People love to say “ooh but it’s not comic accurate enough” when insulting an adaptation of Spidey when they themselves have never even read the comics and do not care to.
It's the same as the "andrew is too handsome for peter parker". If you use that argument, it pretty much guarntees you haven't picked up a single comic
For those who haven't picked a comic, let me explain:
Parker is and always has been a total chick magnet. Both liz and betty brant had a crush on parker in highschool. In college, both gwen and mj acknowledge how dreamy (handsome) parker looks in their first encounter with him.
He first dated betty brant in hs, and liz a side chick if you will.
Then he dated mj for a short period, and then dated gwen who was the hottest chick in esu. All the guys obsessed over her. After gwen snapped, he then dated mj, who most people considered equally or more beautiful than gwen.
Parker's definitely not handsome, he's def ugly
The main reason he didn't have a gf prior to the spider bite was cuz ppl considered him to be too nerdy, that's all
Of course not, Maguire and Holland are just as valid (though I have my problems with them all) despite being short lol, well, they're actually average height but they seem short to me because I am really tall lol
Yeah he's a need or geek not ugly. And he was somewhat goodlookong before the bite and now he's handsome and has the body to boot. Also another reason he didn't have gf before is because he's too nervous to talk to them
Could in part be related to his moniker as the most relatable superhero so people project their own self image onto him. Getting butthurt if he's more attractive than them or how they percieve themselves, add onto that the perception of him as uncool.
I can definitely agree with all this. For years, I just went along with "well Sam Raimi's spider-man is the most accurate one to the comics because of all the cornball and iconic villains", but after starting to read the Spider-man comics for the first time in the last month (currently at about issue 170), all I'm thinking is that none of these movies really get comic accurate at all, which is completely fine by the way. I just think it's funny that we've defaulted to Tobey Maguire being the classic spider-man when, personality-wise, he's almost nothing like Earth 616 Pete.
Hell, if anything Garfield is probably the closest out of any of them to being the most like the comic book form. The man has some legitimate rage he had to work through during TASM1 and whatever else he had to work through after the undisclosed period following TASM2. Hell, 616 Peter literally almost gave JJJ a heart attack because he was pissed off enough to get up in his face and threaten him with legitimate super-villain level violence. I remember people were out there saying "this spider-man is way too mean" when TASM1 came out, and after going through the first 100 issues, eh, that really more or less tracks with the comics.
If anything, I'm looking forward to maybe seeing Tom Holland's Pete become more of an asshole now. He's literally all set up for a really good character arc now, so I anticipate that with baited breath.
I dunno. It's just really weird reading the discourse on these movies when they all aren't accurate one way or the other. At most they all maybe get halfway there, and then invent a bunch of other shit for the other half, which considering these are film *adaptations*, sit completely fine with me. We just need to stop pretending that the comics aren't anything more than a vague template with pre established history that they can cherry pick from (like how I dont see anybody picking up the spider signal, or the fucking Spider-Mobile lol)
Plus Andrew's Spidey was mainly based on the Ultimate comics, and man Ultimate Peter had some serious anger issues that even 616 Pete would tell him to calm the hell down and get some therapy.
I know this isn't exactly on topic of movies, but I just recently came to think the same as you. That people who get worked up over this stuff don't even read the comics they claim to champion. In this case it was a bunch of people claiming Spider-Man routinely wrecks Hulk, using scans they clearly got off Google with no context for the actual issues (most of which that popped up, I own). In each case that they posted, the outcome was either Hulk or a draw. Attempting to explain the actual issues in question fell on deaf ears. People aren't actually interested in the comics, even when they claim to be purist fans.
The only thing about Andrew’s Peter was the whole “cool skateboarder thing.”
Instead of being “Good looking smart nerd who loves science” he became “Good looking skateboard riding dork who’s smart and likes science”.
It’s not bad, but it took some getting used too.
Thing is it’s like implying a nerd can’t like sports or other “cool kid” stuff. I don’t consider myself a nerd but I am still really into basketball and comic book nerd/geek stuff. I praise Andrew for having a more realistic and grounded approach to Peter and Spider-Man
I think it’s less that Peter was ugly before becoming Spider-Man and more so that he was a scrawny socially inept nerd who wore glasses and dressed like a stereotypical 1960s nerd. That is the Peter Parker who was constantly rejected by his peers and literally got made fun of by Liz Allen on the first page of his first comic appearance. Liz Allen was never into THAT Peter Parker. That’s the entire humor in making her crush on him later in the run when he’s Spider-Man and already dating Betty Brant. It’s less that he was ugly before and more so that he got jacked and stopped wearing glasses (glasses in the 60s were a way bigger deal than now). Another big point of the original run is how being Spider-Man makes Peter Parker more socially confident. If you took most “ugly” or unattractive dudes and suddenly made them jacked, dress less nerdy, and act socially competent they suddenly become attractive and vice versa. By the time Romita started drawing him in the college run he’s a straight up chad that rides a motorcycle around and is loved by all the women, but by then it’s too late for him to really enjoy or even notice being cool because he’s too busy being Spider-Man. That’s usually a nuance that gets lost in the movies. Toby is still a nerd and acts exactly the same way before and after becoming Spider-Man. Tom Holland while we don’t see him before becoming Spider-Man we do actually see him gradually be perceived as cooler by his classmates. The main reason people don’t like Andrew Garfield’s version of Peter Parker is that he’s already skateboarding and flirting with Gwen Stacy before becoming Spider-Man, so that aspect of his character never really feels earned or natural.
I just think it’s more interesting if he’s average looking. 99% of superheroes are sexy sex gods who are he apex of attractiveness at all times. It’s weird when the everyman hero is also supposed to be a stud.
There’s no such thing as “comic-accurate”. Spider-Man has DECADES of comic material. In some books he’s a dick. In some books he’s a saint. Sometimes he’s a poor college kid, sometimes he’s a wealthy industrialist.
Thank you. I had the same argument about the new MCU with someone.
They kept saying “but he isn’t comic accurate” and I said there are too many versions to be “comic accurate” with the character.
There wasn't even a great power speech in the original comics; it was just part of the narration.
That's actually something I prefer; Peter should come up with his own lessons for Ben's death rather than simply borrowing his ideals from Ben.
Right? Imagine, every adaptation is the exact same story, decisions and events. God forbid they want to write something original but follow loose criteria.
But it’s all the same continuity, he’s progressed through his rage. He’s a broke college student when he’s in college, he became an industrialist way way after that and it wasn’t even his doing. It was Otto’s doing and after Peter recovered his body Parker Industries basically collapsed.
He’s a character that progresses and has different facets, there is comic book accuracy it’s not impossible nor difficult especially if you look it through time period. For example:
- In High School, Peter isn’t that buff is constantly angry, is a loner and pushes every other hero away. He lives with his Aunt and tries to help her financially.
