in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

In Madame Web (2024), Cassie Webb tries to save three young women from which villain?

Ezekiel Sims, who hunts them after visions show a Spider-Woman killing him, and who dies when Cassie drops a Pepsi sign on him.

Who plays Milo, Morbius's surrogate brother who also becomes a living vampire, in Morbius (2022)?

Matt Smith, the Eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who; the film's ironic meme 'praise' pushed Sony into a re-release that flopped.

In Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, who mentors Peter instead of Tony Stark?

Norman Osborn, in an alternate timeline where Hudson Thames reprises his What If...? role as Peter.

Which Stranger Things actress was cast as Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)?

Sadie Sink, whose Jean Grey searches for her sister, taken by Damage Control, bringing her into conflict with Spider-Man.

Which new character replaced the Human Torch in the 1981 cartoon Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends?

Firestar, invented because the Human Torch's rights were tied up; she later joined the comics in Uncanny X-Men in 1985.

Which actor voiced Peter Parker in MTV's cel-shaded 2003 series Spider-Man: The New Animated Series?

Neil Patrick Harris, TV's Doogie Howser, in a show meant to continue the 2002 film until Spider-Man 2 contradicted it.

Which Marvel antihero does Jon Bernthal reprise in Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)?

The Punisher, Frank Castle, a role Bernthal first took on in 2016 before leading his own Punisher series on Netflix.

In Spider-Man: No Way Home, the three Spider-Men lure the villains to which New York landmark?

The Statue of Liberty stayed in the film even after Chinese authorities asked for it to be removed before a release there; Sony refused.

Which actress played Gwen Stacy, an Oscorp intern, opposite Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man?

Emma Stone won the part largely through her screen-test chemistry with Andrew Garfield, and the two began dating while shooting the film.

Which actor played Spider-Man's newspaper nemesis in Tobey Maguire's films and again opposite Tom Holland?

J.K. Simmons later won an Oscar as a bullying jazz teacher in Whiplash, but the ranting publisher made him famous, and he has reprised the part in animation and the MCU.

Which pet name does Mary Jane Watson give Peter Parker from their first meeting in the Spider-Man comics?

Tiger comes from her very first words to Peter in The Amazing Spider-Man #42, an entrance regarded as one of the most iconic introductions in comic history.

In Spider-Man 3, which loud sound helps Peter Parker tear the black alien symbiote off his body?

A church bell works because clanging metal weakens the symbiote; a disgraced rival photographer sees it happen and becomes the creature's next host, Venom.

In Spider-Man: No Way Home, which university turns down Peter, MJ and Ned after his identity is exposed?

MIT rejecting all three friends is what drives Peter to look for a magical fix, and he later pleads with an MIT administrator to reconsider MJ's and Ned's applications.

In Spider-Man: Far From Home, which alter ego does Peter use while wearing a black stealth suit?

Night Monkey even got its own spoof trailer from Sony before the home release, cut from footage of Peter in the stealth costume that Nick Fury gives him.

On which ruined alien world does Tom Holland's Spider-Man turn to dust in Avengers: Infinity War?

Titan is the destroyed homeworld of Thanos, where Spider-Man crash-lands with Tony Stark; the way he fades away there became one of the film's most-shared memes.

Which actor played Peter Parker's best friend Harry Osborn in the 2002 Spider-Man film and both sequels?

James Franco had screen-tested for the part of Peter Parker himself before he was cast as the hero's wealthy best friend instead.

Which fictional New York school does the teenage Peter Parker attend when he first becomes Spider-Man?

Midtown High is where Peter is a science prodigy but unpopular with his classmates; the Tom Holland films rename it the Midtown School of Science and Technology.

The New York train fight with Doc Ock in Spider-Man 2 was filmed on which city's elevated railway?

Chicago's Loop hosted a two-day pre-shoot with sixteen cameras rigged to a train, and the crew later admitted the scenery matches no real New York subway route.

Marvel promoted Spider-Man and Mary Jane's 1987 wedding with a mock ceremony at which New York-area venue?

Shea Stadium hosted actors playing the bride and groom in June 1987, and Stan Lee himself officiated the mock ceremony.

Spider-Man made his live-action debut in 1974 as a recurring skit on which children's television show?

The Electric Company never let its Spider-Man speak aloud: he communicated only in word balloons, so that young viewers would practise their reading.

Which Lion King stage director was fired from the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark?

Julie Taymor was replaced after months of delays and injuries to performers on what was then the most expensive Broadway production ever staged.

Which Evil Dead star cameos in all three Tobey Maguire Spider-Man films, once as a theatre usher?

Bruce Campbell first cameoed as the wrestling ring announcer in the 2002 film, then as the usher who refuses Peter entry to Mary Jane's show, and finally as a French maître d'.

After the Human Torch seemed to die in 2011, Spider-Man took his place in which superhero team?

The Fantastic Four relaunched as the Future Foundation, adopting new black-and-white costumes and accepting their longtime ally Spider-Man as a member.

In Marvel's MC2 universe, Peter Parker and Mary Jane's daughter Mayday first fights crime under which name?

Spider-Girl began as a one-shot What If story, and her own comic later survived several cancellation announcements because its fans talked Marvel out of them.

In Across the Spider-Verse, Pavitr Prabhakar guards a city that blends Manhattan with which Indian metropolis?