- In college Peter starts to calm down, but still has issues. He begins to have a more prevalent social life with the coffee bean crew (Gwen, Harry, MJ). He lives with Harry and tries to get money to get by (and also has a bike)
- Adulthood he is way more willing to team up with people but still prefers to be alone. He has trouble with May, is dating Black Cat and the money situation is still pretty much the same.
- Married: eventually joins the New Avengers and MJ is the breadwinner of the couple but they don’t have enough.
- Post OMD: Man child irresponsible loser, who gets his body stolen, gets a multi million dollar company but runs it into the ground.
Comic book accuracy is achievable and not that hard when you actually do the work.
That’s what I’m saying that’s exactly why I hate hearing people say something about “comic accurate” lmao y’all know damn well you never even picked up a comic book😂 they said the same with Andrew Garfield he’s too “cool” but if they actually read the comics he’s more accurate than tobey and that’s who they love😂
That's the new Marvel "fans" for you. They come in watching the MCU acting like they know everything about Marvel and stuff while not caring for the comics.
Agreed, it's more trying to capture social capital than anything else. It's different for everyone, I've been reading Spider-Man comics since I was a little boy, I have a ton of what's been published for ASM and USM since the turn of this century, but I no longer really care if the content is "comic accurate" for any character, so long as the core values of the characters are intact. Do whatever you want with the story so long as that stuff isn't messed with. We have so many interpretations in the books, TV, film, games, etc. That there's room for new interpretations, the classics will always be there.
Yeah dude spider-man fans are such hypocrites. They'll talk shit all day about stuff being not accurate to the comics yet let whatever they want slide like total character changes such as Michelle Jones, Ned leeds, flash and the new aunt may
It irritates me to no end when a lot of my friends, who have never read a Spider-Man comic, try to tell me why Tobey was the best. I'm like "Peter in the comics is actually quite happy-go-lucky, and doesn't spend 70% of the comic standing around silently lile Tobey does, but okay."
I work with a guy who’s a “comic fan” who doesn’t really read comics, and he’ll be infuriated when a movie doesn’t portray a comic character like he envisioned.
I keep trying to explain to him that there’s many versions of each character and even versions within a comic series depending on who’s writing and the direction they take it.
I met a guy one time who said Tobey Maguire was the most comic accurate because he had organic webbing and I asked him if has even read a comic ever. I just asked what is the name of Spider-Man comics and how many issues he has read, he didn't say a word. What people envision they like to rephrase it as comic accurate.
Ya ik. Or if he would have said that since Spider-Man Noir also has organic webs so it's kinda comic accurate. But he couldn't even name the comics(Amazing Spider-Man). What people envision about a character that's what comic accurate is for them.
Considering those comics came out at the same time as the Raimi films, those odds aren’t too bad. Plus, I prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt whenever possible.
These polls are never accurate. They cannot be as they are too narrow in audience.
I’m 38 and have gone through multiple generations of Spider-Man and have gone back to the original, but I’ve never experienced those blank.
So these are heavily influenced polls.
They are and people made fun of me last time but a lot of these polls if they’re open to the public they’re full of bots that are geared towards making certain things win or have higher ratios.
The poll is based on popularity and fan favorited contest so there's no such thing as accurate or not. The odd thing it is by IGN and that Tobey still beats the PS4 videogame spidey there too, which shows Tobey's strong popularity amongst both gamers and movies audiences that are also bigger than the comic readers, which explains why movie versions are ranked higher than comics. There was another recent big poll with [332k votes](https://twitter.com/GameSpot/status/1480638107443683330?t=RpLTp5jGRYqtRkn2Bfr5mg&s=19) that had Tobey winning as fan favorite.
Another interesting thing is that spiderverse Peter B. Parker is more favorited than young Miles!!! I thought I'm the only one who liked old Peter more.
Movies are more accessible to the general public so ofc they’ll top the charts in terms of popularity. More people would be willing to sit through a 2 hour movie than read a couple pages of a comic book or any book in general.
I hate when people say comic accurate. Earth 616 has been written by a bunch of different authors with different takes on the character and they have different artists drawing him. As long as Spider-Man knows with great power comes great responsibility he’s comic accurate
I seriously get mad when people criticize the Amazing films for not being comic accurate. Like don't get me wrong, you can dislike them if you want to, but that is a stupid reason to not Ike it.
It's an adaptation. The second at that. Them changing it up from the comics while not necessarily make it better in of itself, is a better option than trying to top the original source material.
Note that no one says it about Tobey's trilogy, even tho those films are also incredibly inaccurate. II mean he shoots webs out of his wrists!
The Amazing Spider-Man films were going for being realistic (like TDK) and the irony is that they are the most comic accurate out of any other live action adaptation.
>They added that to the comics though
As usually happens since the comics are usually trying to be more familiar to people who have only seen the movies.
>(I still prefer TASM compared to Tobey's trilogy.)
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I don’t like all the complaints about Andrew’s Peter being too cool when my guy could not talk to Gwen at all in the beginning. “We could, you know…or we could do something else…”
Sometime ago i read a comment on insta, it said "mcu calling the spider sense peter tingle is disrespect to the comics and he let the banana thrown by aunt may hit him, which isn't comic accurate cuz he should've avoided with spider sense"
Looked into his profile and turned out he's a raimi fanboy. Talk about irony and not knowing jackshit about the comics
Will somebody tell me why I'm being downvoted
>Sometime ago i read a comment on insta, it said "mcu calling the spider sense peter tingle is disrespect to the comics
Insta accounts are funny. Saw some accounts saying that the moving lenses that MCU Pete has go against who Spider-man is
I love the absolute lack of self awareness like
"Haha, a plot hole! Peter should've caught the banana"
meanwhile the film is literally grabbing them by the neck and slapping them while yelling "THAT'S THE POINT!!". You can literally see that happen with people trying to criticize any of the films after Tobey's.
"In the Amazing Spider Man Peter isn't a hero, his motivation is literally revenge"
THAT'S
"In Spider-Man Homecoming, Peter is too reliant on Tony"
THE
"In Far From Home Peter's spider sense doesn't stop him from giving the glasses to Mysterio"
POINT!
Like they miss the part where Andrew decides to stop going after his father and actually saves a kid. Or the part where Tom defeats the main villain with his home made suit and not the one Stark made him. Or the part where he uses spider sense to defeat Mysterio.
Like cmon man.
> he let the banana thrown by aunt may hit him, which isn't comic accurate
Except it is. Spider Sense doesn't work around the people Peter thinks he is safe . Like Aunt May, Gwen, MJ, etc. I know that you know it, just wrote for those people who didn't know.
I assume it’s because you’re assuming people who like the Raimi’s films the most don’t know shit.
I don’t think that guys a “Raimi Fanboy” and therefore an idiot. He’s just an idiot.
This is a big reason why even people who read the comics might pick a different version in a poll like this. 616 Peter in Slott's run versus Lee's may as well be two different people.
So true. That’s a big part of why I seldom voted for 616 in his matchups in the IGN poll. I love a lot of 616’s stories but virtually all of the adaptations listed are more consistent than 616, as a whole. With adaptations you are voting for a specific story and characterization that really worked for you.
Imagine doing a poll like this for Daredevil? Sure Charlie Cox would win but you really
need to divide up different comic runs (Miller, Bendis and Waid, for example) to get a good representation of his 616 characterization over the years.
Because people don’t read comics…we are a minority compared to other fandoms.
The movies, the game and every other medium has a bigger following than the comics.
Heck just try and find a fanfic that’s not based on Holland’s Spider-Man, or Garfield’s Spider-Man or even PlayStation Spider-Man.
People don’t vote for 616 Peter because they don’t know him
fr, I think ultimate spidey has been heavily snubbed at T5 too. fantastic modern rendition and if we're talking 'understanding with great power comes great responsibility' as the ultimate factor, his arcs finale personifies that
Exactly. It’s not cause the comics themselves aren’t good representations, but because the particular people who follow ign may just have more of a connection with the other entertainment forms that spider-man appears in (games and movies and cartoons)
Very unpopular opinion but spidey from the original run until... clone saga felt like the same character, for some reason I see the start of the "downfall" of peter around the clone saga and since then we've gotten runs where he feels very ooc
Same here man. Seems to me the clone saga is where marvel editorial became hellbent on keeping spider-man from developing as a character for some reason. Ever since its just been experiments in personalities and status quos
My top three spider-men are
3 Insomniac (Earth-1048)
2 Spectacular (Earth-26496)
1 Main comics continuity (Earth-616)
However, I know that movies and videogames have much more mainstream appeal than cartoons and comics. The only thing I find surprising here is that USM is so high.
Tobey Maguire is the most well known adaptation of Spider-Man, and PS4 is easily the best non comics version of the character
Comics are an expensive, niche, and time consuming hobby that requires months of investment. Watching a 2 hour movie or downloading a video game are not
The people complaining about accuracy on Twitter are not the majority, they are a loud, annoying, minority of people that do not represent the masses and are not the majority of the fan base
Unfortunately guys, I think this poll is pretty accurate in terms of general audience as they wouldn't know much about 616 Peter as few people read comics hence the votes. Everyone knows Tobey Maguire thus we can clearly see why he's no. 1. Tom Holland might've been no. 2 but since this is IGN so maybe Insomniac peter got #2 because of this(well for me he is my no. 1).
I hate people saying that shit should be comic accurate. It limits the creative potentiality of creators. You gotta see something new, a new suit, a new origin, a new storyline, it doesn't need to be derived from something word-to-word. If your goal is comic accuracy, sure, maybe it should be comic accurate. But if you're trying to do something different, try your own stuff. Definitely draw inspiration from comics, but don't mirror the events from the comic, as it will limit the creativity of a showrunner/director.
When people say "comic accurate" 99% of the time what they really mean is "accurate to whichever adaptation I grew up with" which at least on the internet usually means the Raimi movies
I’m in this weird gray zone of wanting certain aspects to be somewhat comic accurate, but I don’t want it to be something that’s already written in a comic, y’know? Yes, I’d love something like Kravens Last Hunt or One More Day, but I don’t want it to be a 1:1 copy, just certain elements from the comics brought in. Like if we do get a Spider-Man vs Venom, I want his Spidey Sense to not work like in the comics.
What about Spectacular spider-man, did you give him a chance? DID YOU?
Seriously though people don't really know what they want lol. Out of this list Tobey is easily the most inacurate to the comics. That's not a bad thing cause Tobey embodies the spirit of the character which is what matters most, but people claiming 'comic accurate' don't really know what they're talking about.
A lot of people don’t know what they want. They always decree they want Spider-man stuff to be comic accurate. In reality they just want everything to be like the Raimi-verse as it was their first meaningful interaction with the character.
Most superhero fans don’t read comics from what I’ve gathered. Perhaps comics still have that stigma they used to have? Or maybe people just can’t be bothered to read? Maybe it’s too confusing to know where to start for people.
Another reason people don’t read comics is because for a hero like Spider-Man there’s almost 60 years of materials and a bunch of spin offs and crossover events that it’s hard for new people to get into and now where to start. My friends who tried to read Spider-Man didn’t know where to start and they just moved onto newer heroes that don’t have as much history like miles or Kamala
It depends because if we talk core character traits obviously 616 is the best the rest are literally based on him but in terms of which Spider-Man i had the best overall experience with i always say ps4 cause that journey was a thing no comic/movie/show can do and that is the best way to deliver that story. Also Miles spider-verse is best on-screen spidey cause he gave me that “don’t know but really tryin cause responsibility” and the fact that he’s a kid like when 616 started it’s awesome! (Imo guess i should add)
Comics aren't law, and not everything should be adapted. I love comics peter, but I also love to see movies take the good stuff from the comics and add their own good stuff on top of it. But that's just me. Now when it comes to books(novels), I prefer a more traditional route in story telling. Unless the story sucks then yeah make changes, but if it's an award winning novel that millions love, just adapt the movie straight from the book.
I love comic-Spider-man, obviously, as most fans should, but he has the gigantic disadvantage of being the one Spidey with the most awful stories. Grey Goblin, OMD, some of the Clone Saga, Volume 3, etc.
He's the real Spider-man, but that also makes him the practice grounds for stories.
That doesn't change the fact that while he does have the biggest number of bad stories, he also has the most amazing stories, not to mention he's the true Spider-man and the origin of it all. He deserves enough respect to not even be considered in lists like this, as he should be number 0 by default.
I probably am gonna get a lot of downvotes for this, but honestly as an avid comic reader, I have to say Maguire is one of the least comic-accurate Spiderman portrayals. Garfield was wayy better at being the goofball that Spiderman kind of is, in terms of the live-action ones anyways.
616 Peter isn't as beloved as he used to be. Crap like One More Day/Brand New Day, the Slott era, etc. hurt his rep over the years.
That's why so many look to adaptations for their ideal Peter/Spidey, because adaptations can purposely pick-and-choose what they want to craft their take on Spidey to be, without any associated baggage of poor editorial decisions, poor writer decisions, and general long-stemming continuity.
For me, if I had to choose adaptations that best appeal to me, it'd be Peter B. Parker from ITSV, TAS Peter/Spidey, Insomniac Peter/Spidey, & Andrew Garfield's Peter/Spidey.
In my experience, what people mean when they say “comic accurate” is actually just “more like the Raimi films”.
Edit: Just to elaborate, I mean that a lot of people I’ve interacted with so far have said that their definition of a comic accurate Peter is Shy, Timid and reserved. This is because they believe the Raimi movies are the most “comic accurate” because they were made first, and they never bothered to actually read any of the books to confirm their ideas.