Mumbai fused with Manhattan gives Mumbattan, a nickname the crew coined for a world modelled on the comic book series Spider-Man: India.

Which mercenary from the fictional nation of Symkaria leads the Wild Pack in Spider-Man comics?

Silver Sable is no small-time gun for hire: she hunts war criminals, and the operations of her firm and its Wild Pack drive the national economy of her small European homeland.

Which newspaper secretary was Peter Parker's first love in the Spider-Man comics, before Gwen Stacy?

Betty Brant dropped out of high school to take over the secretary's job after her mother was seriously injured, and she later became a reporter at the same paper.

Which Spider-Man villain is Herman Schultz, a safecracker whose gauntlets fire blasts of vibrating air?

Shocker used the gauntlets to break out of prison, but Spider-Man beat him at a bank robbery by webbing his thumbs away from the triggers.

Which Spider-Man villain is Fred Myers, a major-league baseball pitcher thrown out of the game for taking bribes?

Boomerang was born in Alice Springs, Australia, and got both his trick weapons and his code name from the criminal Secret Empire, which saw potential in his pitching arm.

Which Spider-Man crime boss, rebuilt by a disgraced surgeon after a beating, dresses and talks like a 1920s mobster?

Hammerhead owes his name to the steel alloy that replaced most of his shattered skull, which lets him charge head first through brick walls like a bull.

Which albino crime boss with filed teeth has menaced newspaper editor Robbie Robertson since their school days?

Tombstone, born Lonnie Lincoln, scared the young Robertson into pulling a school-paper exposé; years later Robertson told police about a murder he had watched him commit.

Which Spider-Man villain is Miles Warren, a biology professor who mastered cloning and made copies of Peter Parker?

The Jackal began cloning out of a romantic obsession with Gwen Stacy, and his experiments later drove the sprawling Clone Saga of the 1990s.

In the 1987 story Kraven's Last Hunt, what does Kraven do to Spider-Man before taking over his costumed identity?

Kraven buries him alive after shooting him with a potent tranquilliser, and Peter needs two weeks to revive and dig his way out of the grave.

Roderick Kingsley, revealed as the original Hobgoblin in Spider-Man comics, made his fortune in which industry?

Fashion made Kingsley a billionaire designer and Mary Jane Watson's former boss, and he hid behind fall guys who were framed or manipulated into posing as the villain.

What is the real name of the Kingpin, the hulking crime lord who debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man #50?

Wilson Fisk poses in public as a businessman and philanthropist; in the Back in Black story, Spider-Man hunted him down after a sniper he hired left Aunt May in hospital.

Which energy-draining hunter of spider-totems temporarily killed Peter Parker in the Spider-Man storyline The Other?

Morlun later returned with his estranged family, the Inheritors, to hunt every version of Spider-Man across the multiverse in the comic-book Spider-Verse storyline.

Which robotics expert built the first Spider-Slayer robots to hunt Spider-Man, funded by a newspaper publisher?

Spencer Smythe had been convinced by the publisher's own editorials that the hero was a menace, and his son Alistair later took over as builder of the robots.

In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which masked enforcer for Kingpin turns out to be Miles Morales's uncle Aaron?

The Prowler cannot bring himself to murder his own nephew once Miles unmasks in front of him, and Kingpin fatally shoots him for that mercy.

Swarm, a Spider-Man villain who was once Nazi scientist Fritz von Meyer, has a body made of which creatures?

Bees devoured him when he tried to enslave the queen of a mutated colony in South America, leaving a skeleton and a mind that still commands the hive.

Which actor plays the Rhino, a criminal in an electromechanical suit of armour, in The Amazing Spider-Man 2?

Paul Giamatti's crook is caught by Spider-Man early on, then broken out of prison on Harry Osborn's orders and equipped with the armour for a rampage through the streets.

Which actor plays the electricity-wielding villain in both The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man: No Way Home?

Jamie Foxx sat through four and a half hours of blue paint and prosthetics to become the Oscorp electrical engineer turned living power source.

Which That '70s Show actor played the rival photographer who becomes Venom in Spider-Man 3?

Topher Grace grew up reading Venom comics and saw the character as a mirror of Peter, with a similar job and similar romantic interests.

Which actress voices the head scientist who is revealed as Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?

Kathryn Hahn's scientist is an adviser to Kingpin, and it is she who discovers that the visiting Peter will die of cellular decay if he stays in Miles's dimension.

Which actor plays the serial killer who becomes Carnage in the 2021 film Venom: Let There Be Carnage?

Woody Harrelson first turned up in a brief scene at the end of the 2018 film Venom, planted there so that he could return as the sequel's villain.

In his 1964 Spider-Man debut, the Green Goblin flew on which turbo-fan-powered object instead of his later glider?

A broomstick suited the Halloween theme behind all of his equipment, from bat-shaped blades to the flying Goblin Glider that later replaced it.

Which name is given to the alien symbiote species that produced Venom and Carnage in Marvel comics?

Klyntar was first the name of the artificial planet where the symbiotes imprisoned their own god after rebelling against him, and the species named itself after that prison.

In Spider-Man 2, which rare fuel does Doc Ock demand from Harry Osborn to power his rebuilt fusion machine?

Tritium comes at a price: Harry agrees to hand it over only if Doc Ock brings him Spider-Man, and tells him to use Peter Parker to find the hero.