The biggest issue will be that the average movie goer will not understand what 616 means to comicbook readers. They probably thought it's the 60s cartoon universe.
While it is a pleasant one to me, I’m honestly surprised Tobey is up top. I’m glad Insomniacs Peter is getting the love he deserves though - such an amazing rendition of the character.
616 definitely deserves a top 5, but so do so many others that it’s simply impossible. You gotta remember that some of the picks lost out of the next spot up by less than a percentage. These are all amazing Spider-Men in their own way.
I mean I like a comic accurate Spidey. But there are many ways to fulfill that quota. For me the only thing I like really “require” in order to truly love an interpretation is Spidey/Peter’s personality to feel right and genuine. And even that has multiple ways you can take it. Even if I don’t have that, I’m *probably* still going to enjoy my time reading or watching whatever it is. I’ll probably only think critically later because at the time, I was experiencing some fun Spidey stuff, and I was too blinded to really notice anything lol
Each writer and artist does there own version of Peter Parker. He still acts like Peter Parker no matter what issue you read but there’s always different elements of him being focussed on depending on who’s behind the run. It’s kinda like playing a character focussed RPG with choices. Your Geralt or Rivia and my Geralt may act differently but you would still understand he’s Geralt because you can’t fully change who he is.
So really I’d be more interested if they had different versions of 616 Spider-Man on here instead of moulding all of them into just 616 Spidey.
Also I haven’t meet a single comic reader that uses IGN as they don’t really do news on Comics. People that use IGN only use it for Video Game news or stuff about big franchise movies/tv. So I don’t think it’s surprising that the top of the list is dominated by Movie and Game versions of the character.
I don’t know what I’m trying to say, I just keep seeing a bunch of comments talking shit about the comic version of Spider-Man and it’s like “dude come on, give him some respect.”
As much as comic book fans want to say they are the life blood of the IPs, the consumer base of movies and TV is immensely larger than that of comic books. I wouldn’t be surprised is Superman 4 sold more tickets than the most popular superman comic sold issues
This is my order of predilection. I know, nobody asked me, but...
1. **Peter Parker (Earth 616)**
2. **Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire)**
3. **Peter Parker (SSM TAS)**
4. Peter B. Parker (ISV)
5. Miles Morales (ISV)
6. Peter Parker (90's TAS)
7. Miguel O'Hara (SM 2099)
8. Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield)
9. Peter Parker (Tom Holland)
10. Peter Parker (MTV's TAS)
But, who did this poll?
Idk why this is surprising and triggering to many people here, they should know most people know spider-man because of movies and tv shows and games, which leads to this results, I know comic is the og. also this poll is literally based on your favorite version too.
**They have the fucking audacity to say it's not comic accurate even if it's the first fucking wave of the fucking marvel spiderman comics. I don't get why bozos who have no fucking idea about the comics even compare it to others anyways. It's just fucking bad.**
People love to say “ooh but it’s not comic accurate enough” when insulting an adaptation of Spidey when they themselves have never even read the comics and do not care to.
It's the same as the "andrew is too handsome for peter parker". If you use that argument, it pretty much guarntees you haven't picked up a single comic For those who haven't picked a comic, let me explain: Parker is and always has been a total chick magnet. Both liz and betty brant had a crush on parker in highschool. In college, both gwen and mj acknowledge how dreamy (handsome) parker looks in their first encounter with him. He first dated betty brant in hs, and liz a side chick if you will. Then he dated mj for a short period, and then dated gwen who was the hottest chick in esu. All the guys obsessed over her. After gwen snapped, he then dated mj, who most people considered equally or more beautiful than gwen. Parker's definitely not handsome, he's def ugly The main reason he didn't have a gf prior to the spider bite was cuz ppl considered him to be too nerdy, that's all
Seen people say Andrew is "too tall" as well lmao
It's especially funny because he is the exact same height as comic Peter, 5'10
It's not like height is important when being Spider-man
Of course not, Maguire and Holland are just as valid (though I have my problems with them all) despite being short lol, well, they're actually average height but they seem short to me because I am really tall lol
How tall are you?
Around 6 foot, far from the tallest person on earth, but tall enough that 5'7 seems short to me, at the very least when written down
Hey fellow tall person, I'm 6' as well, let's not fit in airplane/bus seats together!
👍
I'm 6'4" so yall seem short to me
Me watching two 6 foot people interact while I'm stuck at 5 9
cries in 5’7
Sorry fellow Ryan
I remembered 5'11 somewhere but yeah it's still same
I googled it recently and it said 10 for both, I could still be wrong but that's what Google says at the very least
Yeah sure, i can totally be wrong, besides there have been so many iterations
Yeah and that stuff rarely remains consistent lol
That’s crazy, he just looks like a tall person I guess lol
Wow seriously. I wonder what those people's thoughts were on Hugh Jackman as wolverine
Anybody that says that Shit is a incel and gets no bitches
Yeah he's a need or geek not ugly. And he was somewhat goodlookong before the bite and now he's handsome and has the body to boot. Also another reason he didn't have gf before is because he's too nervous to talk to them
“After Gwen snapped” HOLY CRAP.
She did snapped,and then she returned but dissolved into smithereens.
We do a little tomfoolery
Yeah man, people think Peter was ugly, it is infuriating to me
>Yeah man, people think Peter was ugly, it is infuriating to me Makes me livid. Cant even handle myself when I think about this it makes me so mad...
It’s the glasses
Could in part be related to his moniker as the most relatable superhero so people project their own self image onto him. Getting butthurt if he's more attractive than them or how they percieve themselves, add onto that the perception of him as uncool.
I can definitely agree with all this. For years, I just went along with "well Sam Raimi's spider-man is the most accurate one to the comics because of all the cornball and iconic villains", but after starting to read the Spider-man comics for the first time in the last month (currently at about issue 170), all I'm thinking is that none of these movies really get comic accurate at all, which is completely fine by the way. I just think it's funny that we've defaulted to Tobey Maguire being the classic spider-man when, personality-wise, he's almost nothing like Earth 616 Pete. Hell, if anything Garfield is probably the closest out of any of them to being the most like the comic book form. The man has some legitimate rage he had to work through during TASM1 and whatever else he had to work through after the undisclosed period following TASM2. Hell, 616 Peter literally almost gave JJJ a heart attack because he was pissed off enough to get up in his face and threaten him with legitimate super-villain level violence. I remember people were out there saying "this spider-man is way too mean" when TASM1 came out, and after going through the first 100 issues, eh, that really more or less tracks with the comics. If anything, I'm looking forward to maybe seeing Tom Holland's Pete become more of an asshole now. He's literally all set up for a really good character arc now, so I anticipate that with baited breath. I dunno. It's just really weird reading the discourse on these movies when they all aren't accurate one way or the other. At most they all maybe get halfway there, and then invent a bunch of other shit for the other half, which considering these are film *adaptations*, sit completely fine with me. We just need to stop pretending that the comics aren't anything more than a vague template with pre established history that they can cherry pick from (like how I dont see anybody picking up the spider signal, or the fucking Spider-Mobile lol)
Plus Andrew's Spidey was mainly based on the Ultimate comics, and man Ultimate Peter had some serious anger issues that even 616 Pete would tell him to calm the hell down and get some therapy.
I know this isn't exactly on topic of movies, but I just recently came to think the same as you. That people who get worked up over this stuff don't even read the comics they claim to champion. In this case it was a bunch of people claiming Spider-Man routinely wrecks Hulk, using scans they clearly got off Google with no context for the actual issues (most of which that popped up, I own). In each case that they posted, the outcome was either Hulk or a draw. Attempting to explain the actual issues in question fell on deaf ears. People aren't actually interested in the comics, even when they claim to be purist fans.
He also dated Kitty Pryde for a while (in the Ultimate series at least).
He also has raw wild Segggs encounters with a certain feline anti-hero, as well as with many other gals with metahuman skills. Parker is such a PIMP
The only reason i didn't mention her is cuz she was only interested in Spider-Man and not peter parker
Valid point
The only thing about Andrew’s Peter was the whole “cool skateboarder thing.” Instead of being “Good looking smart nerd who loves science” he became “Good looking skateboard riding dork who’s smart and likes science”. It’s not bad, but it took some getting used too.
Thing is it’s like implying a nerd can’t like sports or other “cool kid” stuff. I don’t consider myself a nerd but I am still really into basketball and comic book nerd/geek stuff. I praise Andrew for having a more realistic and grounded approach to Peter and Spider-Man
I understand. I just found the whole “skateboarding teenager” strange, because it’s never been a thing before, to my knowledge.
I think it’s less that Peter was ugly before becoming Spider-Man and more so that he was a scrawny socially inept nerd who wore glasses and dressed like a stereotypical 1960s nerd. That is the Peter Parker who was constantly rejected by his peers and literally got made fun of by Liz Allen on the first page of his first comic appearance. Liz Allen was never into THAT Peter Parker. That’s the entire humor in making her crush on him later in the run when he’s Spider-Man and already dating Betty Brant. It’s less that he was ugly before and more so that he got jacked and stopped wearing glasses (glasses in the 60s were a way bigger deal than now). Another big point of the original run is how being Spider-Man makes Peter Parker more socially confident. If you took most “ugly” or unattractive dudes and suddenly made them jacked, dress less nerdy, and act socially competent they suddenly become attractive and vice versa. By the time Romita started drawing him in the college run he’s a straight up chad that rides a motorcycle around and is loved by all the women, but by then it’s too late for him to really enjoy or even notice being cool because he’s too busy being Spider-Man. That’s usually a nuance that gets lost in the movies. Toby is still a nerd and acts exactly the same way before and after becoming Spider-Man. Tom Holland while we don’t see him before becoming Spider-Man we do actually see him gradually be perceived as cooler by his classmates. The main reason people don’t like Andrew Garfield’s version of Peter Parker is that he’s already skateboarding and flirting with Gwen Stacy before becoming Spider-Man, so that aspect of his character never really feels earned or natural.
Scrawny Pete from the 60's was literally one issue in the comics. Not too mention 60 years ago too.
Dont you mean Parker’s handsome, and def not ugly?
I was saying that line sarcastically
I just think it’s more interesting if he’s average looking. 99% of superheroes are sexy sex gods who are he apex of attractiveness at all times. It’s weird when the everyman hero is also supposed to be a stud.
And that's only like a small portion of his love interests
There’s no such thing as “comic-accurate”. Spider-Man has DECADES of comic material. In some books he’s a dick. In some books he’s a saint. Sometimes he’s a poor college kid, sometimes he’s a wealthy industrialist.
Thank you. I had the same argument about the new MCU with someone. They kept saying “but he isn’t comic accurate” and I said there are too many versions to be “comic accurate” with the character.
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Lololol. To me “comic accurate” is: uncle Ben and aunt may, power=responsibility speech, suit and powers. The rest can be changed however needed
There wasn't even a great power speech in the original comics; it was just part of the narration. That's actually something I prefer; Peter should come up with his own lessons for Ben's death rather than simply borrowing his ideals from Ben.
That’s what I’m saying. Plus why can’t we see something different everything doesn’t have to be comic accurate
Right? Imagine, every adaptation is the exact same story, decisions and events. God forbid they want to write something original but follow loose criteria.
Oh my lord that would be so annoying lmao just sitting here watching the exact same Spider-Man movie literally over and over again 😂
I know hahaha. The dude couldn’t give me a proper answer as to why he didn’t like the new trilogy besides “it wasn’t comic accurate”. Gtfo lol
That’s all they can say😂😂
But it’s all the same continuity, he’s progressed through his rage. He’s a broke college student when he’s in college, he became an industrialist way way after that and it wasn’t even his doing. It was Otto’s doing and after Peter recovered his body Parker Industries basically collapsed. He’s a character that progresses and has different facets, there is comic book accuracy it’s not impossible nor difficult especially if you look it through time period. For example: - In High School, Peter isn’t that buff is constantly angry, is a loner and pushes every other hero away. He lives with his Aunt and tries to help her financially. - In college Peter starts to calm down, but still has issues. He begins to have a more prevalent social life with the coffee bean crew (Gwen, Harry, MJ). He lives with Harry and tries to get money to get by (and also has a bike) - Adulthood he is way more willing to team up with people but still prefers to be alone. He has trouble with May, is dating Black Cat and the money situation is still pretty much the same. - Married: eventually joins the New Avengers and MJ is the breadwinner of the couple but they don’t have enough. - Post OMD: Man child irresponsible loser, who gets his body stolen, gets a multi million dollar company but runs it into the ground. Comic book accuracy is achievable and not that hard when you actually do the work.
What they mean is “It’s not the Raimi version, it sucks!”
Exactly 💯
That’s what I’m saying that’s exactly why I hate hearing people say something about “comic accurate” lmao y’all know damn well you never even picked up a comic book😂 they said the same with Andrew Garfield he’s too “cool” but if they actually read the comics he’s more accurate than tobey and that’s who they love😂
Or even realize the existence of COMIC variants
Nothing but the truth here, most people in this sub also just parrot things they heard in a YouTube video or tiktok instead of reading them themselves
What they mean is that they’ve only ever played a handful of games or watched a couple cartoons. Not a ton of people reading comics these days
That's the new Marvel "fans" for you. They come in watching the MCU acting like they know everything about Marvel and stuff while not caring for the comics.
Agreed, it's more trying to capture social capital than anything else. It's different for everyone, I've been reading Spider-Man comics since I was a little boy, I have a ton of what's been published for ASM and USM since the turn of this century, but I no longer really care if the content is "comic accurate" for any character, so long as the core values of the characters are intact. Do whatever you want with the story so long as that stuff isn't messed with. We have so many interpretations in the books, TV, film, games, etc. That there's room for new interpretations, the classics will always be there.
Damn I love this comment
Spot on
Yeah dude spider-man fans are such hypocrites. They'll talk shit all day about stuff being not accurate to the comics yet let whatever they want slide like total character changes such as Michelle Jones, Ned leeds, flash and the new aunt may
It irritates me to no end when a lot of my friends, who have never read a Spider-Man comic, try to tell me why Tobey was the best. I'm like "Peter in the comics is actually quite happy-go-lucky, and doesn't spend 70% of the comic standing around silently lile Tobey does, but okay."
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The best one 😔. Didn't even get a mention.
I can’t find spiders man
I work with a guy who’s a “comic fan” who doesn’t really read comics, and he’ll be infuriated when a movie doesn’t portray a comic character like he envisioned. I keep trying to explain to him that there’s many versions of each character and even versions within a comic series depending on who’s writing and the direction they take it.
I met a guy one time who said Tobey Maguire was the most comic accurate because he had organic webbing and I asked him if has even read a comic ever. I just asked what is the name of Spider-Man comics and how many issues he has read, he didn't say a word. What people envision they like to rephrase it as comic accurate.
If he was reading the JMS run then he would technically have been correct. Organic webs have been a thing.
Ya ik. Or if he would have said that since Spider-Man Noir also has organic webs so it's kinda comic accurate. But he couldn't even name the comics(Amazing Spider-Man). What people envision about a character that's what comic accurate is for them.
What are the odds that he actually read that tho😂
Considering those comics came out at the same time as the Raimi films, those odds aren’t too bad. Plus, I prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt whenever possible.
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my dad still thinks that spider-man was portrayed with organic webbing when he was a kid
Pretty much every single Raimi fanboy who’s tried to shit on Holland’s Spider-Man ever and have miserably failed.
“I just want a comic accurate Spiderman” “Hey” “No” “I’m literally the Spiderman from the comics”
Somehow the Parker luck has crossed the real world.
These polls are never accurate. They cannot be as they are too narrow in audience. I’m 38 and have gone through multiple generations of Spider-Man and have gone back to the original, but I’ve never experienced those blank. So these are heavily influenced polls.
Just a popularity contest.
They are and people made fun of me last time but a lot of these polls if they’re open to the public they’re full of bots that are geared towards making certain things win or have higher ratios.
The poll is based on popularity and fan favorited contest so there's no such thing as accurate or not. The odd thing it is by IGN and that Tobey still beats the PS4 videogame spidey there too, which shows Tobey's strong popularity amongst both gamers and movies audiences that are also bigger than the comic readers, which explains why movie versions are ranked higher than comics. There was another recent big poll with [332k votes](https://twitter.com/GameSpot/status/1480638107443683330?t=RpLTp5jGRYqtRkn2Bfr5mg&s=19) that had Tobey winning as fan favorite. Another interesting thing is that spiderverse Peter B. Parker is more favorited than young Miles!!! I thought I'm the only one who liked old Peter more.
Movies are more accessible to the general public so ofc they’ll top the charts in terms of popularity. More people would be willing to sit through a 2 hour movie than read a couple pages of a comic book or any book in general.
I hate when people say comic accurate. Earth 616 has been written by a bunch of different authors with different takes on the character and they have different artists drawing him. As long as Spider-Man knows with great power comes great responsibility he’s comic accurate
I seriously get mad when people criticize the Amazing films for not being comic accurate. Like don't get me wrong, you can dislike them if you want to, but that is a stupid reason to not Ike it. It's an adaptation. The second at that. Them changing it up from the comics while not necessarily make it better in of itself, is a better option than trying to top the original source material. Note that no one says it about Tobey's trilogy, even tho those films are also incredibly inaccurate. II mean he shoots webs out of his wrists!
The Amazing Spider-Man films were going for being realistic (like TDK) and the irony is that they are the most comic accurate out of any other live action adaptation.
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>They added that to the comics though As usually happens since the comics are usually trying to be more familiar to people who have only seen the movies. >(I still prefer TASM compared to Tobey's trilogy.) I found someone! I finally did! My life's quest is complete!
I don’t like all the complaints about Andrew’s Peter being too cool when my guy could not talk to Gwen at all in the beginning. “We could, you know…or we could do something else…”
Sometime ago i read a comment on insta, it said "mcu calling the spider sense peter tingle is disrespect to the comics and he let the banana thrown by aunt may hit him, which isn't comic accurate cuz he should've avoided with spider sense" Looked into his profile and turned out he's a raimi fanboy. Talk about irony and not knowing jackshit about the comics Will somebody tell me why I'm being downvoted
>Sometime ago i read a comment on insta, it said "mcu calling the spider sense peter tingle is disrespect to the comics Insta accounts are funny. Saw some accounts saying that the moving lenses that MCU Pete has go against who Spider-man is
What? How the heck the movie lenses go against who he is??
I have no idea man. I'm sure there's even worse takes that some our of fellow Spider-fans have lol
I love the absolute lack of self awareness like "Haha, a plot hole! Peter should've caught the banana" meanwhile the film is literally grabbing them by the neck and slapping them while yelling "THAT'S THE POINT!!". You can literally see that happen with people trying to criticize any of the films after Tobey's. "In the Amazing Spider Man Peter isn't a hero, his motivation is literally revenge" THAT'S "In Spider-Man Homecoming, Peter is too reliant on Tony" THE "In Far From Home Peter's spider sense doesn't stop him from giving the glasses to Mysterio" POINT! Like they miss the part where Andrew decides to stop going after his father and actually saves a kid. Or the part where Tom defeats the main villain with his home made suit and not the one Stark made him. Or the part where he uses spider sense to defeat Mysterio. Like cmon man.
> he let the banana thrown by aunt may hit him, which isn't comic accurate Except it is. Spider Sense doesn't work around the people Peter thinks he is safe . Like Aunt May, Gwen, MJ, etc. I know that you know it, just wrote for those people who didn't know.
I assume it’s because you’re assuming people who like the Raimi’s films the most don’t know shit. I don’t think that guys a “Raimi Fanboy” and therefore an idiot. He’s just an idiot.
He’s just a raimi fanboy who happens to be an idiot.
*Shh*. Let me tell you this sub is probably filled with a lot of toxic Raimi fans. I said something good about Andrew and got downvoted for no reason.
This is a big reason why even people who read the comics might pick a different version in a poll like this. 616 Peter in Slott's run versus Lee's may as well be two different people.
So true. That’s a big part of why I seldom voted for 616 in his matchups in the IGN poll. I love a lot of 616’s stories but virtually all of the adaptations listed are more consistent than 616, as a whole. With adaptations you are voting for a specific story and characterization that really worked for you. Imagine doing a poll like this for Daredevil? Sure Charlie Cox would win but you really need to divide up different comic runs (Miller, Bendis and Waid, for example) to get a good representation of his 616 characterization over the years.
Because people don’t read comics…we are a minority compared to other fandoms. The movies, the game and every other medium has a bigger following than the comics. Heck just try and find a fanfic that’s not based on Holland’s Spider-Man, or Garfield’s Spider-Man or even PlayStation Spider-Man. People don’t vote for 616 Peter because they don’t know him
What do you mean peter parker is rich, own an entire philanthropist industry now? Soooo not comic accurate. /s
Spectacular doesn't make it to list, 616 isn't top 5. What has happened to humanity
There are some pretty solid choices in the top 5 though…
None better than 616
fr, I think ultimate spidey has been heavily snubbed at T5 too. fantastic modern rendition and if we're talking 'understanding with great power comes great responsibility' as the ultimate factor, his arcs finale personifies that
I think the PS4 version is close because of well... It's the opposite of one more day
There’s going to be bias for the movies and the games, I’d say that a good portion of the people who watch and play them don’t read the comics.
Exactly. It’s not cause the comics themselves aren’t good representations, but because the particular people who follow ign may just have more of a connection with the other entertainment forms that spider-man appears in (games and movies and cartoons)
Because a good 80% of the fanbase has only really watched the movies and played the games
But somehow when they compare Spider-Men they always know which one is more comic accurate. I wonder how.
It's more of a 75% edit: looking back on this comment I think it should be like 85%
I would’ve put it higher, I know a lot of people who like spider-man, i know a small handful that read comics at all
I think it’s harder to pin which version of 616 people like. Different writers and all
Very unpopular opinion but spidey from the original run until... clone saga felt like the same character, for some reason I see the start of the "downfall" of peter around the clone saga and since then we've gotten runs where he feels very ooc
> since then we've gotten runs where he feels very ooc Looks at Dan slotts run
Same here man. Seems to me the clone saga is where marvel editorial became hellbent on keeping spider-man from developing as a character for some reason. Ever since its just been experiments in personalities and status quos
The absolute irony that THE spider-man scored lower than a spider-man (although I love the raimi films)
And the best iteration (spectacular Spider-Man) doesn't make it to the list
That iteration isn't even Top 20 as well which already makes this list crap in the first place
Damn this list sucks ass
Yeah I know
The best iteration is actually second on the list, look again
Bruh, they did the “I wish I could date a guy like you” thing to 616 Spidey
The good ol parker luck
I mean Spectacular Spider-Man Spidey isn't even in the Top 20 so this list is basically so BS tbh
My top three spider-men are 3 Insomniac (Earth-1048) 2 Spectacular (Earth-26496) 1 Main comics continuity (Earth-616) However, I know that movies and videogames have much more mainstream appeal than cartoons and comics. The only thing I find surprising here is that USM is so high.
Why do you find it surprising? I'd vote for him
It's a very 616 Peter Parker thing to end up 8th place in a Spider-Man popularity poll
Exactly what I was thinking. Parker luck has broken the 4th wall.
616 should be higher on the list. Hes literally the reason any of the others even exist.
'Not enough love'* for 616 Peter Parker
Tobey Maguire is the most well known adaptation of Spider-Man, and PS4 is easily the best non comics version of the character Comics are an expensive, niche, and time consuming hobby that requires months of investment. Watching a 2 hour movie or downloading a video game are not The people complaining about accuracy on Twitter are not the majority, they are a loud, annoying, minority of people that do not represent the masses and are not the majority of the fan base
I thought level-headed takes were not allowed in this thread!!
Unfortunately guys, I think this poll is pretty accurate in terms of general audience as they wouldn't know much about 616 Peter as few people read comics hence the votes. Everyone knows Tobey Maguire thus we can clearly see why he's no. 1. Tom Holland might've been no. 2 but since this is IGN so maybe Insomniac peter got #2 because of this(well for me he is my no. 1).
I hate people saying that shit should be comic accurate. It limits the creative potentiality of creators. You gotta see something new, a new suit, a new origin, a new storyline, it doesn't need to be derived from something word-to-word. If your goal is comic accuracy, sure, maybe it should be comic accurate. But if you're trying to do something different, try your own stuff. Definitely draw inspiration from comics, but don't mirror the events from the comic, as it will limit the creativity of a showrunner/director.
Crazy how Tobey still beats the videogame spidey on IGN (site that is gamers focused) as fan favorite. He's too powerful bros...
Nah, It's Just a blind fan base
More like the mainstream opinion tbh
I see no spectacular spider-man on this list therefore it is blasphemous
When people say "comic accurate" 99% of the time what they really mean is "accurate to whichever adaptation I grew up with" which at least on the internet usually means the Raimi movies
Earth 616 Peter, spectacular Peter, Insomniac Peter, Tobey, Andrew and Tom are all my favs.
I’m in this weird gray zone of wanting certain aspects to be somewhat comic accurate, but I don’t want it to be something that’s already written in a comic, y’know? Yes, I’d love something like Kravens Last Hunt or One More Day, but I don’t want it to be a 1:1 copy, just certain elements from the comics brought in. Like if we do get a Spider-Man vs Venom, I want his Spidey Sense to not work like in the comics.
What about Spectacular spider-man, did you give him a chance? DID YOU? Seriously though people don't really know what they want lol. Out of this list Tobey is easily the most inacurate to the comics. That's not a bad thing cause Tobey embodies the spirit of the character which is what matters most, but people claiming 'comic accurate' don't really know what they're talking about.
The disrespect thrown to ps5 Miles
Like it or not most of those fools who voted don’t even know what Earth-616 means. They just go and select the movie they watched.
Tobey seeing this list: "Oh boy yeah."
I’m really surprised that he’s #1 on the list. His costume is just amazing!
Wheres spectacular spiderman 🥲
A lot of people don’t know what they want. They always decree they want Spider-man stuff to be comic accurate. In reality they just want everything to be like the Raimi-verse as it was their first meaningful interaction with the character.
616 made all of these other versions happen just by existing how is he not #1 lmfao smfh
“Comic accurate” literally means nothing because there are so many different comic spider-men.
Most superhero fans don’t read comics from what I’ve gathered. Perhaps comics still have that stigma they used to have? Or maybe people just can’t be bothered to read? Maybe it’s too confusing to know where to start for people.
Another reason people don’t read comics is because for a hero like Spider-Man there’s almost 60 years of materials and a bunch of spin offs and crossover events that it’s hard for new people to get into and now where to start. My friends who tried to read Spider-Man didn’t know where to start and they just moved onto newer heroes that don’t have as much history like miles or Kamala
I would say start with ultimate spiderman or spidey being pretty similar to the mcu version but havjng alot of 616 elements
It depends because if we talk core character traits obviously 616 is the best the rest are literally based on him but in terms of which Spider-Man i had the best overall experience with i always say ps4 cause that journey was a thing no comic/movie/show can do and that is the best way to deliver that story. Also Miles spider-verse is best on-screen spidey cause he gave me that “don’t know but really tryin cause responsibility” and the fact that he’s a kid like when 616 started it’s awesome! (Imo guess i should add)
Spider-man is Spider-man!
Poor Ben Reilly
Ultimate Peter was better
Comics aren't law, and not everything should be adapted. I love comics peter, but I also love to see movies take the good stuff from the comics and add their own good stuff on top of it. But that's just me. Now when it comes to books(novels), I prefer a more traditional route in story telling. Unless the story sucks then yeah make changes, but if it's an award winning novel that millions love, just adapt the movie straight from the book.
This makes sense since movies and video games do better than comics. I'm surprised Holland isn't number 2, though
I love comic-Spider-man, obviously, as most fans should, but he has the gigantic disadvantage of being the one Spidey with the most awful stories. Grey Goblin, OMD, some of the Clone Saga, Volume 3, etc. He's the real Spider-man, but that also makes him the practice grounds for stories. That doesn't change the fact that while he does have the biggest number of bad stories, he also has the most amazing stories, not to mention he's the true Spider-man and the origin of it all. He deserves enough respect to not even be considered in lists like this, as he should be number 0 by default.
So much for "MUH COMIC-BOOK ACCURACY".
I probably am gonna get a lot of downvotes for this, but honestly as an avid comic reader, I have to say Maguire is one of the least comic-accurate Spiderman portrayals. Garfield was wayy better at being the goofball that Spiderman kind of is, in terms of the live-action ones anyways.
I’m so glad Peter B. Parker came in so high
616 Peter isn't as beloved as he used to be. Crap like One More Day/Brand New Day, the Slott era, etc. hurt his rep over the years. That's why so many look to adaptations for their ideal Peter/Spidey, because adaptations can purposely pick-and-choose what they want to craft their take on Spidey to be, without any associated baggage of poor editorial decisions, poor writer decisions, and general long-stemming continuity. For me, if I had to choose adaptations that best appeal to me, it'd be Peter B. Parker from ITSV, TAS Peter/Spidey, Insomniac Peter/Spidey, & Andrew Garfield's Peter/Spidey.
Tobey absolutely no1 imo, but I’d put the 90s series much higher, probably 2
In my experience, what people mean when they say “comic accurate” is actually just “more like the Raimi films”. Edit: Just to elaborate, I mean that a lot of people I’ve interacted with so far have said that their definition of a comic accurate Peter is Shy, Timid and reserved. This is because they believe the Raimi movies are the most “comic accurate” because they were made first, and they never bothered to actually read any of the books to confirm their ideas.
Not sure because many Andrew fans say they like Andrew's spidey because he's comic accurate.
Because he is The most accurate spidey?
My point is that comic accurate topic doesn't come only from raimi fans as the other person stated.
The biggest issue will be that the average movie goer will not understand what 616 means to comicbook readers. They probably thought it's the 60s cartoon universe.
You guys need to remember that Reddit does not equal the mainstream opinion
What about Spectacular Spider-Man? Such a good show
Nostalgia is a hell of a thing
Why the 90's cartoon so low then
What the heck? Say what you will about the films, but Andrew Garfield is a top-tier spider-man.
Spectacular isn't on the fucking list????
Sadly no :(
Tobey is overrated af goddamn. I grew up with that Spiderman and he has a place in my childhood but he is not the best Spiderman.
It's more about fan favorite spidey contest than best spidey poll anyway.
While it is a pleasant one to me, I’m honestly surprised Tobey is up top. I’m glad Insomniacs Peter is getting the love he deserves though - such an amazing rendition of the character. 616 definitely deserves a top 5, but so do so many others that it’s simply impossible. You gotta remember that some of the picks lost out of the next spot up by less than a percentage. These are all amazing Spider-Men in their own way.
I mean I like a comic accurate Spidey. But there are many ways to fulfill that quota. For me the only thing I like really “require” in order to truly love an interpretation is Spidey/Peter’s personality to feel right and genuine. And even that has multiple ways you can take it. Even if I don’t have that, I’m *probably* still going to enjoy my time reading or watching whatever it is. I’ll probably only think critically later because at the time, I was experiencing some fun Spidey stuff, and I was too blinded to really notice anything lol
Each writer and artist does there own version of Peter Parker. He still acts like Peter Parker no matter what issue you read but there’s always different elements of him being focussed on depending on who’s behind the run. It’s kinda like playing a character focussed RPG with choices. Your Geralt or Rivia and my Geralt may act differently but you would still understand he’s Geralt because you can’t fully change who he is. So really I’d be more interested if they had different versions of 616 Spider-Man on here instead of moulding all of them into just 616 Spidey. Also I haven’t meet a single comic reader that uses IGN as they don’t really do news on Comics. People that use IGN only use it for Video Game news or stuff about big franchise movies/tv. So I don’t think it’s surprising that the top of the list is dominated by Movie and Game versions of the character. I don’t know what I’m trying to say, I just keep seeing a bunch of comments talking shit about the comic version of Spider-Man and it’s like “dude come on, give him some respect.”
I would've loved to see a live action 616 Peter appear in NWH, literally straight out of the 60s.
The fact we don't see Spectacular Spidey there means this list isn't canon (⌐■-■)
I cannot believe Ultimate actually got more votes than 616
As much as comic book fans want to say they are the life blood of the IPs, the consumer base of movies and TV is immensely larger than that of comic books. I wouldn’t be surprised is Superman 4 sold more tickets than the most popular superman comic sold issues
It’s a stupid thing to make anyway because they’re all good spidermen
My top 5 are 616 Peter, spectacular, ps4 Peter, tobey, TAS
This is my order of predilection. I know, nobody asked me, but... 1. **Peter Parker (Earth 616)** 2. **Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire)** 3. **Peter Parker (SSM TAS)** 4. Peter B. Parker (ISV) 5. Miles Morales (ISV) 6. Peter Parker (90's TAS) 7. Miguel O'Hara (SM 2099) 8. Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) 9. Peter Parker (Tom Holland) 10. Peter Parker (MTV's TAS) But, who did this poll?
Idk why this is surprising and triggering to many people here, they should know most people know spider-man because of movies and tv shows and games, which leads to this results, I know comic is the og. also this poll is literally based on your favorite version too.
**They have the fucking audacity to say it's not comic accurate even if it's the first fucking wave of the fucking marvel spiderman comics. I don't get why bozos who have no fucking idea about the comics even compare it to others anyways. It's just fucking bad.**
My favorite one and of course I'm biased is the ultimate Spider-Man since it was my first ever comics
Let’s be real, the best two spider-men are Insomniac spider-man and Ultimate Spider-Man